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You ever wish you would win the lottery? I do. All the time.
If I won the lottery this morning. I would pay all my fellow coworkers to quit with me. I think that the 300 or 400 thousand I would give to them would be worth it.
Spent the weekend studying for some possible upcoming exams.
I should get back to work.
Well, here it is the first day after the bomb was dropped on us yesterday. So far there doesnt appear to be a lot of panic yet, but who knows, that could change soon. People are still rotating in and out of holidays right now and I dont think it will really sink in until the last day that my boss is leaving.
I am looking for another job, but not too hard. I am reluctant to leave this place just yet, but dont want to be here when things get really crazy and to be honest, the thought of going through all the "new job hassle" stuff doesnt seem all that appealing to me.
I think perhaps this will be a good time to make changes in my life.
Well, it was fun but it looks like my time with Mind is going to be ending soon (not too soon, so dont worry to much). This morning my direct boss told me and another employee that he had given two weeks notice.
My boss was the best. He protected us from our crazy overlord owners and the goofy shit they tried to pull. He protected us from crazy customer. He made sure we could all do our jobs when things were going batshit around us.
I am now currently looking for another job.
Sigh.
Memo
To: Universe
From: Me
Re: Things In General
CC: God
Dear Universe,
In regards to recent events I am left with only one thing to say.
Blow me.
Kindest Regards,
Me.
No updates in a long while, no real reason why not, just didnt really feel like putting anything here. But enough has happened since June that I think I can fill up some of the page.
Another Fringe has come and gone (saddly) and I can take a moment here to talk about all the shows that were or were not in the venue.
For the second year in a row I was working in the Red River Community College Downtown Campus. Venue 11 was once again my home for two weeks and it was nice being back. In fact it felt like I had never left it, it felt like John and I were there after only being away for the weekend. John Alexander came back for another year and he and I had the run of our venue as per usual. Nothing to really report about the venue itself, other then this year, we struck the venue and loaded it onto the truck in less then an hour and a half. Theres talk about moving the booth from one side of the venue to the other which would place it closer to the main doors of the venue and to the house lights.
This year there were two less groups in the venue and therefore one show less for both John and I. My shows were Fear of a Brown Planet, The Unfunny Comic, King David's Lament and The Evelyn Reese Show.
My favourite by far was Fear of a Brown Planet. The show was a 60 minute set by stand up comedian Nile Seguin (as opposed to a lie down commedian). Nile was very funny both onstage and off and it was a pleasure to work with him (and the beer he bought me had nothing to do with that glowing review). He and I got along very well and it was a pleasure to work with him. His shows sold well and it was only because he was leaving on Sunday morning that he didnt get one of the "Best of..." spots in the venue. The most popular shows in the venue was also one of mine, The Evelyn Reese Show. This show sold out almost all performances and the actress that was in the show was so nice that it was a pleasent experience to run the show. This year all of the actors in the venue, both for my shows and for John's shows, were nice people. In the past both John and I have had experiences with people being unfriendly or egotistical or even sometimes rude. This year both John and I, while having one show each that we didnt love doing, we didnt have people in the venue who were hard to get along with and in some cases we had people in the venue who were very friendly and polite. I most definately enjoyed my time in the venue because of this.
The fringe itself was a little odd this year. This year more then 12 groups cancelled out of the Fringe, either before it began or after. This meant that there were more techs with more free time then ever before.In fact, in one venue, the tech's had so much free time, they actually got the groups that were still in their venue to do more shows. There were far more panhandlers and troublemakers in the square this year and from some of the stories, security was earning their pay. There were two muggings close to the end of the fringe and a car was set on fire one afternoon.
Overall the Fringe this year was an excellent time. I look forward to another year.