I have slept really well the last few nights. I don't know if I can pinpoint it to anything I have been doing differently or any difference in my mental state, but for the last week or so with the exception of pass out Thursday, I have been sleeping well. It's about goddamn time. Maybe it's the new job, maybe it's the new commute because I am walking 2 miles a day I am more tired, who knows. Who cares. As long as I can finally be normal in my sleep again.
Had a great day yesterday. Got up in the morning and rearranged some furniture in anticipation of the child being here. I was able to get the one couch out of her room and into mine. This allowed me to move her dresser out of the closet as well as her hamper and I moved a nightstand into her room where I set up her sewing machine. I haven't told her any of this and I hope she likes it.
After that I headed to the city with a friend. He has lived here almost 2 years but has spent no time in the city. We didn't do normal tourist things though. First we started at this ice cream which has been on a number of tv shows and is the serious straight up bomb. I had their 'Secret Breakfast' (bourbon & cornflakes) and the 'Harvey Milk & Honey'. He had the Peanut Butter Curry with Blueberry Boy Bait. From there we went downtown and spent the next 5 hours going into every store that was open. We even paused for lunch where we had chocolate malted cheesecake with marshmallow meringue and malted croutons. Best part is besides a thing of bubble bath, lunch, and the ice cream, I didn't spend any money. I tried on at least 50 things, but was good on all of them and said I have to think about it. Got home around 6:30, watched a little tv while finishing my leftover salad from lunch, and went to bed.
Perhaps that's part of it - I have been forcing myself to go to bed a little earlier some nights. I was in bed by 9:30 last night. I didn't fall asleep until 10:12, but I was in bed at least.
Off to work for one day as tomorrow is the kid's graduation!!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Y3 D4
I just realized last night that it was almost exactly four years ago to the day that I was having surgery on my Achilles. How insane is that? Four years ago. I was 240 lbs, almost 100 heavier than I am now, my wife just coming off of surgery of her own, just moved into a new house, started a new job, and having my leg sliced open. Amazing how much can change in four years. Am I happier? Am I sadder? Are things really different? Yes, yes, and yes. I think I am a better person now than I was then. I think I am a lot more lonely these days, but also much better at realizing when things are wrong and acting more appropriately instead of just shoving booze down my throat.
Here it is Memorial Day. Honestly it doesn't mean anything to me personally. I am thankful for all soldiers who gave their lives to defend our country, but I have never lost anyone in the military, nor served myself. It is a day off work and that's about it.
So what did I do yesterday...
Big fat nothing is about it. The laundry machine here at my apartment which you use to buy credits has been down since Saturday and I haven't been able to get laundry done which is driving me up a wall. I am hoping it will be fixed before I have to go out of town on Wednesday afternoon. Reality check -- in three days my little girl graduates from high school and moves in. Whoa. Mind blower.
Did a little grocery shopping and I do mean a little as I don't want things going bad while I am out of town. Had a steak for dinner with some cottage cheese and a baked potato. Watched some movies on netflix -- Wild at Heart. Don't care what anyone says, loves me some Nicky Cage. Oh the biggest thing I did yesterday was organize my books ONCE MORE on my Kindle. But this time I decided to go at it a little differently. Before copying the files over, I am organizing them on my computer, loading them in the desktop Kindle application and making sure the names and everything are clean. I want to finish that up this morning to have it ready for the week. I am supposed to go shopping with a friend today in the city, let's see if that happens. As of right now, I am not motivated enough to really do anything.
Here it is Memorial Day. Honestly it doesn't mean anything to me personally. I am thankful for all soldiers who gave their lives to defend our country, but I have never lost anyone in the military, nor served myself. It is a day off work and that's about it.
So what did I do yesterday...
Big fat nothing is about it. The laundry machine here at my apartment which you use to buy credits has been down since Saturday and I haven't been able to get laundry done which is driving me up a wall. I am hoping it will be fixed before I have to go out of town on Wednesday afternoon. Reality check -- in three days my little girl graduates from high school and moves in. Whoa. Mind blower.
