Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Sha Na Na Na Na Na Na

You get to be happy. (listening to: "The Schmuel Song" by Jason Robert Brown)

You know what's nice? Being ASKED to audition. Last night, a director for a theatre company saw a staged reading of a show I was in and asked Natalie to tell me to audition for her show. That's NICE. That's how things SHOULD be. And when you get to go out to dinner after that... well... icing. (Even if we did nearly get kicked out of the restaurant for destruction of property)

I was reviewed at work today. I won't be getting my promotion until July/August. This was somewhat expected, but... I told myself that if it didn't happen in April, I'd be looking elsewhere for work. Maybe I need to do that. I won't, because I'm a coward, but I think that I should. Maybe it's time. I don't know.

Oh. Here's something I want to talk to you all about. Look, I don't own any grown-up clothes. I don't have a suit, and I own two ties. One of which, I hate. I own lots of clothes, but none of them would work if I wanted to go "somewhere nice." I have ONE outfit that I can wear that's like that, and I wear it all the time. Someone should tell me how to be a grown-up. I'm 25 now. It's time to start acting like it.

So, I have a bone to pick with EA. The PS3 is set up such that when you turn it on, you have to choose a user ID to "log in" with. Each user ID can have its own parental settings and stuff, so this makes it really good for a family or like a dorm. Specifically this is nice because each user ID has its own save game data. Orion or NCSz or Biggy can't jump into my save games and lead my characters into certain demise. Nor can they play through a particularly entertaining part of the game while I'm gone. (Kingdom Hearts, Biggy?) Every user ID is on their own.
However, this becomes problematic when users want to play AGAINST each other. Tiger Woods 2007, for example, earns the Madjai Raspberry award for stupidity. I've set up my own golfer in my user ID. NCSz sets up HIS own golfer under his user ID. We go to play against each other (Or rather, we start a game wherein he will be embarrassed and humiliated for 18 holes), and guess what. We can't see my golfer, 'cause we're logged in under HIS user ID. No problem. We'll just log into mine, copy the data into his, and we're off and running.
Menu, Menu, Menu, Copy.
"Error: File will not be copied. There is already a file with that name in the target folder." ... Thefuckyousay?
EA sports, in their brilliance, has decided to name their user data "User Data." No, I'm not kidding. The title of the data file is "User Data." You dumb shits. No one tested this before you shipped this game, did they? NCSz had to start all over again.
I'd launch into a rant about unique file names right now, but that would make this blog even MORE boring. Seriously, please get your shit together before you ship a game. That's all. Moving on.

EDIT: I just found out that I'm playing a Comedy Sportz show for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The professional basketball team. They've hired CSz to do a show for their fundraiser or some such, and I'm playing it. :) KG and I are going to become BFF, and we're going to have sleepovers and shave each other's heads and talk about boys. It's going to be awesome, and you're all jealous. Ah HA!

What else do I have? Week 1 is over, and I passed the test. But just barely.

Sports Night is awesome.

My cat plays fetch.

I hate my job.

I have a big smile on my face despite all of the above.

END TRANSMISSION...

8 comments:

Frethem said...

Dude... you BOUGHT Tiger Woods 2007 and didn't bother to share that information with me?

You're dead to me, Wiiman.

The Madjai said...

Bulls#it! I told you I bought it when you were drunk. The night before you bailed on me for the show. And yet, friends we remain. I'm a better person than you.

Frethem said...

Oh... yeah... buy a suit, get a new job. Love you.

Nate said...

I second that. You need a new job. This one is slowly sucking the life out of you.

Um, why do I have to lose Tiger Woods? I seem to remember the last time we played together I washed the course with you scared peeing little boy character. Hmmm....

P said...

Hey Wiiman.

Regarding the suit, I came across the same thing about the time when I was your age-y age. I sucked it up and got one since I heard that it can provide a nice tax write off (especially if you bring your own wardrobe with to auditions/shoots etc.) I have some meager suggestions if you wanted to indulge me that I can afford. They're practical from what I hear tell, and also pretty reasonable if you wanted them? I'll spare you any frass here, but feel free to PM me on the board of Call if you want any suggestions. Or, we go shopping. And drinking. Both are highly encouraged. (I did this with my friend Ry-Gonn who need suit-age for his commercial endeavours. He got clothes. We got buzzed. Everybody wins)

- The P

Angela Rachelle said...

hey hope you are doing well stranger.
keep the faith.
:)
love your job.
me

thelastpicasso said...

I used to have a cat that played fetch - it was awesome. Also, I've found that as nerdy as it may seem, it does help to make a "pros and cons" list before making any job-taking/job-leaving decisions. The soul-sucking mentioned by the wise Nate would be a con, just so you get how it works. And yeah...get a suit already! The ladies love a good suit. Seriously. H&M has cheap suits that are actually really nice, or K&G has good deals, and you can't go wrong with Men's Wearhouse for basic stuff - "you're gonna love the way you look. I guarantee it."
By the way, this is Sarah, not Mike...in case you were wondering. Miss you!

Frethem said...

Dude. Post something will you? I'm bored.