Personal Achievements - Page 2

But not a great wife...

Oh and the past two Mondays I've played my best games of golf ever!

Wow, to hear some film students talk I thought that might be the first thing they teach you! Congrats on not being one of "those people".

Brendan you are right. I love my wife but it isn't like she serves my every whim, so she doesn't get a "great" rating. I am happy to just have what I was able to get and that is a woman who loves me, no matter what I screw up.

I have, in the past, pulled off an egging on a lighted, busy street.

I've been in the industry for a long time now and I can tell you that the hardly anyone refers to themselves as a filmmaker. They usually refer to themselves by their title ie) editor, director, writer, grip, best boy etc.

That's not shot at you Werewolf Girl. We all did it at first and we learned real quick that no one person can be a filmmaker. It takes a very large crew to make a film.

I wasn't entirely certain where to put this, as it's not really an accomplishment, but I didn't want to start a thread fully devoted to it.

Evidently, I'm directly descended from Kaiser Wilhelm. Go me.

How is that an "achievement"?

Wilhelm had palsy. Palsy is way cool.

Is that the guy with the scream?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to devincf again.

It is not. That is Man Being Eaten By Alligator, only later known as the Wilhelm.

On Sunday, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon in downtown DC. It was pretty painful, but I beat my previous best time by 15 minutes!

Excellent work on all parts. Especially the cancer cure thing. Now if he can find that cure for Alzheimer's, he can keep writing after he turns 40.

My most recent cause for celebration is winning the role of protagonist in a local theater production. We're a month out from opening night, and all scheduled shows are sold out.

This, naturally, is not because of me. But it's still kinda cool.

An actress I was working with this week told me I was a sharp dresser.

Goddamn do I try, I'm happy she noticed.


Now, back to working the Boom Mic.

I got a pretty decent sized part in a local short film that wrapped 2 weekends ago and yesterday I got to be an extra in a Nat. Lampoon comedy.

There's a funny related anecdote in the Talkin Shit thread.

I'm getting promoted to an E-4. Woo! more money and responsibility!

I got roadhead for the first time last week, and proceeded to run a whopping 4 red lights.

Just finished working on a thesis film at my school.

Wooo, I mildly rocked as Production Design.

Bought my first new car in 8 years. Not counting the two I bought for my wife, as, well, they were for her. This one is mine. Huzzah.

Wow, you lasted through 4 red lights? I presume that took more than 3 minutes. Congrats!

It's especially impressive since the homeless guy blowing him was anxious to get dropped off.

I got laid this morning... then I watched A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and THE KING OF COMEDY. Better than smoking.

We had a secretary applicant take a typing test yesterday. I tried it afterwards, since I was curious, and scored a "net" word per minute of 117. I knew I was a pretty fast typist, but not that fast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute

I had 16 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts yesterday. And managed to go to work this morning. Fuck my stomach, I rule.

I managed to score 100% on "More Than a Feeling" on Guitar Hero on the medium setting the other day. That's two (the other being "Ziggy Stardust").

Now, if I could just achieve that goal of having a more interesting life, I'd be all set.

I almost forgot, your mom says hi.

My mom is a homeless man?

Earlier in the thread I posted about being approached by a major production company to start a joint venture. Well, it's official! We've ironed out a pretty sweet deal all around and are starting our new company, I'm not sure what it will be called, in a week or two. From there it's only a skip and a jump til we've conquered the world of production and I have the backing to hopefully make a kickass short or feature.

And Miyagi, I find the thought that your mom's a homeless man quite amusing.

I'm George "Iceman" Gervin.

Here's hoping I get you for the Gift Exchange...

I don't have to watch THE BURBS... I've lived it.

I graduated from art school last month with a Bachelor's in Media Arts & Animation. So I will be that guy who inserts frames of nude women in the windows of buildings in The Rescuers. Yay me.

I also got married this year to my college sweetheart who also graduated with a degree in Animation. I nabbed myself a hot nerd!

I once ate an entire phal. For those who don't know, it's an indian dish, the hottest one, making a vindaloo feel like a bowl of strawberry icecream.

I sat through three Star Wars Prequel's, start to finish, and I haven't murdered George Lucas yet, that's quite an achievement for anyone.

I scored a TMX Elmo this weekend!

and by "scored" I mean, that I know a guy who works at K-mart who took it from the back room and bought it for me before it was put out on the shelves.

Now my wife and 1-year-old have a wishlist christmas present already taken care of!

You're making them share?

You're making me hungry. Phal's ain't that bad, I once ate a curry cooked in what was called a "Victory Sauce." Basically 100% pureed chilli peppers. You had to sign a waiver to order it, I thought it was a gimmick but nooooo..

Bloody thing damn near turned me inside out! Still, I'd do it again. I'm crazy like that.

You know...anything that requires legal release of liability will...

Rock the house...big time.

Very, very, very very rewarding.

(I don't know what's wrong with me.)

I just got ranked #1 in my peer group.

It's a nice feeling.

edit: It's turning into a really great day. I've been invited to participate in a prestigious wargame.

I hope you have Paul Van Riper on your team.

Actually, I hope not. He swings so much weight that I'd wind up just executing his plan, instead of coming up with a plan of my own.

I once got up in front of a group of people and read/sang some spoken word that I had written just prior. I was following a bunch of pretty good musicians, and I didn't have an instrument. It wasn't the crazy proudest time ever, and I didn't get paid. However, I was able to drunkenly walk onto a stage, tell the entire audience to shut the fuck up, and have them cheering raucously for me moments later.

I won the Seventh Grade Trivia Competition at my junior high.

Shit yeah.

Starting my own practice as of January 1st.

I can't claim anything near that fancy, but I did get my nipples pierced. Go me!

God, that hurt.

I bought half my checking account in booze tonite. Wooo! Go 65 dollars!

Not something I "achieved," simply something that has happened -- something I was beginning to think wasn't possible. It came from out of the blue, and from an entirely unexpected direction...

I've never believed in the concept of "the one". You hear all these stories about meeting that one person and instantly knowing you will spend the rest of your life with them. I've always scoffed at this notion, believing there was no such thing ... that relationships grew into deep love instead of beginning there. Now that it's happened, now that our beginning position is already of deep care and passion, now that we're building from that foundation, I can see how mysterious and wonderful it is. She was out there all the time. Now we've met and begun. We will be married within the year. No question. She knows it. I know it. We only have to be conscious of building this relationship. I'm ready and willing to go on this adventure, this journey. I'm an explorer in an entirely new realm, and I have a traveling partner of amazing depth, sensitivity and receptiveness.

She's 14 years my junior. She's a Native American. She's an artist. She's an old soul. She's an "embracer" of all that life brings and offers, appreciative of the light and the darkness, seeing the picture as a whole, not isolating out only the good and ignoring the difficult. She's intuitive, impulsive, introspective, intelligent ... she's also responsible and goal-driven. She's everything I've ever looked for in a relationship. Damned sexy.

No, nothing I've "achieved". Just something I've found. Something I've been blessed with. The love of my life.

This is the one you were going to ask to marry you a couple of months ago?

Somehow I knew you'd be the first to pop in with heart-felt congratulations and good wishes. Sit on your smug superiority in matters of the heart all you like. Your opinion matters not to me in any realm of life or art.

My opinion? I was asking if this was the one you posted about in 2.0. What the fuck opinion am I espousing here?