Seasonal Update
Hey, I guess I don't post often. So for Leah, Amy and Heather who have made snarky comments about my lurking. Here is my seasonal update.
Here it is in brief summary.
My brother is refinancing the house to buy my share out. The loan has been approved last friday. He an I are working out the last bit of paperwork. I will be free to move out. I should have 75k in the pocket.
My work has gone down the tubes. It is in Chapter 11: reorganization. My coworkers have been laid off or retired. My section of 23 is done to 6 and has been combined with another section. Today the other major RE of Mage has accepted a job at a different company. My workload over the last two years has increased to the point where I want out.
I guess the short is, my dream job has turned to ash. I want out. I am paid well but am frustrated.
I have been working out with a trainer. I have been reconditioning my leg after an injury. It is up to spec but needs more work. I don't limp. I do however, look better. I have lost weight, lost inches on the waist and am done to 20% body fat. Not bad. I guess what really did it for me is I had a fight for an hour. I was dog tired at the end but I did fight for an hour. My trainer jokes that I should carry a bucket with my towel to wring out the sweat. It isn't pretty.
I have no love life. After Pam, I have not had a serious relationship. I date, I have fun but no committment. I have play partners and that is turning out to be educational. I met a play partner that has more experience than I. I always said I like to learn.
I went to burningman and had a great time. I worked as a dominant at the Temple of Atonement. I saw and did incredible things. I have stories to tell you that I hope brings a smile to your face. From burningman, I have been asked by the ToA people to become a slave trainer. It is kinda interesting. I am learning things.
I play DnD and Blackwatch everyweek. It is a good set of tabletops. Matt Smith is running one for me that I like.
I don't do the cam anymore. I visit friends there but I have a loathing to committ to games. I saw Pete and Juliet for Pete's birthday. It was pretty cool. Pete is doing well. Juliet seemed sad.
I help run NERO here. It is a live action boffer game. Vampire is salon style. No physical violence. Boffer game is where you beat the crap out of each other with foam swords. I am part of a team of storytellers. Each of them as good as any RST in the Cam.
I dream of a day where I could have the following as a team of storytellers to work with: Brad Gunnels, Scott Hungerford, Aron Anderson, Graham Hine, Tim Clancy, Wade Jones, Wade Racine, Heather Pritchett, Liz Nunangage and others... depending on what project I am doing. I would keep the other plot/st members as players like Ramsey Dadis, TC, Miguel Duran, Matt Skau, Ted Greer and others.
I torture my nephew and his friends that come to NERO. They are sixteen and it is so very cool to see them experience for the first time what is old hat to me.
I am happy. I choose to be happy. I am in good health, I have great friends and I take time to enjoy myself. This isn't an idle affirmation but rather something I am kinda wondering. I am dissatisfied with many things going on in my life but not my life itself. I don't want to be one of those eternal bright shiny people but I am having a good time.
Maybe my problem is that I have been successful. I have reached goals and now am looking for what is next.
I have my resume out on the market. I am not generating enough response on it. I need to set more time but what stops me are the three big questions.
1. Where do I want to live? (Or more importantly, who do I want to live near?)
2. What do I want to do?
3. What is my next goal?
-Danie
Here it is in brief summary.
My brother is refinancing the house to buy my share out. The loan has been approved last friday. He an I are working out the last bit of paperwork. I will be free to move out. I should have 75k in the pocket.
My work has gone down the tubes. It is in Chapter 11: reorganization. My coworkers have been laid off or retired. My section of 23 is done to 6 and has been combined with another section. Today the other major RE of Mage has accepted a job at a different company. My workload over the last two years has increased to the point where I want out.
I guess the short is, my dream job has turned to ash. I want out. I am paid well but am frustrated.
I have been working out with a trainer. I have been reconditioning my leg after an injury. It is up to spec but needs more work. I don't limp. I do however, look better. I have lost weight, lost inches on the waist and am done to 20% body fat. Not bad. I guess what really did it for me is I had a fight for an hour. I was dog tired at the end but I did fight for an hour. My trainer jokes that I should carry a bucket with my towel to wring out the sweat. It isn't pretty.
I have no love life. After Pam, I have not had a serious relationship. I date, I have fun but no committment. I have play partners and that is turning out to be educational. I met a play partner that has more experience than I. I always said I like to learn.
I went to burningman and had a great time. I worked as a dominant at the Temple of Atonement. I saw and did incredible things. I have stories to tell you that I hope brings a smile to your face. From burningman, I have been asked by the ToA people to become a slave trainer. It is kinda interesting. I am learning things.
I play DnD and Blackwatch everyweek. It is a good set of tabletops. Matt Smith is running one for me that I like.
I don't do the cam anymore. I visit friends there but I have a loathing to committ to games. I saw Pete and Juliet for Pete's birthday. It was pretty cool. Pete is doing well. Juliet seemed sad.
I help run NERO here. It is a live action boffer game. Vampire is salon style. No physical violence. Boffer game is where you beat the crap out of each other with foam swords. I am part of a team of storytellers. Each of them as good as any RST in the Cam.
I dream of a day where I could have the following as a team of storytellers to work with: Brad Gunnels, Scott Hungerford, Aron Anderson, Graham Hine, Tim Clancy, Wade Jones, Wade Racine, Heather Pritchett, Liz Nunangage and others... depending on what project I am doing. I would keep the other plot/st members as players like Ramsey Dadis, TC, Miguel Duran, Matt Skau, Ted Greer and others.
I torture my nephew and his friends that come to NERO. They are sixteen and it is so very cool to see them experience for the first time what is old hat to me.
I am happy. I choose to be happy. I am in good health, I have great friends and I take time to enjoy myself. This isn't an idle affirmation but rather something I am kinda wondering. I am dissatisfied with many things going on in my life but not my life itself. I don't want to be one of those eternal bright shiny people but I am having a good time.
Maybe my problem is that I have been successful. I have reached goals and now am looking for what is next.
I have my resume out on the market. I am not generating enough response on it. I need to set more time but what stops me are the three big questions.
1. Where do I want to live? (Or more importantly, who do I want to live near?)
2. What do I want to do?
3. What is my next goal?
-Danie