My Notes » Noteworthy http://scottphillips.org/blog This is where I put down my notes on all that interests me. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:33:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Greetings from the World of Me! http://scottphillips.org/blog/2011/01/03/greetings-from-the-world-of-me/ http://scottphillips.org/blog/2011/01/03/greetings-from-the-world-of-me/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:55:57 +0000 Scott http://scottphillips.org/blog/?p=559 Continue reading →]]> Wow, it has been a long time since I last posted an entry here, well anywhere really. A lot of things have changed since I last wrote anything, blog post or story for that matter. I have moved out of my house and now live on my own for the first time every really. Always had roommates and such, so this is a big move, especially at 42. OMG, I’m going to 42 at the end of the month. Where has my life gone?

I am working for a friend from high school and I actually enjoy it quite a bit. I’m basically a jack of all trades, but mostly work on computers and systems and such. I have been able to do some design work lately as well, which I really enjoy and miss doing. The biggest thing that I miss though is writing. I haven’t written anything for long long time, in a galaxy not so far from here actually. It is my own fault really, and with all the changes going on and the re-evaluating of my life that I have have come to realize that I do miss it. I have been making a tremendous amount of changes, which I will detail in later posts, and I need to keep that up.

I’m almost 42, and what is my legacy? I know, I have two lovely children, and they both are incredible, but I need to make an impact with my life. I feel like I have been just watching my life go by, and have done nothing that I can proudly hang my hat on and say “I did that!” I feel like I haven’t accomplished anything, and worse that I am letting my fellow man and my kids down. I want them to be able to say, “That’s my dad!” and not feel ashamed. I know big revelations, but I said I’ve been making changes.

I am going to start by posting more here. I need to write every day and writing a blog post is a good place to start. eventually I’ll get back to writing all the stories in my head, believe me they need to get out soon or I’ll explode (not literally though). So starting today, January 3rd, 2011, I’m going to write every day. You can hold me to that too. well I’m off and running now, just got to keep my feet and not stumble. This is going to be a habit and give me a voice to tell the world all about what I am dealing with and going through.

Here is to the new year! Plenty of good things will be coming down the road.

Music that made me think: You Don’t Know How It Feels from the album “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty

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]]> http://scottphillips.org/blog/2011/01/03/greetings-from-the-world-of-me/feed/ 0 Ahh the joys of being hacked http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/04/15/ahh-the-joys-of-being-hacked/ http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/04/15/ahh-the-joys-of-being-hacked/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:50:32 +0000 Scott http://scottphillips.org/blog/?p=555 Continue reading →]]> трапезни масиI know it has been a while since I last posted, and I will do a post soon that updates everything that is going on. I found out that I lagged behind a bit on my wordpress updates and as a result my site was hacked and I was banned by any decent virus protection. It would seem I am more popular than I though, not!!!! I just don’t understand the thought process behind hacking an innocent blog, such as mine. Now that I am working again (YAY!!!!) and my life is getting interesting again, I promise I will be posting more often.

]]> http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/04/15/ahh-the-joys-of-being-hacked/feed/ 0 All Alone http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/03/19/all-alone/ http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/03/19/all-alone/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:04:12 +0000 Scott http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/03/19/all-alone/ Continue reading →]]> I was just laying in bed and I realized that I am all alone. I am surrounded by people daily yet I’m alone. It is a very scary feeling to know this. I am alone, completely and utterly alone. No one to catch me when I fall, no one to praise me when I succeed. I am alone in the world with only myself as a guide. I have no one, and perhaps this is for the best. I’m about at the bottom of the well of life. I need to decide if I can climb out of it or just stay down in the muck. Now I know I’m scared, and I know the only help I really have is me. God this really sucks.

]]> http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/03/19/all-alone/feed/ 2 Balticon here I come. http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/03/19/balticon-here-i-come/ http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/03/19/balticon-here-i-come/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:13:31 +0000 Scott http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/03/19/balticon-here-i-come/ Continue reading →]]> Today I finally made the decision to attend Balticon this year. I hope to meet and hang out with all the cool and special people who have touched my life and I can call friend. I am looking forward to some time away where I can collect my thoughts and decide on a path for my life. It has been a long and hard road since last year and I am grateful that I have made it this far but there is much work that still needs to be done before I find out who I am and what I was meant to do on Earth.

]]> http://scottphillips.org/blog/2010/03/19/balticon-here-i-come/feed/ 0 Take Out the Trash http://scottphillips.org/blog/2009/01/07/take-out-the-trash/ http://scottphillips.org/blog/2009/01/07/take-out-the-trash/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:59:26 +0000 Scott http://scottphillips.org/blog/2009/01/07/take-out-the-trash/ I know that I complained like hell about the politics and petty bull shit of this place, but this was the first job I got in design and I had worked myself into a nice comfortable place, free of most of the stress that working offers. ... I'm not young anymore, and the prospect of just excepting any job just to have money coming in makes me cringe, but I have to keep my family afloat.

