Dec 31, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (244/124)

Paid work - official state holiday, so no.

Creative work - not much.  Backing up to offline drive.

Overall - weird how much I did last night without remembering any of it.

See you next year.

Dec 30, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (243/124)

Paid work - mostly slow, but still quiet.

Creative work - some good detail work and some conceptualizing.

Overall - 2021 has got to be better than 2020.  PLEASE.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 29, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (242/124)

Paid work - fairly busy, though quiet sound-wise.

Creative work - getting those last few (I hope) bits in.

Overall - very, very down today.  Hoping for a better tomorrow.

See you tomorrow. 

Dec 28, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (241/124)

Paid work - decent day.  Quiet, too.

Creative work - some good stuff, keep hoping I'm close to being done, then crap flies in.  "What about me?"

Overall - almost had the 'Drinking' to 'No,' but close doesn't count.

See you tomorrow.

 

Dec 27, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (240/124) 

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - mostly fill-in work.

Overall - ill all day long, but still drank.  Damn.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 26, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (239/124) 

Paid work - just a regular Saturday, so still no.

Creative work- some fixes and some attempts to fix frustrations.

Overall - slow day overall, very tired during most of it.  Not that sad about the drinking, it was kind of inevitable.  Tomorrow is the story.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 25, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (238/124) 

Paid work - Christmas day, so no work.

Creative work - just a little bit, but it looks good.

Overall - very cold today, snow on the ground which I didn't know until someone texted me a greeting.  Good conversation later.  Feel very down.  Unsure why.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 24, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (238/123) 

Paid work - state holiday today, so no.

Creative work - some minor work.  Conversion to video for editing.

Overall - felt off all day.  Glad to be not drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 23, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (238/122)

Paid work - slow day.  Got some stuff done, but mostly slow (and noisy).

Creative work - got some good sequences done.

Overall - does it matter now,

See you tomorrow.

Dec 22, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (237/122)

Paid work - another day of driving, but otherwise okay.

Creative work - finalizing on some scenes.

Overall - someday I'll stop drinking.  And then be buried.

See you tomorrow.

 

Dec 21, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (236/122)

Paid work - decent day, lots of driving.  Very noisy office.

Creative work - some good animation done.  Getting close (I hope).

Overall - I don't know.  Drinking is not a good thing.  I don't know.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 20, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (235/122)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some good PS and Flash bits toward the end.

Overall - felt ill and exhausted most of the day.  And due to drinking yes, probably the same tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 19, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (234/122)

Paid work - nothing on Saturday.

Creative work - some good stuff leading toward the end.

Overall - not happy about the drinking...almost didn't, but Saturday, so hope to fight it tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 18, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (233/122)

Paid work - fairly busy, very very noisy.

Creative work - some work on what will probably be one or two shots.

Overall - it's better without drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 17, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (233/121)  

Paid work - decent day.  Very noisy.

Creative work - some minor stuff.

Overall - exhausted and depressed.  Glad I got another "No" though.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 16, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (233/120)

Paid work - short day, because of the dental appointment.

Creative work - some detail work.  I keep wondering if I should split this thing.

Overall - teeth hurt.  Work hurts.  What's the difference?  At least egg nog tastes good.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 15, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (232/120)

Paid work - mostly slow, very noisy.

Creative work - some good stuff.  Finally past the impasse.

Overall - it's payday, that's something.  Too bad about the drinking.

See you tomorrow.

 

Dec 14, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (231/120)  Argh etc

Paid work - pretty slow day.  But quiet.

Creative work - thinking. Some work on the fly-by stuff.

Overall - tired and off-feeling the whole day.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 13, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (230/120)

Paid work - nothing on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some stuff.  Okay.

Overall - more disk cleanup, which is actually kind of fun and indicates progress.  Good phone call.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 12, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (229/120) 

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - nothing much.

Overall - doing disk cleanup, getting rid of duplicates, etc.  Felt ill and depressed all day.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 11, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (228/120) 

Paid work - lots of driving.  Not much else.

Creative work - trying to make the flyover stuff work.

Overall - plague days.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 10, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (227/120) 

Paid work - busy in the morning, quiet in the afternoon.

Creative work - working on the overhead shot.  More difficult than I thought.

Overall - eh.  Sorry.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 9, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (226/120) 

Paid work - somewhat busy day.

Creative work - not much. Some additions to a scene which needed them.

Overall - I need to come up with a new category for this blog.  Not sure what, though.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 8, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (225/120) 

Paid work - very busy day.  Mostly good, but some frustrations.  Oh well.

Creative work - some good refinements.  But not much forward motion.

Overall - got a new earpiece, hated it.  Got another one, it's okay.  Balance.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 7, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (224/120) 

Paid work - pretty busy day, especially toward the end.

Creative work - a good sequence completed.

Overall - very tired all the time.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 6, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (223/120) 

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - just a little bit.  Straightening some things out.

Overall - felt sick most of the day, but still drinking.  Sigh.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 5, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (222/120) 

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some work on transitional stuff.  Not bad.

Overall - sick most of the day.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 4, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (221/120) 

Paid work - pretty busy day.  Very noisy.

Creative work - an idea about the "prologue."  Maybe better later in the story.

Overall - tired a lot of the time.  Very tempted by drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 3, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (220/120) 

Paid work - some work, not too bad.

Creative work - more tweaking, working on prologue.  Thinking about designs for this.

Overall - pretty tired today.  Neighbors very loud last night.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 2, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (220/119) 

Paid work - driving, more uninstalling.  Not a bad day.

Creative work - little tweaks, some conceptualizing. Vegas giving some issues, using up large memory.

Overall - very cold day.  Yuck on cold days.  Overall not too bad, though.

See you tomorrow.

Dec 1, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (220/118) 

Paid work - decent day, some work, some quiet.

Creative work - tweaks.  Nothing really major.  Looking at the prelude.

Overall - feel okay, sort of.  Not very hungry, little aches everywhere.  Glad I at least got two days away from drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 30, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (220/117)

Paid work - back after a way too long holiday.  Slow but noisy day.

Creative work - some small progress.  Learned a bit about PhotoShop's 3D stuff.  Started a painting, first time in a while.

Overall - bad weather.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 29, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (220/116)

Paid work - Sunday, so not today.

Creative work - some good stuff, but very minor.

Overall - felt ill all day. 

See you tomorrow.

Nov 28, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (219/116)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some good stuff transitioning into the finale.

Overall - time for the off-line backup to be done.  Went surprisingly quickly.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 27, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (218/116)  Tried, but I guess not hard enough.

Paid work - more state holiday, so no.

Creative work - not as much as yesterday, but a couple of brief sequences created and placed into the timeline.  Now starting on some more difficult bits.

Overall - bored and tired all day today.

See you tomorrow.

 

 

 

Nov 26, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (217/116)

Paid work - Thanksgiving holiday, so no.

Creative work - getting sequences assembled.  Always good, though I'm going to have to start creating artwork for new sequences.

Overall - yeah well damn it

See you tomorrow.

Nov 25, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (216/116)

Paid work - decent day.  Quiet, but not expected to be anything else.

Creative work - some good work, got some sections done.  Work proceeds.

Overall - an okay day, until the damned windshield wiper blade came off on the drive home.  In the rain.  Hence the drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 24, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (215/116)

Paid work - only a partial day, because of medical appointment.

Creative work - clean up stuff, mostly.

Overall - very tired.

See you later today.

Nov 23, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (214/116)

Paid work - slow day, but okay for the most part.  Big boss in...a rarity.  But no extra-curricular stuff.

Creative work - some good work on the "boss" sequence.  Getting things together.

Overall - don't care about the drinking.  Oh well.  I won't tomorrow.  (Sure)

See you tomorrow.

Nov 22, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (213/116)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some very good bridge work.

Overall - once again, woke up feeling ill.  I do not understand what happened yesterday, except that it is stronger than I am.  Very good phone call, wish I could have done it without the addiction.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 21, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (212/116)

Paid work - Saturday so no.

Creative work - had an insight into story flow (for the current section) and realized what I needed to do to fix it...and went ahead and fixed it.  Which made the need for a couple more quick shots...which I don't have.  So I started on those.  Overall, happy with the direction.

Overall - every time I have a sober day, I "wish" this could continue.  I think if I fight, I can have more.  It's so easy to slip back, though.  As I did.  I don't know what happened, I reopened it because I was...bored?  I don't know.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 20, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (211/116)

Paid work - very quiet, slow day.  Felt terrible most of the day.

Creative work - some good detail work.  Shadows, what a pain.

