Monday Update: Slosh Ball, Running, and Ponyo
I did not check off the majority of my list from last week, however, I did manage to do my 3 days of training for the marathon. This week I will be launching into some real training and will start the process of building up my long distance running. Whoot? Okay, fine. Whoot!
I participated in Slosh Ball with family and friends on Saturday. Slosh Ball is essentially baseball, but each player is required to guzzle a beer before they are allowed to leave second base. It was most fun, and I plan to have a longer post and a pic or two up by the end of today.
I really need to hunker down and focus in on my priorities for this week. For example, on top of my marathon training, I want to get at least a portion of the zombie site up. I also really want to get a poetry submission out there, as well as getting a new youtube video up. All I need is daily focus and it'll be done.
Goals for this week:
-- do my 3-4 marathon training days
-- compile zombie site info
-- create logo
-- prepare and post zombie info pages
-- post new youtube video
-- get animation art pages done
-- do a sketch or two
-- continue writing the Cassandra short story (create new outline) or let Cassandra simmer and begin new story
-- prepare and send out a poetry submission
-- do morning exercises (0/7 days completed)
-- no erroneous channel flipping or video games during the work week
Over the weekend, I also went to see Ponyo, the latest film by Hayao Miyazaki. The story involves a fish that turns into a human (she is the daughter of the goddess of the sea), because she falls in love with a human boy, Sosuke. Chaos ensues. Overall I enjoyed it and the animation was just as beautiful as in any Miyazaki film. No necessarily one of my favorites though.
One the main things that bothered me was the level of responsibility placed on the shoulders of five-year-old Sosuke. What mother leaves her five year old home alone in a disaster situation? But Miyazaki often puts young people in situations where they are forced to take a high level of responsibility for their age.
What's more, the "challenge" at the end of the story seemed superficial (not surprising, I suppose, since the hero is five). Kind of anticlimactic. But, as I said, it was enjoyable overall.
I participated in Slosh Ball with family and friends on Saturday. Slosh Ball is essentially baseball, but each player is required to guzzle a beer before they are allowed to leave second base. It was most fun, and I plan to have a longer post and a pic or two up by the end of today.
I really need to hunker down and focus in on my priorities for this week. For example, on top of my marathon training, I want to get at least a portion of the zombie site up. I also really want to get a poetry submission out there, as well as getting a new youtube video up. All I need is daily focus and it'll be done.
Goals for this week:
-- do my 3-4 marathon training days
-- compile zombie site info
-- create logo
-- prepare and post zombie info pages
-- post new youtube video
-- get animation art pages done
-- do a sketch or two
-- continue writing the Cassandra short story (create new outline) or let Cassandra simmer and begin new story
-- prepare and send out a poetry submission
-- do morning exercises (0/7 days completed)
-- no erroneous channel flipping or video games during the work week
Over the weekend, I also went to see Ponyo, the latest film by Hayao Miyazaki. The story involves a fish that turns into a human (she is the daughter of the goddess of the sea), because she falls in love with a human boy, Sosuke. Chaos ensues. Overall I enjoyed it and the animation was just as beautiful as in any Miyazaki film. No necessarily one of my favorites though.
One the main things that bothered me was the level of responsibility placed on the shoulders of five-year-old Sosuke. What mother leaves her five year old home alone in a disaster situation? But Miyazaki often puts young people in situations where they are forced to take a high level of responsibility for their age.
What's more, the "challenge" at the end of the story seemed superficial (not surprising, I suppose, since the hero is five). Kind of anticlimactic. But, as I said, it was enjoyable overall.