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Year End Goals?
« on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:08 »

There are 7 weeks left til the end of the year. I propose we have a year end goal challenge, like of like IRON WEEK but for the next 7 weeks.

In the next 7 weeks my goals are:

1. Drop under 200 lbs in weight (currently at ~210)
2. Finish both of my projects at work
3. Find a new place to live
4. Figure out how to propose to the gf



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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #1 on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:16 »

1. sound my urethra until i can fit a .308 round
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #2 on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:17 »

1. Start looking for an apartment.
2. Strengthen my relationship with my sort-of girlfriend. That is, remove the sort-of.
3. Ace all my classes.
4. Learn to not suck at double bass.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #3 on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:31 »

1. Get a new job.
2. Get around to getting my X-Men tattoo (this will be a direct result of the new job)
3. Scrape together more spending money for my trip to the US.
4. Hug people who deserve it (So. Easy.)

I was going to say things about getting offered the place in the honours class I applied for for next year but I've submitted my application, there really isn't anything I can do at this point.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #4 on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:32 »

Can you provide a picture of the xmen tattoo design you're thinking bout?
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #5 on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:36 »

1. get better grades.
2. find more awesome music.
3. get noticeably stronger.

i can't think of any more.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #6 on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:39 »

Basically this but on my right shoulder (I like symmetry). It's kind of blurry but you get the idea.



Also I'm going to add in 5. Lose some weight or start going for long walks or something.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #7 on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:46 »

i want to lose another stone and stop apologising for being a twat because to be honest, i apologise far too much and i could do with being more of a twat. also to stop agreeing to cover for people because i am turning into a doormat at work.

fuck them.
i want new years' day off.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #8 on: 14 Nov 2008, 17:52 »

Once I get finished with all the major assignments (two papers and a 3D modeling assignment, rest should be cake), start actually exercising instead of sitting in front of the computer doing homework.  I used to do 100 sit-ups and 50 pushups 3 days a week, but I haven't found time for two months.  If I can lose 5 pounds by the end of the year, I'll be pleased.  I'll leave the next 20 for New Year's resolutions.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #9 on: 14 Nov 2008, 18:08 »

1: Get my tax done
2: Pay my bills
3: Enrol for that Photography course for next year
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #10 on: 14 Nov 2008, 18:47 »

What sort of 3d assignment do you have? Is it an engineering CAD assignment? or something art related?
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #11 on: 14 Nov 2008, 18:48 »

finish knitting those wrist warmers i started back in june
get my flat stomach back
paint something on my wall
watch seasons 2-5 of the wire

i won't be able to do much else with my life other than school until i finish exams in december, and then i doubt i'll want to do much in the way of hard work. these will be good enough.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #12 on: 14 Nov 2008, 19:01 »

I'm a game design student, so no CAD.  Took a class in high school for that, though.  Nah, we gotta do some form of keyframe animation in 3DS Max.  He hasn't given out the assignment yet, so I don't really know the details.  I don't expect it to be hard, really, just time-consuming.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #13 on: 14 Nov 2008, 19:09 »

I watched my buddy do some work with MAYA and it was very difficult to follow. From what I could understand you guys work with creating surface meshes? or wire frames? something like that?  very different from the CAD modeling i do.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #14 on: 14 Nov 2008, 19:29 »

Joe's the expert on this board.  Right now we're just working with editable poly's, our teacher warned us against meshes.  It's basically an introductory course, but it's an advanced topic anyways.  It's kind of like CAD, except we strive for efficiency instead of visual accuracy (lower polygon count while not looking too different from the concept art), and there's less of a focus on symmetry.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #15 on: 14 Nov 2008, 19:38 »

Can you walk me through how you would model something like a human character that is meant to move like a real person?

Would you start with a stick skeleton with joints that move? and then build mass around it?
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #16 on: 14 Nov 2008, 19:51 »

I think that's actually what the next assignment is.  I've made a model and I've keyframed a skeleton, but never combined the two.  Also, 3DS Max isn't really a strong animation tool, Maya and SoftImage XSI are better for that.

Our teacher has been lecturing us on it, though.  The newest version of Max lets you create a bipedal skeleton instantly, which you can animate.  What our teacher did was throw together a quick human model, skin it (so you can attach the bones) and attach the bones of the skeleton to the appropriate parts of the model, and then use a walking template to animate it, raising steps and rotating the path it followed.  You can scale the bones to change the amount of influence they have when animating.  He's been modeling for 15 years, so he threw this together in about an hour and a half.  He also showed us a script that generated bones for facial animation (normally you have to handplace each one).

But I don't really know enough about that yet.  There are quite a few tutorials and things floating around the internet, though.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #17 on: 14 Nov 2008, 22:08 »

Nobo how did you manage to derail your own thread not even a page in?
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #18 on: 14 Nov 2008, 22:21 »

I'm going to do...uh...things?
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #19 on: 14 Nov 2008, 22:25 »

And I helped!
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #20 on: 15 Nov 2008, 05:34 »

Slack off less, finally ask a girl out for drinks?

