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Title: Quit my job
Post by: Billy Rygar on August 11, 2009, 02:54:21 PM
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Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 11, 2009, 02:54:49 PM
Fuck yeah! :rock

Starving artists! :rock

Do it for the love! For the craft! :rock
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 11, 2009, 02:54:54 PM
congrats! are you going to be a full-time dillettante and wine wag? :bow2
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Reb on August 11, 2009, 02:55:16 PM
You want me to quit your job?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: demi on August 11, 2009, 02:57:02 PM
Aw man now who am I gonna use for the hookup.  :'(
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Reb on August 11, 2009, 02:57:25 PM
I love how GilloD works 80 hours a week and still finds time to help bore members out.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 11, 2009, 02:57:30 PM
GilloD seems like a good chap.

I say we all quit our jobs and become 24/7 Internet dudes! :rock
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Reb on August 11, 2009, 02:58:10 PM
I think we could pool our talents and get something off the ground.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Barry Egan on August 11, 2009, 02:58:35 PM
badass :rock
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 11, 2009, 02:59:05 PM
How many magazine racks were knocked over on your way out? :rock
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 03:00:23 PM
Cohen is A MAN!  :punch  He ain't no jive turkey!  ARGH!  I wanna pee in a woman's mouth!  ARRRRRGGGHHH!!! :punch


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Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 11, 2009, 03:01:12 PM
Stay away from his wife, Tauntaun!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 11, 2009, 03:02:56 PM
there is actually a magazine rack to knock over :o

DO IT!

DO IT!

DO IT!

DO IT!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 03:04:53 PM
Stay away from his wife, Tauntaun!

She's gotta know who she's married to!  I think I can feel Cohen's balls enlarging...and it feels good! 

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000CF348.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 11, 2009, 03:05:30 PM
Oh, man, it would feel so good, though.

You'll be an OFFICE LEGEND.  Think of when people are working on all those crappy projects that they know are crappy, they'll go, "Remember when that guy quit and knocked over that magazine rack?  What a badass!"

And they'll sit and sulk in their chairs about how they're not as badass.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 03:07:01 PM
Send me a vial of your sperm, chest hair and mustache! 
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: GilloD on August 11, 2009, 03:17:25 PM
Hell yeah. Genghis doesthe donkey shit and I'm behind the camera.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 11, 2009, 03:17:42 PM
I thought you quit your job a month ago?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 11, 2009, 03:18:07 PM
I will do what I do best - promote!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 11, 2009, 03:18:17 PM
:rock

grats oh king of grapes
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 03:21:01 PM
Finally cock pics can be released, oh sexy day! :hyper
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Mandark on August 11, 2009, 03:21:45 PM
Huzzah for Cohen!  The EB audience wholly approves.

 :zzz :burgerking :mrt :tophat :cookiem
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 11, 2009, 03:23:18 PM
I thought you quit your job a month ago?
yes, but negotiations ensued etc.  i finally cut my ties yesterday, last day is friday.

Ah, best of luck to you! I hope everything works out the way you want it to.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 11, 2009, 03:25:32 PM
I thought you quit your job a month ago?
yes, but negotiations ensued etc.  i finally cut my ties yesterday, last day is friday.

Ah, best of luck to you! I hope everything works out the way you want it to.
i'll be dead in a week

:lol

You must have had to sign one hell of an NDA.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 03:25:51 PM
I thought you quit your job a month ago?
yes, but negotiations ensued etc.  i finally cut my ties yesterday, last day is friday.

Ah, best of luck to you! I hope everything works out the way you want it to.
i'll be dead in a week

I call his corpse.   :-*
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Rman on August 11, 2009, 03:48:40 PM
Good luck!  Are you still at Madame Waters' place?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Reb on August 11, 2009, 03:49:47 PM
I thought you quit your job a month ago?
yes, but negotiations ensued etc.  i finally cut my ties yesterday, last day is friday.

Ah, best of luck to you! I hope everything works out the way you want it to.
i'll be dead in a week

I call his corpse.   :-*

Wife and belongings!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Rman on August 11, 2009, 03:53:03 PM
Oh?  I thought I remembered you mentioning Chez Panisse?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: dammitmattt on August 11, 2009, 04:00:41 PM
Congrats and good luck!  I hope the change works out for you!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Brehvolution on August 11, 2009, 04:09:58 PM
Good luck dude.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 04:17:06 PM
j/k

I hope you won't quit EB like you quit your job.

he can't quit us!