Overall - glad I finally got a sober day.  Needs to continue.  Teeth pain.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 19, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (211/115)

Paid work - mostly slow.  Quiet but very slow.

Creative work - lots of progress on the project.

Overall - really tired of feeling ill.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 18, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (210/115)

Paid work - very slow and noisy.

Creative work - more work on the "radar" sequence.  Quite a bit of work, actually--a good day.

Overall - very tired and very ill.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 17, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (209/115)  It's 2019 all over again.

Paid work - lots of hard physical work.

Creative work - some good stuff, some sequences and parts good.

Overall - tired of drinking, but there it is.  Bought some BlueTooth headphones for Roku. 

See you tomorrow.

Nov 16, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (208/115)  Don't see a good way out of this.

Paid work - slow day.  Got some stock stuff done. 

Creative work - got some story order done, working on elements.  Pretty good stuff.

Overall - ill most of the day, not from drinking but from drinking and overeating.  Plus more lawyer crap.  Damn.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 15, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (207/115)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - fixed the stupid "boss" sequence.  Turns out (I guess) that you can't have too many full-screen animations.

Overall - no message from the Bankruptcy lawyers, so I guess...we're done?  What the hell, man. UPDATE:  Message from the lawyers.  I'm not sure how to feel about this, but "pissed off" comes close.  Will try to contact them tomorrow and see what needs to be done.  Damn it all.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 14, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (206/115) Damn

Paid work - Saturday, so no on that front.

Creative work - some good stuff getting this thing moving.

Overall - I just feel trapped.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 13, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (205/115)

Paid work - pretty slow and very noisy.

Creative work - some sequences finished and some thoughts about scene placement.  And some more work.  Going okay.

Overall - felt ill most of the day, lunch at the Mexican place didn't help.  Bought a Roku.  And still drinking, yeah.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 12, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (204/115)

Paid work - slow, but not bad except for the noise.

Creative work - some decent stuff on the "flight to Earth" sequence.  And some other good stuff.  A good creative day.

Overall - what the Hell is it with the damned drinking.  What is the exit.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 11, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (203/115) Damn what is this.

Paid work - Federal holiday, so no.

Creative work - some transitional work, some planning, some design work.  Good stuff but slow.

Overall - doctor's visit went well, less expensive than I thought.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 10, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (202/115)

Paid work - slow and very, very noisy.

Creative work - some work on the hunter sequence.  Then, skipped ahead to do something interesting out of sequence.

Overall - more doctor tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 9, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (202/114)

Paid work - pretty slow day, not bad.

Creative work - nothing.  Tired of it now, maybe tomorrow.

Overall - Glad about that No, hope I can keep it going past the doctor appointment.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 8, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (202/113)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - fixed a major blunder in the first scene, started on scene two.

Overall - I really can't say.  Depressed and discouraged all the time.

 See you tomorrow.

Nov 7, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (201/113)  Damn and I tried so hard

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - pretty much set on the "books" sequence.  Looks great.

Overall - medical problems. 

See you tomorrow.  Unless I get lucky.

Nov 6, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (200/113) Almost...yeah almost doesn't count.

Paid work - an okay day.  Quiet.

Creative work - little bits here and there, then assembling them, then working out what needs to be done to finish the "books" scene.  So, pretty good overall.

Overall - being stupid again.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 5, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (199/113)

Paid work - decent day, slow in the afternoon, quiet.

Creative work - some good animation stuff, at least getting the "room" stuff in good shape.

Overall - very very depressed.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 4, 2020 (Weds)

Drinking - Yes (197/113)

Paid work - decent day, quiet.

Creative work - some good animation stuff, getting the "books" sequence in order.

Overall - very down because of the uncertainty.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 3, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (196/113)

Paid work - lots of riding here and there.  Shadowing the guy who works for Safety.

Creative work - trying to piece together the narrative.  Also, some animation stuff.

Overall - now, we start to find out what we are up against.  Money is very tight right now.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 2, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (195/113) It's the season.

Paid work - slow but quiet.

Creative work - some building of the "books" part, some good detail work.

Overall - stupid trackball broke.  Got a mouse, but I really prefer the trackball.  Stupid Logitech.

See you tomorrow.

Nov 1, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (194/113)  Damn.

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some animation stuff.

Overall - bought the purging stuff, but haven't used it yet.  Update:  used it, seemed to have a good deal of effect, I guess we'll see tomorrow if it was what we needed.  So far, sources say yes.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 31, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (193/113) 

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - some good clean-up work.

Overall - forgot to mention yesterday about the apartment with the all-night discussion forum.  So lack of sleep goes up.  Today, very sick the whole day.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 30, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (192/113) 

Paid work - slow day but not bad.

Creative work - creating work I was positive I'd already done.  Oh well.

Overall - life sucks.  Truly and completely.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 29, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (191/113)

Paid work - pretty long day, training in case one guy goes on vacation.

Creative work - some detail work.

Overall - worried about the world.  Medical problems come and go.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 28, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (191/112)

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - some details for the books scene.

Overall - felt better, doctor didn't seem worried.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 27, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (191/111)

Paid work -decent day.

Creative work - some detail work.

Overall - glad to break the streak.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 26, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (191/110) I hate this

Paid work - argh day

Creative work - slog work, mostly.

Overall - tired of all this situation.  Tired of it all.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 25, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (190/110)  Of course.

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some creature work.

Overall - still feeling under, though not as bad as yesterday.  Good phone call.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 24, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (189/110)  Double dumb-ass on me.

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - some detail stuff for the "Room" sequence.  This just goes further and further off.

Overall - felt sick all day, resolved to not drink, but drank.  Damn.

See you tomorrow.

 

Oct 23, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (188/110)  What the hell, man.  What the hell.

Paid work - some work done!  Also a big problem.  Who cares.

Creative work - some interesting (though trivial) stuff.  And some possible work on other scenes.

Overall - I don't know why I'm still here.  Aches and stuff.  And the drinking doesn't help.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 22, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (187/110) Damn it.

Paid work - slow day, extremely noisy.

Creative work - filling the gaps.  But some of it is fun.

Overall - medical thing comes and goes.  Should probably set up an appointment.  Damn the alcohol.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 21, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (186/110)

Paid work - slow day but not bad.  Boss was in. 

Creative work - drudgery, mostly.

Overall - tired of this medical stuff.

See you later today.

Oct 20, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (185/110) 

Paid work - pretty slow day, but quiet at least.

Creative work - a little.

Overall - voted.  Hope it helps.

See you later today.

Oct 19, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (184/110) 

Paid work - slow day, but went fast.

Creative work - some minor work.

Overall - more medical issues, dental this time.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 18, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (183/110) 

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - nothing much.  Kind of tired of it.

Overall - medical problems are back.  Bored all day.  Tired of drinking just to allay the boredom.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 17, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (182/110) 

Paid work - it's Saturday so no.

Creative work - some animation.

Overall - looks like one medical problem is better.  Thanks for that.

See you tomorrow.

 

Oct 16, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (181/110) 

Paid work - meeting with the big bosses.  Kind of busy day, though without much done.

Creative work - some animation.  Still waiting for the key to fall in place.

Overall - medical problems...then more medical problems.  Probably not helped by drinking, but there you go.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 15, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (180/110) 

Paid work - slow and noisy.  Got some stuff done, though.

Creative work - minor things again.  Need direction.

Overall - more medical worries.  Great.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 14, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (180/109)  

Paid work - slow day, very noisy.  Boring presentation.

Creative work - nothing much.  I really need a better sense of story flow.

Overall - managed to hold spending down. 

See you tomorrow.

Oct 13, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (180/108)  

Paid work - mostly slow, but quiet.

Creative work - more piece preparation for animation, more animation...the "books" sequence is coming along.  I wish I knew if that was good or not.

Overall - weird dreams.  And doing well on money (as well as can be expected).

See you tomorrow.

Oct 12, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (180/107)  

Paid work - very slow day, but quiet.

Creative work - some animation, design work.  Still need direction.

Overall - kind of tired but otherwise okay.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 11, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (180/106)  

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - good work on the animation prep.

Overall - felt sick all day.  Should be a good lesson, but probably won't be.  Good phone call, as always.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 10, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (179/106) 

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some very good stuff on the "books" scene.  Probably getting close to animating.  And yes, got some animation done, as well as some animation "prep." 

Overall - I knew the drinking would happen again on a Saturday.  Got to get this in check, at least a reasonable one.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 9, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (178/106) 

Paid work - very slow and noisy.

Creative work - more work on the "books" sequence.  Coming along well.

