M&J Complex
May. 14th, 2008 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crankyoldmanAlright, I'm quite fond of my minions.
There's something funny about the coincidences that life throws at you. See, most of college I hung with two guys: Matt and Justin. Matt's since got a job and I'm bad about keeping up, and Justin is the other dude graduate five billion years later than everyone else. It took Matt about the same amount of time to graduate, but he was already a year older than us. Funny thing is, my minions are another M&J combo, and creepily enough, the Matt is also laid back and quiet and interjects hilarious things in a sort of sardonic manner. The J is not so much like Justin, except for maybe a similar sense of humor. But it's funny how that happens. I seem to fall into a two guys and a girl grouping a lot. XD
But anyway, my minions are basically awesome.
J is ex-Army, has a more RPG background, and generally agrees with me as far as FFs go. Hell, he's played FFs beyond FF7, which is a rarity amongst dudes I run into. He is also a bit devilish and trying to talk me into borrowing his DS or one of his systems so that I break my whole "not playing games except for directly related to work until I graduate" thing. Because I could just picture how my summer would get eaten up, considering my way of playing games is soul-consuming omgjusttwomorehours. I mean, my first realish job was a summer gig, and when I wasn't working I was playing games. Which was good then as I was in a state all by myself. But still. The DS is very freaking tempting. But I promised myself I'd read books. Cool thing about J is he can draw, so he's the dude at the whiteboard a lot of the time doodling nifty robots for our consideration.
M is thoughtful and organized and thankfully not of the type that the "girl should do the typing". I mean, I like jotting down notes, but they are certainly not of a format for human consumption. He helped the most with my nervousness, considering he's a level builder (FOR A STAR TREK GAME WE GOT TO GEEK ABOUT THAT) and generally laid-back. He does most of the writing on the whiteboard, as we work through big picture ideas. He also might be programming some stuff *CROSSES FINGERS* as it's becoming increasingly clear that partner company is overcharging us (and their rover sucks). He tends to ground J's wild flights of fancy and my sometimes boringness (because hey, someone has to remember the educational bits... I mean, sure I love the fun stuff, but I've got a responsibility and all).
They are both conspiring to get me to play WoW. XD I fear what would happen to me should I get on that. Maybe when things are less tenuous as they are now. They are also trying to talk me into wearing my steampunk!Edea costume to work when it's finished. XD Tomorrow I'll have to turn down going out to lunch with them, as I really shouldn't be eating out all the time.
On a stranger note, I saw the older brother of a friend of mine from high school as a manager at the McDonald's I went to today. He's been working that job... since I was in high school. Is it wrong to feel awkward seeing people like that? Not that it's a bad job or anything... but even while I'm in town I feel like I'm in this separate world (and in some respects I am) than when I lived here when I was younger. Like, one of my big things when I was in high school was getting the hell out of here, which I did, I've been to some strange and interesting places and met some strange and interesting people. And while I'm here for a job, it feels less like... like I was forced to be here. Even living in my parents' basement feels less like a failure and more like an in-between step to full autonomy. I don't know. Just strange thoughts.
~Cendri
P.S. This is wicked, wicked fun.
There's something funny about the coincidences that life throws at you. See, most of college I hung with two guys: Matt and Justin. Matt's since got a job and I'm bad about keeping up, and Justin is the other dude graduate five billion years later than everyone else. It took Matt about the same amount of time to graduate, but he was already a year older than us. Funny thing is, my minions are another M&J combo, and creepily enough, the Matt is also laid back and quiet and interjects hilarious things in a sort of sardonic manner. The J is not so much like Justin, except for maybe a similar sense of humor. But it's funny how that happens. I seem to fall into a two guys and a girl grouping a lot. XD
But anyway, my minions are basically awesome.
J is ex-Army, has a more RPG background, and generally agrees with me as far as FFs go. Hell, he's played FFs beyond FF7, which is a rarity amongst dudes I run into. He is also a bit devilish and trying to talk me into borrowing his DS or one of his systems so that I break my whole "not playing games except for directly related to work until I graduate" thing. Because I could just picture how my summer would get eaten up, considering my way of playing games is soul-consuming omgjusttwomorehours. I mean, my first realish job was a summer gig, and when I wasn't working I was playing games. Which was good then as I was in a state all by myself. But still. The DS is very freaking tempting. But I promised myself I'd read books. Cool thing about J is he can draw, so he's the dude at the whiteboard a lot of the time doodling nifty robots for our consideration.
M is thoughtful and organized and thankfully not of the type that the "girl should do the typing". I mean, I like jotting down notes, but they are certainly not of a format for human consumption. He helped the most with my nervousness, considering he's a level builder (FOR A STAR TREK GAME WE GOT TO GEEK ABOUT THAT) and generally laid-back. He does most of the writing on the whiteboard, as we work through big picture ideas. He also might be programming some stuff *CROSSES FINGERS* as it's becoming increasingly clear that partner company is overcharging us (and their rover sucks). He tends to ground J's wild flights of fancy and my sometimes boringness (because hey, someone has to remember the educational bits... I mean, sure I love the fun stuff, but I've got a responsibility and all).
They are both conspiring to get me to play WoW. XD I fear what would happen to me should I get on that. Maybe when things are less tenuous as they are now. They are also trying to talk me into wearing my steampunk!Edea costume to work when it's finished. XD Tomorrow I'll have to turn down going out to lunch with them, as I really shouldn't be eating out all the time.
On a stranger note, I saw the older brother of a friend of mine from high school as a manager at the McDonald's I went to today. He's been working that job... since I was in high school. Is it wrong to feel awkward seeing people like that? Not that it's a bad job or anything... but even while I'm in town I feel like I'm in this separate world (and in some respects I am) than when I lived here when I was younger. Like, one of my big things when I was in high school was getting the hell out of here, which I did, I've been to some strange and interesting places and met some strange and interesting people. And while I'm here for a job, it feels less like... like I was forced to be here. Even living in my parents' basement feels less like a failure and more like an in-between step to full autonomy. I don't know. Just strange thoughts.
~Cendri
P.S. This is wicked, wicked fun.