What am I doing in New Jersey?

To quote the late, great George Carlin, who moved on up to that great stand-up club in the sky since I last posted. RIP

At the moment, I'm sitting here unemployed, and hoping to hell my retirement-fund payout check comes this time, dammit. The notary public made a mistake the first attempt, so they sent it back to me with a clean copy: Try again, dumbass. Any alterations or corrections make this document void. RTFI.

I have a lot of unpaid bills that I could use that money for. My stomach curdles into little lumps thinking about what my credit score must look like now. Like swiss cheese, I'm sure, shot full of holes. Ha! Credit Suisse! Get it?

I haven't taken the train into NYC yet. Another thing on my to-do-after-cashing-check list. Explore till you feel like you own the city, a friend told me on the phone recently. I live right next door; my goal is to be able to go into the city without feeling like a tourist. Maybe if I got a job there. Unlikely...

Until I make good on my plan and buy a good refurb iMac and Adobe CS3, woodshed with said setup (particularly Flash and Dreamweaver, to a lesser extent with Illustrator--I'm already a whiz at InDesign and Photoshop), actually do some productive crap with it, and thus be able to walk confidently into any potential employer with the necessary skill set to nab a nice, cushy job with a paycheck worthy of me and a complement of hip coworkers to share ideas with over lattes. Does such a job exist in this market...in this job market? Fuck it, I'd rather freelance anyway. Or would I? Decisions, decisions!

Other than the stress caused by lack of steady funds and sufficient creative outlets*, I'm adjusting to New George** quite well. I didn't think I'd be doing this good emotionally, to tell you the truth. I have had some lapses, I admit, a few depressive episodes. I just need to make sure I take my pills regularly. The place is nice. And not a single person who gives two shits about the OSU Buckeyes for at least 100 miles. That by itself is halfway to heaven.

Well, that answers that question, roughly. I'll write more later. Did I mention that I have a DSL connection now?

* I still want to join a band, get involved in local microbudget filmmaking, shit like that. But at least I have my music stuff set up, and I've actually started doing some recording. I've also switched from n-Track to Reaper for multitrack recording; Reaper is much nicer overall. I've had lots of fun playing with free VST effects and especially softsynths. Daedalus is a great analog style softsynth.

** My mom's thick-Greek pronunciation.