Did a little grocery shopping and I do mean a little as I don't want things going bad while I am out of town. Had a steak for dinner with some cottage cheese and a baked potato. Watched some movies on netflix -- Wild at Heart. Don't care what anyone says, loves me some Nicky Cage. Oh the biggest thing I did yesterday was organize my books ONCE MORE on my Kindle. But this time I decided to go at it a little differently. Before copying the files over, I am organizing them on my computer, loading them in the desktop Kindle application and making sure the names and everything are clean. I want to finish that up this morning to have it ready for the week. I am supposed to go shopping with a friend today in the city, let's see if that happens. As of right now, I am not motivated enough to really do anything.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Y3 D3
Really fun day yesterday. Started off with a positive surprise - I went to meet my friend for a manicure downtown and I had to stop at the bank because the place we went to was cash only. I wasn't expecting to get paid until Tuesday but lookie there, my paycheck was in and about $500 more than I expected. Nice! We had a nice time at the manicure shop; I had mine done in purple/black crackle since we had a show last night. I ended going to show in as Alex Delarge from Clockwork Orange just for the hell of it. The full eye makeup, a perfect hat, my cane, etc, and the dark nails just finished the look.
After our manicure we went and had chinese food where she ened up picking up the whole bill. WOW, thank you! Wasn't expecting that. Better still, my fortung? "Fight for it. You will come out on top." Nice. I don't know what I am fighting for this time, but ok. Before lunch I had gone to my co-heads house and loaded up the car with props so that was already taken care of for the day. I got home around 1:30 and there was a note from FedEx that my new Kindle was waiting in the office. Score again! Loaded the old one up and ran to the UPS store to send it back. 2:30 and done until 9. Nap time!
Got up around 4 and made some food for my peeps for the show. I made them grilled pineapple with brown sugar and cardamom. Then I injected each piece with BBQ sauce and topped it off with homemade cardamom whipped cream. Then I made myself dinner, turkey burger with cottage cheese. Then I proceeded to spend an hour plus doing the Clockwork makeup. My eye came out PERFECT. My friend showed up around 8 and we headed up to the show around 9. We had a good show; not fantastic, but a good solid show. We also learned that in October we may have an EXTRA show at a museum. They want us to put on different scenes in different rooms like exhibits. The hard part is it will be the Thursday before Halloween which means we will probably end up doing 5 shows back to back. Who cares, it's fun, dammit.
Went for pie and got home around 4:30. Slept for about 5 hours. Today? Nothing. Nada. Zip. Laundry and loading up the new Kindle.
After our manicure we went and had chinese food where she ened up picking up the whole bill. WOW, thank you! Wasn't expecting that. Better still, my fortung? "Fight for it. You will come out on top." Nice. I don't know what I am fighting for this time, but ok. Before lunch I had gone to my co-heads house and loaded up the car with props so that was already taken care of for the day. I got home around 1:30 and there was a note from FedEx that my new Kindle was waiting in the office. Score again! Loaded the old one up and ran to the UPS store to send it back. 2:30 and done until 9. Nap time!
Got up around 4 and made some food for my peeps for the show. I made them grilled pineapple with brown sugar and cardamom. Then I injected each piece with BBQ sauce and topped it off with homemade cardamom whipped cream. Then I made myself dinner, turkey burger with cottage cheese. Then I proceeded to spend an hour plus doing the Clockwork makeup. My eye came out PERFECT. My friend showed up around 8 and we headed up to the show around 9. We had a good show; not fantastic, but a good solid show. We also learned that in October we may have an EXTRA show at a museum. They want us to put on different scenes in different rooms like exhibits. The hard part is it will be the Thursday before Halloween which means we will probably end up doing 5 shows back to back. Who cares, it's fun, dammit.
Went for pie and got home around 4:30. Slept for about 5 hours. Today? Nothing. Nada. Zip. Laundry and loading up the new Kindle.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Y3 D2
First off let's solve the mystery from yesterday. The person in the shower was a friend who was also too drunk to go home. That's it. Sorry for the let down. I knew I couldn't get her home and the person who drove me couldn't either because it would have been major back tracking for them so she stayed the night. In the other room. She is married and on cast with me. Her husband is currently in Canada on a project and he too is my friend so nothing happened, nothing will ever happen, and it was an innocent thing.
Yesterday was a useless wasted day and I think I may have given the wrong vibe at work. But on the other hand, I think I gave the vibe I wanted to give. I made it one week without anyone knowing a damn thing about me, not seeing my piercings, not knowing what I do for fun, etc. On that hand I met my goals for the week as odd as those goals were.
