Workin

So it looks like my job was a bit less secure than I’d thought. Around 2 PM Friday I ran out of project to work on, and the client whose stuff I’d been planning to go onto cancelled on us. The current client will be looking at the new material on Wednesday, and then probably asking for changes, but since I’ve been working hard on getting things into shape, I don’t expect many changes. So now I’ve got a few days off, then on Wednesday I get to hope that I haven’t been as thorough as I’d thought. Ack.

I spent the rest of the afternoon at the Starbucks on Broadway and 17th, sketching people:

( People at Starbucks )

As I was putting away my sketchbook, the Asian woman in the glasses came over with her friend and asked to see what I’d been drawing. She was pretty pleased with my drawing of her, she asked if I had a business card. I really ought to make one up.

The it was off to Games Club, our last week not in exile for this season. Played three games of San Juan; for one of them we tried playing a five-person game. Rule changes: Add a second Prospector (we used a tile from Puerto Rico), game ends with the tenth building instead of the twelfth, and each Gold Mine can only be used once per round (like the Library in a two-player game). Worked pretty well.

Meeting Immlass

bugsybanana and I just met and spent a wonderful day with immlass and mcroft, who turn out to live about two blocks from ladymondegreen, akawil, and I, and that’s more LJ user links in one sentence than anyone needs.

We spent the afternoon at 111 First Street, the heart of Jersey City’s arts community, checking out artists’ open studios. Sadly, there weren’t nearly as many artists participating as there were for the big Open Studios day back in October, but at least we got to check out Ron English’s fantastic work.

We sat in on a performance of Irish music, and I sketched some of the performers. For the second time in two days one of my subjects spotted me drawing (I must be losing my touch) and asked for a look. He (I think it was Tony Horswill) asked me to send him scans.

( Sketches of musicians )

We went back to their place and chatted for a bit about computers and gaming and books and various other topics, then went to Helen’s Pizza for dinner (and I realized — I now have local friends who don’t keep kosher, who I can lure up to Grimaldi’s Pizza in Hoboken!), and the local homemade ice cream place for dessert.

I forgot how we wound up on the topic of the War On Some Terrorism as a police action being an NYC-style police action, with Saddam Hussein as Amadou Diallo with a Wallet of Mass Destruction. But we did.