Dec 31, 2017 Sun)

Drinking - yep.

Paid work - No.  Sunday.
Creative work  - good painting.

See you in the new year

Dec 30, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - doing a year-end backup, but otherwise no.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 29, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yup.

Paid work - another full day, the last until Wednesday.

Creative work - nothing, though I'm getting some ideas.  The Project is just stopping everything.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 28, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - a bit of painting. But more worrying, stagnance on The Project.
I fear I have lost the thread.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 27, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - nothing.

See you later.

Dec 26, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - government holiday, so no.

Creative work - a bit of painting, some conceptualizing.  Nothing much.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 25, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  Heck it's Christmas.

Paid work - state holiday, so no.

Creative work - nothing much.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 24, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - it's Sunday, so no.

Creative work - a bit of a lot on The Project.  Getting closer.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 23, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - it's Saturday, so this will be the story until...ouch..next Wednesday.

Creative work - some PhotoShop stuff on the Project, and some actual photography done as well.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 22, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - nothing really.

See you later.

Dec 21, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.  Some frustrating, some not.

Creative work - some minor stuff on The Project.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 20, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.  More than that.  But, yeah.

Creative work - some actual work on the project!  Yay, etc.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 19, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Too tired after last night's ordeal!

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - nothing.  Again, too tired.  The carbon monoxide alarm went off at 3 AM and would not stop until I called the 24 hour maintenance line.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 18. 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - nothing.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 17, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - no.

See you later today.

Dec 16, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - none.

See you later today.

Dec 15, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - not really.  A glass or two of champagne, but no drunkenness.

Paid work - yes, a full day.

Creative work - no.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 14, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - finished the painting, which required only a little work.

See you soon.

Dec 13, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  I managed to hold it back.

Paid work - a full day, very wearying.

Creative work - nothing.  Need to get back on track, somehow.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 12, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Sorely tempted, but no.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - some good painting, and finishing up a brief Project scene.  Trying to get that back on track, not an easy thing.  Interesting that this is the first creative stuff I can recall that wasn't bookended by drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 11, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  Not sure why not, but I didn't.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - nothing. 

See you tomorrow.

Dec 10, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - it's Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some painting.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 9, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no, it's Saturday in the new world.

Creative work - not much.  A bit of painting.  Some tile-sliding on the Project.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 8, 2917 (Fri)

Drinking - yeah, why not.

Paid work - most of the day, the rest cancelled due to snow.

Creative work - some painting and some conceptualizing.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 7, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - a full exhausting day.  Also, felt sick.

Creative work - nothing, mostly tired and too ill.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 6th, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - full day.  Tiring.

Creative work - some painting.  Good painting, too.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 5, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - nope.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 4, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes, but a bit less than usual.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - some very good painting work.  Very happy with it.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 3, 2017, (Sun)

Drinking -yes

Paid work - none.

Creative work - none.

See you tomorrow

Dec 2, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - no.  Yeah, I don't think it will last either, but I'm liking it now.

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - Uploaded Part One.  Hope it will motivate me to continue on the Project.  Also did some painting.  I'm enjoying it.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 1, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - no.  Very tempted but didn't.

Paid work - a full day.  Various folks helping with rides.

Creative work - nothing really.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 30, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none.  Car is in the shop.  Very distressing.

Creative work - a bit of painting.

See you soon.

Nov 29, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid Work - a full day.

Creative work - maybe a bit of painting, it's hard to remember.

See you soon.

Nov 28, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a full day.

Creative work - some painting, not much else.

See you later today.

Nov 27, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a good solid day.

Creative work - a lot of good painting.  A good day, therefor.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 26, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no, but tomorrow...

Creative work - some painting.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 25, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes

Paid work - no

Creative work - a bit of painting.

See you later today.

Nov 24, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - it's still more holiday, so no.

Creative work - some Flash work, a bit of painting.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 23, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none.  State holiday.

Creative work - viewing Project stuff, in hopes of continuing.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 22, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  Surprised me, too, being a day before a holiday.

Paid work - full day, the last until Monday.

Creative work - a bit of painting.  Some silly PS stuff.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 21, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - another full day.

Creative work - some painting.

See you in a minute.

Nov 20,m2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - another full day.

Creative work - some painting, not much else.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 19, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - not on Sunday. 

Creative work - some painting, some silly PhotoShop stuff.  Online backup finally finished, so we may do some Flash stuff tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 18, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - some painting.

See you later today.

Nov 17, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - no.  I thought about it, was pretty sure I was going to do it, but didn't. 

Paid work - another full day.  This is pretty exhausting.

Creative work - nothing; too tired, as noted above.  Also, waiting for the cloud backup to get closer to "done."

See you tomorrow.

Nov 16, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - another full day.  Gets to be tiring, but good nonetheless.

Creative work - nothing.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 15, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes, but less than usual.

Paid work - another full day.

Creative work - some more painting, more piano lessons. I'm still waiting for the online backup to complete to do any computer work.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 14, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - another full day.  Pretty exhausting but worth it.

Creative work - since the computer crash, it's on probation, but I did do some painting.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 13, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - first day on the job, a good seven hours.

Creative work - major computer crash, so no.

See you later.

Nov 12, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - several hours worth.  Very good.

Creative work - none, no time.

See you Monday.

Nov 11, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - it's Saturday, so no.  Yes tomorrow.

Creative work - some stuff on The Project.

See you tomorrow.

Nove 10, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  Originally hoped for NO but, yeah, me.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some fill-in stuff for the Project.  Photography and videography, too.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 9, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some sound work.

See you soon

Nov 8, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  What is scary is that I didn't want to.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - nothing, not even photographs.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 7, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some work on the Project.

See you later today.

Nov 6, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some work on the Project.

See you later today.

Nov 5, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  It seems to be because I am bored and see no way into interesting things.

Paid work - submitted unemployment stuff, they say I will be paid this week.

Creative work - redid the buttons I spend time on this weekend, because I hated them.  I redid them quickly, then animated the result.  Tried more animation but it didn't work, so I deleted it.  More tomorrow I'm sure.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 4, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - nothing much, work on some artwork for the Project.  As before, just not feeling it.

See you later today.

Nov 3, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes, damn it.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - nothing.  I'm not feeling the ideas coming in. 

See you later today.

Nov 2, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Can you blame me?

Paid work - thank you, best friend, for completing my new hire.  So, not really, but a couple of weeks from now...

Creative work - tweaked the "suprized" bit and rendered it, and did some work on "switches on and off" to further the Project.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 1, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  Was bound to happen.

Paid work - no.  Checking out the requirements for the new job.  Looking forward to it!

Creative work - I put all the "mystery panels" scenes into an order.  Now I need to merge some layers, somehow.  So, some good stuff.

See you later today.

Oct 31 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Still have all the beer I bought Sunday.  Amazing.

Paid work - no...but I got a job offer.  Drug testing tomorrow.  (Another reason not to drink.)

Creative work - some.  Some fill-in animation, which is moving the Project nicely.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 30, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - made some artwork for a Project insert scene.  Tried to animated it, but I didn't like the results.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 29, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  There's actually alcohol in the refrigerator, too.  I was surprised.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - nothing really, some planning but no concrete work.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 28. 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes

Paid work - some phone calls. 

Creative work - actual work on The Project--some good progress.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 27, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - photography, videography, in other words, nothing much.

See you soon.

Oct 26, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.  More phone calls, and an interview set up.

Creative work - some progress with Maya, with some baffling things.

See you later today.

Oct 25, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.  Some calls.

Creative work - still trying to work with Maya.

See you later today.

Oct 24, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes, it was inevitable.

Paid work - no, some interviews

Creative work - more Maya stuff, as well as some photo/video stuff earlier.

See you tomorrow

Oct 23, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - none, signed up for UI.

Creative work - did some more work with Maya.  After all those courses, I still have a lot to learn.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 22, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  That's three days in a row, and a whole weekend.  Will it last?

Paid work - no.

Creative work - shot some video, and did my first Maya animation.  It was terrible, but it's a start!

See you tomorrow.

Oct 21, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - no.  I think I might have realized that it doesn't help at all.  Who knows?

Paid work - no.

Creative work - shot some video, took some classes.  In other words, nothing much.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 20, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - no.  I really have to get a handle on this, money is tight.

Paid work - a good interview.

Creative work - some video.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 19, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some photography.  Nothing much.

See you shortly.

Oct 18, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.  Worrisome.

Creative work - some photography, looking at paint, but otherwise no.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 17, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  Almost didn't, but see the bit about horseshoes and hand-grenades.

Paid work - yes as well.  Did some stuff for a former client, got a nice check.  Won't help me after November 1st, but maybe that's not a problem.

Creative work - a small bit of painting, and a lot of online course watching.  Quit Lynda, as I won't be able to afford that in due course.

Suicide is looking like the best career path, honestly.

See you tomorrow, unless my luck improves.

