So I've got my demo reel done. Now I can do all the things I told myself not to until my reel was complete. Y'know what I'm finding out? Here's a list.
Super Mario World for the SNES is pretty fun but utterly time wasting
Firefly is pretty friggin hilarious
The first season of 30 Rock is kind of annoying so far (5 episodes in)
The Harry Potter books are still the shit.
I can't bring myself to read anything else yet.
LA is looking more enticing the more I think about my future career. I'm not too keen on the "scene" of the place, but there have got to be tons of nerds out there to keep me company.
When I'm not on Maya, I don't really need to be on my computer. (that leaves me with mixed feelings)

and finally,
I really want to get back to lighting more scenes. That's a good sign right? Maybe I just need a better hobby. I've always wanted to take up archery. Maybe I'll look into that (there's prolly a group for that on here that I could join).

Also, I'm still working on that Demon story. It's kind of storyboarded in my head for now. I've also got a fun little "Hellboy"ish scenario in my head for another demon I was researching. I need to network with more digital artists. Maybe collaborate with some modelers so they can sculpt the ideas and then I'll texture, light, shoot. Maybe they'll know how to animate really well. Maybe I'll find this person in LA. There's bound to be another person who'd want to work on an animation about a Jorougumo.

I'm trying to create a demon and wouldn't ya know it, people get weird when you start talking to them about the reason a demon would abduct and consume an infant.

I have this book about different demons and whatnot from different folklores around the world and like any good artist/daydreamer I wanted to make some of my own. I had a 'monster' in my sketchbook from a couple months ago that kinda fit the mold but coming up with the lore of the beast is proving to be a little tricky. I want to tap into a base fear that anyone could have so I went with the old "abducts your children in the night" variety of monster to start things off (not to mention the character design lends itself to small meals). But the whole point of demons and all that folklore is to sorta steer the public into a better lifestyle or to ward them away from the dangerous cliffs/swamps/places-where-wild-animals-dwelt. Unfortunately for these times, creating a demon that consumes children for one reason or another (because their parents are negligent) has so much proof against it and the rest is usually snuffed out by cynicism. Parents who abuse their kids or treat them like a chore instead of the gifts they are get little to no repercussion. (That might make a good modern-day adaptation for "A Modest Proposal" minus the political message it was meant to make. "Prove you're worthy of being a parent or we'll take your kid and make clothes out of their skin and market their meat as Soylent Green")

Maybe it's harder for me to create these sorts of things since I'm not very religious but I guess I could just ignore the holes in the theory and just create it anyways.

I really feel like getting more involved here. I've participated in comments with groups but I feel like I should blog more. I usually hate blogging (mainly because I don't feel like I have anything worth talking about, but does that really matter?) but I've been feeling like sharing some random ideas with the SG world. It just feels like this is an audience more tailor-made for the kind of ideas that cross my mind.
Unfortunately, this particular blog is a tease as I am far too tired to string together anything coherent. I will say this though. I don't get dentists.

I've given a fair synopsis of who I am up in the profile section, but If anything catches your eye and you want to chat, I'd be glad to send a reply your way.

My main interest in this site is probably using these pictures to practice drawing. Costs about as much as going to the studio for two hours and I get a bazillion more poses to draw. I don't draw often anymore but I'd like to. I'm usually too tired from work or I'm on my computer doing Pixar-type stuff (lighting scenes and modeling odd things) in an effort to build a portfolio and get a job at an animation studio.

I really don't like talking about myself, so I doubt I'll be blogging much on here. I have a twitter page that I post to but it's mostly just odd little insights and not the usual updates about my day's events (if interested, my tag is "vrheint" for all of my social network pages). I also have a myspace/facebook but I use those mainly to look up music and keep in touch with friends. Also I don't really seek out people on the internet because I'm usually met with annoying people or I just feel creepy sending messages to people I don't know on Facebook or myspace. I'm thinking I might be able to meet some worthwhile people on this site, though, seeing as it promotes alternative lifestyles and intelligence without being gross or lame.

I'll just close by saying: I seem normal on the outside. And by normal I mean boring. But if you get to know me you'll find someone as confusing and labrynthine and as seemingly contradictory as an MC Escher print. But in my head, I make perfect sense.