Author: Jeff Milner

I have been so busy lately, it’s insane! It’s also really great because when I am busy I’m way more effective with my time and am able to get a lot of things done. So to recap what I’ve been up to I’m going to post a handful of entries to catch up for the week.

Anna-Maria and I have been painting. Ideally it would be great to paint the whole house but we’re trying to be smart and realistic by doing one bedroom at a time. Last spring we painted the awful pink room into a nice light shade of yellow. This time we’ve hit the master bedroom with a nice light green. It’s so much nicer than the flower wallpaper and bold teal colour that the previous owners had gracing the walls. The house is getting very nice — I’d almost ready to admit I’m proud of it.

Lifeguarding is the same old – same old. I’m guarding once a week at the Fritz; I’m also teaching adult lessons as well that night. The two ladies that I am instructing have come so far in just a few lessons.

I do have a new job though! Two actually, one as a Teacher’s Assistant (TA) in the New Media 3D Modeling and Animation class; one as a tutor for first year students. It’s excellent to have some extra income. It’s also excellent to have the University as an employer – it looks great on my resume.

I’ve watched a lot of movies lately, some on my own but most in my Film Studies class. In keeping with tradition, I’ll give you a quick review:

Fast Times at Ridgemont High – The original teen movie. I liked it, though it is getting a bit dated.

Back to the Future – This timeless classic is great no matter how many times I see it.

Blue Velvet – Thumbs way down – don’t even ask.

BladeRunner – I probably wouldn’t recommend this. It’s ok, but REALLY slow pacing almost put me to sleep a couple of times.

Spiderman 2 – Excellent show. Way better than the first one. I really liked the fact that this story was a lot more character / story motivated whereas the first one was really just special effects driven.

In other news the TV show Everwood, that plays on the WB, was scouting for locations to shoot down in Utah. They were very interested in Anna-Maria’s parents new house. The director even came and talked with them, but in the end it was decided that the house was too big because the character they were going to have “live there” is a batchelor, and will probably live in something a little more modest.

They are going to keep the house in mind for other shows or whatever, but what’s really interesting, to me anyway, is that Anna’s mother asked what the chances of getting Anna in the show as an extra would be. They said to send in headshots because they are always looking for extras. I guess if they had wanted to use the house that would have given her a lot more leverage but there’s still a chance she could get on the show. I think that would be really cool.

I’ve been pretty busy lately with swimming and school, oh and work, oh and trying to fit painting my room in there too; not to mention lifting weights, yoga, and core strenth training.

Yesterday for a break I decided to work on some graphics for a video game I am making. Here is a sample of an elf I created. I’m not sure if I will make him the main character or not, yet.

I need to work on the animations still, right now they are just two frames consisting of slightly modified mirrors of themselves. The game will also have them bob up and down as they walk.

Jeff Harrell writes, “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you the worst-case scenario.” What if Bush and Kerry tied?

Ahoy Lubbers,
For those of you not in the know, today is talk like a pirate day. Hope you arrrrgh having a good one.