MONDAYS ARE FUNDAYS
Whew. Man does it feel good to be back and updating regularly. I have missed having a place to just type things that are more than 140 characters long, or done with only my thumbs while waiting for food to get to me.
Some of you may already know, the last 3 months have been complete mayhem for me. As I am sure from my posting schedule it’s clear that I haven’t had a lot of time to just write things, but I hope this new approach (less formal, more topical) might work better. Not that this is going to become so much of a journal, but just perhaps more conversational.
As I promised, I am going to post all about my trip to France, my work, and the fun times I had there, but I think that is going to have to take up more time writing than I currently have. I was going to write more tonight, but I got sucked in to watching The Incredible Hulk, with Edward Norton & Liv Tyler. Let me just digress here a bit and talk about my thoughts on the movie.
*AHEM*
Over all, it was on par, if not a bit better than the first one. The pluses were that the actual appearance of The Hulk was much more convincing, and the treatment of the characters and their motivations was more on par for what I was hoping from a Hulk movie. The effects were good, and the fight scene at the University was pretty well done. Now, the negative parts… were Edward Norton and Liv Tyler. Their chemistry was fine, but they just didn’t hold me in belief that Ed was Bruce, and Liv was Betty. In fact, the only time I liked Edward, was at the end in the cabin… and that was just for a second. I never believed that he was a missing scientist, and I never believed that Liv was a love-lorn professional who had moved on. In fact, Colonel Ross was the only guy I bought as a genuine character. Well, maybe Mr. Blue. Anyway, I am not sad that Mr. Norton isn’t reprising the role. Eric Bana was good, but not good enough. let’s hope that Mark Ruffalo can run this role all the way to the end zone in the Avengers movie that’s coming out.
…moving on! (& speaking about comics)
A large chunk of my office went to Comic-Con in San Diego this past week. I was really jealous that I didn’t get to go, but was stoked that they were confident enough in my skills not only to leave me in a mock Art Director’s position, but also to leave me in charge of some serious projects for the company that had a very tight deadline. I have to give credit, tho. The Creative Director, Denis, did a fantastic job of priming it all for me before he went on vacation in the Bahamas. That being said, I put in some really long hours and really made sure that the work I was producing was the absolute best that I could under the circumstances & time limitations.
When the crew came back today, the Boss / President of the company, Matt was really happy with the results of my hard work. Enough so, that he brought it up at the morning meeting a couple times. Also, later in the day when the Boss’s Boss came in today and saw my work, he liked it enough to come over and personally thank me himself. Talk about a wave of awesome! I have never been so proud, and yet so humbled in a day. I really love this company.
Also, while on the topic of loving the company, When they came back from Comic-Con, they brought me back all kinds of goodies! I had been hoping for one of the limited edition Tron collectibles that were on the trade floor, but I knew it was a shot int he dark, and didn’t really get my hopes up. What I got instead was fantastic tho! Check it out!
So, I have a kick ass Comic-Con souvenir bag (“Batman:Brave & the bold” on the back), a pair of Dr Shroud vampire teeth which are totally cheap and awesome (…because real vampires don’t whine, don’t sparkle, and puncture human flesh. That’s right Edward, I’m lookin’ at you, ya damned fraud!), and a kick ass “Brain Power” shirt from the “I Love Guts” company.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: my work is awesome and so are the people there!