August 31, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (217/26)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work -  some work on the drill ship.  

In the interim - nice weather.

Overall - damn it all about the drinking.  Am I committing suicide?

See you tomorrow. 

August 30, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (216/26)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work -  animation on the eruption, and work on the ship that does it.

In the interim - barely ate anything.  Didn't feel hungry though.  

Overall - and that was Saturday.

See you tomorrow. 

August 29, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (215/26)

Paid work - busy day but got a lot done.  And more Nashville stuff.  This job....

Creative work -  some animation work on the road bit.

In the interim - now there's a holiday weekend.  Actually a bit glad to have one less work day, for once.

Overall - here comes Saturday.

See you tomorrow. 

August 28, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (214/26)

Paid work - very busy with a lot of hauling and drive-ripping.

Creative work -  clean up, working on frags for the roadway.

In the interim - more work depression.

Overall - on the way to a three-day weekend.  Oh joy.

See you tomorrow. 

August 27, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (213/26)

Paid work - mostly drudgery.  New worker is mega annoying.

Creative work -  assemblage.  Looks good.  Started filling in the back bits.

In the interim - just figured it out--work thinks I'm a criminal.

Overall - I've had worse I guess.

See you tomorrow. 

August 26, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (212/26)

Paid work - busy first half, grinding second half

Creative work -  some animation assemblage.

In the interim - screw this

Overall - screw this

See you tomorrow. 

August 25, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (211/26)

Paid work - busy day, irritating.  

Creative work -  some animation.  

In the interim - missed food today.

Overall - I've had worse Mondays I guess.

See you tomorrow. 

August 24, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (210/26)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work -  some animation stuff that looks better

In the interim - got done what I wanted to get done, so there's that.

Overall - very weak.

See you tomorrow. 

August 23, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (209/26)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work -  some animation work, some realizations, some coping with that.

In the interim - well, the neighbor yelled out for help, and after putting on pants I did help.  That kind of felt good.  Had to put on pants first, important to note.

Overall - sh!t storm on a personal level.  Got it mostly sorted.  Also, took apart the old computer desk.  Another chore not quite done but closer.  And I found my Radio Shack charger!  Yay!

See you tomorrow. 

August 22, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (208/26)

Paid work - very busy day.  Satisfying though.

Creative work -  animation fixes and repairs.

In the interim - yeah drank again.

Overall - it was a Friday so of course I drank again.

See you tomorrow. 

August 21, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (207/26)

Paid work - busy day.  Work PC decided to rebel, until it didn't.

Creative work -  some animation and video assembly.  Looking good so far.

In the interim - there was another Thursday.  AC still not right.

Overall - work tomorrow, then the weekend.  So far, life...

See you tomorrow. 

August 20, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (206/26)

Paid work - pretty busy day.  

Creative work - some good animation.  

In the interim - more apartment woes.

Overall - it was a day.

See you tomorrow. 

August 19, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (205/26)

Paid work - busy day with confusion and inventory

Creative work - some animation and storage working

In the interim - and there was a Tuesday.  Felt ill all day.  But I'm not special.

Overall - there we go.

See you tomorrow. 

August 18, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (204/26)

Paid work - lots of driving and hauling.  Exhausting.

Creative work - some cloud stuff for the "other side"

In the interim - hope I don't wake up tomorrow

Overall - probably will though.

See you tomorrow. 

August 17, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (203/26)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - more work on the clouds, seem to have it down pretty good.

In the interim - great phone call.  Met a skittish dog who liked me--that was nice.

Overall - tired all the time these days.

See you tomorrow. 

August 16, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (202/26)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - more work on clouds

In the interim - an okay day.  Not as ill as I have been on other weekends.

Overall - ignored a lot.  Well, that's usual.

See you tomorrow. 

August 15, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (201/26)

Paid work - test turned out to be a dud.  Wha?  Otherwise, some busy bits toward the end.

Creative work - getting the animation sorted out.

In the interim - well, that was a week.  And this is a weekend.

Overall - well...here we are.

See you tomorrow. 

August 14, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (200/26)

Paid work - some work done.  Half a busy day.  Survey promises more noise.

