It's been a while since I've even bothered posting anything to my little slice of the "Interwebs", but a lot has been going on lately that's prevented me from giving my site much thought. Actually, the fact that I keep getting denied for Google AdSense prompted me to come back since they keep saying I don't have enough content to get approved! I'm attempting to display ads across three different domains all with original content but the inner workings of the program are completely alien to me. But I guess I should give anyone who stumbles across this site a quick update on what I've been doing all this time.
In 2013 I was involved in a major automobile collision and it messed my back up even more than it already is. This precipitated a whole chain reaction of events that at first seemed dismal but are now starting to look up, and with the right slant the entire situation may actually be a blessing in disguise. If you've read through my other posts you'll notice I typically freak out about losing my job and sadly I'm on the verve of that really happening. With nowhere left to turn I reluctantly applied for Social Security Disability considering my entire medical history. I'm still waiting to hear back from them but I think I'm finally beginning to understand that traditional work with my laundry list of medical complications just isn't a good idea anymore and never really was. I was slightly upset to learn that CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) is considered a disabling condition on it's own and I probably SHOULD have applied for disability when I was diagnosed three years ago; it would have saved me a ton of heartache and spared me from countless infections from being exposed to the general public every day. My leukemia may be under control but it doesn't mean my immune system works right! I wish my doctor had told me all this, if he was even aware to begin with, so i didn't have to kill myself to keep a full time job going.
So with my back all jacked up and my inability to sit or stand for any length of time, I was placed on temporary disability. It's going to run out soon and my stubbornness and abject fear of losing health insurance kept me working for three months after the car crash. Thank God I was rear ended and the other driver is completely at fault. All I can say is having a good law firm behind me takes a lot of THAT stress off my shoulders. I can't really bear much more weight over here! Since I've been home for a few months I figured I couldn't just sit around doing nothing. I started playing a lot of video games to keep me occupied and it's one of the few activities I can do that doesn't cause extreme pain. I started to poke around review websites and said to myself, "I have a degree in English...I can do this!" So I did. You can read my reviews at www.alwayslategamereviews.weebly.com. They're actually pretty good and I'm quite proud of myself for getting so much content done in such a short period of time. I've also been approached by another game review website to take the position of Editor in Chief for their review section, but that's still being worked out. I've also been asked to help write the script for an independent game developer who's working on a new RPG IP. There's many exciting things happening for me that I hope really take off and being home has afforded me the opportunity to try my hand at some new things that I think I'm actually quite good at!
So I guess the message of this post is that even if things seem to be completely falling apart there may be some grains of gold mixed in there somewhere. You just have to look closely to find them; they don't jump up in your face to expose themselves. You also have to do a little bit of hard work to get anything in life and I'm glad I'm not wasting my time being home on doing nothing and crying myself to sleep every day. While I'm currently not getting paid to do any of these projects (if AdSense would go through already I might be able to make a few damn pennies to invest in making some great changes to my review website!!!) there's the real possibility of them either turning into an income source or opening the doors for paid opportunities. But as it is I'm just enjoying "working" in a capacity that isn't sending me to an early grave and I'm having quite a bit of fun in the process! If you like Always Late Game Reviews please Like, g+, and follow it's Twitter account, all of which can be accomplished on the Home page. I guess that's it for now. Feel free to drop me a line if you're a leukemia patient and need someone in the know to listen to your story. I know how lonely it can feel when otherwise healthy people try to interact with us. Sometimes they say things they don't mean or think they're doing us a favor by saying "you look great!" That's it for now. Over and out.
In 2013 I was involved in a major automobile collision and it messed my back up even more than it already is. This precipitated a whole chain reaction of events that at first seemed dismal but are now starting to look up, and with the right slant the entire situation may actually be a blessing in disguise. If you've read through my other posts you'll notice I typically freak out about losing my job and sadly I'm on the verve of that really happening. With nowhere left to turn I reluctantly applied for Social Security Disability considering my entire medical history. I'm still waiting to hear back from them but I think I'm finally beginning to understand that traditional work with my laundry list of medical complications just isn't a good idea anymore and never really was. I was slightly upset to learn that CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) is considered a disabling condition on it's own and I probably SHOULD have applied for disability when I was diagnosed three years ago; it would have saved me a ton of heartache and spared me from countless infections from being exposed to the general public every day. My leukemia may be under control but it doesn't mean my immune system works right! I wish my doctor had told me all this, if he was even aware to begin with, so i didn't have to kill myself to keep a full time job going.
So with my back all jacked up and my inability to sit or stand for any length of time, I was placed on temporary disability. It's going to run out soon and my stubbornness and abject fear of losing health insurance kept me working for three months after the car crash. Thank God I was rear ended and the other driver is completely at fault. All I can say is having a good law firm behind me takes a lot of THAT stress off my shoulders. I can't really bear much more weight over here! Since I've been home for a few months I figured I couldn't just sit around doing nothing. I started playing a lot of video games to keep me occupied and it's one of the few activities I can do that doesn't cause extreme pain. I started to poke around review websites and said to myself, "I have a degree in English...I can do this!" So I did. You can read my reviews at www.alwayslategamereviews.weebly.com. They're actually pretty good and I'm quite proud of myself for getting so much content done in such a short period of time. I've also been approached by another game review website to take the position of Editor in Chief for their review section, but that's still being worked out. I've also been asked to help write the script for an independent game developer who's working on a new RPG IP. There's many exciting things happening for me that I hope really take off and being home has afforded me the opportunity to try my hand at some new things that I think I'm actually quite good at!
So I guess the message of this post is that even if things seem to be completely falling apart there may be some grains of gold mixed in there somewhere. You just have to look closely to find them; they don't jump up in your face to expose themselves. You also have to do a little bit of hard work to get anything in life and I'm glad I'm not wasting my time being home on doing nothing and crying myself to sleep every day. While I'm currently not getting paid to do any of these projects (if AdSense would go through already I might be able to make a few damn pennies to invest in making some great changes to my review website!!!) there's the real possibility of them either turning into an income source or opening the doors for paid opportunities. But as it is I'm just enjoying "working" in a capacity that isn't sending me to an early grave and I'm having quite a bit of fun in the process! If you like Always Late Game Reviews please Like, g+, and follow it's Twitter account, all of which can be accomplished on the Home page. I guess that's it for now. Feel free to drop me a line if you're a leukemia patient and need someone in the know to listen to your story. I know how lonely it can feel when otherwise healthy people try to interact with us. Sometimes they say things they don't mean or think they're doing us a favor by saying "you look great!" That's it for now. Over and out.