Oct 16, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.  A couple of interviews. (Laughing)

Creative work - tried to push Part One into render, found issues, then more issues...got it sorted, eventually.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 15, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - shot some more video, did some recording, tried to tweak the current animation.  So, some.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 14, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - shot some video for a possible idea.

See you later today.

Oct 13, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - $75 worth, so yes.

Creative work - nothing much.

See you later today.

Oct 12, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none, but some good interviews.

Creative work - messing around with Maya, and some conceptual thinking.  Plus a bit of painting.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 11, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes, but to be fair, less than usual.

Paid work - nothing.

Creative work - some conceptualizing, which will mean more work, and an attempt at using Maya.  I understand a bit about it, but need more understanding. 

See you tomorrow.

Oct 10, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  Yeah, that is disappointing.  But it is what is.

Paid work - a good phone interview, with a follow-up on Thursday.  Got the last paycheck.  Not great, but not bad.

Creative work - some fixing of minor bits of the Project.  Hope to do more if tomorrow comes.

See you then.

Oct 9, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  You read that right; let that sink in awhile.  No promises for tomorrow though.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - finally got what I considered good audio for the Project and added the new version to the overall file.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 8, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - trying to fix the audio on the Project.

See you later today.

Oct 7, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some audio work on The Project, mostly unsatisfactory.

See you tomorrow, unless I have a lot of good luck.

Oct 6, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - nothing, but a couple of good interviews.

Creative work - actually quite a lot on Part 1 of The Project.  To the point where I just want to replace those "original' noises and I'd be done.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 5, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes. 

Paid work - none during this time.  Some good interviews.

Creative work - nothing really.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 4, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yeah. 

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some painting, some work on sound for The Project.  Satisfactory, though I wish I could spend more time on it, rather than despairing.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 3, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes,  I thought this was supposed to kill you.   More lies.

Paid work - no

Creative work - a bit of painting,  some recording...not much but some.

See you tomorrow

Oct 2, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking  - yes

Paid work  - no

Creative work - no

Let me die tonight

Oct 1, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yep.  Why not?  Well, I could list a dozen reasons, but why bother.

Paid work - not likely to be populated any time soon.

Creative work - quite a bit.  Did some painting, a bunch of work on The Project--seems like just details, but it made stuff work well.  To the point where Part One is basically done, aside from some audio re-dos.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 30, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yup.

Paid work - none. No more, the paid work.

Creative work - a bit, nothing much.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 29, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yeah.  Why not.

Paid work - actually quite a bit, good for a last day.

Creative work - some painting, some work on the Project, in Flash, PhotoShop and Vegas.  Not bad.  Getting the details right.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 28, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a lot.

Creative work - a little bit, tightening up, tuning.

See you later today.

Sept 27, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  I really would like that to be my epitaph.

Paid work - quite a bit, mostly depressing and discouraging.  But oh well.

Creative work - nothing, no time for it today. 

See you tomorrow.

Sept 26, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  Remember those optimistic days?  Seems quaint now.

Paid work - some.  Not terrible.  Better than yesterday.  Still not good.

Creative work - more painting, and more work on the Project.  So, that's good, right?  Decent epitaph?

See you tomorrow, unless luck turns my way.  Spoiler alert:  it won't.

Sept 25, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  Why not, at this stage.

Paid work - a couple of hours and a lot of sympathy.

Creative work - did some more painting, and assembled more of The Project.  Looked at what I did for the second, and thought it needed improvement, but didn't.  Nice to be painting, but I need to not neglect other stuff.  Oh!  and went through several Lynda courses in Maya, not very helpful.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 24, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yup.

Paid work - none.  It's Sunday.  Not that that helps.

Creative work - some painting, believe it or not.  Some critical re-evaluation of previous Flash stuff.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 23, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes. 

Paid work - not really.  Some follow up stuff about backups.

Creative work - some interim stuff.  Not bad.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 22. 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - of course.

Paid work - a decent amount.

Creative work - some.  Not much, but some.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 21, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - of course.

Paid work - some.  Mostly non-helpful.  But there you are.

Creative work - nothing really, looked at the stuff from yesterday and formulated some ideas.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 20. 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  Can't fight the feeling.

Paid work - quite a lot.  Good thing too.

Creative work - some nice work on once scene.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 19, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes, damn it all.  Maybe I need it.

Paid work - almost nothing.  Better than nothing, but not much.  Applied for a couple of new positions.

Creative work - a surprising amount.  A couple of nice bridging sequences.  I don't understand.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 18, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes, damn it all.

Paid work - less than I'd like, but okay.  Sent out a couple of resumes.

Creative work - a bit, tying some things together.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 17, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  Uh oh.

Paid work - Sunday, so nothing really.

Creative work - some clean-up and additionals, nothing major but satisfying.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 16, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes, but again like yesterday, because I wanted to.  We'll all panic tomorrow if the pattern continues.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - more consolidation.  Things moving along.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 15, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking  - yes, but I don't feel bad about it.  Strangely, I'm okay with it, one or two nights.

Paid work - a lot, though you wouldn't think so from the latest paycheck.

Creative work - moving things together.  Decent, not great, but decent.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 14, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  I was very tempted but managed to combat it.

Paid work - a decent chunk.  Nothing great but not bad.

Creative work - a nice bit of work, not much but it works.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 13, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  Fourth day.

Paid work - a bunch in the morning, very tiring.

Creative work - just a little.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 12, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Bit of an urge, but it wasn't hard to conquer.

Paid work - quite a lot, really.

Creative work - some; I redid what I did last night using knowledge I'd forgotten and am much happier with it. 

See you tomorrow.

Sept 11, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  This is encouraging.

Paid work - more than I expected.

Creative work - more work on the Project, some of it a bit frustrating.  I am running up against the limitations of Flash.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 10, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  Thank goodness.  Let's hope this lasts more than one day.

Paid work - no, not really.

Creative work - some work on the Project, bringing it forward ever so slowly. 

See you tomorrow.

Sept 9, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - system maintenance stuff.

Creative work - some photos, some planning, but otherwise nothing much.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 8, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  How sad are the days when I thought I could retire this heading.

Paid work - a LOT.  WOW, a lot.

Creative work - not much, some detail work, but better than nothing.

See you later today.

Sept 7, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - actually more than I expected.

Creative work - just a little, but enough.

See you shortly.

Sept 6, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes goddamn it.

Paid work - actually rather a lot, which is good though exhausting.

Creative work - some detailing on Project scenes.  At least it's moving forward.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 5, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  The curse has fully returned.

Paid work - some.  Not great, but some.

Creative work - some PhotoShop work on the Project.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 4, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - it's Labor Day, everyone is closed, but I still managed a bit.  Not enough, though.

Creative work - nothing.

See you in a few minutes.

Sept 3, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  I hope it's just because tomorrow is a holiday.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - some detail work on the project.  Very minor, but at least it's something.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 2, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Sorry, despair caught up with me.

Paid work - system maintenance stuff, the usual.

Creative work - nothing.

See you in a few minutes.

Sept 1, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - well, it had to happen.  Apologies top everyone.

Paid work - a decent amount.  Probably not enough to pay the bills.

Creative work - nothing.  Too much drinking.

See you tomorrow, unless I'm very lucky.

Aug 31, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  Lucky thirteen.

Paid work - only a little.

Creative work - thought about it, but stuff is in a kind of shambles now, and while that didn't stop me earlier, it's stopping me now.  That, plus my infected hand.  (Hurts to type.)

See you tomorrow.

Aug 30, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  And if ever a day invited it, it was today.

Paid work - some.  Not terrible, not great.

Creative work - nothing really.

Sorry this is late.  See you later today.

Aug 29, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  I believe this is eleven.

Paid work - not much.

Creative work - nothing really.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 28, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no, for the tenth day in a row.  Definitely a record, I think.

Paid work - only a little.

Creative work - nothing.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 27, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  If this keeps up, I may have to stop using this category.  Ninth, if you're keeping track.

Paid work - nothing.

Creative work - a little bit of design work.  The Project keeps lengthening itself...oh well.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 26, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - again, I felt tempted, probably more so than yesterday, but I was able to brush it off.  So that's eight "no"s in a row.  I'd be surprised if that happened earlier in the year.

Paid work - not really, the usual system maintenance stuff.

Creative work - last night I fired up the old computer and did some work on the Project.  Tonight, I worked on it a little bit.  So, yes, finally.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 25, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - well, I was tempted sore, but I was able to resist without a lot of effort.  So that's seven "no"s in a row.

Paid work - a decent amount.

Creative work - nothing...at least nothing so far.  I still don't have the main PC set up and going, and I don't know why I'm hesitant.  There are things I want to do...

Anyway, see you tomorrow.

Aug 24, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  Sixth time in a row.  I don't remember when that happened last, but it wasn't recent.  So some good has come of this.

Paid work - not as much as I'd have liked, but there it is.

Creative work - nothing.  Still loading and unpacking.  But I'm getting itchy so maybe something will happen.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 23, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  That makes five days in a row.  Felt a very, very slight temptation when I woke from a nap, but it was easily dispatched.

