I've finished all that's been assigned to me and waiting for my next job, so I figured I'd get some blogging in for the first time in a week. Monday was my first day working as an unpaid intern at ReelFX, a 3D animation (+etc) firm in Dallas, and while I'm having a blast, I'm also learning what it means to be a full-time employee and only having the hours of 6-11pm at my disposal. I guess that's what it was like in school when I was doing theatre, but there's something about it being summer... I don't know, I'm being stupid. It's different because I wasn't working out every day at 6:30 in the morning before going to school. Bwah. :D

[Edit, as of 5:30pm: I was in this "waiting for work" state most of the day. In my 7 1/2 hours spent here, I've done maybe 4 or 5 hours of real work. I can't fathom the modelling department really having nothing for me to do. It's mind boggling. I would get them coffee if they asked.]

So far, I've been modeling props for an animated children's show called Boz, which is kind of like Barney but with a religious message. I saw one of the episodes, and it's really cute. Maybe if I end up babysitting my parents' friends' kids some time next semester, I'll bring the DVD. Then I can occasionally interrupt their lessons on the importance of sharing and thanking God for colors and shapes with statements like "I modeled that flower bulb!"

Anyway, I've observed that one of the advantages to this job is that it's quite conducive to listening to audio books and podcasts. In the past week or so, I've devoured the four Artemis Fowl books (which I loved), Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation (thanks for the rec, Renata!), David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty Some Day, and the first two Lemony Snicket books. Next, The Daily Show's America: The Audio Book, then I'm going for the archives of the Firefly podcast "The Signal" (I haven't listened to any of their second season) and Jimmy's "Comic News Insider."

If you guys have any audio books, I'd love to trade! (Sharing makes God happy, Boz teaches us.) Or if you can recommend any podcasts, that would be appreciated. I'm going to need an infusion soon. Maybe on Saturday I'll stop by Half-Price Books and see if they have anything worth listening to in their audio book section.

The one downside of the job is that the guy in the workstation next to me has a life-size cardboard cutout of Aragorn against the wall next to his desk, angled just so it is constantly visible out of the corner of my eye, giving my subconscious the impression that someone standing over my neighbor's shoulder is staring at me. It's kind of creepy, as I conveniently forget it's Aragorn five minutes after I turn and glance at it. I'm amused.

Since I last blogged, I've seen the new Pirates of the Caribbean (which was crazy fun--boo to the haters!) and the season finale of Doctor Who (I need a hug, even though I knew the casting spoiler and guessed what was going to happen beforehand), and I'm starting to work my way through the "Season 2.5" episodes of Battlestar Galactica. All kinds of goodness! Mom has gotten hooked on House, which is all kinds of awesome, and Alicey and Chungy have caved to my constant badgering and are trying The Dresden Files on for size. Woohoo! *headbutts the universe, Zidane-style*

And that's all I have to say about that.