Circles vs. Me

Here we are again, reviewing a week. We've done a lot this week. I've done a lot this week. It has been a busy busy week, but also a good week. So let's get into this, right?

       This week I learned how to properly animate a ball. It was tedious but also really fun when I completed it, it was like the flip book. But it didn't take up three days of my life so I wasn't that frustrated. I also learned to, no matter what (even if you're just quickly coloring), aggressively save while working in harmony. Don't even question it, just aggressively save, constantly. If you feel like you haven't looked at the save button recently, press it immediately, right now.  In history, I learned that I know too much history, and sometimes I regret dropping out of APUSH. I also don't, because I only got a two on the AP World History exam and I really didn't want a repeat of that feeling of disappointment. In English, due to our having to write ten thesis statements, I learned that both president Adamses (that is definitely how you turn Adams into a plural) were a complete mess. I managed to fall asleep in chemistry every day this week, please publicly shame me for this. Statistics was just a lot of crying over messing up charts because I missed one piece of data or some other stupid thing.

       In the future, I hope to learn how to perfect a walking style or just animating faces.  I watch animations all the time, and they make these things look so easy. But I know it is going to take a ton of time and frustration and tears and almost throwing of my electronic devices. But I will prevail because it important for me to learn these things. I may not be going into an animation career, but I would love to just have these skills that I am learning. Plus when I go to college, I could help any animation students I know with their work. That will be exciting!

       This week circles are my main frustration. I am thrilled that I made a handful of animations, but I am sick of looking at circles. They are burned into my retinas, I see them everywhere. The perpetual ball bounce also frustrated me, because I did most of it at home. But when I brought it back here I realized it shrank when it bounced, and I fought with it for a while trying to fix that. Outside of animation I have grown frustrated with the production of our play. We only have about four weeks to get this completely together, and yet important people keep missing rehearsal. I don't even need to be at every rehearsal, and yet I'm there when a lead isn't. I just hope they find the importance of a good production faster.

       I may want to file a lawsuit against circles at this point, but animating them has made me immensely happy this week. I never thought I'd get the ability to learn things like this but I have and I love showing my parents and watching their faces light up. Things in school that have made me happy this week was learning how to stage fight. Another thing that made me happy was when my chemistry teacher said this: "Use the Snapchat in your brain...or is it is Instagram?...Insta....snap? You know what I don't care just remember this." I love when teachers try and fail to be cool™.  Outside of school, there was one thing that made me happy. I went to Fright World with one of my best friends, and we panic sang Hamilton in like two houses, and then I just became a "tour guide" and led a tour through the houses. I also made friends with the lobby clowns because of my hair! My friend hated me for that.

       So, how do you feel about butter? The video I'm sharing this week will give you a weird new opinion. It is hilarious, it even made my mom (who doesn't get anything I'm into) laugh. I just have to warn you about language, there isn't much, just one or three things at the end. I apologize for that, but sometimes language adds to the hilarity of a situation. And believe me! It is funny, I cried a little. The animator also has a very unique design of characters and a good sense of color and a sweet twist. Without further ado: https://youtu.be/yKGeJXk2qWQ. Enjoy!