December 31, 2023 (Sunday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (216/149)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - bought airline and hotel for the funeral.  Ouch.

Overall - good phone call.   And the Yes/No ratio was at least better than last year.  Best in a while, apparently.

See you tomorrow.   

December 30, 2023 (Saturday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (215/149)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - nothing.  All out of ideas

In the interim - doing the month-end backup.   Went pretty well.

Overall - ill all day and I still drank.  Damn it.

See you tomorrow.   

December 29, 2023 (Friday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (214/149)

Paid work - State holiday, so not today.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - found out that brother Steve died about a week ago.  Had no idea.  Kind of kicked in the gut.  And adrift.

Overall - not much else to say.

See you tomorrow.    

December 28, 2023 (Thursday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (213/149)

Paid work - another slow day.

Creative work - nothing.  Exhausted and spent, creativity-wise.

In the interim - another four day weekend starts tomorrow.

Overall -  and here we are.

See you tomorrow.    

December 27, 2023 (Wednesday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (213/148)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - I regard the thing as finished.  Watched it twice, it seemed fine, so I uploaded it.

In the interim - gas not too bad, but then I barely needed any after four days of non-driving.

Overall - another Wednesday.  Nothing special.  

See you tomorrow.    

December 26, 2023 (Tuesday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (213/147)

Paid work - did a couple of tickets, some driving.  Very small.

Creative work - more work on the sound, got a song I like.  Fixed some bits in the ending.  Then I assembled everything and rendered it.  I want to watch it a couple of times but I think it's finally done.

In the interim - felt tired all day.  Car at least worked.

Overall - glad to be "done" with the thing.  I hope it's done.

See you tomorrow.       

December 25, 2023 (Monday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (213/146)

Paid work - Christmas day, so no.

Creative work - some sound work.  Okay.  Kind of too depressed to think about it.

In the interim - well, I got a dead battery.  Joined AAA, and after over $400, the car works.  Damn, I hate my life.

Overall - wet, miserable day.  In every aspect.

See you tomorrow.      

December 24. 2023 (Sunday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (213/145)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - some decent work on the sound track--the final song.

In the interim - felt ill most of the day, tired too.  At least got a No.

Overall - and tomorrow, Merry Christmas.  Another day off.

See you tomorrow.      

December 23, 2023 (Saturday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (213/144)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - mostly done with the soundtrack, which means mostly done with the whole thing.

In the interim - standing in line at Best Buy to buy a cable, I decided to check my email.  The phone started telling me about refrigerators (I was standing next to them) and if I wanted to add them to my shopping list.  Talk about pushy...

Overall - typical Saturday.  

See you tomorrow.      

December 22, 2023 (Friday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (212/144)

Paid work - state holiday, so not until Tuesday.

Creative work - I think I finally have the last part in good shape visually.  I added some enhancements which addressed things that didn't exactly bother me, but nagged a bit.  More sound work.  Getting together.

In the interim - felt ill and tired all day.  But got some stuff done.  Also, kind of OK watch party.

Overall - not your usual Friday, seemed more like a Saturday.  But, you know.

See you tomorrow.      

December 21, 2023 (Thursday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (211/144)

Paid work - very, very, very slow--but to be expected, as this is the last day before a major holiday weekend.

Creative work - reworking the last bit, which sounds a lot like another delaying tactic.  Still got some good footage worked out.

In the interim - four days of holidays coming up.  NOT looking forward.

Overall - You got your Yes.  

See you tomorrow.      

December 20, 2023 (Wednesday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (210/144)

Paid work - not too bad.  Some busy work.

Creative work - starting on the soundtrack for the last bit.  Got some drones in.  I need a better system of annotation going forward.  Too much loading old files to see what sounds I used previously.

In the interim - gas today.  Prices up, but it's just before a holiday so not unexpected.

Overall - not too bad.  Very cold all day.

See you tomorrow.      

December 19, 2023 (Tuesday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (210/143)

Paid work - another slow day.

Creative work - I think part four is done, animation-wise.  Still have to do the sound, but things are getting close.

In the interim - there's a rash or something on the back of my neck, been there for a few days.

Overall - bought Christmas dinner.  Otherwise, another typical day.

See you tomorrow.      

December 18, 2023 (Monday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (210/142)

Paid work - mostly slow, but not too bad.  Got some driving and hauling in.

Creative work - Chapter 3 is done, yay!  And got some good work for the finale.  Might finish the visual bit by the end of the week.  

In the interim - another tiring day.  Cat wants attention all the time.

Overall - eh, Monday.  

See you tomorrow.     

December 17, 2023 (Sunday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (210/141)

Paid work - not on Sunday, not yet.

Creative work - a lot of sound work, to the point where it's close to being done.

In the interim - felt sick all day...and didn't drink.

Overall - mostly wasted day.  

See you tomorrow.     

December 16, 2023 (Saturday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (210/140)

Paid work - not on Saturday, not yet.

Creative work - some sound work.

In the interim - got stuff I needed at Sams, so overall good.

