I heard or read something a few days ago, from somewhere (good sources obviously) that not having enough time to complete things on our “real” to-do list isn’t nearly as stressful as the feeling of not having enough time to do all those other things you really want to be doing with your time. For some reason I don’t think it ever really occured to me that way. I always sort of just assumed being stressed out was due to having too many school related things to do at the same time. So I’d usually spend a lot of time “working” on those things sort of half assedly and sort of skimp on playtime, and not feel a whole lot better about anything.
So I’ve been playing around with stuff lately (hence the random stop motion the other day) and trying to learn some new stuff, specifically Flash and After Effects, cause I have all these ideas that want to be created but have very limited ways of existing. But yeah, it’s fun! Sometimes I forget how much I like making random things for my own amusement, cause I do so much other stuff for some other person or projecet or whatever.
We also went to The Student Film Festival today (ours was one of them) and got even more inspired to play with stuff.
Anyways, I’d really like to get a “real” copy of After Effects 7. As of now I’m using a trial version that shuts down in like 26 days or something. I have been trying to get one for quite some time but it’s been difficult. So if you have hook ups let me know. Or I suppose I could ask for it for my b-day. Or actually shell out the $350 for it… I suppose I really should.
And I feel like getting back into posting cool videos/animation/stuff now you should watch this little thing by Three Legged Legs: Humans