Updates from outside of reality

I'm so lame, I haven't updated in forever. That's what happens when I start to get my groove on with HitRECord stuff.

So what I've been up to lately is recording this huge, ridiculous dissertation in response to a qustion Joe asked me about a poem I wrote, which was about the similarities between Chinese creation myth and real science. He asked for a clarification of a few terms in Chinese. Predictably, I'm running off with it like it's a thesis. :/ I hope he doesn't regret asking.

So I've been doing that, and as part of it, I had to learn to animate. I kind of suck at it, but, here's a bit of animation I did for the project. It's a process, okay? ^_^

I'm just mostly flaily and squeeful because he said "more dope rhymes," hehe. I can do that! :D At least I hope I can.

So that's how HitRECord regularly eats my life. I sometimes ask myself why I endeavor these things, when really it takes up so much of my "free" time. But, "free" time? WTF does that even mean? If I wasn't creating some self-indulgent thing, I'd be looking at other people's art, or reading, or writing. Learning how to animate, even if it comes to nothing, is still a worthy endeavor. It's creation, which to me is never about the final result. Well, okay, sometimes it is. Writing, eventually is about the final result. But when I'm in the process of writing, of creating something new, I'm not often thinking, "How can I make this rule?" I'm mostly just thinking, "this is fun."

It was the same with animating that sequence, and with editing the film. There's really no reason to do it other than that it's fun. It's a good way for me to spend my time. It's meditative and enjoyable. Though occasionally tedious, as last night when FCE randomly erased SIX HOURS OF WORK and then Corel Painter, not to be outdone, also randomly deleted FIVE HOURS OF ANIMATING. Really. Two different programs, two different glitches. I about blew a frigging gasket. EFF those two programs, eff them in the face with a jackhammer. But yeah. Aside from that.

Got one more rejection from an agent I decided to give a whirl. And still waiting on feedback from the one I mentioned last time. I still have a list of agents I haven't tried yet. THAT'S PLENTY OF CAKE. ^_^

Also waiting, still, on my test results for my state boards. Results are about four weeks away now, and TBH, I am starting to feel nervous. I put the test out of my mind for the most part, but then once in a while it will occur to me and I feel squirmy about it.

Work is decent. My boss tells me they're going to make me "elite status." Which is very gratifying. Also, some job opportunities on the massage business end. Actually, a lot of those, and some of them sound really, really nice. I totally understand that there's going to be some reality to this, and it's not going to be all sunshine and giving massages to awesome people who like me, and huge paychecks and tips etc. I mean, that's a total fantasy, but it'll probably fall short of that. However I still feel confident that I'm going to find my niche.

Haku is still going to physical therapy. He's making some progress but his leg still isn't what it used to be. He is still hobbling on three legs. I just want to see him run again. I really hope that when this befrigged permafrost becomes less perma, he'll actually want to run, or at least jog, and he'll figure out "Oh yeah, right, I need the 4th leg for that." Though hopefully it will happen even before then.

Oh! I think I figured out what was up with Fox, my woodthrush who was having seizures. Well, I put a little thought into it and came up with the fact that he's a migrating bird, and by now he would be somewhere down south. But he missed his migration, obviously, and he's inside a house in the winter, getting very little sun. So I thought, maybe vitamin D? I supplemented him with extra vitamins. I haven't seen any seizures since then. (*Knock on wood.*) Keep your fingers crossed for him because I would love to release him in the spring!

In Kung Fu we stopped doing broad sword and started trapping and push-hands. The Gold Dragon returned to class, which is awesome. Lady Chrysanthemum is coming back from her trip on Tuesday. Homeslice has been coming around again, too. Te Ji Nan and Empress are obviously there. Maximus is away on a modeling job. O_O But he'll be back next week. If we had SnarkLit back from college, it'd be like the old gang. :D

Umm. It's like ten effing degrees here with gale force winds.

SPRING TIME PLEASE THANKS.

Okay. Back to editing!

