the plot thickens

After my usual night of 2-4:30am spent crying and surfing the internet (I'm so much fun to be around right now) I received an email from my former employer.

The general terms are that I can not use any of the work I created for this company to promote myself online, on my personal website or in any other way including presenting it in an interview unless I have written authorization from the owner of the company and they have determined that the company I am interviewing with is not competition.

This is from the man who said he wanted to work with me in the future, so I could create additional collections for their portfolio. This is also the company which owes me $1750 and has my Bose ipod dock.

This is the company I worked really hard for for the past five months and created some really beautiful work which I've been extremely proud of. It's also the company who gave me a sixty day agreement which terminated at Christmas. Given all of that, I'm wondering who owns the rights to the work created. I was no longer under contract as the agreement clearly states 60 days. I think they're panicking and want me to make a statement committing to not publishing the work.

Actually I had no intention of publishing the work online as I'm well aware of unethical people (the people I was just working for are some of the worst when it comes to ripping off design) and so I was only planning to show it as part of my portfolio. It's ludicrous to think that I would seek the written consent of someone who has fired me. Actually it's ludicrous to think anyone would seek written consent prior to an interview to determine whether that company is considered competition. He's delusional.

Oh the fun never stops around here. It just seems to get better and better. 2008, so far my second worst year in memory but then again, it's only April and so much more can happen.

Tomorrow should be fun.

On a positive note, Piggy is now enjoying raw food, vitamin C to help her stubble grow back, digestive enzymes, joint relief and more. I'm determined she's going to be fit and healthy, she's had a bad year too so at least one of us needs to be strong.

I am so drained from all of these negative emotions. I spent hours last night reading horoscopes in the hope that one would be positive but it appears to be doom and gloom from here on. It's all about growing from the pain and change and emerging at some point in the future (probably in about ten years) a much happier, healthier person. Bollocks to that, this is excruciating.