Progress 2/15/2012

So, the last five days have been sort of difficult but partially successful.  I molded the face and attempted to attach it five times.   I guess I got super distracted on 2/11 and made some other stuff with the failed molded faces which was fun, but didn't really fit in with the timeline I've set up.   What a huge pain in the ass that has been.  Actually it's been a learning experience that is invaluable but still, huge pain in the ass.  I finally did get the thing attached after having it slump on me, over and over again.  So because of the distortion that happens when I press it into the hair (I'll go into this later, jesus christ this was frustrating) I've remade the face now, pretty much from scratch, 9 times.  Yesterday was partially triumphant and partially insanely frustrating.    I'll add pictures later.  I finished the hands and arms.  They look a little blocky but they're fine and they're finished.  I made some shorts but they're sort of funny right now.

Here's a failed face...I was mad so I Billy Idoled her.


Today I had to go into work. Normally I work from home and it's great.  I have a little messenger program that is up all day long so they know I'm not fucking around.  I actually don't.  Giving me the ability to work home was the smartest thing anyone has ever done.  I work overtime anytime they need it without question or resentment.  I haven't switched companies in eight years and I'm an IT geek.  Nobody does that, unless they get to work from home.  Loyalty!  I go to the office now every two weeks on Wednesdays.  For 8 years I didn't even have to do that but after being bought out three times in the past eight years and switching bosses FIVE times in the past year, they're going to attempt to socialize me with my, ahem...'team'.   I actually love my job, or at least the part where I get to develop new stuff.  Seriously.   The puzzles that come along with coding and development is exactly what I need to  balance the creative side of my brain.  Today I started learning SAS when I was in the office and it's awesome.  However, working in an office in 2012 is total nonsense.  Working in a cubicle day after day is soul crushing, energy sucking, lifeless, pointless, boring, lonely, pathetic, shitty and the opposite of what humans need to feel on a day to day basis.   


Tonight was a mental health night.  Tomorrow I go back and try to remold the face ... or use what I have.  We'll see.