November 30, 2016 (Wed)

Alas, did a bit more of the drinking thing. 

Some decent paid work, and the promise of more tomorrow.

No creative work done today.  Sounds more and more like a family curse...but I don't know how, or even if it's possible, to break it.  I feel there's a greater chance with the drinking bit. 

Let's all shudder.  And hope for tomorrow.

See you then.

November 29. 2016 (Tues)

Only a little paid work today--which I'm okay with.  Yesterday's work was exhausting.

Creative work--a little bit of painting.  Actually, more than a little bit; the sky was finally dry, so I could flip the canvas over and start working on the water. 

Did a bit of drinking--sorry, the urge was overwhelming, which is what I imagine all alcoholics say.  Will fight harder tomorrow.

See you then!

November 28, 2016 (Mon)

No creative work today, largely because there was a bunch of paid work.  Wiring and such, with lots of insulation...very exhausting.

I'm not too worried about the lack of creative progress, mostly because a) I'm not, and b) going without alcohol is worth it.

Had a bit of what I thought was worrisome news--an illness in the family.  Called, and turned out it was a minor thing.  A relief.

Anyway, see you tomorrow.

November 27, 2016 (Sun)

Another day of somewhat inexplicable exhaustion.  Not sure what's causing this, although the sudden increased desire for sugar might have something to do with it.

Anyway, nothing of importance done today, either for work or creativity's sake.

See you tomorrow.

November 26, 2016 (Sat)

Pretty much nothing done at all today...a day of rest.  Spent a lot of it sleeping.  Oh well, there are certainly worse things I could be doing...

See you tomorrow!

November 25, 2016 (Fri)

A decent chunk of paid work, though it involved ceiling insulation, which always makes me a bit ill.

Too tired to do anything creative, though I did manage some painting.

See you tomorrow.

November 24, 2016 (Thurs)

Thanksgiving Day, so no paid work. 

Actually did a bit of creative work--some painting, which ruined a pair of pants, and I actually fired up Flash, did some stuff I liked, and added it to the main project.

So other than pants, a good idea.

See you tomorrow.

November 23, 2016 (Wed)

The day before Thanksgiving, so very little paid work.  I was surprised there was any, to be honest.

No creative work.  Started a PhotoShop thing, but then my RAID enclosure started acting up (nothing serious, I think). 

I'm hoping that this latest stretch of "nothing creative done" will be over soon.

See you tomorrow.

November 22, 2016 (Tues)

Some decent paid work.  Nothing creative.  Oh, a bit of painting, but only a little.

See you tomorrow.

November 21, 2016 (Mon)

A decent, but not spectacular, amount of paid work.

A bit of painting...quite satisfying.

Not much else to report--oh!  The backup finally completed.  Felt like opening Flash, but in the end, didn't.

See you tomorrow.

November 20, 2016 (Sun)

No paid work on Sunday, and no creative work either. 

Looks like the backup may finish later tonight.  Hooray!  Then I can go in and clean up all the obvious duplicate items I saw going across...

Posting this early as I'm clearly not going to do much other than read.

See you tomorrow.

November 19, 2016 (Sat)

No paid work today, and no creative work either

Backup is still running; the good news is, it's past the half-way point.  After two days plus.

So, my prediction is that there won't be any creative work tomorrow either.

See you then.

November 18, 2016 (Fri)

Only a little paid work.  No creative work. 

I thought about creative work, but because the backup is still running (and will be for several days it looks like), I didn't want to corrupt the process by opening any files.  This is kind of driving me crazy.

Oh well.  See you tomorrow.

November 17, 2016 (Thurs)

Some paid work.  No creative work.

My backup drive broke, so the computer has been involved in recreating the backup from scratch on a new drive.  This is going to take quite some time.  It already has, in fact.

See you tomorrow.

November 16, 2016 (Wed)

A pretty disappointing day all around.

Basically no paid work--though I was able to settle the (current) bills.

No creative work--none to speak of--done today.

Still kind of bummed out over the death of my cat.

Not sure how long that will last--and neither she nor I want to turn that into an excuse.

See you tomorrow.

November 15, 2016 (Tues)

A little bit of paid work.  A very nice paycheck.  Hope it can do what I need it to do.  FMS.

No creative work today. 

See you tomorrow.

November 14, 2016 (Mon)

Some decent work hours today.

