23 Sep 07
Just back from the first night of AWANA. Great fun. I feel centered now, like I have a much better feel for how I should act with these kids. I should focus on them, give them plenty of grace. We all need grace.
19 Sep 07
Relationships are the wellspring of happiness.
18 Sep 07
Another long day at the office. But… …because I’m so busy, I’m focused. I don’t let time slide by. I refuse to waste a minute of my one, precious life. I wonder if I could get used to this.
17 Sep 07
It’s amazing to watch people create something out of nothing. Case in point: the first five episodes of Space Battleship Yamato, which I watched recently. Made in 1974, when anime was still a bunch of crude cartoons for kids, this is a show with weight and melancholy. It’s slow and deliberate. We spend whole episodes […]
16 Sep 07
Noticed someone on a personal productivity forum, who asks a lot of questions. This is normally good. However, this person appears to ask questions instead of doing things. There’s a difference between inquisitiveness and Analysis Paralysis. In the former, curiosity is combined with action. See: children. They open their mouths as they reach out their […]
13 Sep 07
Just finished watching Brad Bird’s short film, Family Dog (it’s on YouTube). It was an episode of the old anthology TV series Amazing Stories, if you remember that. Fascinating. It’s a solid story, very funny in parts, and drawn in a very modern, minimalist style. What’s most remarkable is that it isn’t amazingly brilliant. And […]
11 Sep 07
A variety of thoughts: The most common subject in self-improvement is fear. It seems that most people don’t improve themselves because they fear, oh, all sorts of things. I’ve been reading the Shortpacked! retrospective on Roomies/It’s Walky/Shortpacked. I was struck by the juxtaposition of drama and humor. The artist has pointed out that he has […]
10 Sep 07
I’m beginning to really appreciate daily rhythm. One’s energy spikes and dips throughout the day. For those of us with daily responsibilities, we can observe that rhythm and plan for it. For example, I get tired when I get home. My creative juices are low. So I watch some anime. Not much; just two or […]
8 Sep 07
Sorry for the lack of updates. Work has been stressing me out. Which is odd. I don’t like the word “stress,” as it has little meaning. It’s like saying that work is “painful.” Well, painful how? Stress is just pressure. What kind of pressure? I’ve involved myself in a data migration project. It’s complicated. It’s […]
5 Sep 07
After listening to Wil Wheaton‘s PAX keynote about computer games, I thought about art. In the past decade or so, two mediums have shifted in the public consciousness from cheap pulp entertainment into potentailly legitimate art form: comics and video games. So, I wonder, what’s the next medium to transition into Art? Some possibilities: Fanfiction […]