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Stress Relief and Legos
One of the things that I really find meditative is working with Legos. There is something infinitely satisfying about building the tiny model sets. One of the latest additions to this form of stress relief has been combining it with stop-motion animation. The slow, take-a-photo, move-a-minifig, take-a-photo steady work is really soothing. And at the end, I have a neat little stop-motion film.
I recently completed the first episode in a series of small shorts, “Rapunzel – The Outtakes.” The first one “Ooops!” is about a minute long. It was a lot of fun to do and was a great way to destress after a VERY rough week.
I know that there are some lighting issues that I couldn’t see while I was working on it and a couple of times I bumped the set/camera while working and didn’t quite realize it, but overall, I’m pretty proud of my first Lego-attempt. Renee set up the camera and let me go…
Anyway, below is the film clip which I shall now send out far and wide.
Updates and the Flu
Whew! It has been a busy couple of weeks. Mostly because I was out sick for the first and then spent the second trying to get caught up. I haven’t had the flu like that since I was in middle school. Home, in bed, feeling to miserable to even watch television. Nothing tasted good and every part of my body ached. Which means that work the next week (I was out from Thursday to Wednesday) was quite busy with me trying desperately to get caught up. Unfortunately, it means all my personal events and activities fell, very quickly, by the wayside.
I haven’t managed to add any more dialogue to my screenplay short (or work on the alternative I have in mind), nor have I been very good about keeping up with my podcasts. Day in Washington hasn’t had a meaningful update in some time and I completely missed a hearing and will now have to reconstruct it from the webcast alone (something that is not easily done). And Unleaded – Fuel for Writers hasn’t had a post from me in weeks. Renee has been attempting single-handedly to keep up with the daily schedule of casts.
So mostly, this update is a reminder of everything I have to get caught up on!