Been a while... so many new things...

Well... would you believe I forgot all about this thing?
I'd hate to see something go down without giving it a fair go.. so I'll try it again.

So much has changed since my last post.. I'm now working two jobs.. still teaching piano.. getting close to 30 students a week now.. and Kim's working at the music school too.. receptionisting.. or something..

Not to mention my other job.. selling cell phones in a kiosk.. degrading right? Well.. perhaps.. but It's not in a mall... and I'm actually allowed to talk to people instead of just try to hand out flyers all day.. but... I was rather rudely shoved into the world of making quotas every month.. which has been hard... very hard. But I'm getting used to it.. we just finished a big sale today.. made a right killing to be honest.. hopefully I don't get 10 people coming back to return phones because they changed their mind..

It's amazing how many different people there are in the world.. I guess I lived a pretty sheltered life before I joined the work force... I never imagined how different people could be.. and I'm just trying to get them a good deal on a phone.. some people just truly are uninterested.. I mean think about it.. when you ask someone
"How you doing today, Sir?"
and they reply with a hasty
"No thanks."
You need to think to yourself.. how can you feel no thanks today? I mean.. sure.. there's salespeople out there.. and most of them just wanna sell you something.. but at least listen to the words that come out of their mouth. Human decency right? Oh well... it happens.. something you gotta get used to in this business...

And... my District Manager... well... let's just not even get into that right now.. maybe a different post... he might need a post all of his own to be honest... we'll see...

I guess I should mention that we moved.. into our own little apartment at a fairly respectable price.. although little isn't really the word.. it's decent size.. definately big enough for the two of us.. and I finally have the computer and my keyboard next to eachother.. which means I'll be able to hook these suckers together and start doing some fun stuff with 'em.. but with money how it is paying for rent and all.... well let's just say the equipment isn't cheap.. and we're not exactly swimming in it.. so it might have to wait until we have a few bucks to spare...

That's enough for tonight... I'm tired... work tomorrow.. later folks..
don't work too hard..

The Chair is going down!! It just can't take the pressure!!!

Been a while.. but I just finished tracing a photo into Flash then PSP.. thought I'd post it here.. unfortunately our old computer chair has finally given up the goods.. it can't have more than 24 hours left in it.. so Kim took a photo... and I did this with it:



Apparently I need to lose weight... they just don't build chairs like they used to... And why do I look evil?

I'm slowly getting into the swing of things at work.. I've got 3 students... will have to more in June.. and I might get more before then. Here's hoping I'll be working 3 days a week before much longer.. and.. more hopeful still 5 days..

Kim's been hired to design a webpage for a family friend.. and although I'm glad she's working.. what was originally an extra $40 turned into the employer agreeing to buld her a knitting box. I know I should be happy.. but I personally think we could use the $40 more than she could use a new box.

But that's just my opinion.. she's the one doing the work.


Anyway.. I aint got nothing else.. Although I have started working on some animations and I've been posting on Newgrownds.com under the name "BadShorts". Because frankly everything I've done so far has been bad, and pretty short. But if you wanna look at 'em. The latest is at:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/235850

and you can get to the other one from there.

That's about it.. until next time!

Don't work too hard,

Brad.

Work work work.. all the loong day.. riiiight.

Well that was fun, wasn't it? Turns out half the students I was supposed to teach today cancelled. Should I take that personally? Probably not, but sometimes you can't really help it. Oh well.. full schedule tomorrow, so I'll consider today a warm up to the week.

What a great start for me. My first 'so called' student, decided that they needed a different schedule, so I lost my first student before I even met 'em. Lucky me. But oh well.. I'm just relying on them for an income, that's all. But hey.. on the up side, I stole some music from another teacher today.. ok ok.. "borrowed". Just 'cus he doesn't know about it, doesn't make it theft.... I think....

Didn't get to bed until 3am last night... finally finished The Dark Tower VII, may it do ya fine, say thankya. Great books. Great ending too.. Spoiler Warning: for anyone that knows the books, I'd read the tale over again with Roland and his horn, just to know what happens when he reaches the tower. Spoil over.

Dunno what I'm supposed to do with my spare time now.. computer games are starting to get boring.. which is something I never thought I'd hear myself say. But when you're stuck with a semi-stoneage system, there are only so many games that can hold your interest. So as a result, I'm stuck playing an addictive little minigolf game called Winigolf. Current best score: 82, -6. It's the simple things in life, heh. That and Nethack, but not so much anymore.

Maybe I'm growing up? I dunno. I find it hard to believe.. but I'll admit anything can happen. Doesn't really apply to the 50/50/90 rule.. but it's close enough. Even TV is losing it's pull on me. Stargate is getting old and Mythbusters is starting to get boring.

I need a hobby.

Any ideas?

Didn't think so....

Don't work too hard,

Brad.

Beginnings of a Blog.

I've decided.. at this lovely hour at nearly 2 in the morning.. that this blog shall be a boring and uninspired view into my daily life. But.. I guess in order to do that.. anyone unfortunate enough to stumble upon it needs some background.. so, here it is.

I.. as was decided by my parents at birth.. am Bradley. I'm now 20 years old, having somehow managed to survive the first 19 years of my life. Native to Australia, I now live in Houston. Moving here specifically to get married, I have spent the last 2 years waiting patiently for the government to allow me permanent access to the country. Fortunately they decided I wasn't a threat to national security, and allowed me residency and a work permit. I have recently gained my first job in the 'real world' . More specifically, I have been employed at a music school to teach Piano to children and adults alike. Whilst I technically have only covered for other teachers at this point, this Tuesday I will be meeting my first permanent student and am expecting more and more students as the weeks go by.

Since having first been offered the job about 2 weeks ago, I've been getting more and more nervous of my abilities to teach impressionable young minds in the way of music, especially when it comes down to the drastically different teaching styles that, as my boss has told me, "society demands", and the way I was taught, and would have planned to teach. So I have much to learn in the way of teaching styles. Whilst it has been suggested that I should "teach the music so they can learn the technique".. I was taught that learning the technique was the gateway to playing the music. The school has a laid back attitude that promotes niceties and friendliness, which, I can appreciate. But it's a far cry from the "How am I supposed to teach you properly if you show up 3 minutes late to your lesson?" talk I used to get, and don't get me wrong... it was talk like that which kept me going on the hard days, say thankya to my old teacher.

Apart from that.. there hasn't been much on my mind.. have been busy trying to get my website up. So I'll finish this up, and probably be back on Tuesday after work, until then,

don't work too hard,

Brad.