Our former head of Publishing at Cryptic Studios is looking for a community rep manager and a graphic designer over at Aeria Games, a publishing company. The Craigslist posting below is for the community rep, but he told me specifically to be on the lookout for good graphic designers as well :) The jobs are in Santa Clara, CA:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mar/1178937175.html

You've gotta like Hello Kitty! The job has to do with the MMO Hello Kitty Online!

Let me know if you're interested (and have a resume), I can talk to him directly and pass on good words about you!

Maybe it's the company BBQ's burger/hotdogs/mac salad sitting in my stomach right now releasing wonderfully tasty toxins, but I am suddenly overcome with feelings of love for my job. Seriously.

I was sitting here, messing around in Photoshop, getting another mock-up ready for my team, and suddenly I think...man, I'm messing around in Photoshop and I'm GETTING PAID BIG MONEY to do this. (Well, big bucks to me. Relativity, folks. Relativity and being able to survive comfortably in NorCal.)

I love where I am and what I've become.

Remember to remember moments like these.

This is an old doodle I did for my WoW guild (everyone has a chibi/cute equivalent to their badass Horde character based on nicknames) but I wanted to re-post: Congrats to the 4 people in this picture getting married this year and next year :)

I couldn't sleep. :( Got my ass kicked in dance class today, which made me feel like a fat hippo. Work is pretty crazy busy to the point of overwhelming these days - in addition to my regular webwork, I'm chipping in on neverending requests for UI art/layout for the Champions Online MMO and related sekrit projects. I'm also sad that there aren't enough hours in a day to do everything I want to do, which range from running a half marathon to going back to my illustration roots.

I try to unwind after work and go to sleep on time, but my mind refuses cease assaulting me with three things: (1) You are a fat hippo and (2) constantly trying to come up with pretty UI art ideas that makes everyone happy and (3) SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK GET UP AND DO THINGS OMG
 
It's frustrating because (1) I know i'm not a fat hippo and (2) I had a dream about my boss, which tells me I am thinking WAY too much about work and (3) I need my sleep.

But regardless, the sandman definitely left me out of his rounds tonight.

So I opened up Fidelity.com and Google.com and went to town for a couple of hours.

1:00 AM - Noob
1:30 AM - learning to navigate Fidelity.com
2:00 AM - Surfing blogs, google and Fidelity database
2:30 AM - Researching mutual funds
4:00 AM - Retirement plan made, hypothetical portfolio created, watch list for various funds created, strategy/contribution devised

(Would have invested by 4AM, but I have a pathetic amount of money in my personal IRA, which is nothing but a paltry rollover from my old job's 401K. Money Market it is!)

Next on the list, attacking and optimizing my work 401K! Got some major investment booboos to fix!

.....Sleep time. -_-

Gotta love insomnia sometimes! (Not really).