A New Life

It seems like a lifetime ago that I actually used this blog. In essence, it's true. My life then is so different than my life then. In a lot of ways, better. Still, I would be lying if I said there were aspects of my past life I did not miss. Reading through my old posts, life was exciting back then. There used to be uncertainty around every corner, whereas now, my life has pretty much taken on a routine schedule. I am not saying that is a bad thing. Most people strive for that stability. I'm simply pointing out that the time where this blog was active was an exciting time in my life.

Maybe some of that excitement will return in the near future. Maybe not. Either way, I'm glad I have this record of where my life was a few years ago.

Perhaps it is time I start recording my life anew.

Trogdor, The Stained Glass Window

Awesome! I’d go to church if it had windows like this.

Thor Gets Trapped in the Lair of the Beast

Attn: Restaurant Customers

Testicles.


That is all.

Thor Parties Too Hard

Thor Gets the Munchies

Thor Goes to the Movies

All Hallow's Eve

Happy Halloween...

Stay the Course

As somewhat of a control freak, I constantly feel the need to make sure all parts of my life are going according to plan. Sometimes, I don't really have a plan to begin with, but even then I have a general idea of the direction I'd like things to follow. Recently, however, more than a few aspects of my life haven't turned out quite how I would have hoped.

Naturally, I was upset by these outcomes and fought until the very end to get my way, but things don't always go how you want; that's just life. And that's OK. Am I disappointed how things ended? Of course. Was I some cases hurt and upset? Absolutely, but it hasn't been the end of the world. Life just happens, and it is how you choose to react that defines you. You can sit there and curse until you've turned blue about how life sucks, or you can accept the outcome of situations and move forward with life.

Most of us have a path we want our lives to take and it's our job to follow that path, get pass any hurdles that may come our way, and keep moving forward.

What To Do?

There used to be a point when I could consider my life as busy and complicated, yet manageable. There was a sort of beautiful chaos to it all. That is no longer the case. I feel like so many aspects of my life have spun out of control - whether through fault of my own or not - that I truly have no idea what to do anymore.

Some parts of my life have become so time-consuming that I honestly don't have enough to get everything I need done. Others have become so complicated that I don't know how to make sense of anything anymore. And lastly, one part of my life feels like it's simply become stagnant, which has just been making me depressed. That's probably the part that affects me the most. It shouldn't, but I can't help it and it's tough to feel like I can control the things I need to when I feel down.

K

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I'm Back... Again

So much has happened recently in my life that I feel now is the perfect time to return to blogging. Screw trying to accomplish silly goals; trying to post everyday was fine when I had the time, but my life the last few months has been incredibly busy. Instead, I'll simply post when I feel I have something to share. Simple as that.

I may not be posting as much as I used to, but I'm back and ready to type. Think of this as Blog Attempt 3.0.

World Cup 2010

The World Cup has begun...



There's a reason futbol is the largest sport in the world.

T-Shirt War

Continuing my recent discovery of awesome YouTube videos featuring fun animations...

Light Warfare

Must. Make. Something. Like. This.

Music Minute #20

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I may have fallen WAY behind on my posts, but I can at least do another Music Minute. Enjoy.

- Christina Aguilera feat. Nicki Minaj - "Woohoo"
- Chuckie feat. Jermaine Dupri & Lil Jon - "Let the Bass Kick"
- Diddy-Dirty Money feat. T.I. - "Hello Good Morning"
- Dan Balan - "Chica Bomb"

Fail

I have failed. Simple as that. I had set out to post a blog entry everyday for a year, and I've failed. May was just too much for me to handle. This month has been crazy and drained me like never before. The combination of the classes I have this quarter, my new job, and other factors leave me exhausted and with no time to really devote to my blog.

So, what does this mean for my quest? Is it simply over, just like that? Not quite. My goal was to post an entry everyday, so I'd end up with 365 posts. Well, the first part of that goal wasn't met, but that doesn't mean I can't still finish the year with 365 posts.

New goal: 365 posts. I'll try my best to still write everyday, but ultimately I just want to end up with 365 posts. Of course, this means I'll have to double up posts a few days, but I have the rest of the year to catch up on missing posts.

I knew this was a huge undertaking when I started, and I knew it would be very difficult to achieve, but I went almost half a year, and I can live with that. Oh, well. Time for a new goal.

Highs and Lows

It's funny how a day can go through so many highs and lows.

Technically, it started with a low dealing with drama with a friend in the wee hours of the morning, which meant I got very little sleep. Work came next, which in itself is generally rather neutral. Luckily, today my school had a demonstration about motion capture technology, which was definitely a high and got me very excited.

Unfortunately, the day ended on a rather deep low once I got to my 3D Camera Techniques class. The instructor has been nothing but critical and judgmental about my group's project, and tonight it really got on my nerves. I was genuinely very excited walking into class, and within 15 minutes, I just wanted to get out of there.

Tomorrow is a new day, and hopefully with it comes new highs.

Music Minute #19

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Another Music Minute. Another set of songs. Enjoy.

- Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - "California Gurls"
- Mickey Factz - "Alpha"
- Sade - "Soldier of Love"
- Uffie - "Robot Oeuf"
- Uffie feat. Pharrell Williams - "ADD SUV"

Rendering: The Next Chapter

New class. New assignment. Same epic struggle with my old foe, Rendering.

This time around it's for 3D Visual Effects, and although it isn't nearly as bad as my final for Materials & Lighting, it's a battle nonetheless. I've been rendering since about 6 PM and have 210 frames to show for it. I still have 715 to go.

If this is only the midterm, how bad will the final be?