Nice!

WHY?!?!

Also,

http://syriana.ytmnd.com/

Part Time Jobz

I have a 'job' at the animation lab in the computer building of my school. The idea is that I sit up here and help out people with their assignments and stuff. Like I think I'm supposed to periodically get up and walk around, asking if anyone needs any assistance or anything like that. I totally don't though. I usually spend this time working on my short animation. That short is a whole another story in itself though. Maybe I'll make another post about that tonight.

ANYWAYS, the animation lab here just got a new Wacom Cintiq tablet monitor and man is it ever sexy. Every time I work here I quickly go to hog it. I don't ever use the tablet feature, I only use it as a double monitor, but it's still awesome. He look, here it is now!



This picture is courtesy of the DePaul gaming development website.

Anyways, I really should be working on my project. There is a total of 39 shots to animate and I have a crap pass done on all but about 3 or 4, which I intend to do tonight. Right when I finish writing this blog post, which I'm currently using as a form of procrastination. Here's a screen shot of the character. That background's not done yet. If it was I'd be in trouble:



Tim, my roommate and guy in charge of lighting/texturing/rendering is working on getting me a rendered shot now, he told me he'd have by Wednesday, so I'm expecting it around next winter. I am actually quite excited to see how it turns out.

Also, Iron Man made over 100 million dollars opening weekend. 84% of people who saw this movie gave it an A. 96% gave it an A or B. Wow, this thing is gonna be huge. Wait, it already is. I wonder if it'll hit a billion...it did rock. Hard. Short sentences.

EDIT: Of course, they're already talking Iron Man sequels. There are apparently now actually 4 in talks. That's right, a total of 5 Iron Man movies. lol.

Why my last blogs failed.

I've tried to make blogs before but they always last maybe a month then begin to pitter out and finally you just stop completely. The good news is that now, at 4 posts, this blog is already longer then my previously longest blog, so that's at least assuring. A bit. My first blog was created out of an assignment in a class I took last year where all students had to create a blog. The second was when I was going to chronicle my adventures in Japan, but then I decided to forget about that one, too. That last one lasted about 5 days, I think.

I've been thinking about what the best way to make a blog that people would want to read, and that's really a tough one isn't it. I mean I'm not a celebrity, or even someone who is particularly known or respected in a given industry, so who would care to come see what I have to say? The most I can do is try to throw stuff out there that people would want to know more about, either coming straight from me or found on the internetz. Also the things I'm mostly interested in are things animation related and Japanese related. I'll post that kinda stuff a lot. Speaking of which, lets all take a look at this fun youTube:



The song kinda sucks but there's something about her walk that really intrigues me. Well, I'm off to bed now. First I will continue to study kanji through the following resource:



Goodnight everyone!

Edit: Wait one more thing: New Ikimono Gakari song "Blue Bird" is the new Naruto opening lol wtf I like this band.

I want a logo.

That title is true, but this post is mostly so I can test out uploading videos to this blog. These are some particle simulation tutorials I did in Maya in December of 2006. Very very nerdy. I really wanna stick to making stories.





It looks pretty cool and I'm wondering if there is some way I can make it a little more "me" and create some kind of personal logo. It might be neat, but where I to do that, I would also need an organization name. Right now, I'm thinking lolTownhouse6 (thanks for the idea Pete, I think I'll come to you whenever I need ideas for names of things). It's colorful and nice. Actually I'm thinking now that I like the 2D logo's better anyways. Hm.

Also a side note, I've put up these two videos about 10 minutes ago and that little 'processing' thing has been rotating ever since. Hey it just stopped!

Still, I'm thinking it might be better just to link to youTube. We'll see.

少し試してみたい。

実は、日本語でも書けます！時々日本語でブログを作りましょう！

Hmm...I'm thinking this blog will be mostly in English. Unless I manage to achieve a huge number of Japanese users who wanna hear me ramble in mediocre Japanese.

A tribute.

Before I try to get all you internet information seekers out there to want to read the things that I will be trying to tell you in the coming weeks, months, possibly years, I would like to give some small honors to a man. Not just any man, but a man who has revolutionized the entertainment industry. Some say through raw talent, others say through snobbery. But however you prefer to slice it, he is the inspiration for the title of this blog, and may or may not be responsible for some or many of its entries. But there is for sure one thing we can all agree on: he was in Syriana. I always remember watching those tv spots and trailers for this film and having no idea what it was about, other than something involving the middle east, but I was always comforted to know that no matter which trailer it was, I would be receiving one classic line from the film. Yes, Mr. Clooney, hearing your inquiry as to the reason you are being systematically studied was one of the few things I could always count on during the promotional period of this film, and I shall never forget it. I hated the actual film; thought it was boring as hell, but I did enjoy that line. Possibly too much.

Well, anyways, I declare this to be a normal blog. I shall talk about whatever is happening and try to give my own spin on it. Lets hope for the best.

Here's to you, Mr. George Clooney.