Friday, May 6, 2005
I’ve gained some perspective this week. I took my laptop (Navi) in to the Apple Store on Thursday, to see if they could remove the CD that the laptop insists isn’t in the drive. The tech was my ideal; even though he was swamped, he helped everyone as equally as possible, while being consistently and genuinely friendly and helpful. He ran a few tests and promptly agreed that the drive was borked. This meant sending […]
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Just climbed into my soft, soft bed after a long talk with my roommate and a night out at writer’s group. The writer’s group went very well; six of us (out of seven) showed up, and we critiqued bits of two books plus my latest short story. I’m drifting back into a writing phase, too, so I hope to build on the adrenaline rush of this meeting to write a lot over the next few weeks. […]
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
43 Folders writes about Your Personal Suck, i.e., “You totally suck at something, and it secretly drives you nuts every g%^d@*ned day.” Find something that you really want to improve, and improve it. The personal suck that’s been gnawing at me most lately is my lack of discipline on lots of small projects. I remember to clean the house and work on Otherspace, but I don’t keep up with practicing Japanese […]
Sunday, May 1, 2005
It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. — Walt Disney Yesterday, four of us at Otherspace met at GMU in the pouring rain, then drove to a nearby Japanese restaurant, ate sushi, and plotted the future of Otherspace. I described my plans for the next animation, and my desire to make Otherspace into a world-class animation studio. Everyone else was excited and gave off an aura of being ready to go. I think we’re really going to do this. “This” is […]