July 20, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (176/25)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - more work on the doors.

In the interim -  awful hot weather.  Great phone call, done entirely sober.

Overall - very glad to get a No, finally.  First one since June 17.

See you tomorrow. 

July 19, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (176/24)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - work on the video walls.  Not much but better than nothing.

In the interim -  despite dire clicks from the UPS, haven't lost power for a couple of days.  Expecting that tomorrow.

Overall - Helpless, helpless, helpless.

See you tomorrow. 

July 18, 2025 (Friday)

 Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (175/24)

Paid work - very busy and long day.

Creative work - some door work.  

In the interim -  well, it's a Friday, a weekend eve.

Overall - no worse than yesterday

See you tomorrow. 

July 17, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (174/24)

Paid work - very busy

Creative work - work on the doors.  Like it so far.

In the interim -  almost had a NO.  But didn't.  Hand grenades, etc.

Overall - need to get some anti-booze drugs from the doc on Monday.  Apparently had NO power failures during the day.  Yay!

See you tomorrow. 

July 16, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (173/24)

Paid work - busy day.

Creative work - some work on the large chamber.

In the interim -  more power failures.  More drinking.  Hail 2025.

Overall - On to Thursday, but I'm going to skip gas day.

See you tomorrow. 

July 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (172/24)

Paid work - pretty busy day.  I like how I organize things, and shared knowledge with Tim, who was appreciative.

Creative work - some work on the walls, and the designs behind the screens.

In the interim - payday, so there's that.  And largely gone, but so what.  

Overall - more power outages.  The UPS helps a bit, but got drained during another one and flicked at the PC.  It still shudders now and then and the monitors go off.   Haven't lost any work yet but it's getting discouraging.  Along with everything else.

See you tomorrow. 

July 14, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (171/24)

Paid work - very busy day.

Creative work - more work on the wall, and I like it.

In the interim - bought a cheap UPS to at least keep the PC and external going during the blackouts, and looks like my monitors might have been damaged by all the stuff.  Hope they fix this damn situation.

Overall - it's a Monday.  Damn it.

See you tomorrow. 

July 13, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (170/24)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - we'll see

In the interim - four power outages today.  

Overall - doing this early in case there's a fifth.

See you tomorrow. 

July 12, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (169/24)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some work on the large room, interrupted by a power failure.

In the interim - I needed to do the laundry so why not, I did it.

Overall - hot, muggy day.  Still took the usual walk but it took a lot.  Sad about the Yes but there it is.

See you tomorrow. 

July 11, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (168/24)

Paid work - very busy, very tiring, but got through it and, overall, a good day.

Creative work - working on more satellite walls.

In the interim - got home and of course the power was off.  The office said they'd be fixing all the electrics "sometime" in the future.  Pressing the breaker didn't work.  Prepared for a weekend with only the bare essentials before I remembered that there were breakers in a panel under the air-conditioning.  Reset the one that was off, and I was able to switch the breaker.  Power back on.  Now just waiting for it to go off again.  Save and save often.

Overall - and here comes the weekend.  At least I know more about power stuff.

See you tomorrow. 

July 10, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (167/24)

Paid work - pretty busy day.  

Creative work - working on the satellite interior

In the interim - gas very low, because almost no driving.  Might have to look into every two weeks as this goes on.  Power blips getting more annoying.  Wish I knew the cause.  Unplugged the other cheap lamp.  And complained to management.

Overall - here comes the weekend. 

See you tomorrow. 

July 9, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (166/24)

Paid work - pretty busy day.  

Creative work - some animation stuff.

In the interim - Wednesday come and gone.

Overall - gas day tomorrow.  

See you tomorrow. 

July 8, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (165/24)

Paid work - very busy and tiring day.

Creative work - some good animation, converting to video, trying to clean up space.

In the interim - cat doesn't seem to be eating much--avoids treats--but acts normally.  Perhaps eating bugs.

Overall - at least Tuesday's done.

See you tomorrow. 

July 7, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (164/24)

Paid work - very busy day, with drama and shortcomings.  More tomorrow.

Creative work - good animation.  Pleased with the progress.

In the interim - watched most of "The Seduction of Mimi" first Wertmuller film to kind of bore me.  Got two packages and failed to realize there was a third--which I went and got.  Whew!

Overall - coulda been worse.  Always coulda been worse.

See you tomorrow. 

July 6, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (163/24)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.  Expecting a lot on Monday.

Creative work - some good animation work.

In the interim - spent most of the time sleeping or resting.  Bought a new lamp yesterday--it seems stable.  Were the black outs due to a bad lamp?  Kinda hope so, but not trusting fate.  

Overall - another Sunday.  Oh boy.

See you tomorrow. 

July 5, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (162/24)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - some good animation bits.  Nice.

In the interim - still lots of power outages.  Save often.

Overall - another Saturday, there we go.

See you tomorrow. 

July 4, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (161/24)

Paid work - state holiday.  Hooray America.

Creative work - nothing.  Got the backup done.

In the interim - not sure what to do with these days off.

Overall - it's Saturday next.

See you tomorrow. 

July 3, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (160/24)

Paid work - lots of moving stuff around, and driving.  Otherwise slow.

Creative work - some animation work, and working on green stuff.

In the interim - gas day.  Also, backup time.  And, somehow, I missed a $22 expense.  

Overall - big weekend coming up.

See you tomorrow. 

July 2, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (159/24)

Paid work - mostly pretty slow.  Some meetings, virtual suggestions, and so on.

Creative work - working on the first chamber room.  Some interesting stuff.

In the interim - not sure what is wrong with me but I am easily annoyed these days.

Overall - at least tomorrow is a kind of Friday.  And it's gas day.

See you tomorrow. 

July 1. 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (158/24)

Paid work - OK day.  Still tired from yesterday.

Creative work - some work on sliding doors, then animating them.

In the interim - hoped to get a NO, and there was a storm, but...

Overall - most of the work week gone, so OK.

See you tomorrow. 

June 30, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (157/24)

Paid work - very busy day, hauling things from one place to another.  Left work after 8.

Creative work - more animation work.  

In the interim - Monday it was.

Overall - busy and tiring day.

See you tomorrow. 

June 29, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (156/24)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - I think I figured out the tubes problem.  Did a bit of animation.

In the interim - well, that was a weekend.

Overall - need a haircut.  Hope to do that tomorrow.  Update: accomplished.

See you tomorrow. 

June 28, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (155/24)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - exporting stuff to Flash, and working on the logistics for the tubes.

In the interim - very tired.  

