Things I am excited about
Uh oh, incoming migraine. Better talk about all the things before it's too late.
Okay, first- Dan found a job! I actually mentioned this on Facebook (which I almost never use because the website itself is just...gah, broken), and then forgot to say so here. He actually had a couple companies very interested in him at the end of last week, and had to make a tough decision as to where he wanted to work. So the job search really did go well. The new place is a cloud computing company and it sounds like it's going great so far. The one down side is that it's in Boulder, so he has a really monster commute every day. We're going to have to move from our nice centralized location in Stapleton. We're starting to look.
Secondly, I kinda headed offline for a long while to read through some old stuff and try to figure out my writing. Writing's always been a part of my life, all but lately, and I wanted to really nail down what and why this writer's block kept happening. I think I've got it nailed down now- some of it is probably due to just trying to focus too hard on things that I shouldn't be, but the majority is wrapped up in my fears, especially fears relating to how my fibromyalgia 'fog' has been affecting my thinking. And I want to write a much longer piece on that (and migraine-times maaaay not be the best-times to focus in on that), so I'll leave it at that for the moment. Still, ever since I got that worked out, I've been writing- different stuff than I was planning, personal stuff and old fandom fanfics. But I no longer feel like I have nothing in my head.
By the way, did you know that Kokoro Connect is a really good show? It's a really, surprisingly good show. A friend of ours had us watch the beginning on Crunchyroll, and it seems really kind of silly (seems like Polychromatic got set in an anime high school, actually). But the way they handle characters and character development in that show...oh man, I was impressed.
...okay, I digress. I've been playing Portal 2 lately- I should say again, but I only got 1/3 of the way through it last time. The thing is that it got played so often in my presence that me actually playing it seemed redundant by that point. So I'm really enjoying going through it now. And of course, it's hilarious. :) After this, I should try Mass Effect again and see if I can keep from completely failing at the shooter part. Maybe if I put it on super-easy mode... -_-;
I also want to mention that it has been AGES since I had a real migraine. I mean, seriously, like six weeks or more. I'd be glad if it held off longer, but this is...not bad. Especially since I don't seem to have the emotional part to it (at least not yet *crosses fingers*). Actually, how about I cross my fingers to just have the whole thing go away? Yeeep.
Oh, last thing. I found this fascinating. It's a video about a guy who designed a 420 square foot apartment into a place that has fold down beds, a guest 'bedroom', an office, a table that telescopes out to seat 10 for dinner parties, moving walls, etc. I just really love the super-practical uses of space. Our current apartment has some great solutions, like a wall of cabinets on one end of the kitchen that can be used for pantry-stuff or living-room stuff, well-organized closet space, and a movable guard rail for the shower. But it's not quite as amazingly thought out as this place is (I still can't quite get on board for the idea of the spork, though).
Okay, first- Dan found a job! I actually mentioned this on Facebook (which I almost never use because the website itself is just...gah, broken), and then forgot to say so here. He actually had a couple companies very interested in him at the end of last week, and had to make a tough decision as to where he wanted to work. So the job search really did go well. The new place is a cloud computing company and it sounds like it's going great so far. The one down side is that it's in Boulder, so he has a really monster commute every day. We're going to have to move from our nice centralized location in Stapleton. We're starting to look.
Secondly, I kinda headed offline for a long while to read through some old stuff and try to figure out my writing. Writing's always been a part of my life, all but lately, and I wanted to really nail down what and why this writer's block kept happening. I think I've got it nailed down now- some of it is probably due to just trying to focus too hard on things that I shouldn't be, but the majority is wrapped up in my fears, especially fears relating to how my fibromyalgia 'fog' has been affecting my thinking. And I want to write a much longer piece on that (and migraine-times maaaay not be the best-times to focus in on that), so I'll leave it at that for the moment. Still, ever since I got that worked out, I've been writing- different stuff than I was planning, personal stuff and old fandom fanfics. But I no longer feel like I have nothing in my head.
By the way, did you know that Kokoro Connect is a really good show? It's a really, surprisingly good show. A friend of ours had us watch the beginning on Crunchyroll, and it seems really kind of silly (seems like Polychromatic got set in an anime high school, actually). But the way they handle characters and character development in that show...oh man, I was impressed.
...okay, I digress. I've been playing Portal 2 lately- I should say again, but I only got 1/3 of the way through it last time. The thing is that it got played so often in my presence that me actually playing it seemed redundant by that point. So I'm really enjoying going through it now. And of course, it's hilarious. :) After this, I should try Mass Effect again and see if I can keep from completely failing at the shooter part. Maybe if I put it on super-easy mode... -_-;
I also want to mention that it has been AGES since I had a real migraine. I mean, seriously, like six weeks or more. I'd be glad if it held off longer, but this is...not bad. Especially since I don't seem to have the emotional part to it (at least not yet *crosses fingers*). Actually, how about I cross my fingers to just have the whole thing go away? Yeeep.
Oh, last thing. I found this fascinating. It's a video about a guy who designed a 420 square foot apartment into a place that has fold down beds, a guest 'bedroom', an office, a table that telescopes out to seat 10 for dinner parties, moving walls, etc. I just really love the super-practical uses of space. Our current apartment has some great solutions, like a wall of cabinets on one end of the kitchen that can be used for pantry-stuff or living-room stuff, well-organized closet space, and a movable guard rail for the shower. But it's not quite as amazingly thought out as this place is (I still can't quite get on board for the idea of the spork, though).