Catching some cosmic rays

oh snaps

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:48:09 GMT

it's 2008, year of the rat n shit haha.

Christmas and new years eve weren't bad at all, better than last year for sure. For christmas family came over here and for new years we went over to my uncles place in Lancaster. It's not that bad over there but it gets cold and it's far away from everything so I wouldn't want to live there. 2007 went by quick which was a good thing cause it was pretty much a fail for a bunch of things. Now I get to try all over again with renewed spirit because it's a new year :D so good times. What a weird hour to make a post huh? but I can't sleep, my sleep cycle is all messed up and the only cure for it is more cowbell. Later mangs, happy new year

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Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:19:24 GMT

glassjaw is the shit mann

excuse me wtf r u doin?

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:45:17 GMT

haha this baby means business. How have you cats been doin?

I need to get up earlier

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:41:49 GMT

^ because I woke up at 10 today I missed the delivery of a bike I ordered. Hopefully they come by again tomorrow morning cause I want the f-ing bike already. So what's been happenin you say? well I went to watch Transformers the other day and it was good stuff. Not so much the story but the comedy, action and effects in it made it not suck. I'm looking for another job again so we'll see what's up with that. I bought tickets to go watch the fall of troy in august on 2 different nights and it's going to be tight. I also kinda want to go watch chromeo, so steve you pisa! lets go. I've been playing Halo 2 these past few days and it's been fun so i'm going to play some more in a little bit.

I play a cool piana

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:01:17 GMT

deftones concert tonight, I hope they play like they did last time, If they do then dayum it's going to be a great night.

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:13:56 GMT

Stuff I got on my photobucket, I used to have a S load of pictures but I deleted them all.

I got that signed by some badass fighters, they were all cool cats.

This is Steve Cool, he won that plunger beanie on ebay.I don't think it's genuine though...he got ripped off!

haha

This is a lamp my mom gave me. I don't use it much but it's cool

About time

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:44:45 GMT

I've been slacking on the livejournal posts but it's alright. It's hot and i'm sleepy but I felt like posting something so yeeeeah. For the past couple of weeks i've been working on a flash project for a music website and at 9am today i'm turning it in and hopefully getting paid. I'll link you all to the website once my work is uploaded, what I worked on looks pretty cool.

I was pissed off last night because of the people living upstairs, they're the most annoying and disrespectful people i've ever come in contact with. So i've started to look for other places where we can move and not have to deal with any of this. Thing is though that not many places are available at the moment (no places we like, or in our price range) but something is bound to pop up. I was being cheap and got a 12 dollar keyboard today...another BIG MISTAKE haha now I gotta go back and return this non responsive mutha! for an actual good one. I might go buy some clothes too if i'm not feeling too lazy.

Why was 6 afraid of 7?

throw some D's on that bitch

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:53:11 GMT

I had a pretty uneventful week except for a few things. I finally got a F-ing cell phone so I don't have to deal with telemarketers n shiet on the house phone. Went to meet up with that guy who needed the animation done, but what does he give me to work on? a website. I ain't no web designer maannn haha and on top of that I do have to work on an animation for him. I can tell he's cheap though and won't wanna give me the cheddah that I need. He asked me if I would be interested in working for him full time but i'm going to have to decline. I'm an animator and I want to bring characters to life. It's good to know how to do more things but either way I don't wanna be doing scripts for websites. I might sound like I think I'm the shit but it's not that, I'm just not really feeling this gig. When i'm done i'll be able to put this on my resume though and hopefully it'll be easier to get some better animation jobs. On the way back home from that guys office I almost got in a car accident. It was lame but to make a not so long story way short here's what happened.

On the freeway
Idiot old guy pulls into my lane from a stopped position (his lane was to exit and traffic was stopped)
I had to slam on the breaks and the car skid like 20 feet (more or less)
Probably a couple feet from hitting the jerk
The car that was behind me also had to break real hard
I got scared but my catlike reflexes kicked in on time
The old jerk had pulled into my lane so he could pass up all the cars and get to the exit faster

If the guy was going to do that he should have made sure to haul ass and get up to speed. So yeah that was my week haha. I spent most of the cash I had on getting the phone but I'm gonna have more in the bank to pay for service until I get a stable job. This coming week I'll probably apply to some other places, keep working on the animation gig, and if I have some free days I'll go work with my cousin.

One of my longer posts eyy?

30 days of night trailer

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:29:54 GMT

Chasing Suns

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:42:13 GMT

Right now i'm deleting music that I don't listen to anymore to make room for music that I DO want. I'm probably going to put Akira on in a little bit because I haven't watched it in a long time. Today I got a call from a guy who wanted some animation done for his website, so we set up a meeting for tomorrow at 11AM. Hopefully all goes well cause I don't wanna drive up to Northridge for no reason! but i'm always optimistic and it's definitely a job I can handle. What I'll be doing is animating a character with a guitar for both the website and a short video, probably for a commercial? anyways wish me luck.

