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Maddie Lion ([personal profile] lathriel) wrote2008-10-05 07:54 pm
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riding the swell of brain tide

I have so many ideas in my head and can't accomplish them fast enough. Video ideas- animation ideas- story ideas- LIFE ideas... And why can't I accomplish them fast enough? Vitamin D, my friends. The hours grow short, and the temperature is dropping, and I am already feeling the effects. My energy levels have plummeted in the past week. But that shall not stop me.

Vitamin D supplements. Yoga. Hell, I'll tan if I have to (they have booths that don't actually give you a tan, just heliotherapy). I'm not gonna let myself get rocked by the seasons again. There is much to do and to be done...

It was a slow, cold, yet productive weekend nonetheless. Aaron was home for a wedding, so Ive spent a lot of time with the fam. My set for my object animation did not turn out as awesomely as I imagined, but it's still pretty good. Now I just need to figure out how to animate snow falling. How do I get fake snowflakes to suspend themselves in mid-air so that I can take hundreds of pictures of them? I finally got a few replies from agents (all gentle let-downs) so I printed up more submission packages today that I'll be sending out shortly. Yay for writersmarket.com! My book is already out of agents that accept science fiction.

On a non-productive note, I bought sexy boots today }:> I also purchased a rubik's cube and I am determined to master it. I've solved it twice already (with instructions).


To do this week, in semi-chronological order:

-finish set for object animation
-(midterm exam)
-get letters of recommendation from two professors
-apply to the Brockport study abroad program
-make the object animation
-NaNo ML meeting
-make up for the week of not writing in my YA novel
-get my new website online
-make extra arms for my Halloween costume
-flier the CFA and Hertel Ave. for NaNoWriMo

This is all very do-able. I'd like to say "write those short stories that have been nagging at you" (yes, I asked, and the Universe delivered!) but I know that's a dangerous road to take- who knows if I'll be able to find my way back to the YA novel? I need to finish that draft before NaNoWriMo, no ifs ands or buts. Butts. Heheh.

GOD life is awesome sometimes.

[identity profile] atempestcyclone.livejournal.com 2008-10-06 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
First off- YAY for sexy boots! };D

You're applying to the Brockport program?? :D They had a study abroad fair in the union the other day, but I was late for work so I couldn't stop. :( How exciting, though!!

Is the snow a 2-D or 3-D animation? If it's 2-D, there are some really lame ways I've heard of that you can animate it. :P If you want a Godzilla-style set, that is.

[identity profile] lathriel.livejournal.com 2008-10-06 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's 3-D :( yeah. I think I might have to use fishing line to suspend things and *hope* it doesn't look silly