At work. Kinda.

I haven't signed the contract yet, but I'm nonetheless sitting in daerr's office. More miscommunication; the fellow who'll act as my main customer contact (the company itself being my customer) hasn't shown up yet or answered my email from yesterday so I don't have anything to do.

And of course the usual "first day at work" elation dissolves away because I'm not getting paid for this. If I were a bastard I'd bill for this time sitting around picking my nose, but I am not a bastard. I guess actually I should just go home if he doesn't appear in the next hour or so. But, whatev; it's nice to be very quite almost in a money-earning state again. Nearly.

Net 10

I was surprised at the response from the last post; I was just grumbling. I appreciate that so many people experience such pain in watching me make lame mistakes that they have to say something. Anyway, I talked to the contact a few minutes later and we agreed to meet the next morning, so I went home.

It sounds blowhardish to say that I tend to underestimate or undervalue myself a lot, but I do. Can I keep it in mind without it backfiring?

Regarding an earlier related issue, it's been recommended to me from within the company that I address concerns about timely payment by simply asking for Net 10 terms instead of Net 30. So I have.

Show

If I wanted to find a show-type venue to submit Jmac's Arcade to, maybe after I make a handful more, where should I look? I mean, a venue with a live audience, gathered into a place, with the intent to see short subjects. One of those.

The idea occurred to me this evening as I showed the two that I have made so far to a friend tonight. I had not displayed them (at least not in their final versions) in-person before, and was very pleased at the result. I think they could go over quite well. Please tell me, also, if I am horribly mistaken.

I wonder if people who would enjoy them have been giving them a pass because they don't care about video games. I've been downplaying the fact that they're not actually about the video games - or at least not so much as they seem - and starting to think that I've been overdoing it.

(Don't confuse this with a troll for feedback; I expect the common case to be that it was watched and did not happen to move the watcher to comment further. That's all right.)