asitiswhenitwas

I'm tired, end of my day, last 12 hour shift of the week SO! QUICKLY.

1 - Comics were great this week.

2 - Please tell me that with the direction Uncanny may be going and Legacy's new direction, I'm not the only one that started to think or hope that Fraction and Carey have watched plenty of X-Men Evolution. If you need me to spell this out for you, refer to what the majority of my Evo-Verse fics are about.

3 - Islanders take Tavares first overall. Cup in 2012.

Lets go Islanders.
Late.

Oh hi.

Been here two weeks...

Apartment is nice but expensive.

Job is nice... Crazy hours but they take good care of you. Which is a nice change of pace.

The weather is ridiculously nice, though a bit too hot...

Errr... What else?
Late.

Cleaning out my desk this evening.

I actually found the original one page poorly handwritten on the back of old scripts rough drafts for It’s sort of a big deal… (Scott/Emma/Buffalo Sabres Hockey) and Things just happened to turn out this way. (Evo-Scott/Rouge.)

Want one? Let me know.

Otherwise I wasted all day wandering around in my underwear, staring at the "Square Millennium Collection" limited edition of SaGa Frontier on Ebay, gazing lovingly at the Princess White Rose Tea-cup. You know, instead of packing.

Still don't have my apartment for certain and starting to freak out a little.

Going away thing tonight that I'm not sure I want to go to. Ah well.
Late.

Hey Greg Land.

You F$#@ing Suck. Get out of my F$#@ing comics.

Blargh.

... Otherwise...

My brain hurts. I'm close to having my apartment locked down... just got a few more calls to make (Ensure that my overnighted checks get there and talk to insurance company about adding renters insurance.)

Then, FINALLY, I can start thinking about packing... BUT I have a going away thing tomorrow night and one of my friends from high school is back from the left coast for the first time in two years this weekend, AND my parents want me to meet them (and bring the dog) while they are camping this weekend...

... I'll get to it Monday.

Also. Just for fun, my brother is home from down under for a couple weeks say, three weeks after I'm moving to Atlanta... so. Yeah. Going to have to see if I can schedule a trip back home that soon. Oh, and I haven't even gotten my official offer letter yet. Should be here tomorrow or Tuesday.

What else? Shops in the ATL won't pull for you unless your list is five or larger. Mine at the moment is four... (AXM, UXM, UXMFC, X-F.) Thoughts?

Brain still hurts.
Late.

Man. Do I wish I could afford to spend $220 on the SaGa: 20th anniversary 20+1 disc box set soundtrack.

So. I'm beat.

Up till 5am reading 50 pages of apartment reviews. Two more hours of looking at apartments online today...

My brain hurts. And yes I am having 12th thoughts.

The job itself I like, my only problem is bad cheap apartment or bad expensive apartment. Plus the ARGH!!! that is moving and preparing to move.

BLARGH!!!

My brain can't even try to process Uncanny 510 right now.
Late.

ETA: Perfect time for the "Lost City of Atlanta" episode of Futurama.

Made a bunch of calls. I think I found an alright place... If the only complaints I'm hearing are that the cable and internet service (neither of which I will be using) suck, I think it might be alright.

Yeah. I'll be very sparse for a while. Hope y'all don't mind. 

A bit expensive, but no more so than the rest of the mid end apartments I've seen online. No matter where I end up I'll be living rather spartan for a while. So it's all good.

... So. Yeah. Guess I'm going to call them tomorrow and have them hold me a room. Now to move on to the next major headache. Actually packing... and getting my renters insurance... hope there isn't too much wrong with my car... actually, you know, driving the 20 hours... etc and so on.

::: Reads further solicitations for the X-Men/Dark Avengers crossover. :::

I totally called this before Secret Invasion.

I'm just saying. Nice to be right... Hopefully it goes well.
Late.

Spent the majority of my day sorting through old clothes.

All of my old pants are a good 3, 4 sizes too big. Just emptied out the dresser full of pants I haven't worn in years. Went through the closet? Just about every shirt I own either fits or is big, but big the way I like it.

