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January 21, 2011

fripodding can be exhausting

Filed under: blogging,fripodding,life update,office,writing — t. sterling @ 2:40 pm
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My makeshift workshop

My fellow Indoobians! I wholeheartedly apologize for the lack of friPods last week and now this week. As I often say, and seemingly saying more often than just regular often, “life happens.” And life has been happening more than I can live. Okay, I’m not sure that even makes sense…

Just to update as to what in life is going on, I currently have about 3-4 jobs. I mention these on Twitter on occasion and refer to them as Job #1, #2 and #3.

  1. Job #1 is the office job I’ve had for the past few years and as of about 2 years ago, I got the opportunity to work at home. It’s mostly pretty awesome, but it has it’s setbacks. For example, I don’t get snow days. Also, if the power goes out, I can’t escape from the darkness to my home because I’m already there. The pros outweigh the cons so I won’t bother finding other nuisances. Again, I like working at home. And only 2% of the time do I work in my pajamas. I get dressed because I’m anxious to get out of the house whenever I can.
  2. Job #2 is my tech job at my church. It mostly started with being the A/V guy, which I’m really just the A because we haven’t gotten into V yet. But I take care of the audio equipment and make sure everything sounds nice. Due to our church growing and expanding into some other areas of business, I needed to take care of the computer situations. Not only have a been the techie for my family, but now I’m the go-to guy at my church. In a few weeks or so I’ll be starting a computer class for those who want to learn how to use these machines a little better. I’ve also recently acquired a projector, so that’ll make things easier for teaching purposes. Oh yeah, and I’m the webmaster too.
  3. Job #3, which I’ve spoken very little about here, is my first freelance job for a local online newspaper called Patch. Maybe you’ve heard of it? I’ve written a few articles for them so far and have a few other plans lined up in the coming weeks. Being a freelancer, I’m not really on call that often, so it’s more of a part-time job. But when I am working, I put my all into it.

I’d like to add a job #4, but it’s kinda hard to call being a go-for a job? My family is very hard working and we are the central core to the church (my dad is the pastor). So whatever needs to be done, sometimes I’m the one that’s called. I spoke about this earlier this week. But between picking up items or people or working on routers or laptops, some of my off-time is filled with these odd jobs. And I’m not complaining about it, but it can be tiresome. Shoveling snow is at the bottom of the list of things I enjoy doing. Cooking dinner, pretty sweet. But hey, we gotta live!

So I said all that to say this: some weeks I just might not be able to get to do a friPod post as badly as I’d like to. Mostly because I don’t have the time. I really would like to start getting into making a few more videos, but recording them is one task, editing them is something else. I enjoy both, but I need a good hour. And unlike blogging, I’m not always in the mood to record and/or edit. But I did promise a video regarding my last friPod and I will deliver eventually. I will also continue my subject on neoretro-soul.

With that, I want you all to know I’m still dedicated to the Indoob, I just need to work on my time management skills. But now I’m off to work on a wireless router and maybe catch a local comedy show.

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July 12, 2010

orange juice and caffeine pills

Filed under: babbling,caffeine,coffee,office,random — t. sterling @ 3:15 pm
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Every so often, I take a break from my usual iced coffee that I seem to love so much and replace it with a yellow, bitter caffeine pill. That is, of course, when I need to be alert. Or as the tiny bottle says: “When alertness is needed.” Most days at work, I need to be alert enough to catch inaccuracies on the applications I’m reviewing or whether or not the red light on my phone is rapidly flashing.

True story, the ringer on my office phone is defective. Even with the volume turned up to 11, the phone will not ring. Yet if the backup battery that keeps the phone’s info (clock, date, last numbers called) is taken out, the phone will ring. The speaker phone also is affected by this. I don’t understand it, but I’m so passive about getting it fixed that I’d rather blog about it than contact my job to report it and possibly get a new phone. Why? It might require me going to the main office which in my eyes defeats the purpose of working at home. There’s a method to laziness.

