July 31, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (126/86)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on console close-ups.  Very little else.

In the interim - back up day.  Spent most of the awake time doing that.

Overall - depressed and miserable and very, very exhausted.

See you tomorrow.

July, 30, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (125/86)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - cut out the alarm screen, imported into Vegas and trimmed accordingly.  Put the rest of the console scene under a new project name and created one for the non-angled screen.  I'd been worried that the console scene was too long, and it was when the two parts were together.  Now that they're separate they work well.

In the interim - doctor's visit went well, health signs are good.  Made an eye doctor appointment for 3, and a car appointment for Monday at 9.  Update: eye appointment went well, expensive but worth it.  Still tired a lot.

Overall - why the Yes.  Can I get through three days?

See you tomorrow.

July 29, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (125/85)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nice work on the console, coming right along.

In the interim - got the oil changed, asked about the message on the car screen.  Valvoline thinks a tire place can take care of it.  Went on a long walk, not too hot today.

Overall - mostly tired, did a lot of resting.  Very glad to get a No without anger.

See you tomorrow.

July 28, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (125/84)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - bit of work on the console screen.  Mostly irritating.

In the interim - short walk, weather hot and muggy.  Otherwise did nothing.

Overall - angry and depressed and miserable all day, but was still tempted to get a Yes.  Glad I didn't.

See you tomorrow.

July 27, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (125/83)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some good work on the console stuff.

In the interim - barely left the house.  Went for a short walk.  Angry and depressed all day.

Overall - and another bad day.  Damn it, need to fix this.

See you tomorrow.

July 26, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (124/83)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - worked on the console a bit.  Then a lot more.  Getting there, I hope.

In the interim - great phone call as always.  Otherwise mostly a wasted day.  Very hot, but managed the Sunday stuff and got the "mail."

Overall - hardly worth talking about.  A wasted day with illness and tiredness.

See you tomorrow.

July 25, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (123/83)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - transition done and it looks great.  Searching for the alarm console so I can close this stuff.  Difficult search.  But finally found the originals had have been doing some work on them.

In the interim - tired and depressed all day, though not as sick as I feared.  Still a bad day.

Overall - as mentioned, a bad day overall.  Bought too many DVDs.

See you tomorrow.

July 24, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (122/83)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the transition stuff.  And a bit of cutting.  Combined the worker pan with the opening of the ship animation...we'll see if that works.  Started researching the console from part 2, difficult to find for some reason.

In the interim - as expected, felt miserable and depressed all day.  Hello Yes.

Overall - not sure what to say here.  

See you tomorrow.

July 23, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (121/83)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on what I hope will be the last shot of this sequence.  Still have to finish the overseer part.  Before that, the pan into the sky.  Did some conversions and edited them into the project.  Then, got some good work on the sky pan.

In the interim - got no sleep at all last night.  Periodontist appointment went fine, for once the charge was reasonable (though more to come, I'm sure).  I'd thought about getting the oil changed after that, but I was far too exhausted.  Error message on car: Service - Tire Monitor System.  I assume that monitors the pressure in the tires.  Car drove OK with that message but I'll have to see what to do about it.  Long walk today.

Overall - not sure where that Yes came from.  Successful days seem to bring that on.  Why?

See you tomorrow.

July 22, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (120/83)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - animating the alarm bits and putting them into Vegas.  Some good work on a day I didn't think would have any.

In the interim - very angry and depressed today.  Didn't leave the house.  Barely left the sofa.

Overall - terrible day, one of the worst.  Hope that helps bring more Nos.

See you tomorrow.

July 21, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (120/82)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation work, and some good ideas for wrapping up Part 2.

In the interim - dentist visit went well, they gave me a kind of retainer.  I was able to sleep really well during the day using it, very comfortable.  Weather decent, nice long walk.

Overall - that Yes really jumped on me.  Good thing nothing scheduled for tomorrow, other than the Wacom bit.  Thursday will be the periodontist.  

See you tomorrow.

July 20, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (119/82)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - drew the faces for the doll and set them in an environment.  Stuff getting done.  Drew a "middle" face and started animation.

In the interim - went to Sam's and they had Dr. Pepper.  Yay.  Very hot, only went for a short walk.

Overall - lots of sleeping as usual.  Tomorrow dental appointment.

See you tomorrow.

July 19, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (119/81)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation work

In the interim - not a lot done today.  Went for a long walk.  Did the usual Sunday things.  Really miss Dr. Pepper.

Overall - well at least I got a No.

See you tomorrow.

July 18, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (119/80)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - quite a bit of animation.  Rendered the "so far" stuff for a new project.

In the interim - didn't do much today, mostly tired and low level ill.  Bought shorts, as the Wranglers were getting too torn.

Overall - well, that was Saturday.  On to Sunday.

See you tomorrow.

July 17, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (118/80)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some nice work on the finale stuff.  (I hope it's the finale.)

In the interim - moved all the paintings (temporarily) out of the way and started on the bookcase...and finished that.  Moved all the paintings back so they are finally out of the way.  All this put the cat into a mood.  Got the mail, otherwise didn't leave the house.

