General Update
It is interesting that for the last five years I have been infatuated with the idea of looking at the lives of my idols and trying to figure out their secret. I have explored the biographies of what must be close to a hundred individuals in a variety of fields but mostly individuals in comedy, film, magic, and animation. What I learn from these studies is that I am statistically less likely to figure out what area/niche I will excel in or become famous for as I get older.
Woody Allen, George Lucas, Houdini, Walt Disney, etc. all knew what they wanted to do by the age of 20 and focused their lives around those ambitions. Some even as young as 16 (Woody Allen & Houdini) were already working in the field they later became famous in. That leaves
My computer battery no longer works for my laptop. This means if the plug comes loose, I lose everything I didn’t save.
I just put in an hour of working on my animation and the computer lost power due to me doing something unimportant… So unimportant I can’t remember what it was.
Maybe I was reaching for my calendar to see what I had to do today! I feel complete rage. Thinking of the things I have to redo from that hour of work.
What I lose wasn’t animation, it was breaking down assets in flash to be smaller and to reuse items, which is really boring. Man I don’t know if I should jump back into working on what I was doing or just do it later….. I think I better just get back to what I was doing that way later I won’t be confused when I think I already did it and forgot I lost it due to my own incompetence.
Working on projects during 3rd shift sucks!
How do I find what I want to write about? What should I be writing about? I have been working today and just getting some small things done. I have been working on putting videos together for YouTube, did some dishes, and a little cleaning up of my office. I found a few bills that I did not know were past due and sent most of those people a check.
I am going to go back to working on life videos.
I just did.
I wrote this while creating Hillary Adventures. I did not have my blog up at the time, so I planned on adding it later
It was originally written August 10, 2009.
This morning, I attempted to teach Leah flash. It didn’t go over so well. It is a very confusing program with a lot going on. I think the problem was that I started teaching her the tools that she already knows in illustrator, but they do some things differently in flash. Also, working with symbols is a confusing concept and I have yet to master it myself. This made teaching it even more difficult.
I am hoping to find a few tutorial videos at youtube.com. If I find any, I will let you know. It is already 10:15 AM and I have not finished very much of anything. The current plan for the morning is to re-plan the schedule for this project, organize my office (it is currently cluttered and unorganized), and pick up my cat from my brothers.
For those of you that are wondering, I do not just leave my cat at my brothers randomly. Leah and I just returned from a vacation on Madeline Island. It was our one year anniversary. It was a happy celebration, with us visiting my father-in-law and that side of the family. It is sad to think I started working on this project over a year ago and have not even finished animating the first chapter yet…. At least something is getting done now.
