return to Austin

So Johnny Skydiver was received warmly, but almost everybody said “It was so short!” Uuuggh I knooooooow!!! But…… I picked the song because it was short and because I notoriously run out of time to finish my animations and I wanted to finish SOMETHING for once.

 There weren’t many people there that could make use of my demo, but I’m glad I made it. When I got back I made about three dozen more copies and I have no idea what I am planning on doing with all of them. Sometimes I think I want to design DVD menus… I have a lot of fun making them and they’re a great way to top off the long hard road of making something for viewing consumption. (Like the SKINNY DIP DVD menu I made, which loops absolutely seemlessly for eternity might I add)

Here’s what the DVDs look like:

Finally, I have to catch up with three days of school work which is surprisingly a shit-ton of school work.  Plan II Physics is seriously eating me for lunch and I’m tired of being its meal.  I just put out a casting call for my 16mm 1-3 minute short.  I’m sort of not looking forward to it because I feel like I won’t have time to make it good.

My thesis ideas are coming along well.  I’ve actually started doing research, which I guess means I am excited about it, which I guess means I might do a good job on it.  Could it be? 
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Things to Do: Brainstorm DVD menu business plan
Things to Make: Business plan for DVD menu company