I feel like I really should get back into the habit of writing these things at night, that way all of the events are still fresh inside my head. Sometimes, like right now, yesterday morning feels so far away that I literally have to stop and take a few minutes to remember what I had for breakfast.
Which I’m glad to say was the oatmeal bake. I’m patting myself on the back for remembering that.
After eating I got all of the laundry together and took care of that. While at the laundry mat I started watching all of the video lectures that I have this week for my art class. I got through all of them between the wash / dry cycles.
There was one resource that was an interview of Salvadro Dali. That was so mind-blowingly interesting. It reminded me of myself. Most people can see an action or hear a phrase and only take it at its face value, but if you ask the artist there is much deeper meaning, and once you know that meaning it changes your entire way of thinking.
Like one of the things Dali said was he likes weakness; how he is fascinated by it. When asked why he said because everything is made up of weakness. The very act of our bodies forming, of breathing, everything in the world is weakness. It is the exchange of electrons between different atoms, and this exchange is what creates the universe, and it happens because the electrons are too weak to resist the attraction of the other atom.
How amazing is that? I’ve never thought of it that way, but he’s so true. Maybe I get it because I’m a nerd, and into sciencey stuff like that, but am whole brained enough to see the art and beauty to it as well. He seemed like an amazing person. Maybe not someone I would be super amazing friends with, but someone I would respect and admire. I have a new appreciation for his art, that’s for sure.
I wasn’t able to finish that video at the laundry mat, though. I got about halfway through before the laundry was done. I took all the cloths back home and put everything away; go me. Once that was done I had enough time to throw lunch into my lunchbox and head to school.
It was SAL so it was good work time. I met with a guy who is doing the rigging art test. He had some questions about the code he was trying to do, so we got to talk a bit about variables and how to rename objects in Maya.
It was awesome. He took pictures of the white board as I was writing stuff, which made me feel good. It’s like taking notes, but smarter. I think he is going to do well. If he is already reaching out that means we’ll be able to push him further and strengthen the areas he is struggling with.
I finished off the Dali video during that lab, and also read through chapter 5 in my programming book, but didn’t have time to start any of the chapter exercises.
Anthony called me and had a rigging question as well. We ended up talking through the scene he was trying to make for the Riot Challenge. He’s doing VFX, and I’m pretty sure he’s going to do alright. He usually pulls it off.
By that time lab was over, so I packed up, clocked out, and headed back home.
I took out the rest of the stitching I did on the November Dragon. Not sure if I wrote about that, so a brief recap. I’m trying to stitch a boarder around it. The first one I didn’t really like, so I took it out. I tried a new one that I like better, but I don’t feel like it is centered. Sigh.
I didn’t have Internet because of the storm. Oh, by the way, it stormed pretty extensively today. I didn’t want to go into Joshua’s room to reset the router, so I sort of gave up on the dragon for the night.
I had plans to take Jarrett to Walmart and to pick up the rest of the bill money, so I didn’t really have time to start much of anything, or the motivation, so I ended up chilling in bed and resting.
I was feeling pretty introverted, and I think the down time really helped me get through the night. I was tired, both mentally and physically.
I ended up picking Jarrett up around 8:30. I was worried it would be awkward, or sexually charged, or confrontation, or any number of not-cool things. Surprising it was fantastic though. We got to talk about random stuff, and joked around. He had a list of everything he needed to get so we didn’t waste any time, and he gave me the money that was owed.
Earlier in the day I received an email from Duke about this months bill total and due date, which I sent to both John and Jarrett, and they both have already gotten back to me about that amount as well, which isn’t due until 11/04. So I’m feeling a lot better about the bills.
After dropping Jarrett off at the apartment I headed back out to have dinner with Sammi and Josh. It was their going away, last supper gathering, and I wanted to be there for them.
I thought it would be awkward and hard seeing Sir again. But it wasn’t. I really felt nothing. I don’t think it was because I was throwing up walls or anything. I really think it is just that I seriously have moved on. We came to a cross roads, and I didn’t want to go down the path he wanted, so now we’re on different paths. I don’t have hard feelings. I don’t have anger or resentment. I don’t really have anything except polite friendliness. Distance yeah, but not in a negative way. More in a “I understand why you wanted what you wanted. Sorry I couldn’t give that to you,” sort of way. Acceptance I guess?
I left everything related to Sir at our crossroads. Any baggage that I might have taken from him, any negativity from my past is where it should be; in the past.
He looked older. He looked tired. Even if I knew nothing about him I would have gotten the sense of defeat. I don’t know what he plans on doing, but I hope whatever it is that it works out for him. I hope he finds himself soon, because I think that’s what he has truly lost, or maybe that’s what he never had.
Anyway, I was super hungry so I shared nachos with Sammi and Josh, and still got a sandwich. I met a bunch of Sammi’s friends and had a pretty awesome night despite being surrounded by strangers.
The conversation was good and engaging and everyone was friendly.
Things started winding down around 2. After I got home I totally passed out. Like, I didn’t even turn the lights off I was so tired. I woke up around 6 am to do that, but went right back to sleep for another couple of hours.
I woke up to my phone going off. John was messaging me saying that he was putting in for leave, and has December 8th to the 19th off. 10 days. I only have 7 days worth of vacation time, so I emailed Clavan to see if there was anything I could do to get the other three days to be with my family.
I’m waiting to hear back from him. If I can’t get the extra time then I’ll figure out something. So that’s in the works and I’m totally stoked.
I have to keep in mind that Joey is getting married in November, but that’s on a weekend so I should be able to swing it to not have to take time off.
Nothing else has really happened yet since it is still so early.
No word from Mr. Freelance. Boooo.
I’m cooking the flank steak right now. The timer actually just went off, so check that off the to do list finally. I’ve had breakfast and taken my vitamin. Not sure if I am going to do much working out today. Maybe yoga. Still super tired, and today is 5pm to 1am. Maybe nap time, though every time I type that it never happens.
I want to do the exercises for my programming book, and the discussion post is due today.
Not sure what my personal tasks are going to be yet, but I have school and work covered, so I feel good about that.
Going to go for now so I can take the food out of the oven and go back to being a slacker.