If searching for a present for one of my friends, we went to Toys'R'US. I haven't been there since Zelda:PH came out as they were selling the game with free guide book there.

On a whim, I checked to see if MAYBE they had any Digimon toys. I have a bunch of figurines back from Middle school. By lucky chance, THEY DID. I just about needed a new pair of pants right then and there. Not only did they have the figure sets that have 5 small figures for 6$, on CLEARANCE for 2.99$ were two of the larger digivolving ones. They're all from the 5th Season, but Digimon are fucking Digimon and I'm a happy camper right now.

Sadly, they only had 2 of the 4 figure sets, but it's cool cause Toys'R'Us is selling the whole set with three special gold figures for 15$. Mine next paycheck.

For the record in case it hasn't been stated before: I am a raging Digimon fan and have been since in Middle school. I like it more then Pokemon.

So I grabbed the latest issue of Shojo beat. I started reading it back high school. At first, I would read all of them but slowly I started only really one. Then they started running Sand Chronicles a good couple of years ago I think. That's what kept me with it as I couldn't find any scans for it online. Honestly, I haven't missed an issue yet for that reason.

I'm pretty sad it won't be continuing and now I'll have to wait for the mangas to come out.

Hate realizing that I'm getting older.

So figure I'm gonna take a break from animating for a bit and share my thoughts on what's going down at E3.

Final Fantasy XIV= I do approve and will play if you do ONE thing: -Allow the ability to solo past lvl 12.
Zelda: Phantom Train= Looks good.
The Last Guardian= WANT. SO. HARD.
The Old Republic= WAT. SO. BAD.
Milo= You, Son, are creepy as hell.
New Super Mario Bros.= Thank you for bringing back the Side-scroller :D
God of War III= You'd better be out in March.

Hands down, The Old Republic trailer is THE best trailer I've seen in a LONG time.

It was nice, having the day off yesterday. Accept for the whole getting sick part and every time I tried taking a nap, people kept calling and texting me. Finally gave up around 8:30 last night and went to bed. I slept till about 6:30, then got up. Still a little sick but can't rest anymore. Have alot to get done.

And these next two months are going to be kinda crazy, as we need to find a new place to live then Move before mid-August. On top of all of that, we're still trying to finish our production. And right after production is over, I need to work on my portfolio as I graduate in March and want to get alot done by then.

I should go make some food now and stop eating Potato chips for Breakfast.

Pfft.

So thinking of not graduating in the fall like I planned. Really think of not graduating in the fall and graduate the following quarter.

Why? It's too much. I have 10 classes left and no matter how I work it, my last two quarters would be sure hell, insuring I would only be burned out by the time I graduated.

But if I graduate in March, my last quarter would only be Portfolio. That's it. Only one class my last quarter and it's all about my portfolio.

Next quarter is looking to be a pain in the ass as is, and if I keep going with December graduation, I would die.

Though, if I were to graduate in December, I could theoretically have both of my parents around for my birthday. Which...hasn't happened since I was like...5. :(

Blargh, I need to figure this shit out.

OH! EVERYONE GO SEE STAR TREK! SO GOOD!

Last night was my Art History 2 Midterm. OH. MY. GOD. I have never failed a test so hard in my life.
( School Shenanigans )
TL,DR: First year Animu-kids are picking fights with the seniors.

/HEAD DESK/

I need a light table so bad right now. Hunching over my light box at my computer desk is -REALLY- killing my back. Doesn't help that I've been doing this for the last 8 or so hours. AT LEAST I GOT SHIT DONE!

This film is slowly eating up all the free time I have now. The only other thing I do now a days besides work in the animation lab is reading.

And in a weird way, none of that saddens me at all really. Guess it's cause I enjoy doing this or something like that. Accept for the back pain. That makes me sad. :(

Day one Done!

