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Thank you for this. As the world knows, we are definitely on strike. Two good things-- One, I booked a job and got paid the first chunk right before the strike, and turned in everything I could on all the little stuff-- so in a weird way, I am now the least stressed I have been about work in years. I've got everything I needed to in, I've been paid a bit, I CAN'T work, and I have the job ready to continue on the other side of the strike. Two, the strike has made it clear that it wasn't just me having this problem, it's an industry issue, and some people have it way harder than I do. This is the worst thing. I always say I won't get another pet so as not to have to go through this again, and yet, I always do.

I say I won't every time. Jesus and Roy are going to be 15 and 14 this autumn and I think my last permanent cats. I hope-I want to travel. But when having more was an option, I always thought they need us as much as we need them. This helped me adopt again easier and sooner. Tank, it's good to know you prepared for the strike. Fran Drescher called me today about it (I'm still SAG Aftra). I hope it's short and fruitful. Strikes suck but at least the union is responding.

Thank you, everyone. I appreciate it. So, the date has been set for June 9th for Nygyl to go in for the procedure. It's starting to get real.

Tina Turner. She told me she loved me I was at a concert in Chapel Hill, might have been a wee bit drunk and/or high, and she started into "Private Dancer". I yelled "I love you, Tina!" (like a dumbass) and she said " I love you too, baby," in her unforgettable speaking voice. RIP. Simply the best.

I got a 2020 Corolla when I moved here. I Love it so far! It fits me and it has a backup camera and bluetooth, which were my only considerations. I did research after I bought it and found out I made a good decision, thank gawd.

Yeah this one will hurt. But I can't not have a pet. When it is time, I will get another pet, but only after I heal from this.

is odd. It's beautiful! I love palms and beaches, though. I expected to see DeSantis and Mickey Mouse duking it out at the beach but so far, my life has been free of politics. One of my friends here is a Republican but he hates Trump so he's tolerable, politically. I have two tiny (3'X15-20') sun drenched gardens and am waiting to see what happens when they're regularly watered before I rip out too much. My mom had some ferns and rain lilies planted out back and some bougainvilla in the front, I could live with those. I planted 10 black mondo grass with the ferns and so far it's surviving. It's fucking hot here, even when it's not hot, it feels fucking hot. And it's not even the hot season yet. The AC runs all the time and when it clicks on, my brain registers a furnace kicking on and I have a tiny panic. I got a job-part time on some hot AC station in Colorado, I start training tomorrow. Looking forward to some structure in my day-I spend all my free time at my pool. I'm in vacation mode and really haven't looked for work much yet. This job came from someone recommending me. I've only been to the beach a handful of times but spent Thursday morning jet skiing-a belated birthday gift to a friend here. That was awesomeballs. I could do that daily. 4 dolphins came up around us so we shut off our engines and videoed them for a bit. It was really special. Had some lunch at John's Pass along with a few cocktails. That day didn't suck. Most of my days are like they were in Seattle-spent at home, anxiety-ridden over the shit I *should* be doing. And it's hot outside.

I lived in Phoenix for 3 years, while attending a tech school. It hit 118 degrees and I had to wait for a bus to take me across town, to get a part for my car. I had a 72 oz Big Gulp, that I tried to nurse while waiting at the bus stops. My mouth was dry and my belly was full of soda. I honestly can't believe that anyone would want to live here, during the time before AC. Sure, the Navaho's got sent to this living hell to live, which in itself was an asshole move by those in charge of the US government. I'm surprised that they didn't surpass the Trail of Tears, with their march into that furnace of a state. The one thing about Arizona though, is that you barely sweat, because it just evaporates right off of you.

I worked for Sirius briefly. SERIOUSLY underpaid but I wanted it on my resume

I gave it ten and haven’t heard a word since. Probably won’t either, which is fine by me

If it's a virtual day he can IM you when he's available. Wait 5 minutes and bail.

