Biting the bullet and crossing fingers
Welp, Dan and I both took the plunge and have become tools in our own ways.
First of all, I joined twitter If you don't know what it is, you should really peep out from under that rock of yours once in a while. My brother in law has one for crying out loud! Sure it was to follow his idol and hero Lance Armstrong (hence naming his son Lance) but he's seriously hooked too. Anyway so I'm on there as TerraForever, or you can find my by my email ksalumbides(at)gmail(dot)com. Some fun people are on there like Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day, etc. Still looking to add more people. I don't know why I did it... it was just this random decision ... maybe trying to avoid work while at work =P But it's kinda interesting. It's like a mini Lj. Lot easier to update and it's just brief ones and you can also do replies as well.
As for Dan, well he got himself a 16gb iPhone. His phone was dying (so he says) and he's never gotten more than the cheapy phones before and figured he'd splurge. And really I think with his love of quirky games and his general nerdiness it was a good investment. It'll last him for a while and allow him to do some fun things (he was jealous of my blackberry anyway). I have to say I do like it for it's fun quirks and such but typing is a bitch. I mean sure, with my index finger it's fine but it's nowhere near the same as tying with a real keyboard (a la blackberry). Dan's loading up on music, games, and ringtones. Any suggestions for the latter?
So now Dan and I are slowly joining the masses. Meh.
Now I'm crossing my fingers for several things:
1) My employers hire a new person so Marisela and I aren't doing everything and so I can take more days off w/ less guilt. I'm especially concerned about the Friday of Fanime Con because I don't have that off yet. If we hire someone then it shouldn't be a problem but if we don't...well there may be issues. Did get the Monday off though so that's good. They were smart and did in fact close the office for the day.
2) I get my massage tonight and I hope it's worth the $45. I don't know what kind I'm getting -it's at some asian place on Florin & Stockton @_@ so we'll see. I wanted to do 2 hrs - that's my min usually but no $$ and no time. I really hope I can squeeze it in. if not, I suppose there's always Thursday. My neck and back are really bad right now and yes, I know I work at a chiro's office but no chiro for me if I can help it. This is when I really wish I was in the Philippines. $15 massages for 2 hrs!!!
3) I can actually get my artwork done. I'm getting all these ideas as to what to sell but the time to make them is shrinking rapidly. I do have 75% of my lineart for my xxxHolic Yuuko done and I've sketched out my Deathnote piece as well as 1 Vampire Knight. I am thinking of doing some quick photo-sized prints of other characters that will be easier to do and more classic (Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, maybe some Bleach or Naruto... just quick character ones and sell them for $5). With this style I won't have to worry as much about composition and bg and all the other details... Any particular characters i should do?
Random things of the day:
1) 3 Musketeers is yummy. I haven't had them in a while until last night
2) Whilst watching Encino Man on On Demand over the weekend, I caught sight of Twix Cookies N Cream and I nearly died. I thought I was among like 5 people who remembered it and now I have proof it existed and was probably THE BEST Twix flavor (Fudge was good too though)
3) Strawberry yogurt (Yoplait) is so yummy
4) I am so glad I dropped out of Death Note before it got terrible. I read the spoilers earlier today just to finally know what happened and jeebus...
5) Rock n Rolla is a good movie. Gerard Butler = <3
6) Watchmen was also a good movie. Might watch it again next weekend with the sister.
First of all, I joined twitter If you don't know what it is, you should really peep out from under that rock of yours once in a while. My brother in law has one for crying out loud! Sure it was to follow his idol and hero Lance Armstrong (hence naming his son Lance) but he's seriously hooked too. Anyway so I'm on there as TerraForever, or you can find my by my email ksalumbides(at)gmail(dot)com. Some fun people are on there like Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day, etc. Still looking to add more people. I don't know why I did it... it was just this random decision ... maybe trying to avoid work while at work =P But it's kinda interesting. It's like a mini Lj. Lot easier to update and it's just brief ones and you can also do replies as well.
As for Dan, well he got himself a 16gb iPhone. His phone was dying (so he says) and he's never gotten more than the cheapy phones before and figured he'd splurge. And really I think with his love of quirky games and his general nerdiness it was a good investment. It'll last him for a while and allow him to do some fun things (he was jealous of my blackberry anyway). I have to say I do like it for it's fun quirks and such but typing is a bitch. I mean sure, with my index finger it's fine but it's nowhere near the same as tying with a real keyboard (a la blackberry). Dan's loading up on music, games, and ringtones. Any suggestions for the latter?
So now Dan and I are slowly joining the masses. Meh.
Now I'm crossing my fingers for several things:
1) My employers hire a new person so Marisela and I aren't doing everything and so I can take more days off w/ less guilt. I'm especially concerned about the Friday of Fanime Con because I don't have that off yet. If we hire someone then it shouldn't be a problem but if we don't...well there may be issues. Did get the Monday off though so that's good. They were smart and did in fact close the office for the day.
2) I get my massage tonight and I hope it's worth the $45. I don't know what kind I'm getting -it's at some asian place on Florin & Stockton @_@ so we'll see. I wanted to do 2 hrs - that's my min usually but no $$ and no time. I really hope I can squeeze it in. if not, I suppose there's always Thursday. My neck and back are really bad right now and yes, I know I work at a chiro's office but no chiro for me if I can help it. This is when I really wish I was in the Philippines. $15 massages for 2 hrs!!!
3) I can actually get my artwork done. I'm getting all these ideas as to what to sell but the time to make them is shrinking rapidly. I do have 75% of my lineart for my xxxHolic Yuuko done and I've sketched out my Deathnote piece as well as 1 Vampire Knight. I am thinking of doing some quick photo-sized prints of other characters that will be easier to do and more classic (Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, maybe some Bleach or Naruto... just quick character ones and sell them for $5). With this style I won't have to worry as much about composition and bg and all the other details... Any particular characters i should do?
Random things of the day:
1) 3 Musketeers is yummy. I haven't had them in a while until last night
2) Whilst watching Encino Man on On Demand over the weekend, I caught sight of Twix Cookies N Cream and I nearly died. I thought I was among like 5 people who remembered it and now I have proof it existed and was probably THE BEST Twix flavor (Fudge was good too though)
3) Strawberry yogurt (Yoplait) is so yummy
4) I am so glad I dropped out of Death Note before it got terrible. I read the spoilers earlier today just to finally know what happened and jeebus...
5) Rock n Rolla is a good movie. Gerard Butler = <3
6) Watchmen was also a good movie. Might watch it again next weekend with the sister.