When I first moved here, I quickly found that the industry is just littered with talented composers, leagues ahead of me, who are struggling to find gigs doing anything. As tends to happen with people who move to L.A. without enough drive to keep themselves going, I had just about resigned myself to finding a regular job and just existing, instead ( Read more... )

So, I went to go see Flyleaf in concert the other night. (By now, it was the other other other night...I forgot to post...) Apparently my friend is high school friends with the guitarist's wife. Anywho, we got free tickets to see Flyleaf! It was pretty awesome. I guess their opening band is managed by Randy Jackson, who happened to be there ( Read more... )

Here's the update I promised. For our anniversary, Sarah took me to the coolest concert in the world. Maybe even in...the galaxy ( Read more... )

I did not get the lead position. I ended up being the third choice, in a situation where the first and second choices both got positions. Out of 22 applicants, I ranked number three and thus receive nothing. It's easy to say "oh, well at least you got that far!" in that situation, but on the other hand, anyone who's been in that situation can ( Read more... )

So at work today, all of our tools broke, so we played team building exercises. It was pretty odd...we did the human knot, we did blind shape building, then we played a crappy version of Mafia. We're back inside now, having exhausted everyone's ability to do team building exercises for the day. Now I'm on Live Journal because our tools are still ( Read more... )

I applied for another lead position at work. Some of you may know that I applied for one a few months after I was hired, and predictably so, I didn't get it. This time I'm feeling a lot more confident. I guess 22 people applied and they decided to only interview the top 5. My interview was earlier today, and I think it went really well. I won' ( Read more... )

So, as Mike and I were standing in line at the grocery store, waiting for the guy to finish bagging our groceries, the bagger was having a conversation with our cashier. When a cashier from another register chimed into the conversation, he responded with "Hey! This is an A and B conversation...not an A,B,C conversation!" I'd like to think he was ( Read more... )

Michael Kohutich and Sarah Bogdan, as of August 24th, are officially Disney employees! As such, I will also be receiving a $1000 bonus for referring them! A new drumset is on the way ( Read more... )

Sarah: You smell like sweat and Axe.
John: Like a real man should!
Sarah: And your breath smells like Raspberry Bacardi and Voltage Mountain Dew.
John: ...Like a real ma-
Sarah: No.

I just received one of the most touching letters I've ever read from my nephew. I won't get into specifics, because I know I have family members that read this, and I don't want them embarrassing him by asking what the letter was about (because you know you would) but I will say that I was almost in tears. You do everything you can to be a ( Read more... )