approval on the materials you use to make the toy, and you're. today sucks in millions of ways, all of which are time consuming, and worse expensive. oh, and dull. I spent way too much time today on a conference with our lawyers (1 senior partner $ /hour, 1 jr partner $ /hour) and our auditors (senior partner $ /hour and assistant associate mere pittance considering she's the one doing the real work/hour) talking in circles about nothing of consequence. It was like being stuck in traffic 1 block away from your destination and watching the cab fare meter spin, but you can't get the door to open so that you can walk the final block on your own. And every damn writer I know suddenly went Emo on me. And a friend who lives in SF found out I slipped into town for the weekend and didn't tell her. and. and , and . It's a slow death by a thousand emotional papercuts.