Tuesday, October 26, 2004
I finally finished watching the animated Soul Music (one of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld stories) Monday night. Oh boy was it bad. It was particularly bad for me as a nascent animation director. So much of it was good that the bad aspects jumped up and down screaming, spoiling the rest of the show. The character designs were some of the worst I’ve ever seen, managing to be both plain and ugly at the same […]
Monday, October 25, 2004
Normally, I enjoy Presidential elections. I find the give-and-take of public discourse, the unfolding drama of the race, the accusations, the presentations of evidence, all rather fascinating. But this is the first year in which I’m honestly sick of the elections. I’m tired of reading political screeds on TNH’s otherwise informative writing blog. I’m tired of folks ranting about Bush. I’m tired of people going nuts about every detail of Kerry’s time in Vietnam. I want […]
Friday, October 22, 2004
Feeling sick. Launched a new Otherspace Productions website and a subsite for Summer Storm. Actually getting a lot done because I don’t have to go to work. Yes, this orange to which I’ve temporarily set my journal is kinda ugly. But it celebrates Hallowe’en, and that makes me happy.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Hmmm. Forgot to write a journal entry last night. Yesterday was a bit of a blur, actually. I made some stir-fry for work, I wrote a bit more of the VR story, I read a bit, and I went out running. Surely I did more than that. Can’t think of it, though. I’ve been rather frustrated with my lack of productivity lately, actually. I have a few major things on my to-do list: painting my townhouse, work on Cronan, and a number […]
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Hmmm. Forgot to write a journal entry last night. Yesterday was a bit of a blur, actually. I made some stir-fry for work, I wrote a bit more of the VR story, I read a bit, and I went out running. Surely I did more than that. Can’t think of it, though. I’ve been rather frustrated with my lack of productivity lately, actually. I have a few major things on my to-do list: painting my townhouse, work on Cronan, and a number […]
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Sometimes, I feel like I’d be a lot more productive if I threw out my projector and was unable to watch any DVDs. I planned to do many things last weekend—paint more of my townhouse, read, bake—but, on Saturday, I popped in the Star Wars: A New Hope DVD into the DVD player and noticed a commentary track. Neat, I thought, I’ll watch some of it. By Sunday night I’d watched all three movies all the way […]
Friday, October 15, 2004
Okay! Okay. So I forgot to post more of the VR story on Wednesday, and then completely forgot to update this journal yesterday. I’m a moran. A brief aside: Some of my readers may have noticed that I regularly refer to this thing as a “journal,” not a “blog.” I do this because I’m 0ld sK00l; when I first thought about an online diary, “blog” was a contraction of “weblog” which meant a log of the web, literally a site […]
Friday, October 15, 2004
Okay! Okay. So I forgot to post more of the VR story on Wednesday, and then completely forgot to update this journal yesterday. I’m a moran. A brief aside: Some of my readers may have noticed that I regularly refer to this thing as a “journal,” not a “blog.” I do this because I’m 0ld sK00l; when I first thought about an online diary, “blog” was a contraction of “weblog” which meant a log of the web, literally a site […]
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
I’ve found that it’s much easier to take on a big challenge if you’re a member of a group that’s all doing the same thing. Ever noticed that, when someone relates a successful weight-loss story, they usually mention joining a class or running with a friend or otherwise losing weight with somebody? Ever noticed how many successful CEOs are members of various sports or business clubs? I’m taking this […]
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
I should be writing right now. I have decided to write at least two hundred words of fiction every day. If I ever want to be a published fiction writer—and I do, strongly—I need to write at least that much. And I’m generally most content with my writing when I write a little bit every day. It’s 12:21 a.m. Tuesday morning as I write this; my alarm will wake me in eight hours and nine minutes. I haven’t […]