Barely Lucid

Wow, I've been feeling some pretty extreme fatigue lately. I don't know if it's from the heat or what. I keep falling asleep in the middle of the day, sleeping another 8+ hours at night, waking up exhausted and going to work tired... not so good.

Freelance leads appear to be slipping from my grasp as of late. Hoping that improves soon.

Not much else is up. Still on the job hunt.

Staying Optimistic

I found an incredibly awesome job listing on Craigslist the other day. It's also telecommute which makes it even more awesome. I am crossing my fingers.

Bounce Houses and Explosives

I had a pretty awesome 4th of July weekend. Chrissy rented a full-size bounce house for the party and I think we spent more time in it than the kids did. Food was good, fireworks were good, and everyone had a really good time. I don't want to know how much food I ate!

It'll feel good to sleep in my bed again tonight. Speaking of which, I should probably be doing that right now...

ARRGH!

Things that suck: discovering that 2 sites in my portfolio were hacked recently and probably made a real nice impression on any potential employers who checked them out.

On the bright side, I learned a bit more about security this weekend. I also found an incredibly useful tool for testing PHP code. Just feed Pixy your PHP files, and it'll test for XSS, SQLI and some other vulnerabilities and show you where they are.

In other news, I lost 3 and a half pounds at my last weigh-in on Friday. I probably nullified all of that work by going to the Phantom Gourmet's BBQ Beach Party today, where I ate all sorts of ribs, Wicked Whoopies, and slush.

Some Good, Some Bad

Westfield State finally called me back to let me know they offered the position to someone else. I'm kind of bummed out, but sort of relieved. Tech support isn't really where I want to be, but it was still a good opportunity. My top choice for a job is most definitely something in web design & development. My artist roots aren't dead yet!

I'm thinking of rewriting the webcomic engine and releasing it under some sort of open source license. If I do that, I'll be changing it to be object-oriented because it'll be a lot neater and easier to work with in the future.

Found another job near Anthony to apply to and it seems like a perfect fit. Let's hope they agree. :)

Yuck.

Gained almost 4 pounds so I'm not too happy about that. It's really my fault for not tracking food as diligently as I used to so I'm starting that up again. I think I've been eating more due to nerves and/or stress since the job hunt really sucks.

Boring People Say Boring Things

I'm kind of thinking I have one of the most boring blogs on the planet. As of late the only things on my mind are A) job hunting, B) web development and C) gaming. Oh well. Maybe a meteor will land on my car and spice up my life a little.

Spent some time redesigning my site over the past two days. Now I don't have to feel awkward showing potential employers a huge neon pink drippy skull. I decided to link my personal stuff instead of integrating it directly into the site, unlike the Blogger + Twitter + Delicious mess I had on the prior iteration. I know it's more "web 2.0" or whatever to cram as much stuff as possible into each page but I've always been the type to go against the grain at least a *tiny* bit wherever possible. I was also defiant by not rounding any edges in the layout... so there!

New addiction alert - Battle Forge. It's basically an RTS, but with card game elements a la M:TG. I never even really liked RTS, but this one is pretty cool. I think I'm going to play it after I finish writing this.