What a day.
I woke up early again. 7:30. There was a spin class at 8:30, but like yesterday, I stayed in bed.
I got up around 8:30, had coffee, caught up on all the WordPress posts I haven’t been able to read, and wrote a few things of my own.
I had a dream last night about my yearly review, and the prompt today was interesting and worthwhile.
I actually did end up getting an email from Clavan.
Remembering my dream I hesitantly opened it. Luckily he was emailing to figure out what day would work best to have my review.
Guess I filled out everything on the form right. Huzzah!
My review is going to be next Wednesday. / cue dread and anxiety
I took a little bit to figure out my game plan for the day then showered so I could get it started.
I ran to the bank first to get money for my food budget and the $100 for the tablet, then went to the store.
Since today was grocery day that meant sushi for lunch. Omnomnomnom : E
I got a sweet tea while I was at Publix instead of my normal Bothhouse drink.
Once I came home I boiled some eggs to go in my tuna and browned turkey that had been in the freezer so I could make chili.
At 3:40ish I packed my lunchbox, gym bag, and computer bag then headed out to the gym. I had a pretty good workout. A light 15 minutes on the elliptical with a cool down around the upstairs track.
It was soooo hard not to run. My legs feel great. No pain at all in my shins and my muscles are ready to go.
I’m going to be pissed if my run tomorrow sucks.
After showering again I came into work.
Clavan came into lab for a little while, and I mentioned my dream to him. He said that I had absolutely nothing to worry about. That it would be fine.
Telling me to not worry is like telling me to not breath, though. I’ll let you know how that goes…
Labs were good today.
Sam came in for a little while so we talked about some family issues she’s having. Sabrina gave me the tablet and I gave her the money for it. I finished the Dragon of Fire cross-stitch, which will be posted shortly.
I found a new awesome song.
I’ve started a new cross-stitch already. The Dragon of Hope.
I ended up getting a comment on my Vimeo video; the one demoing the script I just posted.
The person said that a lot of the functionality of my tool was already built into Maya, so what was beneficial about using my tool.
That was a fun comment to reply to.
Diplomacy is telling someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
I basically said that honestly there wasn’t anything super special about my tool. That I didn’t like having to jump between the animation and modeling tabs, and that having all of the options I needed in one interface was useful for my workflow.
I almost mentioned that my tool offered more renaming options for objects, as well as automated processes, which aren’t available inside of Maya natively.
I also said that I didn’t need my tools to be shiny or fancy. I needed them to be useful, and if they are useful for me, maybe they could be useful for others, which is why they were online for free.
He seems like a bit of a jerk though. I did a little bit of Internet stalking, reading other comments he has posted on Vimeo, and he just seems abrasive. So I’m not putting any more energy into it.
I had another email, one that I woke up to this morning actually. There was a guy asking if I could create another toolset. One geared towards UVs.
Since I don’t mess with those I told him I would need a screen recording of his workflow, and a list of the options he would be looking for.
He had a few suggestions for other options that I’ll keep in mind for late tools. But I don’t think that email is really going to go anywhere.
I happened to check Lesterbanks.com today.
Lester is super awesome, and is one of the main reasons I have the following I do in the rigging community. When I first posted my scripts (forever ago it seems) he wrote an article about them.
I got so much exposure. I wanted to hide under a rock for the rest of my life and take all of my contend down.
I was so terrified. Like, hard core anxiety.
What if people thought my work was terrible? What if people thought it was stupid and lame? What if I got negative feedback? What if, what if, what if?
It was so amazing though, and I’m so grateful to Lester. I got so much positive feedback, and have made so many connections because of him.
We’ve exchanged emails back and forth over the years, and whenever I make something I feel is worth pushing I let him know about it.
Well, I didn’t think this tool really warranted a post, so I didn’t message Lester. But he was super fantastic and made a new article anyway.
I’ve been getting so many follows and likes on my Vimeo page for it. And I’m sure my downloads are as high as they are because of him.
I sent him an email saying thank you, and that I wanted him to know how much I appreciate his support. I also said that he’s fantastic and I hoped his new year was off to a good start.
Seeing the new follows and likes is a huge motivation. It really makes me want to keep producing.
I enjoy these feelings of accomplishment, and I’m glad I have them back. I feel worthwhile. Like I’m doing something positive.
Tomorrow I get to go running (finally!), and then travel home to see my mom. I can’t wait.
And with that I’m going to go so I can make tomorrow get here faster.