Paid work - quite a nice bit.

Creative work - nothing really.  More unpacking and transporting. 

See you tomorrow.

Aug 22, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Four days in a row is pretty impressive.  I feel a lot less...oppressed, maybe?  Under constant judgment?  Something has certainly changed, and not just my address.

Paid work - not a lot, but some. 

Creative work - nothing.  As before, still unboxing and transporting and finding to do much else.  I'm not worried--but it's going to take a while to set up the main computer.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 21, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  Third time in a row.  Who knows?

Paid work - some, not bad.

Creative work - nothing.  Still unboxing and moving and stuff in the new place.  Creative work will come.  I already feel as if a cloud has lifted.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 20, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  Two days in a row.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - none.

I guess I do have internet.  See you tomorrow!

Aug 19, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - no.  That's right, no.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - none.

Spent the day moving, and won't have internet access until Monday the 21st.

See you  then.

Aug 18, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes

Paid work - more than I expected

Creative work - some reviewing.

See you Monday (see next post)

Aug 17, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - of course

Paid work - a bunch, but frustrating for many reasons.

Creative work - again, a bunch, though it's all linking scenes.  Still--

See you tomorrow.

Aug 16, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a bunch, though mostly frustrating.

Creative work - some nice progress on the Project. 

See you tomorrow. 

Aug 15, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yep.

Paid work - quite a lot, but mostly frustrating.

Creative work - a little bit.  Things proceed.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 14, 2917 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - only a little.

Creative work - some good audio work.

See you later tonight.

Aug 13, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yep.

Paid work - frustrating stuff, but under yesterday's tally.

Creative work - yeah, some decent stuff...adding to the overall length.  Unlike Joie, though, it's still moving forward.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 12 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes, though odd.  Had the chance to get more, but...didn't.  Strange.

Paid work - nothing, it is Saturday.

Creative work - some.  Not much, but some.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 11, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - some.  Could be worse.

Creative work - actually created and animated an entire shot!  Working on other art for the same project, and coalescing the story.  So, good on that front.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 10, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - some.  Not great but not bad.

Creative work - quite a bit, though this project keeps getting longer.

See you later tonight.

Aug 9, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - some.

Creative work - again, some.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 8, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Let that sink in!

Paid work - not much, but some.

Creative work - nothing concrete.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 7, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes, hardly a question that needs asking now.

Paid work - quite a decent bit, really.

Creative work - some, working on graphics for the new essential bits.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 6, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - some decent follow-ups on yesterday's work.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 5, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none. 

Creative work - quite a bit.  Started to put things into a final form (for the first chapter or so) and got some ideas about other scenes that might be needed.

See you later today.

August 4, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking -yes, but at least it's justified!

Paid work - a lot.  I mean, a very good lot.  So there's that.

Creative work - some, getting closer to that, uh, half-way point, or something.

See you tomorrow, unless I'm very lucky.

August 3, 2017 (Thurs)

First of all, sorry for missing this yesterday.  And now, on with the show!

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - not much, and an incredible bonus as well.

Creative work - some work on the Project, which is starting to seem like "Tweaking" but progressis actually being made, so...

See you later tonight.

Aug 2, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - of course.  Wow, this keyboard hates me.

Paid work - not bad.  Didn't fix anything, but got the process started.

Creative work - nothing really.  Some planning, rearranging, but nothing concrete.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 1, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking -yes.  Great start to the month, right.  Shame it just won't kill me.

Paid work - not bad, a decent amount, with more to come.

Creative work - more work on the Project, as the narrative takes hold, and as the characters (well be honest, character) starts to shape his story.

See you tomorrow.

July 31, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yeah.

Paid work - a bit.  Not bad, not great, but a bit.  Applied and got an apartment, now need to talk to boss about securing it.

Creative work - finally consolidating some of these early chapters, getting them sound and fills and stuff.  Decent.

See you tomorrow.

July 30, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no. 

Creative work - some.  Not bad.  Got some distressing phone stuff. 

See you today.

July 29, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking- yes.

Paid work - no, it's Saturday.

Creative work - a lot of audio work on The Project, and some animation and fixes, too.  Good work.

May have found an apartment.

See you tomorrow.

July 28, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yep.

Paid work - a decent chunk.

Creative work - completed the first two bits, sound-wise.  Started on another.  Good day, if in only one aspect.

See you tomorrow.

July 27, 2017 (Thurs)

Yes, I did not post this yesterday. 

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - more than I thought.

Creative work - a lot of work on the project.

See you today.

July 26, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - practically nothing.

Creative work - some good progress on The Project.

See you tomorrow.

July 25, 201`7 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - some.  More than I thought.

Creative work - work on the project.  Good stuff.

See you tomorrow, whoever you are.

July 24, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a decent chunk.  Not bad.

Creative work - some good progress on the Project.

See you tomorrow.

July 23, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yup.

Paid work - nothing really, all posted on Saturday.

Creative work - some fixing things.  Fun but after a while...

See you tomorrow.

July 22, 2917 (Sat)

Drinking - yes

Paid work - yeah, actually an hour.
Creative work - adding sound to projects.  Kind of cool.

See you tomorrow.

July 21, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yeah.  You were expecting something else?

Paid work - just a bit, but that's okay.

Creative work - not much, but some file organizing, which helps.  I do need to think about the story of the Project. 

See you tomorrow.

July 20, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a nice chunk.

Creative work - also a nice chunk.

See you tomorrow.

July 19, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  I know, I know.  I didn't build this world, though.

Paid work - not much, but solved some sticky issues. 

Creative work - quite a lot of work on the Project, so I'm...uh, happy with that, I guess.

See you tomorrow.

July 18, 2018 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Yeah, you read that right.  Since my expenses are about to skyrocket, I've gotta cut down.

Paid work - a nice bunch.

Creative work - only a little so far.  Cleaning up some stuff done last night.

See you tomorrow.

July 17, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  You would be too if it happened to you.

Paid work - more than I thought.  So that's good.

Creative work - not a lot, getting things drawn for a transitional scene.

See you tomorrow.

July 16, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  Not very surprising, is it.

Paid work - not really.  More system work from Saturday.

Creative work - very little.  Some work on additional scenes for the Project, creating art in PhotoShop.

See you tomorrow.

July 15, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes, though slightly less than usual.

Paid work - system maintenance.

Creative work - animated the "end piece" for the opening sequence, then began drawing scene two.

See you tomorrow.

July 14. 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - almost no, but yes.  Not sure I understand why.

Paid work - almost nothing.  Yikes.

Creative work - lots of animation on the opening scene.  Happy with it.

See you tomorrow.

July 13. 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes, of course.

Paid work - a bit.  Not as much as I would have liked, but that's probably going to be my epitaph.

Creative work - figured out the first scene, and created all the elements for it.  Tried to animate it, but see the entry under  "Drinking"

See you tomorrow.

July 12, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - of course.

Paid work - not much.

Creative work - finished two chapters (audio-wise, still have to put the main character in.

See you tomorrow.

July 11, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yeah.  Seems inescapable.

Paid work - very little.

Creative work - a bunch.  Basically animated an entire chapter, except for the characters.

See you tomorrow.

July 10. 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  Seems so natural now.

Paid work - only a little.  Week still seems  better than last.

Creative work - a bunch of design work for the Face project.  Seems to be coming together, which is nice.  Last week I seemed to be focused on trivia to keep from going forward.  Now I feel that a plan is in place.

See you tomorrow.

July 9, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yeah

Paid work - nothing

Creative work - some character design and planning.  Still. though it doesn't count, great phone conversation.

See you tomorrow.

July 8, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Because tomorrow is the worst day, so why not.

Paid work - none.  It's Saturday.

Creative work - some character design, and some mulling over how this thing should start.

See you tomorrow.

July 7, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes

Paid work - a slight bit more than yesterday. still not enough.

Creative work - character design on the Robot, and some tweaking of old stuff.  In other words, nothing much.

See you tomorrow.

July 6, 2017 (Thurs(

Drinking - yes

Paid work - almost nothing.  Very worrying.

Creative work - quite a lot, finished the sound for the two completed chapters.

See you tomorrow.

July 5. 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes, because...

Paid work - ...nothing.  This is worrying.

Creative work - a lot.  A whole chapter animated, and some PhotoShop silliness.

See you tomorrow, if I'm unlucky.

July 4, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  It's the only warm place.

Paid work - none, it's a holiday.  Being part time gives me antipathy toward holidays.

Creative work - yes, a bunch of stuff for the Face project.

See you tomorrow.

July 3, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  Great start to the month, right!

Paid work - very little.

Creative work - not a lot.  Some plans for the Face project...which shouldn't count, but in this case they might.

See you tomorrow.

July 2, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes, though less than the last two entries.  Not sure if that counts.

Paid work - a bunch of work.  Great.

Creative work - a lot on the Face project, and some thoughts on procedures.

