So today is a day off for me, or as close to a day off that I can come too. As usual I worked over the weekend. Friday and Saturday I worked at Dowling. Sunday I opened and closed the gym and yesterday I opened the gym. Currently I am looking at a nice stretch of time off. I don't have to go back to work until 1pm on Wednesday.
Today there are a couple of personal business tasks to do. I was just catching up on all the Pronto Comics events that have happened recently. Checking out the website, my new email address and just seeing what people want to do. Also I have my regular promotion work to do, and I brainstorming in my head how I can expand promoting Pronto Comics on the Internet.
As always there is my infamous typing that I never get done, that I should try to do. I have plenty of articles and rants written up, now it is just an issue of submitting them. As always there is also the issue of fishysuicide.com. I want to retool it, but constantly seem like I have no time too. I know eventually though I will get to it, just like I am learning to fine time to go back to general self promotion.
One thing I need to focus in is creating my content while working at the gym. That being the beauty of the job, the freedom. Then focusing on promotion, just for a little while, when I am at home.
Aside from that, today, I have a couple of errands to run and places to go, and that is my day.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Yesterday and today
So yesterday I worked at the gym. While there I was able to write up a booze review for sexherald.com, do a little sketching for some political cartoon ideas and started writing a rant. I finally got some overall ideas of how I want to revamp my other website, fishysuicide.com. Rather then just make it a webcomic starring Herbert the Fish, I thought that I could just make it a general platform for my opinions and ideas.
So I hope by the end of the month, if not by the end of next month, to start putting up a political cartoon once a week, links to blog rants on redgage.com, and one shot stills of Herbert. Also down the road I will use it as a beginning platform for my Worst Night Ever series, that i have had on the back burner for some time now.
After the gym I went to Dowling. While there I mixed up a glaze, added a glaze from the kiln room to the main studio and started measuring up another glaze. Overall a busy 4 hours shift.
As for today I'll be running some errands and helping my dad with a personal project. Maybe, just maybe I'll find the time to do some other personal work, like typing up and submitting a bunch of articles I've been writing.
So I hope by the end of the month, if not by the end of next month, to start putting up a political cartoon once a week, links to blog rants on redgage.com, and one shot stills of Herbert. Also down the road I will use it as a beginning platform for my Worst Night Ever series, that i have had on the back burner for some time now.
After the gym I went to Dowling. While there I mixed up a glaze, added a glaze from the kiln room to the main studio and started measuring up another glaze. Overall a busy 4 hours shift.
As for today I'll be running some errands and helping my dad with a personal project. Maybe, just maybe I'll find the time to do some other personal work, like typing up and submitting a bunch of articles I've been writing.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
double duty
Today is Wednesday, which means I work my two jobs today. First I'll work at the gym, then I'll work at Dowling. Needless to say it is a full day. While at the gym I have some personal work to do and a booze review to write up.
At Dowling I have a veritable laundry list of tasks to complete, the bulk of which should have be done on Saturday, but I didn't get a chance to do, due to a gas leak that shut down the campus and cancelled the classes.
So basically today I will being playing catch up.
At Dowling I have a veritable laundry list of tasks to complete, the bulk of which should have be done on Saturday, but I didn't get a chance to do, due to a gas leak that shut down the campus and cancelled the classes.
So basically today I will being playing catch up.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Where I've been
Its been some time since I made a blog post. A long story made short I am adjusting to my new schedule. It is the old dynamic, the work you need to do keeps you from doing the work you want to do.
OK so now for the long story made long and just a general catching up.
I started working at Dowling in the ceramics studio on Sept 25th. I work 20 hours a week on Wednesday night, Friday afternoon into the evening and all day Saturday. I've been slowly getting used to the studio and acclimating to where everything is and how things are done. Typically I spend my time mixing up glazes, slips, loading and unloading kilns and making up clay. Also I help my supervisor with any special projects around the studio. For instance last Friday, we reorganized the chemical closet. Overall, I am liking the job and getting more and more comfortable with it each week.
On top of this I am still working at the gym. Since Ireland I have been opening one day a week, typically Tuesdays. Also I have been working 8 hours on Sunday, opening and closing. Needless to say this means I have little time on the weekends. Typically I average around 18 to 20 hours a week there.
I am also still subbing at NCC. Last week I worked 2 nights in a row. I also subbed earlier this semester in September. Eventually, I would hope that I could get all 3 jobs working together harmoniously. Ideally working 15 hours at the gym, 20 hours at Dowling and 5 to 6 hours on a regular night at Nassau.
However I am always open to other options and ideas in terms of work. As always I am not relying on just one thing, and even though I have 3 paying jobs at the moment, I still have a couple of other things on the back burner that I am keeping my eye on.
Of those things there is of course Pronto comics. We just put out or 1st anthology book and we have plans for new projects. The writers are coming up and retooling ideas for there own side projects, and there are new ideas for another anthology. Plus we have new talent that wants to get involved, a website, facebook page, twitter and plans to get a table at the big 2010 Con a year from now.
