{"id":1017,"date":"2011-09-02T11:04:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2011-09-02T11:39:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:39:29","slug":"september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=1017","title":{"rendered":"September 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few things to look forward to in September 2011:<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 16th<\/strong> &#8211; Disney&#8217;s <em>The Lion King<\/em> returns to theaters in 3D for a limited time.  I definitely hope I get the chance to see it.  I think I blogged about seeing the 3D trailer before <em>Cars 2<\/em>.  Some shots looked nice, but the character close-ups looked funky, as if they just &#8220;bubbled&#8221; the 2D images.  But I still want to see it in its entirety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 16th<\/strong> &#8211; Class 4 (Intro to Acting) of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animationmentor.com\">Animation Mentor<\/a> ends!  If animation is this hard, do I really want to do it for a living?  Yes, definitely.  Will I be good enough to get a job after Animation Mentor?  I guess we&#8217;ll see.  After this class ends, we&#8217;ll have a 1-week break from classes, then Class 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 20th<\/strong> &#8211; Neal Stephenson&#8217;s new novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0061977969\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=wizardwalk-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373&#038;creativeASIN=0061977969\">Reamde<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=wizardwalk-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0061977969&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> comes out.  So far, the only other book by Stephenson I&#8217;ve read has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0061694940\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=wizardwalk-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369&#038;creativeASIN=0061694940\">Anathem<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0061694940&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, but it was fantastic; easily one of the best sci-fi books I&#8217;ve ever read (not that I&#8217;m all that well-read).  The world was rich, and the characters&#8217; philosophical discussions were so much more captivating than most authors tend to manage.  So I&#8217;m really looking forward to reading his new book.  I&#8217;ll try to finish reading <em>The Wise Man&#8217;s Fear<\/em> by then, but if I don&#8217;t I will have to temporarily abandon it for <em>Reamde<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 26th<\/strong> &#8211; Class 5 of Animation Mentor starts &#8211; Advanced Acting.  Will go on for 12 weeks until December 16th, filling out most of the rest of 2011.  (The last class will start in 2012.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few things to look forward to in September 2011: September 16th &#8211; Disney&#8217;s The Lion King returns to theaters in 3D for a limited time. I definitely hope I get the chance to see it. I think I blogged about seeing the 3D trailer before Cars 2. 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