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No Stream Thursday + Potential Schedule Shift
a month ago
Hi all,
So...September has not been a good month for streaming so far...between being sick and internet issues, and now, work and musical commitments ramping up.
Let me be clear...I really do enjoy streaming, the company, and giving my full, unfiltered first-time impressions for new games to all who watch. But, in the end, I've always saw this venture as more or less a hobby that I'm not expected to make any serious money off of, and will always be putting my full-time job (which is my prime money maker), and other IRL commitments that require my help and attention first.
Now, concerning this Thursday: I am expected to travel and assist another branch due to staffing shortages there, and that shift is going to be longer than I've normally covered before, meaning I'm looking at getting up very early, and--between travel and actual work--looking at a 12-hour work day. As such, there won't be a stream this Thursday.
As for my schedule for the rest of the year, there are some significant events going on that will affect my streaming schedule, which I'll be breaking down here:
>Musical Rehearsals: As you may already know, I'm part of a local Chamber Singers group, and we started rehearsals last week Monday for our Christmas concert series in December. One of the topics of conversation was the idea of doing multiple rehearsals sooner rather than waiting for the last 3 weeks prior so we're able to hammer out problematic numbers and sections. Because of how yucky I was Sunday, I wasn't able to attend and give my two-cents worth to suggest starting the extra rehearsals in late October. Now, it appears the idea is on the table to start those extra rehearsals now. A day has not been set for those extra rehearsals, nor has that idea been agreed to yet, but if it does happen to fall on Thursdays, I am open to temporarily switching my second stream day to Wednesday, which would then be reserved for FPS Shoot-the-Breeze fun times with friends. I will follow up with more details depending on what I learn concerning the extra rehearsals.
>Hiatus: I am looking at taking a hiatus from streaming from Thanksgiving through mid-January for two reasons: 1) Aforementioned Musical Commitments, since that is when our final rehearsals will demand more focus and attention, in addition to our concerts for that month. 2) I will be taking a two-week vacation to Trinidad & Tobago from December 20th thru January 3rd to spend Christmas and New Years (and some much-needed personal time) with my fiancé
WolfgerLion64 and his family. I may be able to squeeze in one or two streams between the concerts and my trip (especially with big titles like Metroid Prime 4 coming out then), but for the most part, expect no streams for the month of December.
That pretty much covers current events for my life and my streaming schedule. Obviously, it's all subject to change and is tentative...especially my Trinidad Trip due to certain...geopolitical issues...which I won't go into detail about. We'll see what comes, and hope for the best.
So...September has not been a good month for streaming so far...between being sick and internet issues, and now, work and musical commitments ramping up.
Let me be clear...I really do enjoy streaming, the company, and giving my full, unfiltered first-time impressions for new games to all who watch. But, in the end, I've always saw this venture as more or less a hobby that I'm not expected to make any serious money off of, and will always be putting my full-time job (which is my prime money maker), and other IRL commitments that require my help and attention first.
Now, concerning this Thursday: I am expected to travel and assist another branch due to staffing shortages there, and that shift is going to be longer than I've normally covered before, meaning I'm looking at getting up very early, and--between travel and actual work--looking at a 12-hour work day. As such, there won't be a stream this Thursday.
As for my schedule for the rest of the year, there are some significant events going on that will affect my streaming schedule, which I'll be breaking down here:
>Musical Rehearsals: As you may already know, I'm part of a local Chamber Singers group, and we started rehearsals last week Monday for our Christmas concert series in December. One of the topics of conversation was the idea of doing multiple rehearsals sooner rather than waiting for the last 3 weeks prior so we're able to hammer out problematic numbers and sections. Because of how yucky I was Sunday, I wasn't able to attend and give my two-cents worth to suggest starting the extra rehearsals in late October. Now, it appears the idea is on the table to start those extra rehearsals now. A day has not been set for those extra rehearsals, nor has that idea been agreed to yet, but if it does happen to fall on Thursdays, I am open to temporarily switching my second stream day to Wednesday, which would then be reserved for FPS Shoot-the-Breeze fun times with friends. I will follow up with more details depending on what I learn concerning the extra rehearsals.
>Hiatus: I am looking at taking a hiatus from streaming from Thanksgiving through mid-January for two reasons: 1) Aforementioned Musical Commitments, since that is when our final rehearsals will demand more focus and attention, in addition to our concerts for that month. 2) I will be taking a two-week vacation to Trinidad & Tobago from December 20th thru January 3rd to spend Christmas and New Years (and some much-needed personal time) with my fiancé
WolfgerLion64 and his family. I may be able to squeeze in one or two streams between the concerts and my trip (especially with big titles like Metroid Prime 4 coming out then), but for the most part, expect no streams for the month of December.That pretty much covers current events for my life and my streaming schedule. Obviously, it's all subject to change and is tentative...especially my Trinidad Trip due to certain...geopolitical issues...which I won't go into detail about. We'll see what comes, and hope for the best.
