Letter Never Sent Tell me when to go.

The whole company is getting taken to see Spiderman 2 tomorrow. After that we’re having a company dinner at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel downtown. Apparently, the big boss man from the Korean parent company is going to be in town. I’m looking forward to seeing it. At RottenTomatoes.com the reviews are at 100%. That means it should be really good.

It’s dawning on me more and more how important it is to get enough sleep and wake up early. When you go to sleep late you are more likely to be tired when you wake up. It throws you into a state of reaction where you are responding more to external things rather than approaching the activities of your life with planned action. For example, if you go to sleep late, you are more likely to hit snooze until you absolutely have to get up. This puts you in a rush, which stresses you out, and makes you more likely to miss important things. You will hurry to find an outfit, you will hurry to shower and do body maintenance things, all the while under stress. You are more likely to forget things in your rush out the door, and you will not have time for unplanned events like heavy traffic or leaving something at home. Your whole day could be affected by the lack of sleep and the need to rush through things. You may arrive at work late and looking worn out and feeling tired even before your day has begun.

Going to bed in a timely matter is hard for me because I often lack the discipline to tell myself, “Okay, time to stop what you’re doing and prepare for bed.” To this end, I’m going to limit my computer usage at home especially in the few hours before I go to bed. If I really do need to work on something (which I usually do not) I can do it when I get up in the morning. Having to go to work is a better deadline than having to go to sleep.

It’s so much better to be up early before you have to be anywhere. You can plan a breakfast, listen to the radio while you get ready, iron your wrinkly pants, and even maybe make the bed. When I get to work early I feel a lot better about everything in general and more positive and optimistic. I’m not worried what people will think about me rushing in. I’ll have an easier time finding a parking place. And I can feel more peaceful as I meet the day instead of running to try to keep up with it.

Not to worry about the the appearance of Letter Never Sent. I’m just messing with the stylesheet. It’s fun to change things up a little every once in a while.

Jody and I met Sab this morning for brunch at Austin’s Diner, formerly Laura’s Bluebonnet Kitchen over on Burnet Road near the Arby’s. It was a great, cheap breakfast, and the hipster element was in full bloom: bedhead, vintage t-shirts, and tattoos everywhere. They had the place decorated nicely with old appliances and dishes. One wall had old chrome toasters hanging on the wall and there was a rolling pin hanging near the cash register.

The food was great. I had biscuits and sausage gravy with a sausage, potato, and egg breakfast taco on the side. All topped off with a cup of diner-style coffee; watery and acidic but I cut it with copious amounts of sugar and cream from the silver flappy cup. Ting.

Everything was nice and peppery, just like homemade. I had some of Jody’s homefries which she reported as tasting just like the ones her grandpa used to cook up, buttery and not cooked too much or too little. Everything was served on diner china from many different patterns.

The best part? The price. All this tasty food set us back to the tune of eighteen bucks for three people. It’s the flea’s eyebrows.

Today after sleeping off and on until 5pm (not feeling it) I went to Mozart’s Coffee House over on Lake Austin to suck up the coffee and free WiFi while I worked on the materials for my interview this week for a ‘world-building’ position on the design team for one of our games at work. There is a lot of competition. Almost everyone in my department applied for the position, although it is not clear how many received the go ahead for the interview process. I am told not everyone who submitted a resume will be interviewed, but luckily I made it to the next round. Somehow I seem to have enough talent to usually make it past the weedout rounds. Such was the case at UT, although I obviously did not get the job there that I had hoped for. I imagine one out of every three to four people who applied will be interviewed. This is just a guess. Hopefully, it will not result in any bad blood. The important thing is to stay confident and work my ass off to show them I have the drive and capability to do the job. I will have to channel the rainmaker. Hopefully, I will have some good news later this week or next week.