I also did some painting...and some work in Flash, which was fun.

Today, I took my cat to the crematorium.  A sad note.  I should mention that today was the 16th anniversary of the day I adopted her.  Farewell, friend and companion.  You will be truly missed. 

As for you, dear reader:  see you tomorrow.

November 13, 2016 (Sun)

Well, today's ability to do either paid or creative work is overshadowed by one momentous event.

My cat died sometime this morning.

For people who aren't cat people, this probably seems silly.  People who are cat people know that this can be pretty devastating.

She'd been ill for the past week, and it was clear she was going to go soon.  Still, it's always a surprise, and it's never a good one.

It's still early in the day, so I may update this if I end up doing anything of note.

Update: Nope.

November 12, 2016 (Sat)

Confession:  I drank too much Friday night, hence Saturday was not productive at all

Did some PhotoShop work, and tried more organization on my external drive, and that was it.

See you tomorrow.

November 11, 2016 (Fri)

Large amount of paid work, which left me pretty exhausted.

Only a little creative work--some PhotoShop stuff.

That's it for today.

November 10, 2016 (Thur)

A decent amount of paid work. 

Only a little bit of creative work--some painting.

That's about it for today!  See you tomorrow.

November 9, 2016 (Wed)

Some scattered paid work, not bad but could have been better.

No creative work today.  Still kind of floating on yesterday's election results, plus some residual exhaustion.

See you tomorrow.

November 8, 2016 (Tues)

Some nice paid work, though rather scattered and somewhat tedious--put me to sleep, it did.  Still, I would gladly do more.

A bit of creative work, some testing of various techniques in animating fire--although, in my desire to avoid frame-by-frame work, I seem to be trying various frame-by-frame techniques.  Still, it seems less tedious the way I do it.

No idea what will hit us all tomorrow.  Let's hope for the best.  In the meantime, see you then.

November 7, 2016 (Mon)

Not a bad day.  A decent amount of paid work, and some long-standing issues resolved.

A bit of painting.  And some inventory-work.

All in all, as stated, not a bad day.

See you tomorrow.

November 6, 2016 (Sun)

Rather a bunch of work in Flash today--more fire animation, and then actually adding the animation to the main project and finally extending the soundtrack with all the laughing, etc.

I felt...anxious, while working in Flash.  Not sure why.  Could be that I'm forcing myself, but I didn't feel that the work was forced or artificial.  (It was kind of fun, actually.)   Maybe it's just that I wasn't doing work for so long, and it's no longer natural.  Guess we'll see how it goes over the next few days.

No paid work, of course.  Still tired much of the time.

Anyway, see you tomorrow.

November 5, 2016 (Sat)

Not much paid work, but I wasn't really expecting on a Saturday anyway.

I actually opened up Flash, opened up the latest "Fire" animation, and animated it!  Woo hoo, go me.

I did it all pretty quickly, but I feel satisfied with it.  I was dreading doing it, because the idea of working on this endless project is getting to be tiresome.  But it got done!

Yay, see you tomorrow.

November 4, 2016 (Fri)

A little paid work, better than yesterday.  Lots of driving.

No creative work today.  Very tired most of the day.  Part of getting older. 

Speaking of getting older, see you tomorrow.

November 3, 2016 (Thurs)

A bit of paid work today.  Not much, but better than yesterday.

Got the muffler replaced on the car, so it should finally be in decent shape.

No creative work today.  I just didn't have the energy.  Some days are like that.

See you tomorrow.

November 2, 2016 (Wed)

I actually did a bit of painting last night.  Well, I took a canvas that wasn't working, and covered it in raw umber.  So, not really painting but at least a start.

I also opened up Flash and did a bit of prep work for another "fire" effect.  Not much, just planes of color, but it's better than nothing.

Very little paid work, which is starting to worry me.

Ah well.  See you tomorrow.

November 1, 2016 (Tues)

Very little paid work today.  Argh, I don't want to start that again!

A tiny, tiny bit of creative work.  Opened up Flash and prepares some stuff for another fire animation.  I felt a bit uncomfortable, being away for so long, so I didn't do anything much with it, and closed it down quickly.  I hope I remember how to do what I did before!

Watched a documentary on Max Ernst.  Made me want to paint again.  Now that's probably a bad idea!

Anyway, could have been a worse day, I suppose.  See you tomorrow.