Overall - drinking makes me ill.  I should remember that.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 8, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (178/105)

Paid work - an okay day, though very noisy.

Creative work - some more stuff on the "books" scene.  Hope I end up using it.

Overall - my head is very sensitive.  And damn about that drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 7, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (177/105) 

Paid work - somewhat slow day.  Work, but not on my tickets.

Creative work - work on the "books" sequence.

Overall - very tired, but helps not drinking.  Also angry, the news I guess.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 6, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (177/104) 

Paid work - pretty slow day, very noisy.  Felt ill during most of it.

Creative work - more work on the "books" bit, though it feels like wheel spinning, it's good stuff.  Work on the "room" as well.

Overall - glad to stop drinking if only briefly. 

See you tomorrow.

Oct 5, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (177/103)

Paid work - pretty slow, very noisy.

Creative work - some work on the "books" art.

Overall - still very tired.

 See you tomorrow.

Oct 4, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (176/103) 

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some good stuff for the "books" section.  Some good stuff with hands and arms.  Some good stuff for future scenes. 

Overall - really exhausted today.  Maybe tomorrow I'll be sober. 

See you tomorrow.

Oct 3, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (175/103)  I fought the law and the law won.

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - some good work on the books scene. 

Overall - cooler weather today.  Hopeful about non-drinking, until it became a non-issue.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 2, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (174/103)

Paid work - quiet at least.  Otherwise very slow.

Creative work - more hand work.  I still hope this story will start to form.  At least the stuff so far is good.  And there's a lot of it...just hope it fits somewhere.

Overall - nice to have two sober days.  I really do feel better when I don't drink.  I wish I could learn that.

See you tomorrow.

Oct 1, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (174/102).

Paid work - very slow day, and noisy.

Creative work - work on the "books" sequence.  I seem to have no idea how this story works.

Overall - tired a lot.  At least didn't drink tonight.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 30, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (174/101).

 Paid work - slow day, not bad.  Very noisy.

Creative work - some minor stuff with the books.  OK.

Overall - too depressed to step away.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 29, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (173/101).

Paid work - mostly slow and very noisy.

Creative work - some sequence stuff, and fixes.  Nothing much.

Overall - tiresome, gloomy day.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 28, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (172/101). 

Paid work - slow day, but quiet.

Creative work - some detail work.  More on the opening.  Still need clues.

Overall - tired a lot.  Pain in chest.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 27, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (171/101). 

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some good alien stuff.

Overall - got to get a hand on the drinking.  Felt ill most of the day.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 26, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (170/101). 

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - some decent alien work, and some conceptualization.

Overall - first file backup in a couple of months.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 25, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (169/101).

Paid work - slowish day, incredibly noisy.

Creative work - converted some SWFs to video, and built a couple of aliens in Flash.

Overall - tired and stuff.  This will be a backup weekend--first in a while, good.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 24, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (168/101).

Paid work - slow day, but quiet.  Training. Frustrating commute.

Creative work - a little, but in the wrong project.  Darn.  Fixed that later.

Overall - still tired, but glad to be not-drinking.  Probably change tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

 

 

Sept 23, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (168/100). 

Paid work - mostly slow.  Very noisy.

Creative work - more grunt work.

Overall - tired, mostly.  Glad about not drinking, let's see if it lasts.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 22, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (168/99). Damn it.

Paid work - mostly slow, very noisy.

Creative work - a lot of grunt work for animating the caretakers.  Lots of that.  Good stuff, but nothing exploratory.

Overall - I no longer know.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 21, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (167/99).

Paid work - mostly slow day.  Some work, some stuff done.  

Creative work - a lot of work on the "caretakers."

Overall - blah day.  Some good, but ruined by politics.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 20, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (166/99).

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some stuff.  Damn.

Overall - good meeting with a friend I haven't seen in a while. 

See you very soon.  I hate this world.

Sept 19, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (165/99).  Maybe tomorrow we'll have sunshine.

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some really good work on the project.

Overall - finally got a haircut today, and replenished the soda.  Met a very beautiful dog.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 18, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (164/99).  I should be worried more, but I'm not.

Paid work - very slow day.  Spent more time on creative work.

Creative work - more work on the planet scene.  And some detail work on the interior.

Overall - still quite tired during the day.  And the Yes was coming no matter what.  Control is the key.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 17, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (163/99)

Paid work - pretty slow day.  More reorganizing.

Creative work - some good work on the Black Planet.  Sequence is shaping up.

Overall - very tired all day.  Not sure why.  Hope I can keep up the "No" tomorrow but who knows.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 16, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (163/98)

Paid work - decent day.  Lots of equipment moving.

Creative work - some good work on the Black Planet section.  Several animated sequences.

Overall - okay.  Tired of the problems money brings.  Phone calls to make tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 15, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (163/97)

Paid work - a decent day. 

Creative work - organizing some old stuff that I can reuse.

Overall - better than yesterday.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 14, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (163/96)

 Paid work - very little.  Spent most of the day ill.

Creative work - some detail work.  Nothing much.

Overall - very tired.  Not much food. 

See you later tonight.

Sept 13, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - yes (163/95)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some good stuff for Part Three.

Overall - hosting the FW blog again.  Very dull this week.  Damn the drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 12, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - yes (162/95)  Really got to stop this.

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some good work on the mentors' planet.  And some stuff on the Hunter, though I could swear I'd already done this.

Overall - depressed.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 11, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - yes (161/95) 

Paid work - a decent day.  Only one ticket, but a lot of organization in the storeroom.

Creative work - trying to reconcile the stuff done over the last few days with what I remember...still, a good day.

Overall - finally got the "old" computer's hard drive cloned onto another disk, and it is up and running.  Only Degoo seems to be troubled by this, which I probably suspected.

 See you tomorrow.

Sept 10, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - yes (160/95) 

Paid work - mostly slow day.

Creative work - more work on alien landscape.  It looks pretty good, really.

Overall - I don't know what's happening at all, anywhere.  Seems like end times coming.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 9, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - yes (159/95) 

Paid work - a decent day.  Very quiet.

Creative work - some good stuff on the intro for chapter three.

Overall - damn the drinking.  Almost made it.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 8, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - yes (158/95) 

Paid work - everyone there today, yikes.  Noisy as all get out.

Creative work - some planet landscape work.  I like it.

Overall - not worried too much about the drinking, yet.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 7, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - yes (157/95)

Paid work - state holiday, so no.

Creative work - some landscape stuff.

Overall - eh.

See you later today.

Sept 6, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - yes (156/95) 

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some drawing stuff for the new chapter.   Looks good, really.

Overall - still trying to see what I can do about this computer.  Bad money-time for this to happen.  Good conversation via phone.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 5, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - yes (155/95)

Paid work - no.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - so, all that repair time over all those days meant nothing.  This is why I'm not sad about drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 4, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (154/95)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - disk rescue has gone to 50%.  We'll see.  Laptop is occupied with that, so here I am on the Mac.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 3, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (154/94)

Paid work - slow day, but quiet.

Creative work - some work on the aliens.

Overall - hard to tell.  Most of the tech is working for recovering the drive; the only question is the drive itself.  We'll know soon enough.

See you tomorrow.

Sept 2, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (154/93)

Paid work - driving, mostly. 

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - still trying to see what ways to resurrect the PC.  Honestly, kind of miffed about life.  Things were decent and now....

See you tomorrow.

Sept 1, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (154/92)

Paid work - not bad, nothing much.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - still trying to see what I can do about resurrecting the PC.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 31, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (154/91)  FINALLY.

Paid work - half a day. 

Creative work - Nothing.

Overall - didn't learn what I wanted to know about finance.  PC's hard drive is definitely going.  I still want to get an image if I can.

 See you tomorrow.

Aug 30, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - yes (154/90) Damn I came really close.

Paid work - Sunday so no.

Creative work - more alien work.  I think that part is kind of done, mostly.  Hopefully I'll have a computer that's a bit more robust, shortly.

Overall - overall an okay day.  Kind of sad about the drinking but what can you do, it's an illness.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 29, 2020 (Sat)

 Drinking - yes (153/90)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no

Creative work - actually managed to do some good design work on the aliens behind "Instruction."  So, that's good.

Overall - well, the PC crashed again, tried to do a migrate but that didn't work, and now the PC hard drive is being "repaired."  If it manages this, I'll buy an imaging program and be more proactive.  Also, the roaches have returned with a vengeance. 

See you tomorrow.

Aug 28, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - yes (152/90)

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - the computer is back up, but who knows for how long.  And I still need to check the video card.  I may try to do a disk transfer tonight.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 27, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (151/90)

Paid work - an okay day.  Loud.

