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Here's another post from that guy, that Casey guy you all know and love...or at least read his blog. I know I haven't posted in a while, but I've been pretty busy. If I wanted to sufficiently cover everything that is going on/has been going on/will potentially be going on, it would take quite a while. I mean, I do have a lot of goings-on these days.
Anyways, I've been gearing up a little bit here and there for the long road trip home. That's right, folks, we're driving all the way from way up here in Alaska back down there to Georgia. Chris and I plan to go down the west coast of the country and then through the southerly parts. Chris wants to try to hit every single national park and sight to be seen in the entire west half of the country, but we do have somewhat of a deadline for being home. I take my GRE on October 15. Plus, I will hopefully start working back at the Berry College Memorial Library when I get back. The necessary paperwork thereunto has yet to be dealt with, though I do not project any problems. I will be working part-time there in the evenings, so I will need to find some other work to supplement my income. Hey, I have an idea. Why don't some of you comment on my posts and give me suggestions for what type of other work to look for. I'm currently a 20-year-old college graduate (German major/psychology minor) with three years experience working in an academic library and three months retail experience. Come on, I know you people can read, so I'm sure you can type as well. I don't know, it's just that when I look at other blogs, I get jealous about the amount of comments their posts get.
Ahem. I'm thinking about trying to work either at the Sara Hightower Library or maybe some retail job, like Barnes & Noble or something like that. That could be neat. Discounts on books, CDs, and movies I want to buy. I just feel like I could be doing something more as a college graduate. So, come on, I want suggestions from at least one of the three of you people reading this blog. And don't give me that "Someone else will" stuff. There's no diffusion of responsibility here.
I'm also making some really good progress on my second cartoon with Macromedia Flash. I expect that, in the end, I will have put in at least a couple hundred hours work on this thing. The cartoon as I envision it now is a pretty hefty assignment. It's something that will really stretch my capabilities with the program. But if I do it well, and it turns out anything like I want it to, it's going to be a really great piece of work. I'm just not looking forward to how much time and effort I'm going to have to put into it. I've set a goal for myself to make one thing a day on the cartoon, whether it's a piece of scenery, a character, a building, a background, a prop, a tiny bit of animation, whatever. I want to have some tangible progress done every day. That makes it feel more like work, and lowers my intrinsic motivation a little bit. Or perhaps one could argue that the fact I have set such a goal for myself only bespeaks a high level of motivation to work with the program and make something worthwhile with it. Yes, I used the word bespeak; no, you can't go look it up. Use context clues, man. Seriously.
I'm planning on actually summitting Mt. Healy next Sunday. Today I just hung out and completed about 80% of the Sunday New York Times Crossword puzzle. I also worked on the cartoon and watched Matrix Retar---um, I mean, Reloaded, with Kevin. Now that I've seen the movie 4 times, I'm beginning to think that Neo is part machine. Not in the sense that he has all those plugs in his body. In the sense that the Architect referred to him being "designed" and that there was "code" in his body to reset the Matrix. This would fit, I think. I see Neo as a Jesus-figure, and the whole movie as sort of a Gospel correlate. Neo is Jesus, Agent Smith is Satan, the machines in the Machine World are God, and people are people. It would make a lot of sense for Neo to be part machine/computer/program/however I need to phrase it. Jesus was simultaneously man and God, and achieved peace and reconciliation between the two through the sacrifice of his own self to be an atonement for sin. Just like Neo (Jesus) takes on the persona of Smith (sin) in order that he (sin) can be destroyed. It makes sense to me, anyway.
So, like I was saying, I want to hike Healy all the way to the top--mostly because I was disappointed that I didn't make it last time. It's not even really that great a mountain, or a hike. I mean, I went out to Savage River (it's near Mt. Margaret--you know the place) just last Monday, and it was absolutely gorgeous. The sun was shining, I was hiking with a friend, I got awesome pictures. McKinley was out, everything was in its green summer prime. I had a light heart and enjoyed the beauty of God's creation with a sister in Christ--and one who can make me laugh, at that. It was truly the best day I've had here yet. I'll show you all pictures later, don't worry.
Well, I guess I must have just felt like writing tonight. It feels good to do that sometimes. I think bed is soon, though. Tomorrow I do laundry, cartoon work, and watch Matrix Regurgita--er, Revolutions with Kevin. Maybe I'll even work a little hike in there. Anyways, I've got some shoes to draw, so I'm going to make like an atom and split.
