Jun. 19, 2009 at 9:23pm

$100 A DAY NETWORK

You too can work or hire someone for $100 A DAY

The following is a list of services offered by the $100 A DAY NETWORK:

Handyman services (basic home repair stuff)
Personal training
Activity planning for children
Office admin tasks
Resume writing
Painting, sanding and prep work
Home organizing
Basic landscaping
Creation of customized greeting cards
Baking
Translation of French to English
Computer diagnosis and repair
Haircut & color
Music recording & mixing
Event planning
Entertainment booking
Graphic design (for print or web)
Web design
Professional writing
Airport pick-up and delivery
Dog-sitting
Photographer
Mosaic kitchen, patio etc.
Henna service
Stained glass
Bartending
Waitress/Catering server
Customized soap making
Belly cast for pregnant women
Design and make a customized T-shirt
Custom sterling silver and/or gemstone jewelry

Services we would like to add to this list:
• Dental service
• Legal services
• Professional filming and editing service
• Homecare person (help someone who is temporarily homebound)
• Medical services


People on the network can also trade service for service as long as it’s agreed that both services will be traded equally at a rate of $100 per day.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. It’s each individual’s responsibility to report their own income to the IRS.
2. We do not jury the participants, its your responsibility to screen the person you are doing business with.
3. It's your responsibility to collect payment for your services.
4. We do not guarantee your satisfaction in any way shape or form. This is just a list like craigslist or a classified ad. You are on your own. We don't want any trouble.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

If you want to add your service to this list you pay a one time fee of $5. Do you think that is a fair price?

If you want a copy of the roster with contact information so that you can hire someone, you pay an initial fee of $5 and then you can get updates as we add more people and services for $3. Do you think that is a fair price?

I'm still trying to work out what is fair to me (who will have to do all the shuffling of email etc.) and reasonable for the other people too. I'm interested in what others think of this idea.

The reason why there was little action for these services on the $100 A DAY Facebook page I made a few months ago is because there was no one at the wheel marketing, promoting and talking to people about it. This is why I'm rethinking how this should work. If I make this my job (marketing, promoting and managing the roster) then it has a WAY better chance of having momentum.

The people who already posted their services on the Facebook page won't have to pay anything. They are my starter group to test this idea and get the ball rolling.

We may also give out some rosters free at business networking events to build some demand.

Supply, demand, we got it all figured out. :)

Thanks,
~Angie


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ANGELA JOSSY
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EVENT PLANNER
PR SPECIALIST
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
PROFESSIONAL WRITER
SINGER/SONGWRITER
PH#253.426.5704 | EMAIL: ANGELA.JOSSY@GMAIL.COM
Official website: http://www.angelajossy.com
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Jun. 18, 2009 at 5:57pm

A question of politics

Is the following statement true?

If you really care about the community and want to make a difference don't run for office. Official positions have so many regulations that your hands (and your tongue) will be tied and you won't be able to help with the issues that you care most about.

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Jun. 17, 2009 at 4:54pm

A few opportunities

I've got a few different opportunities to share with you. Check these out:

1) Are you a solo acoustic musician who'd like to perform in a songwriters in the round type show in West Seattle?

2) Are you an electro-pop-dance band who'd like to perform at a pop art themed party in Tacoma?

3) Are you a visual artist or crafter who needs a dedicated work space of your own in Tacoma?

4) Are you a fashion designer or at least someone who can sew who would like to participate in a 24  hour fashion challenge?

5) Are you a band or songwriter with a song about overcoming poverty, being inspired or maybe just a theme of hope? We need the song for a short film about a non-profit arts center.

6) Are you a gung-ho person who likes to be involved in fun projects? We always need capable volunteers for various events.

7) Are you a spoken word artist who'd like to perform in West Seattle?

8) Are you a painter with a wild streak? You could paint live with three other painters on a collaborative art piece live in front of an audience.

Contact me at angela.jossy@gmail.com if any of the above interests you.

Thanks,
~Angie

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Jun. 12, 2009 at 12:21pm

My identity crisis

I think I am having an identity crisis. I told my roommate Desiree this and she yelled my name. I answered, “What?” and then she said, “No, you’re OK.” Then we laughed.

