Day 5

I realized that it was time for a new direction in my project. I was originally going to do the Major General song from Pirates of Penzance but the song is so fast that I would lose the chance to do subtle distinctions in words and lose the ability to keep things moving at the same pace. I've decided then to go on to a song I liked from high school.

Particle Man From They might be giants. Chosen mostly because it is under 2 minutes long and will let me use the whole song for my class.

Day 4 Skipped one

Spent a day in Elko getting work done on class projects. It's hard to feel good when 3-4 hours of work ends up with less than 35 Seconds worth of video. Especially when the work was only text. Seriously.

I know however that if I do end up working in animation most of my work will end up with much less product than 35 seconds in a day. The animators at pixar end up with about 4 seconds of video for every week's worth of work. The shear amount of work in these things make me glad that I can enjoy these things in the comfort of a theator seat with some popcorn and ridicule effort. Cause I'll have been there.

Day 3

Spring break has sprung. and It came a little earlier than expected today in the form or a leak above my bathroom in my apartment today making going to class less of a priority than making sure that water didn't ruin things.

I feel that posts should be interesting reads so and I wanted something relevant to what I'm supposed to learn now. Here's another link. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/28-excellent-examples-of-typography-portraits/ Hope you liked it.

Day 2

There is a movie that I just finished watching: The Brothers Bloom. It is the best movie I have seen in a long time. It's all about a con job. Go watch it. Go watch it now.


There is a mystic I think to con men. It's something that tugs at me every now and again. I've always thought of it as the ultimate combination of wit and skill. Sometimes I just wish that my moral compass would point south every once in a while just so I could try this type of thing.

There is something to be said for experience however and I doubt I'd be good at a con job. I think though that a part of the appeal is the appeal in lockpicking, or planning a heist. A large risk a large reward and the story ends. That may be the biggest reason I'll not be pulling a con job. The story doesn't end there.

No matter how big the job there's always more to want. Maybe you get a trip around the world, maybe you get a large house and a cool car. But these things aren't worth the pull of another job, another chance to win.

A post a day for a month

I'm looking to write a post a day for a month. I just figure it'll be a way for me to do something productive for a bit.

Today I thought I'd talk about random chatting. Yesterday I went to a site called omegle that places random strangers together in chat. I met some bastards, had many quick disconects and a few decent conversations. Unlike chat roulette I didn't use the video feature. I figured that
1
I didn't want to see a penis on my screen

and
2
Nobody wants to see me on screen

In any case I think that getting a minute with a stranger is addicting and finding something to say may be the hardest thing in the world to do. But when you do find something with a random stranger you may spend a good amount of time talking. When that happens I think that maybe things in this world are getting a little better. And that's comforting.

Out for today
Mike.

Hamster wheel

I've heard a theory about how happiness is much like running on a hamster wheel, if you aren't pursuing it you get nowhere but if you do pursue it you need to have more to stay in the same spot. the analogy isn't quite right but the idea strikes me in the right spot for me to repeat it.

I have to admit though that much of the work that I put into doing things doesn't seem to have a payoff, inasmuch as I don't feel like I've really gotten better, pushed through a barrier or had the experience that is common in games known as leveling up.

The reason I bring this up is that I think that games have tapped into the reward/hamster wheel experience in a way that hasn't ever been matched. If you play a game the hours of work that you put into a character never decay there is no leveling down. Whereas in the real world I can't run until I'm in great shape and then call it quits. I would then have to work to maintain it. Games don't require that.

Anyway I think I'll abandon games after my brother moves out, cause I know that there is so much else I can put my time into. and we won't be sharing experiences quite as much as we do. The topics from games are better than the weather and can keep a person sedated for hours without the need for babysitting them. And it just feels weird to do situps in a room while someone watches you.

Of Floods and Fun

Rain!

Over the last few days Las Vegas has been rained and rained upon. With the reign of the rain came the flooding of my apartment. The rain traveled from sky to roof and from roof to stairwell and from stairwell to the hall and from the hall to my apartment door. And I had a class to go to where I would goof off and ignore the work that I should be doing.

Afterwards I went to the movies while the rain kept coming down and down seeping into the kitchen and beneath the stove washing away the bodies of cockroaches that died below the oven. Ewwww!

Coming back I found wet carpet and linoleum. in either case starting to restore the bubble that is my place back to order left me cold and wet. All the while wondering if I should have thought of nachos instead of popcorn.