I remember doing those---I think we called them stabs? Maybe I am remembering those wrong. I graduated in 2001 and I was doing evenings on the KC rock alternative station and I loved it. I wanted to go into the programming side (I was SM/PD of my college station) and wound up in Vail as a MD at Radio One (my first day on the job was 9/11). It was satellite network and stations would buy our feed and play their advertising (mid markets usually had their own morning drive). We had about 30 markets. The largest was Ft. Lauderdale and the coolest was Maui. We had two regional spots per hour (I quickly burned out) and the stations would send us regional stuff to plug. I still remember one small town in Oklahoma sending us information on a book swap at the local library and I had to somehow talk about that for 25 seconds twice an hour for over a week. I received demo tapes daily from DJs even when we weren't even hiring. Most were 10x better than me and were willing to work for nothing. When Radio One and moved to Iowa, I decided I needed to find something else. I moved to Florida and found a job teaching--one of the reasons I got this job was they were looking for a TV Production/ Media teacher and the principal liked I had real world experience (the other being if you had a degree in science or math you didn't need teaching experience of ANY kind to teach). I made more as a first year teacher in FL than as a MD of a satellite network. I think if I stuck with it, I would have been a respectable station manager, but not an on-air talent--but at the time, unless you are in a major market, you had to be on-air to be a PD. I still miss it, but I haven't really listened to any radio stations since 2005--I was an early adopter of Sirius and podcasts.

It's weird but whenever I go to Florida I take five showers a day. But the humidity is so bad it's like you're just always wet from a semi-warm flaccid shower. LOL

I'm not sure why I didn't type this all out last December, but I can so identify with this. Radio is the same and it used to be you'd get 2-10 years out of a gig-now you're lucky to get a whole year. The owners are beholden to the tech side so streaming and the websites get their attention-live, on-air presentation takes a back seat. The more they disconnect from their live listeners, the more the business suffers, the more they wonder why. I've been off the air more than 3 months now and while I know it's no reflection on me or what I do, it's hard to make money in the down time. I'm too old to learn another industry and nothing I could do can pay me as much as voiceover and radio-although radio is paying me less than burger flipping wages right now. This is us getting trapped in the war between wages-the wealth gap just keep widening and I don't see a cure other than a reset of capitalism. ALSO: I added Abillify to my meds and it made a really big difference with no side effects

Awww giant HUGS Zathras. It's the worst.

I'm so sorry

Every time I go outside, I feel like I'm walking into a greenhouse. Turns out, I'm on stations in all 6 US time zones. I'll get a short list soon. It's a fascinating system. I recorded about 300 liners for these stations this past week. Then when I'm on live, they mix them in. Hot AC=Adult top 40. I have to bone up on Ava Max and her ilk.

Sorry to hear about your buddy.

I'm sorry to hear. Losing our pets is always devastating. Its.not fair that they have such short lives.

Oh man--that's the worst. Sorry man.

I am so sorry to hear that.

A true legend of the music industry. I've been wondering what's been going on with her, for the past several months.

The Luis stories in the first Ant Man were the DNA that made it clear just how much Edgar Wright had actually put himself into the thing.

I'm loving the hot weather. It's warming the pool up enough that i don't have to run the heater. I'm making it goal to teach my pup to like going in the water.

Funny you should mention this. Growing up in Florida, I heard a joke once: In Florida, there are two seasons: hot ... and fucking hot.

Not having Michael Pena telling a Luis-ified version of the Infinity Saga was a major lack.

I felt the same right after I quit the second job. There was a kind of background noise of worry worry worry about money and doing stuff. I still haven't even finished settling all of Tina's estate. There was a tax thing I had to do and I've been waiting ages to get a letter from the IRS. I could spend all day on hold but I have other things I want to do instead. I've been asked to garden around the pool! It's super shady so we are limited to what can grow. I found some hostas and someone gave me two turks cap plants. I think the always hot feeling is why I could never live in Florida. I get rage-y when it's hot. LOL How the heck did people live without air conditioning? I am glad you got a part time job. Giant hugs!

I've been thinking about you and wondering how it was going. I wouldn't feel bad about vacation mode. I have a few friends in various stages of burnout and the time off is really needed to reset, although the anxiety you mention about what you should be doing is really common. It is hard to untrain our brains. Good luck with the new job, I hope it goes well.

Is the mcguffin going to be a CG face replacement device that will allow Harrison Ford's likeness to keep playing Indiana Jones for the next thousand years?