Got to work around 8:15. Took the train together with my friend which was nice as it made the ride a lot quicker. She works near me up there and this is the first time our schedules aligned where we could take the train together. Got into the office and finally got to meet my new boss. I showed him what I had been able to accomplish with the product during the four days and he was very impressed. He then showed me some things that I had questions on and it helped a ton. Then came the fucked up part of the day...
We were scheduled to have a company meeting from 10-4 and it was rumored we would be doing some team activity. No one knew if that meant onsite, offsite, etc. The only people who knew were the CTO and the office manager as she had to arrange everything. We first did a boardroom meeting going over the quarter and the direction; standard stuff. Then at 11:30 we go downstairs and all 35 of us, yes I counted, the company is actually a little smaller than I was led to believe, but I am okay with that, and got into a chartered bus.
We then head to a bowling alley. Yep. A bowling alley. Here I am one of two people not in jeans (the other being the CEO), with a hangover, going to a bowling alley. Now here's the thing -- I can only bowl occasionally like once a year because of my finger. After about three frames it pops out. It hurts like a motherfucker when that happens and it takes days for me to recover. I was not about to have that happen at a work function. Also, my fucking head was splitting. AND since this was week one, I was about to drink in front of my co-workers. I could have easily gotten trashed and bowled which would have masked the pain if my finger popped, but I didn't. Instead I sat quietly at the counter watching everyone. I would have read but oh wait, the new Kindle they sent me? Fucking died yesterday morning. Amazon is sending me a new one and gave me a $20 credit on my account, but it still sucked because I had no kindle and my phone died around noon. FML. Seriously.
After the first half hour of 'oh you don't bowl' and me politely saying no thank you to the deep fried food from hell which I wouldn't eat, and explaining how I can't bowl due to injury, most people left me alone. That's why I am worried I sent the wrong message. I was trying to be polite and stick with the group and be there, but it was clear that I was bored and the 'alone guy'. Some people chatted with me in between turns, but you know how it is. I did have an interesting conversation with the director of training; she was starting to get buzzed. Oh and btw most of the sales/marketing douchebags were drinking like fish and getting louder and more obnoxious with each passing minute. Anyway, the conversation I had with the DoT was essentially me saying how I was kind of private person (a nice lie, right?) and she repleid with 'I forget sometimes when you work at a small company that it seems like everyone is family, but as the company grows, people are going to be more private'. Bingo. She nailed it right there. She nailed what I don't what -- everyone knowing everything about me. For right now, I may be the quiet, odd duck, but I will take that over the drunken idiotic fool any day. As long as I do my job and I do it well, nothing else matters.
We got back to the office around 4:30 and I headed down to the train. Came home, grabbed some groceries and had swordfish, sliced tomatoes, and a shrimp cocktail for dinner. Was very nice. Watched an old movie, Hellraiser, and went to bed.
Tonight is a show and I am having lunch with a friend downtown. Might even do laundry today. Let's see how I feel.
Yesterday was a useless wasted day and I think I may have given the wrong vibe at work. But on the other hand, I think I gave the vibe I wanted to give. I made it one week without anyone knowing a damn thing about me, not seeing my piercings, not knowing what I do for fun, etc. On that hand I met my goals for the week as odd as those goals were.
Got to work around 8:15. Took the train together with my friend which was nice as it made the ride a lot quicker. She works near me up there and this is the first time our schedules aligned where we could take the train together. Got into the office and finally got to meet my new boss. I showed him what I had been able to accomplish with the product during the four days and he was very impressed. He then showed me some things that I had questions on and it helped a ton. Then came the fucked up part of the day...
We were scheduled to have a company meeting from 10-4 and it was rumored we would be doing some team activity. No one knew if that meant onsite, offsite, etc. The only people who knew were the CTO and the office manager as she had to arrange everything. We first did a boardroom meeting going over the quarter and the direction; standard stuff. Then at 11:30 we go downstairs and all 35 of us, yes I counted, the company is actually a little smaller than I was led to believe, but I am okay with that, and got into a chartered bus.
We then head to a bowling alley. Yep. A bowling alley. Here I am one of two people not in jeans (the other being the CEO), with a hangover, going to a bowling alley. Now here's the thing -- I can only bowl occasionally like once a year because of my finger. After about three frames it pops out. It hurts like a motherfucker when that happens and it takes days for me to recover. I was not about to have that happen at a work function. Also, my fucking head was splitting. AND since this was week one, I was about to drink in front of my co-workers. I could have easily gotten trashed and bowled which would have masked the pain if my finger popped, but I didn't. Instead I sat quietly at the counter watching everyone. I would have read but oh wait, the new Kindle they sent me? Fucking died yesterday morning. Amazon is sending me a new one and gave me a $20 credit on my account, but it still sucked because I had no kindle and my phone died around noon. FML. Seriously.
