Hello jernel!

June of 2006, I wrote:

"Okay, so, after all of this amateur freelance work has proven to pretty much be a big wash, I've been feeling eager to just say fuck it and go. I'll produce one final project that will hopefully take about 2-3 months. With it, I'll demonstrate an ability to produce truly "next-gen" content as well as ( Read more... )

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LeifJürnel:

A pretty ho-hum Thanksgiving holiday weekend. My 22-year old brother was back in town, and he brought his Wii, which was nice. In fact, not feeling at all work-minded, I took the entire weekend as an opportunity to catch up a bit on actually playing games. What I played.

- Starcraft, single player. I re-purchased the full set a ( Read more... )

Steady progress. Here's an Excel-sheet-turned-html page that gives a visual representation of how close I am to completing the portfolio section of my site. Red X's are complete, blue slashes are partially done. The two biggest challenges will be taking good shots/renders of all of the various clothing crap I've made for NWN2, and then also the ( Read more... )

From the Health Desk (what?), exposure to sunlight may help decrease risk of breast cancer by half! It's the vitamin D, ya see. Your body is only able to produce enough vitamin D through receiving sunlight ( Read more... )

HAH! A video for the all-girl punk band (excepting the male drummer) The Slits' 'Typical Girls', back from 1979. This is two years before Mtv ('81), so it's also an interesting historical relic. Music videos as we think of them today must have just then been taking form.

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That's some pretty frickin' sweet dancing.
[ lyrics ]

Journal, I'm a dumb jerk. Here is what I was spending time looking at last night (Friday night):

Remember the VELOCIRAPTORS, from Jurassic Park? The super deadly, man-sized dinosaurs with the RAZOR-SHARP TALONS on their feet? Huge, heavy beasts that no man would stand a chance against? Well, here's a more realistic representation of what the ( Read more... )

Heil Journal ( Read more... )

Hi Journal o' Life! It's 6:40 in the morning, and I am awake! I tried to go to sleep, probably over an hour ago, but worrisome, stressful thoughts about all the things I need to do refused to cease running through my head. I find this happens a lot lately, whenever I try to force myself to sleep without being genuinely sleepy ( Read more... )

So this is pretty neat. It's a series of 16 photos of families around the world, posing with their weekly food intake. There aren't any huge surprises here, but it's interesting to get this visual dimension.


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