WHAT'S UP, PEOPLE?!
So, WOW, LJ and internets. I just skimmed through 12 pages of 50 entries apiece on my f-list. CRAAAAAA~ZY... I guess this is what will happen every time I leave LJ for more than a day. I should either live on LJ or cut down on how many comms I watch. Mm...
Work's been kind of insane and busy, thus my unplanned short bursts of hiatus-ness from LJ-land. Anyway, I'm really upset with myself. My run of luck has been so bad since I started my job and it's affecting my perfomance/attendance. I mean, especially considering the hours I work, I'm having a hell of a time regulating my sleep schedule. Plus, because my routine's gotten thrown on it's head, I keep forgetting to take my medication. As you may imagine, not a good thing to do. D:
And to top it all off, my radiator ended up blowing a huge crack in itself and overheating Monday afternoon on my way home. I ended up wasting six or so hours waiting for it to cool, putting coolant in it, trying to seal the leak, and putting more coolant in it. The seal held till about six miles from my house where, at a stoplight, a huge plume of smoke erupts from beneath my hood and the words "oh shit, I hope I make it home" leave my mouth. Yes, the crack was that big. Anyway, I made it to about two hundred feet from my garage before the dumb engine started overheating, so I just got it to chug along and parked it outside. It's been at the shop since and the mechanic won't be able to look at it tomorrow. D: I seriously do not have the money to pay for my car to be fixed like that. And the dumb thing already needed a new fan motor too. BLARGH!!!
I've been really irritated with fandom recently for some reason. People being dumb, shallow fangirls and fanboys have just been getting on my nerves for some reason. I mean, it never used to really bother me before. I'd just shrug and pity them for being so stupid. I don't know what's wrong.
... Now that I think about it, it's probably 'cause I keep missing my meds. >_> Hmph. Or maybe I'm becoming elitist? What is elitist anyway?
But OMG, Ergo Proxy. I finally got around to watching some of the other episodes that are *not* my faves in the dub. I have to say Jaffe's kind of disappointed me in terms of the script adaptation. A lot of the stuff is better the way Shinsen's got it, and I am by no means a sub purist. >_> You seem like a nice guy, Jaffe, but fucking with one of my all-time fave anime is not a way to get on my OMGAWESOME list. >_> I better as hell not be making this face during the next volume --> D<
So, anyway, how's everybody out there doing? I'll probably poke around and comment after I finish my ironing. :3
Also, question for all y'all animanga people out there who go to/have been to any cons.
A lot of unnecessary backstory: After the most recent Sakuracon, I decided I really wanted to do staff. I've had such an awesome time every Sakuracon I've been to, doing staff sounded like great fun/work/social stuffs, and I really wanted to try and do what I can to make everyone else's experiences as awesome as mine were. So, I signed up to be a rover for SAS next year, just a really low-level, basic, mindless job, but I figure it leaves me enough flexibility to go and do stuff I wanted and have enough extra time to help out in other departments if need be. Anyway, I've been making it a point to make it to each month's general meeting, said day trips for which are hella fun, even if the drive is 3 hours one way. And at both meetings so far, there's always been this underlying cry of "Staff PLZ!". Now, granted, it *is* completely volunteer. You're not getting paid for any time you put into the con, but there are some perks to doing staff and I personally think that it's going to be not only busy but a lot of fun as well.
Anyway, I've been trying to convince my brother and a couple of the guys who went last year to do staff this year. But they all keep saying no and that "Oh, well, you're not getting paid, right? That's stupid, I don't want to do that." I mean, they all talked about how awesome it was and they're already planning for next year, but I don't understand why they're so against doing any sort of volunteer work with the con. So now I'm curious as to whether or not the people on my f-list volunteer at cons or not. Which brings me to my question(s). Poll time!
Poll Conventions: volunteering
Work's been kind of insane and busy, thus my unplanned short bursts of hiatus-ness from LJ-land. Anyway, I'm really upset with myself. My run of luck has been so bad since I started my job and it's affecting my perfomance/attendance. I mean, especially considering the hours I work, I'm having a hell of a time regulating my sleep schedule. Plus, because my routine's gotten thrown on it's head, I keep forgetting to take my medication. As you may imagine, not a good thing to do. D:
And to top it all off, my radiator ended up blowing a huge crack in itself and overheating Monday afternoon on my way home. I ended up wasting six or so hours waiting for it to cool, putting coolant in it, trying to seal the leak, and putting more coolant in it. The seal held till about six miles from my house where, at a stoplight, a huge plume of smoke erupts from beneath my hood and the words "oh shit, I hope I make it home" leave my mouth. Yes, the crack was that big. Anyway, I made it to about two hundred feet from my garage before the dumb engine started overheating, so I just got it to chug along and parked it outside. It's been at the shop since and the mechanic won't be able to look at it tomorrow. D: I seriously do not have the money to pay for my car to be fixed like that. And the dumb thing already needed a new fan motor too. BLARGH!!!
I've been really irritated with fandom recently for some reason. People being dumb, shallow fangirls and fanboys have just been getting on my nerves for some reason. I mean, it never used to really bother me before. I'd just shrug and pity them for being so stupid. I don't know what's wrong.
... Now that I think about it, it's probably 'cause I keep missing my meds. >_> Hmph. Or maybe I'm becoming elitist? What is elitist anyway?
But OMG, Ergo Proxy. I finally got around to watching some of the other episodes that are *not* my faves in the dub. I have to say Jaffe's kind of disappointed me in terms of the script adaptation. A lot of the stuff is better the way Shinsen's got it, and I am by no means a sub purist. >_> You seem like a nice guy, Jaffe, but fucking with one of my all-time fave anime is not a way to get on my OMGAWESOME list. >_> I better as hell not be making this face during the next volume --> D<
So, anyway, how's everybody out there doing? I'll probably poke around and comment after I finish my ironing. :3
Also, question for all y'all animanga people out there who go to/have been to any cons.
A lot of unnecessary backstory: After the most recent Sakuracon, I decided I really wanted to do staff. I've had such an awesome time every Sakuracon I've been to, doing staff sounded like great fun/work/social stuffs, and I really wanted to try and do what I can to make everyone else's experiences as awesome as mine were. So, I signed up to be a rover for SAS next year, just a really low-level, basic, mindless job, but I figure it leaves me enough flexibility to go and do stuff I wanted and have enough extra time to help out in other departments if need be. Anyway, I've been making it a point to make it to each month's general meeting, said day trips for which are hella fun, even if the drive is 3 hours one way. And at both meetings so far, there's always been this underlying cry of "Staff PLZ!". Now, granted, it *is* completely volunteer. You're not getting paid for any time you put into the con, but there are some perks to doing staff and I personally think that it's going to be not only busy but a lot of fun as well.
Anyway, I've been trying to convince my brother and a couple of the guys who went last year to do staff this year. But they all keep saying no and that "Oh, well, you're not getting paid, right? That's stupid, I don't want to do that." I mean, they all talked about how awesome it was and they're already planning for next year, but I don't understand why they're so against doing any sort of volunteer work with the con. So now I'm curious as to whether or not the people on my f-list volunteer at cons or not. Which brings me to my question(s). Poll time!
Poll Conventions: volunteering