I'm really bad at updating this...

What's new? I'm applying for college. It's scary and stressful stuff... AGH!

Also, I just finished my new film "Dibujar"
Please check it out:

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Tell me what you think.

P.S. GO OBAMA!!!

Hello to all that read this journal!

A couple things:

"Tito and Simon," my stop-action/flash/clay-animation film for school is getting closer and closer to being finished! YAY. It's been in the works for 9 or so weeks and it's not over yet, but it needs to be finished by next Thursday or Friday so I'll be sure to upload it once It's done. I was able to use the wacom tablet from school to do the animation since my tablet pen is broken and I'm still low on money so I haven't bought a new pen yet. I might post some still frames later.

I'm pretty overwhelmed with all the end of school junk I've got to do. I have to finish not only Tito and Simon, but also my other film that has been unfinished for 9 months or so. I also have a huge project for lit due next week and an AP test on Friday in addition to the film festival for cinema on the 8th and 9th. After next week my work load will lighten up a lot, so I might be able to upload some of the other arty type things I've been working on.

I discovered a new band last week, LOS CAMPESINOS! they're pretty nifty so my friend and I went down to Twist and Shout and bought all their CDs. If you like crazy cool indie/alternative rock/awesomeness check these guys out. Here's a couple cool animated music videos:
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And a non animated one that's still pretty badass:
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Speaking of music, I've made it my goal to learn some type of musical instrument over the summer. My choice of noise making thingie? A concertina. A fully chromatic 30 button English "Jackie" concertina. CHECK IT:
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Here's a video of a different English concertina. Pretty badass right?
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Since it's fully chromatic (2.5 whole octaves) I plan on playing all kinds of stuff on it, not just Irish reels and the like (though those sound really cool.)

Also, I really appreciate all the favs and watches I've been getting, but you know what would be even cooler? If when you add something to your favorites, you comment on it first. As much as I like seeing that someone likes my work enough to fav it, it'd be really nice to let me know what exactly you think of it.

I guess that's it. Now I have to go pick up an AP European history study guide and then animate some more. TTFN

My tablet pen died after 2 years of good service. I dropped it and the tip no longer works. Replacement pens are $30 and the stupid pen I need is on backorder. God damn it. He and I made some really awesome stuff together, and now he's gone.
This really makes my day. Really. I always wanted my awesome pen to break... :,[

Rest in peace, buddy. It was fun while it lasted.



I know it's April Fool's day, but I'm not joking around. The animation I was working on will probably not get done (if it gets done at all) until I get my new pen, when or if that happens.

Sorry I haven't uploaded anything in a long time. I'll try to upload some sketches or drawings or something, but anything that was in the works (that requires my pen :[...) is on hiatus. You might be glad to know that I'm taking on a pretty ambitious stop-action/flash animation hybrid project for school that should be done by the film festival (which is May 8 and 9th.)

Well, that's that. I'm going to go cry now.

My birthday was yesterday, and it was fairly awesome. A bunch of people and I went to go see a Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV and Editors show, which was really good and fun and all that stuff. The Editors played way too loud and we met up with these crazy drunk Brazilian guys, and we had to wait outside a Goodtimes in the cold to get picked up, but it was still probably the best Birthday ever.

I got a new iPod. My old one was way broken, and way 3 years old, so I'm happy about getting a new one.

I also finally got my driver's license, and I have a car, so it's been nice to be able to drive wherever I want. I've already broken the rules a few times in terms of how many people I can drive in my car (zero excluding my sister according to Colorado law.)

I don't feel very different now that I'm a year older, but I haven't been feeling as down as I have been lately, so that's good.

I'm working on some pretty awesome movies at school, so when I'm done, I'll try to get them up here or on youtube or whatever.

I guess that's it.

Oh, and Lost. Who else totally loved the season premiere?!! : D : D :]

is my new favorite saying.
Harry Potter was awesome, and I can't believe it's over, and I loved it and Harry Potter rulez. BLAHBLAHBLAH.

Man, I haven't updated this in FOREVER. My arm is now healed, but I did have to have surgery and now I have a titanium plate and SEVEN titanium screws on my right radius. No, it doesn't beep when I go through a metal detector or through security at the airport.
SPEAKING OF AIRPORT! I've been traveling WAY too much this summer. First I went with my school to College park Maryland for NATIONAL HISTORY DAY! If you don't know what that is, look it up. And in case you're wondering, I made a documentary, and even though our team didn't make it to nationals, I went anyway cuz I'm badass. So I was there for a week, came back home for 12 hours, and left for Cape Cod for another week, then we drove to NYC for a few days where I saw Chicago, which was lame, and Les Mis, which was amazing to the max for reels. After that, I was home for a while, and then we went to Florida to visit my grandma, then we came home, and went to the mountains for a week-ish in Estes Park, which was cool, and then my grandma died, so we went back to Florida for 5-ish days. We got home last night. This summer, I've probably spent 100 hours in airports across the country. I'm sick of traveling.

ARTWISE: I really should be working on this animation I started for school and never finished, and I should be editing the footage I took in Nationals, and I should not be drawing stupid adventure time arts with Appleworks 6. [link] But I am.

This weekend I'm participating in this 48 hour film competition, which will be awesome and I'm really excited and YAY.

Now I go shower. BYE.

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JEEZ I have like a jillion favs and adds and stuff, so THANKS GUYS and I probably won't be able to thank you in a comment or something because there are so many. but, yeah, thanks. A lot.