I usually have no fear of change.  If I can visualize a new life then I can power forward into it with mucho gusto. Right now I feel like I’m inching forward with a blindfold on. I was really excited about moving into a building with my friends and then we stalled along the way to that goal and I’ve lost my vision. During this limbo phase I realized how I feel safe here in my house the color of sky with its tall tree guardians and its nightly blanket of stars. I’ll miss the family of raccoons, the grey bunnies who appear and disappear in a blink and even the field of grass that I’ve completely failed to keep up with mowing. I’ll miss how quiet it is here at night.  When I moved into this house I thought this was my forever home. I actually considered buying it but the owner had a sentimental attachment. I imagined that one day I’d meet a guy and he’d see what great homestead we have going here and he’d fall even more in love with me, move in and live happily ever after here. This was my happily ever after home. I also loved that this house has the perfect space for band practice and now I feel a sense of failure because I never used it myself. Other bands practiced here but never mine. I never got around to putting one together like I planned. So there are a few plans that die once I leave this place but that’s OK because I’m ready for new plans. At least I think I am.

I just need to clarify what I want and stop wasting energy on things that are irrelevant. The problem is I want too many things and I need to distinguish hobby from profession. What I want right now is to learn new things. Ergo, I want to learn how to make purses and ottomans. I want to learn how to weld so I can make sculptures out of discarded car parts. I want to write and record an electro-pop dance album. I want to produce a local TV show on the GoLocal ondemand channel. I want to paint big horses, unicorns and Pegasus’s on large canvases. I want to get skinny. I want to go on tour in Europe. I want to throw parties (both big and small ones) and deepen my friendships with all my favorite people. These feel like hobbies. For work I’d like to write, design and publish a magazine but I don’t see that happening. I’d like to write a book about Tacoma’s music history but I’m not sure how that could make money for me right now. I enjoy designing graphics. I enjoy producing shows. I enjoy singing. I even enjoy writing sometimes as long as I’m writing about something that interests me. I really enjoy planning festivals but this year that hasn’t worked out very well since festivals take money and no one seems to have any. I’m still unclear about exactly what I want.

I think I want one or two projects at a time and clear expectations. I want time to explore, create and learn. I want to conquer my shortcomings and become a healthier and more disciplined person. I want to feel safe and loved.

I also want all my creature comforts: television, internet, hot water, transportation, cell phone, washer/drier, dishwasher and etc.

What I don’t want is rent and living expenses so high that I have to frazzle myself in order to make enough money to pay for it. I feel like I’m letting everybody down because I can’t devote enough time to each project. I’m 70 miles per hour on a conveyor belt and everyone else is a blur in my rear view mirror right now and I hate it.  

Moving seems inevitable now even though it’s going to be difficult and perhaps expensive.  I just wish I could know where we are moving so I can get excited about it and get my vision back. I think the location will have a lot to do with how I move forward professionally. I don’t know that for sure, its just a feeling I get.

Right now, I’m not sure if I know anything for sure.   

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Jun. 4, 2009 at 12:13pm

Feeling a little downtrodden right now

I think I might be depressed. Maybe a better word would be disappointed. Things just haven't been going right for me lately. It feels like my sphere of mobility is getting smaller and smaller. What I mean by that is I keep losing abilities and I have to adjust. For example, car trouble makes it so I can't just get up and go places I want (and sometimes need) to go. Money trouble makes it so I can't afford to do/have things I'm accustomed to (like groceries). The most recent trouble (computer trouble) is kind of the last straw. I'm using my roommate's computer right now because my laptop (that is only a couple years old) just died. I'm pretty sure the problem was caused by the heat which is ironic because I bought this particular kind of computer because of its new cooling technology. Here's the sales pitch I fell for: http://www.musicxpc.com/products/m4/m4_cooling.htm.

Several of my friends are in new relationships right now and I'm genuinely happy for them but ... I confess I have no love interests at all right now. Not even a twinge of attraction to anyone and I hate to admit it but like it better when my girl friends are single and we are all free to have fun, do projects, go dancing, etc. I know that's selfish and if I was sweet on some hot boy I'd be singing a different tune so I'm cool with it. Still, it makes me feel a little lonely.   

Other woes that plague me include: bills I can't keep up with, a bit of saddening family drama, I'm producing killer shows that suffer from low attendance (thereby costing ME money to keep them going), both Glassroots Festival and Point Defiance Music Fest have been cancelled this year because of lack of sponsors so I have NO FESTIVALS AT ALL THIS SUMMER and I feel overwhelmed with the workload I'm carrying ($100 A DAY jobs, household stuff and a couple of volunteer projects). I feel so drastically underpaid for all this hard work I'm doing. I wish we could just get our frigging building so I can stop this madness and live a much simpler life.