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Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2009, 04:26:11 PM
cohen I'm glad you're moving on man. It's just so surprising cuz I thought you liked your job.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 04:26:52 PM
Sometimes I want to get a bad case of himuroids.  :tauntaun
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2009, 04:28:08 PM
Sometimes I want to get a bad case of himuroids.  :tauntaun

Too bad they're not contagious  :-* :-* :-*

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Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 04:28:43 PM
I hear the only way you can get them is through sweaty man contact.   :-*
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2009, 04:30:36 PM
:tauntaun
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: cool breeze on August 11, 2009, 04:35:47 PM
I thought the Petz games were selling like hot pancakes  ???
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: muckhole on August 11, 2009, 05:16:58 PM
Good luck Cohen!

I hope one day to sample the spawn of this bold move!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: muckhole on August 11, 2009, 05:17:21 PM
Wait, that sounds gross.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: demi on August 11, 2009, 05:17:46 PM
edit: nvm he figured it out
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 05:33:36 PM
cohen I'm glad you're moving on man. It's just so surprising cuz I thought you liked your job.

Whether he liked it, not, or just trying to pursue a different/better line or work, there's a lesson to be learned here; you don't always have to share or voice your daily frustrations, or disclose things about your life. There are things that are better kept private.

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k36/SlinkyT82/emot-flame.gif)
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: bork on August 11, 2009, 05:36:38 PM
Whether he liked it, not, or just trying to pursue a different/better line or work, there's a lesson to be learned here; you don't always have to share or voice your daily frustrations, or disclose things about your life. There are things that are better kept private.

(http://imgur.com/6zjNO.jpg)
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 05:38:38 PM
(http://imgur.com/6zjNO.jpg)

 :lol
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Reb on August 11, 2009, 05:39:20 PM
Whether he liked it, not, or just trying to pursue a different/better line or work, there's a lesson to be learned here; you don't always have to share or voice your daily frustrations, or disclose things about your life. There are things that are better kept private.

Think its different for everyone Jin. I don't have that many RL friends to share stuff with for example.

I'm probably crossing a creepy line here, but you could call me man.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 11, 2009, 05:43:15 PM
Whether he liked it, not, or just trying to pursue a different/better line or work, there's a lesson to be learned here; you don't always have to share or voice your daily frustrations, or disclose things about your life. There are things that are better kept private.

Think its different for everyone Jin. I don't have that many RL friends to share stuff with for example.

I'm probably crossing a creepy line here, but you could call me man.

(http://i31.tinypic.com/2dig945.png)
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2009, 06:03:06 PM
Who said anything about discussing anything on forums? Where did you get that Jin? ??? Who cares what he thought about his job, he got a better deal. It's just surprising because I personally thought it was his passion. No big deal, no inquiry needed.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2009, 06:08:02 PM
But he already said why. He said he got a better deal didn't he?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Oblivion on August 11, 2009, 06:11:32 PM
Why is this a good thing?

How will he eat now?  :'(
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: demi on August 11, 2009, 06:12:12 PM
He can eat this nectar that flows from my penis
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2009, 06:12:30 PM
He will eat cheese with his wine and move to Europe. Genghis can't afford to live in this communist country no longer.  This is just a step towards freedom; towards Europe!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Diunx on August 11, 2009, 06:17:16 PM
Can I have your job now that you don't want it?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: enjoy bell woods on August 12, 2009, 04:28:53 PM
Work is gay
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: drew on August 12, 2009, 04:29:22 PM
your face is gay

OHHHHHHHHHH
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 12, 2009, 05:04:48 PM
But he already said why. He said he got a better deal didn't he?

Well i'm pursuing something that my heart is into, but good lord the pay cut.

More often than not, that's the way it goes. 
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Tauntaun on August 12, 2009, 05:05:35 PM
your face is gay

OHHHHHHHHHH

I so hate it when people say that.  Saying that is gay.  You're gay.

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Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Beezy on August 12, 2009, 05:41:34 PM
Whether he liked it, not, or just trying to pursue a different/better line or work, there's a lesson to be learned here; you don't always have to share or voice your daily frustrations, or disclose things about your life. There are things that are better kept private.

Think its different for everyone Jin. I don't have that many RL friends to share stuff with for example.

I'm probably crossing a creepy line here, but you could call me man.

(http://i31.tinypic.com/2dig945.png)
wanna hug it out?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Reb on August 12, 2009, 07:25:42 PM
Let's hug it out, bitch.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on August 12, 2009, 07:32:58 PM
Isn't Cohen's wife an engineer who might have a PE?  If so, I don't think he has too much to worry about about in terms of money.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 12, 2009, 07:47:36 PM
ALL OF THEM.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 12, 2009, 07:51:52 PM
Did you get that from your blog? :o
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 12, 2009, 07:54:16 PM
 :elephant  :american

Well, congrats on doing something you're into, and which doesn't require 16 hour days.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 12, 2009, 07:54:56 PM
Where is my congratulations, Cajole?