By the way, you can cross off watching Ren & Stimpy from that list as well. I borrowed Kevin's Season 3 and 4 boxed set. Man, I really want to see the first couple of seasons now. The animation and drawing style kept getting worse with every episode I watched on those discs.
Anyways, I've been gearing up a little bit here and there for the long road trip home. That's right, folks, we're driving all the way from way up here in Alaska back down there to Georgia. Chris and I plan to go down the west coast of the country and then through the southerly parts. Chris wants to try to hit every single national park and sight to be seen in the entire west half of the country, but we do have somewhat of a deadline for being home. I take my GRE on October 15. Plus, I will hopefully start working back at the Berry College Memorial Library when I get back. The necessary paperwork thereunto has yet to be dealt with, though I do not project any problems. I will be working part-time there in the evenings, so I will need to find some other work to supplement my income. Hey, I have an idea. Why don't some of you comment on my posts and give me suggestions for what type of other work to look for. I'm currently a 20-year-old college graduate (German major/psychology minor) with three years experience working in an academic library and three months retail experience. Come on, I know you people can read, so I'm sure you can type as well. I don't know, it's just that when I look at other blogs, I get jealous about the amount of comments their posts get.
Ahem. I'm thinking about trying to work either at the Sara Hightower Library or maybe some retail job, like Barnes & Noble or something like that. That could be neat. Discounts on books, CDs, and movies I want to buy. I just feel like I could be doing something more as a college graduate. So, come on, I want suggestions from at least one of the three of you people reading this blog. And don't give me that "Someone else will" stuff. There's no diffusion of responsibility here.
I'm also making some really good progress on my second cartoon with Macromedia Flash. I expect that, in the end, I will have put in at least a couple hundred hours work on this thing. The cartoon as I envision it now is a pretty hefty assignment. It's something that will really stretch my capabilities with the program. But if I do it well, and it turns out anything like I want it to, it's going to be a really great piece of work. I'm just not looking forward to how much time and effort I'm going to have to put into it. I've set a goal for myself to make one thing a day on the cartoon, whether it's a piece of scenery, a character, a building, a background, a prop, a tiny bit of animation, whatever. I want to have some tangible progress done every day. That makes it feel more like work, and lowers my intrinsic motivation a little bit. Or perhaps one could argue that the fact I have set such a goal for myself only bespeaks a high level of motivation to work with the program and make something worthwhile with it. Yes, I used the word bespeak; no, you can't go look it up. Use context clues, man. Seriously.
I'm planning on actually summitting Mt. Healy next Sunday. Today I just hung out and completed about 80% of the Sunday New York Times Crossword puzzle. I also worked on the cartoon and watched Matrix Retar---um, I mean, Reloaded, with Kevin. Now that I've seen the movie 4 times, I'm beginning to think that Neo is part machine. Not in the sense that he has all those plugs in his body. In the sense that the Architect referred to him being "designed" and that there was "code" in his body to reset the Matrix. This would fit, I think. I see Neo as a Jesus-figure, and the whole movie as sort of a Gospel correlate. Neo is Jesus, Agent Smith is Satan, the machines in the Machine World are God, and people are people. It would make a lot of sense for Neo to be part machine/computer/program/however I need to phrase it. Jesus was simultaneously man and God, and achieved peace and reconciliation between the two through the sacrifice of his own self to be an atonement for sin. Just like Neo (Jesus) takes on the persona of Smith (sin) in order that he (sin) can be destroyed. It makes sense to me, anyway.
So, like I was saying, I want to hike Healy all the way to the top--mostly because I was disappointed that I didn't make it last time. It's not even really that great a mountain, or a hike. I mean, I went out to Savage River (it's near Mt. Margaret--you know the place) just last Monday, and it was absolutely gorgeous. The sun was shining, I was hiking with a friend, I got awesome pictures. McKinley was out, everything was in its green summer prime. I had a light heart and enjoyed the beauty of God's creation with a sister in Christ--and one who can make me laugh, at that. It was truly the best day I've had here yet. I'll show you all pictures later, don't worry.
Well, I guess I must have just felt like writing tonight. It feels good to do that sometimes. I think bed is soon, though. Tomorrow I do laundry, cartoon work, and watch Matrix Regurgita--er, Revolutions with Kevin. Maybe I'll even work a little hike in there. Anyways, I've got some shoes to draw, so I'm going to make like an atom and split.
By the way, you can cross off watching Ren & Stimpy from that list as well. I borrowed Kevin's Season 3 and 4 boxed set. Man, I really want to see the first couple of seasons now. The animation and drawing style kept getting worse with every episode I watched on those discs.
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