After the first half hour of 'oh you don't bowl' and me politely saying no thank you to the deep fried food from hell which I wouldn't eat, and explaining how I can't bowl due to injury, most people left me alone. That's why I am worried I sent the wrong message. I was trying to be polite and stick with the group and be there, but it was clear that I was bored and the 'alone guy'. Some people chatted with me in between turns, but you know how it is. I did have an interesting conversation with the director of training; she was starting to get buzzed. Oh and btw most of the sales/marketing douchebags were drinking like fish and getting louder and more obnoxious with each passing minute. Anyway, the conversation I had with the DoT was essentially me saying how I was kind of private person (a nice lie, right?) and she repleid with 'I forget sometimes when you work at a small company that it seems like everyone is family, but as the company grows, people are going to be more private'. Bingo. She nailed it right there. She nailed what I don't what -- everyone knowing everything about me. For right now, I may be the quiet, odd duck, but I will take that over the drunken idiotic fool any day. As long as I do my job and I do it well, nothing else matters.
We got back to the office around 4:30 and I headed down to the train. Came home, grabbed some groceries and had swordfish, sliced tomatoes, and a shrimp cocktail for dinner. Was very nice. Watched an old movie, Hellraiser, and went to bed.
Tonight is a show and I am having lunch with a friend downtown. Might even do laundry today. Let's see how I feel.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Y3 D1
Y3. What a weird thing to type. I honestly never planned to survive Y1 so to be on Y3 is a bit of shock to the old system.
Had a good day at work yesterday. Think I have figured the product out to some extent. Talked to my new boss over the phone and he was saying how it will be at least another 2-3 weeks until I start on client stuff and I was like, let's start now. I am ready to get my feet wet. We actually meet for the first time since I started today.
I did party like a rockstar last night. It was my director's kid's grad night and we all met up at a local bar for festivities. The kids weren't there, it was just the teachers. If you've never seen teachers let loose, I highly recommend it. They are wild outside the classroom.
I don't remember much of last night other than I didn't drive. I handed my keys over at some point to someone telling them you are getting me home. Obviously they listened and I am home and there is someone in the bathroom taking a shower right now. Let's see who it is, shall we?
Had a good day at work yesterday. Think I have figured the product out to some extent. Talked to my new boss over the phone and he was saying how it will be at least another 2-3 weeks until I start on client stuff and I was like, let's start now. I am ready to get my feet wet. We actually meet for the first time since I started today.
I did party like a rockstar last night. It was my director's kid's grad night and we all met up at a local bar for festivities. The kids weren't there, it was just the teachers. If you've never seen teachers let loose, I highly recommend it. They are wild outside the classroom.
I don't remember much of last night other than I didn't drive. I handed my keys over at some point to someone telling them you are getting me home. Obviously they listened and I am home and there is someone in the bathroom taking a shower right now. Let's see who it is, shall we?
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Y2 D365
In this place it seems like such a shame. Though it all looks different now, I know it's still the same. Everywhere I look you're all I see. Just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be...
Two years. I survived two fucking years. Amazing. And now for the last year in my life recap. It's been one hell of a roller coaster ride hasn't it kids? Let's see if we can summarize:
- Moved.
- Met a nice woman and then realized she was a nice woman and I would probably hurt her in the long run
- Fucked a 23 year old. Sorry, it's fact and I am taking credit for it
- Almost lost my job thanks to a 23 year old
- Tried repeating what I found, only to be lied to, stolen from, and hurt once more. But at least had sex with a 21 year old
- As for karmic payment, been celibate and alone for 8 fucking months. Payback is a bitch ain't it?
- Suffered through the worst financial period of my life
- Had to beg borrow and steal to stay afloat a couple of times
- Lost any semblance of pride to make the bills
- Found a new job which should turn things around
- Lost my timeshare in Hawaii
- Drank and made an ass out of myself
- Drank and nearly killed myself
- Drank and drank and drank...
