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So, I now take my first step forward in the world of t3h intarweb. I completed my first video blog last night and got it uploaded. I apologize for it being a little long and lacking of fancy bells and whistles. Once the musical is done, I’ll put some more effort into my After Effecting in them. I’ll try to do one every couple weeks. Let me know what you think! Enjoy!

By the way, the pop machine at work gave me another free drink yesterday. That’s 4.

So uh…I bit off more than I can chew…yeah.  I went ahead and registered my own domain (fienen.net) yesterday and set it up for DNS (Domain Name Service) with No-IP.com.  Turns out, I’ve got my work cut out for me.  I can’t just have it work, mostly because Cox is a bitch and blocks port 80 (the port the internet works over).  So I have been fighting, quite fruitlessly to make things play out how I want.  Oh yes, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) works fine, but the address bar in the browser replaces it with the site’s IP address instead, which is tacky, and I want to use subdomains (like blog.fienen.net) which apparently results in all sorts of weird things with my settings.  Damn it all to hell.  Needless to say I wasted a lot of sleep time getting nowhere last night.  And trying to figure out which problems are Apache and which are DNS is a bitch.  I will make it work though.

On that note, I do have a plan for switching to a new blogging system once I get the technical stuff worked out, and don’t worry, my MySpace readers won’t be left cold.  I think in the end it will be a good transition.

Enough technical bullshiat.  I neglected to mention that I have started in with The Music Man rehearsals now.  Boy I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me.  But that’s okay, out of the house, with good people, too bad they don’t have wireless internet in that building, heh.  I’ve been taking picture that you’re welcome to look at.  Naturally those galleries will eventually migrate to my server once I get that DNS crap nailed down.  I think after this I am taking an extended break from theatre all together.  I don’t know what it is, but the enjoyment I lost for acting is creeping into everything else.  I can accept not acting anymore, but I don’t want to ruin it all for myself.  I keep hoping I’ll see tryouts for some play that just makes me say “Wow!  I have to be in that!”  I don’t know what it would be, or what it would take, but I’d like that feeling back.

Is everyone ready for the weekend?  1…2…3…GO!

Man do I have the worst headache right now. I got out of the shower and almost felt like I was gonna puke it’s so bad…just how I wanted to start the day out.

Well, I spent Friday and Saturday out with the Arma forensics team at 1/2A State Champs. They did not terribly. Had a 6th and an 8th place. Not bad for a team that does it just as a club after school. Had a guy tell me that if he had been on a judges panel with me, he would have tried to get me barred from judging because of my style. I laughed.

We hit the Mosely Street Melodrama Friday night, which was pretty friggin’ nifty. Saw Jaws, the Musical. Use your imagination. Then they did a musical review after that. They had an exercise scene during that I laughed my ass off at. Overall a pretty good time I found out that Angie is taking a teachig job in Lamar, and so they are going to need a forensics coach for next year, and she and the kids want me to do it. I am considering. It’s just an after school thing, so I could probably manage it. But PSU is also going to be looking for a forensics coach at the college too.� Another role I could easily take on I think. The question is a matter of time.

I was also given the opportunity to be the Tech Director for Godspell at the Liberty Theatre in Ft. Scott, or any other tech position I’d want basically. But driving to Ft. Scott every day….I dunno. Barb wants me to be stage manager for The Music Man, and I have a feeling the two shows are going to overlap. I almost feel like it might be best for me to just lay off the theatre stuff for a while and work on my plays. I got another idea I outlined out and would like to start writing. I’m always afraid of spreading myself too thin lately.

So I have been holding off on this blog for a long while now. I felt I would be doing a disservice by writing about an issue that hadn’t actually come to a final conclusion. As it stands, some things are now, officially, final.

As of yesterday, I put in my two weeks notice at my current job. I feel a little bad about it, especially because we’re preparing for a show, and because they made a fairly gracious attempt to keep me. My boss was clearly disappointed, but understood my reasoning. Friday I was offered a position with KRPS. I had accepted it as of Wednesday. Then today came. What a difference a day makes, huh? OIS contacted me and officially offered me the position there working with there web development team. $10,000 more, better hours, a fun group of people, what more could I ask for? So, sadly, I had to turn down KRPS at the last minute. I love radio, but the hours just weren’t as good and the pay was a substantial chunk less than OIS.

So it is done. I have finalized my end date at April 5th, and will start my new job the 10th. I am thrilled and excited, and haven’t felt this good about the future for some time. Stress has been relieved, I feel refreshed. It really came down to the wire. Among other things I can remain devoted to the theatre and to getting my Masters, all while making a good wage. I think this could possibly be the best day of my life.

The Crucible is done and gone. It went fairly okay. Glad to be through it, mostly because if I had to listen to that long ass Miller dialogue one more night I might have had to develop a new form of caffine to keep me awake. And I bought way too much food for the cast party I held.

Anyway, that’s my story. Pretty happy ending, huh?

Ain’t it the truth though? Yeah, the writing has gotten fewer and farther between lately, I know. It’s been…busy…yeah wow. So The Crucible is coming along. It opens next week, so once that’s over, I’ll have some time back to myself once again. I’ve already been asked to tryout for The Music Man. I declined, for my obvious no-more-acting reason, so I got asked to be stage manager instead. I’ll probably do that. I’m also gonna have one of the cast parties here next week. Finally get to break my place in a little. Plus it gives me a reason to really clean it up spotless finally. And be sociable. I just hope the weather is nice so I can open up the house to the yard and patio.

I have decided that once this play is over, I’m gonna start going to the Y a few times a week. Start lifting and weight training. With it getting nicer, I need to consider getting back into top shape. Lift weights and ride my bike. That’ll be my new routine. Apparently a month membership at the Y isn’t too expensive, so I figure that’ll be the best bet till I can pick up a bench and some weights at an auction or something. Define self-improvement. I just figure it will help me out and make me feel better all over. Pick me up a little.

I’m finally getting a couch! I have to rearrange my living room though, not sure just what to do about that yet. Also, what are used couches going for these days? I need to make an offer on it, but I don’t know what would be fair? I will finally have more than 3 places to sit in my house. People can come over and be comfortable.

So I finally came in to some fairly awesome, fairly major job news. A couple days ago, out of no where I got a call about the radio job I applied for clear back in September. I now have an interview Thursday for it. It’s a 4 hour interview and lunch apparently. I can only guess that it’s because they are pretty well interested in me. Why else spend the time and money on the interview after so much time? But wait, there’s more. Today I get a call from another job I applied for and I’ll be interviewing for it on Tuesday. Looks like my hand is gonna get forced a little. Obviously I want to figure which is the better deal (assuming both make offers). But also timing could be an issue, if one wants me on the spot, and the other wants time to think and such. Should prove interesting to see how it all pans out. One thing I am pretty certain of: change is in the air. I knew 2006 was gonna be a good year. Here’s the start.

Sure, I’m tired, but I feel pretty awesome. The energy quality is picking up, some good strong positive flows I think.