Sunday - December 14, 2008

Aaaaaaand, one month!

I suppose I shouldn't be proud of not posting in exactly a month, but I suppose you've got to take your victories where you can.

I do apologize to anyone who actually reads this blog for the delay. I have a mental block against writing in this blog when I have a crappy attitude and/or nothing nice to say on a subject, and it's been difficult not to. I've been jobless for almost as long as I've not posted here. Work was just incredibly slow, and Hank was unable to find a true direction for the company. The economy being slow as it was, and the influx of cash being what it wasn't, we simply could not continue, and he had to lay me off.

So, I've been searching for something in the videography arena - the job I feel most comfortable with - but I simply have not found anything yet. The frightening prospect of needing to move out of Michigan and away from everyone I know and love looms on the horizon. Part of me will love the adventure, should it come to pass, but a very large part of me will uproot kicking and screaming. Alas, we must do what we must do.

So, that stated, I'll write things on a lighter note.

I am officially a year older than I was when I wrote my previous post. My birthday was pleasant - my crappy mood was accompanied by a small, "leave me the hell alone" celebration(s), which is exactly what I was looking for. I went over to Ed and Amber's to hang out with Amber and Jason (Ed's out a'truckin') and they kidnapped me and dragged me to Rob and Vicki's, who then kidnapped me and dragged me to Bucca de Bepo's for dinner. It was awesome of them, and we basically spent the evening sitting around playing Guitar Hero and chatting about everything and nothing.

That weekend, my parents treated me to the traditional dinner-of-choice and a quiet evening of gifts and cake at their place. Mind you, I say traditional in a good way - I've found that this arrangement is very comfortable for me, and I greatly enjoy it. Those of you who know me know that I'm greatly annoyed by fuss and muss, and these evenings with my family have none of that. This year, I once again tried to squeeze Osaka past my family, but they vetoed it... although they compromised on Mongolian Barbeque since you still get an "asian" flavor and get to eat with chop sticks. Though they had to twist my arm, I conceded Mongo to them.

Two gifts that stood out mightily that evening were from my parents and from my brother and sister-in-law respectively: an 8 gigabyte iPod nano, and a Shure vocal microphone. I'm utterly blown away by both of these gifts, and they both encourage something I've been neglecting for a long time - music. I actually have yet to hook up the microphone and test it out. I may do that directly after writing this post, though. The iPod is... well, if you want to see it's list of features, I'm sure you can find them up on Apple's website. You don't need me to reitterate them all here. What Apple may or may not tell you though, is that it's WONDERFUL.

My Warcraft guild has made our first stabs into 25-man raid content (now known as Heroic raid content, which was a brilliant move on their part, in my humble opinion - those of you who know, know why) and it's been pretty fun so far. I'm not a terrible tank, and my gear has been getting progressively better. I feel more comfortable with tanking now, and healers have stopped cringing when I volunteer to go under the blade for them. I feel I've made a wise choice with making Maricyl my main character. I never feel gimped in any situation, and can just as easily tank as I can deal damage.

That's about it for now. I'll try not to make it another month before I post again.