the bad news: Merideo Incorporated, my employer, the place that gave roots and a love for my job, is no more. the good news: i start work for Netscape on Monday.

it had been tenative for the past few months. people had quit, money wasn't exactly rolling in, and production definitely wasn't running smoothly. but we were on the precipice of major change. a four-month-plus project to develop an awesome business plan had just completed. new hires in key places were just about to be made. i was making myself into some sort of art director cum new media producer.

then BAM! our sole investor, who had previously promised us funding through June, told the president that he was cancelling funding at the end of April, forcing us to close our doors.

and it really couldn't have come at a worse time. a few months earlier, before we had started reorganization work, we would have accepted the loss and moved on. a few months later, we might have been a huge success. and even if we didn't make it work, we would have felt the chance to try was given to us.

there isn't much reason to grumble and certainly no one to blame. it really is a death; a few of us cry, a few of us shoot fire and blame at anyone in our path, and, in the end, we realize there is nothing to be done but grieve and move on.

so i start work at a relatively famous company, with a fun work environment, getting paid barrels of money to do things i could do in my sleep. it's hardly a situation to bemoan. yet, it lacks that personality and intimacy that Merideo Incorporated, my brilliant and oft quirky coworkers, and my little job as Senior Designer provided.

logitistics: i will be working as a contractor for Netscape and, should a formidible opportunity arise, can leave at any time. have any job for me that pays tons of money and helps me to feel alive? see my resume and contact me.