Q. Is Erin Going Crazy Lately?
Posted by erin at June 23, 2003 04:56 PMA. Yes.
As many of you may have noticed, last week I started a thread on jerksquad wherein I attempted to answer on question with every jerk avatar we have. This is madness, as there are about 400 avatars. I managed to add at least three new avatars over the course of the thread as well (Wirschen, Q, and a Menstruating Bear).
Over the weekend I did many things. On Friday I watched The Hulk - wherein I found that the CGI is much better on the big screen than it looks on television, however, the Andromeda Strain editing drove me up the wall. I don't have much to say about this movie, other than, perhaps, it's highs were higher than the Matrix Reloaded and it's lows were not lower. (Also, AK's ideal mate is portrayed in the film; evil guy who lives in SF, runs several science labs.)
On Saturday we all played D&D. Wirschen made his body check and is no longer a statue. After several attempts, he turned Jean-Claude back into a human (from pig-form). Njal fought some stuff in a dungeon.
On Sunday N. and I road every train in creation (many on the wrong tracks) to visit N.'s friend Z. in Brooklyn.
Then, somehow, I ran very short on cash. I guess my own accounting was crooked. My tax rebate from New Jersey came just in time, but I have to go to an actual bank to cash it (not just an ATM). My bank is not in the same state as my workplace, and my bank's hours are horrible (closes at 4pm?! What the hell is that?!)
But hope springs eternal. My mysterious post from a couple days ago actually refers to how I intend to take an internship on Codename; Kids Next Door in the fall (starting as early as August). No, it doesn't pay much (pocket change, really), but it's only part-time, so I can find something else to do the other part of the time. Possibly take a second internship, for example.
Basically, I've realized that the main cause of my insanity in the past couple of years is due to me getting my priorities backwards. Yes, having an apartment and a credit history and health insurance are all important things, but so is having a job one doesn't hate!
Most important in all of this, is, of course, N., who is acting as an ever-positive force of change in my life.
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June 23, 2003 06:11 PM, Eugene said:
Congratulations! That's awesome news. I haven't seen much of C:KND, but what I have seen I have liked. I didn't know they did production in NY; I'd always assumed it was a West Coast thing. I've often wished I could afford to do an internship like that, but I doubt I ever would have found one that cool. Maybe there's still hope, one day... I should really just concentrate on having Lifetime spawn an animation department--that seems about as likely.
I also found the comic book/split screen thing annoying in The Hulk. That combined with a poor script made it really bad to me, though the CGI did look much better than it seemed on TV and in the early trailers. Overall I was very disappointed in the film.
Anyway, good luck pursuing the new direction in life. I really admire that you're going after what you want instead of giving in to the system and a life of unhappiness at a crap job. Cheers!
June 24, 2003 10:03 AM, Erin said:
Thanks! Apparently the Kids Next Door production is in NY because the director wanted the top artists, and if he was on the West Coast they'd have given him the fifth-string animators. Or that's what they said on the tour. The production manager gave me a set of toys of the show! Wheee! Free toys!
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