Californication

It's already July 15th, and I can't believe summer is almost over. As I've explained, I never saw me being here at my desk, in my room, at my parent's place. So that adds to the disbelief that I'm currently adjusting too. I like to think that I'm taking advantage of this somewhat beautiful weather though. It's been raining a lot... I do my best to go out and get some sun in between work, projects, working out, and friends n' family. Staying busy is helping a ton with the situation I'm in. It's not bad by any means. I just had plans to not be here, and well, here I am... That's enough of that though! I'm happy and doing my best at being BASED (a term Lil' B coined).

I think I'll keep up with the usual format; which means I'm going to give a brief insight of work. Things are good. I'm still getting good hours that I'm happy with. I'm still being challenged with the work I'm given, and I enjoy taking a break of Sharpsville once or twice a week to visit Purdue. Man, am I going to miss my college days... I have a meeting this Friday morning regarding one of the clients. This will probably be one of the last, and maybe THE last meeting we have that deals with how their website will look. I'm anticipating that after the meeting I'll be able to bust out the website in a week or so and have it launch.

Not sure if those who read my blog have noticed, but I uploaded a new video on YouTube of the latest project I was/am working on. I plan to focus on continuing that project tomorrow. I just hope I get it done before the middle of August. I'm really excited for this project. It's been a really long time since I strictly focused on motion graphics. I've been focused on learning compositing and other software that I haven't been able to work on much. Feel free to check out what I made. There are two versions. One is an extended version and the other is a shorter more practical version. What I have posted here is the extended one.

I haven't applied for a job in a week or so. I debated with myself whether or not to work on a portfolio piece, or to keep applying. Obviously, I decided to work on a portfolio piece. After I'm done with the whole project, I plan to hit it hard with the applications. If things still don't seem good after a month or so of focusing on job applications, I plan to work on yet another project. Probably something involving Fusion, Maya, and After Effects. Don't get me wrong though, during that month or so of going H.A.M on applications, I will be learning more about Fusion and hopefully Nuke. At some point too, I'd like to get a copy of Cinema 4D and Houdini. I constantly see those programs listed in skills employers wish to see in candidates. I have a long road ahead of me, but I'm optimistic, and I believe in myself!

Not much else is happening. I plan to see my friend at Ball State again before school starts for him, and three or so weeks from now, I'll hang out with my friends from Purdue again. I see my Sharpsville friends over the weekend usually. I'm taking this opportunity to make money and grow in my career, and as I have said before I'm working out hard again. I've never been taking so many supplements. Here's a list of what I'm taking.

-Whey Protein 

-Creatine (Nitrate Formula)

-LGD-4033

-Amino Fuel

-Glutamine

-Milk Thistle (Liver Support)

-Fish Oil

-Vitamin D3

I'm three weeks in (with the supplements) and I'm definitely seeing and feeling results. Every week I'm getting stronger and I'm able to workout harder and longer. My shoulders look fuller, my chest is becoming firmer and losing the fat I had around it, my butt is actually a butt now (my butt has slowly been getting better for the last few months), my stomach is looking cleaner too. I can't wait til the 8 week cycle is done with LGD. I'll probably lay off of the creatine too for a few weeks and let my body recoup. All in all, I'm more ecstatic than you all can possibly imagine!

Now to conclude this entry, is an excerpt from a book one of my friends is reading. He sent me a picture of it and I'd like to share it.

"What do I think about myself? Am I comfortable with who I am and where I'm going and how I treat other people? Gotta get there first. Need to look in the mirror with a big smile and say, "Yeah, I'm happy with that person, who I am, what I look like, how I get down with my friends."

I'm working hard, learning every day, putting good energy out into the world. "Yeah, that dude in the mirror is okay and he's learning to be better every day."

Get there and the rest is easy."

Peace,
Andrew Rose