Creative work - we'll see, I doubt it because--

Overall - --main computer crashed and is trying to repair itself.  This could take all night, and it's making me use the laptop, which isn't as versatile.  Thinking about the finance stuff, might make some moves.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 26, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (150/90)

Paid work - an okay day. 

Creative work - some animation work, some conceptual stuff.  Not bad.

Overall - sick of drinking.  Sick of the world.

See you tomorrow.

Aug, 25, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (149/90)

Paid work - not much, but an okay day, other than the noise.

Creative work - working on the moon.

Overall - need to stop drinking. 

See you tomorrow.

Aug 24, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (148/90).  Son of a bitch.

Paid work - an okay day.  Not much, but some.

Creative work - some more chapter three stuff.  Seems like wheel-spinning but some good stuff anyway.

Overall - didn't feel terrible today.  Damn the drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 23, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (147/90) 

Paid work - not today.

Creative work - some work on the dark planet.  Not bad.0

Overall - very down and depressed today.  Updated Firefox, that was a mistake.  Depressed about the drinking.  And the damned roaches.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 22, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (146/90) 

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - definitely paying for last night.  And will pay tomorrow for tonight.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 21, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (145/90) 

Paid work - fairly slow day, but quiet.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - not a bad day.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 20, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (143/90)  

Paid work - fairly busy day, nice.  Very noisy.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - lost.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 19, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (142/90) 

Paid work - actually kind of busy, though doing few tasks.

Creative work - chairs

Overall - Long hollow tunnel

See you tomorrow.

Aug 18, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (141/90) Grim reminder.

Paid work - very slow day today.

Creative work - some more work on the room.

Overall - just out of sorts.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 17, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (140/90)

Paid work - slow day.

Creative work - forcing myself to do SOMETHING, anything.  Managed to get a pretty good room done.

Overall - was fine until the evening.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 16, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (139/90)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - nothing much.  Some photos. Attempts at a room.

Overall - another weekend gone.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 15, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (138/90)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

 Creative work - nothing

 Overall - damn, it seems--

 See you tomorrow.

Aug 14, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (137/90)

Paid work - lots of driving and hauling.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall -  wondering how I'm going to get out of here.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 13, 2020 (Thurs)

 Drinking - Yes (136/90)

 Paid work - a bit of work.

Creative work - nothing

Overall - stasis.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 12, 2020 (Wed)

 Drinking - Yes (135/90)

 Paid work - lots of driving.

 Creative work - some hands.

Overall - still feel somewhat ill.  And am so tired of being an alcoholic.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 11, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (134/90) Double damn it

Paid work - slow day, but quiet.

Creative work - making books for education.

Overall - more feeling ill all day.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 10, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (133/90)  Damn.

Paid work -slow day, very noisy.

Creative work - photos of books for the "educating" section.  Placed 1st (old) clip in Vegas for Part 3.

Overall - just kind of blah, but ticked off about drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 9, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - No (132/90)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - took some photos, thought more about what scenes to make.

Overall - very ill again.  Doctor tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

 

 

Aug 8, 2020 (Sat)

 Drinking - Yes (132/89)

 Paid work - Not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - more conceptual work.  Might have part three in some kind of shape. Ideas for scenes.

Overall - ill from drinking last night, so will be ill tomorrow no doubt.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 7, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (131/89). But it was expected.

Paid work - not bad, pretty slow, very noisy.

Creative work - nothing.  Some conceptualizing.

Overall - I've had worse Fridays.  Also--video card is working.

See you later today.

Aug 6, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (130/89).

Paid work - slow day for the most part.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - very tired.  Really wanted to drink.

Oops, this is late.  See you later today.

Aug 5, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (130/88).

Paid work - very slow day again, but also very quiet.

Creative work - nothing.  Checked status of video.

Overall - very frustrating evening trying to install new video card.  I'll post to Bleeping Computer, and if they have no ideas, back it goes.  Argh.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 4, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (130/87).

Paid work - very slow day, but quiet.

Creative work - I think the project is finished, but I need to re-render to get rid of the black frames.  Update: re-rendered, no black frames.  Update 2: uploaded to YouTube.

Overall - kind of an empty day.  Anxious about money.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 3, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (130/86).  Thank God.

Paid work - slow but very noisy day.

Creative work - compared the soundtrack recordings.  I think I still need to tone down (or eliminate) the sound effects.  Update: tweaked the sound effects, and I think the project might be finally done.  I want to watch it a couple more times first.

Overall - I hate dealing with money issues.  Glad I didn't drink tonight.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 2, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (130/85).

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - more work on the soundtrack, I think I have it in a good form, just need to make the music a bit less shrill or distorted.  On the other hand, listened again and it sounds okay.  Shrug.

Overall - very empty day.

See you tomorrow.

Aug 1, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (129/85).

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - the stuff I have for the soundtrack is just wrong.  So, I wrote down a timing of events in the animation.  Maybe I can come up with something.  Later:  I did a live playback of the movie and just scored alongside it.  Three passes.  Seems to be pretty good, though there was some noise in the synth patch--the Matrix seemed to be controlling the reverb for the JX. Still, it seems to work really well.  Much better than I expected.

Overall - kind of depressed and feeling somewhat lost.  Also, I hate drinking.  Damn it all.

See you tomorrow.

July 31, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (128/85).

Paid work - more driving, more office noise

Creative work - some sound work.  Also, the black square problem seems to have fixed itself.

Overall - very down.

See you tomorrow.

July 30, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (127/85).

Paid work - lots of driving in bad conditions

Creative work - nothing much.  Slotted in the computer noise, works well, what the hell are these black frames.

Overall - drinking will never stop, I know that now.

See you tomorrow.

July 29, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (126/85).

Paid work - slow but okay day.

Creative work - some sound work.

Overall - very tired of the situation.

See you tomorrow.

July 28, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (125/85).

Paid work - mostly okay day.

Creative work - bought some batteries to try and do audio work at the office. Sliced the best audio take (weirdness a) into some smaller sections.  Overall, pretty successful; probably some of them will be used.

Overall - not happy about drinking, but overall not a bad day.  Not a good one, but not bad.

See you tomorrow.

July 27, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (124/85).

Paid work - slow day, mostly.  Noise finally got to me.

Creative work - exported the sounds to WAV format.  And did some editing and cutting.  Some good stuff, though I have not yet put it in the video.  We'll see.

Overall - noise levels in the office are getting terrible.  Another stab at the video card.  And some sound work, so balance achieved.

See you tomorrow.

July 26, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (123/85).

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - Still trying to come up with a sound track.  Update:  did some actual recording with the old synths.  Might be crap, but at it's there!

Overall - Very depressed about the drinking; it was inevitable, though.  Felt ill and tired most of the day.  Still, nice to get some soundwork done.

See you tomorrow.

July 25, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (122/85).

Paid work - Saturday, so not today.

Creative work - added the clicking noise to the project.  Sounds good, but needs some tweaking.

Overall - knew it was going to happen.  Damn it anyway.  Otherwise a good day.

See you tomorrow.

July 24, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (121/85)  Had to fight it tonight.

Paid work - decent work day.  Not a lot, but some.

Creative work - some recording.  Still avoiding the musical part.

Overall - not a bad day overall. 

See you tomorrow.

July 23, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (121/84)

Paid work - slow day, but otherwise not bad.

Creative work - some sound work, nothing much.  Little by little.

Overall - still pretty tired but otherwise okay.  Thirst starting to come back.

See you tomorrow.

July 22, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (121/83)

Paid work - anticipating a bad day.  Update: better than I expected.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - very tired most of the day.

See you tomorrow.

July 21, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (121/82)

Paid work - slow day, but got some stuff done.

Creative work - nothing.  Still looking at video cards.

Overall - tired but at least not drink.

 See you tomorrow.

July 20, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (121/81)

Paid work - slow day, not bad though.

Creative work - trying to think about soundtracks.  Otherwise nothing.

Overall - sick most of the day. 

See you tomorrow.

July 19, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (121/80)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - tried to do some audio stuff, didn't work.

Overall - hate being sick like this.  All day.

See you tomorrow.

July 18, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (120/80)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - some sound work, always the least fun

Overall - not much sleep, but felt better this morning.  Tested the new card in the other PC, still won't boot, so back to Amazon it goes.

See you tomorrow.

July 17, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (119/80)

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - some recording.

Overall - ill mostly.  Glad the drinking finally stopped.

See you tomorrow.