Other than the drinking bit, again triggered by phone, not a bad day at all.

See you tomorrow.

July 1, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Even though I felt ill the entire day, still, Saturday. the day before the curse comes due.

Paid work - none.  System maintenance stuff.

Creative work - quite a bit on the Face project.  A lot of planning.

See you tomorrow.

June 30, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  I was all set not to, then the phone rang.  Oh well.  You know, if I can end the week with Friday and Saturday "yes" I'd be...well, somewhat content. 

Paid work - more than I expected.

Creative work - lots, lots of work on creating a convincing underwater environment.  Looks, if I may say so, beautiful.

See you tomorrow.

June 29, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  That's five days in a row, as noted, something that hasn't happened since March.  Tomorrow is Friday, though.

Paid work - between a little and some.  Not terrible.

Creative work - trying to solve some issues on the Face project, which keeps expanding.  I hope that's a good thing.

See you tomorrow.

June 28, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  That's four days in a row.  I don't remember the last time that happened.  Last time I had a streak like this was in March, and it went six days. 

Paid work - almost none.  Not overly worried.  Not if I can cut down drinking expenses!

Creative work - some tweaking.

See you tomorrow.

June 27. 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  That's three days in a row, can't remember the last time that happened.  I was kind of angry about it earlier, and was sorely tempted, but didn't give in.

Paid work - quite a lot.

Creative work - nothing yet, recognizing some issues with stuff yesterday (there was a lot after posting).

See you tomorrow.

June 26, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  Two days in a row.  That's pretty rare.

Paid work - nothing much.  But I was expecting nothing, and got something.

Creative work - bunch of work on the Face project.

See you tomorrow.

June 25, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  I think that makes five days this month.  Pathetic.  Still, better than none I suppose.

Paid work - not really.

Creative work - none yet, but planning on doing some PhotoShop stuff after posting this.

See you tomorrow.

June 24, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Sorry, it's just got a hold on me.

Paid work - system maintenance stuff.

Creative work - quite a lot.  Conceptualizing done while sober, which is great, and then implementation while...not.  Sober wins.  Wish I could convince the brain of this.

See you tomorrow.

June 23, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - no.  Hard to believe, this being Friday and all.  But there it is.

Paid work - some.  Enough.

Creative work - none.  But that's okay.

See you tomorrow.

June 22, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a nice bunch.

Creative work - originally none, but I converted some stuff to PNG so maybe.,

See you tomorrow.

June 21, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a lot.  A lot of very exhausting work.

Creative work - nothing really.  Guest hosting duties sometimes take a lot out of a person.

See you tomorrow.

June 20, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  I wish it would just kill me.

Paid work - only a little.

Creative work - nothing much.  Some thinking about the Face Project.

See you tomorrow.

June 19, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a bunch, more than I expected.

Creative work - some work on the "Faces" thing. 

See you tomorrow.

June 18, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - alas yes.

Paid work - none. 

Creative work - just a bit of conceptualizing. 

See you tomorrow.

June 17, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  A disappointment.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some PhotoShop sillyness, and some thinking about the new project.

See you tomorrow.

June 16, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a nice amount.

Creative work - some.  Some good, some silly, but anything is good.

See you tomorrow.

June 15, 2016 (Thurs)

Drinking - yep.  Didn't get to exercise as I wanted, so yeah, I'm hanging onto that.

Paid work - some.  Not too bad, but not too great, either.

Creative work - some work on the "Face" project in PhotoShop.  Nice.

See you tomorrow.

June 14, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  Although I will take "every other day" over "every day."

Paid work - some.  Not too worried.

Creative work - some work on the "face" thing.  Good stuff, though the ideas are still being worked out.

See you tomorrow.

June 13, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  A good sign.

Paid work - only a little.  Not terribly worried.

Creative work - nothing concrete, but some ideas.  Some actual good ideas, I think.

See you tomorrow.

June 12, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yeah.  That didn't last long, did it.

Paid work - some.  Not great but okay.

Creative work - a lot, really.  I did some experimentation on the "new idea" and liked what I achieved.  More thinking and more PhotoShop work to proceed.

See you tomorrow.

June 11, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  Yes, you read that right. 

Paid work - nothing really.  System stuff.

Creative work - I had an idea, but have not done any work on it.

See you tomorrow.

June 10, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - nah, it's Saturday.  I did do some exercise and mowed the lawn, both of which are work, but neither of which I get paid for.

Creative work - nothing really, some experimenting with recording, trying to find out if I know what I think I know.  For the most part, I do.

See you tomorrow.

June 9, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  I'm sure you're not surprised.

Paid work - a bunch.  Not great, but certainly not bad.  Bills will be happy.

Creative work - nothing.  Again, not a surprise.

See you tomorrow.

June 8. 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - of course.  Take me now, God, if you are merciful.

Paid work - a nice bunch.

Creative work - nothing really, other than "planning" which isn't much of a substitute for "doing."

See you tomorrow.

June 7, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  I don't know how to fix this, but I hope to find some kind of solution.

Paid work - some, some good, but an awful lot of driving.

Creative work  - nothing really.  Trying to create an audio space, maybe that counts.

See you tomorrow.

June 6, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  Hardly needs to be asked at this point.

Paid work - some.  Not bad, not great.  But there.

Creative work - some PhotoShop silliness.  Still kind of enthused about audio revelation stuff.  But, it should be noted, enthusiasm is not progress.

See you tomorrow.

June 5, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - of course.  Let's hope it kills me quick.

Paid work - rather more than I expected...not bad, not great, but there you go.

Creative work - some recording.  I'm getting more familiar with the recording equipment, so I'm seeing some possibilities.  Nothing artwork-wise, but that will come when it comes.

See you tomorrow.

June 4, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  Oh well.

Paid work - nothing.  That's fine.

Creative work - solved a couple of audio problems in recording, and actually recorded some drum tracks for...something.  Hey, it was fun to do something.

See you tomorrow.

June 3, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking -yes.  Those around me don't help.

Paid work - just the system stuff.

Creative work - not much, but learned some mixer stuff.  So that's great!.

See you tomorrow.

June 2, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - damn it, it's Friday, what else did you expect.  Oh, that means "yes."

Paid work - a nice chunk.

Creative work - nothing, really.  Some sound recording which might bear fruit.

See you tomorrow.

June 1, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Damn it all.

Paid work - a good chunk.

Creative work - only a little.  With the Heads project done, hard to feel a path.  But I did do some PhotoShop stuff with abandoned electrical elements.  Liked it, but where to go?

See you tomorrow.

May 31, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  Or perhaps "yup" is more fitting.

Paid work - quite a lot.

Creative work - nothing.  A pretty exhausting day, really.

See you tomorrow.

May 30, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes, but not as much (in my defense).

Paid work - a lot.  Much more than I expected, and that's good.

Creative work - not much.  Some PhotoShop silliness.  I believe I have recovered most of the lost disk.

See you tomorrow.

May 29, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - none, it's a holiday.

Creative work - some Flash work, some photography...but then my camera's disk got corrupted somehow, so I may have lost a couple hundred photos.  A bit depressing but I can live with it if need be.

See you tomorrow.

May 28, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes,

Paid work - quite a lot, actually.  Will help to make up for last week's dismal tally.  Threw my damn back out, but you already knew getting old stinks.

Creative work - some "work" on the rotating faces thing.  Tried to get all the images on "the same page" as it were, in terms of color and lighting.   Seems good.

See you tomorrow.

May 27, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - of course.

Paid work - none.  Well, some system maintenance stuff.

Creative work - nothing really.  Took some photos and shot some video with the idea of future use.  Posted a painting update on the blog.

See you tomorrow.

May 26, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none at all.

Creative work - nothing.  File arranging.  Not creative.

See you tomorrow, unless I'm lucky.

May 25, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - nothing much, but some hints about what I might do for hours.

Creative work - nothing really.  Thinking and plotting don't really count that much.

Happy Star Wars day!  And see you tomorrow.

May 24, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - some, but frustrating. 

Creative work - a bunch on the rotating face thing.

See you tomorrow.

May 23, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking  - yes.  Sad, I suppose.

Paid work - not bad.

Creative work - lots of work on the Rotating Face thing.  Not sure where it will go, bit it is going.

See you tomorrow.

May 22, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  Honestly, I could live (in theory) with an on-again off-again scenario.  Still not happy.

Paid work - nothing much.  Just a bit.

Creative work - done some work on the Rotating Face project.  A good amount.

See you tomorrow.

May 21, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  Yeah I'm surprised too.

Paid work - a lot, very hard and tiring.

Creative work - nothing really.

See you tomorrow,

May 20. 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  I know, I know.  But the pressures of life can't be denied.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - some Flash stuff, some PhotoShop stuff.  Not much, but some.

See you tomorrow.

May 19, 2917 (Fri)

Drinking - no.  You read that correctly.  Still feel like getting some, so I may revise this.

Paid work - only a little, but it's been a good week so I'm not worried.

Creative work - nothing really.  Sorting some photos.