Anyway, today I managed to finally “get back on my game” and wake up at the crack of dawn, go to the gym, and get a sack-o-potatoes worth of work done early on a Monday morning. The past few months have been rather lackluster and I only have myself to blame. I’d also like to blame a few of my friends, but they aren’t responsible for waking me up in the morning. Although I give one of those friends credit since she gets up around the same time my alarm goes off and occasionally sends me text messages to make sure I’m awake. (Actually she demands I bring her coffee on her lunch break, but that’s another story.)

There's a story about that bottle of Purell hand sanitizer too. Notice, also, the chewable orange flavored vitamins.

Some mornings I’ll actually make a cup of coffee when I’m not quite feeling up to par with the chirpy birds, frolicking squirrels, and other bright eyed and bushy tailed morning creatures like the sun and construction workers. Other mornings, like today, I’ll skip out on the coffee and pour a refreshing glass of cold orange juice. I’ll add in a caffeine pill because I know I’ll feel I’ll need a kick to keep going, even after a trip to the gym.

They say you get more energy after a good work out. But since I’ve been off my game for so long, I’ve just been feeling sore and I’m crawling out of the gym and into my car, trying to stay alert and focused enough to get home so I can die in a safe place. By that time, I’m usually okay, so I go to work.

Such was the case today, and I felt myself continuing the drag while on the clock, so I had my hyper orange juice (I actually don’t mix the pill with anything… it fails miserably dissolving into anything–hot chocolate, tea, juice, applesauce) and began to feel the get-up-and-go an hour or so later as I blazed through a hefty number of files. Another note on the pill, and all pills for that matter, I think I have a phobia of swallowing pills. So if possible, I end up chewing them. I’m aware it’s not good for me. But unless I have chewables or liquids, I’m going to suffer the bitterness and any other affect (like tongue numbing) that chewing these pills has to offer.

I probably made the mistake of getting a cup of coffee at lunch. That’s the reason for this now. I’m thinking about what I did so much that I’m distracted from doing more work. I may have mentioned “unraveling” before… I think this is me wound up. Or at least a portion of it. If I were speaking to you, I’d be highly animated as I told you a story with heavy embellishments. I’d probably be shaking a little too. I’m shaking now, and it’s actually helping me type faster.

But now that I’ve got some of this energy out, I’ll be able to continue on with work. The funny thing is, I have quite a few different things I’ve could’ve used this energy to write. The Emmys, recent viewing of movies, future friPods posts, or even working on scripts that have been piling up in various idea notebooks I carry around with me. I even owe some people emails! I’m slacking on a lot, so it seems.

The good thing I’m looking forward to is the inevitable crash, which I’m hoping will begin between 8-9pm. However, these are the times I’m actually around a TV. My shows that I like to watch if I’m home: Adventure Time (which is an awesome show that completely caters to the state of mind I’m in as I’m typing, or just makes me laugh for being so random), Misadventures of Flapjack (optional viewing, but quite entertaining if I’m in the mood), and The Good Guys. I’ll probably force myself to stay awake one more hour after that just so I don’t wake up in the wee hours and forage for food. It’s a bad habit, but as long as I can sleep through the night, I can count on waking up with the sun and squirrels and repeat the process I described above, but be wise enough to skip the second helping of caffeine so I’m not writing another useless blog post.

Time to get back to work!

March 25, 2010

the reverse time delay or: the impatient receptionist

Filed under: office — t. sterling @ 10:08 am
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This happened to me today at work. Possibly the oddest over-the-phone encounter I’ve had yet. I’ve had somewhat similar conversations before where I’m cut off just before I finish my little scripted greeting, but this one just took me by surprise. Usually the receptionists/operators aren’t as friendly as this one sounded… but never before did it sound like there was a reverse time delay in responses. It would’ve been fine if she were psychic and knew what I was asking before asking… but that wasn’t the case.

