November 23, 2002 - Saturday

Before I start let me pimp this. Ramen House Ryowa 859 Villa St. Mtn. View, CA 94041 Tel: (650) 965-8829 Mon-Fri: 11:30am - 2:30pm 5:30am - 11:00pm Sat.: 11:30am - 11:00pm Sun.: 11:30am - 9:00pm Now I know most of you college students and people who are living on your own trying to making ends meet may be sick of ramen cause you eat that everyday. Go to this place. It ain't nuthin' like that Maruchan sh*t you buy. This is the real deal and man does it rock. The menu may be a bit wonky though. There are some things that you can only order for lunch and dinner. Plus they have this one dish that you can only order in the summer. But go to this place and your love for ramen will be reignighted. Also another thing before I start. This is very important. If you are ever listening to music via headphones do not attempt to fart. Doing so will make you the main attraction for much ridicule. Okay! Now with that outta the way, I have a job again. I'm employed at the Hayes Conference Center in San Jose, California as a server. I've actually done this kinda job before at the San Jose Arena. But I have to say, things here at Hayes are ten times better than the crap I had to deal with at the arena. They actually give a damn about the employees. Unfortunately it is a minimum wage job with tips on the side of course. But heck, what can I do with this screwed up economy? Which got me to thinking. Is it really the economy or is it me? Maybe I'm not trying hard enough to get a job related to my field. I have a Bachelors of Arts degree in Computer Video and Imaging. I graduated from Cogswell Polytechnical College. One of the reasons I went there was to study and get my hands on 3D animation. Some of the education was ok. Some of it...well, much of it was pretty bad. But later a buddy of mine told me that school can only get a person so far. It's up to the person to do something with the skills he or she learned. And it is true. I did really well in class and many people told me that I was really good. However I just never pushed myself harder. I guess I felt comfortable with everyone telling me that I was good. Much of what I thought back then was that college would teach me everything that I would need to know but after graduating I still felt I haven't graduated. I looked back at some of the classes I took and the crappy teachers I had and felt robbed. Sure I have a degree but it just doesn't feel like it. I wanted to go back to another school, a better school hoping that I could get back the time I felt I wasted at Cogswell. But then the same buddy of mine asked me why would you want to learn the same things that you already learned. I thought about what he asked me. It did make sense. I haven't even tried to use what I know on a higher level than how I used it while I was learning. So whether or not I want to blame the economy I feel that I'm the reason why I'm not working at an animation studio. The economy has affected more of the tech industries. I'm not sure of the art industry though. But I bet if I try harder I would be able to easily find a job at either an animation studio or a game company. I also have to find what I really want to do with the stuff I learned. Ideally it'd be nice to work for Dreamworks or Blizzard or something like that. But sometimes I see myself dreaming of making my own production for the whole world to see. Don't know what's gonna happen but one thing is for sure. I have to grab an 8 1/2" by 11" sheet of paper and a pencil and start drawing. At least I have a job for now. People keep on telling me that it's gonna be a temporary job to hold me out until I find something better. I hope that's true. Worst thing I fear is that I'll still be working at the same place and I'll be like over forty and still living with my parents and regretting not trying hard enough to get a job related to my field. And then you'll hear the same rant on Nekobox like the one today. Oh yeah. I have to work on Thanks Giving. But hey, I'll be makin' fat tips!

[^o0Kynger0o^] - 12:18 AM PST

One more thing. What's kinda kewl and kinda weird about my current job is that my father also works there too. He's a cook there.

[^o0Kynger0o^] - 12:23 AM PST

This isn't real content, it's just me crying publicly. ^^ I just found out that Chris Thile, the mandolin player from Nickel Creek (a bluegrass/celtic/folk/really cool group I like), played 3x5 (one of my favorite John Mayer songs) *with* John Mayer at a concert last night (tonight? whatever...) And I didn't get to see this... I could cry... ;_; For those of you who care, Nickel Creek is a really cool group, check 'em out. ^^

[^e^] - 1:38 AM PST

November 24, 2002 - Sunday

I just got back home from work. Yes, it's 2:07am PST. I haven't gotten home this late from work since working at the arena. Feels kinda weird. The same familiar atmosphere and smell when I was walking to my car to drive home came back to me when I was working at the arena. Kinda like deja vu.

[^o0Kynger0o^] - 2:12 AM PST

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