See you tomorrow.

May 18, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Seems absurd to even ask, now.

Paid work - quite a bunch.

Creative work - some PhotoShop fixes, and then some Flash stuff.  Result:  could be worse.

See you tomorrow.

May 17, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a nice amount.

Creative work - some work on "face" stuff.  No idea where this is going, but it's fun to do. 

See you tomorrow.

May 16, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a nice amount.

Creative work - nothing really.

See you tomorrow.

May 15, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - quite a lot. 

Creative work - some PhotoShop stuff for what seems to be a new project.

See you tomorrow.

May 14, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  To the point where I have to do this entry the next day.

Paid work - nothing really.

Creative work - some Flash work, the beginning of a new project, maybe.

See you tomorrow.

May 13, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - not really.

Creative work - a bit of photography, and some PhotoShop stuff..

See you tomorrow.

May 12, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  Originally, it wasn't going to be this way.  The god of Friday intervened.

Paid work - a nice chunk.

Creative work - an interesting idea about a possible Flash project, or at least an idea. 

See you tomorrow.

May 11. 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes

Paid work - none.  But I'm not worried.

Creative work - not much.  Some painting, some miscellaneous PC image stuff.

See you tomorrow.

May 10, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - some.  Not great but not terrible.

Creative work - finished up the project (fixed the audio and added a fade-in) and posted to YouTube.  Some PhotoShop stuff too.

See you tomorrow.

May 9, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  Gotta come back to that.

Paid work - a nice chunk.

Creative work - another nice chunk.  Nice meeting with the project folks, and the work was well-received.

See you tomorrow.

May 8, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  First time in weeks that it has been two days in a row.

Paid work - a little bit.

Creative work - quite a lot.  The Project is done, so I'll need to find something new tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

May 7, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  Yes, you read that right.  I can't remember the last "no" in this column.

Paid work - a bunch.  Tiring but nice to have in the queue.

Creative work - only a little.  Tweaked the project a bit.

See you tomorrow.

May 6, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no. 

Creative work - quite a lot.  Got the main animation done on the Project.  Might actually be ready for the meeting!

See you tomorrow.

May 5, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yep.

Paid work - some.  Could be worse.

Creative work - a lot of stuff for NewProject, plus some stuff for a forum member.

See you tomorrow

May 4, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yeah.  Big surprise.

Paid work - not much.

Creative work - quite a lot on The Project.  I mean, rather more than I would suspect.  So that's good.

See you tomorrow.

May 3. 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a decent chunk.

Creative work - a little PhotoShop stuff.  Data drive finally finished rebuilding, yay,

May 2, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  Yeah, I know. 

Paid work - some.  Not too bad.

Creative work - nothing.  Still waiting for the drive to repopulate.  Making me itch, honestly.

See you tomorrow.

May 1, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  Almost made it, but then...

Paid work - only a little.  Not too worried, more tomorrow.

Creative work - nothing.  Got a new 3.0 controller which did not work.  Drives still being restored. 

See you tomorrow.

April 30, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  I'm not positive, but I think that makes the final tally 25-5.  You know which side won.

Paid work - not really, more maintenance stuff already billed on Saturday.

Creative work - none, still working on restoring the system.

See you tomorrow.

April 29. 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - it's Saturday.  Still have some maintenance stuff to do, but it's already in the can.

Creative work - took some pictures.  The RAID disk situation is still being a situation.  I ordered a new USB 3 controller which might....do something.  We'll know soon.  In the meantime, there's a certain amount of chaos but it's being narrowed down.

See you tomorrow.

April 28, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking- yes. 

Paid work - some.  Enough to make the week profitable.  Best one can hope for.

Creative work - none.  Ran into a snag, as I decided last night to replace the NAS disk, which means I can't do anything creative with those files for several hours.   Yes, a stupid move.

See you tomorrow.

April 27, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yeah.

Paid work - none.  Doesn't worry me too much after all the rest of the week.

Creative work - a lot of PhotoShop stuff.   For the Project.  Hey, it's good.

See you tomorrow.

April 26, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a goodly amount.

Creative work - a nice amount on the New Project.  With any luck, this might not be abandoned.

See you tomorrow.

April 25, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes. Of course.

Paid work - a good lot, and some satisfaction.

Creative work - PhotoShop stuff for the new project.

See you tomorrow.

April 24, 2917 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  I've probably said this, but "Drinking - yes" would probably be a good epitaph.  Actually, "Drinking - not any more" would be more accurate.

Paid work - a bunch.  More frustrating than I like, but hey, hours and hours.

Creative work - a re-think of the current project, and doing some prep work for that.

See you tomorrow.

April 23, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes. 

Paid work - quite a bit.

Creative work - some.  Did a bit of painting, tried some soundtrack stuff.  My cables are apparently lacking.

See you tomorrow. 

April 22, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Yeah, I know.

Paid work - surprisingly a lot. 

Creative work - nothing really.  Rebuilding the RAID system, so need to keep that gentle.

See you tomorrow.

April 21, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a nice bunch.

Creative work - some work on the Flash project. 

See you tomorrow.

April 20, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  It was inevitable.

Paid work - not much, but I don't care.  Bought enough drives to redo the RAID which was a problem earlier in the week.

Creative work - fired up Flash to try and figure out how to animate erasing.  Eh.

See you tomorrow.

April 19, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - a bunch.

Creative work - nothing.  Drive troubles is the excuse.

See you tomorrow.

April 18, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  Kind of depressed about that.  Oh well.

Paid work - huge amount today, and more tomorrow.

Creative work - fired up Flash and started working on a new project.  Yay me.

See you tomorrow.

April 17, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - some.

Creative work - some recording, PhotoShop sillyness.

See you tomorrow.

April 16. 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - some photography.  Not much else.  Some progress on the New work environment.

See you tomorrow.

April 15, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none.  Saturday.

Creative work - nothing much.  Some reconfiguration of the workstation.

See you tomorrow.

April 14, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - well, it's Friday.  But the answer is surprisingly  "no."

Paid work - a bunch, mostly frustrating.

Creative work - nothing really. 

See you tomorrow.

April 13, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Yeah I know.

Paid work - a bunch, largely frustrating, but there it is.

Creative work - some soundtrack work for the Group Project.  Interesting.

As always, see you tomorrow. 

April 12, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  I was certainly tempted, though.

Creative work - nothing much.  Some PhotoShop, wrote some possible lyrics.

Paid work - only a little.

See you tomorrow.

April 11, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - only a little, but better than nothing.

Creative work - nothing much, some editing of recordings.

See you tomorrow.

April 10, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  That leaves the score at 3 - 7.

Paid work - some.  Not enough, but better than most of last week.

Creative work - some.  PhotoShop silliness and some good Mellotron recording.

See you tomorrow.

April 9, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - actually, quite a bit.  Some Flash work, even, though not on the Project.  Some recording done as well. 

See you tomorrow.

April 8, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Sorry, too many things came tumbling down.

Paid work - the usual Saturday maintenance stuff, which I mostly did on Friday.

Creative work - some.  Did some piano recording.  And, uh, learned (I hope) what I was doing wrong.  Might be something major in the offing.  I sure hope so.

See you tomorrow.

April 7, 2016 (Fri)

Drinking - no.  Yeah I'm surprised too.

Paid work - none.  A bad week.

Creative work - nothing really.  Got rid of the mixer and used my MIDI-audio interface, and actually got some test recording to work.  So that's something.

See you tomorrow.

April 6, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Honestly, kill me now.

Paid work - nothing.

Creative work - nothing.  Some wiring, some arranging.  Nothing.

See you tomorrow.

April 5, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  The modern problem.

Paid work - almost nothing.  Worrying.

Creative work - tried to record a soundtrack for a new project, but failed to understand how the new mixer is mapped to Audacity.  So, no.

See you tomorrow.

April 4, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  I need help, or death.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - nothing much, a bit of experimentation.

See you tomorrow.

April 3, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  I don't know why.  Despair I suppose.

Paid work - a fair amount, can't complain really.

Creative work - some PhotoShop stuff, nothing much to be honest.

See you tomorrow.

April 2, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  Well, it had to happen.  I think.  Still weirded out by this.  But at least it's less than usual...so far.

Paid work - not really, some hangover from system maintenance, which was very frustrating and depressing.  Which might explain the above.

Creative work - some painting--first in a long time, though truth to tell it happened last night after posting last night's entry.  Not terribly good, though.  And some PhotoShop stuff, and pictures.

See you tomorrow.

April 1, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - no.  Yeah, I'm surprised too.  Saturday night and all.  Still, a good way to start out the month.

Paid work - nothing really, the usual system maintenance stuff.

Creative work - none, but I'm feeling good about the workspace I'm putting together.

See you tomorrow.

March 31, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - no.  "No" barely wins this time around, 16 to 15.  However, I am encouraged that this is Friday--traditional drinking day.  And it's been six days in a row.  Who knows?