July 16, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (119/79)

Paid work - some work, some for tomorrow.

Creative work - some sound work.  Put some major sounds along the timeline.

Overall - felt pretty sick most of the day. Why doesn't this deter anything?

See you tomorrow.

July 15, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (118/79)

Paid work - slow day, with some work.

Creative work - some sound work.

Overall - why does the good stuff not make me feel better?

See you tomorrow.

July 14, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (117/79) Damn.  This is the whole week, isn't it.

Paid work - decent work day.

Creative work - gathering some existing sound work.  Some good (and unused!) catches.

Overall - suddenly felt ill around 6 or so.

See you tomorrow.

July 13, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (116/79)

Paid work - pretty slow day.

Creative work - some sound work, not terribly satisfying. 

Overall - apparently things are happening with the estate, while the bankruptcy stalls.  Argh.

See you tomorrow.

July 12, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (115/79)  Normally I wouldn't, not after last night, but a depressing setback on the PC made it necessary.

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - played through the video again, it is done.  Backup day.  Did some audio work.

Overall - felt sick the whole day from last night's drinking.  Should be a reason to quit, why isn't it?  Also, the graphics card I ordered for the PC doesn't work.  Probably incompatible, as the PC wouldn't even boot with it installed.  Removed and back to the onboard graphics.  Damn.

See you tomorrow.

July 11, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (114/79) Not the start of a trend, I hope.

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - the visual aspect appears to be complete.  Now for the sound...  Update: rewatched, yes, the video is complete. 

Overall - Mostly tired the whole day, with the inevitability of (drinking) hanging over everything.  Let's see what happens tomorrow.

See you later today.

July 10, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (113/79)

Paid work - pretty slow day, but quiet (noise-wise).

Creative work - tweaked the final chapter (still needs more) and started gathering sound.

Overall - tired, but making a bit of progress.

See you tomorrow.

July 9, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (113/78)

Paid work - lots of driving, and lots of exhausting noise.

Creative work - converted all the scenes to new file names, adding back the ship's console.  Next, time to re-convert to MP4 by using the correct stage size.  Update:  converted to MP4 and immediately saw some tweaks I could add...damn.

Overall - felt okay for the most part, very tired though.

See you tomorrow.

July 8, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (113/77)

Paid work - lots of driving, very tiring.  Noisy.

Creative work - the video glitch seems to be much better with the new settings.  Back to putting the console in.

Overall - okay.  Still can't find the shampoo I want.  Got the video card--just postage stuck on a box and mailed.  Not even sealed.  Surprised it got here in one piece.

See you tomorrow.

July 7, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (113/76)

Paid work - only a little.  Not a bad day, though.  Except for the noise.

Creative work - noticed a setting in Swivel that I hadn't seen before.  Hm.

Overall - not bad.  Leg is much better today.

See you tomorrow.

July 6, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (113/75)  About time.

Paid Work - pretty slow day.

Creative work - nothing.  Uploaded images to Newgrounds to see if they know why the spheres are coming out square.

Overall - very ill most of the day.

See you tomorrow.

July 5, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (113/74)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - finishing up the "no ship" stuff, and...finding out the plan may not work.  Damn it.

Overall - very worried about the drinking.

See you tomorrow.

July 4, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (112/74)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - was pretty down on doing anything, because of the idea that I can "add more" now that the ship console wasn't a problem.  It made me not want to do anything at all.  But I looked at the footage, and decided, it was good enough as is.  Tweaked a couple of things for synchronization, but otherwise I think we can finish the video part sometime next week.  Audio next.

Overall - really depressed about the drinking, especially when I went out and bought more.

See you tomorrow.

July 3, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (111/74)

Paid work - state holiday, so no.

Creative work - more deleting ship layers, thinking about what to add.

Overall - ill all of the time.

See you tomorrow.

July 2, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (110/74)  Yikes

Paid work - last day before holiday.  Busy in the morning.

Creative work - stumbled upon a work-around...removing the ship seems to improve things.  Still wish I knew what was going on.

Overall - who cares.

See you tomorrow.

July 1, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (109/74) Getting worried.

Paid work - fairly busy (and tiring) day.

Creative work -some attempts at making stuff good.  Pretty sure I have the beginning and end done right.

Overall - I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.

See you tomorrow.

June 30, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (108/74)

Paid work - okay, nothing much.  Ill for most of it.

Creative work - the sudden nagging feeling that things should be "better."  Fixing the finale.

Overall - drinking again.  What the hell.

See you tomorrow.

June 29, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (107/74)

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - fixing stuff again.  Getting some stuff ready for possible inclusion.

Overall - again, an okay day.  Unhappy about the drinking, but what can I do?

See you tomorrow.

June 28, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (106/74)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - some more fixes.

Overall - amazing not ill today, despite the drinking.  

See you tomorrow.

June 27, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (105/74)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - some fixes.

Overall - an okay day I guess.

See you later today.

June 26, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (104/74)

Paid work - mostly slow, though got some stuff done.  Too tired to work on "etc."

Creative work - watched the rough cut.  Weird defects in it.  Fixing some of them, but others will require reworking Flash stuff.  Still, light at the end of the tunnel.  Update:  Some of the defects are fairly persistent.  Oh well.

Overall - damn about the drinking, hope the renovations upstairs don't start at 7 am.

See you tomorrow.

June 25, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (103/74)

Paid work - an okay day.  Some work done, some lined up.

Creative work - tweaking and fixing. Noticed some mistakes, too.  The "multiple" part is giving me fits now.

Overall - leg acting up. Kind of anxious.  Nothing bad has happened in a couple of days, what's next?

See you tomorrow.

June 24, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (103/73)

Paid work - okay day.  Nothing great, kind of slow, but quiet.

Creative work - finished the orange section.  Re-did a couple of the old sections (I think this is going to be a constant thing).  I think much of it is done, but we'll see.

Overall - not drinking helps with a lot of things.

See you tomorrow.

June 23, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (103/72)

Paid work - decent day.  Got some things done. Noisy. 

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - bad lunch.  Really wanted beer, but somehow resisted.

See you tomorrow.

June 22, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (103/71)

Paid work - decent day.  Pretty slow but managed to get some work in.

Creative work - lightning effects.  I can probably use them.

Overall -not too bad, kind of HO this morning, not sure why I'm drinking.

See you tomorrow.

June 21, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (102/71)

Paid work - Sunday,  so no.

Creative work - more work on the orange chapter.

Overall - felt mostly lousy.

See you tomorrow.

June 20, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (101/71)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - had an idea about re-doing all the planets.  I think the idea is good.  And there are always backups.  More: started shifting planets, looks good but the black squares are back.  Still looks good.

Overall - people working on the upstairs apartment decided to start at 7:30.  Oh joy.  Shower drips when the upstairs one is used.  Made management aware of this.

See you tomorrow.

June 19, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (100/71)

Paid work - imaging PCs.

Creative work - more work on the new chapter.  And some fixing of the old chapters.

Overall - feel really pretty rotten.

See you tomorrow.

June 18, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (100/70)

Paid work - mostly slow, took some tickets.

Creative work - a new chapter for the travel project, nearly completed.  Some good detail work.  Good progress.

Overall - very tired all day today.  And damn the drinking.  I mean, what the hell?

See you tomorrow.

June 17, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (99/70)

Paid work - slow day.

Creative work - some decent cloud work, saving to the Vegas project, and some future developments.  Still wish the damned thing was done!

Overall - mostly miserable.  Felt ill most of the day, probably because of drinking, yet still drank.  Where is the exit strategy?

See you tomorrow.

June 16, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (98/70)

Paid work - half day, felt really sick.

Creative work - trying to find the original "fingers" animation.  Update--found it.  Managed to get some good work into the project.

Overall - tired of everything.

See you tomorrow.

June 15, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (97/70)

Paid work - okay day, got a couple of things done.

Creative work - getting stuff into a final form.  Too bad all this stuff is months old... But got some older stuff ready to publish.  Kind of getting it from both ends.

Overall - hate drinking.  But what can you do?

See you tomorrow.

June 14, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (96/70)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - assembling the final bit.  Two minutes so far.

Overall - paying for the drinking for sure.  Good phone call.

See you tomorrow.

June 13, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (95/70)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - added the console to chapter three, and four.  Chapter four needs work.

Overall - figured the drinking would start again.  Not really upset about it, honestly.  And, at this point, I'm done for the day.

See you tomorrow.

June 12, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (94/70)

Paid work - a decent day, got some work done.  Quiet...except for the loud people.

Creative work - getting some more bits into shape, reworking others...coming along.  First three parts I'm pretty happy with.