Receptionist:   Healthcare-and-Such, this is Lindy-Lu, how can I help you?
Me:      Hello Lindy-Lu, my name is Sterling and I am with Office’s–
Receptionist:   Yes?
Me:      –Quality Team…
Receptionist:   How can I help you?
Me:      Well, I’m currently in the process of validating–
Receptionist:   Who is your doctor?
Me:      –location information for Dr. Feezleberg.
Receptionist:   I’m sorry; who is your primary doctor?
Me:      …I’m with Office. I’m trying–
Receptionist:    Oh! Okay! How can I help you?
Me:      –to validate location information.
Receptionist:   What are you looking for?
Me:      I’m trying to get information for Dr. Feezleberg’s office.
Receptionist:   Okay! Let me transfer you to–[click]

Fortunately, that wasn’t an I-just-hung-up-on-you “click” but an actual I-put-you-on-hold-to-transfer “click.” Although, sometimes, those clicks end up turning into a dial tone which is never a good thing because I’m usually not in the mood to call back right away. But this time I got through to exactly who I needed to talk to who almost seemed like an opposite of Lindy-Lu. Still friendly, but had a soft and almost too passive voice.

It’s calls and moments like this that make me stare blankly at the screen for a few moments, just to reflect on whatever just happened… wondering if it seemed strange.

February 4, 2010

get write back to work!

Filed under: babbling,blogging,life update,office,writing — t. sterling @ 11:56 am
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This blog started out being about working at Office… or the office job that I have that is obviously not a company called “Office”. Every so often I’d share a memory or two about the retail store I used to work at that I affectionately dubbed “Walter Martins”. (It’s probably not too hard to figure out that one.)

I used to have to GO to work at Office

But it’s clear to me that I really haven’t been writing about my job that much lately. And that’s okay. The Indoob found its niche and its primary focus is writing about writing/art, entertainment, and other random things in life. Even with the word “indoob” I try to create a feeling of positivity about my topic of choice.

And the whole “Workforce” part? Also, at the time of birth, related to working at Office. Today it means much more. If you’re able to read this at work, this is to help you pass the time. It’s also work for me writing consistently about something that intrigues me. Although writing in general is a passion, it’s hard to consider that “work”… Yet a good majority of these posts are written during my downtime while I’m at Office. Don’t worry; I get my work done… when I have work to do.

The point I’m getting to is the fact that I’ve had little work to do lately. It’s partially a seasonal thing; very few files are coming in for me to work on. But it should change soon. In the meantime, I need to at least look busy even for myself so I’m not bored and go insane. Hence, I’ve had ample time to catch up on some much needed blogging. I honestly don’t particularly like having so much free time while I’m on the job, but I also don’t like surfing the web for 10 hours a day. Let me tell you: that can get boring. Fast. Especially when you are limited to a censored internet. Not that I’m looking for anything that might be considered “explicit” but sometimes I can’t see simple things, like pictures on Wikipedia or comic strips or even my own blog! Peasants.

No worries though. I will survive. As long as I know how to love I know I’ll stay–… Sorry. But I’ve learned to cope until work returns to me. I have a “To Write” list, and I’ve been able to cross off many items, or at least get them started. And for the record, I don’t do all these things while I’m sitting at my Office desk. Most of the time, I’ll start a project at work; email it to myself so I can work on it on my laptop. I’m almost at the point that I’ll start projects on my phone. (My phone needs its own post before I start talking about that…) And I know it’s already February and I still haven’t talked about my Christmas… or my birthday. Speaking of February, I have to figure out what to do for my obligatory Black History Month posting. I really feel I should do something special since I almost accidentally forgot King’s Day. That’s a funny story so perhaps I’ll write about that too, soon.

The good news about this slow work month, besides being able to write more or accomplishing other tasks I’ve been putting off, is I’m not spending as much time in the kitchen. How is that an accomplishment? Well, Indoobians, I don’t know how many of you work at home or spend a great deal of time at home, but it can be quite tempting knowing food is a few steps away. And since I’m sitting at a desk most of the day, all that food just builds up and I will no longer be the slender dude I used to be. My tummy is already a bit chubbier than usual (although some think this is a good development and argue I was way too slim a few years ago).