Overall - need a haircut.  Hope to do that tomorrow.

See you tomorrow. 

June 27, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (154/24)

Paid work - more testing, some hauling, some planning.  Got to leave a bit early, which is always nice.

Creative work - more work on the satellite interior.  

In the interim - could have been a worse day, I guess.  Bought too many DVDs.

Overall - and the weekend starts already.

See you tomorrow. 

June 26, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (153/24)

Paid work - testing some methods, meetings, moving stuff around.  Not a bad day.

Creative work - more work on the satellite.  Looks good.

In the interim - gas day today.  About what I expected.

Overall - one more drunken night.

See you tomorrow. 

June 25, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (152/24)

Paid work - some work done, a lot of nothing, dull meeting.

Creative work - a bunch of stuff, including the road, and what to do with sphere guy.

In the interim - used the car AC for the second time this year.

Overall - cats are terrible people.

See you tomorrow. 

June 24, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (151/24)

Paid work - semi busy.  Not too bad a day.

Creative work - animating the caretaker from Instruction, who turned out to be a different guy.  Looks good though.

In the interim - almost half the week done.  

Overall - very hot, first time using the AC in the car.  

See you tomorrow. 

June 23, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (150/24)

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

Creative work - work on landscapes, some ideas...worthwhile.

In the interim - periodontist tomorrow.  Argh.

Overall - some things never end.

See you tomorrow.

June 22, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (149/24)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - sorting of objects.

In the interim - great phone call, though short because of heat.  Didn't drink until the very end!

Overall - very hot.  Went out for groceries and came back feeling ill, that's why I couldn't talk long.

See you tomorrow.

June 21, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (148/24)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - some work on images, and a nifty way to get around PS restuctions.

In the interim - got the oil changed.  Weekend done.  LOL

Overall - met a sweet dog.  Otherwise a typical Saturday.  Tomorrow, a typical Sunday.

See you tomorrow.

June 20, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (147/24)

Paid work - mostly pretty slow.

Creative work - getting the sequences ready.  And making TVs for them.

In the interim - exhausted all day.  Bought gas though...price OK, given everything.

Overall - tomorrow I hope to get the oil changed.  We'll see.

See you tomorrow.

June 19, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (146/24)

Paid work: not today, state holiday.

Creative work - very little.  A bit of black sphere animation, organizing prop pix, monitor screens.

In the interim - nothing to report

Overall - spent most of the day sleeping or resting.  Damn I am old.  Feet are worrying.

See you tomorrow.

June 18, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (145/24)

Paid work - lots of driving.  Some stuff done, others waiting.

Creative work - planets for a possible opening.  Some cool animation.

In the interim - happy birthday, D.

Overall - exhausted today.  Yeah, got the Yes.

See you tomorrow.

June 17, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (144/24)

Paid work - mostly slow, lots of noise.

Creative work - animated the shadows.  Looks pretty good.  Looking for more buried items.  Animated a brief beginning section.

In the interim - watched "The 39 Steps" and some Samurai Jack, all without booze.  Yay.

Overall - it was another day.

See you tomorrow.

June 16, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (144/23)

Paid work - lots driving, some stuff done, meetings.

Creative work - animated the worker crossing the bridge.  Need to add shadows somehow.

In the interim - tired a lot of the time.   

Overall - nice to get two Nos in a row.

See you tomorrow.

June 15, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (144/22)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - a bit of animation, then the overhead guy.

In the interim - it was Sunday.  Slept most of the time.  Power went out twice.

Overall - glad to get a No.

See you tomorrow.

June 14, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (144/21)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - more water animation.

In the interim - it was Saturday.  Bought a couple of DVDs.

Overall - now it will be Sunday.

See you tomorrow.

June 13, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (143/21)

Paid work - mostly slow, got a few things done.

Creative work - more animated water.  I really like the look of it.  Added the bridge.

In the interim - weekend ahoy.

Overall - ah damn it.

See you tomorrow.

June 12, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (142/21)

Paid work - mostly kind of slow with some stuff.

Creative work - working on water flow.

In the interim - HBTM.  Whatever.

Overall - damn, I just keep getting older.

See you tomorrow.

June 11, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (141/21)

Paid work - some document work, mostly slow though.

Creative work - water works.  Fun stuff.

In the interim - edge of another year.  

Overall - gas tomorrow.  

See you tomorrow.

June 10, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (140/21)

Paid work - a couple of things, mostly slow though.

Creative work - work on water, a bit of animation, and overhead guy.

In the interim - foot hurts a lot less, still irritating.

Overall - could have been worse I guess.

See you tomorrow.

June 9, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (139/21)

Paid work - some busyness and driving early on, then slowed.  Hard to concentrate on anything with this foot pain.

Creative work - work on the view of the worker overhead.

In the interim - foot pain pulses.

Overall - and on to Tuesday.

See you tomorrow.

June 8, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (138/21)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - work on the bridge.

In the interim - somehow hurt my foot?  No idea how, but the heel is really painful.  Hard to walk.

Overall - great phone call.  Didn't drink until nearly done, which is progress.

See you tomorrow.

June 7, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (137/21)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - some work on the opening bit.

In the interim - tired all day, slept a lot, barely left the room.

Overall - see above.  At least I did something.

See you tomorrow.

June 6, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (136/21)

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

Creative work - dust clouds for the chippers.  Pretty much done with this scene...but looking at background variants.

In the interim - proud of what I've done.

Overall - but not the drinking, which will continue tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

June 5, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (135/21)

Paid work - busy first half, quiet second half.

Creative work - did the main motions for the chippers, just need to do the head motions.  Update: did those, and worked on dust.

In the interim - it was another day.  Eventually they have to end.

Overall - and the weekend beckons.

See you tomorrow.

June 4, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (134/21)

Paid work - very tiring

Creative work - got the chippers positioned and animated one of them.

In the interim - very tired, very ill, very down.

Overall - see above.  Gas day tomorrow, and need to pick up a system.

See you tomorrow.

June 3, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (133/21)

Paid work - very busy.  A tiring day, mostly in the good way.

Creative work - finished the chippers, imported them, and turned them into Flash bits.  Still need to animate them but they are at least "on stage."

In the interim - very tired.

Overall - really tired.  Hope I can sleep netter than last night.

See you tomorrow.

June 2, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (132/21)

Paid work - very busy day.  Lots of irritation.

Creative work - some nice work on the chippers.

In the interim - made more USB drives for work.

Overall - it was a Monday.

See you tomorrow.

June 1. 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (131/21)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - more work on the chippers.

