BIG NEWS for Me!!! (oh... well, and my friends, David & Amanda) :)
So an update for anyone who has forgotten, doesn’t remember, or I just happened to not mention it before… here it is:
My Dear friend Amanda, from Texas, who’s wedding I was just in last September…is officially MOVING HERE!!! How did this all come about you ask?
WELL:
DNA, her husband David’s company, is laying off the entire company in the months of June/July after the wrap of the feature film, “The Ant Bully” due out this August (starring the voices of Julia Roberts & Nicolas Cage). So everyone has been looking for another job. David has been interviewing with EVERYONE (DreamWorks, Pixar, Laika, Reel FX, Critter Pics, Vanguard, Sony, Blue Sky, etc.) since March and even though every single studio is looking to hire, they do not need to bring on Artists until late August/early September.
To add to the pressure, Amanda is a stay-at-home-Mom-to-be…due in early September! So not only is he providing for a family, but if they need to up and move from Dallas, it needs to be around…now!
So over a month ago, David had a first interview with Pixar. The interview went great. But then the waiting game began… first it took 2 weeks to see if he got the precious “second interview” where they fly him out to Emeryville, CA… he did. That seemed to go really well too… but then the waiting began for the “no thank you” call or the official offer phone call. So just a few days ago, a fellow coworker got the “thanks, but no thanks” call. David didn’t get a call – a GOOD sign! Then the another current coworker got an offer call… so David was still waiting…
As of Tuesday, June 6th (ironically 6-6-06) David got his offer call! And if that isn’t exciting enough, the offer is within the parameters of the budget Amanda and he had set for themselves to be able to accept the job in California!
The only downside… there was just a little more... can you belive it: waiting! Ugh. They had to find out which project David would be on, this either puts him starting in July or the end of September. As you can guess, end of September is not only a long time to go without work, but it’s also RIGHT when their baby will be less than a few weeks old, so just a tad inconvenient.
Drum roll please...
David's start date is July 17th!! I will be getting back from London July 2, so as of, or very shortly after, I will have new friends/family just across the bay! Yay ME!! Oh... and of course congrats should go out to David for going after his dream job... hee hee :)
and to Oxford (I'm a Harry Potter nerd, so I was so entertained by some of 
the areas used in the movies)
John and Andie. Drinking wine and punting along the river was too much fun! 
John and Andie. Drinking wine and punting along the river was too much fun! 
Friends will be sent my shutterfly link as soon as my photos are uploaded and organized. ONLY 300 photos... not too shabby as those who know me know I absolutely love to take pictures! 