So. Yeah. I have like five pairs of pants that fit. Like forty shirts. Quite the balance of power. Gotta sort through the shirts and eliminate the fug. Because I have some ugly, ugly shirts.

I'm beat as it is... Argh...

I have too much crap.
Late.

Moving to Atlanta.

New!job tentative start date: June 1st.

They seem WAY too excited to have me... Must be that Southern hospitality you hear so much about.

This... should be interesting.
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::: Sheepishly looks around his room.:::

... Argh.

::: sighs. Dreads packing.:::

I need... Boxes...

Lots of Boxes.

Oy.
Late.

Oh these prospects are exciting and terrifying.

Looking around my room, wondering what I should and should not take. Of course without knowing what kind of apartment I may be renting or the official-ness of the job.

I definitely need a coffee table. As I have some FANTASTIC coffee table books.

Hrm...

I of course will be redefining luxuries and necessities. So there may be a long writing and posting gap...

The Thrashers have some cheap tickets for the extreme nosebleeds.

Again... Hrm...

Very interesting...
Late.

Found information on playing hockey... over 3X more expensive than playing here at home... Oy...

Yeah. Four and a half hour drive to a job interview. Which, it seems, is a worse job than the one I've already been offered.

I wouldn't call it a waste of time. It was a good 2 1/2 hour interview. The manager there is a pretty cool guy it it seemed more like shooting than an actual interview.

So, good use of time I suppose. Also, they aren't hiring until next month, while the folks who have already made an offer seem to want me there ASAP. So, if I go down south and things aren't good right off the bat this might be a decent fallback position.

Also, you never know what is going to happen in the future. Their facilities are pretty bad ass though.

Left a voice or E-mail with the two other companies whom I've interviewed and pre-interviewed with respectively letting them know that while I don't want to force their hand or play offers against each other, I also don't want to lose the offer that I have because I'm waiting for offers that may not actually come.

An offer in hand is better than two in the bush... so to speak.

I've come to terms with the fact that I'm moving. However I'm torn on Atlanta. It's a young, growing, exciting city. But it's the kinda place that you can get swallowed in. I'm excited for the challenge but not entirely sure I can handle it I suppose.

I'd like to go down and take a tour of the facilities beforehand. I'm not about to buy a pig in a poke.

I am just FULL of cliches today.

It's also the furthest from home of any of my prospective moves... but I do have family relatively close in the Carolinas...

I dunno. It's a mess.
Late.

So. Errr...

Anyone think I can live in Atlanta for $34,000 a year?

Cause. Yeah. I just got an offer.
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ETA: I haven't accepted anything yet, as I still have plates spinning.

I want to be disappointed with fourth place. I do.

Not medaling should be unacceptable.

Especially when you win your preliminary round group. Had a punchers chance against the eventual gold medalists in Russia, giving up the winning goal with less than two minutes left in the semifinals. Then a shot for redemption against a team you gave up a 5-2 lead against earlier in the tournament for the bronze.

But, before the tournament if you said 'USA 4th place' I would be happy with that. Also, Never a failure when you move up in the world rankings after the tournament.

It's a little from column A. A little from column B I suppose.

I'd like to see some of these kids get rewarded with spots on the Olympic team, as the Couve is what? Nine months away? It's not fair to the players who are still in the playoffs or who were injured and couldn't or weren't released to play in the Worlds to give special treatment to those who did, but I still think the players who could and didn't (if invited) should have that count against them in the selection process for 2010.

Also, I think Richard Park should be team USA's captain. No, he wasn't on the worlds team this year, but I'm not privy to how the team was selected and whether or not he was invited.

Also, Also, Would be nice to go to a game or two. Even if it's just the opening round. Just a fantasy, as it may conflict with potential 2010 vacation plans.

That said. Tough Draw. Pool A. Canada, USA, Switzerland, Norway.