Paid work - a bunch, lots of driving.  Good paycheck today too.

Creative work - nothing.  But I'm replacing the second desk--the one I have is small and crowded.  Maybe that will help.  Again...who knows?

See you tomorrow.

March 30, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  All tied up.

Paid work - not bad. 

Creative work - none, but I'm starting to feel the urge.

See you tomorrow.

March 29, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  I believe that puts the score at 14 (no) and 15 (yes).

Paid work - some.  Not bad.  More driving than I really wanted, but there you are.

Creative work - nothing really.  Played with electronics, but no product produced.

See you tomorrow.

March 28, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - quite a lot, lots of driving.

Creative work - none.  Not worried.

See you tomorrow.

March 27, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  I think this makes the score no (12) to yes (15).

Paid work - quite a lot, divided over the day.

Creative work - none.

See you tomorrow.

March 26, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - a bunch.  Very tiring.

Creative work - nothing really,  played with electronics for a bit.  Fun!

See you tomorrow.

March 25, 2017 (sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - system maintenance, and some paid work for a friend.  Kind of hate that, but money is needed.

Creative work - just some more PhotoShop stuff, and playing with audio recording stuff.  Nothing really concrete.

See you tomorrow.

March 24, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - almost nothing

Creative work - some PhotoShop stuff, hardly worth mentioning.

See you tomorrow.

March 23, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes. 

Paid work - only a little.  Worrying.

Creative work - nothing much.  Some PhotoShop stuff, some watching Lynda videos on Maya.  Starting to feel the urge, so that's good.  Hope it goes somewhere.

See you tomorrow.

March 22, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - some.  Not a lot.  But some.

Creative work - no.  Maybe that's dead now.  I bought some kitty litter.  I may be enslaved again soon.

See you tomorrow.

March 21, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - no.  A bit alarming.

Creative work - not really.  An old synthesizer isn't working, trying to repair that.

Lost power last night from about 7:30 or so to 3:30 in the morning, hence this late appearance.

See you...later today.

March 20, 2017 (Mon)

(Repost of an accidentally deleted post).

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - only a little

Creative work - none.

See you tomorrow.

March 19, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - no.

Creative work - no. 

See you tomorrow.

March 18, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - nothing really.  System maintenance stuff, the same thing every weekend.

Creative work - just a bit.  Made a tiny bit for "Joy" part one.  It bothered me.  So.

Not sure it counts...yet.

See you tomorrow.

March 17, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  Well, it had to happen.  Friday and all that.

Paid work - some, with lots of frustration, and lots of driving.

Creative work - nothing much.  In other words, nothing to write home about.

See you tomorrow.

March 16, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  Yeah, I was surprised too.

Paid work - a bunch.  Exhausting for the most part.

Creative work - nothing really.  Some PhotoShop silliness.

See you tomorrow.

March 15, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  Cascading frustrations.

Paid work - not much, but some.  No worries, as they say.

Creative work - some PhotoShop stuff.  Nothing major, but nice to flex the muscles now and then.  I really hope there's no correlation between drinking and creativity.  I guess we'll find out.

See you tomorrow.

March 14, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  That means we're all even.  7 yes to 7 no.  A dangerous time.

Paid work - a bunch, with a lot of driving.  Exhausting, but good for the finances.

Creative work - nothing.  Thinking about sound work, but as I said yesterday, thinking is not doing.  Still, I would rather not be drinking than creative.  And tonight, the final "drinking movie," "Man of Steel" was watched sober.  I think that was the last of them.

See you tomorrow.

March 13, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  Sometimes it's easy after one dry night.  But it always comes back.

Paid work - a bunch, with a lot of driving.

Creative work - nothing.  Just haven't felt the urge, and all current projects are in a state where I don't want to touch them.  Some thoughts on abstract videos, but thinking isn't doing.

See you tomorrow.

March 12, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.

Paid work - no.  It's Sunday.

Creative work - nothing.  Took back the mixer I bought.

March 11, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes. 

Paid work - no.  It's Saturday, so no.

Creative work - did some work on the self-portrait thing.  Also bought an audio mixer and did some testing with that.  Tried to set up a nice audio workstation, and so far so good.  In other words, nothing much.  Listening to a lot of Nico records, they are very depressing.

See you tomorrow.

March 10, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  Hell, it's Friday.  Tried to resist, but this is really the only day I can.  We'll see what happens tomorrow.  I am hoping the bit of resistance I mustered will come into play.  On the other hand...

Paid work - Eh.  I've had worse. 

Creative work - not much.  Working on a "self-portrait" for the group.  Keeps me going.

See you tomorrow.

March 9, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Gotta figure this out.

Paid work - only a bit.

Creative work - some thinking, but nothing produced.

See you tomorrow.

March 8, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  That makes 4 yes, 4 no.  Making this kind of a dangerous time.  Funny, I decided to watch a movie that I always drink to, and stayed sober.  We'll know more tomorrow.

Paid work - some.  Not much, but some.

Creative work - none.  No juice in the pipe.  Not worried too much.

See you tomorrow.

March 7, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  One more day of this and we'll be tied, 4-4.

Paid work - a lot, an entire day in fact.

Creative work - none.  Just not feeling a yen for anything.

See you tomorrow.

March 6, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  As I've said, I don't know the whys.  I even went to the grocery store at night, even went through the beer aisle, and wasn't even tempted. 

Paid work - yes, quite a bunch.

Creative work - none.  The Flash project drained me, so I'm not worried about a few days off.

See you tomorrow.

March 5, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  First time this month, I believe.

Paid work - nope.

Creative work - I think I'm going to put the Flash project to one side.  I wrote a script for the rest of the story, but that was all.

See you tomorrow.

March 4, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - of course, what did you expect.

Paid work - system maintenance.

Creative work - nothing.  I need a new project.  The Flash thing, the Current P_project, is killing me.

Don't know what to do.

Maybe tomorrow.

See you then.

March 3, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a bunch.  Rather tiring, but the money should be good.

Creative work - nothing.

See you tomorrow.

March 2, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a little.

Creative work - none.

See you tomorrow.

March 1, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  Great way to start the month, yes.

Paid work - a nice chunk.  Not great, but not bad.  More tomorrow, it is hoped.  Last paycheck was fine, but I need better than fine.

Creative work - nothing.  I'm starting to think that the latest project is draining me of my will to proceed. 

See you tomorrow.

February 28, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  So, at the end of the month the score is 24 (yes) and 4 (no).

Paid work - a bunch...rather frustrating, mostly.  But I get money.  So I guess it works.

Creative work - nothing.  Went to a meeting of creative types, it went well, but it doesn't really count I don't think.

See you tomorrow.

February 27, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work -  a nice chunk.  Not great, but not terrible either.

Creative work - some.  I animated some of the other characters in Chapter Two of the Flash Project.  To be honest, it felt more like drudgery than creative work.  I suspect I need something a bit simpler, a bit more direct.  But I guess we'll see.

Speaking of which, see you tomorrow.

February 26, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  Managed to fight it somehow.

Paid work - nothing, really.  It's Sunday.

Creative work - a little.  Some work on animating the first bunch of characters.  Only a little happy with it, it looks too jumpy.

See you tomorrow.

February 25, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  How many days sober is that now?  Three?

Paid work - a bit, more than I thought would happen.

Creative work - none, really.  Thinking more about the project, and thinking more and more that I should finish up what I think should happen in Chapter Two, and then abandon it until I understand more what I'm trying to do.

See you tomorrow.

February 24, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yep.

Paid work - a nice chunk.  Satisfactory.

Creative work - some PhotoShop jests, and a bit of animation in The Project.  Had a nice breakthrough in terms of the creature's "arms," which means less work, which is always great.  Interestingly, when I fired up Flash (for the first time in a few days) I felt physically ill.  Oh, that's nice.  I'm starting to think that this Project might be something I need to work up to.  In other words, maybe I need to chose something easier to keep the world flowing.

Doesn't mean I'm giving up on The Project...I really like the idea, and I think I can do it...I'm just thinking it's a BIG project, and I am a LITTLE animator.  I need to gather some confidence.

Maybe.

Anyway, I've done SOMETHING, so today was not the loss I feared.

See you tomorrow.

February 23, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - only a bit, I mean, a good bit, but...damn it.  Screw those forces that oversee everything.  (Wow, that sounds so generic I may get prizes.  Ha ha. no, didn't think so.)

Creative work - some PhotoShop sillyness, but on the other hand, some franework stuff for the project.  Who knows.

See you tomorrow.

February 22, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  Not sure what else you expected.

Paid work - a good spread of stuff. 

Creative work - nothing much, some PhotoShop stuff, and some (conceptual) work on the Project.  Things to think about.  Things to plan, and thus to plan around.  Hm....

See you tomorrow.

February 21, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Too tired, believe it or not.  There's alcohol in the house, too.

Paid work - a large chunk, very tiring but nice.

Creative work - none.  Only a little conceptualizing. 

See you tomorrow.

