For a while there I was getting pretty good at posting regularly. Unfortunately, though, I seem to have gotten lax in the past week. That's the danger of keeping a weblog about one's life: when precious little happens, there is precious little to write about. Work has taken up most of my time as usual, but I?ve also found time to play around with a few other fun projects. Unfortunately, none of them have reached fruition yet. That's the thing about my creations; when I don't finish them in one go, I tend to sporadically add little bits over time. My song Orange, for example, sat dormant in my Recordings file for about a month before I added the finishing touches.
Right now, I have three little projects stewing in the back of my mind. The first is a vectorization of this old drawing that, like the original, didn't have any legs. I started the vectorization during the first semester last year but stopped at the waist during an especially arduous week of homework. Yesterday he finally got some legs, but feet, on the other hand, are still giving me some trouble. Back to the folder he goes, I guess.
I'm even worse at this type of thing when it comes to music. My second project is a new song that would be really cool if I could only think of a transition melody or three. This is a common problem; I have probably a half dozen decent minute-long songs that I can't seem to fill out with a good chorus. Nevertheless, I like this latest endeavor quite a bit and I hope to finish it off eventually.
Finally, my third project exists only in my head at the moment. For months I have been meaning to add to my stagnating and unforgivably sparse . One would think that with all the writing I do on this weblog I would have no problem pulling together an entertaining short story, but alas, no such luck. Like my music, I have a half dozen false starts with as many ideas yet to try. My latest story idea came to me in bed while I was trying to fall asleep. I used to get musical insights this way, but it seems my subconscious has decided to switch disciplines.
I think this post accurately describes my summer so far: mild-mannered software development intern by day; wannabe artist, musician, and writer by night.