Today was the first day of classes at USC. I didn't have any classes today. My only class is on Thursday afternoons. I got some screenshots from my modeler for my thesis project. Things are going along really well. I hope to have it all finished by October.

I spent the day making a stupid cartoon reviewing a movie trailer.. You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw_QivRs4mc&feature=youtu.be

Today I had a booth set up for SCFX at the school of Cinematic Arts orientation. There were a lot of people interested in the organization. I hope we can get some new enthusiastic members this year.

Saw the movie Cowboys and Aliens. Lots of explosions. Story was kind of weak. Entertaining but not one I'll go out of my way to see again.

Finished buying everything for my apartment. I've got a respectable kitchen set up and a good living room area. I've laid out all the furniture so I've got plenty of space. Overall I'm satisfied with my living arrangement. I'm missing a few things from my cubicle at school but the building was closed this weekend for repairs. I have some extra sheets and my granny cart.

I went to Goodwill today in hopes of getting an old globe I saw there last time. It was gone though. I'm upset about that. It not only had the Soviet Union on it, it had Rhodesia on it. I only learned about that country last year. Horrible, horrible country but a good collectors item.

Moved into my new dorm room today. Its the same room as last year but lots of work has been done to it over the summer. Their is new floors and furniture and everything is painted and new. They took out the buildings pool but no one ever used it last year.

I've been doing a lot of post viz shots this week. On a couple different shows, we've been getting back live action footage and have been doing simple visual effects on it. The one I worked on today looks like a pretty cool movie. I can't wait until it comes out.

On Saturday morning I am moving back to the USC dorms. The place I've been staying the last week and a half isn't too bad but I'd really like to move into a place of my own. Somewhere I can hang out on the couch in my underwear.

Been without internet at the house in Pasadena. I'm at school for the day working on a prop for Slash and Burn and doing some style tests. A lot of the plug ins for After Effects don't work so I may have to use some budget money to buy them.

Got an email the other day from the film festival Shark Cop was in. They sent me Laurels which are a little icon I can put on promotional pictures for the film. It makes it more fancy I guess.

I moved yesterday. I'm living for the next week and a half with my friend Justin while he is house sitting in Pasadena. The guy whose house it is is a stop motion animator. There's lots of crazy models and puppets everywhere. Also there is several hundred movies scattered all over the house.

Had my last internship class today. My internship is going on for at least a couple more weeks though. Classes are coming up pretty quickly.