The New Apartment!

I dropped into Glendale this morning hoping a day would provide enough time to settle on an apartment, and get the details taken care of. This is actually the first place I visited, and it was, unquestionably, the best. I tend to go for the lovingly restored, 'homey' apartments. The landlord was nice, and the building is small so there are only 2 other tenants. I'll be moving in on the 14th of November.

I followed up with the rest of my appointments, but nothing else really caught my attention. So I took care of the paperwork and managed to get back to the airport way ahead of schedule. Fortunately there was an earlier return flight to Oakland that I was able to sneak aboard. Now it's time to pack it all up.

Hired!

After a couple of months of sitting at home looking for work, and mostly just doing whatever I wanted, I finally got myself hired. Although Pixar left me heart broken (oh you cruel bitch), I'm ready to move on. I'll be headed down to Glendale to work for Rough Draft Studios. They worked on the Simpson's movie, Futurama, and various other cartoon T.V. series. I'm particularly excited about working on Futurama Season 6 as that show is, hands-down, one of my favorites.

Of course this means that I'll be moving away from what I've finally come to think of as home here in the bay area. I've made lots of friends here so, it will be hard to leave. The idea of finding a new apartment is one I do not welcome. My next landlord has a hell of a lot to live up to (another reason I don't want to move). They feel a bit like family now.

Besides the tedium of scouring craigslist and calling and arranging walk-throughs, I'll have to travel back and forth probably a couple of times to get things settled before I pack up. I love the animation field, but more and more I am wondering if my career is going to continue being like this. Work for a while, transplant to a new town, settle in, and then have to uproot my life again. It would be nice to stay put for a change. At least this time I'm not moving halfway across the country, and by flight it is only an hour to visit. So here's to all my wonderful friends in the bay area. You will be missed.