Thursday, July 14, 2005
Teriyaki chicken and Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars—an excellent combination which I enjoyed last night at my parents’ house. I try to make it over there about once a week; it’s my duty as a son, and fortunately, I genuinely enjoy their company. So we ate and watched Twinkle, Twinkle, which is a Jackie Chan film in the same sense that Raiders of the Lost Ark is a John Rhys-Davies film. Jackie’s in it, and he has a few […]
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
It’s funny how the most thrilling, exhilirating moments of your life are also the ones most full of stress. (I don’t like that word, stress. It’s a suspiciously modern term, and it smells like a modern excuse for something. Why did nobody in human history note a feeling of psychological stress until 1942?) Last night, myself and an animator worked furiously to finish Matrix Experiments Lain in time for the Otakon submission deadline. […]
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
As I mentioned a few entries ago, I hate deadlines. In fact, I’ve organized Otherspace to minimize deadlines. However, we’ve had a deadline thrust upon us: if we want to premiere our animation at Otakon, the submitted disc has to be in their sweaty otaku hands by this Monday (a switch from the previous submission date of tomorrow. Luxury!). So I got the last of the backgrounds last night, inserted them into their various shots, […]
Saturday, July 9, 2005
The demon Despair attacked again today, though not as fiercely as last week. This time, it appeared as I drove to the animation meeting. It brought up every petty annoyance I’ve had lately, and I fantasized about being so thoroughly screwed that I would tell everyone, “Okay, that’s it. I hereby dissolve Otherspace. I’m going to enjoy my free weekends from now on.” Of course, the meeting went great, and now […]
Friday, July 8, 2005
The sky was full of battleship clouds, slung low, cruising towards the western horizon. But as the sun galloped across the sky, the fleet broke up into a few huge carriers drifting lazily along. Good day, all told. Work went swimmingly, thanks to my help on a troublesome project. Always feels good to be a rescuer. Then I heard about the bombing of London today, and I felt a lot more thankful for all I have. My heart […]
July 7, 2005
And, suddenly, rain. Big, solid rain. The kind of rain you rarely see in movies, so I’m always shocked when I see it: neither the drizzle of film noir, nor the sheets of water in disaster movies. This is the rain of, say, Jurassic Park. A dependable, nine-to-five kind of rain. As I left for work this morning, I noticed my umbrella sitting in the foyer, and thought to myself, “There probably won’t be any rain. […]
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
It was a long, dreary, Siberian day at the office today. This was perhaps caused by my mode of waking up: when my alarm sounded, I rolled over, thought Ah, it’s still vacation, I can still sleep and slept until 9:30. Then I realized it was a work day, and one of the developers I support had said he might need my help on a build today. So I raced in to work, to find that he won’t […]
Monday, July 4, 2005 — Independence Day (USA)
Fair warning: This entry is bland as water. Just returned from my parents’ house, where I spent most of Independence Day. Their pool was open, so I took advantage of that to swim a bit, then we watched an excellent Jackie Chan film, Police Story 2, and a bit of the fireworks celebration. It was a great thing, really. Meanwhile, Otherspace goes well. We plan to submit Matrix Experiments Lain […]
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Watched recently: The last half of Paranoia Agent, a psychological thriller anime series. Absolutely brilliant. Human, thought-provoking, dramatic, funny at times. Wow. Wheels on Meals, a Jackie Chan/Sammo Hung/Yuen Baio film. A great, classic Chan film. More of Gundam Seed Destiny, which has gone from fun fanfic to powerful drama in the space of four episodes. I just finished episode eight, in which the world tilts towards war (again). I’m […]
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
If you ever plan on baking with Ghirardelli chocolate, you might want to know that Ghirardelli baking chocolate chips are delicious, and quite useless in baking. They have a melting point of about 80 degrees, so that once you start baking your cookies or what-have-you, the chips will remain melted for the next 29 hours. Oh, and by “double chocolate” Ghirardelli really means “dark chocolate.” Just thought […]