November 30, 2024 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (231/104)

Paid work - now, it's a regular Saturday, so no.

Creative work -  nothing much.  Redoing the door to the tube.

In the Interim - felt ill and depressed but still drank.  This fiend is a strangler.

Overall - pain seems to be OK.  Ordered another cat tree for the one I broke.

See you tomorrow.

November 29, 2024 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (230/104)

Paid work - state holiday, so not today.  

Creative work -  nothing.  Backup weekend.

In the Interim - the Yes was unavoidable.

Overall - otherwise got some nice watchings in.

See you tomorrow.

November 28, 2024 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (229/104)

Paid work - not on Thanksgiving day.

Creative work -  a bit of animation, then working on the tube set.

In the Interim - still some pain, but not as bad.  Went for a tiny walk.  Bought more DVDs, damn it.

Overall - fairly decent day.  And no drinking again.  Perhaps a bit of pain is a good thing.

See you tomorrow.

November 27, 2024 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (229/103)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - finally got a design I like for the carrying bag.  Worked a bit on designing a new blue man.

In the Interim - well, a long weekend.  And I'm not drinking.  Guess we'll see.

Overall - pain ebbs a lot, but doesn't really go away.  Seems to be getting better.

See you tomorrow.

November 26, 2024 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (229/102)

Paid work - mostly slow.  A couple of things done, including filling the van's tires.

Creative work - trimming some animation.

In the Interim - got gas today, figuring the stations would be crowded tomorrow.

Overall - still some aches.  But getting better.

See you tomorrow.

November 25, 2024 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (229/101)

Paid work -  mostly slow day, but difficult because of pain.

Creative work - some animation snippets.

In the Interim - did something which caused a lot of pain and discomfort on my lower right side.  Can't imagine what it was.

Overall - not bad except for the pain.

See you tomorrow.

November 24, 2024 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (229/100)

Paid work -  not on Sunday.

Creative work - some bits and pieces.

In the Interim - hated drinking but there it was.

Overall - not the worst weekend.  

See you tomorrow.

November 23, 2024 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (228/100)

Paid work -  not on Saturday.

Creative work - some editing and re-workings.  Vegas is very frustrating.

In the Interim - yes, got another Yes.

Overall - have to fight harder.

See you tomorrow.

November 22, 2024 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (227/100)

Paid work -  very slow day.  A couple of things done.

Creative work - editing and trimming the Vegas project.  Some additions which work well.

In the Interim - the Yes was inevitable.

Overall - and here's the weekend.

See you tomorrow.

November 21, 2024 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (226/100)

Paid work -  fairly slow.  Some stuff done.

Creative work - nothing.  Taking a break.

In the Interim - very cold day.  Still got a No.

Overall - not a bad day, overall.

See you tomorrow.

November 20, 2024 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (226/99)

Paid work -  half busy.  Not a bad day overall.

Creative work - pretty much nothing.

In the Interim - more watching without drinking, which is nice.

Overall - gas wasn't too bad.

See you tomorrow.

November 19, 2024 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (226/98)

Paid work - mostly slow, with some stuff done.  

Creative work - re-working the worker and the extractor.  Watched the video so far--really needs trimming.

In the Interim - ache in the chest most of the day.  Great.

Overall - not too terrible, I guess.

See you tomorrow.

November 18, 2024 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (226/97)

Paid work - fairly busy.

Creative work - some small bits.

In the Interim - watched a disk without drinking, so not bad.  It can be done.  Lots of money spent today.

Overall - glad to get a No.

See you tomorrow.

November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (226/96)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - a bit of editing, and working on the doorway.

In the Interim - great phone call.

Overall - very down all weekend.

See you tomorrow.

November 16, 2024 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (225/96)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - lots of animation stuff.

In the Interim - nothing to say here.

Overall - wish it was otherwise.

See you tomorrow.

November 15, 2024 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (224/96)

Paid work - very slow day.  

Creative work - lots of animation stuff.

