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| 02-January-2008, 07:32 |
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I got to put on my leather pants today. First below freezing morning of the year. Any excuse to pull them out will do.
I began working on the cards again. I want to try and finish them up this week.
I can safely say that in 2007, I worked maybe 10% of the year.
My supervisor got the project she wanted and feels she can justify holding me "with higher pay" in the past year. (I tried to find another job.)
In 2008, at least this first quarter, I expect to work quite diligently. That means I need to get all my "entertain myself while at work" projects out of the way. Nysidra cards being the current one.
I also need to get back to studying. I fell off that wagon when Nanowrimo rolled around, but I promised that I'd be certified by March. Study January. Test February. Goal attained.
It's quite important that I get Nysidra out of the way.
I've also noticed that the behavior of my kittens seems to imply that they can be trained, if given enough reinforcement. Maybe... with some effort, I could begin to make necklaces again and teach them to stay away from the string and shiny bits... without them swallowing too many pieces in the process.
Not sure, but I want to get back to beading. Winter seems to be my season for that. Probably because it replaces my urge to crochet around this time.
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There are so many things that I want to do right now.
Right now.
This kind of desire creates a bottle neck. So many things to do and I just stop doing anything.
I work very hard to stay on track. Do. This. First.
But I want to...
but I want to...
but I want to...
Do. This. First.
50,000 words - however you get there. You are going to get there.
It's funny how I'm spazzing about this, but given a day x 1,666 minimum word count, I'm only 70 words behind that.
I just feel this sense of dread that any moment I could fall thousands of words behind. It's not for not knowing what to write either (is it ever?) it's all the other things I keep thinking would be so awesome to do when I'm writing.
I found this great avatar creation app. I spent all last night creating an avatar for each character in my story. It was so fun.
I found another one, two other ones today. I want to create all of them in that one too, so that I can get a broader perspective on their personality.
Why don't I just write that?
There's just something about looking at "auburn wavy hair, green eyes, burnt sienna skin" that looks SO much better in pixels than text. It says nothing about the character though, does it? Actually it does when I dress them up and put them in a background. I stared at the pictures and laughed and laughed as I could 'hear' them being themselves, just from an image.
I am supposed to be writing now. Pretty pictures later.
I actually found 'somewhere' to put the estate. Thing is, I can't ever just 'put' something somewhere. There's planning and such that I don't have time to do.
I am supposed to be writing now.
They are all related. All the things I want to do.
I have a game coming in this afternoon: The Witcher. I'm really looking forward to playing it.
My best friend finally grabbed Guitar Hero III. She can now bring her guitar over so that we can unlock the Co-Op fun stuff.
I've started a muscle training program. Five days in and let me tell you. Don't poo poo on the benefits of resistance training. Srs Biz
Not to mention I was studying for some certification training, but it fell off my importance meter. I have until February to be prepared.
Most of these things are compartmentalized. My best friend can only come over in late evening. The exercises only take 20 minutes a day. I can reach my word count in 2-3 hours, when I'm actually writing. I don't usually write at home, so playing games won't cut into that.
If I just stuck to it and got the writing out of the way in the morning I'd be okay, but I get so wrapped up in trying to figure out what the news of the day is.
Right.
More writing there.
Less writing here.
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I had a dream wherein a shopkeeper gave me a gate. It looks like the love child of a privacy and picket fence. It comes with this interesting door, with no manual, that the shopkeeper told me I'd enjoy.
I feel the gate is important. The estate had a fence, but I removed it.
I do not like gates or fences.
I *really* don't like picket fences and dislike privacy fences even more than that.
But... repeat refrain.
I think I'm going to take liberties with the "fence." I'll put it up. However, the appearance of this fence will be one that I can bring myself to like and appreciate.
That's how I'm going to work around this. The technology of the door and border, whatever that is, will hold, but it can't look that way. Just can't.
I do know I like wrong iron. I just don't know how I like it yet.
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| 23-October-2007, 13:24 |
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I need to know how people who know how to build things, know how to build things.
There are parameters this shit is built from. I don't want someone's DIY plans for $25. I want to know where they got the knowledge that allows them to make plans to sell for $25.
A book... some fucking thing. And I REALLY don't want to read 50 pages of codes and bolt sizes to find out that the back splash on a bar should be [whatever the fuck it should be]. Or how deep the compartments are where you store shit, or how high the thing that you hang glasses from should be. WHAT IS THAT EVEN CALLED?!
How tall is the place where you store the liquor? How deep should those shelves be? What about the sink, how deep is that? Do I have to go into a bar with a tape measure? BECAUSE I WILL (but I really don't want to.)