In the interim - forgot that this is backup weekend.  Still managed to get most of it done.

Overall - and there went the weekend.

See you tomorrow.

May 31, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (130/21)

Paid work - not on Saturday, though I did buy some power strips for work.

Creative work - chippers, getting them ready for show time.

In the interim - spent most of the day exhausted and resting.

Overall - not the worst Saturday but what can one expect now.

See you tomorrow.

May 30, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (129/21)

Paid work - pay day!  Yay.  And it's gone.

Creative work - some good animation, some path forward, and ideas.

In the interim - nice to see some boutique stuff thrive. (At least from my orders).  And B&H delivered the missing battery tester!  Yay!

Overall - here comes the weekend.

See you tomorrow.

May 29, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (128/21)

Paid work - got a system reimaged and rescued some data; guy very happy.

Creative work - animation.  The car bit looks good (need workers still).  Hope it ends up in the final.  Some ideas about continuing the story, a beginning idea.

In the interim - gas not too bad today, under $20 (probably because no driving on Monday).

Overall - here comes the weekend.

See you tomorrow.

May 28, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (127/21)

Paid work - bit of work early on, after that...some folks talk more than they listen.

Creative work - did the laser-ing.  It looks good.  Worked on the laser-wielder.  So far, so good.  Hope it ends up in something.

In the interim - sorry to get a Yes.

Overall - tomorrow, gas day.

See you tomorrow.

May 27, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (126/21)

Paid work - irritating morning, then kind of slow.

Creative work - more car work, setting up an animation.

In the interim - nice to get a No.

Overall - not a bad day.

See you tomorrow.

May 26, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (126/20)

Paid work - state holiday, so no.

Creative work - a bit of silliness.  Then some more car stuff.

In the interim - slept and rested most of the day, just like most weekends.

Overall - one more day gone.

See you tomorrow.

May 25, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (125/20)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - some good work on the project.  And some ideas...about the moon.

In the interim - felt OK the whole day, bought milk, drank too much.

Overall - yeah well.  A cute doggo.

See you tomorrow.

May 24, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (124/20)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - some work on the car, and getting the OneDrive stuff local.

In the interim - it was Saturday.

Overall - it was Saturday.

See you tomorrow.

May 23, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (123/20)

Paid work - semi-busy day.  Not too bad.

Creative work - work on the "fixed car" thing and it looks really good.

In the interim - nice to work on stuff, even if it won't be much.

Overall - here we are, weekend.

See you tomorrow.

May 22, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (122/20)

Paid work - some work here and there, mostly assisting others.  Decent day.

Creative work - drew a lot of the car I was working on last week.  It looks great.

In the interim - thought about drinking, but didn't.  Gas not too bad.

Overall - and here comes the weekend.

See you tomorrow.

May 21, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (122/19)

Paid work - pretty busy day in spurts.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - decent Wednesday.

Overall - gasoline day tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

May 20, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (122/18)

Paid work - three swap-outs.  Not bad.  Still feel like a fraud when I do them, not sure why that is.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - lots of storm warnings.  I guess we'll see.

Overall - tired a lot.  But nice to get a No.

See you tomorrow.

May 19, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (122/17)

Paid work - not bad, some stuff done, but not happy about being shanghaied.

Creative work - not much.  Work on an obelisk.

In the interim - Monday.  there it is.

Overall - and there it was.

See you tomorrow.

May 18, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (121/17)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some bits on Happy 2.

In the interim - great phone call--done entirely sober!  Perhaps there's hope.

Overall - and the weekend ends.

See you tomorrow.

May 17, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (120/17)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - video tweaked, finished and uploaded.  Some good comments.  Worked on Happy 2.

In the interim - it's another Saturday, so there you go.

Overall - what I said above.

See you tomorrow.

May 16, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (119/17)

Paid work - mostly slow day, got some paperwork done.  Felt weak as heck.

Creative work - needs credits, so worked on those.  Some sounds need tweaking.  Worked on those.  Put the credits in, working on sound for those.  O what fun.

In the interim - prelude to the weekend.  Cat: annoying.

Overall - and here we go.

See you tomorrow.

May 15. 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (118/17)

Paid work - mostly slow, with some driving.  Good to see the boss in the office.

Creative work - fixed the "head" bit, redid some sound...visually it's done, just need another "cloud" sound.

In the interim - well, it was payday.  And now mostly gone.

Overall - weekend looms.

See you tomorrow.

May 14, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (117/17)

Paid work - fairly busy day.

Creative work - added some bits, and got most of the sound sorted. Looks pretty good, but want to watch it again.  Credits?  Worked on that.  

In the interim - well, not expecting the Yes, but there it is.

Overall - Argh damn it.

See you tomorrow.

May 13, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (116/17)

Paid work - fairly busy.  Kind of tiring.

Creative work - more sound work.  Still need snoring and the cloud interior.

In the interim - found out my blanket has a huge hole in it.  Oh well, it lasted long enough.

Overall - it was a day.

See you tomorrow.

May 12, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (116/16)

Paid work - about half busy.

Creative work - some sound recording.  Getting a list of what I can use.  And discovered a mis-edit which I corrected...adding a couple of features as well.   Added a lot of sounds to it--only thing really left is the inside cloud sounds.  And the snoring.

In the interim - anxious and depressed.

Overall - very tired all day, felt off most of the morning.

See you tomorrow.

May 11, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (116/15)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - lots of sound work.  A couple of little animation fixes.

In the interim - felt sick and weak all day.

Overall - thank goodness for another No.

See you tomorrow.

May 10, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (116/14)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - some animation trims and extensions, working on texts.  Not sure why.  

In the interim - felt ill and tired--exhausted--all day today.  Thanks beer.

Overall - Is this the weekend I die?  Who knows.

See you tomorrow.

May 9, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (115/14)

Paid work - lots of dull make-good work (argh) and some driving.

Creative work - I think all the animation is done.  I need to assemble it tonight and watch it.  Later: added some bits and edited the timing.  It looks quite final.  Yay!  Now on to the soundtrack.

In the interim - well, it's another weekend.

Overall - yeah. there it is.

See you tomorrow.

May 8, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (114/14)

Paid work - some driving and hauling.  Fairly slow with busy bits.

Creative work - good faces and some animation.  Needs a bit of tweaking but almost ready for sound work.

In the interim - and there was the fifth day of the week

Overall -went to Walmart to see if they had good discounts on stuff and bought another trackball.

See you tomorrow.

May 7, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (113/14)

Paid work - mostly slow, with some early work, some mid labelling, and some late hauling.