February 20, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - a little.  Not that bad, not that great, but I'm not worried.

Creative work - not much.  Watched some Lynda videos on Maya 2015, did some animating in the Flash Project.  I know I said I was going to put that aside, but once ya start drinking, plans go down the way.

See you tomorrow.

February 19, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - normally I would say "No" but today had a lot of nice paid work.  Also got to eat at a steak house on the company dime!  Always grateful for this.

Creative work - nothing today, but yesterday after I posted, I did do some stuff with the latest Flash project.  Just minor, but it did involve characters and animation, so maybe I'm not that dead on the project. 

See you tomorrow.

February 18, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes. 

Paid work - not really.  I was hoping to, but circumstances were wrong.

Creative work - not really.  Cracked open Maya for the first time in ages.  I may be putting the Flash project on hold, as it's just seeming too complicated, and incapable of being meaningful.  Who knows.

See you tomorrow.

February 17, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes, why not.  Family. 

Paid work - a decent chunk.  Unexpected, this was.

Creative work - some--soundtrack work on Chapter 1.  More delaying tactics I fear.  I may try some animation after posting this.  We'll see what that's like tomorrow.

See you then.

February 16, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Family: what can you do.  This means, of course, that Feb will be a net loss, as now that I've reached 14, and Feb has 28 days, there's no way I can be sober more than half.  There's also no way I can cease drinking for the rest of the month.  Sad story.

Paid work - quite a nice chunk.

Creative work - did some soundtrack work for Chapter 1, then imported characters into Chapter 1, and placed them in the scene.  Didn't do anything with them, but figured something was better than nothing.

See you tomorrow.

February 15, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  Again, I don't know why this happens and then doesn't happen.  Doesn't seem to be circumstances, emotional state, or anything I can pin down. 

Paid work - a nice chunk.

Creative work - more character preparation.  Aside from the heads, I have the elements I need.  I just need motivation to begin.  Thinking about the soundtrack, too.  I've got phone videos I took just for this purpose (well, not this purpose in particular).  Where's the cable?

See you tomorrow.

February 14, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  That makes the score 13 (yes) and 1 (no).  I wish I knew the secret.

Paid work - a little.  Could be worse.

Creative work - well, I realized that some of the work yesterday was unusable.  So I did a bunch of stuff to "fix" this.  I'm a little closer, but still far away.

See you tomorrow.

February 13, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  Not sure why anyone would expect anything different.

Paid work - some.  Not bad.

Creative work - well, I worked a bit on a video shot "night-time" from a dash-cam.  Could be something/  I also did a bunch of "character" stuff for the Flash project which, sad to say, seems more and more like drudgery.  Possibly because the whole thing seems beyond me...so why create characters if it won't happen?

Maybe there's a part of me that believes it might.

*cough*

See you tomorrow.

February 12, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  Why not, I say. 

Paid work - nothing.  Some system work, but only a few minutes worth.

Creative work - nothing.  Started reading a new book on Maya, which will probably be my next project.

See you tomorrow.

February 11, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - none.

Creative work - none.

See you tomorrow.

February 10, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - of course.  This world stinks.  I could tell you stories--but I won't.

Paid work - a decent chunk.

Creative work - character design stuff, making arms for my cast.  Still feels like a holding action, but it was nice to do something.

See you tomorrow.

February 9, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Don't know why it hasn't killed me.  Maybe it amuses it to keep me on the strings.

Paid work - yes, a nice chunk.  Wasn't expecting any, so that's always nice.

Creative work - actually did a whole bunch of work on Chapter Two of the new project.  Although I should add that I basically put in backgrounds, did some timing on the chapter, and tested the run time.  Which sounds like a lot of work until you realize that I haven't put any character stuff, or sound work, or anything other than backgrounds.  Still, I'll take it over doing nothing.

See you tomorrow.  And thanks for being there.

February 8, 2917 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work - some, not much, don't care.

Creative work - some background images for scene 2.  Not sure if this is a stall, but it kind of feels like it is actual work.  And it's work anyway.

See you tomorrow.

February 7, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - on the fence.  Haven't started and might not, but might.  Update: Yes

Paid work - a good amount.

Creative work - nothing really.  Went to a meeting of creative types.  Good meeting, but it took the whole evening.

See you tomorrow.

February 6, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work -  a bit.  Plus a call 8:00 ish, which I want to address.

Creative work - more character design, and some background design as well.  I still think the project is...beyond me.  But I'm starting to do some work anyway.  I feel more optimistic now.  It may be beyond me, but it might not be un-doable anyway.

See you tomorrow.

February 5, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes. 

Paid work - no, not really. 

Creative work - nothing really.  Some conceptualizing.  But nothing concrete.

See you tomorrow.

February 4, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes, though I feel really sick.

Paid work - not really.

Creative work - a lot of character design, though that kind of feels like stalling.

Anyway, see you tomorrow.

February 3, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes of course.  It's Friday.  The day of the damned.

Paid work - more than I expected, since yesterday's drinking made me quite ill.

Creative work - nothing much.  Some character design work, some learning, some testing.  Not a bad day, really, apart from the drinking bit.  But that will never go away, I fear.  I fear.

See you tomorrow.

February 2, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  That makes the score 2-0.

Paid work - a bunch, and almost all of it frustrating.

Creative work - nothing.  Too much paid work, for which I'm grateful.  I'm kind of stuck on the project anyway.

See you tomorrow.

February 1, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - yes.  Not a great way to start the month, with the home team having the advantage, but things are what they are.

Paid work - more than I expected.  Always good.

Creative work - some character design stuff, otherwise some PhotoShop silliness. 

See you tomorrow.

January 31, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  So for January's final tally, we have "Yes" at 15, and "No" at 16.  Congrats "No" for a very narrow win.  Let's see if we can do better next month.

Paid work - some, not too bad.

Creative work - not much.  A bit of character design, as well as the realization that this project may be beyond me.  I guess we'll see.

See you tomorrow.

January 30, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no.  So we're all tied at 15-15.

Paid work - a little.  Not too worried, I still have some projects for the week.

Creative work - nothing.  Sorry, just wasn't feeling it.  Still have some planning to do before I can really start the story.

See you tomorrow.

January 29, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  This makes 15 (yes) to 14 (no). 

Paid work - a couple of hours, more than I expected for a Sunday.

Creative work - not much.  I learned (kind of) how to animate gradients.  Like most things Flash, it seems easy but isn't really.

Supposed to snow tonight.  I hope it doesn't, but whatever will be, will be.

See you tomorrow.

January 28, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - undetermined.  As of right now, no, but that might change.

Paid work - not really.  Dealing with Windows 8 and its security crap, probably won't get paid for the hours put in.

Creative work - nothing.  Took some photographs.

See you tomorrow.  If I do go out and get alcohol, I'll amend this.

UPDATE:  No alcohol tonight.  It was close, though.

January 27, 2016 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  Irritation and frustration, what can I say.  15 to 12.

Paid work - a bit, nothing to shout about. 

Creative work - again, a bit.  I think I've finished the "Introduction" bit, visually.  Now I have to learn to create the characters I want to show, and think a bit more about how the basic story needs to progress.

See you tomorrow.

January 26, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  I believe the score stands at 14 (yes) and 12 (no).  Yikes.

Paid work - some.  A decent amount. 

Creative work - again, a decent amount.  Not nearly enough as yesterday, but some nice details.  One thing I've learned about creative work is that you can't push it, or you'll get crap you'll just have to undo.

See you tomorrow.

January 25, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  Don't ask me why, I only work here.  As I've said, it comes and goes. 

Paid work - a nice chunk.  Not too bad.

Creative work - a lot of work on the new Flash project.  It's shaping up nicely.  I hope my ambition doesn't outstrip my ability, but I guess we'll cross that when we come to it.

See you tomorrow.

January 24, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  That's going to be my epitaph, isn't it?  If I accomplished anything, it could be a biography title, but that seems too far off.

Paid work - a decent chunk.

Creative work - nothing really.  Like yesterday, some PhotoShop silliness.  Still liking the new project, but nothing other than conceptualizing going on.

See you tomorrow.

January 23, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  I don't even.

Paid work - a very nice chunk late in the day.

Creative work - nothing really.  Some PhotoShop silliness.

See you tomorrow.

January 22, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  Not too worried but, you know.  Could be worrying.

Paid work - like yesterday, a nice chunk.  Exhausting, but always good to have a decent paycheck in the pipe.

Creative work - nothing important, really.  Some PhotoShop silliness.  Some conceptualizing about the new project, some pulling back a bit while looking forward.

Things...are better, really, than they ought to be.  And worse than they are.  But we live from day to day.

Speaking of such, see you tomorrow.  One of those days.

January 21, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Before you start, let me just say that Saturday had very powerful voices.  I'm not too worried about this lapse...as I've said before (to myself), I wouldn't mind a binge day or even two.  It's when it bleeds into the regular week that I lose all hope.