Overall - very tired today.  Also, HBTM.

See you tomorrow.

June 11, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (94/69)

Paid work - slow day.

Creative work - might have figured out why the one section renders so slowly--I have 9 layers of stars.  I reduced this to 3, but haven't placed the layers yet.  UPDATE:  worked really well.  Now to see if I can blend the sequences.

Overall - very tired throughout the day.

See you "tomorrow."

June 10, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (94/68)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - some detail work, replacing the little monitor window.  Finally got this fix into the opening scene.  Started to think about the structure for the film.  Got the beginning in shape.

Overall - an okay day.  Nothing special.

See you tomorrow.

June 9, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (94/67)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - more console fixes (sigh), and some minor work on Instruction 3.

Overall - lunch made me sick.  Very tired throughout.

See you tomorrow.

June 8, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (94/66)

Paid work - okay day.  Lots of driving, not much else.

Creative work - trying to fix the instances where the little screen appeared, so as to get rid of it (I have no content for it).

Overall - kind of meh. 

See you tomorrow.

June 7, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (93/66)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - trying to get this thing into final shape.  Seems to be some lost footage, trying to find that.  And I've found some of it.  Looks good, so far.

Overall - not happy about Saturday's drinking but then there you are.  Sick most of the day today, but here I am drinking again.

See you tomorrow.

June 6, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (92/66)

Paid work - Saturday so no.

Creative work - finally got the last mountains animated well.  Should be able to assemble a rough cut.  Getting some details aligned,

Overall - Firefox has decided to be irritating again.  Looking at other browsers.  NEW:  browser settings can do this.  Also, drinking is bad.

See you tomorrow.

June 5, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (92/65)

Paid work - very slow day, but nice and quiet.

Creative - creature designs.

Overall - really wanted to drink.  Kind of glad I didn't, but still want to.

See you tomorrow.

June 4, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (92/64)

Paid work - very slow day, annoying noise.

Creative work - nothing.  Nothing really appeals.

Overall - therapy kind of got my knee today.

See you tomorrow.

June 3, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (92/63)

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - minor work on the project.

Overall - feel kind of meh.

See you tomorrow.

June 2, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (92/62)

Paid work - slow day.

Creative work - some timing work. 

Overall - leg behaving mostly, felt ill all day. Got to get drinking under control, no other way. 

See you tomorrow.

June 1, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (91/62)

Paid work - slow day, but not terrible.

Creative work - trying to wrap up the landing bit, and getting close.

Overall - chiropractor visit went well.  Leg is behaving itself, for now.

See you tomorrow.

May 31, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (90/62)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - more mountain animation, looks good. 

Overall - really got to stop drinking.  Felt sick all day today.  Probably the same tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

May 30, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (89/62)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some animation on the landing sequence.  Really should finish this thing.  (Still haven't done anything with sound, too.)  Trying to get this thing straight. 

Overall - nice to get to "rest" in, though sleeping after 7 or so never seems to work.  Backup day today--haven't done it in two months.  Saw a nice puppy and petted the neighbor's cat. 

See you tomorrow.

May 29, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (88/62)

Paid work - okay day, though users' refusal to learn is starting to grate.

Creative work - exported mountains for the landing sequence.

Overall - very tired.  Also very depressed.

See you tomorrow.

May 28, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (88/61)

Paid work - long day, lots of work but very tiring.

Creative work - some work on ideas for a possible part 3 of Instruction. 

Overall - leg last night was really bothersome. Tonight looks to be the same. Oh well.

See you tomorrow.

May 27, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (88/60)

Paid work - mostly irritating day, due to changed procedures.

Creative work - nothing much.

Overall - felt sick most of the time, persistent headache.  Good visit to chiropractor.

See you tomorrow.

May 26, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (88/59)

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - some mountains.

Overall - so tired of drinking, wish I could give it up.  Alas. 

See you tomorrow.

May 25, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (87/59)

Paid work - state holiday, so no paid work.

Creative work - more mountain work.  Seems like a delaying tactic, but here we go.  And some more mountain work, which at least looks interesting.

Overall - felt very sick today, probably because of yesterday's "Yes."

See you tomorrow.

May 24, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (86/59)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some mountain revision work.  Despite the alcohol it might be good.

Overall - good phone call.  Shame about the drinking. 

See you tomorrow.

May 23, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - No (85/59)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - nothing.  None of it interests me at the moment, and I have a feeling all the drunk work will have to be un- or re-done.  Itching to do SOMETHING though.

Overall - managed to do the "full" walk today, and my leg only really protested near the end.  Good progress, I think.  After much debate, decided I could afford the online piano lessons.

See you tomorrow.

May 22, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (85/58)

Paid work - slow day, mostly.  Read a lot.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - kind of a meh day, but glad I resisted drinking.  Wanted to, but held back.

See you tomorrow.

May 21, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (85/57)

Paid work - a decent day, some work, some dull stretches, too much noise.

Creative work - mountain stuff.

Overall - some very good mail.

See you tomorrow.

May 20, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (84/57)

Paid work - an okay day, too loud but otherwise okay.

Creative work - animating clouds and mountains.

Overall - good talk with Michael, damn tire blow-out.  A toss-up.

See you tomorrow.

May 19, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (83/57)

Paid work - pretty decent day, lots done.

Creative - mountain work, animation work, some progress.

Overall - ate a terrible meal at Hardees.  Leg slightly less bothersome, tinnitus steps up.

See you tomorrow.

May 18, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (82/57)

Paid work - some not so great results

Creative work - more mountains.

Overall - felt sick most of the day, hope the drinking cures it.

See you tomorrow.

May 17, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (81/57)

Paid work - Sunday, so, no.

Creative work - some mountain stuff.

Overall - I hate the day after.

See you tomorrow.

May 16, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (80/57)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - trying to get the mountains to look good.  Some work on new, better mountains...hopefully won't derail the opening.

Overall - leg very bothersome all last night and most of the day.  Bought a heating pad.

See you tomorrow.

May 15, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (79/57)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - some more work on the landing stuff.  Works better sober.

Overall - tired a lot, leg bothering a lot. 

See you tomorrow.

May 14, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (79/56)

Paid work - another dull day.

Creative work - more stuff on the "Travel" project.  Going along well, going down smooth.

Overall - some possible progress on the damned funds thing.  Depressed about drinking.  Sore a lot.

See you tomorrow.

May 13, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (78/56).  Oh well.

Paid work - very slow, very dull day.  Recycling cardboard was the highlight.

Creative work - some more detail work on the landing sequence.  Ideas falling into shape.  Got to get the details into shape as well.  But stuff is getting done.

Overall - leg got really bothersome. But...everything is bothersome.  Damned flies everywhere.

See you tomorrow.

May 12, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (77/56)

Paid work - mostly slow day.  Went home early due to exhaustion.

Creative work - some housekeeping, trying to keep the latest versions on top.  A nice planet animation.

Overall - hopefully the pain will be down tonight and I can sleep a little.

See you tomorrow.

May 11, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (77/55)

Paid work - decent day, some actual work in the morning.

Creative work - more planet animation.  Shaping up nicely.

Overall - leg goes from "okay" to "really bothersome" very quickly.

See you tomorrow.

May 10, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (77/54)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some detail work on the Travel project.  Good stuff.

Overall - felt extremely ill the whole day.  Gotta get drinking under control.

See you tomorrow.

May 9, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (76/54)  Oh well.

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some more planet stuff for the Travel project.  It's nice to have some enthusiasm again.  And more planet stuff, and timing.

Overall - finally able to get a haircut.  Leg bothering a lot, but still have exhaustion.  Sad about the drinking, but it'll probably be okay.  Maybe.

See you tomorrow.

May 8, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (75/54)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - some animation on the Travel project.  Nice details that make it pretty cool.  A good day's work.

Overall - exhausted most of the day.

See you tomorrow.

May 7, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (75/53)

Paid work - mostly slow.

Creative work - some more transition stuff for Travel, and some concepts to explore.  Some planets for the nebula created--pretty good stuff, made from texture pictures.

Overall - started new medicine and felt ill.

See you tomorrow.

May 6, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (75/52)  Really wanted to, but didn't.

Paid work - semi-busy day at the beginning.

Creative work - some nice work on the Travel thing.  Just details, but looks good.

Overall - well, the medical news wasn't good, but I wasn't expecting it to be.  More medications.

May 5, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (75/51)

Paid work - very slow day.  Tired throughout.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - got some stuff done.  Not drinking is good.

See you tomorrow.