Creative work - more work on the "disappointed" face.  Getting there, though it is difficult.  Even took some selfies but they don't help much.

In the interim - gas day tomorrow.

Overall - and there we are with Wednesday.

See you tomorrow.

May 6, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (112/14)

Paid work - not bad.  A bit slow with some work.

Creative work - more animation stuff, some good ideas, more for the ending.

In the interim - can't escape.

Overall - can't escape.

See you tomorrow.

May 5, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (111/14)

Paid work - slow for the most part.

Creative work - some drawing.  A bit of animation.  Working.

In the interim - food I bought at Sam's covered in mold.  They took it back.

Overall - woke up an hour later, managed to get to work.  Lots of noise.  

See you tomorrow.

May 4, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (110/14)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - some animation.

In the interim - tired all the time, exhausted.

Overall - wanted another No, but what the heck.

See you tomorrow.

May 3, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (109/14)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - some animation work.  Looks good.

In the interim - backup is done, got a haircut, went to Sam's.

Overall - tired and ill and exhausted all day.

See you tomorrow.

May 2, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (108/14)

Paid work - driving and hauling.  Very ill when I woke up, almost called in sick.

Creative work - lots of work on the endpiece, which is going to be complicated.

In the interim - backup starts today.  And close to being done!  

Overall - I hate that Yes.

See you tomorrow.

May 1, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (107/14)

Paid work - some mentoring, lots of driving.

Creative work - animation, including a fix, and work on the last bit.

In the interim - kind of inescapable I guess.

Overall - and on to the weekend.  Oh boy.

See you tomorrow.

April 30, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (106/14)

Paid work - mostly pretty slow.   Very tired.

Creative work - bunch of animation stuff done today.  Got a first take.

In the interim - cat threw up in the middle of the night.  Thanks.

Overall - and there was April.

See you tomorrow.

April 29, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (106/13)

Paid work - lots of driving, some stuff done.

Creative work - work on animation and garbage.  An idea about how to arrange everything.

In the interim - I honestly don't enjoy mentoring.  Trying my best.

Overall - anxious all day.

See you tomorrow.

April 28, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (106/12)

Paid work - mostly slow, some training of the new guy.

Creative work - a bit of animation.  Coming along.

In the interim - surprised by the No.

Overall - anxious all day.  Felt off.

See you tomorrow.

April 27, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (106/11)

Paid work - Sunday, so no.  New guy starts tomorrow.

Creative work - some animation work.

In the interim - took the iPads to the Apple Store and they were able to set them back to default.  No cost, and everyone there was pleasant.  Why the security is so iron-clad is a mystery.  It guarantees simple codes just to use the thing.

Overall - another weekend.  Ill and tired all the time.  Learned that nothing in the mall opens until noon.  Great phone call, as usual, and I did it without drinking!

See you tomorrow.

April 26, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (105/11)

Paid work - Saturday.

Creative work - some animation.

In the interim - ill and tired the whole day

Overall - ill and tired the whole day but still drank

See you tomorrow.

April 25, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (104/11)

Paid work - very slow day.  Glad to have the boss back.

Creative work - lots of work on the "Idea" thing.  Turned out, the USB driver shredded it somehow.  OK.  Remade it, and did a preview but.  It's all damn good.

In the interim - weekend eve, and you know what that means.

Overall - whut

See you tomorrow.

April 24, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (103/11)

Paid work - mostly slow.  Some stuff done.

Creative work - more animation.  Looks good so far.

In the interim - ill and tired still.  No luck with the iPads.

Overall - oh boy another weekend.

See you tomorrow.

April 23, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (102/11)

Paid work - some work, mostly ill and exhausted all day.

Creative work - some animation with the clouds.

In the interim - almost had to appear in court with the stolen items bit.

Overall - ice cream truck woke me up, and I wondered why they were here at 6 AM.  Turns out it was 6 PM.

See you tomorrow.

April 22, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (101/11)

Paid work - very busy--exhausting.

Creative work - some ideas on the "Ideas" project.

In the interim - exhausting day

Overall - another one coming up.

See you tomorrow.

April 21, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (100/11)

Paid work - some stuff done.  Already a victim of the extra key thing so keeping this short.

Creative work - on the idea project.

In the interim - f this planet.

Overall - tired all the time.

See you tomorrow.

April 20, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (99/11)

Paid work - Sunday so no

Creative work - lots of work on the "Idea" thing.

In the Interim - worried about missing stuff from the apartment.

Overall - started a new medication.  Oh boy.  

See you tomorrow.

April 19, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (98/11)

Paid work - Saturday so no

Creative work - more moving of things from the "Drives" folder.  And a couple of interesting ideas for the "Happy" project.

In the Interim - tired all day long.  Seemed to get sick from Culvers.

Overall - tomorrow we start the anti-depressants.

See you tomorrow.

April 18, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (97/11)

Paid work - state holiday (Good Friday) so no.

Creative work - some small bits.  Mostly moving the "drives" folders to their proper places.

In the Interim - nice weather.  Tired all day.  Bought another Wacom.  It was red!

Overall - kept thinking this was Saturday all day.  Started looking at ChromeBooks.

See you tomorrow.

April 17, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (96/11)

Paid work - mostly slow, some straighten-up stuff.  Not bad.

Creative work - nothing.

In the Interim - moving stuff from the "Drives" folder to the standard folders.  

Overall - worst cat in the world.  Was hoping for another No, but at least I got 4 of them.

See you tomorrow.

April 16, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (95/11)

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

Creative work - more work on the room, an animation test.

In the Interim - expected the work to be more difficult--I had nightmares about it last night.

Overall - last day of the week tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (95/10)

Paid work - slow day, largely annoying.

Creative work - puzzle book cover.  And putting it on the book.

In the Interim - finally double-digits in the No section.

Overall - payday.  And most of it is gone.

See you tomorrow.

April 14, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (95/9)

Paid work - mostly very slow.  Some frustration.

Creative work - work on the project, animated an outdoor shot.  More work on the sleeper.

In the Interim - Dr's appointment went OK.  Back on antidepressants.

Overall - nice to get another No.

See you tomorrow.

April 13, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (95/8)

Paid work - not on Sunday

Creative work - work on the outside.  

In the Interim - nice to get a No.  Also, spent no money today which is good.

Overall - not looking forward to the week.

See you tomorrow.

April 12, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (95/7)

Paid work - not on Saturday

Creative work - some work on the house

In the Interim - can't stop drinking

Overall - and another weekend in the can

See you tomorrow.

