i got a cool new ring recently. i've worn my school ring ever since i got it, back in junior year. and i never thought about getting a different one. well, my mother recently bought one for my dad off of ebay. i was the first one to see it, and i fell in love with the design. luckily it ended up being too big for him, and even though it was even bigger for me, he let me have it. so, now i can where it on my middle finger!! woohoo. the coolest thing about it, is that it is titanium!! awesome. it's very very light, but very tough. since the one i got from dad was too big, and it was so cheap, i talked mother into looking for another one of the same kind, and smaller size. well, we searched and searched, but couldn't find any more of the same kind, so we settled for 2 other designs in the right size. XP the picture to the side, is the design of the one i currectly have.

*gruesomeness. beware*
the other night, i went out for some dinner. on my way back, it was dark and i almost ran over a small kitten up the street from my house. well, last night, on my way back home from getting dinner... it was dead. run over. it was pretty gruesome. there is more detail, but i will spare you.

@ 9 pm, the temperature is 100°~!!~ HOT!!!

it's 11:30 and i'm just now sitting down!!
8:00 wake up (from 5 hours of sleep), get ready for work
8:30 leave for work
8:50 arrive at work and start a wonder.... i can't say it!
9:00 time to leave.... but can't!
9:20 leave work
9:45 get home, change, turn on computer
9:55 parents arrive and demand assistance
11:30 finish working and come back to computer
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15 hours total work, no rest, no lunch

2:00 go to sleep and prepare for another LOVELY day (8 hours only!!) with my most favoritist manager ever, PAUL!! yay!! *waves really tiny flag* XP

the best part about my day is that since it's so late now, i don't feel obligated to do any school work tonight that i've been planning all day. *sigh*

i started my second blog ever yesterday. well, it's more like a personals profile page with bloggin attatched. it's only SLIGHTLY more customizable than tblog. i think i'll stick with this one as my primary unit of stress relief and use the other as backup and other nonblogging members!! X) it's not really that big of a deal, but a lot of the stuff i rant and rave about i don't care for other people that i know personally to read. uhm, don't really know what that means in relation to everyone here, but maybe i'm more comfortable telling all of you my problems and secrets!! (*yeah, that's what i'll say*) XP

anyways. i haven't finished it yet, haven't put up a single blog yet. but i'm gonna make it wicked cool. also gave me some ideas to change up this blog (SLIGHTLY). when it's all done over there, i'll put up a link.

also, with work and stuff, and because of some animation problems (woops), the vid i was making won't be done till at least monday. but i'm working pretty hard on it when i got the time. it's only a small video of the facial expressions. those are kind hard for me since it requires slightly modelling skills, which i have none of!! XP anyways. it'll give you a good look at how animation is made from scratch. how all the big things start off on a small level and work together. so stay tuned.

uhm. speaking of "tuned" i'm really really trying to find time to change the music here. sorry. y'all know how important my music is to me, and not changing it this long is bugging the crap out of me. .... and i don't even visit my own blog!!! XP

oyasuminasai, tomodachi.
(goodnight, my friends)

well. it's been a while again. but now i finally am here, and have something more to blog about. and yes, it is just a rant. a meaningless dribble about how my life sucks, everything is crap, and all the people in it mearly ... uhm... "useless, HUMAN, beings"!!! X)

i'm getting so sick and tired of Paul bitching and whining every day that i work with him. all he does every minute is complaint about one thing or the other. the ONLY thing he doesn't complain about (as much) is his own family, which he loves to talk about as well. but if it's not some dumbasses fault for whatever lame reason it happens to be, then it's Scotty's fault for being a stupid nin-com-poop. and that brings up MANY faults and errors, which Paul expounds upon to great lengths, repeatedly, time and time again. FREAKIN SHUT THE HELL UP PAUL!!! i've hear all your useless whimpering and moaning. "If you're unhappy about something, TELL HIM"!! then he'd tell me that he "could care less". well, if he cared any less than i'd probably be throwing him out the freakin window!! geez. he pisses me off. he says he doesn't want to tell Scotty anything because it doesn't matter, he's not in charge any more, and that Scott's old enough to know better. HA! that's total bullshit. Scott acts like a freakin 12 year old with advanced ADHD. now, he's a FAIRLY alright guy, but he's .... unique. and though he may be in charge now and be older than i, he FREAKIN HUMAN!!! even the all high and mighty Paul makes mistakes every freakin day. but unless it's someone related to himself, then it's "dipshit" city for everyone!! literally. he has such a problem with every little thing and every single person, but unless he tries to resolve any of it, then it'll never be undone. it'll never get any better for him. but all he says is: "i could care less, really". BULLSHIT!! grrrrrrr. i think we are the ONLY business in the whole freakin state that doesn't have a business meeting/gettogether at all. NEVER. we had dinner for christmas last year, but that's all. GAH. i wanna shoot some people sometimes.

*cooling off*

well. i made some excellent progress today. i managed to get nearly all morph targets finished. "Morph Targets" are the duplicate "skins" (remember skin??) which is slightly modified, then copied back to the original skin so that you can adjust a command to make your character smile, laugh, talk, blink, gasp, etc etc. well, i got most of them finished and am working on making a small video with all of it included so i can send to the instructor for inspection...... he still hasn't given me approval for ANY of the stuff i've already sent him. it's really difficult to make any progress without constant approval along the way. grrr. *chills* it's just that, the entire reason i went to see HIM when i visited the school last weekend was so i could get him to approve my work once i got back and sent it to him.... still hasn't, and i've sent him nearly 4 different progress points already!! *sigh* so frustrating not being there to badger him.

well, the video isn't done yet, but when it is, i'll be sure to put a link up here. so stay tuned. it will hopefully be tomorrow before i go to work!!

night, everybody.

dang. it's so late, but i promised a blog.

it's 1AM saturday morning. i've been staying up even later than this everynight this week working on my school project. i have worked every night this week as well. yesterday and today (well, thur/fri) i worked full days. i was off last weekend, in which i went to dallas for a family trip to the lake. while there, we stopped by my old school so i could talk to my old instructors about returning to school. since 9/11 their security has greatly increased and it was hard to get it. but we did and i spoke to a few of them. i haven't done much since i got home, but i plan to make several phone calls and work even harder next week, so i can return very soon. even though i was off last weekend, i am off this weekend as well. yay!! but i will probably have to work the next 2 weekends!! while on the trip i took a few pictures and bought a few goodies. i will put pictures up online soon for all to see. (and the crowd weekly yells "yeah").

here is ..... i just noticed a blog title that really caught my attention. first, it starts with a curse word, second it mentions the name of a sports team that isn't very well know. "baybears". it was kaetzchen's blog. well i have to say, that the blog was even more interesting. "time to find me a boy to play with for awhile". should i even say what i think about this remark?? nah.


ok. HERE is a pic of my new work:


explination: (left side) the light grey area is the "skin" of the character, also known as "mesh". to control a character it's best and easiest to create a bone structure, much like the skeletol system of humans. the "bones" are the red, blue, yellow and purple boxes inside the skin. (they stick out through the skin a little). the bones makes moving the skin easier, to make moving the bones easier you must create controls. the controls are the red, blue, yellow, aqua, and purple lines you see surrounding the character. (right side) though you control and animate a character using what you see on the left side, all you see in the end is what is on the right side.

neat, ne??

k. well that sums it up. it's 1:43AM. goodnight.
i'll write more and post pics later.
also, Scene01 vid, tomorrow!!!

night. - jafo -