I have returned safely to the land of the Hoosiers. Don't ask me or anyone else what it means, its stuff of urban legend. Travel to Maine was rather troublesome, but hey, what trip isn't? For those of you lucky enough to meet Jake, I can say that he genuinely enjoyed your company, as did I. He's a good guy, I think I'll keep him :)
J(anuary) Term has come and gone. Jake and I were both in the Comics as Culture class, something I was eagerly looking forward to and also greatly underestimated. The work was extensive. The thing about comics is that you need to get in on the ground floor of a series to know what you're doing. This holds true especially for the more famous series like Superman and Batman. There was a lot of reading, but it was great. Most of it was thrilling and wonderful.I picked up a good series called Fables which is about fairy tale characters living in exile in the human world since a villain by the name of Adversary stole their lands and riches from them. It plays up the sterotypes of the characters. Prince Charming becomes a leech on soceity, and specifically a leech on women, rebellious Goldilocks leads a rebellion, and Jack of Beanstalk fame is always looking for a new way to get rich quick. Note: these comics are not for children.
Now that J-Term is over though, I am back to regular classes and regular life. I am in Creative Writing, 3D Animation II- Character Design, Short Form Film Production (which is a fancy way of saying "stop motion" animation), Motion Graphics, and Web-Based Animation. At the end of this semester I will have some skills in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash, which are both highly marketable skills for the workforce. I think it will be a productive semester and a chance to really show off my skills. I'm optimistic and excited about the coming months.
In addition to all of my animation classes, I am also taking on my junior animation studio class independently. I will be producing a short film this spring, with half the time to complete it as my peers, but I am up to the challenge, since it will get my academics back on track so that I have the classes completed in order to graduate on time.
The other major project I will be tackling is an assignment for my Creative Writing class. We are participating in NaNoWriMo, which is National Novel Writing Month. It officially takes place in November, but we are going to start writing on February 1st. The requirements are 40,000 words in 30 days. I am going to challenge myself to hit the official mark of 50,000 words, for my own bragging rights. For this reason, I ask for some encouragement, coaxing and general understanding at the massive journey ahead of me. I will likely never let anyone read this manuscript, because this is all about getting it out into a crappy first draft to be edited and revised later. There is nothing to edit or revise however if there isn't anything written, so myself and the rest of my class are going to type away at our works of fiction until the word count and story arc reach acceptable destinations.
For Valentine's Day Jake and I are going out to eat and then going to see Coraline in 3D. I think this is a good date for everyone; cheap, fun and simple.
I hope you all can dig out of the snowdrifts to enjoy the rest of your week. I know I'll be enjoying mine. Love you guys!
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