Three Weeks Later...
Today is the first day since I was laid off that I haven't been insanely busy. It was kinda nice. Did a little work this morning. Listened to my new TV On The Radio album (damn, “Wolf Like Me” is such an infectious song...). Caught up on some reading. Very relaxing.
A little backstory: three weeks ago the entire development team at Evolution Multimedia was laid off. I'd been there for seven and a half years, so it was quite a shock. Since then, I've decided (at least for now) to try freelancing full-time. I've picked up a good amount of work since that fateful day, so it's looking promising. Of course, I'd feel more at ease about my little career experiment if Kelle was finished up at FSU and had a full-time job. In any case, I'm still applying at places here in town that I'd like to work at, so if a great full-time job comes around, I'll be inclined to snatch it up.
Finally got around to seeing Pan's Labyrinth this weekend. Very dark and depressing but really amazing. It was actually as much of a political / military / historical film as it was a fantasy / horror film. After that, we had a cheesy 80s fantasy film fest and watched Labyrinth (not as darkly complex as Pan, but it does have David Bowie), Willow, and The Secret of Nimh. The Neverending Story almost made the cut, but we were all falling asleep by that point. The next day was Super Bowl Sunday, so we celebrated traditionally by playing video games, watching movies, and basically doing anything un-football. Kinda sucks that the Bears lost, since they're from my home state, but I'll be more emotionally affected if Scorsese doesn't win Best Director this year at the Oscar's.