Miscellanous

So today I actually got some things done, even though I spent most of the morning doing nothing and feeling guilty about it. I also spent the morning icing my knee, because I went to a class yesterday in circus arts (those aerial fabric things you see at Cirque du Soleil). There was a different teacher yesterday, and she sucked. Seriously. She started the 60 minute class 10 minutes late, then spent 20 minutes making us do conditioning. Ab work and what not. Fuck that. If I wanted to workout or lift weights or any sort of exercise that resembles the gym, I would have gone to the fucking gym. I was there to have fun, not work on my six-pack. So I was a little pissed off. Then, she showed us this one thing that last week's teacher showed us (apparently, there's no communication or uniformity in their class teaching). When he showed it to us, he said it was a hard thing to get the hang of and it would take us a couple of months to get good at it. It's basically the rope climb, except you're climbing a big piece of silky fabric.

So I got a little more pissed off because I know there's lots of easier, funner things she could show us, but she started with something hard that would keep us occupied. Plus, she made everyone go one at a time, even though there were several silks hanging to work on. I also didn't sign up for a class in standing around watching other people do stuff. Fuck that, too. I think that's actually where I hurt my knee. I think I put some weight on it wrong and hyperextended it a little bit, because I felt it squeak a little bit, and it's been hurting all day. I'm blaming all the conditioning too. I was already tired by the time we started doing anything. That's why conditioning is supposed to happen AT THE END. Stretching is what is supposed to be first.

Lastly, she walked off and started doing stuff on the silk herself, stuff we weren't even close to being able to do. Basically, just showing off. I also didn't come to a class to see her show us that she's awesome. Fuck that. Actually, it's the only time in my life I've ever thought about walking out of a class altogether. I don't even know what her name was since she never bothered to tell any of us. I'm definitely going to call ahead next time and make sure it's the other guy that's teaching the class. She was one of the worst teachers of anything I've ever encountered. So needless to say, I was pretty ticked off by the time I got home yesterday.

Man, that was a bitchy rant. Don't care. It needed to be said.

So today I tried to get back to doing work and getting things done so I don't have to feel so guilty about not collecting any paychecks. Speaking of which, I think the unemployment office is on crack. Yesterday I got two pieces of mail from them: one saying my claim was denied, and the other saying what my weekly benefit amount is and how long my unemployment benefits would last. Does that make any sense? I'm wondering if I should do anything, or just wait for them to figure out what the hell they are doing. Not that they ever will. I filed three months ago, and this is as far as they've gotten. Good thing I have some money. Otherwise, I'd be fucked.

I also found out today that I have to have location insurance for one of my film locations (a million dollar policy, pretty standard) by July 22. It seems like it's far away, but sometimes those things take a while to process, so I'm a little concerned about getting it in time, especially since I have to figure out who I need to talk to about it. I'm sure it's not difficult, it just takes some legwork. Blech. I hate legwork. (see above)

But today's feat was that I'm almost finished sewing together a coat, and it's been quite an odyssey to make it, since I didn't have a pattern. I had some pictures and a graph, and sparse directions that left out a lot of important details that I had to just guess at. Anyway, I'm pretty stoked about how decent it looks. If I were to do it all over again, there are a few things I would do differently, but this is a pretty good maiden voyage.

Lastly, I checked my work email tonight, and found a bunch of emails. One of them asked me to come in for a meeting on Friday (does leave of absence mean nothing?), and the other is offering some of my programming duties to someone I have never met. I'm wondering what I'll be around for if the programming is going to be done by other people. They already hired two people to do my job while I'm gone, so space and need is getting pretty limited. I'm a little worried, and a little ticked off about the meetings and the giving away of my stuff without telling me. Seems kind of messed up to me.

Also heard from my realtor yesterday. Should have an answer in a week or so, and if all goes well, be able to close by the end of the month. Fingers crossed.