But I’m supposed to have no excuse for returning to the gym since buying running sneakers the other day, replacing the ones that were stolen last year. Also a humorous story to share in the future.

I think when spring returns, I shall get back on my game full time, and head to the gym in the morning like I originally planned to, then come home and begin my day… even if I really have very little work to do but plenty to write about.

June 18, 2009

water to wine and other miracles

Filed under: anniversary,car,church,driving,life update,office — t. sterling @ 11:30 pm
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I’ve had such a day today that I consider a couple miracles had happened.

My work week started out like any other, except for an email from my boss telling me to get rid of close to 90 aging files. As a reminder, my job is to analyze and verify applications for an insurance company. Specific details of my job aren’t necessary, all you need to know is that I work on production which means I have a quota to fill.

55 files a week is what they ask of us. I don’t consider myself an overachiever, but if I can do more, I will. And most of the time I do. I like to earn my right to slack off at the end of the week. Work hard now, play harder later.

The majority of the files I work on, I complete within 24-48 hours. Sometimes I need some info faxed into me, and that might take a week or two. I’m supposed to follow up on these faxes or phone calls every few days so I can get the file done ASAP… but as I just said, I’m a bit of a slacker, I admit it, I have no shame.

Well, some of these files had gone un-followed-up for not just a few weeks, but a few months. This is not good. So this week I devoted time to these old files to get rid of them. I figured some non-stop calls to all the places I needed to talk to would fix the problem. Well, it didn’t. It took me 2 1/2 days to get through about 75% of the list, and by Wednesday morning, the time when I usually have 30 or more, I had a mere 11. I also had a few frustrating phone calls that dampered my morale so I wasn’t feeling too chipper.

Fortunately, God has blessed me with awesome friends. Sometimes all it takes is a someone being silly or a warm genuine smile to flip the world back on the right side. And that’s what happened. I went back to work with a new attitude and new plan of attack. To wrap up this story, when I left, I had my 55 files done completely, plus a little extra (we get time off for meetings or files we had to cancel, so consider my actual number to be 58 or 59).

Happy as a kid on the last day of school, I rushed off to choir rehearsal. I didn’t really want to go to rehearsal, but I did want to get out of the house. And I’m glad I went, as I usually am. I think it’s just me being lazy and not wanting to drive.

Afterwards, I was just ready to call it a day and get home. I tried enjoying the ride by cranking the volume to enjoy some newer music. I stopped at a light behind about two to three cars. The light turned green, we all started to move and then the car in front of me stopped short. I also tried to break as quickly as I could, but it wasn’t quick enough. I was too close. BUMP. Facepalm. I can’t say crash, and tap is too light. But still, I felt it. The lady I hit felt it. I waited to see what she was going to do first. Then I knew I had to get out of the car once I saw her hazard lights go on. After another facepalm, I followed suit and then got out of the car.

Oh yeah, it was raining too.

So we made sure no one was hurt. She suggested we exchange information: name, number, license, insurance, blah blah blah. Honestly, I wasn’t really sure if that’s what was supposed to happen when she asked me if that’s what we were supposed to do. I just agreed.

The whole transaction took about 20 minutes. Did I mention it was raining?

The lady I hit was a Christian. I consider this a miracle in a way because I could have hit someone who was crazy. And you know what I mean. Some people reading this might be one of those crazy people. And if the truth is told, there are some Christians that aren’t the nicest people either. Hypocrites. Anyway, this was a kind gentle lady. A bit shaken, understandably so, and I kept apologizing since technically I’d be considered the one at fault. She told me the car in front of her had some issues that made her stop short. As interested as I was, I just wanted to get out of the rain, So I really don’t remember what she said. I was getting wetter and colder the longer we stood out there. And I’m not one for making a scene out on a busy street like we were on, parked in the middle of the road like we were.