Updates from outside of reality

I'm so lame, I haven't updated in forever. That's what happens when I start to get my groove on with HitRECord stuff.

So what I've been up to lately is recording this huge, ridiculous dissertation in response to a qustion Joe asked me about a poem I wrote, which was about the similarities between Chinese creation myth and real science. He asked for a clarification of a few terms in Chinese. Predictably, I'm running off with it like it's a thesis. :/ I hope he doesn't regret asking.

So I've been doing that, and as part of it, I had to learn to animate. I kind of suck at it, but, here's a bit of animation I did for the project. It's a process, okay? ^_^

I'm just mostly flaily and squeeful because he said "more dope rhymes," hehe. I can do that! :D At least I hope I can.

So that's how HitRECord regularly eats my life. I sometimes ask myself why I endeavor these things, when really it takes up so much of my "free" time. But, "free" time? WTF does that even mean? If I wasn't creating some self-indulgent thing, I'd be looking at other people's art, or reading, or writing. Learning how to animate, even if it comes to nothing, is still a worthy endeavor. It's creation, which to me is never about the final result. Well, okay, sometimes it is. Writing, eventually is about the final result. But when I'm in the process of writing, of creating something new, I'm not often thinking, "How can I make this rule?" I'm mostly just thinking, "this is fun."

It was the same with animating that sequence, and with editing the film. There's really no reason to do it other than that it's fun. It's a good way for me to spend my time. It's meditative and enjoyable. Though occasionally tedious, as last night when FCE randomly erased SIX HOURS OF WORK and then Corel Painter, not to be outdone, also randomly deleted FIVE HOURS OF ANIMATING. Really. Two different programs, two different glitches. I about blew a frigging gasket. EFF those two programs, eff them in the face with a jackhammer. But yeah. Aside from that.

Got one more rejection from an agent I decided to give a whirl. And still waiting on feedback from the one I mentioned last time. I still have a list of agents I haven't tried yet. THAT'S PLENTY OF CAKE. ^_^

Also waiting, still, on my test results for my state boards. Results are about four weeks away now, and TBH, I am starting to feel nervous. I put the test out of my mind for the most part, but then once in a while it will occur to me and I feel squirmy about it.

Work is decent. My boss tells me they're going to make me "elite status." Which is very gratifying. Also, some job opportunities on the massage business end. Actually, a lot of those, and some of them sound really, really nice. I totally understand that there's going to be some reality to this, and it's not going to be all sunshine and giving massages to awesome people who like me, and huge paychecks and tips etc. I mean, that's a total fantasy, but it'll probably fall short of that. However I still feel confident that I'm going to find my niche.

Haku is still going to physical therapy. He's making some progress but his leg still isn't what it used to be. He is still hobbling on three legs. I just want to see him run again. I really hope that when this befrigged permafrost becomes less perma, he'll actually want to run, or at least jog, and he'll figure out "Oh yeah, right, I need the 4th leg for that." Though hopefully it will happen even before then.

Oh! I think I figured out what was up with Fox, my woodthrush who was having seizures. Well, I put a little thought into it and came up with the fact that he's a migrating bird, and by now he would be somewhere down south. But he missed his migration, obviously, and he's inside a house in the winter, getting very little sun. So I thought, maybe vitamin D? I supplemented him with extra vitamins. I haven't seen any seizures since then. (*Knock on wood.*) Keep your fingers crossed for him because I would love to release him in the spring!

In Kung Fu we stopped doing broad sword and started trapping and push-hands. The Gold Dragon returned to class, which is awesome. Lady Chrysanthemum is coming back from her trip on Tuesday. Homeslice has been coming around again, too. Te Ji Nan and Empress are obviously there. Maximus is away on a modeling job. O_O But he'll be back next week. If we had SnarkLit back from college, it'd be like the old gang. :D

Umm. It's like ten effing degrees here with gale force winds.

SPRING TIME PLEASE THANKS.

Okay. Back to editing!