And suddenly I am swamped with work
I don't know how I have been paying rent all this time. For the last five months I have been driving a cab two days a week, done an average of one counseling session a week, and otherwise spent my time frolicking. I had been looking for freelance Flash or translation work, but almost nothing had worked out since Thanksgiving.
I had started worrying about money about two months ago, but last week I had started REALLY worrying. And like a birthday present from the universe, a new freelance Flash gig was secured on my actual birthday, and I started yesterday. I will be there this week and possibly longer. It's at yet another ad agency. People at ad agencies seem to move around a lot, and by now I know people at all major ad agencies in San Francisco. And sometimes, when they need help with Flash, they think of me and call me. I love how this works because that way I get to work with people I already know and trust and they me. Working at ad agencies is not the most rewarding but it pays money, and I like money, especially when I'm broke.
At this week's job I get to play with ActionScript 3.0. I had used it back in 2005 at Macromedia when we were first developing it, but I had never used it in the real world. But now I am relearning it, and I am glad because it will make it easier and less daunting to get more of this kind of work in the future.
And now that I'm finally working again, the company I had last freelanced for and which had let me go in November, finally contacted me today and wants me to come back.
But that is not all. A good friend from Adobe/Macromedia is trying to bring me in for a project as well. We have been talking about this for several weeks, but now it is finally starting to sound like a real possibility.
Oh, what to choose? The new company that I started coding for yesterday? The company from before where I can hang out with Bret and Alex? The mother whose ship I jumped over two years ago?
It's nice to have options again.
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Aww, feeling special
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Fame, you irresistible temptress
I think this is as close as I have ever been to being on the cover of a magazine. I can't say that I don't like it.
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Another
I love this one too because it has Justin in it.
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A picture from my birthday party!
From left to right: Amy, Antonio, me, Jay, Philo
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Excitement
This weekend I am going camping with a few of my favorite people. I don't normally like camping but sometimes and for some people I make an exception. And I am actually looking forward to being in the woods.
It's my birthday weekend because Monday is my birthday. I invited about 32 of my friends to come celebrate that night at another friend's house who offered to host. Kean is going to be our bartender of exotic cocktails. Then I am going to try to drag everybody out to Death Guild.
Right now I'm working on the playlist for my birthday party. I'm burning four CD's, all with songs I love, from all kinds of different genres. The artists range from Depeche Mode to 50 Cent and from Autechre to Pet Shop Boys. Oh yes. And we are going to listen to all four CD's during the drive out to the woods, and we are going to love it. Well, I am going to love it, and I am excited.
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