it’s all up in the air again.
if you asked me a month ago, i would have said that it’s 80% sure that hmc is moving back to sf. but now, it’s maybe 60%. or even 50%.
now that it’s getting closer and closer to being real, she’s freaking out about what it actually means to move back. and to her, it means (in her mind) giving up her career, throwing away all the work of the past few years, and starting all over.
whether this is actually true, who knows? sure, there are a bunch of visual effects houses up here that she could apply to, and i even recall people telling me they had contacts there that could possibly help out. (if only i remembered who they were. bad memory! bad! bad!) and there’s also the bigger issue of whether sony imageworks is even the place for her, as she was truly miserable for the past year and a half working on polar express (coming to a theatre near you on nov 10!). but who knows whether it was just that job or imageworks in general? although word on the street is that imageworks is craaaazy.
so we’re left in this limbo state of both of us being in separate places, wanting to be with the other one, but not wanting to have to make the call and tell the other person to give up everything and possibly ruin all they’ve built up.
i told hmc to talk to the producer and tell her that it’s possible that she would be able to stay on, and if so, what would that mean.
because it can’t go on this way. we’re really tired of it, honestly.
and no, it doesn’t necessarily make sense. but since when does anything make sense?
Posted at October 11, 2004 9:42 AMactually, from what i hear, most of these effects houses are full of the crazy people.
choice a: stick with a career that isn’t making HMC happy and ed moves to LA
choice b: stick with a place that is making ed happy and HMC has to find new work
i’d say it’s a clear choice. don’t be afraid to just stand up for what you want. if she was happy with her career, that would be one thing, but she isn’t. don’t give up your good job, your good home, and your close friends so her career can possibly turn into something that makes her happy.
and you can tell her i said so. work isn’t the point of life.
but i am a little predisposed to having you two here.
Posted by: xz at October 11, 2004 11:01 AMYeah, what he said.
Besides, you just got a promotion and the president called you to say ‘good work’. You gotta stay there for awhile.
I think HMC should come home for 6-12 months and see what she can do here. If she can’t find meaningful work, she can still go back to LA later. She has enough experience racked up to get a job even if she has some time away. And speaking of racks …
Besides, SF is *much* better off with you both here … especially when you are here together and happy!!
Posted by: jason at October 11, 2004 12:09 PMum yeah, i guess this goes without saying, but i am all for you staying here!
LA will always be there…unless it falls into the ocean, which is unlikely to happen in say the next 6 months…so, I vote for hmc giving it a try back here for at least a bit before you guys give everything up here up…la sucks anyway.
bring hmc home! bring hmc home!
we will picket on Duncan street if we have to…
rlv
Posted by: Rachel LV at October 12, 2004 10:28 AMsee? three out of three doctors agree.
HMC in SF is better for your health.
Posted by: xz at October 12, 2004 11:29 AMfeh. two out of three of you are good bets to skip town in a couple of years. and then where does that leave me? high and dry in sf with an unemployed wife, that’s where!
Posted by: e at October 12, 2004 11:38 AMhmmmmm….
ed in bay area= rlv more likely to stick around.
ed gone= rlv sad, lonely, and lookin for a way out!
rlv love ed.
:)
What? I can’t skip town too? What, I got a gimp leg or something? Give me credit man, I can high-tail it outta here like the best of ‘em!
Oh, wait … you mean LEAVE the Bay Area and go “o.u.t.t.h.e.r.e” where all those Bush-lovin’ crazies are? No thankyou! I’d rather be here snuggled up tight in my ed-n-hmc sandwich!
Posted by: jason at October 12, 2004 8:21 PMjason,
you can only do that if the sandwich is still here! if one slice of bread leaves town and then the other slice follows, well then, there is no sandwich and everyone goes hungry!
don’t you see, we are on the verge of starvation here, people! this is a crisis! wake up!
new picket sign- save the (ed-hmc)sandwich!
hungry,
rlv
i’m glad i can get such impartial advice from so many people.
Posted by: e at October 13, 2004 12:14 PMyeah, it must suck to be so loved by so many people!
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