I finished up my Mocap project this morning. Tonight we showed all our projects to the class, dead Daily and Robert Zemeckis. He's a pretty cool guy and liked all our work. He asked us a bunch of questions about our films. Being the sole focus of a multi-oscar winner's attention for fifteen minutes is an awesome feeling. After we got to ask him some questions and we all had a good dialogue going.

I put together a cool style piece for my thesis. Basically it is what I want my final film to kind of look like. I'll post it tomorrow. On Friday I have my thesis review. I could probably go tomorrow with the materials I have now but

Signed up for Internship class today. I want to find an apartment near my internship some time in the next few days. I've heard from my friend Justin that Miracle Mile is a dull neighborhood but there are a lot worse adjectives to describe a neighborhood than dull. Especially in LA.

Book fair was today at USC. We stole it from UCLA who hosted it before. I'm not sure how many booths there were but they numbered well into the 600s. Not every number represented a booth though. I saw a few books I wanted to buy but didn't today. The fair goes on tomorrow though so I'll go back and buy them then.

I got an internship at The Third Floor this week. I'm really excited about it. They are a pre-viz company in Los Angeles. I've been trying to get in contact with that company for an information interview for months without luck. They've been very busy with a number of projects. When I interviewed them I overheard a sound track from Steven Spielberg's latest film. I don't know what it is about but there are plenty of explosions.

Worked on my Mocap project for a few hours today. I'm almost done. Tomorrow should do it. It's really goofy but it will turn out to be a good pre-viz piece.

Yesterday I had my final business of animation class. I had to pitch my thesis to them in a mock pitch. I got some good notes and feel that I am better prepared for when I really pitch my thesis in two weeks. From that class I feel that I have a good website, resume and the skills to network better and write cover letters.

I still haven't heard from Nickelodeon for a while so I've been looking at other internship opportunities. By sheer luck I stumbled upon a company that I like called The Third Floor. On their site they stated that they had an internship program. I wrote a quick cover letter and sent it in and a few minutes later got a call. I have an interview tomorrow with them.

The DP at Total Fistbump Destruction emailed me about a few changes to the storyboard. I have a meeting tomorrow and need to get the final boards in by Friday night. They will have area scouting this weekend.

My friend Matt sent me his script for thesis for my opinion. Also tomorrow I'm meeting him about it. Tomorrow will be a really busy day.

I woke up this morning around 7am. I got up and ready like I usually do but then realized that I don't have to go to school today. After a few moments of internal debate I decided to spend today doing nothing. It was great. I hung out in my underwear, drank some cheap wine and played computer games.

At 6pm I left my apartment. Visions and Voices was happening at USC. It is a mixed media art show organized by some of the SCA faculty. It was really cool. I knew some people who had work in the show.

Also, I finally got my new glasses. I had ordered two pair from Zenni Optical for $30. I now have a titanium rim pair like my old broken one and a thick plastic one. I took an informal pole from some friends and strangers and people are overwhelmingly in favor of the plastic ones.

Had the final meeting for the video game project. Signed some secrecy papers. Until further notice I can only refer to it as USC Game Lab Untitled Project. The project totally has a name though, I'm just not allowed to mention it for some reason. It should be called Secret Project or Project X. That way it sound's a lot cooler than what it really is, video game animation.

Not much news for today. Spent a few hours chipping away at my projects. Got some good progress. I think my mocap project is going to look really good when it is finished.

Had another 10am meeting with the DP about TFD today. We went through the final three scenes. I have to say that I really want to see this movie now. The tipping point was when he looked at one of my panels and said "Ok have them high five each other and put a pile of dead bodies over there." This is a great industry. Where else do you hear such things?

After the meeting I spent the next five hours redrawing them. The approval meeting is tonight and I hope I don't need to redraw too many of them.

I've decided that I need an intern. I've thought about it and my life requires someone who will follow me around and do my busy work for resume fodder and school credit. I spent about two hours scanning and formatting storyboard images for the TFD today. There really should be someone taking care of this sort of stuff. I needed to be at school at 10am today to meet with the DP for TFD. We walked through four scenes this morning and I've been storyboarding them all day. Tomorrow morning we are going to do the final three and present them to the director. I really hope they are accepted. This project is getting a bit TOO intense for my tastes. My friend James asked me to play test his video game today. It still has a few bugs but it is a fun game. Its a lot about strategy and negotiations. Also, this was my first time playing with the IPad. I like it. I don't see myself owning one though. Here's one of the boards. The quality isn't what I'd like but the amount of boards I'm pumping out requires a faster sketch.