3 posts tagged “iceland”
Most of you have heard by now, but I thought I'd make an announcement here anyway: I have resigned from CCP Games and am returning to the Bay Area in mid-December. Just about three weeks from now, actually.
I am not entirely certain of the future, but I expect the first few weeks will be involved in me trudging around the country saying hello to various elements of the various families that might have some interest in my presence for that unholy contraption we like to call the "Holidays." After that, however, all bets are off as I try to get back into the groove after being in Iceland for the past year.
It has been a good trip. Being out here for the past nine months has taught me a lot about myself, about my relationship with Janine, and about life in general. I've learned more about what I can and can't handle, what is and is not acceptable in a job, and a bit of Icelandic besides! Ég tala pínulítið íslensku. (Okay; I'm not entirely sure that's right. But it's understandable if you speak the language.)
The reasons for my return are many, but it basically boils down to being homesick and disagreeing with some of the decisions upper management has made regarding employees who actively play EVE Online. C'est la vie, as they say. Life moves on.
I am excited to be returning "home" - as much as the Bay Area is my home anyway - and am looking forward to catching up with everybody I've missed in 2007. See you soon!
PS, those of you curious, Iceland has been quite warm so far. I don't think the temperature has hit freezing except one or two days, and it's still raining out - no snow, no ice! I know most places have succumb to the weather already, but Iceland is still chugging along, nice and warm(ish). Of course, we'll say nothing about the daylight...currently the sun is coming up around 9:30 AM and going away at 4:30 PM.
Also, I saw the aurora the other night! It was faintly visible in the city so I hopped in the car and drove out to my favorite spot by the lighthouse, but by that point the clouds had rolled in. Shame.
People do many different things to cope with stress, loss, and "bumps in the road". How do you handle stress and hard times?
Music. Find an earworm and let it ride. Presently I am dealing with Janine's return to the States by sticking Alizée's Moi... Lolita on repeat. Music GO!
In other news, I figured I'd hop back to Vox and see what's up. The posting UI has changed some, but I can't really point at any one thing and say "that's new". Oh - there's an "embed" button that I've not seen before. Neat.
Okay, I'm going to share some photos from the recent past here in Iceland.
Anyway. Enough photos.
Iceland is great. The job is entertaining and interesting, but it's not very challenging. I'm doing web work, but not the kind of work that I was doing at Six Apart - no scaling, nothing that really pushes me to find tough solutions or look at things from a low level perspective. It's kinda sad, that's one thing I really enjoyed at 6A - there were challenges to be solved, problems to find solutions for.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I'm doing good work and people are happy with it - EVE players and managers alike! It'd just be nice to do something that required a little more brainpower. Oh well. Maybe when I go to Atlanta there will be more challenging work.
Current plans put me out there next summer sometime. The details are still being worked out, of course. Fingers crossed and all that.
Oh, I'll be back in the Bay Area sometime in October, it looks like. I'll come by the office and say hi sometime. :)
Ta ta for now!
Good morning!
Although I realize it's not morning where you are, probably. All you folk back at Six Apart are probably snug as a bug in the rug, sleeping off Friday night's transgressions. Woo!
I'm here in Iceland! I made it safe and sound. There were a lot of annoyances on the trip - my luggage was lost, they confiscated half of my alcohol, and I missed the FlyBus and had to wait 4 hours for the next one. Past that, the trip has been really great so far.
Highlights include spending time in a neat bakery this morning drinking some coffee and eating a donut while watching the people go by. On the annoying side, walking to the office (30 minutes) when the temperature is barely above 0 (celsius) and raining is not so fun.
I have taken pictures, but don't have the cord for my camera to offload them. I will try to find one sometime and then upload some pictures. Worst case, you'll have to wait until I return. Woe is you!
Not much else to say. This weekend should involve much wandering around. Later.
