You pay for what get.
Ok that’s unfair, I use and create open-source software, but every Linux distro I’ve ever used has been uninstalled because they’re such a pain in arse. I’m currently using CentOS at work and I despise it, I had it on my home machine for grand total of 4 days - the reason I removed it? To install wireless drivers I had to recompile the kernel…
yeah i know, having working everything in linux is not easy, but that’s why i was happy, becuase i can finally run the apps i want after a hard battle. (now the problem as i can see is that PRman is not that easy either hehe)
I dont have to redo my maya muscles! Earlyworm saved the day with some workplace gossip!
Yay!
edit:
Yay! I spoke too soon but I will say I learned from it anyway to stay positive. Yeah.
Both my daughters have been accepted into a specialist arts and design stream at a specialised arts and design high school
I am developing an online mentor system for young artists to connect with established artists
I am also releasing a line of wierdo functional collectable toys which I’ve been developing for a year. They’ll be out b4 xmas
I got divorced…
Kikkass year!
I sold a feature treatment last week, and I’m contracted to write the screenplay. Best of all, the studio seems to like me and what I do.
I thank God for the opportunities that he has laid out in front of me, especially for the last 6 months.
Well my turn…
I am very happy in my job,
my boss is just awesome.
And I just got engaged at SIGGRAPH to a wonderful girl…
-R
Jim Morrison singing at the back…"…This is the End, my friend…theee End! …"…
Sorry …had to …
…Oh…positive things…hmmmm…the comment on this thread by AJ …u got to love this guy…hehehe.
Work is going well, and next week i’m off to a studio to record, produce and master a bands cd…
I cant wait, they’re paying for the studio time and paying me to use all the gear 
Only in certain fields and with certain people would saying you got engaged at siggraph be a cool thing…
…And this is one of them! Congrats, man!
That’s awesome! Congratulations!
Getting engaged at a CG conference…what a truly geeky thing to do!
I’m very happy my animation was just chosen as a runner-up in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider short film contest. I didn’t win a trip to Switzerland, but being recognized by such an esteemed institution is pretty sweet.
The movie should be posted to their site soon. It’s on youtube now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEEn8K_Rsxg
and the CERN/Atlas site:
After a truly horrific week I actually had a proper day off yesterday for the first time in what feels like forever, long walks with dog, daytime telly, nice romantic meal and good film after, all around a good day 
Aaaand… Congrats Roberto! Have to echo the comment about epic geeky-ness, but is awesome you’re clearly with someone who doesn’t mind!
Working with easygoing people in great projects…
Moving around the world for that work (London here i come)…
Working on District 9 and Orphan during the last 6 months…
My hobby being my job…
Got rejected by this hot chick at a club last night…
It’s okay, though because I’m going fulltime soon w/ my job! =)
This will be my first fulltime experience! haha…
Congratz Mr. Ortiz!!
Good news.
I hated my job but was afraid to go looking in this lousy economy but I also new that i was probably going to get laid off some time this year (place isn’t doing well at all). so I got laid off in late may but I found a new gig that I really like before I had even finished my old gig. In this economy too! The best part of it is, after they laid me off a bunch of people quit so my boss calls me and asks me if I will stay. I very politely said ‘no thank you’. New gig is going great.
oh, and I got my first freelance 3D gig in June. It was a small one but it went well and the designer i worked with loved my work so now I have one more person to help me network for more gigs.