Decided to play a little Spyro to finish off the evening; I’m still in the Beast Maker’s World, and I only need to complete Metalhead and Tree Tops. Tree Tops is going to be an absolute biatch to 100%.
Once again I didn’t have much time to put into my project, but I did at least manage to edit some audio and added it to my SFM assets. If I’m lucky I’ll be able to start animating tomorrow.
I didn’t get much time to really do much on my project. I’ve been fighting the Doctors to try and get my damned MRI scheduled, and work was full of a bunch of Karens and Kevins that would make even the most upbeat person want to slit their wrists. I hope the rest of the work week isn’t like this… I’m already having to work an extra day to cover for someone else’s vacation.
Finished rendering this just a bit ago. Tomorrow I’ll start animating one more scene, and then I can finally look at wrapping this project up! … or at least Part 1. 😛 The last bit of animation will probably take me a few weeks to complete, then maybe I can take a break and work on a sideproject before continuing onto the next Bayonetta vid.
The Serious Sam 4 Workshop has a decent amount of mods to choose from, unfortunately when I tried to play modded co-op tonight the game threw an absolute shit fit. Despite both clients having matching assets a connection couldn’t be established. It wanted to redownload mods it thought we didn’t have, and send the game into an infinite crash loop. I’m hoping this gets fixed, single player modding works, but it’s always better when you have a buddy at your side to share in the shenanigans.
I’m starting another playthrough of Serious Sam 4 just to see how well it performs with my 6800XT, and aside from the glitching during cutscenes the gameplay itself is butter smooth on 144hz. I even played with a few mods, nothing too spectacular. I was just glad to get a little aggression out, and warm the house. :v
Good thing it’s my Friday tomorrow… I barely had time to sit down today between work and a large after work to do list. I didn’t even have time to do much in the way of video work either, and they were relatively short things I had wanted to take care of tonight. There just isn’t enough time in a day.
Now it’s time for sleep mode.
I made some progress on the current video project, there was even a couple renders! I’ll move them over into After Effects tomorrow night, and maybe another small round of voice lines for ending the scene. Depending on how my hand feels I may even attempt a livestream, or at least playing a game this weekend. I haven’t played anything since last weekend. I haven’t even been taking my gaming laptop to work, too damn heavy when in my backpack with my other swag. I’ve mainly been reading websites and articles on my Linux Surface at work, and posting memes in a couple Discords. You know, the simple things. 😛
I was going to write something, but I’m enjoying my new gaming chair and I got too comfy so…
Open Thread!
With just a few ingredients and a careful selection of whatever I have lying around in the kitchen, I’ve put together the perfect bento for tomorrow morning’s snackage.
I have a lineup of fruit and protein for when the first break hits. Some beef jerky, sliced medium cheddar and homegrown strawberries. This will be plenty enough to tie me over until half time, then I’ll have this:
I have a bed of spinach, with some Tzatziki (also known as cacık, or tarator depending on what part of the world you’re in) dressing and Kalamata Olives (right) and Feta Cheese (left). Tzatziki is a yogurt based mixture usually consisting of herbs and cucumber (there are many kinds), and is served either as a dip, a cold soup, a sauce, or in this case a salad dressing. For added protein I always go for greek yogurt, when I’m not making it as a soup.
My brother was nice enough to buy me watermelon while I was sick. You can’t see it, but I have a smoked salmon wrap ready to go, rolled with most of the ingredients you see for the salad. I also included a satsuma mandarin because hey, you can never have too much fruit… unless you start pissing fruit juice.
I’ll be going back to work tomorrow morning, and while my back/shoulder have improved I’m still concerned about my hand. The numbness remains in my thumb, and it’s coming back to the tip of my index finger. I’m thinking I’ll probably be wearing my splint at work for the foreseeable future, at least until I figure out what’s going on. I’ve already got my tea ready for tomorrow, and a small shopping list. I have plans to make a quick after work lunch, along with some extra to get me through some work lunches. I’m thinking something light, healthy, easy to make. Gives me time to do other shit. 😛
Other than that I’ve been spending my last evening of rest drinking green chai masala and working in SFM a bit. I’m back aboard the Tomala-TARDIS getting ready to animate another part of the last scene. I’m thinking after I can this video I’ll work a little on a side project; with my YouTube channel gaining a couple hundred new subscribers thanks to an 11 year old video I made I’ve been struck with more inspiration! Perhaps, if I ever make it to retirement with my hand still attached I might be able to accomplish at least 20% of the weird nightmare fuel my brain conjures up.