Yesterday didn't start out so great. I had planned to wake up at 9 in the morning but ended up waking at 7 instead. I guess I was nervous about the interview. So I decided to do something productive. I burned a DVD for the Alex Greenberg, the guy at Bear Studios who was going to interview me. And I created a reference list (that i conveniently forgot in to make in the first place), and PDF files of drawings and digital paintings and stuck it with the reel as "bonus material". Made the joke to Alex later in the interview but he didn't seem impressed at my attempt at humor - or maybe it was lost on him. Or maybe it was me trying too hard. Moving on ...
Managed to get dressed in a dress shirt, Harry Potter tie and those khaki pants i wore at Chapters for so long without washing, they were starting to get kinda gross. But i took them home to wash so by the time i had them on that morning, they were good as new, except maybe a little torn at the bottom.
Searched in the basement for a presentable bag or something and ended up finding one of those bags you keep your laptop in, which fit my folder nicely (the folder Andrew and Christine bought for me last Christmas).
Phoned up translink to get directions to the address. But the lady said I should get off at hastings and main for the most direct route. No way in hell I'm walking down hastings and main all nicely dressed for an interview. I'd be robbed out of everything i had on me! So I ended up taking a taxi instead because i wanted to allow time to get lost - which I almost did.
The driver dropped me off at the corner i was supposed to be at, but i thought he was heading down the wrong direction so i just told him to drop me off at that spot and i'd walk the rest of the way which he obliged. Turns out I started walking the wrong way - in the rain. Not knowing where the hell i was, I pretended to be a foreigner and asked which way north. I was supposed to turn right onto 6th Ave heading south on Main, haha.Found a cafe where I could grab some coffee, reconfirmed with the waitress which way north was, and decided to try seeing if i could find the office - and a spot for a quick cigarette.
Found Bear Studios but kept on walking, now confident I knew where it was, in search of a suitable place to smoke. The new BC smoking laws put into effect last monday says you're not allowed to smoke at least 6 meters from a doorway. Fine enough, but finding a place 6 meters from a doorway that's sheltered somewhat from the rain ... very difficult. Found a semi-covered spot (and by semi-covered, i mean I stood under a small roof overhang that was so high up, it didn't really matter it was directly over my head because the wind was blowing the rain at me). Spotted a sign that said CAFE so, desperate for a place to dry off, decided to give it a try. Yeah, walking by and looking through the windows, it looked like a small white trash dump, and I decided it'd be better to avoid altogether - especially dressed the way I was, which i hated. So I kept walking, disappointed, getting wetter and wetter because of hte rain, then i hit main street again and spotted science world. And wherever there was science world, there was the main street skytrain station. And wherever there was the main street skytrain station, there was STARBUCKS!! That was the starbucks we used to go to during my graphic design program. Doing the whole walk, down the same road really brought back memories.
Walked into starbucks and realized the only place to sit was a 4 person counter, of which like 2 chairs were already taken up and a third person, an old lady, was about to take a seat there. Deciding it'd be better to stand then get other people wet by sitting near them, I'd just go find somewhere else to smoke - i'm not a chainer, it'd had already been a good 45 ish minutes since my last one, and i was feeling bored, and a little cranky from the whether, the nice clothes (damn they were uncomfortable though) i was wearing. As I was putting cream and sugar in my coffee (tall mild in a grande, no peppermint syrup this time), i was standing beside a bunch of annoying construction workers - easily older then me, probably 30's-40's, the youngest was probably my age or a little younger - making fun of some lady with cottage cheese fat. I tried looking too, haha, but wasn't able to spot her. But seriously, a bunch of grown people old as them acting like fuckin teenagers. No wonder they ended up as laborers. I had to get out of there quick and found shleter from the rain at Main Street station. Walkin gup the stairs, i relized just how soaked my socks had become from the water leaking through my shoes. I had to suffer wet feet the rest of the day.
Leaning over the railing, i spotted a woman about afloor below smoking. SWEET, there was a smoking spot. And if it wasn't then hell, if she could do it there, so could I. I mentioned this to her as I came down to smoke too. And she said she didn't really care about the new smoking laws - we weren't anywhere new a doorway and there was a group of construction workers - probably the same lame ones at Starbucks, smoking right by a doorway. I had two smokes in a row right there. Waiting for abit, left at about 10 to 2 cause my interview was at 2:30 and i wanted to reach at about quarter past so i could get some time to dry off from the rain.
