Oh, let me tell ya; nothing's improving. I actually just got 4 vaccines (none of them covid) and the arms are quite sore. I'm actually still a bit loopy.
Let's talk about unity. It takes too long to load (upwards of 20 minutes) and it performs so slowly that I can't even do anything in a timely manner. Want to go into play mode? Go get a drink, maybe take a walk as well. Seeing an issue? Have fun staring at the red text while trying to edit it for at the very least 5 minutes! But the worst part... the absolute worst part is the fact that half the time the errors aren't told and you have to try and find it yourself with no reference... even when looking up solutions or using the tutorials I can't fix a lot of the issues on my own and have to ask my peers, who also seem to have the same issues. I don't think I'd be mentally able to work on this infernal punishment of a project during Spring Break. In conclusion:
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I tell you what. I This year just keeps getting more and more bad. My computer, usually having issues anyway, is having even more. This is a problem since now I have to use my mother's computer to do some school work, and I don't even know what the heck the issue is as of right now.
Regardless, this is a reflection of me, not of my device's woes. I have been getting more work done this year than the last quarter of last year, however I still am missing a few assignments. Including a project. Unfortunately, I can't do anything until I have working ram. I also have been noticing a rather sharp decrease in my concentration and ability to focus on even the most interesting of things. For example, I used to watch hours on end of certain Youtubers, but now I find myself clicking off of their videos five minutes in and shutting off my phone. I don't sleep enough, and yet I sleep too much at the same time. I am never not tired, I am never not hungry, and I am never not just slightly devoid of emotion. What the heck is going on? Normally I would be trying to fit as many jokes as I can into a blog post like this, but now I just don't have the energy. Anyway, I think this has gone on for far too long. Sorry for the waste of time. To summarize:
Well hello again y'all. First quarter 1 portfolio check. Sucks that I only did one, but that comes with reinstalling windows and not having reliable internet for most of the week. All that's behind me now, and my nearly melted internet adapter may be laid to rest peacefully.
Anyway, enough with me. Let's talk about... me. (But in a different context.) I have made a vow that I will do better in this class this year, most likely because of my abysmal performance last year. With enough effort and time (time is SOMEHOW a shortage during all of this, maybe because of french piling assignments out the wazoo.) I believe I will have at least a B average. Don't pay attention to my summer assignment grade... This year is starting out simple. I know the workload will accelerate as time progresses, however I think I will be better equipped to handle it. (Minus portfolios I guess) I think that as soon as the adobe suite finishes downloading that I will be working my butt off relearning the basics of and trying to excel at photoshop and the gang. I will hold true to my promise. To summarize:
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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