No love, from a man I've actually spoken to!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 12, 2009, 07:56:18 PM
Where is my congratulations, Cajole?

No love, from a man I've actually spoken to!

Congratulations for what? Hanging out with Boogie?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: BlackMage on August 12, 2009, 07:57:05 PM
i'd buy wine from Cohen. he's so god damn picky about everything, i'm sure i'd get nothing but the best.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 12, 2009, 07:57:31 PM
I tried reading his blog, but then I realized I had no idea what the fuck he was talking about.

I've never had a full glass of wine in my life.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 12, 2009, 07:57:40 PM
Where is my congratulations, Cajole?

No love, from a man I've actually spoken to!

Congratulations for what? Hanging out with Boogie?

I quit my job! I'm chasing my dream! I'm making ends meet doing it!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: BlackMage on August 12, 2009, 07:58:27 PM
Where is my congratulations, Cajole?

No love, from a man I've actually spoken to!

Congratulations for what? Hanging out with Boogie?

I quit my job! I'm chasing my dream! I'm making ends meet doing it!

wait, what do you do again?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 12, 2009, 07:59:51 PM
Where is my congratulations, Cajole?

No love, from a man I've actually spoken to!

Congratulations for what? Hanging out with Boogie?

I quit my job! I'm chasing my dream! I'm making ends meet doing it!

(http://img.metblogs.com/dc/files/2008/07/congratufuckinglations.jpg)
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 12, 2009, 08:00:00 PM
I was working retail.

Now I'm writing for a living.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 12, 2009, 08:00:27 PM
Man, Joel and I used to be so cool.

You changed man.  It used to about the animated .gifs!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Diunx on August 12, 2009, 08:01:08 PM
What are you writing? movies, comics or books?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 12, 2009, 08:01:59 PM
But really, I didn't know this, Will. I guess I should have inferred from your first reply. Good luck.

I have no congratulations or good luck gif handy.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Oblivion on August 12, 2009, 08:04:34 PM
shucks, was really looking forward to dog island 2  :'(

*straightens tie*
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 12, 2009, 08:04:56 PM
What are you writing? movies, comics or books?

None of the above.

Actually, that's not true.  I am working on two feature scripts, but the project I'm actively involved with is not a film.

To pay the bills, I'm doing copywriting and freelance writing for a few individuals and businesses.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 12, 2009, 08:05:15 PM
I was working retail.

Now I'm writing for a living.
cloudwalking is paying you for this?

That's not the only thing! :shh
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 12, 2009, 08:08:42 PM
I spent the past few days writing in my underwear and drinking with Boogie.

... but I had pants on for that.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Oblivion on August 12, 2009, 08:08:58 PM
also i will be working 16 hour days for a few months.

So it'll be like you never left?
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Snuflupagulus on August 12, 2009, 08:34:58 PM
Congratulations!  I've got a lot of respect for your decision GC.  Your wife must be pretty awesome to support this.  All the best.

My wife and I are still dabbling with wine.  Took a trip up to Healdsburg north of the Bay Area.  Had some great wine, but we especially liked Seghesio's Pinots and their Cabernets.  Very buttery mouth feel (what I later learned is lactic acid  :bow2).  Very good wine.  If you haven't already, you should try some of Seghesio's reds.  Our favorite of everything we tried up there.  Only around $30, give or take.  Tried J Winery (aparently run by the daughter of someone important somehow).  Shit sucked and the tasting room was some austere stone and water garbage best enjoyed by the wanky Sausalito/SF biz analyst crowd.  Oh, and we had some whites at Medlock Ames.  Really good.  They're into the sustainability thing.  Vineyard is tucked into some hills.  Very serene, bucolic place.

Also, we went to our local wine shop recently and got a wine by some guy named Sean Thackrey, Pleiades.  This is the blurb they sent out in a newsletter:

Quote
I've loved Sean Thackrey's Pleiades blend for many years, and was able to get wee bits for sale every year.  We'd hide the wine in the back, and hand sell it to folks who'd bought it from us in the past.  Every year, we ask for more, and every year we're told "sorry, there's just not enough to go around."    We're nothing if not tenacious and persistent, so this year, I was finally able to wheedle enough for our club. 

Pleiades is perhaps the ultimate cult wine - a kitchen sink blend of as many as twelve varietals, concocted in Bolinas by winemaker cum alchemist Sean Thackrey. 

Thackrey is a bit of a crazy wizard. He apparently reads something like a dozen languages, including medieval dialects from Europe, from which he culls his unorthodox wizard wine making techniques. This bottling is his easiest to find and least expensive wine - but rest assured it is unlike any other wine out there.

