[Gothos]

Didn't upgrade. Next in line it is.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Yesterday, but my friend and I had a flying experience booked at a bird of prey centre near here, but the weather was too poor. Instead of just sending us off home, they brought the birds inside and did an ad-hoc afternoon of talks and handling for the group. They also didn't charge us and signed off our voucher things so that we can come back in the summer for the whole experience and just pay then, which was pretty awesome of them!

So, a Golden Eagle, finding me nowhere near as interesting as I found him clearly!

[Puck]

My mom made the best Uha* ever! Ever! Also, the last time I had that was when my grandma was still alive, so it's been a couple of years. It tastes soooo good


*that's russian fish soup, for those not in the know, which is probably the rest of the world

[Messremb]

In less than two weeks I'm going to be in Finland on a husky safari. It's a sweltering -14 at the airport we transfer to from Helsinki, thermals have been purchased.

[worry]

You're going to Finland to shoot adorable snow dogs?!?!

[Binder of Demons]

Finished a film course last year and have been trying to get some kind of employment in that area while remaining in Ireland (which limits me severely but need to stay for family reasons).

So after many job applications, and a few interviews for jobs i didn't even want to get, I managed to convince a production company to take me on for 6-9 months. We're sorting out the exact details in the next few days, but they rang me today to give me the thumbs up. Delighted with myself, cos they're willing to let me get involved with every step of the process, from meeting the client through to the editing, whereas most jobs i had come across were very restrictive (like 99% editing).

So hopefully, in about 6 months time, I'll have the experience of finishing a bunch of projects, which I can then put into practice for a few of my own short film and documentary ideas.

Super happy with myself. And relieved, cos I now have a job. Yay.

[worry]

Rat infested ghost ship might be heading for UK:
http://www.npr.org/b...heading-for-u-k

[Una]

I find your enthusiasm very amusing.


Whereas I seem to spend 80% of my waking hours trying to keep from freezing. If hell was actually described as a cold, cold place of ice and snow, I'd be more afraid of it.

[King Lear]

Una, on 27 January 2014 - 05:20 AM, said:

I find your enthusiasm very amusing.


Whereas I seem to spend 80% of my waking hours trying to keep from freezing. If hell was actually described as a cold, cold place of ice and snow, I'd be more afraid of it.

One of Dante's hells was frozen if that makes you feel any better?

I'm agree with BK, I'm loving the snow

[worry]

You jerks are taking all the moisture! This drought is gonna destroy California before any earthquakes do.

[Gothos]

I was under the impression CA is a pretty arid place mostly to begin with? Most days o' sunshine annually in the country for LA, why it became the capital of cinema, yes?

[Messremb]

worry, on 26 January 2014 - 10:36 PM, said:

You're going to Finland to shoot adorable snow dogs?!?!

Then to toast them over fires made from wooly mammoth tusks before retiring the the yeti-hide huts, indeed.

[Binder of Demons]

Went for a job interview last week (for editing film), and when they explained what the actual job would be, I knew I didn't have the experience required to get it (and to be honest I didn't want it). But I knew one of my old classmates had done an interview that morning, had more experience than me and did want the job.

So when they asked me a question about editing, I basically told them that I was technically pretty good, but I wasn't sure if I had a real natural flair for it, like this classmate of mine, who edited one of our student films. I told them she was great, which wasn't an exaggeration.

And today, I got my rejection letter for that job, but I found out my friend got it instead. And they even mentioned to her what I had said, so it must have had some impact.

And, as i mentioned in my last post, I got a job offer since to do more camera related stuff, so it all worked out perfectly.

Happy days.

[worry]

Gothos, on 27 January 2014 - 10:13 AM, said:

I was under the impression CA is a pretty arid place mostly to begin with? Most days o' sunshine annually in the country for LA, why it became the capital of cinema, yes?

That is why we need all the moisture we can get. Record droughts, governor declared an emergency. And King and Queen Creole over here are yukking it up, feasting on untold gallons of snowy crawdad stew or whatever.

[High House Dark]

Scrubs are ridiculously comfy.

As in, I may start wearing them full-time, Mon-Fri.

ALSO, I get to go grocery shopping and errand-running looking all medical and official and stuffs.

[Tiste Simeon]

worry, on 27 January 2014 - 07:48 PM, said:

Gothos, on 27 January 2014 - 10:13 AM, said:

I was under the impression CA is a pretty arid place mostly to begin with? Most days o' sunshine annually in the country for LA, why it became the capital of cinema, yes?

That is why we need all the moisture we can get. Record droughts, governor declared an emergency. And King and Queen Creole over here are yukking it up, feasting on untold gallons of snowy crawdad stew or whatever.

You are more than welcome to the over abundance we have here...

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

New Springsteen album! (disclaimer: I may be something of a fan)

The poor other half is used to this routine by now, he'll spend the rest of the evening trying to get my attention only for me to respond "Sorry, did you say something? I can't hear you over all this gloriousness."

[Tiste Simeon]

So this is really sappy but I don't care. Two very dear friends just started going out and I am utterly thrilled for them!

[King Lear]

worry, on 27 January 2014 - 07:48 PM, said:

Gothos, on 27 January 2014 - 10:13 AM, said:

I was under the impression CA is a pretty arid place mostly to begin with? Most days o' sunshine annually in the country for LA, why it became the capital of cinema, yes?

That is why we need all the moisture we can get. Record droughts, governor declared an emergency. And King and Queen Creole over here are yukking it up, feasting on untold gallons of snowy crawdad stew or whatever.

Hey I'm slightly further north than BK. I just don't have a lot of experience with snow

[Gothos]

The knights of summer...