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I doubt this will satisfy any hungry people who want to know what my day is like at pixar (*cough* loren *cough*) but here goes (ps...it will be poorly written). I usually get in around 8:15 and go grab some tea and head over to dailies at 8:30. Once dailies are done I get some cereal and chat in the main atrium with the other new guy and new people we've been meeting. Then I head back to my desk and sit down. I take out my ipod and put it on my desk. I look at yesterdays work and think it's shit so I make a bunch of notes on what I want to fix and then I dig in. I plug my ipod into my ears and throw on some jazz or something then start breaking things down. I'm basically just doing tests right now (tests like you'd do in school for animation...like ball bounces, acting tests, luxo tests) to get myself familiar with the new software and pipline they got here. Before I was using maya and for the most part I knew how to use the program so I could focus on animation rather than a program AND animation. but now I'm fighting both at the same time and I think once I get the hang of the software I'll be having a lot more fun (not that I'm not now but you know what I mean) So for now I'm just acting as a sponge and trying to absorb everything, animation, software, etc. So lunch comes around, I "usually" head to the main atrium with my roommate, the other new guy and his roommate, and a few guys from the academy I met here. We usually sit in a small little crew or split up and sometimes sit with the old anim vets which is really fun. once a week or once every two weeks I take off and meet up with jeremie for lunch at Chipotle (mmm pavlov) . I head back to my desk after lunch to fall into a food coma for about 45 min. Then I plug my ipod back into my head and jazz out again...or whatever I"m feeling at the moment...but lately it's been jazz.
Anyways, I work then for the rest of the day, taking cereal breaks, or tea breaks or whatever, putting my contacts in because I can't stand my stupid glasses anymore breaks, you get it. Sometimes maybe twice a week I meet with my mentor/teacher to look at stuff and ask questions and all that. Everythings pretty laid back at the moment, everyone is real friendly too. It is very comfortable here...I could easily see why people don't go home sometimes. So I work until 6:30 or 7 or so (like i said...it's slow now) and then 3 nights a week I head over to the gym for 30-45 min and then head home around 7:45 - 8 (which is good cuz I don't have to deal with traffic then).....if I don't go to the gym I try and stay later and just work. Not really sure what else to say??? I'm sure I could go on and on about specifics but I gotta get back to work.......
oh, and on mondays I take a figure drawing class during lunch, I signed up for it cuz I missed drawing and wanted to get back into it.
originally i thought of writing a blog about how I have to take mandatory massage breaks like twice day and ridiculous things like that only to make it a more enjoyable post but whatever...this is what you get.
Posted by brett at February 3, 2005 11:29 AMwoah brett, one recommendation. white space. that blog is like a brick of information. but good information. got yourself a pretty comfy life. you forgot to add "blog" in that routine, but i guess it's understood.
perhaps you should increase your workouts a bit, i mean, how much iron can you really pump in 30-45 minutes?!?
i guess that's two recommendations.
Posted by: missy at February 3, 2005 12:33 PMi tend to ramble. hence why i dont' like writing blogs that contain any relevance to anything.
the blog is like 3 times a day, at random times. I switch between, talblog, underachievers, and hotmail mostly.
ps...there is a little white space!! heh.
at least on my end there is.
Posted by: brett at February 3, 2005 1:04 PMI am interested brett....very compelling. I also want to know what goes on between your eating breaks though dammit... you work at fucking pixar!
Posted by: jeremie at February 3, 2005 6:03 PMDitto to what Jerm said!
Posted by: loren at February 3, 2005 6:07 PMthat's confidential information and i'd have to kill you's if i told you.
I mean really...what could I tell you which I haven't already? I'll quote myself in case ya missed it...
"I'm basically just doing tests right now (tests like you'd do in school for animation...like ball bounces, acting tests, luxo tests) to get myself familiar with the new software and pipline they got here."
tha's it and tha's all man...
got a specific question? ask away?
Are you allowed to drink at pixar? Prohibition LucasArts is getting fucking old.
Posted by: piper at February 3, 2005 10:11 PMhahahah... more about consuming.
Posted by: jeremie at February 4, 2005 9:18 AMyep, you can drink here... fuck prohibition.
Posted by: brett at February 4, 2005 9:20 AMare there cute girls for you to stare at btw your cereal and booze breaks? or are you surrounded by geeks and nerds?
wait fuck that....are there cute guys there? can i come visit? you know like bring your daughter to work day...only it's bring your friend's sister-in-law to work day, so she can scope out the pixar man-pool and scam some cereal day. i like it.
Posted by: missy at February 4, 2005 10:39 AMyes yes and yes. I can eat cereal/drink beer or whatever my choice of poison is, next to what some may consider a nerd...or a genius...depends what you wanna label them. There are also very many beautiful people here...I think it's a prereq. to be hired here (except in my case). Call me up when your in town, I can be your daddy...i mean...you can be my friends sister in law for the bring your 'sister-in-law day' hahaah.
Posted by: brett at February 4, 2005 12:02 PMhahaha, damn i guess i set myself up for that one. nice!
Posted by: missy at February 4, 2005 12:58 PMOkay, hold on, I'm confused about one thing. They serve *dog* at Chipotle?
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