ok, so this blog is starting to collect some serious dust here. I haven't really been able to find the right amount of focus to actually sit down & properly pen out my thoughts. where shall we begin...
Nightsound finished the Arts House showcase in October. we played to an almost packed room & lots of familiar faces showed up, so that was quite nice. the videos from that show are looking really excellent..my favorite is still Remember Me.
Kristina just went back home to Sweden. unfortunately, things didn't work out here for her with regards to her job. to sum it up, the company was just WAY too chinese for their own good. other than that, erratic levels of heat + humidity, constant idiots in public transport situations just got a little bit too much for her. also, she wanted to go back & pursue a different course of study. now, its gonna be a long 1.5 year wait before i join her there...
things at my job...aren't really going that well. i hate going to work. there's hardly anything to do. i'm stuck in an office where privacy isn't really anyone's concern & i have to deal with & tolerate with nonsense every single day, be it from the boss or a particular colleague (sometimes its colleague(s)...but that's another story). the level of work motivation there is ridiculously low. i'm somehow starting to feel its influence & beginning to slack.
i've done my fair share of work...handed in whatever i needed to do on time, so the rest isn't really my concern, right? i try to occupy my time by working on other projects, one of which was Kenny's recent film, Fading Jasmine. trust me, composing for that film within a week in MY office, was a fuckin' nightmare.
i like to tell friends that my office isn't exactly the most conducive place to exert any kind of musical creativity 'cuz its practically like a LAN gaming shop. I am NOT exaggerating. in my head everyday, i think "you wanna slack off, play your bloody warcraft & stuff, by all means, go ahead. but for the love of GOD, shut the hell up." peace & quiet is non-existent at my office. and the bulk of the noise pollution is coming only from one idiot.
i fear, sometimes, that i've traded stability for monotony. sure, the pay's good, the job's stable. but it is such a soul-killing place to work at. job satisfaction.....WHAT job satisfaction?? sadly, i can only look at the dollars & cents now. i need the money in order to save up. save up for my big transition in time to come. 'till then, LL suck thumb.
what would u rather have? a job that assures you decent/good salary, stability but no future prospects in any other companies & has the most fuckin' sterile environment to work in....OR....a job that works u to the ground, pays u peanuts but gives u immense job satisfaction & the ability to walk your head up high every day knowing how hard u worked & how good u are at your craft?
i've bitched & moaned enough. think its time to dust myself off & get productive/proactive. mizeryfree needs a serious reboot soon. we gotta start jamming again...
