mello yello trillo

Ahhh lovely sleep. Sleepy sleepy sleep. I set the alarm, but I still relaxed in bed.

Got up. Had some oatmeal. Talked with the art director for the thingy I'm working on. Watched Miranda. Watched Work of Art and Project Accessory. Worked on portraits. Helped haul wood up. A nice Friday.

Tomorrow we get a Christmas tree!

Todays Portrait Is: Tom Hiddleston.

moist plinth

Last day! Well not really the last. My final exam for Film Directing is on Monday. But done with classes and stuff. Ma made me a poached egg on toast with melted cheese.

In class, we got through about half the scene presentations. I sat in the back and drew and didn't present. Some people really needed to learn how to be succinct. Some talked too much about this and that. Probably nerves. After class I put my class files onto a thumb drive and went home.

At 8pm I managed to meet a deadline. Whoo! I'll have my first business type call tomorrow. That is exciting! I'm not sure how much I can talk about what I am doing, so I'll err on the side of caution and keep it mum.

Watched Miranda as a reward. Damn it is late. I ate a bunch of candy as well.

I'm done with schooooool. Pretty much done. Time to chill.

Also COMMUNITY WAS HILARIOUS!

Todays Portrait Is: Tilda Swinton.

Miranda is so Hilarious, Ma you need to watch this

Hurray! The last day of Flash class. Boo the last day of the good Illustrator class. Got up and all that. Showed ma and pa some videos on youtube and was almost late to class. But not late. Right on time. Go me.

In Illustrator we went over our projects and showed what we did with this and that. Lots of good projects and some cluttered ones. But it is hard to fit all the requirements into one piece. Had some time left over, so I doodled about on the Internet. In Flash, we had a delayed start while everyone got their stuff in. It was more important for the teacher to see that we hit all the bases than to get a critique of what we did in the class. Just as well, didn't want to hang around that long for it all. Everything went well. I tried to find the film people but had no luck, so I went home.

Worked on my film stuff. Ate some food and watched Miranda and Lost Girl. And then worked some more. And took another break. And finished up! It isn't that large of a scene, but it took a lot of work anyhoo.

Yay I get to sleep in tomorrow a bit. Then work hard on a deadline. Then this weekend I'll tidy stuff up probably.

Todays Portrait Is: Tom Lenk.

museum of curiosity is funny

Sleep in day! I slept in! All the air outside of the warmth of my bed was cold. Makes it not fun to go through. But soon I'll be able to sleep sleep sleep.

Did my internet rounds real quick like. Grabbed some cheerios and tea.

Ohhh there was chocolate on the stairs when I woke up!! Yaaay for California goodies.

Back in my car, but that isn't so bad. It goes vroom a lot better than the Prius. Soon I won't have to drive at all. Actually, I think I only have about three more trips into Olympic College that I have to do. That is nice. Won't have to pay for gassssoline. But I still want to earn some money. My friend Terry is doing another Kickstarter, so I want to donate to that.

Anyway, class was good. Learned about how to stage things for emotional impact and all that. Decided to coin the phrase "removing Dale's hat" for that moment in adaptations when you give up the hope that it will be faithful and accept it is what it is. I don't know how well it will catch on, but here is hoping.

After class, I starved in the computer lab and GOT STUFF DONE. Whooo. Got my Flash stuff done. Might be missing this and that but it is hard to care. Not the most impressive thing I've done, but like I said, whatever. Last class tomorrow too! Whoo!

Illustrator still has a couple things that need doing, but I'll do them. I have plenty of time. Well plenty of time to do what needs to be done. Still have other stuff I haven't worked on.

Got some McDonald's on the way home. It was good though all that junk food on an empty stomach wasn't a good idea. Got home at around 8:40. Raising Hope was HILARIOUS AND AWESOME.

Now I must get to sleep and get up and finish my last day of Illustrator and Flash. Yippee! And then do some video club stuff and then the stuff for Film Directing and that other thing. Late night tomorrow. Whoo.

Todays Portrait Is: Danny Strong.

last few days

Yaaay back to it. I just realized that tomorrow I have to finish all my Illustrator and Flash stuff. Then it is all done. Whoo! Yaaay!

I am nearly done assembling all the pieces for my Illustrator final. Probably just need another hours worth of work. That is pretty awesome. Have some extra stuff to finish as well.

In Flash I got all my stuff to work on the guides and it is coming together nicely. Still not the most impressive piece of animation. Each one seems like it needs an extra oompf, but that is the art student wanting to break free but not knowing how, what with the limitations of the classroom. But I have all the specs accomplished, so that is good. Just need to finesse it.

Got home and relaxed and watched stuff and read a bit and figured out my scene for my Film Directing final (we have to do a scene mockup). I'm a bit behind, but I'm not worried.

I cleaned up. Did the dishes. Let the dog in for a bit. Got the mail. Ate some microwave wood. Go me.

At 9:40 I left to pick up ma and pa. They didn't look like they enjoyed being back in the cold land of Washington. I didn't mind being left alone for 10 days. Not that lonely. Had stuff to work on. Stuff to watch. Junk food to consume.

Now to get this week finished.

Todays Portrait Is: Adam Busch.

Craig Parkinson as Shaun

Craig Parkinson as Shaun from Misfits

3" x 2.5"

Watercolor

finals week is actually the week before finals

Got up nice and groggy at 10am. Which was too late as Holly had pooped and peed. DAMN! Had such a good track record. So I put her outside and out she remains tonight and tomorrow. She was very very pushy about trying to be let back in the house. She needs to learn some manners about being in and out. She can't just barge right in. Bad doggie. Though it is my fault she wasn't let out often enough (though she needs to take the hint to use the bathroom when she is put outside). So I cleaned that up. Fun morning.

Ate some oatmeal, drank some tea, went to school for a few hours and listened to Cabin Pressure and worked on finals. Got some good things done. A bit behind when it comes to the animation, but I'll just stay late at school tomorrow and the day after and get it sorted. I've almost ticked off all the requirements for the final project, so whatever. I've learned (through other tutorials) what I sort of need to learn. It is hard to really care.

Got some Jack in the Box on the way home. It is tasty up until the last couple bites, then it gets to be a bit much.

Did my laundry. Did FOUR portraits! Watched Misfits (SO GOOD) and Dexter (yeah, saw that twist coming). Tomorrow I shall work on stuff some more. And clean up the house (it isn't that messy, there are just a lot of cans and dishes). And work on Film Directing final. Oh and this other thing that I'm not sure if I can or can't talk about.

Final week of school! Yay! Plus one day next week for Film Directing exam taking.

Todays Portrait Is: Emma Caulfield.

time and all that jazz

I forget what I was supposed to do today. Work on finals? Well I didn't do a lot of that. Sort of did. Didn't really.

Slept in. Put Holly out at about 9ish. Let her back in 1ish. I tried to cuddle with her but she was rather smelly, as it was raining and she got wet. I didn't take her for a walk, as, again, it was raining.

Stayed inside. Made myself a nice sandwich for lunch. Drank some tea. Watched some stuff on the Internet. Time went by slowly. And then really quickly. It does that.

Today's Portrait Is: Eliza Dushku.