Documenting
Today I tried to study and couldn't concentrate, so instead I sat outside, next to the pond, watching the sky while listening to my iPod. It was peaceful and I felt glad to be alive. I don't know what's going to happen down the road but from now on I'm going to live in the moment, really enjoy what I'm doing. I've always felt that complaining about the now is pointless. But today I feel like I've reached a new level of appreciation for what I have. Before I'd work just because I "had to." People are always saying "I have to do this tonight" and "I have to go to math today, boo." I know I've done it a number of times, and today's me really dislikes it because it's really reveling in ignorance and not truly appreciating the opportunity we have. I realized today what an amazing thing it was that I could spend all my time in a coffee shop reading, without having to worry about money or food or health problems. I'm truly grateful. I've never had to live through any hard times, but if and when they come upon me, I hope that I can get by with grace (hah) and determination and not whine about it.
I watched a documentary called Collision today, which basically documents the debate between an atheist and an evangelical Christian. Being the non-religious-type of agnostic, I found the atheist's arguments more convincing, but I certainly understood the religious guy's POV. There were flaws in both arguments but it's not as if I could fix them. All these arguments, in the end, are faith-based and we'll just go with that. Afterwards, members of the Christian and Secular groups on campus talked. Funny thing is, when the atheist spoke, all I could think about was what an expressive face he had and how much I wanted to draw him. He's the type of guy who looks cynical even when laughing, and I found that characteristic fascinating. Too bad I didn't catch his name.
I'm watching Saint Seiya OVA: The Lost Canvas. If you know of Saint Seiya, great. Don't base your judgment of this anime/manga on the old series, though. It's a much more modern (and coherent, IMO) story than the original, and the animation/panelling (both anime and manga) is just gorgeous. There's only 8 subbed episodes out so far, though.
1:17 done on the FrUK video. 1:40 to go. I'm almost to the halfway point and 160+ frames in, which means it'll have maybe 1.5 to 2 times the number of frames as my last videos. At the same time as I'm afraid that my standards will get so high that each video takes months to do, this is also a good thing because quality>quantity. My only fear right now is being able to tell a coherent story. Let's do this.
I watched a documentary called Collision today, which basically documents the debate between an atheist and an evangelical Christian. Being the non-religious-type of agnostic, I found the atheist's arguments more convincing, but I certainly understood the religious guy's POV. There were flaws in both arguments but it's not as if I could fix them. All these arguments, in the end, are faith-based and we'll just go with that. Afterwards, members of the Christian and Secular groups on campus talked. Funny thing is, when the atheist spoke, all I could think about was what an expressive face he had and how much I wanted to draw him. He's the type of guy who looks cynical even when laughing, and I found that characteristic fascinating. Too bad I didn't catch his name.
I'm watching Saint Seiya OVA: The Lost Canvas. If you know of Saint Seiya, great. Don't base your judgment of this anime/manga on the old series, though. It's a much more modern (and coherent, IMO) story than the original, and the animation/panelling (both anime and manga) is just gorgeous. There's only 8 subbed episodes out so far, though.
1:17 done on the FrUK video. 1:40 to go. I'm almost to the halfway point and 160+ frames in, which means it'll have maybe 1.5 to 2 times the number of frames as my last videos. At the same time as I'm afraid that my standards will get so high that each video takes months to do, this is also a good thing because quality>quantity. My only fear right now is being able to tell a coherent story. Let's do this.