- Incurred more debt than any one man should have to deal with in his life thanks to life and the IRS
- Tried to go to a doctor to get help and all he wanted to do was push drugs
- Found a group of people who love me and accept for who I am, which saved my life
- Lost a dear friend through reasons I still don't understand because he won't talk to me
- Watched my fucking brother die
And those are just the fucking highlights. People wonder why I have emotional problems. If the average person went through HALF of what I did in the last 12 months they would be blubbering idiots. Yet somehow I kept going. Somehow I made it one more fucking year. What will year three bring? Happiness? I don't know that concept. It's beyond me. Happiness isn't allowed. Moments of happiness are okay but sustained happiness is for other people apparently and not me. Will I get out of the hole? Will I find someone who actually gives a fuck about me? Will my friend who I care about deeply forgive me for whatever trespasses I committed? Will I lose even more family members?
How will you know the answers to all these? Well kids you have to keep reading, don't ya?
Two years. I survived two fucking years. Amazing. And now for the last year in my life recap. It's been one hell of a roller coaster ride hasn't it kids? Let's see if we can summarize:
- Moved.
- Met a nice woman and then realized she was a nice woman and I would probably hurt her in the long run
- Fucked a 23 year old. Sorry, it's fact and I am taking credit for it
- Almost lost my job thanks to a 23 year old
- Tried repeating what I found, only to be lied to, stolen from, and hurt once more. But at least had sex with a 21 year old
- As for karmic payment, been celibate and alone for 8 fucking months. Payback is a bitch ain't it?
- Suffered through the worst financial period of my life
- Had to beg borrow and steal to stay afloat a couple of times
- Lost any semblance of pride to make the bills
- Found a new job which should turn things around
- Lost my timeshare in Hawaii
- Drank and made an ass out of myself
- Drank and nearly killed myself
- Drank and drank and drank...
- Incurred more debt than any one man should have to deal with in his life thanks to life and the IRS
- Tried to go to a doctor to get help and all he wanted to do was push drugs
- Found a group of people who love me and accept for who I am, which saved my life
- Lost a dear friend through reasons I still don't understand because he won't talk to me
- Watched my fucking brother die
And those are just the fucking highlights. People wonder why I have emotional problems. If the average person went through HALF of what I did in the last 12 months they would be blubbering idiots. Yet somehow I kept going. Somehow I made it one more fucking year. What will year three bring? Happiness? I don't know that concept. It's beyond me. Happiness isn't allowed. Moments of happiness are okay but sustained happiness is for other people apparently and not me. Will I get out of the hole? Will I find someone who actually gives a fuck about me? Will my friend who I care about deeply forgive me for whatever trespasses I committed? Will I lose even more family members?
How will you know the answers to all these? Well kids you have to keep reading, don't ya?
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Y2 D364
Another year almost down. Where the fuck has the time gone? Where has my sanity gone? Where is my mind?
Day two at the new job. Actually started *doing* something yesterday. At least I felt like I was doing something. The product isn't that hard to learn. After 13 years of being in this field, it's not tough to understand from a conceptual level what it is I am doing. It's more learning the little nuances of this particular product versus learning anything really new. Today should be more of the same. I can't remember if I mentioned this, but I did learn something extremely ironic. We were going through a list of the new company's customers and guess who was on the list? X2's old company. Imagine how it would have been if she was still working there and learned that I was now part of that company. Awkward to say the least. But she's not and I won't ever touch their stuff probably so fuck it.
Got a pass for the train yesterday instead of buying a ticket everyday but it looks like it takes a couple of days for the value to show up. I have to call them in five minutes to see if I can use it right now or if I have to wait. Also found out how our reimbursement program works. Basically they do a pre-tax deduction and then roughly 20 into the next month you get a hard check paying you back for the original amount. In other words, if I take $100 per check in deductions, the gross impact is about $85 to my net, but on the 20th of the following month, I get a check for the full $200. I just need to figure out how much per check and when to start it. I want to see how much my actual checks are going to be before I start taking money out. Insurance is only going to cost me $9 a month as they cover everything but the vision which is cool. This should get me like $50 - $75 more a month than I was getting which in turn will go right back to commuter checks.
I did have a friend come up to the city last night and meet me after work which was nice. We went and had dinner at this Korean place I found about three blocks over. Since he is Korean he interpreted the menu for me. Also he was able to drive me home which saved me a train ride and a walk. Got home about 8, went to bed around 11 as I was pretty wired from the day.
I did start looking up apartments and rentals in the city yesterday. I am looking at roughly $800 more a month to live in something comparable in the city. I am not ready for that. I will keep looking as I have a year until my lease is up here, but damn.