The nose is out of this world unique, with intense eucalyptus (Thackrey ages the wine in open vats under the stars in his eucalyptus grove), spice, cherry fruits and berries. A real mine field of aromas. The palate is woody, eucalyptus again, but also blackberries, strawberries, chocolate, minerals, metal, and more. Incredibly layered and complex, all I can say is: singularity to the utmost. This wine has serious personality, somewhat like a masquerade of flavors and layers of complexity with a textural suppleness that entrances. Chameleon like wine. A blend of around 13 different grapes.

I don't remember it.  I was kind of already a little buzzed when we opened it.  Wouldn't of mattered 'cause my palate is, like or don't like.  Which is convenient as I couldn't afford the really good stuff anyway.

Also, congrats to Wilco.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Cormacaroni on August 12, 2009, 08:44:10 PM
Here's to many years of drinkin' on the job, Genghis! 
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Snuflupagulus on August 12, 2009, 10:02:17 PM
Sweet!  Will try Coturri.  Always love a good Chardonnay.  We haven't ventured through Sonoma; will make a good destination. 

J Winery was just really godawful.  They had a desert wine.  It was as if they dumped Splenda into fermented Welch's.  F'ing terrible.  We went because they had sparkling, which my wife enjoys.  And yeah, the prices were laughable for the supermarket quality, ~$40 - $90 if I recall correctly.  May as well go to Walgreen's and numb my tongue with their rotgut.  Really had a douchey vibe; like the worst stereotype of casual yuppiedom and parka vests.  Such a far cry from another place we went to, Hawkes Winery (few parking spaces, friendly dog, two people, and a couple open casks for tasting).

I'm in awe of your knowledge.  I'd say good luck but it'd be more perfunctory than anything.  You're a sure bet to succeed.  Have fun with it, GC.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 12, 2009, 10:54:08 PM
:bow :bow cohen is the fuckin' man :bow2 :bow2

dude, if you're ever doing a wine tour in washington -- or fuck, even in willamette -- gimme a ring if you'd like the company of me and my asshole bro. we are semi-wealthy proto-snobs and want to follow a master around to teach us taste that we can later use to archly patronize our poser peers. in return, we will beat the fuck out of any hippies, yuppies, or republicans you desire
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: tiesto on August 13, 2009, 09:51:58 AM
I tried reading his blog, but then I realized I had no idea what the fuck he was talking about.

I've never had a full glass of wine in my life.

Dude, north fork, NOW...

Cohen, if you're ever out in the north fork hit me up... would love a pro's suggestion on what to drink!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 13, 2009, 01:11:03 PM
I tried reading his blog, but then I realized I had no idea what the fuck he was talking about.

I've never had a full glass of wine in my life.

Dude, north fork, NOW...

I've been to the north fork, just not for wine...

That's something you do with a chick or a group including chicks.  :'(
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 13, 2009, 01:12:13 PM
Or WILL FEDERMAN, KING OF MEN.

Let's do it, old friend!
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 13, 2009, 01:13:52 PM
You are really all over me.

How could I resist?  :-*
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: demi on August 13, 2009, 01:18:41 PM
he's just being nice so you dont run off like a scrawny bitch again
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 13, 2009, 01:20:36 PM
It wasn't the same without him. :'(
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on August 13, 2009, 01:51:40 PM
Here, I found you a new job.

http://austin.craigslist.org/med/1320078557.html (http://austin.craigslist.org/med/1320078557.html)

Searching for a Social Media enthusiast that is passionate about the Fleshlight brand and is eager to spend large amounts of time building an online social presence.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Reb on August 13, 2009, 01:55:27 PM
It's funny because it's about a sex toy.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: tiesto on August 13, 2009, 02:10:37 PM
 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Funny thing is, one of my good friends would be PERFECT for that role. He evangelizes the Fleshlight every chance he gets. He's also a big Ron Paul supporter... coincidence? Hmmm...
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: pilonv1 on August 14, 2009, 06:34:38 AM
Am in New Zealand now, apparently they have great wine. Also near where I live in Australia is a good vineyard region. Nice work Cohen.

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Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on August 14, 2009, 07:16:45 AM
Its like this is a sub bore of another bore out in the ether(net).  WTF did you quit exactly. I thought you were working at EA.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: Reb on August 14, 2009, 07:33:08 AM
He worked at a company that makes Gamez.
Title: Re: Quit my job
Post by: chronovore on August 15, 2009, 11:57:05 AM
Congrats on taking the chance to do something you really want to, regardless of the pay cut.

shucks, was really looking forward to dog island 2  :'(

*straightens tie*

What are you straightening your tie for? Wasn't that developed in Japan?