Tis' A Long Road

I went to Purdue to attend a meeting on Tuesday at 10am, and left a little after 4pm. I wanted to beat the traffic coming back home, which is roughly an hour away. I've been putting in good hours this past week, and that makes me very happy! What sucks though is that I got extremely sick Thursday night. I had a fever of 101.3, and I am just now starting to feel much much better. This put a huge dent in my schedule of "getting shit done". I wanted to apply for a few freelance positions today, but instead, I made up my hours that I was supposed to work yesterday. Now I need to decide, should I apply for jobs tomorrow, or work on some tutorials for After Effects and Fusion? As of right now, I'm leaning toward tutorials for After Effects and Fusion. I feel as if my body is compelling me to do something stress-free. Applying for jobs is definitely stressful and I'm still recovering from being sick. So, I think learning new techniques of compositing and animating will still allow me to be productive without being too overwhelmed with stress. I need to make it a priority though to spend a day or two of just applying for jobs this week; which sucks because that'll limit the amount of hours I get on my paycheck, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

What plans do I have for the future? Well, I've been deciding should I go into visual effects and motion graphics for television and motion picture production, or should I explore the territory of interactive media? The problem with interactive media is that I don't have much programming experience. Sure, I can use HTML and CSS, but that doesn't really help in this situation. I also need to dig more into start-up companies that are already exploring this kind of technology. That's actually something I NEED to do. The thing is with doing visual effects for television and motion pictures is that I think I'll be bored with it. I love playing with video, and making cool effects, but I don't want to be contained in a box. I like the idea of being able to create a logo design, then a cool commercial, and then lending a hand in film, and then working on an interactive design. What comes to my head is working for an interactive media firm; while I explore the idea of freelancing with design and visual media. I'm just thinking out loud... I do want a social life, and to be able to spend time with the people that I love and care for. It'll work itself out. It all becomes clearer and clearer each passing day.

To wrap this bad boy up I'd like to say one final thing. Treasure the time you have with someone you love, and don't let fear and the unknown poison your conscious. I learned it the hard way... "The world is your mirror".

Peace
Andrew Rose