07.02.09
Geek Force – Active!
I have joined the ranks of the working again and started working for, what else, a gaming company! I am currently consulting for a gaming company and will soon be joining the ranks of geeky online players again.
With this beautiful job comes a not-so-great commute to El Segundo. It is amazing how 19 miles in Los Angeles can easily translate to 45 to 90 minutes of commute, depending on the time of the day. With driving though, I have also noticed again how there a bunch of Muppets on the streets every day. Let me not get started on the guys who cut you off, just so they can slam on their brakes once they get in front of you. I think that is a topic all by itself!
Yesterday morning I had to stop and get gas. I pulled into the Mobil station and while the pump was going decided to go into the store to obtain money at the ATM machine. A guy comes out, and I am not sure if he emerged from the bathroom or the employee room, but he comes out, stands there and stares at me. I look up and gave him a short, polite smile and he says “So, you got the purple bang thing going, huh?” Now, my first impulse was to tell him “Look! My bangs are actually pink, not purple and secondly what do you even mean by “I have the purple bang thing going?” I mean, what kind of sentence is that? Again, I politely nodded and said “uhm, yeah.” So he watches me getting money out of the ATM and says “hey, send a 20 my way.” At this point I just looked at him and left.
What I really wanted to do is turn to him and ask him if stupid lines like that actually work. I really wondered if any normal female would even respond to such a stupid thing. The sarcastic part of me wanted to thank him for stating the obvious. Alas, I just kind of ignored him. I wonder often if certain guys are either so accustomed to getting turned down that they will throw out and blabber out just anything that comes to mind, or if in their head they are thinking “I am a TOTAL stud! This chick diggs me!”Plus, at one point do you not feel like a total tool standing there and watching anyone getting money from an ATM machine?
Apparently the human rules for conduct are totally and utterly foreign to some people.
On a lighter note, I can highly recommend working for a gaming company! That is if you are a geek like I am. There is a lot to be said about toys everywhere and the ability to discuss the importance of gaming without being looked at as if one is some kind of freakazoid. There is also a lot to be said about various desks equipped with gaming consoles and large monitors to ensure the very best gaming experience possible. I was thinking to myself that I could easily move in. All I need is a refrigerator and bed and I’d be set. Alright, maybe not quite THAT extreme but still, all I have to say is only one word regarding my job “YAY!” These are the times in my life where I wished the day had more hours. This way I could do it all, work, play and hang out with my loved ones 
Brady said,
July 3, 2009 at 3:54 am
Congrats on the new gig Carmen! Sounds like an awesome job that fits you well. Hopefully, I will be able to find a good job soon too. I am getting a little antsy.
Kaelyn said,
July 9, 2009 at 11:45 am
Congratulations on the new job! Definitely sounds like a fun place to work ^.^
So… now that you work for a gaming company, do you think you can find an answer to a question that has bothered me for years: How can an RPG be a “Final Fantasy” if it has over a dozen sequels? That’s less “final” than Freddie Kreuger’s deaths… lol