Excuse… excuse me sir. That’s my seat. I was sitting th… you know what? I’ll just stand.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Christmas Eves then vs Christmas Eves now

The most magical part of Christmas is deploying the Vacation Responder email message telling everyone to buzz off until January.

cowboy who stubbed his toe:

"Hey! You made it to the holiday party! And you remembered we were doing ugly sweaters!" Me: [the most hurt I have ever been in my life] Y-yes.

My new favorite genre of terrible YouTube content is when somebody makes a “The best burger in every state” video. So it shows amazing artisanal burgers from New York, Texas and California, and then it gets to my state and the obnoxious AI voice shouts “The best burger place in Utah is Burger King!”

Me three days ago: “I’m going to put up Christmas decorations this weekend.” Me today: “Eh, good enough.”

I feel like I’ve been cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the last week. So worn out.

Apple TV’s servers on premiere night of the new Vince Gilligan show:

Predator Badlands

Last year Halloween was on a Thursday and I got to shut off my lights at 8pm. This year it’s on a Friday, it’s 9pm and there’s no end in sight. Bah humbug.

Had to run to Walmart just now, and I saw a bunch of depressed employees in Halloween costumes putting up Christmas decorations.

we are in a self-awareness crisis

Basic texturing is done. Rigging next.

Geometry and UVs are done. Textures next.

Work in progress render of my Unlicensed Nuclear Accelerator model

Geometry’s done. Quick materials and lighting test.

UVs unwrapped for all the big stuff. Tomorrow I’m modeling the final little things (supports, undercarriage, axels, etc.)

Night 6. Unnecessarily high res tires w/ tread. Also replaced the fins; the old ones were bad. Couple new details.

Night 5. A couple more roof items. Wheels next.

Night 4. Roof rack and spotlights. Haven’t decided how the seat is going to work.

Night 3 of modeling. New details and tweaking proportions.

Tonight’s modeling progress

Day one new project.

New Animation for Batman Day youtube.com/watch?v=LCxO...

Me: “Hey Siri, when’s sunset?” Siri: “You got it. Here is the textbook definition of the word sunset.”

Character texturing and scale test. Rigging comes next.

Modeling update. Head and gloves are done. Just a few more buckles and gadgets and then I can move onto texturing and rigging.

Zbrush head/cowl sculpt

Batsuit model is about 80% built and UV’d. Head comes next.

Character modeling day one

Final textures, rigging, and mesh lighting effects.

More exterior details, interior objects, temporary materials and lighting.

More exterior details and UVs

Day four. More engine details and taillights.

Modeling the engine

Roll cage, wheels and tires.

Tonight’s 3D modeling progress

New PopKarts Animation: youtu.be/nG_Vx4bZ0no?...

I made something new youtu.be/jVYfSPK9M1Y?...

Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.

Watching a “Death Stranding Story Explained” YT video and, uhhh…

Okay, I guess I understand a trailer hitch hanging over the sidewalk, but not the hitch and four feet of your truck.