Paid work - an enormous amount.  Lots of very tiring physical stuff...possibly a reason why my willpower was so weak--it was really, really tired.  And yes, I know it's not an excuse.

Creative work - well, I wasn't expecting to do anything, but I did manage to make a pretty satisfying first chapter in the new Flash project.  Yes, the new Flash project will be done in chapters, because the story is too complex for two stages, like the last one.  That honestly worries me a bit, not because I don't think I can do it, but because it will put enormous pressure on the next project.  And I'm not sure I am creative enough to keep pushing limits.

Anyway, see you tomorrow.

January 20, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - no...but it was a struggle.  Everything told me "It's Friday, why not?" and I had to keep saying "Because I have to be at work tomorrow morning at 8AM" but the voices just kept on.  Nonetheless, I managed to hold them off.

Paid work - nice little chunk, and as mentioned, more tomorrow.

Creative work - again, a nice chunk.  The scenario is being plotted out, and I'm doing some preliminary art for it.  This time around I'm using PhotoShop, since it's much more versatile, and I'm slowly learning how to make PS stuff work within Flash the way I want it to.

See you tomorrow.

January 19, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  Like I said yesterday, good.

Paid work - quite a bit, really.  Again, good.

Creative work - only a little, but I'm starting some conceptualizing.  I think I have a story, or a plot.  I want to learn if I can do it.  I learned a couple of new things tonight, so I have hope.

See you tomorrow.

January 18, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  Good.

Paid work - only a little.  But there's more for tomorrow.

Creative work - nothing really.  Tossing around a few ideas, some of them seem workable.  We'll see if anything develops.

See you tomorrow.

January 17, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  I have no idea why, except perhaps that I need to get the "yes/no" ratio a bit more in balance.  I'm grateful anyway.

Paid work - some, about what I had planned.  Could've used more, but I do have stuff for tomorrow.

Creative work - none.  After uploading the latest project yesterday, I tried to come up with another idea and so far have not.  I'm not worried about it, though.  I deserve a day or two off.

See you tomorrow.

January 16, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  Not a great start to the year. 

Paid work - some, not bad.  Not great, but not bad.

Creative work - finished the Flash project, now called "From Verbatim," and uploaded to YouTube.  The finishing bits were a couple of brief audio effects added in, and I am very happy with the result.  I feel that I got what I wanted to, and that I didn't have to sacrifice my goals because of difficulty or impossibility.  And it was done in such a short time--a little over a week.  Outstanding (for me).

No idea of what to start on next, but I'm feeling as if ideas will come without too much trouble.

See you tomorrow.

January 15, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.

Paid work.  Not really, it's Sunday.  The only thing done was a little bit, and that was irksome.

Creative work - a lot.  I'm pretty sure I've finished the latest Flash project.  I want to wait a day or so to be sure, but I like it, I've put everything into it that I wanted to, and it looks good.  I'll look at it again over the next day or so before I post it.

See you tomorrow.

January 14, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Ceasing to care, really.

Paid work - no.  The usual weekend maintenance.

Creative work - a bunch.  Started out being tired of the Project, but made some nice strides in animation.   Flash gets more complex the more you try to do things with it.  But the paths are there, it's just not as easy as you'd hope it might be.  But there are always ways.

See you tomorrow.

January 13, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  Oh good Lord, why is everything the way it is.  I console those who seek to destroy me.  It may not be their aim, but it is what they do.  And I am alone.

Paid work - only a little.  A couple of things didn't pan out.  A little worrying, but so far only a little.

Creative work - quite a lot.  Getting very close to completing the latest Flash project--only a week later!  That strikes me as something rather extraordinary.

See you tomorrow, my only friend.

January 12, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes.  Just to clarify, last night was NO.  What the hell, people.  What the hell.

Paid work - only a little.  Enough to make it a successful day, I guess.

Creative work - quite a lot on the project.  More than I thought I would do.  So that's at least one good thing about today.  It's been little more than a week since I started this thing, and said thing is close to being done.  Much better than the four or five months I spent on the last one.  Progress, maybe.  Fast is good in the world of today.

See you tomorrow.

January 11, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - not so far, but then I'm posting this from a client's building. 

Paid work - see above.  Mostly frustrating because this stuff is taking so long.

Creative work -a bunch, really.  Started working on what I'm calling the "scribble monster" and I like it so far.  That's another frustrating thing, I'd rather be working on that than watching files copy.

See you tomorrow.

January 10, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - yes.  Long frustrating day.

Paid work - quite a nice chunk.

Creative work - nothing but speculation.  I think I have an idea for a character.  Just need to find out how to realize him.  Otherwise, too busy.

See you tomorrow.

January 9, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - yes.  The F word, many times.

Paid work - not really.  Still iced in from Friday's snow.  This is worrisome.

Creative work - actually rather a lot.  Some PhotoShop stuff, which was fun.  (Surprisingly,  PhotoShop is fun!  I'd never have said that two years ago.)  And a lot of Flash work on the weekend project.  I animated all of the "one side" bits, and with a bit of tweaking, liked what I had done.  Still nothing for the "other side" bits, but I think I know what I want to do.  And I might actually have a bit of a story.  We'll find out soon enough.

See you tomorrow.  And thanks for visiting.

January 8, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - yes.  Damn.

Paid work - none really.  Some drive copying, which would be included in yesterday's time allotment.

Creative work - quite a lot done on this new project.  I'm learning a lot about how to do things in Flash, and why you shouldn't do them that way.  Or at least, why it's a good idea to wait.  A bunch of retracing my steps as I try different things, but so far, so good.  At the moment, I have all the scenes plotted out to the end, I just have to find a monster and/or main character.  There are ideas, and I like some of them, but so far I haven't touched them.  Maybe tomorrow.

See you then.

January 7, 2017 (Sat)

Drinking - yes.  Damn.  Have to fight harder.

Paid work - it's Saturday, so no, nothing much.  Usual weekly maintenance. 

Creative work - well...a bunch of stuff on this current Flash thing.  Learned a bit, too, though the knowledge obtained seems a bit fraught with traps.  We'll see, I guess.

See you tomorrow.

January 6, 2017 (Fri)

Drinking - yes.  As I've said, I don't know where it comes from, and where it goes, but it's back.  At least for tonight.  It just...showed up, saying, "It's Friday."  I'm hoping tomorrow I can put up a bit of a fight.  I have done so in the past.  We'll see, I guess.

Paid work - none.  Some snow on the ground, which makes me rather paranoid (I don't need large bills for car damage).  Since there were no emergencies, I stayed in.

Creative work - and here is where it gets odd.  As I said, The Urge came back, and I thought the best way to combat it was to try anything creative to divert my mind.  So I fired up Flash, stuck in an old bit of recording, and...got a bit inspired.  Didn't help with The Urge, as noted above.  But I've actually completed some interesting work.  The old recording is over two minutes, so I'll have to work to make the visuals interesting for that length, but...there's something where there wasn't anything before. 

As I said, it's kind of odd.  The Urge, saving me by damning me, somehow.  Or the opposite of that.

Anyway, see you tomorrow.

January 5, 2017 (Thurs)

Drinking - no.  I'm pleased by this trend but I'm not counting any chickens yet.  The urge comes out of nowhere, the same way it vanishes.

Paid work - a decent chunk.

Creative work - none, really.  When I thought about the first idea I had this month, I went looking for images among my photos and couldn't find anything.  I realized that I have to organize these things better, so I'm going to spend some time doing that.  Still thinking about both ideas.

See you tomorrow.

January 4, 2017 (Wed)

Drinking - no.  I'm liking this trend, I must tell you.  Wonder how long it will last.

Paid work - quite a lot, rather exhausting, too.

Creative work - none, but I did get an interesting idea last night while trying to fall asleep.  All I have is an idea, but it sounds like it might be something interesting.  I guess we'll see.

See you tomorrow.

January 3, 2017 (Tues)

Drinking - no.  Three days in a row.  Today was garbage day as well, and I even went to the store after putting the trash out.  Hmm.

Paid work - a bunch, and some tomorrow as well.

Creative work - a bit.  I have a notion for something to do in Flash, and I actually opened Flash and created a stage.  With the last project, I guess I didn't have the backgrounds aligned exactly on Flash's white "stage" and I could see a sliver of white just on the edge of the resultant YouTube video.  It doesn't bother me, but I figured it's something I should learn.  One more thing, I guess.

See you tomorrow.

January 2, 2017 (Mon)

Drinking - no. 

Paid work - only a little.  A lot of places are closed because New Year's Day was on a Sunday.  Fine with me.

Creative work - only a bit of scratching in PhotoShop, not very motivated.  Still no ideas for a new project, at least, no ideas that last for more than a few moments.

Ah well.  Starting to get worried, but I'm sure something will turn up.

See you tomorrow.

January 1, 2017 (Sun)

Drinking - no.  Good way to start the year.

Paid work - a bit.  More maintenance stuff.

Creative work - no.  Trying to come up with a plan, but nothing is catching fire.

See you tomorrow.