How much room should there be between the bar proper and that shelf where the liquor is store. What's minimum, what's optimal?
Trade secrets can fucking DIAF. Fuck you all in the ear with a razor blade. *stab stab stab stab*
Fuck my obsession for "correctness" while we're at it.
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| 12-October-2007, 07:17 |
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Today I get to model more doors for the ground floor. I've done all the doors for the basement and a few of the windows. I did all the windows for the ground floor. I'm rather proud of the bay windows. I did not make them to precise architectural scale. The whole 1/2, 5/6th, 9/16th, 3/4th stuff was a little much.
Sliding glass doors and side lites are what I need to make mostly.
The bedroom doors all have glass viewers, there's a cover on them, but I didn't add it in the model. I think the door looks ugly. I haven't decided yet how to pretty it up. I figure it's just because the lines on the 'speakeasy' are too sharp.
Additionally, my whole "working in 3D" fantasy needs to die. It's way too much and far too over my head. 3D modeling is not a "project driven" learning exercise. If I really want to learn 3D modeling / rendering and such I have to study it - all of it, even the things I don't want to learn.
I don't have time for that right now. I want to have the model done in time for November. I can use NaNoWriMo for the story of residents moving and such.
The 3D modeling is completely on the back burner.
I will continue to add detail until the computer refuses to rotate my image. I even picked the interior molding last night.
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| 21-September-2007, 13:11 |
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Working on Spirit House has opened my eyes to a lot of things about housing I never considered before, or worse, outright rejected.
I spent my childhood in a 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, living room, dining room, & den house. At any time 3 to 7 people were living there. At the peak - 3 adults, 4 children. I saw nothing wrong with this and never had a complaint. Never. The bathroom there is maybe 5 x 5 feet. Sink. Toilet. Tub. End of story. You do your business and GTFO.
Then there was college, a dorm room. I had optimized my space to where I didn't need to move beyond 2 feet to really do anything. This was the neatest thing ever.
So, in my experience, I came to love a small living space. My current house is a total 1300 sq. ft. LOTS of space as far as I'm concerned. i have no appreciation / need for furniture. I don't have guests. I don't have children. I don't like going outside. My "needs" are floor space to dance on. 7x7 works fabulously.
How quaint, right? But... I'm designing a 3 floor house set on over 2 acres of property. I have bedrooms that could swallow half my current house. I've remodeled this place to have 40 forty bedrooms.
Even still, the 'common' areas are expansive. The great room has an area of 900 sq ft. Like fucking whoa. I'm not even sure I can really wrap my mind around that.
This project has caused me to think about large living spaces though. There are things I just cannot do with my current space, that I'd probably do with a larger one. Actually, that statement is a pipe dream.
The statement: I would have more guests.
This is bullshit. The possibility would be there, but I'm not really going to invite people to stay with me or hang out. I have "things to do" and when people are over they are merely getting in the way of me getting to "doing stuff." Occasional guests are neat. Socializing for a little bit with another person is refreshing. I don't need 900 sq ft because I'm never throwing a sleep over that big.
1) I don't even know that many people
--- a) okay, so I do, but not that many people who get along
--- b) my friends would quickly make enemies of each other if they met
--- c) fuck drama. I have better things to do.
Okay, okay, but I was also thinking it could still be fun to have a larger space to dance on, and the *option* to throw a party.
But mostly, it would just be more space to collect dust and suck energy and ... fuck that noise.
I love my 40 bedroom house. A big house is fun with more people, and holding events means there's already a captive guest list.
I have a dance club, but I need an outside stage too, something by the spring perhaps.
I like the concept of living in a culture where people live closer and more open, but these cultures are also known as tribes which are just as filled with drama and strife. Of course, when reproducing and fornicating come into play, there is certainly drama. Adult, spiritual drama might be a flavor I like better.
I imagine myself in a bigger house, and realize how neat *some things* would be, but ultimately, I cringe.
In my imagination though, peaches.
I took a 'slightly' textured screen shot of my progress in building it 3D style. I recently finished the rooms on the top floor. I made the floors transparent for perspective, but there's just so much that can't be shown in one shot, and I'm no where near ready for rendering. Anyway...
Spirit House
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| 03-September-2007, 13:23 |
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I have received the final inspiration needed to get me to reinstall AutoCad onto my computer. I remember when I used Cad to create Krae Virdani and lamented how much architectural information I read in the book that I didn't need.
Now I can get to learning that information, since I plan on rendering Spirit House into a more "shareable" medium.
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