Overall - mostly a wasted day.

See you tomorrow.

July 16, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (117/80)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation on the final bits.  Working well.  More animation later.

In the interim - attended another webinar.  The guy's a great artist, so it was fun.  Not very informative (accents) but fun.  Managed to wrestle the two bookcases inside, and boy was that fun.  Hot and humid all day.

Overall - could have been worse, I guess.

See you tomorrow.

July 15, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (116/80)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - a bit of work, animating the worker and the camera droid.

In the interim - saw the second part of the Creativity Camp, and this is definitely not for me.  It seems to focus mostly on fan art.  And I was disappointed that my submission wasn't shown, as I spent some time on it.

Overall - lots of resting, sleeping.  A bit ill, but not too horribly so.

See you tomorrow.

July 14, 1016 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (115/80)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - finished the assignment drawing and emailed it off.  Worked a bit on the worker in front of the dome.  Getting there.

In the interim - Not sure why I got a Yes.  Maybe it was the medicine at 600.  Maybe something with boredom.  Who knows at this point.

Overall - got a lot of walking in, so that's good. 

See you tomorrow.

July 13, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (114/80)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - not a lot--but finally got a good Batman head.  

In the interim - moved the boxes into the corner, and now have to get the paintings back there.

Overall - spent a lot of time sleeping, but managed to get a No.  Went to Sam's and they were out of DP bottles!  Have to go back later in the week.

See you tomorrow.

July 12, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (114/79)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - not much.  Worked on the portrait a bit.

In the interim - spent most of the day on the couch, thanks to last night.

Overall - at least went on a walk, a long one.

See you tomorrow.

July 11, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (114/78)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - worked on the bits for the Batman pic, and started the teaser trailer for Happy 2.  Some decent work.

In the interim - finally took some steps on the boxes thing, and made some good progress.  Hung the birds painting properly, and hung the apple painting.  

Overall - a pretty good day, other than the Yes.  Is this what's going to be going forward?

See you tomorrow.

July 10, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (113/78)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - worked on the self portrait...by redoing most of it.  Looks really good, now just need to work on Batman.

In the interim - ill, exhausted, and depressed all day.  Barely left the house.

Overall - but I got a No.

See you tomorrow.

July 9, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (113/77)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the self-portrait assignment.  

In the interim - spent most of the day on the couch.  And still drank.

Overall - not sure what tomorrow will bring.

See you tomorrow.

July 8, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (112/77)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the seminar's project...it was fun.  

In the interim - attended the first part of the Wacom seminar...this seems very basic.  It's well done but I think I'm past this stage.

Overall - Oops!  Late again.  As for today...lots of sleeping, not a lot of eating.  Very, very depressed.

See you tomorrow.

July 7, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (111/77)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation bits.

In the interim - spent most of the day on the couch.  Went for a walk, in the rain, which looked pretty cool, really.

Overall - back on the chain gang again.

See you tomorrow.

July 6, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (110/77)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some thoughts on the last few bits of Part Two, and working on the sideways droid.

In the interim - went for a nice walk, bought milk, not sure why I bought beer but I did.  

Overall - not sure where that Yes came from.  Otherwise an OK day.

See you tomorrow.

July 5th, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (109/77)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - not much, some minor bits.

In the interim - as expected, very tired all day.  Managed to do all the Sunday stuff and went for a brief walk (to B&N).  Cat seems to constantly need affection while giving none.

Overall - I've had worse I guess.  Got a No which made me angry--I guess after a binge it makes sense.

See you tomorrow.

July 4, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (109/76)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - finished up the two bits I had ideas for.  Looks good.  So, now on to the details.  Work on the details, including timing, lighting and various sundry bits.  What we have so far looks really good.  Now, on to the stuff we don't have....

In the interim - Happy 250th USA!  Greatest nation in the history of the world.

Overall - a typical Saturday, slept a lot, walked a bit, drank (of course).  Finally got the Beelink think up and going, looks like it might work.

See you tomorrow.

July 3, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (108/76)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - looked at last night's dome animation and decided it was good.  Converted it and added it to the project.  Some ideas for the next few shots, I may work on those later.  Later: worked on the ideas mentioned, and got at least one done.  Still working on the other.

In the interim - got up early and put gas in the car.  Then brought the radio to Staples for returning.  Very, very hot day.  Spent most of the rest of the day resting.

Overall - a typical weekday.  On to the weekend.

See you tomorrow.

July 2, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (107/76)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the inside animation.  Tore out a lot of stuff and put it back in.  Better.

In the interim - barely left the house.  Got more disks, and the CB--which won't work, damn it.  Bought a keyboard and some piano lessons.

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

See you tomorrow.

July 1, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (106/76)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the inner dome animation.  Looking good so far.  Hoping to wrap this up soon, at least visually.

In the interim - very hot and humid today, but no matter--too tired and ill to go out much.  Did the short walk, and made sure WalMart has my drug information, which they did.  Cool.  

Overall - not sure why things are as they are, but they are.

See you tomorrow.