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Precision Donut!

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I’ve gone and done it. I have been trying to hold out and save like a responsible adult for Rock Band, but failed. It should be coming in the mail within the week. Gotta say that I am a sucker for a game that comes so exquisitely equipped with instant gratification and the ability to partially mask my voice while singing.

I have played it before but needed it for home. We have a copy in our conference room at work, but to be honest I feel guilty for playing it there and I want to download song packs. At GDC our band “Meteor Squid” owned parties and I feel as though I need to carry on the tradition and practice more for next year.

My band name should be “Precision Donut.” This has a long story concerning a Lexus commercial. Just go with it because it sounds like a band name.

Ending on a sad note, Gary Gygax past away this morning.

Rest in peace to a pioneer.

IGDA Board

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The IGDA board has been elected and I have to congratulate them. Especially, Brenda Brathwaite because she was a professor of mine back at SCAD.

The announcement on the IGDA site goes as follows:

Brenda Brathwaite, Mark DeLoura and Tim Train will be joining the IGDA’s Board of Directors on March 1st for the start of the next term. And, Tom Buscaglia was re-elected to the board for another term. A hearty congratulations to each of them!

A formal press release to announce the new board members and results of officer appointments (ie, chair, secretary, treasurer) will be posted later in March.

Congrats to all!

I am in the Newspaper!

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Since graduation I have been very busy. As some can see I have deleted all my previous posts on this blog. It is time to start new. Over the past six weeks I have been working as a specialized lecturer at Arizona State University teaching 3D Studio Max and Photoshop Elements. The experience has been tremendous, and I am very happy to have taken this position, though temporary. I feel as though I have learned a lot over the past weeks, and I have come to the conclusion that I still have lots to learn. To be honest, the idea of learning more isn’t new to me. I figure, I won’t ever stop learning in my field and I plan never to stop. I like learning.

I did have a pleasant surprise today. While I was sitting off to the side letting the students work on their projects (Projects due tomorrow), a gentleman from the Arizona Republic newspaper came in to interview students and take pictures. I am now in the paper and you can read the exerpt here (http://www.azcentral.com/commphotos/azcentral/1124/8/53/). It really is weird reading about yourself in the paper. My favorite part is that I said something along those lines but not those exact words, but they work for me.

In other news, I am heading to Siggraph in San Diego in a couple weeks and will be frequenting the job booths. If you are going, leave a comment. I feel very positive about my whole job hunting situation and I don’t know why. Just cross your fingers.

I still have plenty more to do in order to plan for everything, and I have personal projects set up for myself including the CGTalk Strange Behavior Challenge.

Hope to update more soon once I get my projects rolling and set up for Siggraph.

I really should blog more often so my updates can carry only one topic.