It’s been awhile since I simply wrote about what’s going on in my life, so it’s about time I write about that I suppose. Not counting this week the past couple months have been pretty busy for me in regard to work. It was pretty great to have a steady job and regular income. I have one more paycheck still coming, so the income hasn’t quite ceased, but there’s certainly going to be a gap there even if I start working again tomorrow, so, that’s sad.
I recently had an interview regarding a show that would have been pretty exciting, it was a multi camera show filmed on a studio lot, which would have been pretty different from anything I had worked on before. I thought the interview went well, but I guess not well enough, as I would have been starting today if they had decided to go with me. I will just have to wait for the next, hopefully even better, opportunity. I don’t expect I’ll be out of work for too long at this point, so I’m still quite optimistic.
One good thing that comes from being unemployed is having more time to do things, and so I’ve taken advantage of the time off to do some of them. Last week I went to both Six Flags Magic Mountain and Joshua Tree National Park. Both were very good experiences, though quite different. It was not my first time at Magic Mountain, but I finally managed to finish up getting on all the coasters that I hadn’t yet been on. Full Throttle remains my favorite overall. Should any of you east coasters make it out here for a visit, I think Magic Mountain should be on your list of things to do, unless you don’t like such things.
Joshua Tree on the other hand provided a lot of cool scenery and some good walks. It’s a huge park and required a lot of driving around, I’m torn on whether or not I think it would be a good place to do a multi-day hike. I’m sure the camping there is great, but while there’s a lot of cool scenery, it all looks pretty similar even when you’re driving… I have to imagine after several hours of walking it, it would cease to be interesting. I guess with the right people it would still be fun though.
Other than that I’ve continued to do lots of tabletop gaming when time allows, recently playing Tsuro of the Seas, which is pretty simple and fun. I also spent some time sort of learning how to play the A Game of Thrones board game, which I still haven’t played a REAL game of (we did sort of a “mock game” to learn it, but there were only 2 of us, the game requires 3 players minimum). Both of the games require strategy, but A Game of Thrones is quite heavy on the strategy and is extremely complex. The interesting thing is that there is very little chance involved in A Game of Thrones… my feeling is that the best strategist is going to win almost every time.
Other than that, I had several Easter events yesterday which were all fun. And now that it is monday my search for new employment continues!
I hope that life is treating you all well. More posts will surely follow this week.