Time to call the commuter card people...
Day two at the new job. Actually started *doing* something yesterday. At least I felt like I was doing something. The product isn't that hard to learn. After 13 years of being in this field, it's not tough to understand from a conceptual level what it is I am doing. It's more learning the little nuances of this particular product versus learning anything really new. Today should be more of the same. I can't remember if I mentioned this, but I did learn something extremely ironic. We were going through a list of the new company's customers and guess who was on the list? X2's old company. Imagine how it would have been if she was still working there and learned that I was now part of that company. Awkward to say the least. But she's not and I won't ever touch their stuff probably so fuck it.
Got a pass for the train yesterday instead of buying a ticket everyday but it looks like it takes a couple of days for the value to show up. I have to call them in five minutes to see if I can use it right now or if I have to wait. Also found out how our reimbursement program works. Basically they do a pre-tax deduction and then roughly 20 into the next month you get a hard check paying you back for the original amount. In other words, if I take $100 per check in deductions, the gross impact is about $85 to my net, but on the 20th of the following month, I get a check for the full $200. I just need to figure out how much per check and when to start it. I want to see how much my actual checks are going to be before I start taking money out. Insurance is only going to cost me $9 a month as they cover everything but the vision which is cool. This should get me like $50 - $75 more a month than I was getting which in turn will go right back to commuter checks.
I did have a friend come up to the city last night and meet me after work which was nice. We went and had dinner at this Korean place I found about three blocks over. Since he is Korean he interpreted the menu for me. Also he was able to drive me home which saved me a train ride and a walk. Got home about 8, went to bed around 11 as I was pretty wired from the day.
I did start looking up apartments and rentals in the city yesterday. I am looking at roughly $800 more a month to live in something comparable in the city. I am not ready for that. I will keep looking as I have a year until my lease is up here, but damn.
Time to call the commuter card people...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Y2 D363
One day down. I do know that after just one day, I want to move to the city. Not because of the commute or anything like that, but just because I feel how much I want to be right in the middle of everything. The commute was okay. I am not sure how I am going to do on that front. I left the house at 7:42, made the 8:02 train, and got into the office just around 9. It was a good walk from both the house and the station. I was feeling a little bit of it in my legs by the time I got to the office. The only thing I need to do different is get a pass instead of buying a ticket every morning. I feel like such an outsider having to buy a ticket each morning. But I am waiting until I get back from vacation to buy the card because I want to see how much money I have first. I might go tonight and get one, but only put a little on it for now. After the trip I will put a month's worth of passes on there.
Got to the office and met up with the director of training. She is also new (as it turns out are three other people I met yesterday) and is still learning the product. My desk is like right in the middle of the room and I am not sure how I feel about that. This is one of those 'hey check out how hip we are, we don't have walls and you can see our ventilation ducts' kind of places. Also not sure how I feel about that, but it's a minor thing. If the worst part of the job is having to be in the center of a room and no privacy, whatever. That's what conference rooms are for, right? Got all my logins and paperwork done and started in on learning the product. Going through different training classes. Essentially it's what I will be doing through Thursday and then I found out there's an all-day company meeting on Friday. Not a bad first week as far as scheduling goes. Left the office around 4:45 and got the 5:14 express train home. Was home around 5:50 including the walk. Acceptable. Today I am taking a slightly earlier train but will probably take the same one home.
Didn't really get to meet or socialize with anyone yesterday. I did behave and keep my mouth shut. Was friendly but not overly, was polite, but not distant. I think I did okay for a first day. Now, let's see how many more I can handle...
Got to the office and met up with the director of training. She is also new (as it turns out are three other people I met yesterday) and is still learning the product. My desk is like right in the middle of the room and I am not sure how I feel about that. This is one of those 'hey check out how hip we are, we don't have walls and you can see our ventilation ducts' kind of places. Also not sure how I feel about that, but it's a minor thing. If the worst part of the job is having to be in the center of a room and no privacy, whatever. That's what conference rooms are for, right? Got all my logins and paperwork done and started in on learning the product. Going through different training classes. Essentially it's what I will be doing through Thursday and then I found out there's an all-day company meeting on Friday. Not a bad first week as far as scheduling goes. Left the office around 4:45 and got the 5:14 express train home. Was home around 5:50 including the walk. Acceptable. Today I am taking a slightly earlier train but will probably take the same one home.
