Silran's Playground

Monday, August 31, 2009

Sleep...Perchance to Dream: Part 2

So early this morning I had a very quick dream (a quickie?) about being at my parent's home in Norwalk, Ca. I'm with other people but it's extremely vague as to who they are.  All I know is that someone is trying to break in and they have guns (the last dream with guns involving a break-in, I got shot in the chest), we're unarmed so we are hiding to ambush them.  Then a loud noise from the living room signals their breaking in, and I wake up.  Coincidentally, I did hear a loud noise from the living room which did actually wake me up and had gotten incorporated into my dream.
When I woke up this morning for work, lo and behold that noise is still happening, because they are doing construction again on 39th down the street, and some big digger is probably trying to break up the asphalt they just laid down.  LAST WEEK! 
Who sets up these schedules?  How is it in most jobs we cannot be inefficient, but when it comes to government at any level, inefficiency is the name of game.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Sunday-NOT just a day for rest

Great Day!  I got lots of stuff to do and it all involves sitting in front of my Mac, documents to write, responses to request to write, research, t-shirt artwork, freelance work hustling, and some personal writing to do.
Again I must make note, that it is the desire of humans beings to find a need to NOT have idle time, or perhaps it is a sign of age, a means for the mind to combat the fuzzies that come with age.
Certainly, as I've gotten older, I have found more time and desire to be personally productive than to have leisure time.
That being said, I'm Hispanic, Mexican-American, it's in my blood to be social and have fun, as my cousin's husband in Mexico put it to me once, "You Americans live to work, we Mexicans work to live."
I have to include myself in the former, and I am pretty sure he agreed as well.  It doesn't mean Mexicans are lazy, it means that they recognize that "fun" is important and without it, you have burnout.
So...I must continue to dance if at all possible, even if that means in my kitchen to music on my headset (April you know what I mean) and I must go out occasionally to be social.  It's very easy I see now to become like my father or mother, or even my grandmother.  A recluse, a being with the simple desire to be left alone to his/her own devices.  It's there, I can feel it, and a part of me wants it.
Enough rambling, get back to work!

Almost perfect

Tonight was fun, almost perfect, but still fun.  Danced for almost two hours or perhaps even more, ran into Tiffany and had a chat, talked with Erin and Nate for a bit, met Ricks new wife Olga and enjoyed the view, did I mention I'm a big fan of school girl outfits?
Last time that I mentioned that, my old girlfriend, Gretchen, dressed in a Catholic school girl outfit, AFTER we had broken up, talk about trying to make a man hurt!
Only downside was the tummy ache I had, practically half the night, the latter half of the night.  I blame it on the muffin or brownie thing I ate at Beans & Brew, unlike the one at Liberty Park, this one did not have things like quiche or sandwiches to gulp down.  So the rich, chocolaty, lard laden fat goodness was what I had, oh and a bagel.  But pretty sure it's the richness of the former that is causing my tummy to ache.  It's going away slowly, I don't think the heat of the place (boy was it crowded AND hot) and dancing helped, but (shrugs shoulders) eh.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Good "work" day now on to fun

Good times, the meeting went swimmingly, we've already had a meeting to go over legalities and functions for each of us so with that out of the way, we set out to define the project and brainstorm.
Turned out quite well, we hit one (I don't want to call it a snag) issue but we made it clear that the idea belongs to one of the team, and that me and my other partner would in NO WAY infringe upon that and do something she wasn't comfortable with.  For that matter, something that would be uncomfortable for any of us. 
But we defined the storyline, basics of the universe, who the characters are and so forth.
We're also looking at source control and file conventions and where to store it.
Overall a very productive day so far.  Now it's a little personal work of my own (I know, like what is rest right?) and then off to Miah's to watch Anime, topping off the night with some much needed dancing.  Hoping Miah will be influenced by having gone to Depeche Mode to perhaps do a set...hm, might have to talk to him about that.
More info coming soon about what I'm up to and about.

Busy Saturday

Busy day, business meeting then anime at Miah's and finally Fetish Night at Area 51, hoping to get a lot of dancing done today, pigged out a little at Mike's BBQ last night, got to make up for that.
Not sure how, but once school was over, I became in a sense just as busy but without much to show for it...YET.

Making extra money by selling t-shirts

So I've been trying to make extra money besides what I do at my day job, it pays well, but unfortunately not well enough, but that's OK. It forces me to hustle and keep myself busy trying to get my artwork out there.  To that endeavor, I've started putting artwork on t-shirts, not sure how this will go, or if I will make ANY money at all, but one has to give it a try right?
I worry that I'm going to lose steam lose interest, I hope that's not the case but it can happen correct?
If you are so inclined, please check it out and see what you think.

http://silran666.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/

Friday, August 28, 2009

Trying to do my Graphic Design thing

So I signed up to this webpage-99designs in order to test my graphic design skills and hopefully make extra money.  The first one was to a European communications agency, but so far it's a no go on that design, I just turned this one in to a medical x-ray company, we'll see what feedback I get.

April, Jen and I at the Depeche Mode Concert "E" Center SLC

Had a great time at the Depeche Mode, the band was amazing as always, don't really understand or get the people behind us, who barely knew any of the songs or wanted to just text and talk with each other instead of enjoying the music.  Jen wanted to kick their asses, lol and then April got told by security to put her camera away!  The video during "Strangelove" was way way erotic and quite risque I thought for SLC, but ....who cares!  The final duet of "Waiting for the Night to Fall" with Martin Gore and David Gahan was amazing!  Never have I had the opportunity to see them sing a song like that together!  All in all an amazing concert.

 
April and I

 
Jen and I

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

First Time Blogger, not first time Blogging

Well this is my first blog here on Blogger, greetings to you all, if you think you know me come find me on Myspace under the Bingo the God Clown.
Currently, I'm placing light points on a satellite map so that the software at work can place trees for the simulation we're working on.
Oh, did I mention I'm an artist? Yeah, I'm an artist, both traditionally and in 3D.
I've worked in the video game industry for almost 9 years at SingleTrac, Beyond Games and Sensory Sweep.
I've also bartended for about 8 years at Club Area 51 in Salt Lake City.
The purpose of this blog is to share my viewpoints, show my artwork, share oddities I find on the internet, have some fun.
That is all.