It turned friendliest by the end. I invited her to my church and explained that’s where I had been coming from. She even shook my hand after I told her I was the pastor’s son. This bit of information seems to benefit me when I was wee and just a preacher’s kid. Well, benefits at church functions. It got me better seats, better snacks, like a pseudo-V.I.P. It’s pretty good. I wasn’t and still don’t expect special treatment this time. I’m human like everyone else. The miracle is that no one got hurt and this little incident was a lot more peaceful than any alternative.

And another miracle within itself is my parents celebrating their 26th anniversary. Yes, some people still believe in staying with the same person for more than two years (ahem, Usher…)

So this was a longer post than usual, I’m just making up for not blogging all week. At least now you know why: hard at work getting the job done… and crashing into other people’s cars.

June 2, 2009

vacation is over

Filed under: babbling,dinner,food,life update,office,WAH — t. sterling @ 11:42 am
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1000 apologies to all the Indoobians that once again missed out on my last friPod post. It’s not like you don’t know what it’s going to be about, but that’s not the point. The point is that I strive for consistency and… well… life happened, more or less. So did work. Now that my little getaway vacation has come to an end, I just wasn’t ready to let go.
 
But no worries. When I wasn’t working as hard as I probably should have been, I had been documenting my experiences in both New York and Foxwoods Casino. I also have several pictures online from a run in with several celebrities! (They were all made out of wax, but let’s pretend they were real.)
 
I’m really just trying to get used to being back at my desk and working hard like I’m known to do (wink wink). “How’s that going so far?”, you ask. Yesterday I rather not talk about, but I did return all of the voicemail messages I had (a total of about 10… 5 of which were the same person, 2 didn’t leave a message and I think one of those was actually a fax machine, and one that I called back went to a fax amchine… go figure). So I was definitely busy, I just didn’t feel busy or productive. Then I got distracted by making dinner, which seems to be my thing now on Monday nights. Last night’s meal was baked chicken brought to you by the shaking and baking seasoning method (but not the brand name) with a few added seasonings of my own. I also made ziti with homemade alfredo sauce. I made a side of broccoli that lacked some seasoning of some kind. All in all, my parents enjoyed it. I ate it because I was hungry. I really wanted to make myself some bacon and eggs. Ironically, I don’t feel like making them today.
 
Anyway, I just want you all to hold tight. I’ll probably post an entry once a day for the rest of the week (or make an attempt) discussing my recent trips, the last friPod iPick, and other stuff I normally like to write about… like what you won’t be watching this fall on TV. And if you are an entertainment junkie like me, chances are you already know what will and will not be on the air. What you don’t know is what I’ll be watching. This gets interesting when we discuss why Thursday nights is now a chaotic night and a good reason to have a DVR. All that and more starting tomorrow… as long as I get my real work done.

May 27, 2009

getting down to the business of vacation

Filed under: babbling,cheese,food,life update,memories,mozzarella,office,poor,shopping,Spanish,vacation — t. sterling @ 9:54 pm
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I won’t lie. I’m not even going to try to pretend I’ve been super busy these past few days. I am on vacation. It’s not what I’d consider a “real vacation” like the one I planned a few months ago, but I’m not at work and I’m getting paid for the time off… so that’s a decent definition of a vacation.

Besides, it’s not like I haven’t been doing anything.

Monday I was at the Basketball Hall of Fame. I went with the Kitten and her siblings to pass the Memorial Day. I found out that back in the day, the players used to wear knee pads. Also, their jerseys looked more like sweaters without sleeves. And some of these jerseys were actually onesies (I’m not sure how it would be spelled, but it’s the one piece undershirt normally worn by babies). It was definitely interesting. I learned that I could get a rebound ball at 8’10”. And later I lost to a young punk in a game of Horse that I didn’t even want to play. I even broke a sweat! I didn’t go there for that! Later, we all went to the park and kinda forgot that Memorial Day is also National Get Out The Grill and Cook Some Food Day. But we managed to find a spot on the grass and even found some ducks that weren’t too full to eat our moldy bread.

