Winter Break 2 Electric Boogaloo

Might as well make a quick update as I try to post here at least once a month. So let's see, I've been done with classes since last Wednesday and thus far have mostly filled that gap with working, watching movies and bugging Paul about editing our anticipated group video project. Luckily everything is basically edited (though one sequence still needs some tooling) and now that I got Paul some more ram he can work on everything without it constantly stalling. It without a doubt will be up this week, I can't wait to start work on the next one.

So as I previously stated I've been busier than usual at Petco. I spent my last two saturdays playing Santa and posing for pictures with pets, which although amusing was a bit exhausting. I didn't expect to actually have kids ask me what they want for Christmas but I think I handled it fine, I live to perform.

As usual I've been watching lots of movies with my time off from school. I went on a kick where I watched the Sinbad trilogy in three days. For those who don't know, they're a series of fantasy films produced by Columbia Pictures featuring the excellent stop-motion effects of the legendary Ray Harryhausen, also famous for his work on Clash of the Titans, the original Mighty Joe Young and Jason and the Argonauts (my favorite film on the subject of Greek mythology.) Aside from the first one, they basically sucked but the effects and art direction were a real visual treat and inspiring in a way.

Christmas is coming up but I'm more interested in upcoming films and projects. I start classes again in early January with a lot of "hands on" courses coming my way. It's been great getting the opportunity to make video projects for school again, good times.