Grumpy Du!

Du: New Speak - Origin: Brat1
Short form of "Dude", corrupted to mean any person, especially one with whom we are sympathetic.

Uses:
Lil Scampery Du = A small and cute child.
Lil Old Du = An elderly person
Good Du = A productive or well behaved person
Excellent Du = A hard worker or especially thoughtful person
Bad Du = Naughty or lazy person

So yeah, I was a grumpy du this morning. The day has definitely improved. I have a new stash of fruit in the fridge, and I had some tasty lunch. I don't know what to expect for tonight - overtime I mean...

I think we're about to get a new build, so the evening depends on how the build turns out I suppose. I went home around 7:30 last night, so I could work late tonight without hating life too much. Especially since it's hot out and work has AC.

Big Nasty Bitey Beast

Cindy is at home and I'm working overtime. I've got her new DDR disc here and she's fidgety about it.

I knew she'd want her game right about now. I suggested she stop by my work and get it on her way home, but no.

I'll probably work 12 hours today.

We're installing a new build, which takes about 30 min, and then we'll test it. We'll do a smoke test and then a cheats playthrough.

That's like chumming the ocean to see what big nasty bitey beast - er - bites.
Rinse and repeat.

We went to TGIFridays on like Thursday of last week. I used my debit card, but they still have not charged my account.

Did we skip out before the card was swiped? Do they think we ate-and-skate? Should we call them?

Overtime? Sure boss, I'll take your $18.00 an hour. Laptop Laptop Laptop it's my new mantra.

No More Overtime?

The new overtime laws went to effect recently, it seems... I was worried for a few minutes until the brilliant Cindy explained that I was safe, being in the right tax bracket. Whew! I was fretting about that one. What good is being a video game tester if you can't earn overtime?

I got some more work done on MysteryInteractive.com this weekend. Not as much as I'd like of course, but progress. Everything takes so damn long to do, and I'm always second guessing myself.

Add to this the fact that I'm not an artist - I'm just an ameteur doing my best to make it not look like ass. I'd like to have all the layout completed this week, and then dive headlong into the writing starting next week. It's going to be a hell of a lot of writing.

I'm looking forward to doing the audio book version of the stories, I think the public will enjoy interactive audio fiction. We'll see! Might have cell phone applications too. Neato.

Monday Again??

Yeah, it's Monday again.

I'm expecting even more overtime at work this week. The game is supposed to be done in like 2 weeks, but games, they are always late.

So I should be able to score OT most nights this week, and probably weekend work too. This will further my 'Gotta Own a Laptop' quest, which has become all-consuming. I have this foolish idea that I will be far more productive with a laptop. We'll see!