If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do.

11:29am: O.O
Ebonee just asked me how to spell "unattainable" ... which, okay, some people have trouble spelling words. I spell the word for her, and she utters the following:

"Wow, that's a lot of letters."

This an hour after she told me she sent me a bowling story to edit -- only it was actually tennis. This isn't quite on the level of that girl in my 11th-grade chemistry class asking me what the chemical formula for H2O is, but it's on the list.

12:01pm: Best Day of the Month
I love payday. It doesn't come around near often enough.

Which reminds me, the Tribune Company still owes me $200 for work I did in November and December. I need to jump down their throats for that.

Cause that money could really help.

2:36pm: Oh, Chapter 11 -- How I Hate Thee
So I talked to someone from the Tribune Company about my decided lack of payment for work I did back in November and December, and here was how things were explained to me:

My payment for November was never processed, because the invoice was sent before Dec. 8 (the date Tribune Company, which owns the Daily Press, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy). In order to receive that money, I -- as well as any other freelancer -- have to fill out a claim form for the bankruptcy court. I filled one out and mailed it in.

According to the guy I spoke with, my December pay wouldn't be affected at all, since I submitted that invoice after Dec. 8. Apparently, they're just taking their old sweet time with that one.

Hopefully I'll get paid for that work; if this becomes too much of an issue, I might have to stop doing freelance work for the newspaper. As much as I enjoy it, I can't afford to do it for free.