Day 8 The feedback loop

I've noticed that as I travel the world there seems to be a plethora of people who ask me what I want without really caring what I do want. Stuff like "Your opinion matters take this survey." and "We're looking to improve our quality tell us more. Visit our website and let us know about your experience."

This type of thing seems to go after the most pointless parts of my existence. What could make your shopping experience better? If I didn't have to go through aisles specifically designed to make me buy more.

The more feedback a place seems to want the less inclined I feel to give it. Maybe it's that I don't feel that giving feedback actually changes things. I don't want to insurance on my electronic devices quit selling me that stuff. Not changing.

I guess really that I'm just tired of every place acting like I (and the public in general)have money to shovel out and that small changes to presentation will make me want things I do not want. I've watched more tv this week than all of the past 3 months, asking me to pay to tell them which Idol I want to see, or whether or not I agree with Donald Trump in the best bit of the week. The more they want my opinion the less I want to give it.

Day 7 Keeping things short

Got a new facebook profile pic. Did a drawing, used little brother as labor for coloring when I needed a break. Made into profile pic. Fun stuff.

I'm glad my mom's got some connections in this town. I've got to get my car fixed up as I put a dent in the front. She set everything up for me. Mom's still looking after me. Spring Break is going well. I've got a chance to chill out and time to get a little work done. Not a lot. It's break after all.

Day 6 on collections

There is a bit of me that likes the idea of collections. They seem to provide people with a goal or a purpose that makes people unique. I've heard of pen collections, card, coin, stamp and art collections and I like that. I like that somebody's work could be another somebody's love. Getting a good collection always sounds to me like a good deal of fun. I've heard that if you want to be happy that a person needs to have experiences not things. But in the case of collections I think that part of the collecting process is making experience. I myself don't think that I can call myself much of a collector. Except in magic cards and then I don't really have the rare and special ones. I do have 3 guitars, one accoustic, one electric and a bass. I'd like to pick up some oddities now and again. It always seemed to me that the best people have great thing to keep them interested. What's your collection?

Also as Day 6 passes I wonder why I'm doing this. No good answer. ugh.

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.