Didn't really get to meet or socialize with anyone yesterday. I did behave and keep my mouth shut. Was friendly but not overly, was polite, but not distant. I think I did okay for a first day. Now, let's see how many more I can handle...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Y2 D362
I start the new job today!! 2 hours until I get on the train!
Worked hard yesterday. Left me very drained. I got to the event about 8:30 and shot until 3. Took around 1100 pictures. Now of course I need to go through and see if there is anything usable. It's always the post processing that's the toughest. I will say I saw some impressive stuff yesterday. An entire room full of people who could kick my ass without even trying. Flipping their bodies, waving weapons around, and having a great time. The event was a tournament from ages 5 to 99. There were little kids doing crazy stuff all the way up to people older than me sparring and doing sword work. Was kind of cool to watch.
Got home around 3:30 and proceeded to get ready for today. Got all my clothes ironed and everything setup to go this morning.
I am a little nervous, but also not because part of me is just thinking of this as another client. Granted that will change after a few days I think, but for right now, it's just another gig.
Time to do this...
Worked hard yesterday. Left me very drained. I got to the event about 8:30 and shot until 3. Took around 1100 pictures. Now of course I need to go through and see if there is anything usable. It's always the post processing that's the toughest. I will say I saw some impressive stuff yesterday. An entire room full of people who could kick my ass without even trying. Flipping their bodies, waving weapons around, and having a great time. The event was a tournament from ages 5 to 99. There were little kids doing crazy stuff all the way up to people older than me sparring and doing sword work. Was kind of cool to watch.
Got home around 3:30 and proceeded to get ready for today. Got all my clothes ironed and everything setup to go this morning.
I am a little nervous, but also not because part of me is just thinking of this as another client. Granted that will change after a few days I think, but for right now, it's just another gig.
Time to do this...
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Y2 D361
LONG day yesterday which for the first 14 hours was boring as hell. With the exception of one run to the UPS to drop of a package, I did absolutely nothing outside the house. Oh and for the record, yesterday marked 8 months of celibacy. Yay? Eight long months of nothing. Hey! It's my life! A whole lot of nothing!
Cleaned the bunnies, cleaned the bathroom, cleaned the kitchen, watched the season finale of Supernatural. Answered the door for FedEx who was bringing my replacement Kindle. I am very impressed at Amazon for not only replacing my Kindle without question, but sending it 2 day with Saturday delivery. AND when I turned on the new one, it automatically came up with my name and 'XXX's 2nd Kindle', 'do you want to synch from you other Kindle?'. Bam. Nice. I still have to manually copy over files and folders, but it was still cool that it just worked.
I also got my Google Music Beta invite yesterday. Starting uploading music to the mysterious and nebulous cloud. Got about 3000 songs uploaded and that took me through 'C'. There's a 20,000 song limit which means I will have to trim at some letters.
Did laundry around 5, took a shower at 7, headed out to get the prop van at 8:15. Had to put gas in that evil thing which resulted in gas on my clothes. Hate that fucking van. Got to the show a little after nine and we set up starting at 10:30. Good show. No drama, no issues. Went to pie and was home at 4:30. I slept for 2 hours and now I am off to photograph a martial arts tournament. Interesting.
When I get home I have to get ready for the NEW JOB TOMORROW!
Cleaned the bunnies, cleaned the bathroom, cleaned the kitchen, watched the season finale of Supernatural. Answered the door for FedEx who was bringing my replacement Kindle. I am very impressed at Amazon for not only replacing my Kindle without question, but sending it 2 day with Saturday delivery. AND when I turned on the new one, it automatically came up with my name and 'XXX's 2nd Kindle', 'do you want to synch from you other Kindle?'. Bam. Nice. I still have to manually copy over files and folders, but it was still cool that it just worked.
I also got my Google Music Beta invite yesterday. Starting uploading music to the mysterious and nebulous cloud. Got about 3000 songs uploaded and that took me through 'C'. There's a 20,000 song limit which means I will have to trim at some letters.
Did laundry around 5, took a shower at 7, headed out to get the prop van at 8:15. Had to put gas in that evil thing which resulted in gas on my clothes. Hate that fucking van. Got to the show a little after nine and we set up starting at 10:30. Good show. No drama, no issues. Went to pie and was home at 4:30. I slept for 2 hours and now I am off to photograph a martial arts tournament. Interesting.
When I get home I have to get ready for the NEW JOB TOMORROW!
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