Posted by chica with issues under
general issues
If you are like me then you do not have a green thumb. In fact, I have a thumb that kills plants! No matter how hard I try I just can’t keep plants alive. It’s sad really.
I did some searching and have come across some plants that are supposed to be hard to kill. I’m going to get one of these and see if I can keep it alive.
- Daylilies,Hemerocallis spp.
- Perennial salvia,Salvia x superba
- Stonecrop,Sedum spp.
- Hostas, Hosta spp.
- Shasta daisies,Leucanthemum x superbum
Posted by chica with issues under
money issues
I was looking around some of my investment accounts today and wanted to see what my return on investment (ROI) was looking like. I wasn’t sure how to calculate it exactly so I looked it up. In case you do not know how to calculate ROI I thought I would share the steps.
1. Add up your total investment amount. Be sure to add in any fees or service charges for your account. For instance, if you have a Sharebuilder account they charge something like $10 to do a real time trade.
2. Check out the current value of your investment.
3. Subtract total investment amount from current value amount. If you get a negative number then you have a LOSS. If you get a positive number then you have a PROFIT.
4. Take your profit (or loss) and divide that by the total investment amount. You should end up with a number like 0.08. Convert that to a percentage to get your ROI for that investment.
Posted by chica with issues under
job, career, school related issues
I have been doing a crazy amount of freelancing over the past two months. In fact, the amount I have been doing has basically tripled. Financially, that is a great thing for me. However, it leaves little time for anything else. And it also means more stress when dealing with the less than pleasant parts of freelancing.
Obviously not getting paid on time is a major stress and a major problem with freelancing. But lately I have been getting annoyed by something else - uneducated editors.
The craziest example that I have of this is an editor stating that there is only one Korea and to not break up the country by labeling it ‘North’ and ‘South’ as the article is not supposed to be region specific. This is when you want to reply: “Hey, idiot, get an atlas or look on Google maps and tell me how many Koreas you see!” But you don’t. Why? Because you want to continue getting paid and continue getting assignments.
So, what do I do? I write it they way they tell me. But only because I am writing under a pseudonym. If I was writing under my real name it would be a different story.
Rant over. 
Posted by chica with issues under
general issues
I’m not really into the whole Twitter thing. I just don’t get it. I mean, what is the point of only typing 140 characters? I do, however, find it mildly interesting that so many celebrities are making themselves accessible via Twitter. Have a look at this list of celebrities on Twitter to see what I mean. I admit, I looked at a few of those. But then I wonder, how do you know its really them? Obviously there have been people like Diddy on CNN talking about it so you know it’s really him.
Posted by chica with issues under
job, career, school related issues
I love seeing the articles that talk about late excuses that employers have gotten from employees. The latest is from CareerBuilder and is on 12 Amusing Late Excuses for Work. What they should really title these types of articles is something like ‘excuses you should never use.’ But they are still fun to read. Have a look for a laugh.
