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Back to the Toy Business...
I applied for a job at a local toy store that also does the nerd gaming stuff. It's the same store I bought my Dwarf Mini back in October ....Cross your fingers.....
I also bought this mini today....
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Lots of dead ends...
I've been applying to quite a few freelance jobs online two of which e-mailed me back and asked to send samples and pricing. The first one was for a Dog Rescue organization, I sent them my designs and said it would be $100 for 10 illustrations and I sent them 5 character designs, they eventually wanted a comic but how can I write a comic not ( Read more... ) -
Learning new Martial Arts styles 1: Okinawan Karate Do
So Sasha and I have been looking for something fun to do together so he has been looking into local Karate schools to take classes. We both have Martial Arts experience. I was in Tae Kwon Do for 7 years and well he's been a Sambo (Russian submission wrestling) and Muay Thai (Kickboxing) fighter for 20 or more years. Sasha always told me how Tae ( Read more... ) -
Stolen from Jacqui who stole it from Jarod...
Post the first couple lines of 20 songs on your playlist (no matter how embarassing!) and see who can guess what they are!
1. She is smiling like heaven's down on Earth...
2. When are you gonna come down? When are you going to land?
3. Tune me into the wild side of life. I'm an innocent young child sharp as a knife.
4. It's close to midnight and ( Read more... ) -
...now all I need is a job
So I'm officially done with school I'm 99.9% sure I passed all my classes. Weiner said I passed. I handed in everything to Kristen and Donati loves me too much. I think I'll be ok so here's a breakdown of what the last week an a half was like:
The Portfolio Show (Friday Dec 12): It was fun but uneventful. The only 2D animation company that showed up ( Read more... ) -
Holy Jeff Katzenburg Batman!
I waited until today to post because I was attending something today that would warrent me to take discreet pictures and race home as soon as possible to post them here. I attended a screening and a question and answer talk by Jeff Katzenburg....yes THE Jeff Katzenburg! Jeff Katzenburg, a founder of Dreamworks. The current CEO of DreamWorks ( Read more... ) -
The once-a-year nerd fest.
For the last five years in November I've attended the Boston Super Mega Fest. A convention that is part sci-fi, part collectible, and part comic book convention. I love going to this convention because it's a place where some of the older stars of music movies TV and sports come out and sign autographs for the fans. The last two years was a bit of ( Read more... ) -
Update on my Grandfather
My Grandfather passed away on Friday November 7th 2008 in Kent County Hospital. I was there earlier that day when my family made the decision to take him off life support. He could no longer breathe without a respirator and to eat he would have to have a feeding tube soon. It was in his will not to be left on machines and we honored his decision ( Read more... ) -
Finishing school and watching my grandfather
My grandfather hasn't been doing too well the last few months and we think he's close to the end. He's had severe depression, hasn't been eating, fell and broke a rib and multiple asthma attacks and pneumonia. I left Wiener's class early to go and visit him in Kent County Hospital in Warwick RI. He probably weighs less than me now and has a ( Read more... ) -
...thinking of new hobbies....
Happy Halloween everyone!
So a few days ago Sasha and I had time to kill in Westborough while his car was getting a routine service when we came upon a toy, gift, and hobby store. It was a surprisingly big place that had kids toys, greeting cards, for kids and adults as well as tabletop gaming stuff you would find in most comic book or gaming stores ( Read more... )