Always darkest before the dawn? I really hope so. I'd rather be making music and planning parties. If I'd known I wasn't going to be all wrapped up in festival planning this summer I might have actually applied to play music at some festivals myself. I want to spend some time writing new songs and recording a new album. I miss singing. What I don't miss is watching the door and counting heads but now I'm doing that anyway only I don't get to play music.  

I'm having another yard sale this weekend. I made $258.70 last weekend which isn't bad but it took three long days and it's a little sad selling something for fifty cents when I paid full price for it not long ago. But on the other hand I'm glad to be ridding my life of the clutter and simplifying. This weekend I'm bringing out more stuff I can live without. All these possessions are weighing me down. I need to get free. I think after this weekend I'm going to feel a lot better. Big life transitions aren't easy. I hope these are just growing pains and that the end result will be worth it. My time will come. It just has to.

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Jun. 1, 2009 at 12:24pm

. . . D I S C O . . .

Good cause. Good fun. Good idea!

Feeling Groovy? Need a release? Ready to get your freak on?

Come on out to The Robert Daniel Gallery for a night of fun! Pull out your best 70's get-up (I know you have a few, hard decisions ahead...) throw on those platforms (men and women, we don't discriminate!) and get ready to get down and boogie!

WHO: ChrisMarie Photography and Robert Daniel Gallery
WHAT: Disco dance party fundraiser for Project Resilience (see below for more information)
WHEN: Saturday June 6th, 7 pm to 1 am.
WHERE: Robert Daniel Gallery, 2501 Fawcett Ave., Downtown Tacoma
HOW: $5 at the door  

Drink Specials All Night!!

Admission price includes a drink of choice, finger foods, raffle ticket and the chance to be King/Queen of the Disco!

This is a fundraiser! Proceeds from this event will help fund "Project Resilience" documentation through photography the resilience of women overcoming and achieving success while facing adversity such as poverty, genocide and war.

Event organizer Christine Thomas says, “I am raising money to document ‘project resilience’ through photography. We are going to work with womenforwomen.org on this project, they give financial support and mentorship to women in war torn countries.”

Contact person Christine Thomas, ph# 253-651-1351 email: info@bodyworksimaging.com

Robert Daniel Gallery ph# (253) 227-1407

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May. 28, 2009 at 12:20pm

While I've been quiet: Here's what I've been up to

Projects I'm working on:

1) Inspired Elegance - its like the 72 Hour Film Festival except they don't make movies, they make FASHION! Participants with no fashion experience have 24 hours to take donated fabric and design outfits. Don't worry, we are giving them each a design team to help pull it off. At the event they have to walk the runway in their new outfits. They'll also get style makeovers (hair & makeup) and lessons on walking the catwalk from Fashion Association of Tacoma. This event is a fundraiser for TACOMA ART PLACE. The date for this event is July 25th.

2) Weekly live Radio8Ball Show at Little Red Studio in Seattle on Dexter and Harrison - Randomly selected songs from a guest musician answer questions from audience members. Its bloody brilliant and a really fun show. This show is every Wednesday.

3) The Listening Room at Admiral Theater in West Seattle - The way this show works is there are four painters seated on stage with three acoustic singer/songwriters and a spoken word artist. Each singer will perform a song, then the spoken word artist performs one piece - all
the while the painters are each painting on a square canvas. When the spoken word artist finishes and its the first singer's turn to perform again the painters move to the next canvas. This sequence continues throughout the evening. During the performance there will be a silent
auction for the paintings. The first show I've helped to plan will be June 20th.

4) MY GARAGE SALE! When my mother passed away three years ago and my brothers and I had to clear out all her things and sell her house, I held on to so many of her things. I already had a lot of my own stuff too. My house is full of furniture and my two car garage was full of boxes and miscellaneous stuff. THIS WEEKEND  we are having a garage sale to purge some of the excess that is bogging down my life and raise money to move into a new building. My rent here is too expensive for me and the amount of freelance work I have to do to survive is insane. I need an infusion of cash and I have to unload all the stuff I don't need so this is the perfect solution. If you want to come to the garage sale, email me at angela.jossy@gmail.com and I'll send you the address and directions.

