5.1.99

    I was pleasantly surprised to find an email in my inbox with the subject line "you've been linked." Apparently, one of the kids over at Diarist.net wrote an article about L.A. Journals and wrote some incredibly flattering things. It totally makes up for that sloppy L.A. Times piece (which I don't even have anymore).

    Today has been a nice day. T. and I went to the wedding of some friends of ours. The groom was T.'s roommate when he and I started dating. He's a really nice guy and a good person to know. About a month ago the two of them happened to get in touch over email and he said that he was getting married and to a girl who was in my house! I remember her as been a genuinely nice person and someone whose heart is always in the right place. They sent out an invite and we went. I saw a few of my old friends from school, my little sis and some people who I recognized but didn't really know. A lot of chitchat was involved but it was all very nice.

    Hopefully, we'll be able to get together with this couple some time after their honeymoon for dinner and whatnot. I'd hate it if we all lost touch again.

    Things have been going pretty well in regards to the job sitch. I have this contract through this next week and a lead on another job. The contract is really dead boring but it's work and I've already met a bunch of new people. When I came home the other night I was asking T. about his day and when he was done he asked about mine. All that I was sure of is that not one interesting thing had happened to me that day. It's really a nothing job. Although, I'm pleased that not everyone could do it. You really do have to know quite a bit about websites in order to do this grunt work. So, my skills are not going entirely to waste, they're just be used in ways that I don't wish them to be.

    The people there are really friendly though and I wouldn't mind working there in some capacity. However, I'm pretty sure they aren't hiring right now and I doubt that they will be in the future. I'm going to try to get up the courage to introduce myself to one of the owners and see if I can get an informational interview. I really need some perspective on what I'm trying to do and what I need to do to get where I want to be.

    On Thursday night, I went to The Pint which is a monthly meet-and-greet at a local eatery. It's pretty much geared towards new media professionals and I met some interesting people. I passed out a lot of business cards and drank too much beer. It wouldn't have been too much beer if I had eaten a single thing. I had hoped to buy some chips or fries to munch on but the place we were at, Touché (1425 NW Glisan Street), was sort of chichi and the cheapest thing on their menu that looked grubbin' was the fried Calimari for $7. So, I bravely went forth and got tipsy on two beers and a cigarette.

    Some people have some really cool business cards. Someday I'll make a little more money and I'll do something much more creative with mine. I was very pleased when someone handed me a card that they described as the "Kinko's special" since that's what I had, too.

    Tomorrow, I'm meeting some of the girls for breakfast and then, weather permitting, T. and I are going to drive out to the coast and take in some salty air. I need to buy some film and start taking photos. I'm hoping to find a cheap darkroom somewhere that I can use or maybe sign up for a class at one of the colleges and use their darkroom. I'm trying not to kick myself as hard as I have been about not taking so many L.A. photos. I have photos but I haven't developed them but when I do I'll be sure to add them to the now-defunct L.A. Stories. Yeah, right. That could take years.