Near All-Nighters Aren't Fun

I really did want to post something on Friday night, but by then my brain was off to all things complex, and that included typing.

But lets back track a bit first.

Thursday was okay. Concept was in class work day, Design was re-learn perspective because no one else really knows it, the we got to Fine Arts. Last class our substitute never showed up, he didn’t again today (and I waited almost an hour). Oh well.

Thursday evenings I spend in the Academic Center with Jason since he’s a Lab Monitor from 7-10 in an area of the hall that my year doesn’t use too much. So I go and we watch movies because he really needs to catch up. He hasn’t seen Harry Potter, or half the Pixar movies, and even most Disney classics. For instance he hasn’t seen Lady and the Tramp, Lilo and Stitch, The Incredibles, Hunchback of Notre Dame... the list goes on for a while.

Unfortunately he said he had too much homework so we didn’t watch anything and I pulled out my animation stuff to work on. Therefore I had no homework to finish after I left him or even the next morning.

Even class was simple since we were just having another in class work day this time for Animation class. 

The weekend came and it was Parent’s Weekend. My parents weren’t coming since the fall is the craziest time for us at home. They said they might visit in the spring. 

My little brother also turned 18 on Saturday so I called him in college at midnight but he didn’t answer. His girlfriend had flown down for the weekend so....

In order for you to understand my Sundays you have to know one important thing. Last year I lived in a dorm where the hall I was in had a common room. Those of us on it go to be really close and we now act more like a family than old floor mates.

But this year we no longer live together so I try to make sure I see them once a week by hosting a dinner on Sunday evenings. Diner, dessert, games, TV, talking ... really it’s just a time to relax for a bit all together.

Anyway, yesterday was Mikel’s 19th birthday (he’s the baby of us all). His favorite color is blue so I made him a blue cake with blue icing and blue candles with blue flames.

He was happy.

They all left early and I did something crazy, I decided to not do the required 1, 9 paneled storyboard for the next day, but 3, 9 paneled storyboards all of different concept. Not really a good idea when sleeping is the most important thing to do on Sunday nights for me.

But they came out nice I’ld say.

This is the second one I did last night. We had to come up
with ideas on what to do for a title sequence of a movie.

One last thing before I go. 

My family raises puppies for The Seeing Eye and our last dog, Pierce, went back for his real training over a year ago. They told us he had passed but was waiting to be paired up with a blind person. Then yesterday on Facebook they posted a picture of a recently paired graduated and person. AND IT WAS MY BABY!

We are all really proud of him and hopes that he does a good job. I’ve been so happy I have shown all of my teachers!