Overall - yeah, drank, but otherwise a good day.

See you tomorrow.     

December 15, 2023 (Friday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (209/140)

Paid work - very, very, very slow.  

Creative work - more sound work, some work on the finale.  Not bad.  I think the sound is mostly fine, I played it again and couldn't see anything really bad.  

In the interim - can't think of anything remarkable.  Sports Medicine did a bit of work on the prothesis.

Overall - hey, got a No on a Friday.  

See you tomorrow.     

December 14, 2023 (Thursday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (209/139)

Paid work - very slow day, dull and tiring.

Creative work - a lot of sound work.  Some design stuff for the end.  I should really go through the soundtrack and see if these sounds need work or not--I'm going kind of fast.

In the interim - very tired all day.

Overall - well, it was Thursday.

See you tomorrow.     

December 13, 2023 (Wednesday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (209/138)

Paid work - very slow day.  

Creative work - lots of good sound work, some visual stuff for the last shot.  Also, installed some software on the netbook.

In the interim - gas day.  Not too bad.  

Overall - very tiring day.   Mostly exhausted today.

See you tomorrow.     

December 12, 2023 (Tuesday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (209/137)

Paid work - pretty slow for the most part.

Creative work - some minor sound work.  

In the interim - hard to think of anything significant today.

Overall - an okay day I guess.  Really tired all day.

See you tomorrow.     

December 11, 2023 (Monday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (209/136)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - some minor animation work, trying to figure out what I was thinking last April.  And rolled up sleeves to work on some sound stuff.  Not too bad.

In the interim - tired all day.

Overall - It's Hector Berlioz' birthday! 

See you tomorrow.     

December 10, 2023 (Sunday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (209/135)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - some improvements, some bits toward completing the last chapter.  Not as much as I'd like but there you go.

In the interim - great phone call, and I didn't drink at all until after.

Overall - another ill Sunday.  

See you tomorrow.     

December 9, 2023 (Saturday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (208/135)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - some re-dos, and some assemblies for the last part.  No sound work.  Overall, OK.

In the interim - got the new phone working, thanks to a visit to Verizon.  Lost my scores, but I guess that's okay.

Overall - mostly a nothing day.

See you tomorrow.     

December 8, 2023 (Friday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (207/135)

Paid work - very very very slow day, which is good, because I was really ill from the Yes. 

Creative work - finished the blue car.   Doing the drop for the folks into the car.  Going good, so far.

In the interim - books arrived today, two that I ordered and one that I hadn't.  All of them addressed to me, so not sure what's going on.

Overall - felt ill all day.  Who cares.

See you tomorrow.     

December 7, 2023 (Thursday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (206/135)

Paid work - mostly very boring.

Creative work - some good work on the blue car.  Getting there.

In the interim - tried to activate the new phone, which was an exercise in stupidity.  Gonna take it to one of the locales to either 1) fix the stupid thing, or 2) return it.

Overall - damn it.

See you tomorrow.     

December 6, 2023 (Wednesday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (205/135)

Paid work - mostly nothing, long dull meeting in the middle.  Pizza for lunch which I think made me ill.

Creative work - it's surprising how many things that one puts off because one dreads the difficulty turn out to be easier than one thought.  I think I have a good "female sitting" image which I thought would take a couple of days, and it only took a few hours.   The chair went pretty quickly too.  Should be able to assemble it tonight.

In the interim - gas day today.  Not too bad.  Also, got the new phone--gotta admit, that's pretty fast.

Overall - an okay day.

See you tomorrow.    

December 5, 2023 (Tuesday)

Drinking (y/n) - No (205/134)

Paid work - an okay day.  Kinda slow.

Creative work - some good work.  Got the car sequence done, and more importantly, starting on the "sitting" image.  Got the male done.  Working on the female.

In the interim - tired a lot.

Overall - tomorrow, gas day.

See you tomorrow.    

December 4, 2023 (Monday)

 Drinking (y/n) - No (205/133)

Paid work - an okay day.  Did some stuff.  

Creative work - some work on Part 4.

In the interim - very tired all day.

Overall - it was a Monday.

See you tomorrow.    

December 3, 2023 (Sunday)

 Drinking (y/n) - Yes (205/132)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some bits. 

In the interim - completed the backup task, and got an image too.

Overall - weather was much nicer.  

See you tomorrow.    

December 2, 2023 (Saturday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (204/132)

Paid work - Saturday, so no.

Creative work - nothing much.  Digitized "Daria" and started the monthly backup.

In the interim - bought milk, got the document notarized, otherwise yecch day.

Overall - miserable day from beginning to end.  Weather wet and awful.  Cat seems weirdly affectionate.

See you tomorrow.    

December 1, 2023 (Friday)

Drinking (y/n) - Yes (203/132)

Paid work - very very slow day.

Creative work - some good progress.  Got a good start to the last chapter.

In the interim - and it's Friday.

Overall - not a bad day.  Good talk with the Boss, and some animation.  Tally ho.

See you tomorrow.