The Cliff
It recently occured to me that I am somewhat… Future-oriented. I don’t really dwell on the past much and I try to be “in the now” but really most of the time I am pretty preoccupied with trying to plan ahead. I guess I’m an idealist. Even though most things never turn out as planned, I think I get a lot of mental security by having some idea of what I can expect.
And now for the first time, since I’ve been conscious, I really have NO IDEA a what will be happening next year. It’s weird. I mean, I think being in school has sort of made it easier cause every year it’s been “oh I’ll be in X grade, and be in X classes” or “I’ll be in college in Seattle” or something along those lines.
2007 is sort of like the edge of a big cliff where the next step is so far I can’t even imagine it. I mean I can sort of come up with things that I’d like to happen, but nothing is based on anything solid. I don’t know where I’ll be living. I don’t know where I’ll be working. I don’t know who I’ll be living with. It is sort of unsettling.
Some other people are looking for jobs and internships already I think. I’ve been looking but I’ve been unsure about starting to apply. I don’t really think I’m ready for it, in terms of my portfolio at least. I think it’s easier for people who can just have a good resume of past experiences and don’t have to prove their worth with a cumulative body of work. Cause you can’t really go back and redo your experiences. But the portfolio needs massaging. I dunno though I sort of feel like I should start applying anyways. But on the other hand I don’t want to just start applying to a bunch of crappy things and accidentally get sucked down a bad path or something.
I suppose my life is at least a little easier since I get to graduate with a pretty good idea of what I want to do, where as a some don’t have as directly applicable degrees.
There is just a lot of uncertainty in my life right now, and it would be nice to have a little less. It will probably work out in the end.
I Trot
So apparently I ran 3 miles this morning without even realizing it! I just went out and trotted around for like an hour (I am slow… And there are lots of up and down parts) not really knowing how far anything was. I think I probably could have kept going, cause I wasn’t really that tired by the time I got back home. I’ve decided I like running around our neighborhood cause there’s good variety in the ups and downs, not a whole bunch of cars, and there’s interesting houses and things to look at the whole way.
It’s nice to be outside for at least a little bit, especially after spending most of the week sitting around. I’ve been trying to get out for a walk or a run at least once on the weekend for the past few weeks. I know I should be out there like 3 times a week or something, but I can’t really do it durring the week. But I figure something is better than nothing.
And I just got back from rollerskating for about 2.5 hours with Alice, Riley, and Josh. My legs are going to hate me when I wake up tomorrow. Luckily I plan on doing a whole lot of sitting at my computer the rest of the weekend…
Also, the past two weeks of my life are available in an illustrated form in thedoodle diary flickr set, if you are interested. I just felt like doing Feb. since it’s a short month.
Geeking out
AH! The motion class is so exciting! Colin & Cody from DK came in to talk about the industry piece they recently did for the Sundance Film Festival. They broke it down starting with from their inspiration, story boards, and went through how it was put together with animatics, 3d stuff, building things out in photoshop, and going into After Effects. It was great being able to see the whole process sort of laid out there, it made it a lot clearer how things are put together. It’s sort of like watching that “Movie Magic” show or something, except right there in the room with you.
It’s always kinda weird meeting the people who make the things you like. I don’t know, I feel like a weird groupie or something. Cause all the people I think are amazing are really pretty normal folks, which obviously makes sense, but still sort of an odd feeling.
Also what I’ve realized, especially after tonight, is that my Photoshop skills are WEAK. Or at least I somehow managed to never learn some apparently basic and useful things. Like the ability to use masks and alpha layeres and adjustment layers. I also never understood what curves did.
Anyways, those three hours totally made up for the fact that the rest of my day just felt like one long drawn out chunk after the next, with no real resting point. So cool!
It’s hard to really convey how excited I’m getting about this stuff in just a typed out post… maybe you’ll get a picture later. It’s just weird cause I feel like it’s something that really keeps me interested and excited. And when I think about all the different things I could get into when I graduate I just keep coming back to thinking about how cool it would be to work in motion design and how much I want it.
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