The Twilight Report

2005

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:23:00 GMT

2005 was supposed to be the year that Decepticon's attack Autobot City on earth (as chronicled in The Movie. I took this as a sign that it was time to quit my job at The Company and go back to school and study computer graphics and distributed computing and maybe one day get a job at Pixar. I still think even being a "lowly" system administrator at Pixar would be a fun job. Being a software developer for the rendering farm would be awesome.

Appropriately enough, last Thursday, the last Thursday of the year, I went to the MoMA with e and they had a special exhibit on the art of Pixar. Most of what they showed was models and sketches that were made before anything gets done on the computer. Seeing the artists' names and countries of origin clearly labeled by each piece, one is reminded that computer animation is not just a form of entertainment, but also an art form. It's fascinating to me, because I have always been passionately interested in the interaction of expression and technology.

Highlight had to be seeing the early sketches of the Edna "E" Mode character from The Incredibles, who has been my favorite Pixar character since I saw the movie because of her energy and humor. I had one of her quotations engraved on the back of my iPod to remind me that "I never look back; it distracts from the now." In the gallery e told me she was her favorite character, to which I responded, "really? Me too."

Anyway, 2005 is coming to and end, and Unicron never attacked Cybertron and as a result, the Decepticons were not driven off as was for told in The Movie, and I'm not going back to school, just yet, but I am on my way back to Australia. (many more words and things...)

not so good

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 02:51:00 GMT

SR-71 Blackbird

We were talking a about going down to Moab, but Don has gotten sicker, so we went to the air museum instead. (more...)

Better

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:08:00 GMT

I would like to officially announce to the world that I am all better now. Just in time to go back to work. Wonderful that I missed what would have been a great weekend to go skiing due to my un-wellness. In less than two weeks I'm going to be in LA, and after that Australia, so I guess I will deal. If anyone wants post cards from down under, let me know and I will send them.

Phrog, there is a waiter in my soup.

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:31:00 GMT

Oops. iPod delivered by the nice FedEx man this morning. It's funny, I had to sign for the little $30 microphone last night, but the $400 iPod they just left balanced precariously between the main door, and the screen door which was ajar on account of the obstruction. I am home, sick (which I note is different from being home sick), so I was able to start playing with it immediately. If I stand up for too long I get dizzy and I can't lie down without having my nose and ears becoming all blocked up. It's really fun.

I noticed that Tyler has turned off the ability to comment on his LJ. I hope it wasn't something I said. It's been hard to get a hold of him lately. I haven't scampered around DM3 with a nail gun for weeks. I never thought I would ever miss Phrog and Master.

The Other Optimus Prime

Check it out, the guy who legally renamed himself Optimus Prime has a web page:

http://optimusprime.iwarp.com/

Yes, apparently I don't have anything better to do.

Insomniac

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:07:00 GMT

Drinking lots of water to compensate for suspected illness. I think the UPS man tried to deliver my iPod today. Must rush home tomorrow before 5 so that I can be here to sign for it. The new AMD64 (Doublethink II) gets posted tomorrow I think, so I might not get that until next week! I can't see how I can possibly get everything done before I go to LA and Australia in February.

P.S.

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:55:00 GMT

I think I am getting sick :(