Where's all the POSTS gone?!
Well. That's interesting. I've been looking in my archives for when my changes of residence might have taken place, and here I notice a trend.
It seems that since my last unemployment (beginning of July, 2009) until now, I've hardly posted. There has been quite a bit of things going on, but...hardly a peep from me. Why?
I think the unemployment must have taken quite a bit out of me. That and that I was faced with six months of being able to do what I wanted (career-wise, game programming), and I totally didn't take the opportunity. I also didn't keep up with my eating habits and exercise. From then until now, I've put on around 65 lbs, but have also confronted some of the demons in my past. So, the weight is not as much of a huge problem as it once would have been. (Hint: weight and health have not been proven to have a direct correlation, even though our culture conflates them.)
Even now, with my health, it is stress that seems to be the biggest problem. I'm currently having an adventure with my stomach and having too much acid. I've been on antacids for long enough that I'm not *usually* having cramping stomach and intestine pains, but still the stress is bleeding through and making my whole gastrointestinal tract an adventure in the making! Wouldn't YOU like to plumb those depths? ;D (The answer is no.)
There's still good news, though. I've verbally accepted a position at Rockwell Collins as a software engineer. They don't make weapons (directly. Depending on what you term as a weapon, you could debate it). They mostly make aircraft avionics software. That is, if you look into the cockpit when you're getting on a plane and they have screens displaying stuff on the console, that's what I'm talking about. I actually got a glimpse when I flew out for the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival at what I was pretty sure was Rockwell Collins avionics. It was neat. ^__^
So, that's all I can think of right now, some bits of speculation on why I've been silent, some bits of update. And I wouldn't doubt that the stress has something to do with my silence.
It seems that since my last unemployment (beginning of July, 2009) until now, I've hardly posted. There has been quite a bit of things going on, but...hardly a peep from me. Why?
I think the unemployment must have taken quite a bit out of me. That and that I was faced with six months of being able to do what I wanted (career-wise, game programming), and I totally didn't take the opportunity. I also didn't keep up with my eating habits and exercise. From then until now, I've put on around 65 lbs, but have also confronted some of the demons in my past. So, the weight is not as much of a huge problem as it once would have been. (Hint: weight and health have not been proven to have a direct correlation, even though our culture conflates them.)
Even now, with my health, it is stress that seems to be the biggest problem. I'm currently having an adventure with my stomach and having too much acid. I've been on antacids for long enough that I'm not *usually* having cramping stomach and intestine pains, but still the stress is bleeding through and making my whole gastrointestinal tract an adventure in the making! Wouldn't YOU like to plumb those depths? ;D (The answer is no.)
There's still good news, though. I've verbally accepted a position at Rockwell Collins as a software engineer. They don't make weapons (directly. Depending on what you term as a weapon, you could debate it). They mostly make aircraft avionics software. That is, if you look into the cockpit when you're getting on a plane and they have screens displaying stuff on the console, that's what I'm talking about. I actually got a glimpse when I flew out for the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival at what I was pretty sure was Rockwell Collins avionics. It was neat. ^__^
So, that's all I can think of right now, some bits of speculation on why I've been silent, some bits of update. And I wouldn't doubt that the stress has something to do with my silence.