Catching Up On My DownTime

Ugh.. it's been so loooong. Let's do an itemized blog to catch you up. It'll look like a receipt and be about as interesting...

VACATION (Where Shane learns family can be trying and friends can be lying when yer flying)

So I took my trip to Walt Disney World. I went with the family and was drinkin' early by day three. I'll do a trip report at some point but let's just say that FantasyLand is now "Board Land" because of all the construction. The Main Street Electrical Parade was amazing to see again (I love the elctro-synthemagnetic musical sounds) and Captain EO was a flashback.. I mean Michael Jackson had a face!!!

Ran into some Disney friends and we had a screaming blast at JellyRolls on Disney's Boardwalk, and I was so touched... they called me the next day to tell me how much fun they had. I felt like the one girl in a million who gets a call the next day after a one night stand... SO Happy.

The bad news came on the business front. One of my (now former) employees screwed me over while I was gone and had some kinda meltdown. Got a call from a client and messages from her saying I was talking behind her back. The REAL story is I was having problems with her and my usual methods of correction weren't working so I consulted some entrepreneur friends who I thought I could trust.. and apparently some I couldn't. Her inability to separate business from friendship led her into this ridiculous rant and I am down a friend and an employee. Neither is a huge loss :P. I've said it before and I'll say it again... My mantra in business... "I Don't Need 'Crazy' On My Team".

FUND RAISING (Where Shane learns T-Shirts are cool and Celebs are fools)

So I am sure by now you realize that I have wrapped up a fundraiser. Delicia Fay (The evil one eyed nemesis of Felicia Day)  decided to buck the TwitChange trend and said she would follow anyone for a ten dollar donation. I fell in love with the idea, made a few T-Shirts (The currency of the masses) and I think we raised over $700 for the TwitChange charity.

It was fun but also disappointing (kinda like eating a pizza by yourself). I sent a lot of emails and messages to celebs and organizers involved in TwitChange because not everyone can afford thousands to bid on a celeb, but most can afford 10 bucks. We didn't receive a single RT or message so keep that in mind next time you worship a celeb (kinda like God. You can talk to them but they are unlikely to help you :P ). I was really disappointed and it renewed my position that if any of my projects ever make me famous, I'll never forget where I came from...

But let me say THANKS to EVERYONE who donated. It was for a good cause and you guys are awesome. The winners of the shirts were NerdsInBabeland and Yeseningles. I mailed the shirts last week and I hope they like them :) If you don't like the pics... blame Delicia Fay *lol*

PROJECTS (Where Shane learns that he needs to apply himself)

Well, yeah. I need to start writing the webseries. I am wondering how plausible it is but I am assured the idea is good and needs to be done.
I have an idea for a parade float that I want to do. A MUCH scaled down version of the whole Christmas parade I see so vividly in my head. I have a new idea for a bar in a nearby town and a scrapping of the bar in the town I currently live in.
Finally, my podcast is getting closer to fruition. I was recognized in EPCOT by a few people and it kinda kick started my desire to do that. It'll be fun :)

I think thats enough for now.