It's been forever since I've really posted anything and I promise i will do so soon.

I wanted to make an announcement that I am officially putting my college education to good use! I've been hired to do 3D/Web development in Toronto full time! So I'm experiencing the joys of working two jobs, moving and making sure to see all my friends.

Once I get settled in Toronto, I hope to try and accomplish something creative (since it's going to be a bit before they let me do the real fun stuff)

Expect to hear from me soon!

It's been a slow couple of months as the job hunt continues. I applied for a teaching assistant job in Beijing and by the time the guy got back to me, all the spots were filled! But hope is not lost. He sends people over there every few months, so how awesome would that be? Other then that, I'm waiting to hear back from a couple of gaming companies in my home town.

I'll be working on another project soon once i get a new computer and I finish some freelance work. It'll be an environmental piece like my film (which you can view at [link])but I'll be able to spend more time on it and hopefully focus more on texturing which was hard last time since we had a million things to do in 4 months.

Other then that, been enjoying a beautiful summer (i have the sunburn to prove it) and celebrating my birthday with a whole weekend of partying!

I promise I'm not procrastinating! Expect some stuff soon!

You have no idea how hard this year has been for me. Not so much for the workload but how much had to be sacrificed in order to succeed. Thanks again Scott for all the support when I was feeling like I wouldn't make it. You helped me pull through.

I'll give you a little bit of insight into my year. I currently completed Computer Animation at Sheridan College. We pretty much learned everything from the bottom up. I had had a little bit of 3D experience when i entered the program but there was no way that I could do any of the stuff then that I can now which is a huge achievement in itself. We were asked to complete a 1 minute film for our second term project. 5 months to design, build, animate and complete a short. Many sleepless all nights went into finishing it but I did it!!!

To top everything off, last Thursday we had an industry night where about 50 companies came in to see our work. We mingled and spoke to company representatives and the next day interviews were requested for some people. I've never been happier. I had an interview with Dreamworks because they really liked my short and that meant more then anything. The interview went extremely well and as soon as I send them my reel my fingers are crossed. The only problem that she mentioned is that immigration to work in the US requires at least 4 years of schooling and I've only had 3. Hopefully there's some loophole of something!!

You'll see that I have a screenshot from my first done and by the end of next week I should have at least one for the other 6 shots. I don't think I'd be able to post it up here. 1)because DA doesn't support video and 2)because it will be a major portfolio piece and I'd have to read DAs copyright rules to make sure that all my rights are intact when posting here.

Thanks everyone who's been there for me and this has given me the inspiration to mold and improve my craft!

I've had always found Canada a really safe place to live but has the world become so paranoid and fearful of their own neighbours and friends?

On friday February 8th at approximately 2:15pm my school was put into lockdown because there was reports of a suspected gunman on the campus. A campus wide announcement told us we were to stay in our classrooms (or go to the nearest room) and stay there until further instructions. It was not a drill. Of course at first I didn't think too much of it because earlier in the year my student dorm was put into lockdown because a nearby home had guns stolen and the police secured the residence in case the man had decided to come to the school. (they found him a couple of hours later)

As time went on people had gotten access to the news websites and found out there were 9 reports of a suspicious male carrying what they thought to be a gun. Now people were starting to get worried

3 hours later the announcements started to change, telling students to wait for a police officer or further instructions. Finally we were allowed to leave, encouraged to exit the campus. At this time, I tried going back to my room to get my coat, wallet and cellphone (I had told my family what had gone on). The guns the cops were carrying scared me more then the actual threat. These were huge artillery rifles. Of course they wouldn't let me go back to my room so i was stuck going outside, middle of winter in a flimsy long sleeved shirt (not fun).

A few hours after leaving campus we were allowed to go back to dorms. The cops found no weapon, no suspect and after going over the security cameras several times, they were unable to tell if the suspect was carrying a gun. It was described as a "long tubular object" Many speculated that it could have been a Camera tripod or an art tube.

I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. Obviously the idea of it being real scares the shit out of me but I don't want to go to school or walk down the streets in fear. That's not really living at all. The way the police handled the two incidents this year has made me feel safer and there's hope that these threats haven't made it this close to home quite yet.

From looking at my previous entry, it has officially been 5 months since the last time i made a journal. Oooops....

It's not like I haven't been doing anything. I've actually been working my ass off with school work for this 1 minutes 3D film I have to do. I'm still in the modeling stage for the character I've designed so it'll be another week until she's finished and on the way for texturing (which i will be sure to post up here). There's some rough progress in my scraps to check out. I'm hoping that DA allows videos to be posted sometime in the future so I can post up the animation exercises that I completed last term.

I'm loving college life (this is my third year in school but the first time I've had my own place away from home). I had some horrible problems with my roommate. (She was your typical party-going 19 year old valley girl taking a useless program that involved no work or braincells). I now have a new one and I finally see myself sleeping now.

It's now 4 weeks and 4 days until I get a certain foreign visitor from the UK to keep me company during my Spring break. Am I excited? You bet! And to top it off, Linkin Park is playing in my home town the day after he arrives so I got my hands on some awesome seats!! (I considered moshing but some other friends of mine, get a little too into it and I've seen the bruises and scrapes that come out of it)

So what so I plan to do after this year? Well, my dream is to work at PIXAR doing environmental modeling and props but until then I might have to stick a little closer to home. Possibilities include one of the many studios in Toronto or if I got offers for game companies, there happen to be 2 in my hometown. If the States don't work out (I love you guys, but you have crappy health care) then there's lots of work in British Columbia! There's still lots of time to decide so wish me luck!!

I hope that wraps it all up for now. Wish me luck and I'll keep the updates more current!!

Peace!