Tuesday I went into the office. My job had set up a mandatory department meeting that required everyone to come into the office (instead of calling up on the phone). They tried to entice us with food before, but that wasn’t enough. So they put the hammer down and demanded our presence. I hadn’t been to the office since… hmm… last year? I can’t say… but it’s been a long time. So long, in fact, that one of my co-workers that I got hired with thought I had been fired. Actually, he thought 75% of the people who currently work at home had been fired. In my opinion, he’s not quite the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I’m not prepared to be his sharpening stone.

It was nice to see all these people together. Unfortunately, I hadn’t really known many of them long enough and I still felt like a new kid on the block. Plus, all my other friends either moved to another department or no longer work there. I spoke to those I knew (and a few of those are fellow Indoobians), and even talked to a few I never talked to before. This was due to the video game room they set up. Oh yeah, they added some perks besides catered food, like a video game room, card games, and a story board of some kind where you add one line at a time to an ongoing story. I never made it to that story area, shame on me and my writer skills. I was too busy playing Mario Kart and eventually some Wii Sports like golf and tennis.

And there was actually a meeting too, which was why we were there in the first place. That was set up differently too. Not one person spoke much more than five minutes until they turned the meeting into a Family Feud game show. Seriously. After the meeting, we took a group photo that I know I wasn’t in (the photographer show much effort to get us all in the shot). Then after the games and raffle prizes, we all got a good bag, stocked up on desserts, and went home. I was already mentally turned off from work, so when I returned home, I went back to bed before being rudely interrupted by a very dirty text message. (If curiosity is getting the best of you, ask me what it was.)

Later, the macaroni & cheese torch was passed to me and I made my special brand of a dish most people in my family know how to make very well. And now, so do I. It was so cheesy and delicious.

Wednesday Kitten and I roamed the mall for a much longer period of time than we normally do. You see, we aren’t rolling in dough, so we can’t afford to just do or go anywhere. So we window shopped for a couple hours in stores that we normally spend about 10-15 minutes in. And it was fun! After that, we went to my favorite diner in Middletown before realizing we could’ve made the same exact sandwiches we ordered at home for free. Then, we counted and rolled coins. That’s right; on our days of vacation we poor folk wrapped quarters, nickels and dimes. We didn’t have any penny papers, so those are stacked in the middle of her floor.

‘Twas also our last Spanish class. Kitten couldn’t make it due to a karate test (she chose the violence over langauge… I jest). There’s no final exam or anything like that. This was only just to better ourselves and further our educations and possibly even our future employments. Like I may have mentioned, I personally felt bad for flunking out in high school (Spanish class only) and I wanted to relearn the beautiful language without having to worry about grades. Now if I did take it in college, I’d have a much better understanding. I just need to watch more Telemundo and then I can talk to those sexy latinas in both languages. Anyway, kudos to an awesome Spanish teacher that was ten times better than the teachers I had in high school.

But the best part of my week is yet to come… Hopefully pictures will be involved and maybe even posted. But I’ve made empty promises before, so believe it when you see it. Sorry.

April 9, 2009

life strikes again

Filed under: car,church,life update,office — t. sterling @ 11:38 am
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I’d like to say that I haven’t been blogging as much as I said I was going to because I’ve been busy writing up some awesomely hot blogs, poems and scripts that I’d post over the weekend. Unfortunately, that’d be a lie. But I did write a couple blogs, but they were time sensitive and it’s now too late to post them since they are no longer relevant. I have been busy though. Partially with work at the office, mostly with family, completely with life altogether.

