busy child

I know. I no. No posts. And WHY?!

Been busy.

We’re still working every day. No weekend relief in sight yet. Our recent hope turned out out to have an undisclosed criminal record so that was out. Nuts. But we’re up to two weeks off with pay so between you & me I’m not about to complain. Just making sure upper management is aware of the situation. It’ll be very, very nice to take two weeks off for the wedding and honeymoon and reception and still come home to a full paycheque.

The job is not glamorous, but it suits our friendly personalities and we’re enjoying getting to know many of the tenants in our building. The company we work for is great, too. Did I mention we’re starting a $2.5 million renovation in July? Whatever I do next it won’t hurt to have this operation on my resume.

Speaking of what I do next… part of the struggle while we were considering taking this job was that I moved to Vancouver for a specific reason: to edit sound for movies and tv. I was really enjoying the work. It’s glamorous, career-type work. When people ask what you do for a living you have no problem throwing that one down. Not so much the building manager gig. But you have to ask yourself: why do I feel this pressure to have a glamorous job? Am I living to work or working to live? Am I my job or am I putting money away so I can have the freedom to do what I want? The building manager thing is perfect for us right now. The money is good, Maigen is able to contribute to the household, and there are all kinds of benefits not least of which is the full pay plus no rent. The only down side, and I do mean only, is the stigma. Well, you know how sensitive I am about what other people think.

That said, I did move over here to edit sound. Can’t do that with the very full-time commitment here at home.

Or can I?

Miguel came by last night to discuss this very thing. We’re both uncomfortably aware that I won’t have the time available to be a part of Intelligence when it starts up in August. It was offered to me but I can’t do 36 hours a day at two jobs. This is a sad thing for me, because I think the series is going to be top quality entertainment of which I would be very proud to be a part. I don’t like missing that boat. Not at all, sir.

But technology being what it is these days a guy can spend some money and set himself up with a perfectly acceptable edit suite at home. I still won’t have time for the grueling schedule that is a tv series, but I will have time to work on tv movies, several of which are expected to come Miguel’s way in the not-so-distant future. In fact, Miguel may be so busy with various projects, some of which cannot be mentioned at this juncture, that he’s thinking it’s time to purchase several rigs for his company outright so that he can run multiple crews simultaneously. Beaucoup work for him means beaucoup work for moi, s’il vous plait. All of which I can do from home, yessir.

So that’s dependent on his getting these various projects lined up. I’m not running out to buy a Porsche just yet. It’s all maybes and what-ifs at this point. But yeah… I may still be in this game, and without having to jump off this particular lily pad.

But all that is down the road. Right now Maigen and I are as strapped as ever, carefully hoarding away nine point nine dimes out of ten for the wedding. It’s funny: not two months ago I was really contemplating writing a book called The Thousand Dollar Wedding, and now we’re feeling exceptionally crafty for keeping it under three grand. With help. The invitations are all but ready to go. On her side of the assemblage will be a viciously restricted thirty or so family and friends. On mine… three I think. Maybe two. Such is the cost of getting married on the other side of the continent. Of course if you’d like to be there just let me know and I’ll rush an invite to you but we’re saving the Adrian side of the party for the Really Big Event on August 26th on the island. Those invites should be going out sometime in the next couple weeks. Really Big Event. Really. As in: Biggest Party Adrian Has Ever Thrown. And funnest. Dur.

Which reminds me: Maigen has set up a page on her blog which will serve as a gift registry featuring my true love. I’m planning on doing a mirror-ish page here as well but it hasn’t happened yet. Stay tuned. If I don’t get to it I’m sure you know me well enough to know gift certs for MEC or Urban Barn or Home Depot or Future Shop will never be frowned upon.

But enough about me. davin is just waiting for some ftp info from me (and me from Judd) before assembling the various bits of a launchable AdrianTaverner.ca. Woo!

More about me: I turn 35 on June 29. Dayyyyyum, dude.