October 14, 2010

Some good painting done in the wee hours.  Unlike last night, I knew enough to stop myself when things started going off.

Talked to Ma about the check from Big Bro S.  Some very sane advice, which I intend to follow.

Couple of cartoons.  Thinking about Maya, versus what I have with Flash.  Let's see what Lynda has to say about that.

Later: tried a different kind of alcohol last night, and paid for it this morning.  Sick out of pretty much every orifice.  Won't get fooled again, though I wish I could stretch that to won't get drunk again.

Did fifty laps in the pool, and then ran some errands.  I wish I could find a pair of swimming goggles that work for me, but the clerks in Dicks were too busy talking about how awesome their weekend was going to be to offer any help.

Still don't feel all that hot.  I think today is pretty much done anyway.  See you tomorrow.

October 13, 2010

Well, I was up late last night painting, which is good, though I'm not all that certain of the results.  Still, it can always be painted over.  Got into the pool around 12:30 today.

Nothing really in the offing, though I'd like to see if I could get a female to narrate the Leela outside video.  That might be cute.

Later: set up the second DVD player in the painting room, that might help keep me there.  Went swimming again at 10:30.  So I've done 175 laps altogether.

I may do some more painting later, but that's for later.  Until tomorrow, then.

October 12, 2010

Well, I didn't go swimming again, but I ended up playing with Sony Vegas.  And I found the image stabilizer, which, for lack of a better vocabulary, is just incredible.  I put in some shaky Leela clips and stabilized them, and damn if they don't look like I had a Steadicam.  I can see myself using this feature a lot in the future.

Let's hope the rest of the day has some equally nice revelations.

Ah morning.  A bit late, actually--9:20--to get to the pool before classes start.  Bianca H at the forum did a lovely altering of Leela's photo, and I started a project to turn it into a video.  Pretty frustrating trying to get audio off a DVD (in this case, The War of the Worlds), I finally plugged the DVD player's headphone jack into the Boss BR-6.  Then tried to cut just the audio I wanted, without dialog, etc...another bit of frustration.

Not too encouraged by the day's direction, I went swimming around 12:30.  It felt great.  So great, in fact, that I ended up doing 50 laps in one session.  Something I generally don't do. 

Came back and finished up the video, feeling better about it.  Still not happy with Sony's way of dealing with animated still images, which seems to be, "We don't care.  Slide them around like puzzle blocks until you get what you like.  We'll be over here reading magazines."  Created the "heat ray" effects, put it all together, posted it to YouTube.  Not too bad an experience for something done in a single day.

Watched another Netflix DVD, "Mr Show Season 3" which was consistently funny.  Later, I was moved to paint and created a great way out for the fifth panel of Paint Blog 2.  Will let that set, and see if I can fix Night Surgeon.

And then there's tomorrow.

October 11, 2010

Another slow, sluggish day.  Swam around 1PM.  Maybe I'll go back later.  (I did last night, as I thought I would.)

Created a brief rhythm track to donate to the forums.  Dunno what else I'll do, as it's past 7PM now and I still feel slow and sluggish.

Ah well, at least I don't have blood gushing out of my nose.

Update: moved some furniture around, which seemed like a mistake at the time, but I think it will help with various projects.

Didn't do anything else today.  Thought about a double-pool day, but figured I'd use it as an excuse to buy beer.  I'm kind of tired, but I probably won't go to sleep soon.  The cat has taken over the bed. 

On to tomorrow.

October 10, 2010

Slow day, with me being pretty tired during most of it.  Swam around noon, and went for a bit of a drive, but otherwise I've done pretty much nothing all day.  I guess it doesn't bother me too much, as yesterday didn't really take off until later that night.  Will the same thing happen now?  I guess we'll see.

Update, as of 11:30 PM.  No work today.  I have the urge to go swimming again, but I'm not sure I will.

Tomorrow calls.

October 9, 2010

Well, I assembled ROGER's limbs today, and he no longer fits into his clothing.  It stays on him, but it's tight and not easy to control.  I'm thinking if I compress his limbs a bit (or a lot) he'll retain the staying power but move more easily in his coat, and the length might not be an issue.

Worked a bit more on Paint Blog II.  I like where it's going.  Apples still too wet to do much with.  I may tackle Telephone Girl some more in a bit.

Recorded with my new pedal board.  I never realized how easy and flexible that kind of chain could be.  I must have recorded around seven minutes of heavily-treated bass guitar.

No swimming today, as it's Saturday.

We'll see if the day has any more in store for it.  It's around 10PM so I doubt it, but who knows?

Update: I indeed did more work on Telephone Girl, and I am very pleased with it.  Might actually be done, but I'll wait a few days.

Exhausted right now.  See you tomorrow.

October 8, 2010

Up and swimming around 9AM, then ran some errands.  Got a new battery for the car's stereo remote, and bought some stuff to work with ROGER.  He's been neglected of late and I thought it was time to get some more done on his behalf.

Opened up DreamWeaver and reset my local site to the "Probation" drive, as the "Orbison" one is slow to respond and loses connectivity rather more than I like.

Did some painting, a little on Apples (not dry enough yet, though) and some more substantial work on Paint Blog 2.  The last panel has always bothered me and I thought, now's as good a time as any to see if I can make it un-bother me.

Probably not much else tonight.  We'll see, though.

Update:  no, nothing else, but a decent day.  On to tomorrow.