 

We recently lost a member of our church family. Mr. Sean Shaw. I can’t say that I was close to him, but he was close to our family and his passing was certainly unexpected. He will dearly be missed by many, including myself. I didn’t say words at his funeral, and if I did I would just reflect on his energy and what I called his “gung-ho” for God. Every once in a while, the men from my church would walk up and down Main Street in Middletown passing out fliers to our church inviting anyone and everyone. Sean loved it and talked to every single person he saw. The man had that confidence that I know for a fact I don’t have. I’m still a bit shy and timid to walk up to a complete stranger. Especially if they have no interest in talking to me whatsoever. But I admired that about Sean and his quest for knowledge even if that meant calling my dad five times a day. I enjoyed the conversations we had at times. We didn’t have many, but when we did, they were insightful or inspiring. It was all good. Rest in peace, Sean.

 

Another time consuming problem is replacing Sam, my car. In case you are curious, he (yes, he) is a 2002 Nissan Altima, with 105,000 miles and a missing bumper. I bought it in 2005 and still owe $10,000. Based on the infamous Blue Book, I doubt I’d get more that $3,000 for it. But definitely not running like it should, and Sam no longer knows how to heat the car. Due to engine troubles, it’s time to let Sam go which means getting a new vehicle has become top priority. So from last Saturday to the Saturday after next, I will be in the process of obtaining a new vehicle. Preferably a Hyundai Santa Fe. More on this in another post, but it does relate to the poll on the side bar.

 

Other life events include picnicking with Kitten. We had planned to spend the day at the park due to what we thought would be good, sunny, warm weather after it had been so rainy and cold the past couple weeks. Unfortunately, both days we planned for this ended up switching up to be cloudy, rainy, windy and all around not good picnic weather. In fact, it snowed yesterday. Anyone ever have a picnic in the snow? I’m sure its fine, but we wanted to not be cold. So we had our picnic at her place on the floor as we watched a peculiar Steve Martin flick. Then we did some car and apartment shopping.

 

Work isn’t going too bad. I guess you could say I joined the newsletter group. They call it Credentialing Chronicle. I told them I’d write whatever they wanted me to after giving a list of interests and even a sample of some of my writings. Guess what they picked? Movie reviewer! Works just fine for me. My first movie reviewed for them was Slumdog Millionaire. I’ll post that here too. I’m still in the process of figuring out WordPress and if I can post the review separate. Whether I do it or not, it doesn’t truly matter. But I know I haven’t been writing any reviews lately, which were usually posted via MySpace, which I’m barely on these days. Amazingly I’ve been on Facebook more than I imagined. I blame Twitter because I have the two accounts linked… and some of you know how often I tweet, so that’s why it looks like I’m on Facebook all the time. But I enjoy the comments.

 

As always with me and many others in this country, money seems hard to come by. I’m super thankful I still have a job that not only supplies me with a decent paycheck, but that I get a paycheck. I’m not complaining or bragging. I just know how to appreciate and be grateful. But, I need more money. I need to set some time somewhere to write something to start sending to festivals and such. You can’t win if you don’t play, right? And if winning includes cash prizes, then that’s at least one less car payment or a couple bills or possible a loan I can cross off my list. Every little bit helps.

 

Lastly, the thing I need to get to is writing to my little Bolivian boy. Even with all the money issues I have, I’m not going to stop what I started with CCF. I got an updated picture that looks as depressed as the first one. At least he’s in school now, so that’s good. Plus his birthday is coming up in July and I know it takes a little while for letters to get from here to there, so I need to get on that. I prefer to hand write his letters. And I need to get a new picture of myself to send to him… I should probably smile. Maybe he might get the hint.

April 1, 2009

allow me to reintroduce myself

Filed under: blogging,food,ipod,movie,music,office,writing — t. sterling @ 8:40 pm
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Good morning/afternoon/evening everybody. Welcome to the next generation of Indoobation!

To make a long story short, the Indoob is all about positively nothing. I jest. It’s about me, my life, and my work. What do I do? I’m a writer of creative trades. Unfortunately, at this time in my life, it’s not a paying job. So during the day, four days a week for 10 hours straight(ish), I work at an insurance company. What do I do there? Well, if you must be so nosy, I first thank God I’m not selling anything. It’s not the easiest to explain, but I’ll save that for another post OR just browse my older posts from my Blogger days.