It was really awesome to be there. Unlike Sakura-con and Pax, where Artists are either set aside from the con or randomly mixed it, artists are EVERYWHERE. Almost all the booths there are artists booths, with the artist actually hanging out there. I heard Jason Palmer was going to be there and I tracked down his booth. He was just hanging out, signing stuff so I bought this, which he signed and I got a hard cover for. Visited so many booths, including the swag booth just in time to grab a large Bolt poster before they put them away. They had UP posters on display, so I hope they might be giving them out tomorrow. I only bought the one print, but there were MANY THINGS I wanted.

At the end of the day, I got my Solo's Comic signed by Tim Sale.

I have to say, it was really motivating to be in that room with so many talented people. One guy that was really awesome was Stephen Silver, the character designer for Kim Possible. He had alot of books on display, all of which I want, but he was like, talking to people and other artists and is just really inspirational to listen to. He encourages others to just do their best without comparing themselves to other artists, regardless how good they may be. He's a pretty awesome guy.

Very excited about tomorrow.

So my 2D production class for Next quarter is in a Computer lab instead of the Animation Lab. Why? Cause a bunch of retards gave an Intro to 2D class the Wednesday spot instead of the Older students with the upper level class that is working on a year long production that is half way done. Instead, we're in a computer lab in the campus that only has one light table and no way to capture shit. Awesome.

Our teacher is trying to get it fixed so we get the lab but I haven't heard from him since Thursday. The school just wants to move our Class to Thursday afternoon, since the lab is open then but, Since we're all upper level students, 3 of which GRADUATE next quarter, the classes we can take are few and only on Thursday. Like me, Character modeling only works for me on Thursday afternoon. If they do change the class, I have to drop Character modeling and find something to replace it. Problem is, I'm running out of classes to take and I need to get them done. Dropping Character Modeling will set me back and could end up pushing my graduation date back a quarter.

I'd like it if someone that wasn't RETARDED would take over.

Finished my LAST Final today and MY REPLACEMENT MONITOR FINALLY ARRIVED!!! Damn you, Over-heating PoS.

LOL, Dell sent the wrong power cable so they won't be getting the Original back like they wanted.

It doesn't feel like I'm done since we're only half way done with our year long production but I am done for the quarter.

IT"S VIDEO GAME TIME~!!

So I gave my final speech tonight. I was pretty confident about it because I'd been practicing for the last few days and I knew what I was talking about. My topic was a persuasive speech on why Video Games should not be censored.

Honestly. I owned the sucker. Everyone in the class confirmed it when the teacher made them all say something. Accept for one girl. She was like "I didn't really understand your stance on the subject and I wanted to know more about the suicide rate for people who get addicted to video games."

I was like....I never even mentioned death anywhere. Nor addiction really. Wtf?!

Oh well. THREE FINALS DOWN! ONE TO GO!!

So i have a doctor's appointment in less then an hour. (LOL right down town. I'll leave in ten minutes) I make all my appointments online, cause it means I don't have to talk to people, especially over a phone. I hate phones. Course, there is a down side to all this, I always get the right as they open appointments, meaning I need to get up at like, 7.

But my brain was so paranoid that I would sleep in, that I kept waking up about every 5-10 minutes this morning starting around 5am. =______= two hours of: -wake up- -Freak out- check time -go back to sleep- -repeat-

Why do I need to see a doctor?

For the last 3-4 months, I've been sneezing almost all the time. And when I do start sneezing, I can't stop for almost a good half hour. Afterward, I feel like I have a bad cold or the flu. It just recently starting moving to my ears and now they hurt every now and then.

It's like I've had a cold since December. And I'll start sneezing anywhere I'm at. I would very much like to know what's wrong with me.

My roommate officially moves out on the 28th. Holy crap, I can't wait.

She has probably been the biggest cause for my stress in the last almost half a year. At time, I can honestly say I hate even being here, which is sad because I'm paying to live here.

