is this thing on?
Recapping stuff:
1) Part 2 of my last post was going to be a typically book-length post about my adventures at Disneyland, but this time I'll force myself to be brief: I had a good time.
((winces))
Ahh, I hate being brief!
Continuing the list:
2) bummed that no one will make VHS anymore. I have two (two!!) VCRs and no DVD-type recording thingie. I have a large bag of old tapes that I use to tape stuff. Just because Tivo exists doesn't mean I have to subscribe to it!
3) changed jobs last June. My old company kept laying people off and asking the survivors to please be loyal.
Layoff Survivor During All-hands Meeting: "Will there be more layoffs?"
Executive: "I can't make that promise."
HR quickly spent all of its time putting together exit packages for quitters like me.
4) new job: same industry, different business model. Holy Grail jobs: Disney Corporate (but don't even JOKE about me working IN one of the parks) or Weta Workshop. The latter would require a move to New Zealand.
5) current favorite TV shows: Family Guy, American Dad, SNL, 30 Rock, My Name is Earl, Robot Chicken, Simpsons, Reaper, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural
6) TV shows that I watch but have to drag myself to it: Smallville, Heroes, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
7) Favorite kind of movie: big, loud, full of superheroes.
That might explain while I still watch Smallville, et al, in spite of their lack of quality.
8) I still like swearing, but not as much as Kevin Smith does. I don't think ANYone does. Well, maybe Coen Brother characters?
9) I'm typing this while listening to the track "A Building Panic" from the Titanic soundtrack. Coincidence?
10) Maybe because I have to go out and shovel snow once I've posted this. The thing with shoveling snow is, no matter how tired, sick or injured you are, it has to be done. Period.
11) Resolved: no more Creation Conventions until I've moved back to southern California! It'll be like a present to myself. The reason is because of my own guilt about cutting into Momtime whenever I visit her. If I'm in CA a week, 3-4 days of it is spent at a convention, and that ain't fair to her. Taking a longer vacation isn't something that I'd do. I just wouldn't.
12) my real Holy Grail dream job: retirement. Instant retirement, such as from a sudden magical Megamillions windfall. In lieu of that, my only-slightly-less-realistic Holy Grail job is arts-n-crafts type. Selling my handmade stuff and making an actual, comfortable living at it!
That's not all I got, but I gotta go eat snow.
1) Part 2 of my last post was going to be a typically book-length post about my adventures at Disneyland, but this time I'll force myself to be brief: I had a good time.
((winces))
Ahh, I hate being brief!
Continuing the list:
2) bummed that no one will make VHS anymore. I have two (two!!) VCRs and no DVD-type recording thingie. I have a large bag of old tapes that I use to tape stuff. Just because Tivo exists doesn't mean I have to subscribe to it!
3) changed jobs last June. My old company kept laying people off and asking the survivors to please be loyal.
Layoff Survivor During All-hands Meeting: "Will there be more layoffs?"
Executive: "I can't make that promise."
HR quickly spent all of its time putting together exit packages for quitters like me.
4) new job: same industry, different business model. Holy Grail jobs: Disney Corporate (but don't even JOKE about me working IN one of the parks) or Weta Workshop. The latter would require a move to New Zealand.
5) current favorite TV shows: Family Guy, American Dad, SNL, 30 Rock, My Name is Earl, Robot Chicken, Simpsons, Reaper, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural
6) TV shows that I watch but have to drag myself to it: Smallville, Heroes, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
7) Favorite kind of movie: big, loud, full of superheroes.
That might explain while I still watch Smallville, et al, in spite of their lack of quality.
8) I still like swearing, but not as much as Kevin Smith does. I don't think ANYone does. Well, maybe Coen Brother characters?
9) I'm typing this while listening to the track "A Building Panic" from the Titanic soundtrack. Coincidence?
10) Maybe because I have to go out and shovel snow once I've posted this. The thing with shoveling snow is, no matter how tired, sick or injured you are, it has to be done. Period.
11) Resolved: no more Creation Conventions until I've moved back to southern California! It'll be like a present to myself. The reason is because of my own guilt about cutting into Momtime whenever I visit her. If I'm in CA a week, 3-4 days of it is spent at a convention, and that ain't fair to her. Taking a longer vacation isn't something that I'd do. I just wouldn't.
12) my real Holy Grail dream job: retirement. Instant retirement, such as from a sudden magical Megamillions windfall. In lieu of that, my only-slightly-less-realistic Holy Grail job is arts-n-crafts type. Selling my handmade stuff and making an actual, comfortable living at it!
That's not all I got, but I gotta go eat snow.