Went to Shell and bought some gum before going to the studio. Didn't want to walk in smelling like smokes. Took me alot less time to get to the studio than I thought - but it was still hell getting there, uphill most of the way. Or maybe not, but i like exaggerating cause it makes this boring post sound so much more exciting.
Arrived at Bear studios, rang the buzzer and it took a good few seconds for the receptionist to unlock the door. She was a nice lady, very casual atmosphere, she even called me "hun" as I was leaving after the interview. She let me use the washroom to dry off cause i didn't want to go into the interview soaking wet from the rain. SPent a good five minutes in the washroom drying myself off, sat down and read some billboard magazines for awhile while waiting for Alex Greenberg to meet me. Finally the receptionist - i forgot her name, came and got me, led me upstairs where I got to meet Alex.
Slavic guy, you can tell by the accent and the nose, or maybe I've just been hanging out with Andrew and Christine too much, lol. So we sat there and talked about modeling for awhile, showed me some samples of the company's work and what they do, talked about how they do things (no poly limit, multiple render passes, aka ANIMATION HOUSE). He asked if I was comfortable with doing everything he showed me and I said yes. To be honest I'm a little apprehensive about modeling shit THAT high poly but I'm willing to give it a go. On the bright side, I won't be having to bring any models into Z Brush.
So after the interview, headed straight to AI where I tried to convert the NDA for Wikiatlas Corp into PDF format. I mean if Mark Sherman wanted a PDF version back, couldn't he just email me a PDF in the first place? Geez. But instead of taking care of that right away, I got Yuko to give me a guest pass for the day, and talked to her for abit, then talked to Charina for abit, then headed off to the ETC to get the documents converted. And then i find out the I can't use photoshop or acrobat with the guest pass.
So i had to phone ryan starchuck, as him to gimme his password, which he did and I was finally able to do what i came to do in the south campus. Lame. Coming back to AI on the first week of school after I've graduated. Anyway, i was simultaneously talking to Shiach and Scharf online - telling Shiach to come to AI after work so I could pass off Loi's disc to him, and telling Mark to text Gurn and tell him to come pick me up since he works closeby and we were all going out to dinner tonight.
Alas, gurn wasn't by his computer and I had to bus down to Milestones, in my interview clothes to top it off. Gurn said to get there by 7 - 7:30 and I got there at 7. Knowing those fools, I knew they wouldn't show up striaght at 7 but i went in to take a look anyway. Not there, took a walk at the mall the Shark Club is located at, used the washroom, came back at lke 7:20, grabbed a smoke and took another walk around - still not there. Went back outside, and finally they show up but milestones was crowded and it'd be a half hour wait. Decided to go across the street to the shark club instead, while gurn drove and mark and alan went with him, james and I walked across the street, lol. We got there and found out shark club is closed for renovations so we decided to hit up Kingsway and see what was there.
Graeme called along the way, and we still hadn't decided where we were going yet until someone suggested we go to Sammy J's. Being out of town James asked what Sammy J's was. Me and gurn were like "peppers" at the same time, hahaha. "he's like thanks, way to clear it up." I guess you just had to have been there. Also talked about the science (or lack thereof) of Feng Shui and acupuncture.
So we get to Sammy J's, wait for a ridiculously long time for them to set a table for 6, and while we're waiting, graeme shows up. They finally seat us and we sit and drink, order some appetizers, discuss the meaning of tapas (i always thought it was a greek dish). ordered potato skins, bacon rolls, and chicken wings - 10% off each dish if you order three. Not a bad deal. We were still hungry after the appetizers so we ordered some entrees. While waiting for them to come, I went with Mark and Gurn to go pick up some smokes - they had smoked my last ones and ended up walking a million blocks and I'm a little drunk by this time.
Got back to Sammy J's and my food is waiting for me on the table, a little bit cold. What was my dish ... creole sauce and seafood linguine or something. Whatever, it was good, that's all I remember. Decided to talk rockband for abit, and gurn and james managed to arrange some kind of rockband event between the two of them. graeme left a little bit early, had to work on his art test, and the rest of us stayed behind for a little bit longer. After that, gurn drove us home. I was the first to be dropped off. One more smoke, back into the house, tipsy as hell, and passed right out.
What a day.
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