I'm about to knock out

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:45:13 GMT

So it's friday again and oh mah gah! i'm tired and sleepy. I got some money now though : ) so it's time to spend, but not too much. This week my cousin asked me if I would go work with him and I said yeah. He was remodeling a bathroom and damn it was hard work. Kept coming home all sore haha. It's really not my kind of thing but a good thing about it is that my cousin and I talked about the good ol' days. Tomorrow i'm going to k-1 dynamite usa so it should be fun times. I'm going to take my camera so I hope we score good seats. My bed is call ing my name so i' ll be back later.

Monday Monday

Tue, 29 May 2007 07:44:09 GMT

Wasn't a bad day at all and since it was memorial day I hung out with my brother. Woke up at around 9:45, my brother was already up and just playing guitar. I made myself some of this

I'm always kind of disappointed because I never see much color but it was good stuff. We watched a couple episodes of freaks & geeks then I asked him if he wanted to go running. So we got ready and set off for Griffith Park, I heard there was a fire there but I figured it would be ok to go by now..WRONG! it was still closed and we had to drive back. We ended up just exercising out back for a while by doing some jump rope, jogging, sprints, and finally I lifted weights.

Over the weekend my mom asked us if we could wash her car and we did it today. It was dusty and the windshield had all this bird crap on it, gotta love them birds.

(I had a bunch of pictures I was going to post but I'm having computer problems so I'll just save em for another day.)

Good times

Sat, 26 May 2007 07:40:02 GMT

The new Circa Survive album is real good stuff. Been listening to it non stop for the last couple of days. It'll be officially released on the 29th but they put up all the songs on their myspace. I hope i'll have money to go and buy it when it's out cause right now my wallet is hungry for some $bills. Today I didn't do much (just like last friday *angry face*) but in the morning I poured myself a bowl of cereal and watched Freaks & Geeks. After that I just killed time by cleaning my room a little. Ever since I finished school i've had all this damn free time that I don't even know what to do. Really thinking it's time to start dating and get myself a girl again. Soon i'll start working and have money to go out and do whatever.

My arm hurts

Fri, 25 May 2007 07:01:06 GMT

I can't fully extend my right arm cause it's rocked right meow. I started lifting weights again this week so that's the reason. I'm not trying to get all dieseled out n shit but I wanna get more definition/strength. 3 months from now we'll see how far i've gotten :)

C'mere a sec

Wed, 23 May 2007 07:11:02 GMT

^ haha those gifs made me laugh

I still haven't had to go into work, I'll probably start next week. Hopefully they call a few days in advance so I can get ready. Aside from that the things i'm looking forward to include:

UFC this saturday
New Circa Survive album
k-1 Dynamite USA event
deftones concert
Buying a bunch of dvds this weekend
Getting a haircut

Can't think of anything else to say so I'll be back later!

Took a piss test

Fri, 18 May 2007 06:21:30 GMT

cause I got a job, unless they find traces of meth, coke, heroin, high alcohol, or weed in my urine it's a done deal. I gots to get paid know wha'im sayin? We'll see how it goes for now. It is very hard getting a job in animation and I don't wanna sit around my house for the next 6 months not making any money.

It's early

Thu, 10 May 2007 13:55:57 GMT

I woke up at 6am today and it's now 7am , haven't been up this early in a little over a month. Today I gotta go somewhere but it 's "family business" you know. Nothing much been going on in the last couple of weeks except i'm still looking for a job and the jerks that were offering the freelance position haven't replied with a yes or a no. Moving on! I should definitely get a new keyboard this weekend because the space bar on this one sticks and some of the letters are fading. I've had this same keyboard since 99 I believe (ahhhh I still remember when I didn't know anything about computers). Oh and i'm going get tickets for K-1 Dynamite USA! in Los Angeles cause it's something I can do. It should be a fun event and of course I gotta support MMA because it's my favorite sport . Still sleepy and acting a fool that's it for now, later.

George was a hero

Fri, 04 May 2007 01:31:35 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A plucky Jack Russell terrier named George saved five children from two marauding pit bulls, but was so severely mauled in the fight that it had to be put down, its owner said Wednesday.

George was playing with the group of children as they returned home from buying sweets at a neighborhood shop in the small North Island town of Manaia last Sunday when the two pit bulls appeared and lunged toward them, Allan Gay said.

"George was brave -- he took them on and he's not even a foot high," Gay told The Associated Press. "He jumped in on them, he tried to keep them off.

"If it wasn't for George, those kids would have copped it."

One of the children, Richard Rosewarne, 11, was quoted in the Taranaki Daily News on Wednesday as saying George fought with the pit bulls to keep them off his 4-year-old brother, Darryl.

"George tried to protect us by barking and rushing at them, but they started to bite him -- one on the head and the other on the back," Rosewarne said. "We ran off crying and some people saw what was happening and rescued George."

But George was so badly mauled that a veterinarian had to put him down, Gay said.