April 11, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (94/7)

Paid work - kind of busy, half-way.

Creative work - trying to build the house.

In the Interim - and here's the weekend.

Overall - dead drunk year.  Maybe this is the last one.

See you tomorrow.

April 10, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (93/7)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - some work on the "ideas" part

In the Interim - well there it goes

Overall - never should have survived.

See you tomorrow.

April 9, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (92/7)

Paid work - some driving, some receiving.  Lots of dead air.  Worried.

Creative work - lots of good work on the Idea project.

In the Interim - more drinking.

Overall - less and less, more and more.

See you tomorrow.

April 8, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (91/7)

Paid work - irritating day.  Boss had another seizure, idiots delivered to the wrong place.

Creative work - lots of work on the Idea project.  Good ideas too.

In the Interim - argh Tuesday.

Overall - argh Wednesday next time around.

See you tomorrow.

April 7, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (90/7)

Paid work - mostly slow.  OK day.

Creative work - working on something else, the "Ideas" thing.  Looks good so far.

In the Interim - wanted to not drink but damn it.

Overall - Monday damn it.

See you tomorrow.

April 6, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (89/7)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - nothing.

In the Interim - great phone call.

Overall - didn't see cat again.  I think she lives next door.

See you tomorrow.

April 5, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (88/7)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - bits.

In the Interim - finished the backup.  Odd that so many folders were different, then I remembered that I was moving files in the "Drives" folder earlier in the month.

Overall - visit from a small cat.  Loud, but loved treats and being petted.

See you tomorrow.

April 4, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (87/7)

Paid work - mostly slow, some receiving stuff.  

Creative work - nothing.

In the Interim - mailed off the Jewells card.  Started the backup weekend and got most of it done.

Overall - more backup tomorrow.  Also, discovered that fresh batteries help a lot with the trackball.

See you tomorrow.

April 3, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (86/7)

Paid work - some stuff done, very slow second half.

Creative work - finished the card, had it printed and envelope addressed.  Need to figure out what to say.

In the Interim - drinking again.  Gas wasn't too bad.  Much shorter lines in the morning.

Overall - oh my God the weekend is almost here.

See you tomorrow.

April 2. 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (85/7)

Paid work - not a bad day.  Some stuff done

Creative work - I think the card is done.  Just need to get it in a format.

In the Interim - Wednesday again.

Overall - tired all the time, drinking too much.  Yeah.

See you tomorrow.

April 1, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (84/7)

Paid work - very slow day. Couple things done, more than yesterday.

Creative work - really good work on the Jewells pic.

In the Interim - ...but then I somehow lost the progress I made.  Tried repairs on the USB disk, and eventually found the work--hidden as FILEOOOO.CHK.  Renamed them and all seemed to be well.

Overall - but that seemed to be just one of many irritants today.  Drove me to drink.

See you tomorrow.

March 31, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (83/7)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - some work on the Jewells thing.  Some vague ideas about the other.

In the Interim - it's a Monday.  Email from Elle!

Overall - could have been worse I guess.

See you tomorrow.

March 30. 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (82/7)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - work on the Jewells project.  Looks better and better.

In the Interim - slept most of the day

Overall - probably sleep most the day tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

March 29, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (81/7)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - work on the Jewells card.  Coming along.

In the Interim - tired a lot.  Got the dock I ordered, looks great.  Will test Monday with the tiny computer.

Overall - so far, the power outages have not returned.  Still need to do something about the headphone issue.

See you tomorrow.

March 28, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (80/7)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - work on the Jewells card.  I'm liking it but I need more ideas.  Looks good.

In the Interim - 80 days drunk.  I am kind of hoping this is my last year.  Everything is bad.

Overall - everything is bad.  

See you tomorrow.

March 27, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (79/7)

Paid work - mostly slow and pretty dull.

Creative work - some work on the egg thing, and work on the card.

In the Interim - gas not too bad.  And got the medicine, and put the check in.

Overall - weekend eve.  Not looking forward.

See you tomorrow.

March 26, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (78/7)

Paid work - mostly very slow.

Creative work - work on the second vehicle, and an idea about a long abandoned alien.

In the Interim - well, the power was on all day.  So there's that.  Still tired and angry.

Overall - just waiting for this to end.

See you tomorrow.

March 25, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (77/7)

Paid work - very slow day.  Exhausted.

Creative work - more details on the worn heads.  Thoughts about a sequence, and a vehicle.

In the Interim - plugged in the computer.  I'm on it now.  Some light flickering but so far...  I changed out the USB hubs for the new one.  

Overall - not the best day.  Not the worst, I guess.

See you tomorrow.

March 24, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (76/7)

Paid work - got some tricky ones fixed, which was nice.

Creative work - moving some of the "Drive" folder to their various destinations.  Also some detail on the discarded heads.

In the Interim - very depressing day, hence the Yes.  Work was fine, but the blackouts at the apartment, for my money, remain unsolved despite the apartment folks saying they're cured.  So I have to find out what isn 't.  At first I thought the external RAID, but it seems to be "OK" outside the USB hub.  So maybe it's the USB hub.  

Overall - and I'm tired and I just want it all to end.

See you tomorrow.

March 23, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (75/7)

Paid work - nothing on Sunday, no.

Creative work - nothing.

In the Interim - very tired and depressed all day.

Overall - I hate weekends part 2.  At least I got a No.  I need more Nos.

See you tomorrow.

March 22, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (75/6)

Paid work - nothing on Saturday, no.

Creative work - some detail work on dead faces and maybe a direction.  Maybe.

In the Interim - no power blips, but then I have not turned on the computer.  Maybe tomorrow.

Overall - I hate weekends.

See you tomorrow.

March 21, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (74/6)

Paid work - some work, some hauling and driving.

Creative work -  some details on the heads.  Nothing much, though.  Still no ideas.

In the Interim - power situation is getting worse.  Put in another ticket.  Keeping main PC off (and N drive) to try to see what is causing this.  But it's like living in a cave with nothing.  

Overall - profoundly depressed.  Terrible days.  And a terrible weekend.

See you tomorrow.

March 20. 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (73/6)

Paid work - very slow

Creative work -  nothing

In the Interim - power situation is getting worse.  Went off at 9:30 so I just went to bed, hence the lateness of this.

Overall - profoundly depressed.  Terrible days.

See you later today.

March 19, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (72/6)

Paid work - very slow

Creative work -  nothing

In the Interim - power keeps going out every few minutes

Overall - profoundly depressed.

See you tomorrow.

