First things first- I auditioned for this year's Erie Idol competition on Friday, with Finch & M from Disgraced coming along for encouragement (they'd both qualified in an earlier audition). The audition was held in a car & motor sports dealership, of all places. It's kinda surreal to find yourself singing to a bunch of snowmobiles. (Although I ( Read more... )

Wonder of wonders, it turned out that the design place hadn't filled the position yet! How amazing is that? So I had to scramble & put a portfolio together Tuesday night as I had an interview yesterday afternoon with the owner of the company & the head of the art department ( Read more... )

Just to add insult to injury, I was cleaning out my spam folder & found an e-mail from the way-cool graphic design place I sent my resume to, requesting an interview.

Fucking stupid spam filters.

I did e-mail back, just on the off chance that they might not have filled it & explained about the stupid filter, but I don't have much hope there.

Remember how last week my elbow was all stiff & sore? Yeah, repeat that, only it's my right knee. Fun. At least I could still snow-blow the driveway since Uncle D got a new tire for the blower. Unfortunately, I can't spend much time downstairs in my studio in the basement because it makes the knee hurt more- *much* more. There's no actual heat ( Read more... )