Well. Norway kinda sucks... But still. They have to take a shot at Canada (who, by the way is still Canada) at home, and the Swiss who will have fantastic goaltending, Mark Streit, and have a tendency to surprise on the biggest stage.

... Should be interesting. At least no one is eliminated in pool play, but that 4th seed and bye into the quarterfinals is going to be tough.

Ah well. Go States.
Late.

So, I beat Mass Effect today.

I'd have a long reaction, but it would basically be: 'Mass Effect. Or why Akitoshi Kawazu presents Unlimited: SaGa is a fantastic game.'

Long story short. The more I played, the more I disliked. It's not a terrible game, but it's certainly no where near as good as the mountains of praise it receives would have you believe.

If I bought it at launch for $60 I'd be pissed, but the budget re-release for $20 makes it only a slight annoyance.

In other game-related fan-ing, The Kula Diamond ending to The King of Fighters 2000 is surprisingly sad.

( Alas poor Candy. I knew her, Horatio. )

Also. While I'm still on this. Spamming Maxima's "Vapor Cannon" is just unfair. You can get through KOF2003 untouched.

They are actually making a KOF movie. It's going to be terrible, but I'm in.
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Well, that wasn't EXACTLY kicking the interview in the teeth.

But I guess it went well. As well as an hour long phone-call can go.

I guess we'll find out how it went next week...

... Hrm.

Next week is going to be interesting...

I dunno.
Late.

This has been a tremendous sea change from being totally useless to being in demand.

My Schedule so far?

Phone interview tomorrow morning. Phone interview Monday afternoon. (with face to faces to come I assume) Road trip to interview Tuesday.

Still waiting to schedule two more phone interviews. I'd like to be able to fill in face to faces after Tuesday, make it a nice long trip around the eastern United States.

Bought some interview clothes today. Apparently I'm down to a large dress shirt. Which was very interesting. I'm thinking of writing a diet book. It would be called 'Eat Less. Exercise More.'

I will be a Billionaire.
Late.

ETA: Taking the Cyclops buckle off of my belt will be extremely difficult.

Surprise phone call from Hot-lanta.

Phone interview on Monday.

Team USA in the Final Four of the Worlds. Go States.

I don't care how hard it is to reconcile the ending with canon, I loved me some First Class Finals. No I didn't cry.

Bring on Uncanny First Class.
Late.

You would think that I love staring blankly at an empty inbox since I do it so much.

Oy.

Hey Fox. If I wanted to watch a Wolverine movie I'd watch X-men 1 thru 3.

... I'm sure it's decent. I feel like I should go see it to support the franchise and get that X-Men: First Class movie made, but I'm not sure that my $5.50 is going to make much of a difference either way.

I feel good about tomorrow. I don't know why. But I do.

Recruiter Phone call #2. I have this half-assed fantasy that It's going to result in a interview and offer by Friday.

Positive thinking.

I'm thoroughly prepared for the worst. But who knows.
Late.

Oh man. So useful today.

Didn't get out of bed until 1. Well the second time.

Got a call from another prospective employer this morning at like... 8? Which for me is super early.

Love the phone call to set up a phone call. Love it.

So, pre-interview call with Philadelphia suburb on Monday.

No word yet on Charlotte. Still no word yet on that gig in town that I interviewed for what, three months ago?

Plenty of reason to feel good about everything... yesh.

We will see what happens... Not getting ahead of ourselves, etc... but Philly seems like the better gig. Also, better chance of playing hockey the further north I am.

I dunno.
Late.

Does anyone else think that X-Men: Forever is going to be terrible?

Or is this just Cyclops-fan-paranoia flaring up?

They might as well start a X-Factor: Forever. Starting over from say, halfway through issue 1.

... I'm JOKING. Yesh.

I would however be on board with an X-Terminators: Forever book... or X-Factor: First Class. We need more scenes of Scott abusing those poor kids.

Really, was anything better than Rusty asking Scott about, erm, Extracurricular Activities?

More Artie and Leech. That's all I'm saying.
Late.