5) Art Makes Me Smart - This event is a day of free art workshops for teenagers and it has been postponed until September. More on that soon.

6) Point Defiance Music Fest - Although the official word hasn't come down yet, I'm pretty sure the Point Defiance Music Fest will not happen this year. Lack of sponsors was mostly to blame. Also the people of Ruston really want a farmers market so they are planning to put their energy toward that. I'm really excited about that possibility - its like having a festival every week instead of once a year.

7) A & R Project - A group of artists use their talents to help one worthy artist take their work to the next level. We are working with singer/songwriter Voxxy Vallejo on several aspects of presentation. The project will culminate in an event in November during Art At Work. Stay tuned!

8) Disco Party at Robert Daniel Gallery - I'm not the organizer of this event but they asked me to help then get the word out. Get down on it Saturday June 6th 8 pm to 1 am. That's the same day as Ladyfest (at Sanford & Son) so that will be a great day and night to be downtown Tacoma.

Other projects:

Some of the $100 A DAY clients I worked for in May are: Artist Judy Gilbert, Gallery Madera, Deanna Hart, Ruston Business District, Ana Sierra Ph.D., Pat Shuman, Rosalind Bell, Radio8Ball, Desiree Flerchinger, Tacoma Art Place and more ...

On the home front:

My roommate Desiree (DTA) and I did lots of yard work (I have a large yard in the front AND the back of my house). I went through and sorted all the boxes that filled my garage and organized things for the garage sale. The garage alone took me 2 entire days.

We also went to the close out sale at Gottschalks where Dez bought some white metal grids. They are perfect for festival booth walls. We got the matching baskets, shelves and hooks. We'll probably use them for the garage sale this weekend and if we move into a building we'll be able to use them for storage in case there aren't a lot of cabinets or shelving. I think tomorrow is the last day of that sale so if you want to get a good deal on fixtures, clothing, cosmetics, perfume, furniture, mannequin torsos and all sorts of neat stuff you still have time. The store next to it Joe's Sports (which used to be G.I. Joes) is also having a close out sale. That mall is going to be a ghost town with two major department stores leaving. So sad. I never shopped at these stores though. I prefer to shop local whenever possible. I do hit the Target over there sometimes though. At least they supposedly put 10% of their profits back into the community. Though I've often wondered exactly what that means. Someone should go all investigative reporter on that and find out. As you can see from the list above, I'm a little too busy at the moment.

If anyone reading this thinks I need a vacation and wants to send me on a Princess Cruise I'd be open to the idea. Just puttin' it out there! :)

See ya at the Artifact Party Friday night! Woohoo!

--
ANGELA JOSSY
-------------------------
EVENT PLANNER
PR SPECIALIST
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
PROFESSIONAL WRITER
SINGER/SONGWRITER
PH#253.426.5704 | EMAIL: ANGELA.JOSSY@GMAIL.COM
Official website: http://www.angelajossy.com
Add me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Angela-Jossy/717572723
Add me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ruthiblu
Add me on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/AngelaJossyBand
Add me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/7/827/561
Add me on Jobvana: http://www.jobvana.com/washington/
Buy my music at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/angelajossy
Read my blog at: http://i.feedtacoma.com/AngelaJossy/

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May. 17, 2009 at 8:00am

WANTED: SUPER GEEK

Desperately Seeking Mister (or Misses) Fixit 2009

I have a days worth of tasks I'd like to hire (or barter with) someone for. Are you good with technical difficulties?

Here's the list:

1) Connect laptop to TV so we can watch downloads on the big screen
2) Find a discontinued printer driver and make this Lexmark print/scan/fax machine work
3) Make cable splitter work so we can have two TV's working from the same cable outlet
4) Take Illustrator software off of desktop computer and install it on laptop (install disks are lost)
5) Get the cables properly in order to make my high def TV actually look high def
6) Fix overheat problem on my laptop. Tech support says: the thermal compound between the heat sink and processor is not doing the job anymore. It can be reapplied but this is something you would most likely want a shop to do that does laptop repairs. It is easy you just need some tools and know how much compound to put on it.
7) Take apart my desk chair and put it together properly. It didn't come with directions so I did the best I could. My best was not very good.

Do you think you are up for this challenge?

