Nothing on VGXPO, and here’s why

I would love to tell you all how much fun the VGXPO was and that everything went according to plan and I would have dozens of stories, videos, and pictures to share, but I cannot. The trip to the VGXPO was a bust and I missed the whole thing. Originally, I was going to travel with a number of other people, but two dropped out at the last minute. That was only the beginning. The driver could not drive and everyone else refused to pick up the slack. We then decided to go by train then take a cab, but then it was pointed out that 30th Street Station was fifteen blocks away from the convention center, and for some reason or another that deterred everyone else.

Not even the lure of making a side trip to Victory Brewery changed their minds and I was left as the last person still interested in going, then that feeling faded when I realized that I was the only one still interested in going to the VGXPO. So, what did I do to preserve my promise of going to the convention to perform some unofficial press coverage? I went with another group of friends to see Quantum of Solace, eat BBQ, then see Bolt.

I apologize for failing to fulfill my previous post. The trip was a last minute plan, so of course everything fell through. There is a lesson in this story somewhere, and here it is: Quantum of Solace was great, Bolt was better, and BBQ kicks ass!

The image of a hamster rocking back and forth as he watched the A-Team will stay with me for a long time.

In other news, the Shanoa Saga missed a post this past week because of the botched VGXPO trip. My apologies again.

More to come,

Jon K Langdon

Weblog of Jon K Langdon is back in business!

Well hello again! It has been a while. Sorry!

I have been away for a while, and during that time in which I abandoned gave up on forgot about sent this blog on hiatus [Like anyone will believe that one ~ed.], I received several comments on my entries and blog. Woohoo! Sure, the majority of them were spam messages, but two of them might have been actual people. And I appreciate those comments–it’s the little things that kept this blog going for so long [ *rolls eyes* ~ed.].

I hereby promise that the resurrection of this blog is on the horizon, that it will see the light of day once more, that the millions -and millions- of the Rock’s fans will- [Oh enough already! *ehem!* The Weblog of Jon K Langdon appreciates the patience of its reader(s) and will be back in business soon. Thank you (all) for coming by, and we hope to hear from you (all) soon. ~ed.].

If you smell- *ack!* [The end ~ed.]

~Jon K Langdon

Job Fair

I attended my first job fair this past tuesday at the Mansion in Voorhees, NJ. Lots of women in scrubs and people dressed casual; only a few of us wore full suits. The event was hosted by Monster.com, a service that promotes its job fairs to appear as if dozens of eager companies would be waiting for prospective employees to arrive. There were about nine setups and one of them was an information service that was not recruiting.

When I made that hour drive, I wasn’t expecting to be hired on the spot and sure enough no offers came my way. I dropped off my resume with three companies, none of which were looking to hire writers or editors. The man who took attendee signatures at the door lauded the importance of networking, and normally I would agree, but in my case their were zero media companies in attendence that were seeking my kind. This job fair was all about management and sales, two areas I have no interest in. Overall, this job fair had to little to offer me and I can probably expect much of the same from the next one. Would I attend another job fair? Maybe. I want to try my hand at freelance writing–spent enough years in college preparing for the inevitability.