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.