Creative work - some good animation done.  Like the way it's going, but yes it's delaying tactics.

In the interim - did not buy gas today but looks like I should tomorrow.

Overall - tomorrow is "evaluation" day and I could not care less.  AI=buzzword to attract morons.

See you tomorrow. 

August 13. 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (199/26)

Paid work - pretty busy day, at least the first half.

Creative work - more animation stuff, getting things in place.

In the interim - well, there was Wednesday

Overall - yeah, Wednesday.

See you tomorrow. 

August 12, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (198/26)

Paid work - very busy day.  Nice forwards.

Creative work - animation experiments, which mostly seem to work OK.

In the interim - and more power problems.  And even more.

Overall - happy birthday Steve.

See you tomorrow. 

August 11, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (197/26)

Paid work - four PC swaps, can't be bad.  Very busy and tiring.

Creative work - some animation, getting things done with a sequence that I hope will end up in the project.

In the interim -  gave the donation money.  More power things--hopefully just the one.

Overall - well, there went Monday.

See you tomorrow. 

August 10, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (196/26)

Paid work - not on Sunday

Creative work - more work on the tiny scene that will be a few seconds at most.

In the interim -  brief phone call, and that's fine.  We all get sick.

Overall - felt ill most of the day.  Still drank.  Argh, oh ech.

See you tomorrow. 

August 9, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (195/26)

Paid work - not on Saturday

Creative work - more animation stuff.  Fun, but--will it go anywhere, will it be seen?

In the interim -  argh oh ecch.

Overall - spent most of the day resting or sleeping.  Tomorrow more of the same.  At least the AC is fixed, good on them.

See you tomorrow. 

August 8, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (194/26)

Paid work - very busy day, with some being early and some being late.  Oh well.  Seems to be a lot--too much, I fear--of focus on AI.  AI is a buzzword that attracts idiots.

Creative work - trimming the various screens, plus working on the "static" ones.

In the interim -  apartment power seems to be very stable...knock on wood.

Overall - well, that was a work week,

See you tomorrow. 

August 7, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (193/26)

Paid work - busy day, depressing day, depressing world.

Creative work - got some cool video clips to use...somewhere.

In the interim - gas not too bad.  

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

See you tomorrow. 

August 6, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (192/26)

Paid work - busy day.  One guy out because of illness, one because spouse died.  Yikes.  Guess that's a good use of that $50.

Creative work - electrical power in the apartment made that difficult.  Worked a bit using the laptop and tried to use the one monitor, which kept blooping out.  Argh.  Really need two screens for this stuff.

In the interim - really tired of this apartment crap.  Fix the power!  Fix the AC!

Overall - Gas tomorrow.

See you tomorrow. 

August 5, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (191/26)

Paid work - busy, tiring day.  Same on Tuesday, but with power outages.  Got another Health set up.

Creative work - more work on the main throne room.

In the interim - concerning power blips.

Overall - I'm sure worse is ahead.

See you tomorrow. 

August 4, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (190/26)

Paid work - busy, tiring day.

Creative work - more animation work on the screens thing, which will probably be three seconds.  Hey, it keeps me off the streets.

In the interim - "Moonrise Kingdom" is definitely my favorite Wes Anderson film.

Overall - what a start to the week.  At least the A/C seems to be behaving more normally.

See you tomorrow. 

August 3, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (189/26)

Paid work - not on Sunday, so no.

Creative work - more screen animation.  Hope it makes it into the final thing.

In the interim - slept and rested a lot.  Seems to be the weekend pattern.

Overall - didn't want an other Yes.  How lost am I?  How helpless?

See you tomorrow. 

August 2, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (188/26)

Paid work - not on Saturday, so no.

Creative work - a bit of animation, but mostly finishing up the month-end backup.

In the interim - went to Sams and then to Walmart.  Forgot about candy, but got the rest.

Overall - slept or rested most of the day.  Is this a preview of retirement?

See you tomorrow. 

August 1, 2025 Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (187/26)

Paid work - busy day.

Creative work - not much, it's backup weekend.

In the interim - it's backup weekend.

Overall - did I mention it's backup weekend?  It's getting done.

See you tomorrow.