Laid Off!!!

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:59 pm

SMUtrojanFAN wrote:
expony18 wrote: j) battle me in playstation
Who gets to be SMU when you play NCAA?

ME!

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:03 pm

Good luck Thad, I've been there. 'Tis better to be laid than laid off.

Don't let this be an excuse to quit quitting smoking.

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:26 pm

jtstang wrote:Good luck Thad, I've been there. 'Tis better to be laid than laid off.

Don't let this be an excuse to quit quitting smoking.

My commitment to quit [again] is sill there, back to a countdown after returning from the bachelor party weekend in CO.

Though I have - as of yesterday - taken up disc golf. Here's hole seven from the park just down the street (Zilker).

My buddy P-Rock told me that I needed to get outside everyday. He suggested disc golf. He picked me up after work yesterday and I used some of his old discs... I played it for the first time since I was a kid - back then it was called frisbee golf. Then today I went out and bought a driver, a mid-range and a putter. Played 27 holes after lunch. Took me all of an hour and half, but I was sweating like a champion (too much information?).

It's the perfect 'sport' for the uncoordinated beer drinker in all of us... then again... you go out there and there are some really excellent players out there.

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:34 pm

disturbing that you have a friend named P-Rock.

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:59 pm

Stallion wrote:disturbing that you have a friend named P-Rock.

Hahaha. Never thought of it that way, as in he was a rock star, a dj, a rapper... always thought it was a cool nickname.

His last name starts with Rock.

There were two Patricks in his building when he lived above a bar in downtown Houston. He was the lucky one, the other guys last name was, no joke, Irene. Thus P-Rock, and, sadly, P-Irene. (Or P. Rock and P. Irene, if your not into the whole hyphen thing).

The Spaz · Post by **The Spaz** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:45 pm

There are club-style frisbees?!?

How does a Putter work?

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:09 pm

Putter are just soft mushy discs

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:00 pm

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:36 am

The Spaz wrote:There are club-style frisbees?!?

How does a Putter work?

It's a heavier disc that flies pretty darn straight and true. A lot more forgiving than say a driver.

I know, I found it a tad ridiculous that they have different type of discs... but you know.. once I started to use them I began to notice drastic differences in the "clubs". It's kind of cool. Unlike the dork above. You know in england that hand sign is equivalent to the bird.

That's a picture of you last weekend, right ExP?

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:44 am

ThadFilms wrote: That's a picture of you last weekend, right ExP?

my dad made me cut my hair

which is probably a good thing because the cornrows started to give me a rash

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:21 am

Good luck with the laid off thing. I thoroughly agree with Jt on this. Don't take the job being offered by expony 18. He knows that only UNT grads work out for that type of employment. With summer starting there is a nationwide shortage of lifeguards. And as we all know, lifeguards get perks as long as they make sure the bestower of the gift is of age.

FordtoTolbert · Post by **FordtoTolbert** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:26 pm

ThadFilms...I used to do some biz with P-Rocks dad, has to be the same connection....houston / tennis player / loves baseball / finance guy....I was "laid off" at the ripe old age of 50, best thing that ever happened to me (the 12 month package helped, too..). Play golf, drink beer, grow a beard, travel, see friends..something will pop up, especially in Austin...good luck and peace.

FWMustangGirl · Post by **FWMustangGirl** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:03 pm

ThadFilms wrote:You know in england that hand sign is equivalent to the bird.

Yes, and I had it confirmed in London when our then 2-year-old daughter tried to show someone on the Tube how old she was. They about died laughing.

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:00 pm

FordtoTolbert wrote:ThadFilms...I used to do some biz with P-Rocks dad, has to be the same connection....houston / tennis player / loves baseball / finance guy....I was "laid off" at the ripe old age of 50, best thing that ever happened to me (the 12 month package helped, too..). Play golf, drink beer, grow a beard, travel, see friends..something will pop up, especially in Austin...good luck and peace.

Yeah it would have to be the very same. Cool on the whole connection thing.

Yes so far this has been fantastic. Churning out pages on screenplays (this time not for me to make... but to try and sell)... and working [deleted] my film.

Thanks for the well wishes.

(And.... FWMustangGirl..... that is too funny.)

RunningStang · Post by **RunningStang** » Sun May 04, 2008 8:08 pm

Hey Thad,

Sorry to hear you got laid off. I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but here is a motion graphics designer job posting for a company in Austin.

Good Luck on your job search.