Monday, November 5, 2001
This has been one of those days that’s been remarkable mainly due to its lack of remarkable events. In other words: I read some of John’s gospel, and read a bit about Ignatius Loyla and Blaise Pascal. I practiced drawing, and managed to draw a good head of hair for the first time. I may add features to the head and post it later. I watched some anime, as well: the final episode of Boogiepop Phantom‘s first disc, plus […]
Sunday, November 4, 2001
Arrrg, I hate getting behind schedule on this diary. After fixing a few bugs and adding several little features, I released Landscape 1.1.0 today. I feel good about myself. I’m doing something.
Saturday, November 3, 2001
It’s been a pleasantly productive day. Shortly after waking up, I helped Saalon put his new personal website together. Saalon.daemonsong.com is now alive and running cleanly. I hope Saalon will keep it going. I then took care of several chores: website tape backups, checking my post office box, mailing away my DVD of Spring and Chaos for replacement, mowing the front lawn, and paying my bills. After dinner and family […]
Friday, November 2, 2001 — My Birthday
I had a very quiet birthday; just me and my parents home alone. They gave me a USD $50 gift certificate to Border’s books, and Mom baked a chocolate cake. Pretty much the ideal birthday, by my standards. The anime music video overflow tapes from Otakon 2001 arrived today, so I watched some of them. Predictably, there are a lot of mediocre videos, but also a couple of gems.
Thursday, November 1, 2001
Been sick the past few days. Cold, laryngitis. Not fun. I’m recovering now; my body’s almost normal but my brain tires quickly. On Monday I received an e-mail from Gary Lionelli, composer for Hanna-Barbera. He’d discovered my anime music video Deathdance, which uses the theme song that he wrote for The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest. He congratulated me on the video, saying it was “really great.” It’s weird, […]