Email me at angela.jossy@gmail.com

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May. 4, 2009 at 12:05pm

Good good good, good vibrations

Let the record show, self improvements are underway

I have good intentions. It has come to my attention that not everyone is aware of this fact so I want to just throw that out there and hope it sticks. That�s the tricky part about blogging. You can�t assume that the people reading it know who you are and what you�re about. They may only catch a snapshot and think, �Who does this girl think she is?� The answer to that question is: Nobody special. Just a person like you doing the best she can to stay on mission (art, music, rinse and repeat) and stay afloat as a single parent. I try to help people when I can.

I make it my business to support my community (small businesses, artists and musicians) through all my projects and events. I do have altruistic reasons for this but there are also some selfish ones. Doing this brings me closer to the people I want to be around. I much enjoy the camaraderie of the entrepreneurs, the dreamers and the misfit geniuses of Tacoma. Life would be so empty without their muse. They inspire me every day. I also like that my daughter walks among them observing first hand what is possible when someone sets their mind on a specific goal and mines until he/she strikes gold. I like that she will never believe it when people tell her that artists are just nothing but lazy listless and good-for-nothing beggars. She has grown up seeing them thrive and make careers out of their creativity (and also stumble and get back on the horse too). She knows that everything around her is full of art and music including mainstream commercial broadcasts like television and movies. She knows that her creativity, if she hones it into a sharply tuned instrument, can be her livelihood. Her dreams won�t be needlessly killed by a cubical or a plastic nametag.

These are the rational reasons for my mission but also there are intrinsic ones. I myself feel the need to express creativity on a regular basis and when I don�t, I feel like I�m wasting my life on repetitive tasks and accomplishing nothing. I consider myself, my life and my work to be my most meaningful work of art.

Case in point: I�m always reinventing myself. A new version will be released soon: Angie 6.0! 

Angie 1.0 was a teenage socialite. Angie 2.0 was a computer technician. Angie 3.0 was an independent website designer/musician. Angie 4.0 was a journalist/graphic designer. Angie 5.0 was a festival director and Angie 6.0 is under development now.

I don't know exactly what 6.0 means exactly yet but things are definitely changing around here that�s for sure. Since Desiree moved in I�ve been much more physically active � a goal which I�ve had for a LONG time. It started with moving furniture and reorganizing. (BTW if you need someone to help you organize your home or office you should definitely talk to Desiree. She really has a gift!) We also started walking every day. Yesterday and today we walked for about an hour. It was funny because while we were walking she told me she was feeling so content and happy to be outside getting exercise and my crooked brain just kept thinking of all the work I could/should have been doing back at my desk. This damn computer has me on a leash! But I�m reprogramming my brain to understand that taking care of myself is just as important as my work � maybe even more important.

In case you are wondering what�s happening with our plans to move into a new building, here�s the update: Things are on hold. Unfortunately I jumped the gun on my announcement about the building we were looking at. That�s the second time this blog of mine has got me into hot water! I need to do a better job of making my intentions clear probably. I thought our deal with the building was a sure thing and it turns out it wasn�t. It may still work out but there are other factors (and other people) we weren�t aware of in play and we are happy to yield to them for the time being. In the meantime we are still keeping our eyes out for the possibility that there is another building even better suited to our goals.   

In the meantime we are streamlining our possessions, reorganizing and planning a garage sale later this month. I�m doing all I can to keep working (and affording this expensive house I�ve been renting) and helping Dez to market her artwork and portrait service. You should go look at her paintings at http://www.DesireeArt.com. Soon we will be upgrading her website but it�s still pretty good right now and her paintings are jawdropping gorgeous.

I�m trying to widen my business contact circle by asking my friends to recommend my $100 A DAY service to their friends so if you�re reading this, that means you! *smile*

Did you see the Weekly Volcano cover story this week? That�s the second article to mention it. When the first story came out I picked up a few new jobs and I�m hoping this one will do the same. Check it out here: http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/2009-04-30/cover/3727/
Here�s the News Tribune story last January in case you missed it:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/voelpel/story/608749.html

One last thing � and this is really bumming me out - I can�t drive right now because I can�t afford my car insurance! So after I get the rent paid my next goal is to raise $700 to pay what I owe them, plus the 6 month premium they require to reinstate me. Keep your fingers crossed for me, K?

Love,

~Angie

PS. the Weekly Volcano is looking for delivery drivers. If you are interested, call 253-584-1212.

 

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