Letter Never Sent Tell me when to go.

For those who are easily freaked the eff out I present, the cat with hands video.

Last night I went to bed without the A/C and only used one sheet. I didn’t sleep very well and was troubled with very weird dreams. I even woke up once from hitting the bed and gasping as I jumped out of my sleep. I dreamt of a dog with hands that kept making people around me disappear by consuming them. He would wait for me to turn then would stretch his mouth open and pull them in with his hands. When I wasn’t looking he would also mess everything up. This is probably due to the creepy video I watched about a cat who had hands.

This is the first week I’ve been without a normal “job”. This is the first week where I will be working for myself and making my decisions on a day to day basis. There is a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it in. First off, I need to figure out some way to track and manage leads and prospects. I get information all the time, but I need to get better at keeping track of it. I also need to put together a brochure to take with me on sales calls. It’s important to leave something with all the important information on it to make it easier for prospective customers to make a decision.

Today I’m at work where we’ll be in-game showing the game to E3 attendees. It should be interesting. Basically, we just run around and demo everything while members of the media and the game industry get to check out all the cool stuff. I’ve been having a hard time posting because I’ve been using the demo machine, which doesn’t have all my normal stuff like Firefox installed.

Friday will be my last day with my current employer. I need to remember to send out my contact information in case anyone needs to get a hold of me. This weekend I might go to Oklahoma, and then next week I will hit the ground running.

I have to give a 4-6 minute speech tomorrow morning in front of 25 or so people. I’ve done a little preparation so I hope my subconscious takes care of all the gaps while I sleep.

I spend a lot of time at work. As a consequence most of my friends are people I work with every day. It’s going to be hard to not be a part of that world. It will take some serious adjusting. Today I told them that after I quit I’ll be hanging outside the building with my boombox playing “In your eyes” just like Lloyd Dobler.

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I drove up to Moody, Texas for the annual Scott family reunion. It was held at Mother Neff State Park, where many of the charming park facilities were built during the Depression by the Civilian Conservation Corps. We’ve had the reunion at several different places over the years, but it always seems to be somewhere in the rural Texas interior. It was nice to see family on such a nice day. Eventually, however, I was overwhelmed by the worst allergy attack I’ve ever had. It just so happens that the park is covered in massive pecan trees and I’m allergic to both pecan pollen and grass pollen. I also forgot my allergy medicine at home, which was dumb. I checked the allergy forecast later and pecan and grass were high. I hope this doesn’t last too much longer.

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Since everyone on our production team is in crunch right now, the management arranged for some complimentary chair massages yesterday. It was my first such experience, but I doubt it’s something I would ever arrange for myself. The sensory experience for me was completely momentary, which lessens my opinion of its value. Do they have people who specialize in popping backs, or is that what chiropractors do? That’s what I could go for more than a chair massage, a good back popping.