Speaking of Blogger, why am I on WordPress now? Change of scenery for one thing. I hear it’s just all around better. For all you or I know, I could move up another level in just a few weeks to a few months. But we’ll take it one day at a time. I do miss the things on my sidebar from the Blogger site. I’m aware about the whole poll issue, another one will be set up here at some point.

I’m a big movie fan. I keep a pretty good eye on most things entertainment related. Not necessarily Hollywood gossip, more of the Hollywood buzz. The moving pictures biz is where I’d like to work full time at some point in my life.

Lastly, I’m also a fan of food. You wouldn’t know it if you saw me (I’m on the slenderer side of life). I was just given the idea to write about my foodening experiences at some of my favorite chain restaurants. If you haven’t noticed from the heading, I like breakfast foods and Mr. Breakfast Face was made from an IHOP meal before being devoured moments later.

Other characters to look out for: Sam the car, iSaac the iPod, Silver the Toshiba laptop, Tree the (dying?) money tree and Sally my phone (specifically the voice of the GPS in my phone). As for real life people, there are my family members and my best friends Kitten, Dearest just to name a couple. Special shout out to my favorite Peruvian girl and my little CCF Bolivian boy. They have names, I just haven’t given then names yet.

So again, welcome. Stay tuned. Fridays around here are known as friDay where iSaac an I discuss something we picked to feature on what we call friPodding. In the meantime, follow me on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.

March 16, 2009

have i been missed?

Filed under: blogging,facebook,IHOP,life update,m.i.a.,office,writing — t. sterling @ 5:49 pm
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I’d honestly still like to say I’m remaining on M.I.A. status, which explain why I haven’t yet returned any of my “calls” (comments). It also would explain why I still haven’t commented on other blogs like I usually do. Well, maybe in spurts… but I’m still not getting around like I used to.

If the truth is told (and you know I’m the most honest liar around–excuse me, I don’t lie, I tell stories), a good majority of my posts are written while I’m at work. Hence the subtitle of the Indoob name: The Workforce Blog. Now it’s also a reference to writing about all work I’m working on. Just in case you didn’t know.

Originally, the blog was about my actual 9-5 paycheck office job, but I expanded it to everything and anything that I could possibly relate to making a living. But, at this point, my paycheck job remains a priority if I want to finance my dreams, and keep eating everyday. And it’s not like the job is difficult, it just requires me to meet my quota every week, and for the past couple of months I had been slacking. So my creator’s/writer’s life was unbalanced with my worker’s life. Surely they can both be blended, but there was a specific balanced that I didn’t keep maintained. So I needed to write a little less, and work a little more, and my blog has been hit with a writing recession.

Besides that, life was calling. On the line there was an ill friend, a depressed friend, a birthday friend, computer issues from friends and non-friends that I’ll charge next time they call, family calls pretty much every day, planning for my road trip, my church duties and such other things that don’t have categories. Surprisingly, I watched more movies (and TV shows on DVD) than I can shake a stick at. And I shook the stick at a lot of movies the past few weeks. So much so, I haven’t even been reviewing them on my MySpace blog because I don’t have time. But I have been able to keep up with people on Twitter (which is linked to my Facebook which is making people think I’m actually on Facebook* all the time).

But I don’t want anyone to worry. I’m still very much devoted to my beloved blog and will return shortly. I’m hoping by April I will have everything back to normal, if not better. April should be a big time for the Indoob. I need to prepare by going to IHOP or creating some breakfast foods. I rather not say why, but to give you a hint: my Twitter avatar has unknowingly become the precursor to my plans.

Funny thing about planning. That’s what I hear that makes God laugh. Sometimes, I’d rather make Him laugh. I forgot the point I was making.

Anyway, I’ll post when I can, but like I said, hopefully I’ll get it all together by April. In the meantime, feel free to follow me on Twitter to see what I’m up to or thinking about.

*If that link doesn’t work, just look me up. It’s the only other social-networking site that doesn’t have a direct link on this blog. Yet.

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