The Kabuki Play 3

Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater that portrays the lives of people who lived during the Edo period (1600-1868). While it's subject matter is primarily historical, Kabuki's extraordinary spectacles of color and sound through acting, dancing and music still symbolize contemporary life.

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HISTORY OF "THE KABUKI PLAY"

  • The original "Kabuki Play" writings exposed a brash inner monologue as I struggled through the trials and tribulations as a college student. Broken friendships, irritating dorm-mates and akward trips home between semesters kicked off the first "Kabuki Play" series. However, college didn't last forever and "the real world" was right around the corner with drama ten fold.
  • "The Kabuki Play 2," a darker and more disturbing account, told the unsettling story about my first job after graduating from college, it being one of the biggest trainwrecks in the history of "The Kabuki Play." After being caught in the middle of 10 consecutive firings in less than two years and being stuck with four pisspoor bosses, I decided that I'd had enough. So, I quit my job and cut off all the negativity in my life, and moved two hours away from home to start my life over.
  • With a new job, my own apartment and a new beginning, "The Kabuki Play 3" picks up where the second series left off and revisits my inner monologue as I try to leave the past behind me and spread my wings.

Friday, June 10, 2005

I Quit My First Freelance Job

I was asked to design a website for this insurance/consulting business. They’re apparently really small and trying to get on their feet.

Before I create a website, I ALWAYS have all my clients sign a contract (for protection of both parties) and I DON’T begin work until I have received a signed copy. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

Well, these people kept beating around the bush with returning it to me. I thought I’d be nice and create a couple of mock-up designs even though I haven’t received any paperwork.

However, over a week passes by and I STILL don’t have a signed contract. On Monday or so, they tell me that there is a “change of plans”: the website they told me I would be working on is not actually what I would be working on…

That raised one question: is the content for it going to change? Despite my having asked several times, they never got back to me with the answer. Couple more days pass, I still don’t have my contract. Oh, believe me, I’ve reminded them plenty of times. It would be promised for the next day, but I wouldn’t receive it.

So then they have the nerve to ask me to create new designs for this new site in less than THREE DAYS. Mind you I have a full-time job, so I can only freelance so many hours a night. They wanted me to meet with them to discuss the website, which they told me about on Tuesday, but they wouldn’t tell exactly when and where. I asked several times, but I was ignored.

They’re obviously playing games. So I spoke to my parents about it and decided to quit. I called the assholes up and their liaison was actually nice about it. I’m sorry though, I don’t play fucking bullshit games like that; especially when it comes to my reputation and name.

You really can’t trust ANYONE! I think I’m going to drop this web design freelancing and do more graphic… I’ll have to think about that one.

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