{"id":780,"date":"2010-12-18T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=780"},"modified":"2010-12-18T11:22:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T15:22:30","slug":"christmas-animation-mentor-and-whatever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Christmas, Animation Mentor, and whatever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re a week away from Christmas! I’ve got almost<\/em> all my shopping done, I just need to buy one more thing… then I just need to wrap them, put them under the tree, start the fire when my parents aren’t looking because the gas costs money, sit on the floor and look at them and think happy thoughts.<\/p>\n

Have you noticed in all those TV specials in which characters talk about the “true meaning of Christmas” they never actually say what it is?<\/p>\n

I watched the Christmas classic A Christmas Story<\/em> earlier this week, one of the great films of our time. No holiday is complete without at least one viewing. Now I just need to watch A Muppets Christmas Carol<\/em>, not only the last best Muppet film, but also the best film version of the Christmas Carol story there is. Right? Yes? Indeed? They need to put it on blu-ray!<\/p>\n

Animation Mentor<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have finished my second semester at Animation Mentor! Though it was quite a bit of work, the term really flew by. I’m getting better with my time management, I didn’t feel as overwhelmed as I did last semester, but I hope I can continue to improve next semester. We get a two week break for Christmas (though I’m still working at my job, so it’s not like I’m on vacation or anything), and then we’ll go through semesters 3 and 4 in a long continuous 24-week no-breaks stretch! It will be intense! I’m exhausted just thinking about it! But I still get excited imagining being able to work as an animator full-time… by this time next year I’ll be done, and we’ll see what happens with my life then…<\/p>\n

I’ll post my second semester reel soon…<\/p>\n

Anyway, I do think I’ve made some good progress this semester, and I definitely learned a lot. I look forward to more!<\/p>\n

Got published!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beceause my writing be so well, I was got profsionally published! The words flowed so passionately!<\/p>\n

I’ve been blathering about it way too much, so I won’t say much now, but my short story appeared in Daily Science Fiction<\/a> earlier this week! ‘Twas a rousing success. Cake was baked and eaten, wine was (and caused me to be) drunk, and angels sang glorious hymns.<\/p>\n

(It was emailed to subscribers earlier this week. If you didn’t subscribe, DSF will have the story on their site on December 22nd, I believe.)<\/p>\n

And I got a profile page on the ISFDB<\/a>… woohoo!<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning it started snowing, so I went to work for about 20 minutes before we closed. It’s wonderful to still have snow days in your mid-twenties. So I spent some time writing a new short story. Not sure what it’ll be called yet, but it’s about a sword that shows its holder the image of an evil person, then guarantees the holder invincibility as they slay that person. Isn’t that great? Yes, it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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