March 18, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (71/6)

Paid work - mostly slow.  Got the surplus picked up, but with the wrong paperwork.

Creative work - nothing.  Kind of scared to with all the power outages.

In the Interim - but after the first couple, they have seemed to settle.

Overall - sent a request anyway, but it kind of looks like those remote things are responsible.

See you tomorrow.

March 17, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (70/6)

Paid work - mostly slow.

Creative work - trivial stuff.

In the Interim - lots of power failures tonight. 

Overall - damn it.

See you tomorrow.

March 16, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (69/6)

Paid work - not on Sunday so no.

Creative work - nothing.

In the Interim - great phone call.

Overall - tired all day.

See you tomorrow.

March 15, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (68/6)

Paid work - not on Saturday so no.

Creative work - nothing.

In the Interim - well, all the bills were paid.  And it looks like I might have wasted money on Clip Studio upgrade.  I guess we'll find out.

Overall - mostly wet weather.  Tired all the time.

See you tomorrow.

March 14, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (67/6)

Paid work - slow first half, then pretty busy

Creative work - nothing.  Not even interesting ideas.

In the Interim - well, it's the weekend.

Overall - power failed again some time during the day.  Why?

See you tomorrow.

March 13, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (66/6)

Paid work - wow, what a strange and upsetting day

Creative work - nothing

In the Interim - well...

Overall - well.  Tomorrow pay day at least.

See you tomorrow.

March 12, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (65/6)

Paid work - lots of hauling and driving.

Creative work - nothing much.  Ideas.

In the Interim - tiring day.

Overall - gas day tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

March 11, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (64/6)

Paid work - mostly pretty slow.

Creative work - more work on decayed heads, other than that, nothing.  Would love to take a break but I guess that itch needs scratching.

In the Interim - the Bauhaus book is really tiny.

Overall - one more day.

See you tomorrow.

March 10, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (63/6)

Paid work - very busy day.

Creative work - posted chapter one, after some last-minute tweaks.  Loaded some heads with the idea of deterioration.

In the Interim - another Monday.

Overall - just like the last Monday.

See you tomorrow.

March 9, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (62/6)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - tweaked some things, kind of much to my regret.  Still, it looks and sounds better.

In the Interim - felt OK most of the day.

Overall - still a Yes though.  Got to get this under control.

See you tomorrow.

March 8, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (61/6)

Paid work - no on Saturday, no.

Creative work - extended the factory bit, redid the sound and added it into part one.  Put the two parts together and added the To Be Continued part.  Rendered, but I want to look at it some more.

In the Interim - not a terrible Saturday, and if I can keep the drinking to just the weekend it will be okay.

Overall - still need to assemble that shelving thing.

See you tomorrow.

March 7, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (60/6)

Paid work - frustrating and tiring day.

Creative work - the sound levels drop too much, so I'm evening the descent.

In the Interim - everything looks good, so I combined them and it all looks good.  A bit of tweaking needed, though.

Overall - the Yes was inevitable we know that.

See you tomorrow.

March 6, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (59/6)

Paid work - mostly slow, until it got very busy.

Creative work - got a good motion sound for the blue man.  Adjusted the levels for the lightning.  I think it may be done.

In the Interim - tired a lot.

Overall - well, that's Thursday.

See you tomorrow.

March 5, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (59/5)

Paid work - long meeting, a few calls and emails.  Nothing much.

Creative work - trying to get good sounds for the tool.

In the Interim - the old thirst started to rear.

Overall - keep the Nos coming please.

See you later today.

March 4, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (59/4)

Paid work - lots of hauling things around.  Fairly tiring.

Creative work - more sound work.  Getting very close, with some good stuff.

In the Interim - still tired a lot.

Overall - another No, great.

See you tomorrow.

March 3, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (59/3)

Paid work - some driving, notating.  Not a lot.

Creative work - more sound work, getting the tiny details in.  

In the Interim - watching lots of Carson clips on YouTube.

Overall - so glad to get a No, finally.

See you tomorrow.

March 2, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (59/2)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - more sound work.  Working out well.

In the Interim - sick in the morning, tired all day.

Overall - great start to the week.  I am doomed.

See you tomorrow.

March 1, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (58/2)

Paid work - not on Saturday, not yet.

Creative work - more sound work.  Working out well.

In the Interim - Movieberry is back, but my login doesn't work.  Hm.  

Overall - backup weekend.  Getting a good start.  And backup is done.

See you tomorrow.

February 28, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (57/2)

Paid work - mostly repetitive slow stuff.  Left early because of tire.

Creative work - some very good sound work.  I kind of impressed myself.

In the Interim - so, the tire started leaking again.  Fisher took care of it, but man, what roads.

Overall - another weekend.  Oh boy.

See you tomorrow.

February 27, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (56/2)

Paid work - fairly busy with minor stuff.

Creative work - some more sound work.  Including some stuff that went nowhere, but what can you do.  Might be good down the road.

In the Interim - removed Kindle books from my Amazon wish list.  If I can't download them, I don't want them.  Thanks Bezos.

Overall - it was already Thursday.  Payday tomorrow.  Joy.

See you tomorrow.

February 26, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (55/2)

Paid work - fairly busy and tiring day.

Creative work - more sound work.  Coming along.

In the Interim - got the tire patched, that's nice.

Overall - just not getting any better, a shame.

See you tomorrow.

February 25, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (54/2)

Paid work - mostly slow but got some things done.

Creative work - working on part 2.

In the Interim - weather was at least nice today.

Overall - tired all the time.  No fun.

See you tomorrow.

February 24, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (53/2)

Paid work - a bit here and there.  Driving.

Creative work - removed a couple of bits from the factory, and straightened an element...meaning re-convert.  Rendered the thing, and maybe this part might be done.

In the Interim - damn drinking.

Overall - very tired all day again.

See you tomorrow.

February 23, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (52/2)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - some sound work.  

In the Interim - very great phone call.

Overall - very tired the whole weekend.   Slept a lot.

See you tomorrow.

February 22, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (51/2)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - lots of good sound work.

In the Interim - tired and off all day.  Sam's Club run.

Overall - no reason to ask why.

See you tomorrow.

February 21, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (50/2)

Paid work - lots of driving, not much else.

Creative work - trying to make energy animation.  Getting close.

In the Interim - will I make it to the watch party?  Managed to fill the tank, so yesterday's event must have been due to shortage.

Overall - a Friday.

See you tomorrow.

February 20, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (49/2)

Paid work - slow day.  Long meeting.

