Notes from the partner company, part infinity.

The good news is that Kelly Ripa loved the shoes that we sent so much that she's raving about them on Live with Regis and Kelly.

The bad news is she's calling them by our competitor's name. Crocs and Waldies look extremely alike because Crocs essentially stole Waldies molds from China where there were until recently no intellectual property laws. Crocs are subsequently trying to sue us, claiming that we're knockoffs, even though we pre-date their company by two years. Plus, there's the competition angle, so it's essentially the same as saying "gosh, I love my Nikes!" when it was Reebok that sent the carton of 60 pairs of free shoes. You see how this is upsetting.

So our manager is kind of on edge right now, considering we don't really want to give our bastard competitors credit for our product. He wants as many people as possible to email the show and say "hey, we loved seeing Waldies on your show, but you got the name wrong."

Should you, my dear and gentle readers, want to help out on our behalf, you can contact both ABC and Regis & Kelly. Act like you like Waldies (I swear, even though they're fantastically hideous, they really are incredibly comfortable) and are absolutely appalled that they would be misrepresented on such a credible morning talk show. :)

Also--

Anne Sweeney, President
ABC Entertainment
500 S. Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91521-4551
(310) 557-7777
netaudr@abc.com
http://abc.go.com/

"Live with Regis and Kelly"
7 Lincoln Square
New York, NY 10023
Fax (800) 330-1106
P: 212/456-3605
http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/index.html

LOL, I now know the name of Gellman's personal assistant. WTF?

Well, at least it's more interesting than my last job.

ETA: After reviewing the Ti-Vo-- DUDE. She called them "Croc-offs". On air. *headdesk* And we sent her special Mets colors and everything!

So, I went over my banking and budget to adjust my bill pay schedule to the new job. Things are going to be just-eeking-it-out tight until Nov. 3rd (my next paycheck), but that's only because I went and paid all of my bills for the month in advance, since I didn't know how long I would be out of a job when I quit my last one. As it turns out, my next paycheck is almost one month to the day of my last one. Considering I was only technically out of work for one week, that sounds funny, but the timing just happened to work out strangely.

Still, while I'm not so happy about my credit card balance, I'm gonna make it through okay, and the increase in pay should help me stabilize really quickly, with a little room to spare. I'll probably be kind of cheap this Christmas to avoid putting anything else on a credit card, but all things considered, by this time next year, all debts except for student loan debts will be paid off, and huzzah for that.

Adulthood, man. It's such a weird mix of fretting and pride. :)