Whoo! Site is almost done! All that is left is putting up my ETC projects (of course, I leave out the most important work from my portfolio site upgrade) and changing the UI of this blog to match that of my website.
If you want to check out what's been done, please look at www.tingchen.net. :-)
My contract at EA ends in January 2011. :-( It's a bit of a bummer b/c I really love my teammates here, but I guess the time to move on always comes. In either case, I'm currently on the hunt for my next job, looking in areas like LA, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. The nice thing about being single and fresh from college is that moving around is really only a matter of furniture and lease agreements. I kind of like the adventure in switching homes and being able to pick up and leave so quickly. Kind of. Part of me wants to find a place to set up camp for longer than 6 months, which is probably why my latest apartment, I've bought some of the more frivolous items, like a a digital piano :D, even though I don't know if I am going to be staying here past December. Still, I suppose the moving is somewhat feeding the travel bug in me at least.
With all this focus on work and finding more work and then finding living space and etc etc... I've completely neglected the hobbies which I used to love back in college (undergrad. During my Art School days). It's good that my biggest passion, games, has become my career, but being a constant thinker, I get restless not having personal projects to do. I'm thinking about getting back in to drawing comics. Or do some indie game development on my own. I'm not sure yet. They both seem fun and rewarding, but also incredibly time-consuming and requiring dedication, 2 things which I can't guarantee at this moment.
Another personal question: Why is it all my interests involve being alone? I should be more social, I think. I mean, I'm living in the SF Bay Area and I rarely go to the city. Or even out in general. Either too busy or too tired. :\