South Taranaki District Council official Graham Young said the two pit bulls had been impounded, and likely would be put down because of the attack.

In New Zealand, owners of dogs judged to be too aggressive can be required to have them neutered and dogs involved in attacks are destroyed.

Source

That's so awesome, but at the same time it's sad that he died, what a warrior!

He's in dog heaven now though

Turned in the animation demo

Thu, 03 May 2007 07:42:25 GMT

and I just got this E-mail

"Thanks, Daniel - we'll review this along with the others we're getting and try to get back to you next week.

Many thanks for turning this around so quickly!

All best,

Andy"

haha I better not be up against stiff competition cause if I am i'll get rocked! but then again, I did work that reflects what they're offering for payment so the other people who are trying to get this gig probably took that into consideration as well.

Check this out

Tue, 01 May 2007 23:02:49 GMT

this is the trailer for a movie called Superbad

Superbad

funny or guat?

EDIT: you gotta enter your age to watch it now, you youngsters are out of luck (not really)

Hi-larious

Tue, 01 May 2007 06:48:04 GMT

AFV always makes me crack up *wipes tear of laughter*

At the beach

People flying through the air

hahaha at 48 seconds and 1:52 into this video

alright then that's pretty much all I got for now. Still gonna work a little more on some stuff that will hopefully land me a job. I gotta make a week 2 post for my workout as well. Been feeling kinda boring these past few days so I haven't posted n shiet.

Today was a good day

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:29:34 GMT

I wanted to sleep in but there was yard work going on outside and I was forced to get up. I was feeling good though cause I had a good nights sleep. Anyways I get myself a bowl of cereal and start watching a Planet Earth documentary on Caves and it was pretty damn cool. I check my e-mail later on and someone who is looking for freelance animators has contacted me. I said "oh snaps!" and read the whole thing carefully. They are looking for some character animators that can also do sound effects and music with storyboards already provided, definitely my kind of gig. So we exchanged a couple e-mails and if all goes well I will have gotten my first job as an animator. All I can do now is show them that i'm capable of doing the work and hope that it's what they're looking for. Lets see what else did I do today...haha nothing much. I played video games, watched the ultimate fighter and went running at the track. My legs were still a little sore but I really wanted to go run. There were lots of people there even though it was already 8pm. When we got there we saw a small dog eating something in the middle of the street and then a car was coming down the street pretty fast, all I could think was "don't hit the dog!" and it looked like it almost did but the dog was ok. It ran off shortly after.

I watched this earlier and it's real creepy, this was made for kids? haha just watch it!

I've got to start drawing again

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:17:55 GMT

Yep it's true, my drawing skills have taken a hit since I haven't done it in a while. When I was taking my anatomy classes and concept art class I was on fiya! i'll post some artwork in another post. I'm still looking for a job in both animation and just stores around my area. Soon enough i'll start working though and not feel like a bum. Other than that not much else going on right now, the only concert coming up for me is deftones at the Gibson Amphiteatre but that's still months away. New circa survive album is coming out soon and the 2 songs i've heard are awesome.

I got some links for you
Magic Water Tap
If I was a rich man i'd have one of those.

Daywatch is coming
I thought Nightwatch was ok, not as cool as I was led to believe but Daywatch looks pretty badass.

Chew Chew Chew
Haha Dexter's Lab was cool

Haha this Grandma can get down!

That's all for now mangs, I got my workout log in the post below.

Week1

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:22:24 GMT

I said I was going to start a new workout plan this week and today was day one. I'm going to take it lightly and just go harder next week. I also finally got an mp3 player which made exercising a lot better. My workout was just an hour long and consisted of warming up, stretching, jump rope and finally some running. After I get back into the groove of things i'll make more of an effort to go out to the track and try to do the mountain trail at Griffith park.

Week 1

Monday- 1 hour of cardio exercise- Jump rope and jogging. didn't record distance.

Tuesday- Today I went to Griffith park to run the mountain trail and I did surprisingly better than I have other times. This confirms that music really does help because you focus on that instead of "i'm tired" byaah!

Wednesday- Did not do any form of workout today because my body was tired from yesterday. It's better that I let my body rest up and do a complete workout tomorrow.

Thursday- Went to Trade Tech to run at the track, overall a good workout. Can't wait til I get more cardio and rock that place.

Friday- Did not do any form of exercise today, was feeling pretty beat but I really should have at least done some jumprope.

Sat/Sun- Rest days

I'm just going to edit this post for each day so I don't have everything in different entries. Any music recommendations that pump you up for workouts?

Clean up your act

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:48:26 GMT

I bought a dvd double feature today, it has Cobra and Tango & Cash. I'll probably watch Tango & Cash during the day but if you haven't seen Cobra it's a must for all the badass quotes. I also bought a 1gig mp3 player today so I can listen to music while working out. This week i'll start lightly again so I can get back into the groove of things. I'll do some jump rope and light running, maybe go to the track. I'm also hoping to get a job soon so I can start making some dough ( and start saving up for a hdtv).