In the Interim - pay day, so there's that.  And...it's almost gone.

Overall - not sure where I am here.

See you later.

November 14, 2024 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (223/96)

Paid work - mainly slow, until we got a bunch of boxes.

Creative work - some animation fills and some ideas.  

In the Interim - felt ill all day.

Overall - the weekend beckons, so I'll feel ill more days.

See you tomorrow. 

November 13, 2024 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (222/96)

Paid work - took the day off, as the only tire appointment I could get was for 2:00 in the afternoon.

Creative work - some animation.

In the Interim - I suppose I was lucky to get what I could out of the tire.  Still irritating, but could have been worse.

Overall - tire repair turned out to be just a repair charge.  But it darkened the whole day.  ARGH.

See you tomorrow. 

November 12, 2024 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (221/96)

Paid work - fairly slow day.

Creative work - animating the big scene.  Working well.

In the Interim - flat tire.  Really flat.  Filled it with the car tool, but it was flat a couple of hours later.  Made an appointment to have the tire replaced.  Argh.

Overall - didn't want to drink, but circumstances demanded it.  Damn it.

See you tomorrow. 

November 11, 2024 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (220/96)

Paid work - state holiday, so no.

Creative work - some animation work.

In the Interim - the usual holiday thing.

Overall - would be nice to retire.

See you tomorrow. 

November 10, 2024 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (219/96)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - lots of good animation

In the Interim - what can I say

Overall - Sunday before a holiday.  So yeah

See you tomorrow. 

November 9, 2024 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (218/96)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - some animation stuff

In the Interim - Saturday Yes, of course.

Overall - could have been worse.

See you tomorrow. 

November 8, 2024 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (217/96)

Paid work - a couple of minor things.  

Creative work - more animation, including a dumb idea of animating shadows.  Which I worked on

In the Interim - the Yes was inevitable.

Overall - three day weekend.

See you tomorrow. 

November 7, 2024 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (216/96)

Paid work - some stuff done, but otherwise pretty slow.

Creative work - work on animating the blue people.  Some good progress.

In the Interim - really tempted to do Yes.  Grim tidings for tomorrow.

Overall - and here comes the weekend.

See you tomorrow. 

November 6, 2024 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (216/95)

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

Creative work - some work on the other blue alien.  

In the Interim - felt pretty good most of the day, obviously because of outside events.

Overall - not a bad day.  Gas getting cheaper.

See you tomorrow. 

November 5, 2024 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (216/94)

Paid work - mostly slow.  Some stuff done, but not a lot.

Creative work - more work.  Odd that some animations cannot be imported into others.  While other animations work just fine.  Turns out it was better, but still.  Tried to organize stuff but don't think I did very well.  Well, at least nothing is deleted.

In the Interim - restless all day.  Tired too.

Overall - won't know til it's over but I am not optimistic.

See you tomorrow. 

November 4, 2024 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (216/93)

Paid work - mostly slow.  A couple of things done.

Creative work - finished up the blue man and imported him into Flash.  I should really see what I can do with MoHo.  Some work on the large chamber and its elements.

In the Interim - another No which is nice.

Overall - not too bad a day.

See you tomorrow. 

November 3, 2024 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No): No (216/92)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some fixes.  Brought up the blue man--from January, and separated some parts.

In the Interim - cleaned the top of the stove, assembled the new rack and got everything on the table rearranged.  Can't find my battery tester for some reason.

Overall - well, I got a No and barely spent any money.  So a fairly positive day.

See you tomorrow. 

November 2, 2024 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (216/91)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some animation work, that I copied to the backup drive.

In the Interim - backup finished.

Overall - Saturday.

See you tomorrow. 

November 1, 2024 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No): Yes (215/91)

Paid work - very, very slow day.  Got the first bit of the big order.

Creative work - consolidated the station pics and started exporting.  Some ideas, too, about how to get the previous characters in.  Who knows.

In the Interim - still drinking.  Lunch was good!

Overall - and now it's another weekend.

See you tomorrow.