But on the first day of break, she moves out and I really can't wait for that to happen. Over break, we'll be moving things around and my bed will no longer be on the top bunk. I won't have to literally climb in and out of bed any more. Our living roommate closet will become an actual closet again since we can take the bookcase out of it. And I won't have to just keep letting the dishes pile up while I wait for her to get off her lazy ass and do them.

Thank god it's Finals week, that always goes by fast.

Our store moved two floors up in our mall and we had to do the move in one night. I really think it would have worked if we had...boxes >____> Yeah....in preparation for the move, no saved any boxes from the 30+ volume of shipment we get daily. Awesome.

So, thanks to that, nothing was organized at ALL when it was getting moved. We started at 7ish and I left at 1:30 with everything in the new store but the store was no where near ready to open at 10.

But it's bigger, not that I really care but it's cool.

OH! LEE! EVERYONE SAYS HI AND CHICKEN CAN"T CAUSE HE"S GONE!!!

So, while scheduling for next quarter, I counted up my remaining classes and I have 15 left. Meaning, 3 full quarters taking me up through December unless I can take a couple extra over the summer. Might even take a Saturday class just to get it done with. I need my final quarter to be as easy as I can make it. It will be hell enough as it is, I'd rather not add to it.

As it stands now, I'll finish "My Lucky Dog" by September 19th, the end of our Summer quarter, then graduate the following December. Still need to get an internship between now and then. Also between that time, I want to atleast get something started for my personal project. The more stuff for my portfolio, the better really.

So, trying to get ready for my stupid 'how-to' speech, I'm teaching myself how to make my own sketchbooks. It's fairly simple unless your able to screw it up like I have.

Right off the bat, just loading my stapler, I shoot a staple into my finger. Went most of the way in too. Then proceeded to bleed ALOT when I took the staple out.

But yeah, trying to make my own sketchbooks. I've learned alot since starting.

-I need new blades for my exato knife because mine can't cut shit
-Foam core sucks for this and like, no stores have Corrugated Cardboard (we went to TWO Jo Ann's, a Home Depot, and Office Depot)
-Don't use bed sheets. They aren't think enough.
-Invest in a hot glue gun. Tacky glue is messy as shit.

Figure it's good to learn all this now before I have to give my speech, but I was hoping to have a nice one made before class. Don't...think that will happen :(

If I could get ya'll's Opinion on my Business Cards

So, to clarify, I'm a 2D/3D Character Animator along with Character Design. I felt the multiple cards with different characters showed that off nicely.

If you could, ya know, tell me what you think?

Yesterday, I was raging about the little ploy they are using people to go see Coraline. I can live with that as people will actually see this movie.

But now I'm raging about the Reviews I been reading about the movie online.

This one, is by far, my favorite:

"My friend read the book and she told us about it and we are like that is so scary. when i the movie come out my friend and i are like no way that looks scary even through we love twilight. i want to see the nightmare before christmas but i think maybe a no on this one. i think it looks weird big time. in the book it is so weird just like the pictures."

I don't mind if you've seen the movie and you didn't like it all that much, everyone get their own opinion. But when you won't see the movie and proceed to rate the movie as 'So-So' or LESS. And it's not just this person, almost all of the 'So-So' reviews on Fandango are like this. And the bad reviews won't even write anything, they just score it and leave it at that! People just deciding on the movie based on the trailer and it's....ARGH!!!

/RAGE/

I'm going to see this movie. And I'm going to enjoy the crap out of it because it looks AMAZING, regardless of if it's a general plot we've been fed since we were 5.

I love how, in the commercials for Coraline, they say "the Director of the Nightmare Before Christmas" everyone thinks "Tim Burton". And a lot of students are calling Tim Burton a Stop Motion god here at school but no realizes that....Tim Burton...was only the producer of Nightmare and has NOTHING to do with Coraline. Tim Burton created the story and character designs for Nightmare but it was Henry Selick that did all the animation and is the Director of Coraline.

Just makes me sad that a man isn't getting credit for his work due to a cheep marketing ploy :(

/SHAKES FIST/ DARN YOU HOLLYWOOD!