May 4, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (75/50)

Paid work - slow day.  New guy started today.

Creative work - realization that I need a part two for the new thing.  And some steps toward that.  Wish I could do this sober.

Overall - good visit with the physical therapist.

See you tomorrow.

May 3, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (74/50) dammit

Paid work - Sunday so no.

Creative work - some additions to the new thing.

Overall - leg being more bothersome today.  Walking seems to make it worse. Good call tonight. 

See you tomorrow.

May 2, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (73/50)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some detail work on the "new" project.  Looks good so far.

Overall - leg really bothering me today.  Maybe because of the drinking.  Who really knows.

See you tomorrow.

May 1, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (72/50)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - trying a lot.  Some progress.

Overall - pain seems to be gone for longer periods of time, but it always comes back.

See you tomorrow.

April 30, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (71/50). Damn

Paid work - mostly slow.  Very tired throughout.

Creative work - assembled the stage, still have to make symbols, but shaping up.  Update:  made some of the symbols and started some animation.  And then did more animation. 

Overall - exhausted.  Saw the Physical Therapist.  Pretty good session.  At times, the leg pain is almost gone, but it always comes back.  Like now.

See you tomorrow.

April 29, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (70/50).

Paid work - slow day.  Very tired throughout.

Creative work - some sound recording of environment.  Maybe useful.  Exporting to PNG.

Overall - exhaustion, all the time.  Tomorrow another therapist meeting.  Really wish I could get some energy.

See you tomorrow.

April 28, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (70/49).

Paid work - some in the morning, most of the day dead.

Creative work - some good work on this "new thing" that, with any luck will not become another albatross.

Overall - Got to get a handle on the drinking.  That's not an "if" anymore.  Don't know how I resisted tonight.

See you tomorrow.

April 27, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (70/48).

Paid work - not bad.  Busy, with a lot of driving.

Creative work - some interesting work for something that might not see the light of day.  At least it's work.

Overall - meeting with physical therapist. That went well, I got some exercises to do.

See you tomorrow.

April 26, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (69/48).  Damn.

Paid work - Sunday, so nothing.

Creative work - more lightning stuff - and some circular white stuff.  Since the main projects are stalled, started something new.  Who knows. 

Overall - again, very exhausted.

See you tomorrow.

April 25, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (68/48).

Paid work - Saturday, so none.

Creative work - some work on lightning--something I thought I already had, but whatever.  And some attempts at a circular white cloud thing.

Overall - yikes, $800+ in car work.  Damn.  Also, back to being exhausted.  Walked anyway, which made the leg feel better, but didn't do anything for the exhaustion.  Beer probably won't help too.

See you tomorrow.

April 24, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (67/48).

Paid work - semi-busy.  Noisy. 

Creative work - finally (I think) figured out alpha channel in Swivel.  We'll see.  UPDATE: No, didn't work.  It'd be nice to have a simple project...

Overall - not as tired as yesterday, but not a lot of energy either.

See you tomorrow.

April 23, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (67/47).

Paid work - okay day.  Slow, and then it wasn't.

Creative work - nothing.  Too tired.

Overall - glad I went to the doctor, but I am sore all over now.  And exhausted.

See you tomorrow.

April 22, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (67/46).

Paid work - mostly slow.  And loud.

Creative work - some putting stuff into final shape, at least some of it.

Overall - leg is bothering me more and more.

See you tomorrow.

April 21, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (67/45).

Paid work - day off to deal with bankruptcy court.

Creative work -some cloud work, looks good.

Overall - feel very stressed out this morning.  Court starts in ten minutes.  Later: well, that was more annoying than worrisome.  Glad it's done.

See you tomorrow.  

April 20, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (66/45).

Paid work - lots of driving.

Creative work - some resizing, which actually worked! 

Overall - more health worries.  And tomorrow is the big day.  Or at least one of them.

See you tomorrow.

April 19, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (65/45).  Damn it.

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - nothing

Overall - felt ill the whole day.  Lots of walking.  Good phone conversation though.  Always hope.

See you tomorrow.

April 18, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (64/45).

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - lots of cloud work.  Trying to figure out how to re-size without re-doing.

Overall - very sick.  Really need to stop the drinking.

See you tomorrow.

April 17, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (63/45).

Paid work - not much done, but intensely irritating.  Some folks should practice sonic distancing.

Creative work - exported last night's work to its various elements.  And did some cool stuff after that

Overall -I am a frame upon which suffering is to be imposed.

See you tomorrow.

April 16, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (62/45).

Paid work - slow day, got some stuff done.

Creative work - some more cloud work.  I'm hoping we're getting close to at least having all the elements done.

Overall - totally exhausted the whole day.  Leg won't stop being problematic.  Made Dr's appointment for the 23rd.

See you tomorrow.

April 15, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (62/44).

Paid work - slow day, mostly unrewarding.

Creative work - some stuff.  Don't know where it will go.

Overall - pain/leg issues really acting up.  Need to make an appointment.

See you tomorrow.

April 14, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (62/43).

Paid work - long dull day.

Creative work - some minor stuff.  Things beginning to take shape.  Gathering the elements.

Overall - tired, health worries, bored, the lot.

See you tomorrow.

April13, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (62/42).  Thank God.

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - some good stuff.

Overall - health concerns foremost.

See you tomorrow.

April 12, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (62/41).

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some actual good stuff.

Overall - very ill throughout the day.

See you tomorrow.

April 11, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (61/41).

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work -very little

Overall - ill most of the day.  Odd, that--

See you tomorrow.

April 10, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (60/41).

Paid work - state holiday, so no.

Creative work - trying to fill the supplementary screens.  Eh.

Overall - drank too much yesterday and am paying for it today.  Otherwise got some errands done.

See you tomorrow.

April 9, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (59/41).

Paid work - last day of the work week, very slow.  Not bad, though.

Creative work -  too much over very little

Overall - feel ill, unsettlingly so.

See you tomorrow.

April 8, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (58/41).

Paid work - an okay day.  Very tired.  Pain in the right leg.

Creative work - finally assembling some cloud stuff.  More difficult than I thought, for what was supposed to be a simple throwaway. 

Overall - wish I could sleep until I felt rested.

See you tomorrow.

April 7, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (57/41).

Paid work - an okay day.  Scary. 

Creative work - more clouds, more thinking about placements and action.  No real progress.

Overall - very depressed, as usual.

See you tomorrow.

April 6, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (57/40).

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - some clouds.

Overall - drifting, unmoored.

See you tomorrow.

April 5, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (57/39).

Paid work - Sunday so none.

Creative work - some cloud work.  Nothing much.

Overall - very depressed.

See you tomorrow.

April 4, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (56/39).

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - a little bit

Overall - very depressed, feel lost

See you later today.

April 3, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (55/39).

Paid work - mostly slow day, with an irritating finish.

Creative work - some small adjustments.  And some nice experiments.  Good stuff overall.

Overall - just kind of despairing.

See you tomorrow.

April 2, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (54/39).

Paid work - slow day.

Creative work - some conceptualizing.  Nothing else.

Overall - depressed, bored, borderline miserable.

See you tomorrow.

April 1, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (54/38).

Paid work - okay day.

Creative work - some animation stuff.

Overall - does it matter?

See you tomorrow.

Mar 31, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (53/38).

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - trying to figure out why animated extracts don't work.

Overall - the drinking was inevitable.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 30, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (52/38).  Really wanted to.

Paid work - an okay day.  Some busyness, some dull stretches.

Creative work - little bit of work on what I had thought would be a quickly-made "nothing much" animation, but which turned out to be more involved than I thought it would be.

Overall - eh.  Could've been worse.  Very depressed.

See you tomorrow.

Mar, 29, 2019 (Sun)

Drinking - No (52/37). 

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - backup day.  Very depressed and tired.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 28, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (52/36).  Hey, I was good for a week.

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - nothing really.  Some ideas, but frustrated by a lack of resources that I assumed I had.  Off to search the archives, I guess.

Overall - feel very tired, but glad I didn't drink last night.  Drinking tonight instead.  Despite the news of shortages and long lines and empty shelves, I've not been inconvenienced about any of that.  Stores have had what I wanted and needed.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 27, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (51/36).

Paid work - okay, rather slow for the most part.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - very depressed.  Not sure why. Also exhausted, but that could be the weekend buffer.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 26, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (51/35).

Paid work - mostly slow and irritating, with a brief break.

Creative work - some ideas.  We'll see.  Nothing tonight, though.

Overall - not doing as badly as I thought I would be in these circumstances.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 25, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (51/34).

