This year has been a constant uphill climb with 2 tons of stone on my back and a constant headache. But, it's been a fun struggle, mostly. DDA I was probably one of my favorite classes this year, mostly because I just messed around making memes and stuff instead of doing my work. I mean, don't get me wrong, I did most of my work, but still. I think I needed to concentrate more, and I'll definitely take that into next year. I'm like an experiment. I need to be tested before I advance. So, DDA I was the test, and DDA II is the advancement. But DDA II will become the test, and GAD will become the advancement, and so on, and so on, until I die. I think one of the major points I learned this year, aside from how to do special things on the big shiny screen, was that I need more patience. This year, I was so impatient and wanted to get things done so fast that I sped through things and made them GOD AWFUL. Take the monster animation for example. It looks like a 5 YEAR OLD dropped a box of CRAYONS on the lawn and after they melted in the heat, my monster animation showed up. In all seriousness, I loathed Adobe Animate. It was stupid, buggy, and constantly screwing literally EVERYTHING UP. Let's just make a simple square move up at the same time as this oval. NOPE, you get PULSATING DIAMONDS, like when you press on your eyes for too long. The sheer amount of brokenness that followed trying to don anything astounded me. A tiny, minuscule error didn't bother me too much, but when every single move of something made the screen turn into the Porygon episode of the original Pokemon anime, I will admit, it makes me a little angry. I couldn't care less that Animate/Flash is ending, because it will almost do us all a favor. My worst unit by far was video editing. It took me way too long to get them done, and when I did, I didn't make them well enough. I believe that I got much better when it came down to editing the original Bandanna Dan video; but then it glitched out and I had to create a new edit for it. Another thing I learned, never trust the machines. They are out to get you. They want BLOOD. In reality, they're probably just doing the best they can, but their best is not good enough for me. I need to be able to work without the equivalent of Pulsating Diamonds taking over every application. Finally, I need to learn to follow the directions better, the biggest lesson I learned this year. I probably need to rap this up. so I'll include an abbreviated summary. For the last time this year, "In Conclusion"
Thanks for reading, and don't drive without your license!
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