Tue, November 8, 2005
Gut Check Time—6:18 PM
So, the Survivor column is late, and with an extended McRace tonight, it looks like I may have to skip this week. Two reasons: one, I was very lazy and played a lot of video game golf this weekend, and watched TiVo. Two, I'm working hard on building a more acceptable car.
There's no homework in class this week, so I'm taking the free time and trying to build a better car, because I think it's important for me to master these tools. The thing is, it's soul-crushingly difficult. A couple of times an hour over the last two days, I've been really tempted to give up. But I'm working on the baby steps of my new dream career – if I can't cut it on this assignment, what hope is there for my glimmering future at Pixar?
So, I soldier on. And, little by little, I'm making progress and learning how this insanely complicated software works. (Mostly, it's the math of curves – I knew I should've paid attention in high school Calculus!) (No, I didn't. I really didn't. All I knew was that it made my head hurt and it was a lot more fun to make jokes and take a lot of naps.)
Anyway, here's the sum total of my last two days of work. It doesn't look like much? Yeah, that's why there's been no time for writing, or even really lunch. Just goes to show you what a huge difference there is from last week's hastily assembled jalopy.
With symmetrical objects like cars, you model half and then flip it.
Joe Mulder — Wed, 11/9/05 10:08am
The car looks really good, but, with no "Survivor" column to read, how the hell am I supposed to poop?
Bee Boy — Wed, 11/9/05 10:27am
Hey, I'm doing all I can. I brought McDonald's, after all. As Goldblum says, "Life finds a way."