May 31, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (87/64)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - got the heads imported and converted.  Still need to tweak a few bits but otherwise this incredibly difficult bit seems done.  Oh, and the lightening.  Nothing else done today.

In the interim - did my first Senile Old Man thing--took the trash out without putting on shorts.  Fortunately my boxers looked enough like pants.  Also fortunately, no one was outside at the time.  Whew.

Overall - barely left the house.  Barely left the couch.  But got a No.

See you tomorrow.

May 30, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (87/63)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - finished the degraded heads, and imported them.

In the interim - started the month-end backup process.  

Overall - because of the Yes, prepared myself to be really ill the next day.  And I was.  

See you tomorrow.

May 29, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (86/63)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the stages of the eroded heads.  Easier than I thought it would be, really.

In the interim - fixed the Ollo card, and got a haircut after deciding on that very late last night.  Not sure where the Yes came from, maybe Friday's brow.

Overall - mostly tired and did a lot of sleeping.  Then the Yes showed up.

See you tomorrow.

May 28, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (85/63)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - well, I aminated the fluid being used up.  And got in an appropriate torso.  So, I still have to erode the head, and add lightening.  I had the idea to remove the yellow overall and use Vegas to place that, as the yellow makes it too hard to see details.  Update:  I think I have a good eroded forward face.  Now to duplicate that on the side head and work backwards from there.

In the interim - finally applied for the State's retirement payout.  

Overall - another day very tired.  But at least got another No.

See you tomorrow.

May 27, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (85/62)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - got a working animation of the arms, now working on the "fluid" bit.  After that comes the head.

In the interim - thought I might be dying when I work up this morning.  Feeling gradually faded, and obviously I didn't, but I realized I need to work on more NOs.  Got one tonight, and I was kind of mad about it.  

Overall - a very, very down day.

See you tomorrow.

May 26, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (85/61)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more arm animation.

In the interim - didn't feel very sick, and actually ate a fairly healthy amount.  So there's that.

Overall - these Yesses are becoming too prevalent.

See you tomorrow.

May 25, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (84/61)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - reworking a lot of the animation.  Too much of the perfectionist.

In the interim - sleeping, tired, low-level ill.

Overall - another mostly wasted day.

See you tomorrow.

May 24, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (83/61)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some won on the sideways view of the worker.  Kind of getting there, but wow would this be easier in Blender or something.

In the interim - great phone call.  Otherwise a wasted day.

Overall - rained a lot.  Got a book from Amazon, nice.  Worried because they said they'd delivered it to the "front desk."  What?

See you tomorrow.

May 23, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (82/61)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - decided to rework the entire "prop" sequence.  I did this because I am dumb.

In the interim - tired all day, weak.  But still drank.  Yikes.

Overall - foot feels weird, like it has a fracture or something.

See you tomorrow.

May 22, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (81/61)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some more animation and design stuff, getting things into place before having to handle the head disintegration.  Not exactly wheel spinning but close.

In the interim - went for a brief walk.  Actually ate a bit at Subway.

Overall - mostly ill and tired, so mostly a wasted day.  As expected.  Hope tomorrow isn't the same.

See you tomorrow.

May 21, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (80/61)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on raising the prop.  Got the hands and wrists done, need to work on the arms, and then of course attaching them to the body so it all works.  Need to work on the head damage and fluid drain too.  Update- did the arms.  The one on screen right looks a bit odd but so far it works.  Next, the damage stuff.

Update 2: worked on getting the damage things in order, and did a lot on the chest.

In the interim - more tiredness.  Walked a bit.  Have eaten very little eaten lately.

Overall - pretty sure the Yes was inevitable.

See you tomorrow.

May 20, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (79/61)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on "lifting the lever."  Good progress so far.

In the interim - more sleeping and such.  Barely ate at all today.

Overall - really had to fight for that No.  

See you tomorrow.

May 19, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (79/60)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the Worker turning around.  I've got it mostly, but there are things that are off about it.  Decided on a different approach, and it seems to be coming along.

In the interim - finally made the Sam's Club run, sent off my dental insurance form, and got an ID for the TN retirement account.  Nice to make some progress on this stuff.

Overall - very tired all day but otherwise could use more days like this.

See you tomorrow.

May 18, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (79/59)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - barely left the house.  Finally filled out the insurance paperwork, will take that to be scanned tomorrow.

Overall - another day of exhaustion.  At least I ate something, and got a No.

See you tomorrow.

May 17, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (79/58)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - a bit of work on the prop scene.  Also managed to write up the latest dream bits.  Part two is totally forgotten, oh well.

In the interim - tired a lot, though not very ill--surprising.  Tomorrow I've got to make a Sam's run.