Creative work - more work on the factory thing.  Silent, so I finished a movie.

In the Interim - tried to fill the tank, but it stopped after a couple of gallons.  More snow, worse roads, but thankfully mostly gone by the time the day was over.

Overall - I've had worse days I guess.

See you tomorrow.

February 19, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (48/2)

Paid work - snow day.  Phones and meetings.

Creative work - reworking the factory bit.

In the Interim - tired of working on sound, so watched a couple of DVDs.

Overall - dull day.  Maybe same tomorrow.

See you later today.

February 18, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (47/2)

Paid work - not much.  A bit of driving, some inventory work.

Creative work - fixed the tunnel animation.  Added more sounds.  Still looks good.

In the Interim - supposed to be snow.  I hate that.

Overall - very exhausted all day.  No energy.

See you tomorrow.

February 17, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (46/2)

Paid work - state holiday, so not today.

Creative work - lots of sound work.  Almost done...with part 1, sigh.

In the Interim - days off are boring.

Overall - very cold today.  Not liking this.

See you tomorrow.

February 16, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (45/2)

Paid work - not on Sunday so no.

Creative work - good soundwork.  Getting this bit done.

In the Interim - trash was overflowing, so I put mine in another dumpster.  Otherwise, typical Sunday.

Overall - very cold today.  Tomorrow is a holiday.

See you tomorrow.

February 15, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (44/2)

Paid work - not today, no.

Creative work - sound work.  Getting there.

In the Interim - another weekend.  This time, with miserable weather.

Overall - not a good day.

See you tomorrow.

February 14, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (43/2)

Paid work - some stuff done.  Also payday.

Creative work - more sound work, and a couple of animation fixes.  Surprising when the mind will say "that doesn't work" or "what if" when you figured you finished it.

In the Interim - paid a bunch of bills and still have money left!  Yay!

Overall - very cold today.

See you tomorrow.

February 13, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (42/2)

Paid work - work early on, then settled down.

Creative work - more sound work.  It's coming along well.

In the Interim - lots of gas needed.  Oh well.  Exhausting day, damned if I know why.

Overall - tomorrow is pay day, so there's that.

See you tomorrow.

February 12, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (41/2)

Paid work - some.  

Creative work - more sound work.  Getting there, but this is only part one, damn it.

In the Interim - Wednesday.  Gas tomorrow.  Check finally cleared, yay.

Overall - almost the end of the week.

See you tomorrow.

February 11, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (40/2)

Paid work - pretty busy day.  Annoying bits but they passed.

Creative work - some good sound work and trying to fix an animation bit.

In the Interim - darkness darkness all around

Overall - and here's Wednesday

See you tomorrow.

February 10, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (39/2)

Paid work - some good work done, also some dumbass stuff I should know better about.  Luckily everyone was cool.

Creative work - more sound work.  Coming along nicely.

In the Interim - more and more and more depressed.

Overall - more tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

February 9, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (38/2)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - more soundwork.  Need details on worker's room but otherwise sounding good.

In the Interim - very tired all day.  Exhausted.

Overall - another week tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

February 8, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (37/2)

Paid work - helped Tim out with setting up a branch office.

Creative work - some very good sound work.

In the Interim - got the oil changed, checked the validity of that bill, deposited the check.  Now I have to pretend I don't have money.

Overall - does it make any difference, and if so, how.

See you tomorrow.

February 7, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (36/2)

Paid work - lots of staring at numbers and letters.  Exhausting.  Might help a fellow tomorrow.

Creative work - more sound work, getting stuff in there.  Still some detail work needed but overall good progress.

In the Interim - tomorrow, need to get the car's oil changed and go to the bank.  Let's hope I wake up.

Overall - another weekend.  Maybe I can eat something healthy.

See you tomorrow.

February 6, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (35/2)

Paid work - it looks like all the stolen goods were found.  That's a relief.  Probably weeks until we get them back but at least we might get them back,

Creative work - some good sound work on the project.

In the Interim - I don't know.

Overall - Wish I did know.

See you tomorrow.

February 5, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (34/2)

Paid work - mostly slow and sluggish, but got some stuff done.  Also: locks redone, that should help.

Creative work - some sound work on the project.  

In the Interim - main boss coming in tomorrow.  And surplus.  Should be busy

Overall - look at those stats and tell me I should have any optimism.

See you tomorrow.

February 4, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (33/2)

Paid work - another day, another theft.

Creative work - starting to work on sound.

In the Interim - 3rd anniversary of adopting the monster.  Like he cares.

Overall - 2025 just keeps getting worse.

See you tomorrow.

February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (32/2)

Paid work - well, the office wasn't trashed.  And yes, more stuff is missing.

Creative work - did some more work to polish up the second half, and it looks really good...maybe the ending could be tweaked...

In the Interim - everything is great except here.

Overall - less and less interested in seeing the future.

See you tomorrow.

February 2, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (31/2)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some bits done.  Nothing major.  Delaying tactics, more than likely.

In the Interim - great phone call.  Reminder: phones need rebooting too.

Overall - felt better than yesterday, and the weather was nice.  

See you tomorrow.

February 1, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (30/2)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - fixed some video bits.  And finished the backup stuff.

In the Interim - really really wanted a No.  What the hell.

Overall - ill all day and with no appetite.

See you tomorrow.

January 31, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (29/2)

Paid work - lots more thefts it seems.  Still got work done.

Creative work - work on the alternate wall.  Took a bit but it looks good.

In the Interim - backup time.  I'd forgotten, as usual.  

Overall - what a terrible month that was.  Great for the country, horrid for me.

See you tomorrow.

January 30, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (28/2)

Paid work - very busy

Creative work - did some stuff

In the Interim - thanks Thursday

Overall - weekend coming.

See you tomorrow.

January 29, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (27/2)

Paid work - very busy

Creative work - did some stuff

In the Interim - thanks Thursday

Overall - a day late

See you tomorrow.

January 28, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (26/2)

Paid work - very busy and exhausting day

Creative work - getting the engineer into final phase.  Looks good.

In the Interim - the days grow longer and worse

Overall - future looks darker

See you tomorrow.

January 27, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (25/2)

Paid work - crap day, but got some stuff scheduled.

Creative work - can't believe I didn't have an engineer puppet.  Must have had one in the past.  Oh well, have one now.

In the Interim - this is the worst year ever. 

Overall - plenty of soup.

See you tomorrow.

January 26, 2025 (Sunday)

 Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (24/2)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - some work on the engineer

In the Interim - put together the desk.  Already disappoint.

