Shows / Movies Wicked [Rewatch] Zelda Symphony Tekkaman Blade II E1-E6 Steins;Gate E01-E25 Gilmore Girls [Rewatch] – S4-S7 Glee – S3 Currently watching: Nothing Books & Manga worldofwarren.com / warrenshea.com / kotobishoujo.com Photography Gaming Web Development and Design Other Notes |
Shows / Movies The Butterfly Effect Indie Game The Movie The Goonies The Illusionist The Prestige Anchorman Drive Avengers [Rewatch] Steins;Gate E01-E25 [Rewatch] Currently watching: Nothing Books & Manga worldofwarren.com / warrenshea.com / kotobishoujo.com Photography Writing Gaming Web Development and Design Other Notes |
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Accomplishments – October 2012 Edition
Monday, October 1st, 2012 at 11:59 pmThe Mistake
Friday, September 28th, 2012 at 11:01 pmI’m watching House S02E08 – The Mistake.
It’s an episode that describes Chase screwing up and the events leading to it and why it occurred. At the end of the episode, it’s revealed that his father passed away and he was too emotionally rattled to properly do his job.
The reason I’m watching it was that I had a similar, less dramatic issue today (no death involved).
To sum it up. I screwed up.
I didn’t call the correct Production Support group to fix something when I should have.
I went home early rather than stay late, after hours, and stay until a production issue was fixed.
I did it because I let my guard down for 1 afternoon, 1 moment, 1 day.
Because I wasn’t getting sick. I was exhausted, at work, mentally and physically weak. About to go home. When this production issue happened. And I wasn’t as diligent as I generally would have been. I was careless.
A couple weeks later and this whole issue turned pretty bad. I didn’t really get in trouble…but personally, I feel that…I didn’t perform to my best abilities. Because I was sick.
I just kept thinking about 2 things today:
1. The Mistake, which I’m watching right now because the situations are somewhat similar.
2. “Yudan sezu ni ikÅ”. Tezuka Kunimistsu’s favorite phrase. It translates to Don’t be careless or Don’t let down your guard.
I appreciate the quote much more as I understand/feel that eternal vigilance can be incredibly difficult at all times. That’s it’s actually very hard to never be careless…sometimes outside or internal factors have their way with you, regardless of how careful you are.
I also appreciate the role of a doctor/surgeon/any job that requires you to be in a strong mental and emotional state. You can’t do your job if you’re not feeling well. If your judgement is clouded for whatever reason. Sometimes the slightest of mistakes, the moments of carelessness, can have serious repercussions. A crane operator, a crossing guard, even a person simply driving a car…you take it all for granted but a momentary lapse in judgement, the wrong gesture or an unexpected feeling of exhaustion…any type of carelessness, could cause serious damage. It only takes a moment.
I would consider myself a very careful person. I plan and backup plan. But I feel a renewed resolve to be more careful in the future.
Yudan sezu ni ikÅ
Vacation starts tomorrow…
Friday, September 28th, 2012 at 1:10 amand I’m not really ready…to do nothing.
I only have some things I’m going to do planned right now.
1. Kotobishoujo.com
2. Shows: Watch House S9, The Office S8, The Wire and/or Doctor Who
3. Anime: Watch Steins;Gate + at least 2 other animes: Magical Girl Madoka Magica + Ano Hana(maybe)
4. Movies: Looper, Anchorman, Drive, Indie Game The Movie, The Butterfly Effect, The Goonies, The Illusionist, Idiocracy. I know a lot of these are old, they’re all the ones that have been on my TO DO list for a while.
5. Capture and convert VHS tapes
6. Take pictures of statues on nice days.
7. Play Persona 4, Super Mario Bros 2
8. Organize some documents
9. Go to MasterSteaks, a wedding, stay at a Hotel for a night, Thanksgiving dinner, cook dinner for Z 2 nights this week….
I know I know, it sounds like a really lame vacation (even tho this is pretty much how I spend all my vacations).
I found that I was getting a little too burnt out at work. Too many people asking me questions. I just needed to get away from it all. Have some alone time. Feel like I accomplished some ME stuff.
The development aspect of work doesn’t bother me. It’s the meetings and the answering questions and the production issues and the leading. People look to me to solve and fix everything and it’s damned annoying. By being very reliable, I somehow became everyone’s go to person. And it’s hard. Because the team is so big now, I just can’t get anything done. And that stresses me out. So these guys can fend for themselves for a bit. /rant mode off
Anyways, I can’t wait to go home tomorrow and shut myself off from the world :) That’s how I recover best (mentally and emotionally….tho it’s probably detrimental to my social aspect).
Soon, my precious…
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 at 1:04 amSoon, I will be on vacation!
I finished one big project on Sunday night and plan to finish another project early tomorrow.
I’ve been playing quite a bit of DOTA lately whilst watching Glee Season 3. I’m about 12 episodes in after only 2 days. That’s a lot of Glee.
They’ve grown from a small group of misfits to a rather large group of…well, talented misfits! Seriously, there’s so much talent in the Glee group now!
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I’m reading a book:
Clean Code: A handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
I really like it, it really speaks to me. I think I’ll continue to read that and work on my Secret Project KB during my vacation.
I plan to rewatch Steins;Gate and maybe another anime or 2. As well as watch either The Wire or Doctor Who while I develop.
That’s it. Will write more when it’s not so late :)
Accomplishments – September.7 2012 Edition
Friday, September 21st, 2012 at 1:09 amShows / Movies
Wicked [Rewatch] – Done
Zelda Symphony – Done
Tekkaman Blade II E1-E6 – Done
Steins;Gate E01-E25 – Done
Gilmore Girls [Rewatch] – S4-S7 – Done
Currently watching: Nothing
Books & Manga & Comics
worldofwarren.com / warrenshea.com / kotobishoujo.com
Kotobishoujo.com – Catwoman Rotator
Kotobishoujo.com – Liara T’Soni Rotator
Kotobishoujo.com – Supergirl Rotator (this one looks really nice!)
Kotobishoujo.com – Evil Supergirl Rotator
Gaming
The New Super Mario Bros 2 [3DS] – In Progress
Web Development and Design
Facebook API – JavaScript SDK/PHP SDK learning – Done
Facebook App Creation, Like Gate, Share Dialog – Done
Twitter Share Dialog – Done
Other
Converted 12 Camcorder Tapes to Digital – Done
Converted 2 VHS Tapes to Digital – In Progress
Installed Ubuntu (Linux) on an old Laptop. It runs pretty fast now :) What to use it for, that’s the question.
Notes
I spent the beginning of this month watching a lot of anime and the mid of this month deving.
I think I’ll spend a good portion of next week deving…