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.