Employment and other situations

I have a job. It is a 6-9 month technical writing contract with the Weather Channel. I start on the 5th of July. The interview went well but I had to do a 'homework' assignment, which was kind of a pain because it took six hours to do, but I had do do it that way because I did not know how much time the other guy was going to spend on his. It got me the job and at the least is useful for a portfolio piece. Plus if someone else gets a similar idea I can say, "Well I can do that, but before I do, lookit this, I did it in six hours." I had people help me review it and it was very helpful. Having good friends is very helpful indeed.

I am hoping to restart my podcast this Thursday night, we'll see if I'm successful. I am also trying to get as many goals as I can done before my mid year goal assessment. So far I'm doing pretty well with most of them, having really only dropped the seven timelines goal...and I keep considering taking that one up again. Maybe.

For various reasons, including the fact that I'm employed now, I'm trying to get the most out of live, using my car to go to many events and friends. I've been going to weekly game night with Eisen, weekly poker night at Patrick's and I'll be starting a weekly campaign with Russel. I'm still in Karate though I'm a bit behind but can still make my goal of getting a green belt this cycle. I like it a lot but I'll make an assessment at the end of July to keep doing that, go to another Martial art or do Yoga. I do like the people at Atlanta Kick A LOT and they're fun and good teachers.

This weekend I also went to a Midsummer festival, which was quite fun. Met Eisen and Will there at random, which was more fun. I got a few extra articles for a leather armorish thing I bought at Dragoncon. Its currently my facebook picture and it looks awesome. Though speaking of Dragoncon, now that I'm staying in Atlanta, I need to see if I can get a ticket. Weird things are going on on the website, but I will call them tomorrow and find out what's up. $120....wow. Should have bought my tickets on the cheap last year at the end of the con. I'm looking forward to World Con in August even though because I'm starting a new job it is limiting the days I can ask for off to be with Dad and Brett as they visit Houston. But I should at least be able to visit there for a weekend. That, and the world con tickets were purchased months ago and are non refundable :/

Last weekend, I took Skip to Father's day dinner at the Raging Burrito. It went well. Also went on a day hike with Russell, Amelia, Alex, Claire, Sean and Will and it was 2.5 miles either way. Trying to go on Russell's weekly hikes more. Karate keeps me in shape but I need to do more cardio and more weigh lifting. I'm still hopeful to make my goal of weighing 250 by the end of the summer.

Writing is going well. Writing my first non sci fi short story (not written in HS) and its turning out quite well. I still need to write the novel summary for Novel 4 (a decent one that is.)