Renewal

Time to get cracka-lackin.

Back

I'm posting here again, and more regularly about personal or artistic matters.

I want to document my journey, through the good and bad, and also post up inspirations or things that interest me to know myself better.

That also means many more sketches and drawings to put up and work on here.

Missed my Train!

I had a great time this weekend! I got to stay with my family, and I watched How to Train Your Dragon with my younger brother and two friends who haven't seen it yet!

I also got to play a healthy amount of video games. But most importantly, I had the opportunity to see my brother's last high school performance which was pretty awesome, especially in the parts where he sang with his group.

He has some insane singing skills.

But I missed my train to head back this morning, meaning I'll leave at a later train. I guess I miss my dance class today...

But I heard my film was a success too. I have to say that I'm completely surprised and honored at the reaction. I really couldn't have done it without your constant support and help.

I'm still kind of in disbelief! I want to check it out for sure once I get back.

But congratulations to those that got into the Producer's Show! All your hard work and dedication paid off, and I'm proud of all of you guys for completing a bad ass film.

You deserve any recognition and praise you get!

Away

I'm at home in Sacramento for my younger brother's last performance instead of the Character Animation Open Show.

I'm kind of ashamed of how unfinished my film is, being that it might be (or already has been) shown but there's nothing I can do now but work even harder on what I've got.

I have a lot to work on for myself, by myself, and at least I have a film now to be associated by.

I don't care where I stand amongst CalArts anymore. I'm me, and all that counts is my growth, my happiness. I wouldn't be where I am without you guys, and I'm figuring out what should be important to me.

Alchemy

I've lost my creative touch, but here are some things that I've done in the past few days using Alchemy and Painter X.







I miss my friends at CalArts. It hasn't been the same without them.

Double Entendre

I was playing a board game today with Robert (my younger brother), and I was thinking about board game titles. Then I remembered "Scattergories" which sounds a lot like "Scategories". I then said that to him, and he didn't get it. I asked him if he knew what it meant, and he said yeah.

I asked him what scat meant.

He said "Boo-dee-doo-wop-wop".

Apparently scat also means jazz onomatopoeia used in singing.

I broke it to him hard.

Home

Every day has been an overcast day in Sacramento. I've really been missing that. The temperature is also colder, but it bites less than in Valencia.

Day before-yesterday I spent the morning and afternoon setting up the ornaments and birds of my Christmas tree, and also preparing for a party that my parents were having with some guests in our house.

It was real nice! There were three kids that came, and we played Clue and Pictionary. It was pretty funny, I tricked my brother into losing by saying the the suspects that we thought were true, but I used the weapons card I had to lure him in.

Too bad I was kind of stupid and took the long route of getting back to the stairs from the Conservatory instead of teleporting to the Lounge and moving only six spaces. So, one of the guests got there before me and won.

Bitter, bitter defeat.

After that we had a nice meal in the table. Some home made barbecue ribs with a sauce that my mom and sister make from scratch for special occasions, mashed potatoes, string beans, and finally some three milk cake made from scratch with a dollop of cool whip and raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries on top.

It was amaaaazing.

I want to take photos to document my blogs visually, but I'll have to wait until after Christmas when everything goes on sale.

Until then, I'll just be using my laptop:
























Yesterday I spent my time with my brother's best friend, Aaron, playing Halo 3 and biking to Walgreens for some junk food. After Aaron left, I did all of my Christmas shopping in one load in Arden Fair mall with Robert (brother), was invited to a friend's party, and talked with the pleasant Riyoko Iwamoto during the morning, and lovely Hannah Ayoubi in the evening. I also got Super Smash Bros 64 for the Wii's Virtual Console (and then splurged with Pokemon Snap and Zelda: Majora's Mask).

What a vacation, geeze!