Tuesday, November 27, 2012
An "Everything" Bagel
Much like an "everything" bagel, some meetings are better left on the plate. A nice plain meeting, with a few simple ingredients -- come in, sit down, leave -- the SJG can handle. But an "everything" meeting with too many unpredictable ingredients -- the sad-faced assistant who sits and stares, the executive who falls asleep while you're pitching, the 4.2 aftershock that rattles the building, mid-pitch, the ejector seat that spits you out when you're done -- I could do without. Why am I bothering you with this? Just be patient. There's a reason. The meeting I'm supposed to go to with the lovely Kelly is starting to feel a little half-baked. They've rescheduled it 18 times in the past two weeks (slight exaggeration) and already I'm experiencing Pre-Traumatic Meeting Disorder. Reschedule a meeting with the SJG and the lovely Kelly once, fine. Call at 9:50, when we're practically out the door for the 11 o' clock meeting, and tell us "we have to reschedule," not good for the wavering-esteem-writer psyche. Not good at all. Reschedule the meeting and postpone the @#$%'n meeting again, as happened yesterday, and the SJG and the lovely Kelly start to question our entire writerly existence. Oh, Hollywood. Can't you just behave for once? Can't you be a nice bagel? Must you be so seedy? So full of sesame, poppy, onion, garlic, caraway, and salt? So "everything"?
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Think of it this way. At least, you can EAT the bagels! (Sorry about the mtg, hon.)
ReplyDeleteSo true!!! Toasted with a shmear
DeleteSorry for your troubles. The analogy, however, is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThat said, you need to see this as a problem they're having internally rather than an affront to you or your project. Kill 'em! (Figuratively speaking, of course. :) )
So true, so wise, so grown-up, so not me. But I'll try, damn it! I'll try!
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