Overall - argh it's Sunday now.

See you tomorrow.

January 25, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (23/2)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - argh it's Sunday now.

In the Interim - argh it's Sunday now.

Overall - argh it's Sunday now.

See you tomorrow.

January 24, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (22/2)

Paid work - more exhausting work.

Creative work - previewed latest version.  Looks mostly good.  Still some fixes needed.  Trimmed or fixed four shots.  Will check later.  Update:  looks really good, I will check again but I think this part is done.

In the Interim - bland life.

Overall - ill and tired again.

See you tomorrow.

January 23, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (21/2)

Paid work - very busy and exhausting day.

Creative work - fixing bits, looking for more bits to fix.

In the Interim - gas gone up in price but I like the 6AM thing.

Overall - it was already Thursday.  Weekend awaits.

See you tomorrow.

January 22, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (20/2)

Paid work - very busy.  Spent the day labeling and receiving all the backed up orders.

Creative work - timing and trimming.  

In the Interim - ill and anxious most of the day.  Looks like another possible theft.

Overall - drank a bit less, so there's that.

See you tomorrow.

January 21, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (19/2)

Paid work - some stuff.  Finally got the asset tags.  And too many meetings.

Creative work - animation fixes.  Getting more precise.

In the Interim - got more of the desk assembled, but did nothing about rearranging.

Overall - argh

See you tomorrow.

January 20, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (18/2)

Paid work - not on state holiday, so no.

Creative work - some trims and re-dos on part one.  Think it's done but want to see it a few more times.

In the Interim - got some more assembling done on the desk, and some re-arranging in the house.  Found the Jewells' jewelry and sent a pic to AoS.

Overall - anxiety in overdrive.  Not sure why.  Feel like a fake for some reason.

See you tomorrow.

January 19, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (17/2)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - some getting animation bits in order.

In the Interim - weather uncooperative, more trees cleared. Desk very large.

Overall - ill and depressed the entire day.  So cold.

See you tomorrow.

January 18, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (16/2)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - some bits toward the animation, some trims.

In the Interim - started to assemble the new computer desk.  It's larger than I thought.

Overall - overall a rather dull day.

See you tomorrow.

January 17, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (15/2)

Paid work - fairly busy in the morning, then quieted down.

Creative work - some good work on the animation bits.  If we can get these done, it's just trimming left.

In the Interim - the Leprechaun films were never really good, it seems.

Overall - three day weekend coming up

See you tomorrow.

January 16, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (14/2)

Paid work - some driving, some trivia stuff, no labels still.

Creative work - a bunch of animation.  Looks good.

In the Interim - got gas at 6AM.  This could work out nicely if I get the timing right.

Overall - nothing out there.

See you tomorrow.

January 15, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (13/2)

Paid work - mostly frustrating day.  I'm sure it will be fine.

Creative work - getting that opening working.

In the Interim - well, at least got the day right.  Also, payday, great.

Overall - who is up for this.

See you tomorrow.

January 14, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (12/2)

Paid work - yeah

Creative work - yeah

In the Interim - neglected this.  OMG.

Overall - yeah, Tuesday happenened

See you tomorrow. 

January 13, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (11/2)

Paid work - very busy day.  Exhausting.

Creative work - animating the console room.  Looks quite good.

In the Interim - what can I say.  The world is more depressing than ever.

Overall - Why was I not born 500 years ago.  I'd be dead by now.

See you tomorrow. 

January 12, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (10/2)

Paid work - not on Sunday

Creative work - some work on the control console.  Pretty good, really.

In the Interim - snow almost entirely gone.  Good.

Overall - very depressed the entire day, not just because of the drinking.  Very glad to see the snow leaving.  Wish I could not go into work tomorrow, but there we are.

See you tomorrow. 

January 11, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (9/2)

Paid work - not on Saturday

Creative work - fixing some bits.  (Seems to be a theme.)

In the Interim - snow starting to melt, and making good progress.  Thank goodness for that.

Overall - yeah the Yes is back.  

See you tomorrow. 

January 10, 2025 (Friday)

 Drinking (Yes/No) No (8/2)

Paid work - "Snow day" Did some training.

Creative work - bit of work on the screen room.

In the Interim - if I retired today, I could kind of survive.  Managed to get car filled.  (Sam's opens at 6AM, might have to look into that.)

Overall - snowed very heavily.   

See you tomorrow. 

January 9, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (8/1)

Paid work - another frustrating day.  At least got a couple of answers.

Creative work - an idea, and worked on it.  Kind of like it.

In the Interim - figured out why sound was an issue.  Turns out, yes, it was the TV again.

Overall - "snow day" tomorrow.

See you tomorrow. 

January 8, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (7/1)

Paid work - mostly frustrating and wearying day.

Creative work - work on the animation.

In the Interim - work just gets worse.  Too crowded to get gas, will try tomorrow.

Overall - very cold all day.  Fortunately snow was just flakes.  

See you tomorrow.

January 7, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (6/1)

Paid work - driving, hauling, frustrating.

Creative work - moving the inner dome bit to animation, and a couple of ideas for dreams.

In the Interim - hope my son's CA area is OK.

Overall - I hate this life.

See you tomorrow.

January 6, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (5/1)

Paid work - very irritating day.  I have 275 PCs to tag and enter, and Nashville has stopped the process at the last minute.  So now I sit on my hands.  

Creative work - working on the inner dome.

In the Interim - new medicine.

Overall - retirement looking good.

See you tomorrow.

January 5, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (4/1)

Paid work - not on Sunday

Creative work - a bit of animation.

In the Interim - ill and tired all day.  Not looking forward to tomorrow.

Overall - it was a Sunday.  Blech.

See you tomorrow.

January 4, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (3/1)

Paid work - not on the weekend.

Creative work - miniature cities.

In the Interim -bored and tired all day.

Overall - it was a Saturday.  Blech.

See you tomorrow.

January 3, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (2/1)

Paid work - exhausting day.

Creative work - refining the animation.

In the Interim - eh.

Overall - could have been worse I guess.  Spilled beer.

See you tomorrow.

January 2, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (1/1)

Paid work - very busy day, exhausting.

Creative work - some animation work.  Not bad.

In the Interim - doctor appointment tomorrow.  Gas not too bad today.

Overall - weekend coming up.

See you tomorrow.

January 1, 2025 (Wednesday)

 Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (1/0)

Paid work - not today, state holiday.

Creative work - some animation stuff.

In the Interim - felt ill all day, still drank.

Overall - tired a lot, but it's a new year.

See you tomorrow.