Overall - I've had worse Sundays I suppose.

See you tomorrow.

May 16, 2026 (Saturday)

 Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (78/58)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more installation on the new desktop.

In the interim - went for the usual walk.  Watched "The Dark Half" which was pretty good though kind of anonymous.

Overall - not terribly ill, but very tired and exhausted all day.  

See you tomorrow.

May 15, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (77/58)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on the prop stuff.  Trying to get Adobe on the new PC but running into issues.

In the interim - decided to take the Naltrexone in the morning from now on, to see if that helps.  Results of the EEG were normal.

Overall - very exhausted all day.

See you later today.

May 14, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (76/58)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - finished the "grab rod" bit, and started on the "turn rod" bit.

In the interim - as of the 13th, got the heart test tomorrow.  Will update as we learn more.  Update: will learn later.  Interesting sounds.  I jokingly asked for a CD.  Took the checks to the bank, and they put a hold on the IRS one.  Oh well.

Overall - sick and ill but still got a Yes.

See you tomorrow. 

May 13, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (75/58)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on "grab the prop" bit.

In the interim - met a lot of dogs on the walk today.  And...got the tax check!  Yay!

Overall - slept badly again last night, though largely due to indigestion.  Exhausted all day.  And got a Yes, darn it.

See you tomorrow. 

May 12, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (74/58)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - animated the trucks leaving--finally got the legs so they look OK.  Animated the droids leaving as well.  Looked at the overhead-cloud sequence and it looks good.  Want to look at it again before I deem it finished.  Update: finished the cloud sequence and added it, then another overhead with the trucks missing.  Getting closer.

In the interim - tried a Mexican restaurant I hadn't been to before.  It was mediocre.  Otherwise did a lot of resting.  

Overall - not a bad day overall.  Any day with a No has that going for it. 

See you tomorrow. 

May 11, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (74/57)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - testing animation on the legs.

In the interim - bought cat litter and a different kind of food.  Cat actually ate some of it.

Overall - slept really badly last night, so very tired all day.  Didn't do much during the day.  Got another No so that's good.

See you tomorrow. 

May 10, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (74/56)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - redid yesterday's animation because it was terrible.  Have to figure out legs motion for a tripod.  Unless I can add a fourth leg.  

In the interim - went for the usual walk.  Mostly just tired today.  SO glad to finally get a No.

Overall - not too bad.

See you tomorrow. 

May 9, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (74/55)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation, and a nice Blender class.

In the interim - barely moved today.  Still Yes. 

Overall - how do I get out of this except through death.

See you tomorrow. 

May 8, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (73/55)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some truck animation.  

In the interim - went for a walk, otherwise a wasted day.  Like most of them.

Overall - miserable, sick, exhausted.  But still got a Yes.  What the Hell.

See you tomorrow. 

May 7, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (72/55)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some design work on the trucks, and assembled in Flash.  And some ideas about what to do with the trucks.

In the interim - not a lot done today.  Short walk.  Neighbor's sign fell off, I thought it was a delivery from someone who didn't want to do deliveries.

Overall - ill and tired and still got a Yes.  Damn it.

See you tomorrow. 

May 6, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (71/55)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - "How to Draw a Cat" done and sent. Work on some more animation stuff.  Getting close.

In the interim - managed to get up early today and did all the morning things in the morning, instead of mid afternoon.  Nice walk and overall nice day.

Overall - then that Yes hit.  Damn it.

See you tomorrow. 

May 5, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (70/55)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the shield animation.

In the interim - mostly wasted day.

Overall - that No was hard won.

See you tomorrow. 

May 4, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (70/54)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some nice animation bits.  Getting along.

In the interim - nothing much, really.  Went for a long walk.  Didn't help.

Overall - feel so much despair these days.  Not sure why that is, but I don't like it.

See you tomorrow. 

May 3, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (69/54)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the bug's arm with the shield control.

In the interim - great phone call.  Otherwise not much, too weak to do much.  Set up the new desktop in first steps.  Installed Vivaldi and upgraded from Home to Pro.  More tomorrow I'm sure.

Overall - hate the Yes but what can you do.  No appetite.

See you tomorrow. 

May 2, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (68/54)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation.  Getting closer.

In the interim - nice Blender tutorial.

Overall - tired and ill and out of sorts all day.  So naturally I got a Yes.

See you tomorrow. 

May 1, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (67/54)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing much.  Backup day.  I'd forgotten all about that.  Did some nice animation stuff anyway.

In the interim - didn't do much else.  Very ill.  Managed a walk.

Overall - the Yes really clobbered me.

See you tomorrow.