Paid work - an okay day, except for the ARGH factor.

Creative work - nothing.  No real ideas, bored with current projects.  Maybe later.

Overall - not looking forward to the office tomorrow. 

See you tomorrow.

Mar 24, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (51/33).

Paid work - okay day, largely irritating, not sure why.

Creative work - some ideas, nothing much though.

Overall - not terribly worried about the world just yet, but getting there. 

See you tomorrow.

Mar 23, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (51/32).

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - experiments in different animation lengths paid off.   Might need to do something of substance....

Overall - eh.  Felt rather bad, but the Kratom stuff seems to help.  Took some of the bankruptcy course.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 22, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - No (51/31).

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - searched everywhere for papers, finally found them.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 21, 2020 (SAt)

Drinking - Yes (51/30).

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some nebula stuff.  Not bad.  Kind of keeping central, rather than going forward, but at times that's okay.

Overall - a bunch of good things recently.  I dread the other shoe dropping.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 20, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (50/30).

Paid work - okay day, got some stuff done, very slow otherwise.

Creative work - some more cloud animation.

Overall -felt like drinking, that's all.  Seem to be getting better health-wise, too.

See you later today.

Mar 19, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (49/30).

Paid work - busy day, not a lot done though.

Creative work - more cloud work.

Overall - well, looks like the bankruptcy stuff has started.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 18, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (49/29).

Paid work - an okay day.  Eh.

Creative work - some nebula animation.  Actually kind of nice stuff.

Overall - more lawyer stuff, more upcoming expenses.  Illness seems to be tapering off a little.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 17, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (49/28).

Paid work - slow and irritating.

Creative work - some detail work.  I've forgotten what some of the layers are supposed to do!

Overall - 2nd meeting with lawyers.  Went well.  Then the traffic....

See you tomorrow.

Mar 16, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (49/27).

Paid work - an okay day.  Busy.

Creative work - nothing much.  Kind of at a standstill.

Overall - marginally healthier today than in recent days.  Marginal, but noticeable.  Glad of that. 

See you tomorrow.

Mar 15, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - No (49/26).

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - split the latest chapter into two parts, that seems to have solved the "black squares" problem.

Overall - health seems to be somewhat better.  Update:  no, I guess not. About the same.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 14, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (49/25).

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some silly stuff, still haven't tackled the other issues.

Overall - still feel sick, but got a number of things done.  And thanks to whoever is up there watching out. 

See you tomorrow.

Mar 13, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (48/25).

Paid work - a few things.  The people running things are stupid.

Creative work - some ideas for fixing the playback issue.

Overall - tired of being ill, tired of being tired.  Not despairing, though.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 12, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (48/24).

Paid work - slow day, but got irritating.

Creative work - finished the silly stuff (mostly), experimented with star fields.  Some progress but some problems.

Overall -tired of feeling sick, and can't really tell if I'm getting better.

See you later today..

Mar 11, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (48/23).

Paid work - okay day, slow.

Creative work - just some silliness.

Overall - still very ill.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 10, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (48/22).

Paid work - slow day.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - more stomach problems.  Wish I knew what it was.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 9, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (48/21).

Paid work - day off.  Mom's burial service.

Creative work - more silly stuff.

Overall - don't feel as ill as yesterday.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 8, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (48/20).

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some silly stuff

Overall - an okay day.  Ill rather a lot.

See you later today.

Mar 7, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (47/20).

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some re-thinks and some good stuff.

Overall - funeral was today, very good service.  Overall, kind of ill.  Too many people.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 6, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (46/20).

Paid work - lots of very tiring driving.  Overall ok, though.

Creative work - some animation problem solving, and some problem unearthing.

Overall - okay day.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 5, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (45/20).

Paid work - okay day, mostly slow.

Creative work - some animation work, experimenting.

Overall - not a bad day.  Very tired.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 4, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (45/19).

Paid work - nothing much, very slow.

Creative work - lots of animation.  Mountains seem to be done, asteroids close.

Overall -stomach problems, where'd that come from?

See you later today.

Mar 3, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (45/18).

Paid work - slow day, with training.

Creative work - a lot of animation.  Plus redesign of the mountains.

Overall -an okay day.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 2, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - No (45/17).

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - okay.  Not great, but okay.

See you tomorrow.

Mar 1, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (45/16).

Paid work - none on Sunday.

Creative work - some animation.  Overall, pretty good.

Overall - still ill, drinking probably not helping.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 29, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (44/16).

Paid work - Saturday, no work today.

Creative work - backup day, so nothing much.

Overall - felt ill most of the day.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 28, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (43/16).

Paid work - half day due to illness.  Not much happening anyway.

Creative work - some animation work.

Overall - I think the medication is helping somewhat.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 27, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (42/16).

Paid work - an okay day, duller than I'd like.

Creative work - started on some animation.  Some good work done.

Overall - Well, mom passed today.  Not unexpected, but a good excuse for the "Yes."

See you tomorrow.

Feb 26, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (41/16).

Paid work - an okay day.  Lots of meetings.

Creative work - asteroid belts.

Overall - an okay day.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 25, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (41/15).

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - exporting as PNGs for animation.  Now I have to plan that...

Overall - okay day overall.  Nothing wonderful but could have been worse.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 24,2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (41/14).

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - more mountains, and some fixes.

Overall - don't ask.  It just gets worse.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 23, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (40/14).

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - more mountains.  Good ones, too.

Overall - feel kind of adrift, though I am moving forward.  And there are things that are good.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 22, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (39/14).

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some more mountains--kind of fun. 

Overall - closed BoA account, feeling like progress is being made.  Made changes to computer layout, so far I like.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 21, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (38/14).

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - some mountain work.

Overall - a bit disappointed about the "Yes" but we'll see.  News about mom not so good.  Again, we'll see.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 20, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (37/14).

Paid work - an okay day, slow.

Creative work - mountains.

Overall - terrible weather, overall a decent day.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 19, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - No (37/13).

Paid work - not bad, got some stuff done. 

Creative work - some good cloud work.

Overall - very tired.  I get tired quickly but it doesn't help with sleep.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 18, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - No (37/12).

Paid work - lots of driving.

Creative work - some cloud formation.

Overall - puzzling.  I don't feel despairing.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 17, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (37/11).  Seriously, damn it all.

Paid work - state holiday, so no.

Creative work - some good nebula work, and got a bit of a handle on Acid Pro and Zenbeats,  Wouldn't call myself comfortable with either, but a decent start.

Overall - dental appointment went fine.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 16, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (36/11)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - finished the console animation, and fixed some positioning problems.  Now for the content.  Also, experimented with a new DAW from Roland.  Interesting.

Overall - bought some CBD stuff.  Hope it helps.  Update:  hard to tell, really.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 15, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (35/11)

Paid work - Saturday so no.

Creative work - might have FINALLY gotten the buttons right.

Overall - would love to stop this.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 14, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - Yes (34/11)

Paid work - OK day, lots of driving.

Creative work - more button fixing.  Good day.

Overall - need a way to get out of this place.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 13, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - Yes (33/11)

Paid work - an okay day.

Creative work - still struggling with making a damned pattern.

Overall - calm before the storm, probably.  Have a feeling of impending doom.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 12, 2020 (Wed)

Drinking - Yes (32/11)

Paid work - full day, somewhat tiring.

Creative work - redoing some bad stuff.  Otherwise good.

Overall -  I don't know.  Can't be good.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 11, 2020 (Tues)

Drinking - Yes (31/11)

Paid work - annoying mostly.

Creative work - more work on the Travelogue thing.

Overall - hard to say.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 10, 2020 (Mon)

Drinking - Yes (30/11)

Paid work -lots of very difficult physical work.  Backaching.

Creative work -very minor stuff, but fun.

Overall -well, the court thing went better than I expected.  So that's at least off the "Huge Worry" chart.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 9, 2020 (Sun)

Drinking - Yes (29/11)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some good stuff on the "Travelogue" project.

Overall - tomorrow is the big day.  The biggest, really.  Damn it all. Can't even stop drinking.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 8, 2020 (Sat)

Drinking - Yes (28/11)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - started on a new project.  Might be something.

Overall - snow fall today, but gone by the afternoon.  Got some nice pictures.  Sad about drinking but there you are.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 7, 2020 (Fri)

Drinking - No (27/11)

Paid work - fair day.  Scratched my eye, which became a huge pain.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - eyescratch overshadowed everything.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 6, 2020 (Thurs)

Drinking - No (27/10)

Paid work - decent day.

Creative work - nothing.

Overall - still sore with some irritation.

See you tomorrow.