Continue reading →]]> LayoffI know I have been out of touch and not really updating anything, my blog or twitter. I’ve just been really stressed and not sure what way I’m going or what way I’ve been. As it turns out I’ve had a good reason to stress over the job front anyway.

I’ve had my suspicions that they would be closing our composing site for a while. The books were shrinking at a rapid rate and we were working fewer and fewer hours each week. That didn’t prepare me at all for what happened.

On Monday we found out that the whole company, Yes, you heard me right, THE WHOLE COMPANY was getting the axe. They were shutting down the publishing part of the business and concentrating on the .com part. That will put a ton of people out of work, including me. After nearly eight years I’m getting the axe. I know that I complained like hell about the politics and petty bull shit of this place, but this was the first job I got in design and I had worked myself into a nice comfortable place, free of most of the stress that working offers.

LayoffNow I have to move on, into the unknown and find my place. The biggest issue is to determine what I want to do with the rest of my life. I’m not young anymore, and the prospect of just excepting any job just to have money coming in makes me cringe, but I have to keep my family afloat. That is the most important part that my family can enjoy life as they have it, and not want for anything.

Geez, I just don’t know what the hell I’m going to do. It is so new that I am still numb from it and I’ve been escaping from it the past two days. I guess I just have to face it and move on, and pray that my life will get better. It will at least allow me to get out of this rut that I’m in.

Take Out the Trash from the album “The Else” by They Might Be Giants

]]> http://scottphillips.org/blog/2009/01/07/take-out-the-trash/feed/ 1 Empty Spaces http://scottphillips.org/blog/2008/11/05/empty-spaces/ http://scottphillips.org/blog/2008/11/05/empty-spaces/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:19:42 +0000 Scott http://scottphillips.org/blog/2008/11/05/empty-spaces/ Continue reading →]]> It would seem that due to my sickness over the weekend I will not be doing NaNoWriMo this year. I hope to try and do some writing and to go to a few of the write ins and write more than I have been in a long time. I just think with all the stuff going on in my life and my general health issues that I can’t pace myself to actively complete NaNoWriMo this year. I’m sorry to all my friends if I am letting you down, I know that I am letting myself down. There is always next year.

Empty Spaces from the album “The Wall” by Pink Floyd

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]]> http://scottphillips.org/blog/2008/11/05/empty-spaces/feed/ 0 Thick As a Brick http://scottphillips.org/blog/2008/10/03/thick-as-a-brick/ http://scottphillips.org/blog/2008/10/03/thick-as-a-brick/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:18:07 +0000 Scott http://scottphillips.org/blog/2008/10/03/thick-as-a-brick/ Continue reading →]]> Just a post to let you all know that I have updated My Notes with a new theme and also to say that by popular demand I am going to do the vampire story for NaNoWriMo.

Thick As a Brick (Part 1) from the album “Thick As a Brick” by Jethro Tull

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Ok I joined a gym on friday last week. My wife joined with me to make it a family/relationship builder if we work out together. We met with a trainer on Tuesday and the workout went well until I nearly passed out. I have this habit of remembering what I was capable of doing, and thinking I can still do that like 10 years later. I pushed my body and not it is in full revolt. I didn’t listen to it when it was screaming “Stop this now you idiot!” and now it has totally gone on strike. In fact I think if my legs could they would succeed from my body and form their own sovereign nation. I know it is a good thing to get in better shape and be healthier, but why does doing things that are good for you have to hurt so much?

On to better things, and a healthier future, and hopefully far less pain than I have now.

Get in Line from the album “Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001″ by Barenaked Ladies

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Life has done it to me again, and thrown a monkey wrench into my plans. I have been derailed, at least for the past week on my plans of finishing my webcomic Thoughts of a Simple Man… I have had to deal with my ineptitude on my wacom, but mostly it has been family. Coming home from vacation and getting the house and pool back in order so we can live and and use the pool during the heat of the summer. I promise that I will be working on the comic, I just need to “prioritize” my time as a great talented woman always says. Plus I have to remind myself that it is “Ok to suck.”

Speaking of the lovely and talented Mur Lafferty, her incredible book “Playing for Keeps” is set to be released on Amazon.com on the 25th of August. I recommend that you check out her book, and support her. She is a very cool writer and very talented and I have to say she is my idol. She accomplishes so much and I am a bit envious of that.

Monkey Wrench from the album “The Colour and the Shape” by Foo Fighters

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