Forever Graceful Impact: November 2010 Entry

Right at the end of the month. Punctual. Let’s go!

=====Work=====

I know I mentioned I was thrown into a custom shoot at the beginning of the month. That actually went well. It really felt like being part of a team rather than working individually like how things are normally done. This is how things should be done and hopefully they continue to push to do things like this from now on.

And…I put in my 2-week notice at my current job yesterday (11.29.10). I had the plan formulated for a while and was just waiting to execute it on the proper date. My previous mention of a proposal last month was scrapped. I was going to see if I could just work here part time since I’m not always needed, but after talking to a few people it just seemed that cutting ties would be best so I’m not dragged back in later. Now that I think of it, they probably wouldn’t have taken me up on that offer anyways. A friend asked if they even bothered asking why I wanted to leave or if they tried to convince me to stay. They didn’t and I’m not surprised. I am surprised that they just didn’t let me go the day of instead of letting me stick out the rest of the 2 weeks. But I have to show and teach what I do to a coworker who will be taking on the load. They’re not hiring anyone to replace me from what it seems. That and them not trying to keep me on board are a couple of things that shows you how bad a shape things are in. There’s more to this tale, but I won’t divulge it all online. Ask in person if you’d like to know.

Almost everyone (that didn’t know beforehand) was shocked with me leaving. A few have expressed that they don’t want me to go, but it’s time. I didn’t burn any bridges with anyone nor did I speak ill of the company in my resignation letter. Sure, they weren’t the best, but what’s the point to talk bad about them on my way out. I’m just done. My last day is December 10^th.

I have actually submitted my resume somewhere to work with a friend. I’ve been told I’d be getting a callback, but I’m okay if I don’t. I could use the time off to relax for a good month or so. Plus I could concentrate more on RFM and trying to get more work for that as well as improve my camera and editing skills. So I’ve known what I’d be doing post-Digital. It’s just whether or not I get this other job that is the unknown at the moment.

=====Video Games=====

Sonic Colors (review) - click

Donkey Kong Country Returns (review) - click

Beat both of those a week into their release. I was hoping more from Sonic Colors, but I got exactly what I wanted and more out of Donkey Kong Country Returns. You can read the reviews to see why. And that leaves one game left for November; Epic Mickey. I will be picking that up later tonight. Epic Mickey will also be my 100^th game review I’ll be doing. I’ll talk more about the future of my game reviewing after I review Epic Mickey so stay tuned.

=====Royal Flush Media=====

Not much to note with RFM this month. I finished a piano recital after waiting a long time for a response from the client. She wants to book us next year for another recital. I worked on a friend’s wedding. It was done as a nice gift for them, not for pay. We were attending the wedding, not working it. While editing that video, I did wish I took more liberties with filming things though. Oh well. I was more caught up in the spectacle that I was at a wedding anyways.

I’ve kind of slowed down on anything RFM related for the rest of the year. Other things are keeping me busy anyways. Can’t balance all of it at the same time without something going wrong or not being as awesome as it should be.

=====Broomball=====

A friend and I attended another broomball event put on by a church. 55+ people playing! It was crazy seeing all the people there, most being children. Fortunately the person that put it together had us split the rink into halves and had the children play against each other on one end and the adults playing on the other. The smaller field of play made it more frantic and the action was pretty much nonstop. I lost track of the score, but it was high scoring. I’d say at least 3:6 with our team winning. That 2 hours went by so fast. Thanks to Compass church for putting it together and letting a couple of strangers join in on the fun.

=====Thanksgiving=====

Thanksgiving isn’t the biggest holiday in our household. Ended up doing nothing except stay home. I actually have more unpleasant memories of Thanksgiving than good ones. That’s probably the reason I don’t care to do much on this holiday. But if I get invited to a gathering, I’ll do it.

I did receive a genuine Thanksgiving wish from someone. Was told why they were thankful to have me as a friend. It was very nice to read.

=====Final Thoughts=====

Congratulations to the newly engaged couple!

The Miz is WWE Champ! Awesome! Can’t wait to go to the TLC PPV in December.

November birthday wishes to those that had them this month.

Karaoke is always fun. Time really flew by last time we went. They do need to update their songs though. We still find songs we didn’t know they had, but having more new stuff to sift through would be nice.

Looking forward to T-ara and After School’s comebacks in December. Had to move to a new After School forum since they merged recently.

Heal up fast and properly, Tiffany. I and all your fans missing your bright presence.

Been listening to Shakira’s Sale El Sol (The Sun Comes Out) album while typing this. She always puts out good stuff.

The weather is doing whatever it wants. We’re just here for the ride.

R.I.P. Leslie Nielson.

The annual Christmas party is happening soon. CC and I are planning out the games to play and getting things ready for the big day. I’ve also been working on a New Year’s video. Just need footage from December and I’ll be set. Thanks to those that I’m collaborating with for these holiday features.

Again…I feel like I’m missing something.

Video time? Yes, video time. Not much this time since things have gotten busy on the non-video front.