Back from a week away
I just came back from a week in Yosemite with my parents and family. The scenery does make up for the crowds, though I was very done with people by the end of the week. Pictures may follow.
Aikido after a week and a half away was interesting. I did feel rusty - and I'm quite sore this morning - but I did better than expected. No stamina problems, and I took a set of about a dozen consecutive high falls with no problems. I think my high fall instincts are back. I'd also been having trouble with my right shoulder on forward rolls; that seems to have cleared up with a week of rest.
Test prep class tonight and Monday; I have to make a call soon if I'm going to withdraw. I expect I'll take the test, but I want to see how well I do in the practice sessions.
I came back from vacation to work in flux. This is pretty much standard for the game industry, but the change turned out to be good this time. A bit tense to come back to an email asking how I was dealing with the project changes, but as the dust settles I think I'm going to like this much better.
This is a good lesson in why I don't talk about my work online. Plans change in this industry. I personally think that putting the brakes on a project until it's going to be a hit is the right call; that doesn't mean that a rumor that "OMG, project X is delayed!" won't negatively impact stock prices. It's hard not to make the connection that institutional investors are stupid about this industry.
Unfortunately, sometimes you have to cater to the stupid.
In related news, there's an election coming up.
Aikido after a week and a half away was interesting. I did feel rusty - and I'm quite sore this morning - but I did better than expected. No stamina problems, and I took a set of about a dozen consecutive high falls with no problems. I think my high fall instincts are back. I'd also been having trouble with my right shoulder on forward rolls; that seems to have cleared up with a week of rest.
Test prep class tonight and Monday; I have to make a call soon if I'm going to withdraw. I expect I'll take the test, but I want to see how well I do in the practice sessions.
I came back from vacation to work in flux. This is pretty much standard for the game industry, but the change turned out to be good this time. A bit tense to come back to an email asking how I was dealing with the project changes, but as the dust settles I think I'm going to like this much better.
This is a good lesson in why I don't talk about my work online. Plans change in this industry. I personally think that putting the brakes on a project until it's going to be a hit is the right call; that doesn't mean that a rumor that "OMG, project X is delayed!" won't negatively impact stock prices. It's hard not to make the connection that institutional investors are stupid about this industry.
Unfortunately, sometimes you have to cater to the stupid.
In related news, there's an election coming up.