So another bust of night and now I am home watching Futurama...which is great and all but damn has it been awhile. Just sayin'

So somehow I ended up "napping" from 1am to 4am and now I wide awake and watching the Clone Wars. I just want to go to bed but now the sun is coming up and light coming in...etc. Just ran out and got some McDs breakfast against my better judgment. And it is currently depressingly cloudy and dismal here in Chicago. Blah all around.

Had a great time last night with friends. Started some serious talk about the next feature film script we will start writing. And stayed up late watching crappy tv. All in all a great night. Still have to get back to the TV station though sometime tonight. I have to send a show up and finish some editing still. But now off to a meeting.

Well...whatever complaint I previously had is now forgotten. Anyways, new job is going smoothly and it is enjoyable. Although I have been missing out on a bit lately but I do enjoy my alone time, reading and watching movies. At least I tell myself that I am ok with it. Truth is it is lonely has hell. I get moving late in the afternoon, get to work by 4 or 5 and am working until 1 or 2am and if I stay late or get motivated on something then I am there to 4am. I love it but then I get home and don't feel like cooking and am not too tired and I just lay there in bed. So yeah. Maybe I'm just not used to it yet or maybe it will get better. Sometimes my schedule shifts if edit bays are open earlier. Then I get to get out by 10pm maybe and have an evening out.

Mom's birthday is this weekend and I am heading out to the suburbs Saturday for a nice little outing AND hopefully picking up my new Blackberry. I previously had one but it was work issued from my other job. So I have been sans Blackberry for 3 months now and I do miss having it. Other than that I just hope my miserable, cynical mood lightens up a bit because I have been a real downer lately. A realist, yes but a downer still. It has been a long time since I was that dreamer, head in the clouds, everything is possible...what happened to that guy?

Need to sleep, much to discuss, more to come...good, bad, upsetting and otherwise. Night.

So new job is going great. And not just great but I absolutely love it! I am still getting used to the hours but damn if I don't think it is awesome! Everyone is really great and I can edit in peace at night without too many people around. Downside though is that their Avid systems are a little behind the times. I am actually having to learn backwards on some things. I am getting way to geeky here but the Boris effects are so old, that I have never actually worked on that version before, I have only worked on version 4 and above which has an entirely different interface. And most of the PC's are more than a little bogged down and the Interplay system seems a little off. But having never worked in Interplay before I am excited to learn.

Regardless the show is fun. It is like play time for me being able to come up with wacky sound effects and tons of layers of effects and things for a simple half hour kids show. And from what I gather the kids, and parents, absolutely love this program nationwide. And this is my first national TV show now which is also pretty exciting. I have worked on local TV programs, PBS series, feature films, and numerous other video production but nothing nationally distributed. So kind of fun.

As for this weekend...blah. Plans with a girl fell apart and I think that might just be about it on that front unfortunately. I don't know if anything will come of it, crap. Everyone is pretty busy this weekend and I am getting sick of going out by myself. But none of my other friends seem to have money to go out nor the desire. It sucks. I hope something comes up, and that includes me...Ha ha ...ha...ha, oh never mind.

Ok, starting to feel better about this week now. Maybe I just needed some coffee. And now...a poop joke.

Well this weekend was great at first and then somewhat of a bust. And I feel like I totally blew it with this really great girl and that has brought me down. Couldn't sleep last night at all...and now I am back at work working two full time jobs for the rest of this week until I fully move over to my new job. And now I am concerned about being able to see people during the week and basically leaving my only open night Saturday. I can't wait for this new job but at the same time, I feel like I am missing something as well. I keep thinking about getting back together with an ex but I have to remind myself why I left in the first place. And I am really wanting to meet somebody new but it just hasn't come about yet. I try to remind myself that I just need to get settled in with my new job, get my schedule in order, set up my sessions with my trainer at the gym and get my shit together. I told myself that if I got this job I would get myself together health wise. Anyways I feel like this is all just BS anyways in the grand scheme of things. I am rather pissy right now and don't even know what the hell I am talking about at the moment. Later

So I start my new job next week. Can't wait. I landed the Assistant Director and lead editor for some programs here in Chicago. Finally I get to move forward instead of just hovering around in the same area. This will however alter my social life, if there was one, some what in that I will primarily be working night 5pm to 1am or later 5 days a week. So...This is going to be a whole new change for me. I have been so used to 9 to 5 or there abouts. Regardless this is exactly where I want to be right now and what I want to be doing so yeeah.

Back to the work week...

Nothing too exciting to report, the weekend was kind of a bust overall but I did get a new air conditioner which is awesome! It makes my place so much more comfortable now. I did get the chance to go out with some friends Saturday night and had a pretty good time, rather low key...unlike Friday, jeez. I didn't need another night like that (see previous post)

So...still waiting to go in for the "final" interview which is actually editing with the director on an Avid and I still have to wait for them to get back to me after that. But I have high hopes for this one. I still have to finish editing our latest short film, it is in it's rough form now but I need to clean it up, color correction, shading, audio mix, music etc...Then there are a 3 music videos that I still need to cut as well as start some pre-production on another music video. Scripts are still being written for 3 or 4 new short films as well as the horror comedy feature we are putting together. So things are busy but that is a good thing.