Also there is potential to become and instructor at the ballroom studio I've been dancing at for over a year and a half. I began doing teacher training, almost around the same time as everything else started in my life. This is something I have been enjoying very much, and if the opportunity arises I would definitely like to devote time as a ballroom instructor. It has quickly grown from a hobby, to a passion and now an obsession. As I have told others, it is typically what I am thinking about when I am somewhere else and what I concentrate on while I am there.
Finally there is my own content. With all this work, I have found little time to work on my own stuff. Before I went away to Ireland I didn't have as much paying work, but I did have plenty of time and drive to work on, or at least promote, my own work. Now, not so much. Clearly I haven't made any blog posts (professional or food), I haven't had a chance to post on craigslist or to check it, same goes for nyfa. Also promoting myself on facebook and myspace has fallen by the weigh side. I know what I have to do, I need to re organize my schedule at home. I have to adjust to the work schedule and work around it. Also now it is time to re-evaluate my goals and objectives and how I want to achieve them.
The good news is, that the major obstacle of money, has (for the most part) been handled. I have enough work options that I should be good for the time being. Now it really comes down to personal discipline and recognizing what habits I have that are good and which ones, though are not bad, waste my time and need to be curtailed until the home work is done.
OK so now for the long story made long and just a general catching up.
I started working at Dowling in the ceramics studio on Sept 25th. I work 20 hours a week on Wednesday night, Friday afternoon into the evening and all day Saturday. I've been slowly getting used to the studio and acclimating to where everything is and how things are done. Typically I spend my time mixing up glazes, slips, loading and unloading kilns and making up clay. Also I help my supervisor with any special projects around the studio. For instance last Friday, we reorganized the chemical closet. Overall, I am liking the job and getting more and more comfortable with it each week.
On top of this I am still working at the gym. Since Ireland I have been opening one day a week, typically Tuesdays. Also I have been working 8 hours on Sunday, opening and closing. Needless to say this means I have little time on the weekends. Typically I average around 18 to 20 hours a week there.
I am also still subbing at NCC. Last week I worked 2 nights in a row. I also subbed earlier this semester in September. Eventually, I would hope that I could get all 3 jobs working together harmoniously. Ideally working 15 hours at the gym, 20 hours at Dowling and 5 to 6 hours on a regular night at Nassau.
However I am always open to other options and ideas in terms of work. As always I am not relying on just one thing, and even though I have 3 paying jobs at the moment, I still have a couple of other things on the back burner that I am keeping my eye on.
Of those things there is of course Pronto comics. We just put out or 1st anthology book and we have plans for new projects. The writers are coming up and retooling ideas for there own side projects, and there are new ideas for another anthology. Plus we have new talent that wants to get involved, a website, facebook page, twitter and plans to get a table at the big 2010 Con a year from now.
Also there is potential to become and instructor at the ballroom studio I've been dancing at for over a year and a half. I began doing teacher training, almost around the same time as everything else started in my life. This is something I have been enjoying very much, and if the opportunity arises I would definitely like to devote time as a ballroom instructor. It has quickly grown from a hobby, to a passion and now an obsession. As I have told others, it is typically what I am thinking about when I am somewhere else and what I concentrate on while I am there.
Finally there is my own content. With all this work, I have found little time to work on my own stuff. Before I went away to Ireland I didn't have as much paying work, but I did have plenty of time and drive to work on, or at least promote, my own work. Now, not so much. Clearly I haven't made any blog posts (professional or food), I haven't had a chance to post on craigslist or to check it, same goes for nyfa. Also promoting myself on facebook and myspace has fallen by the weigh side. I know what I have to do, I need to re organize my schedule at home. I have to adjust to the work schedule and work around it. Also now it is time to re-evaluate my goals and objectives and how I want to achieve them.
The good news is, that the major obstacle of money, has (for the most part) been handled. I have enough work options that I should be good for the time being. Now it really comes down to personal discipline and recognizing what habits I have that are good and which ones, though are not bad, waste my time and need to be curtailed until the home work is done.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Day off
I worked my two jobs yesterday, both being 4 hours shifts a piece. The gym was simple, I did my usual work, some brainstorming, organizing and even wrote an article and started a second. Overall it was a good productive shift.
I then started my second shift at Dowling. It was my second day and first time solo. Overall I would say it was a good shift. I mixed a glaze, loaded some kilns and met some of the studio regulars. Its a nice studio with a good laid back feel.
Today I am doing my usual self promotion/Internet work, then doing somethings around the house. Later I'll be going into the city for a Pronto Comics meeting. We need to discuss future projects, meet some new creators, and talk about the general business issues of creating this company. Several seem to be having reservations about getting involved in a business. I hope it will be an interesting and productive meeting.
I then started my second shift at Dowling. It was my second day and first time solo. Overall I would say it was a good shift. I mixed a glaze, loaded some kilns and met some of the studio regulars. Its a nice studio with a good laid back feel.
Today I am doing my usual self promotion/Internet work, then doing somethings around the house. Later I'll be going into the city for a Pronto Comics meeting. We need to discuss future projects, meet some new creators, and talk about the general business issues of creating this company. Several seem to be having reservations about getting involved in a business. I hope it will be an interesting and productive meeting.
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