Today was a GOOD day...

Yes, it was. As I had hoped. David Johnston added me into his ranks full time. I'm happy. :)

S.

Getting all my evil ducks in a row...

Tomorrow could be a very productive day... or... it could be a disaster. Of course I'm hoping for the productive way. As you can see, I have all my evil ducks in a row. Mwahahaha!

I'll follow up as soon as I know.

Wish me luck.

S.

I'm back...

Hey everyone..or.. one... lol.

Sorry for the absence. A lot has happened in the last week. I'm going to take a cue from a friend and call this a "new chapter" that I've begun.

Really isn't much to say about it. I prefer to move on and look to the future.

So, whats going on? SDCC is going on! One day I hope to be there. Just to take in all the elite awesomeness of the show.

In other news I need a new camera. I don't need some big DLSR or anything extravagant. Just a nice point-n-shoot. Going to the store and browsing is nice and all but recommendations would be nicer. :)

Ok, Ok.. promise. I'll be back to normal soon.

S.

Back to important things...

First off, lets all welcome JT to the wonderful world of the iPhone. We're all happy to the new addition to his family.

There's not a whole lot slated for this week. Harry Potter opens up this wednesday and it will probably be a weekend view for the wifie and me. Actually, we may be doing a "group" viewing.

Since the WoW days have ended I've been playing a lot of CS:S lately. If you don't know thats Counter-Strike: Source. I've been logging quite a number of hours on Steam and I have to say that I do see myself improving back to my previous level. I feel like I'm back scriming in my CAL days. Ahh, memories.

Speaking of games... me and the world are waiting for Starcraft 2. I actually re-installed the original just to brush up on my zerg rushes. Ok, I prefer Terran... but I don't think my strats will work in SC2. Why does everyone hate the turtler?

Grocery shopping and something for dinner tonight... Something thats available at Publix. Hmmm....

S.

Adding to the "General Knowledge" base...

I don't often complain about my job. I do complain about the JOB, but... let me clarify. I don't complain about the work. I love what I do, but there are times when I'm handed a project and my manager tells me that the customer has sent everything he/she/they want and all I have to do it put it together. Makes my life just a little bit easier and I look forward to whipping out a 5 minute job. Case in point. Above are 4 pictures that a customer has sent me for "reference." Normally, I don't mind this. It's much easier when the customer knows what they want. However, this one... they didn't. With what I think they want and with the "sort-of" direction the customer gave me we arrive 5 proofs later to what the customer wants. 5. They've gone up to 20 before. I think we had to enact a new company wide policy that if it reaches 10 then we ask for them to provide us with a finalized design.

So, where am I going with this?

What I do isn't rocket science and I know EVERYONE has seen an embroidered patch sometime in their life to know what people talk about when they talk about patches. It really doesn't get much simpler in terms when you break it down to needle and thread, but lately I've been diving into projects that this simple way of explaining what we can and can not do is lost. So, I'm trying to find a way to add this to the General Knowledge base. You know. The stuff that everybody knows just because. It's general knowledge that red means stop or hot, and blue usually represents cold. I want to add if you can see your design and interpret it as needle and thread then it will probably work.

Ok, so maybe I'm asking for a lot, but when you compair it to the stuff thats passed off as general knowledge today maybe not. When you order Hot coffee at McDonalds they now need to put on the cup. Caution: Hot. May lead to injuries if spilled on. Oh noes! You mean this coffee is hot? Wait... I don't get it. It's HOT, hot? Yeah, we need help.

/end rant.

Fireworks and chicken wings

Hello friends,

I hope everyone had a nice relaxing weekend. Nobody lost any figures? Good.

The wifie and I along with our friend Billy and her nephew spent the weekend in Orlando at Universal Studios. We once again stayed at the Royal Pacific hotel. Great hotel within walking distance to City Walk, Universal and Islands of Adventure and I highly recommend staying at least once.

Universal and Islands of Adventure was the same as always. However, they were doing test runs of the new rollercoaster the Rockit which looks INSANE! Good luck to those brave souls who will be losing their lunches climbing that completely VERTICAL incline.

One little note that I wanted to mention was that despite some rather bad service at one of the hotels’ restaurants which is in itself surprising; the teriyaki chicken wings were AWESOME! Good stuff. Not much to look at but oh so nummies.

Looking ahead here there’s not a great deal of stuff coming down the pipeline. I’m scrambling around trying to add more content and get some other projects done but it’s not progressing as fast and smoothly as I’d like. However, with the lack of stuff to talk about I guess I could focus more on what I have working and get that done and out of the way. *sigh* I feel like I have net-block.

See you around the next corner.

S.

Happy 4th!

Hey folks,

Want to wish everyone a great 4th! The wifie and I will be spending it down in Orlando. I've set up SMS posting so I might even post something to test it out while I'm down there.

S.