I don't have goals. I just hit the woodwork.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #21 on: 15 Nov 2008, 05:40 »

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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #22 on: 15 Nov 2008, 06:41 »

Nobo how did you manage to derail your own thread not even a page in?

yeah i suck. i'm a sucker for design work and Dim's project sounded interesting
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #23 on: 15 Nov 2008, 07:13 »

My goals are to save money, not go insane, maintain a social life, and not die. That's about it really.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #24 on: 15 Nov 2008, 07:39 »

Become a red belt.
This is actually a really easy goal. I'm setting the bar pretty low for this because I want to relax.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #25 on: 15 Nov 2008, 09:26 »

1. Get making/performing good music and writing fiction.
2. Succeed in moving into this flat.
3. Put muscle on, lose last little bit of flab on my otherwise stupidly skinny body.
4. Grow a metaphorical spine.
5. Not be making money from annoying strangers on the phone.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #26 on: 15 Nov 2008, 11:50 »

I was thinking about this earlier actually, how coincidental!

I think the two main things I want to do are:

Manage my time better. This is an on-going project and it seems to be looking up. I'm very very busy at the moment, which makes me a lot more focused, and I'm also happy which helps too. I have exams in January so I'm going to revise hard for them and get some time off work to let me  get enough sleep before them.

Stop bursting into tears when customers are rude to me. This happened again today when I asked a boy for ID to buy a 15 computer game (he was not fifteen) and his dad started shouting that it was him who was buying it (not relevant or true) and that it was unacceptable and blah blah blah. My supervisors all say I was doing the right thing and to take no notice but that doesn't seem to make a difference, I just cry anyway.

Other things are like saving up, letting people know how much I appreciate them and being the goddamn best editor ever. And the best film maker. And basically doing everything as well as I possibly can.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #27 on: 15 Nov 2008, 12:13 »

1) Start going to the gym regularly again
2) Quit smoking (for like the third time)
3) Sort things out with numerous girls
4) Meet someone new
5) Finish that play I've been writing
6) Write next chapter in short story

*Edit: Wait, I've thought of more*

7) Go back to channel 4 for another weeks work experience
8 ) Do more reviews for Audioscribbler.com
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #28 on: 15 Nov 2008, 12:42 »

Hmm.
1. Get a B or higher in all classes.
2. Lose 10 pounds and then 10 more until I'm skinny-ish. Around 140.
3. Discover more music.
4. Be helpful in the musical and not get in the way.
5. Be nice and give hugs!
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #29 on: 15 Nov 2008, 12:43 »

1) Get somewhere new with this Reason thing, maybe hammer out a decent cover or two, at least.

2) Get into college and get classes lined up.

3) Figure out if I'm going to San Francisco or not.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #30 on: 15 Nov 2008, 13:34 »

1.) Rock my audition
2.) Get my school bills in order
3.) Be prepared for my jury

All attainable, and 1 and 3 have enough overlap. Should work out.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #31 on: 15 Nov 2008, 18:55 »

1) Walk
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #32 on: 15 Nov 2008, 19:06 »

1.) Go from second to first as far as physical fitness goes for my class
2.) Maintain my number 1 academic standing in the class
3.) Either commission or actually create a tattoo design for my right side, ribs to ankle. (I know what I want, but I've never done any artwork that ended up as a tattoo, or on a scale that large)
4.) Consolidate my student loans
5.) Find out a way to let my dream girl know that she is the best of all things, without sounding overly creepy.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #33 on: 15 Nov 2008, 19:17 »

1)Spend more time reading
2)Spend more time walking
3)Spend more time sleeping
4)Spend more time chemisty-ing
5)Git moar tyme
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #34 on: 15 Nov 2008, 19:34 »

Hand in lots of CV's
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #35 on: 15 Nov 2008, 20:00 »

1. Apply to grad school
2. Get my school's nomination for a Windgate grant
3. Make at least three more artworks
4. Do well in my classes
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #36 on: 16 Nov 2008, 02:34 »

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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #37 on: 16 Nov 2008, 04:10 »

1. get a job (nearly completely)
2. get another job (not started)
3. keep a sketchbook. Fill it up by march (in progress)
4. dance classes regularly (as of this week i promise)
5. life drawing (tomorrow!)
6. party hard (a given)
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #38 on: 16 Nov 2008, 12:11 »

1). Come up with good ideas for things to do in 2009. (Apart from the Finish Degree in March and Get Job that are on the list already)
2). Do well at my current graduationinternship
3). Figure out what ill get for the ladyfriend for christmas
4). Try not to make to much plans for things
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #39 on: 16 Nov 2008, 12:17 »

1. Start training for my round Scotland Bike trip - all 1600 miles of it
2. Climb consistently at 6a
3. Improve my Gaelic
4. Actually start my MCDST course and not get distracted by Linux, Mac OS and anything else that's not Windoze based.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #40 on: 16 Nov 2008, 12:55 »

Hmmm

1) Stop doing terrible in school
2) Eat healthier, since I do not do that at all
3) Send Zebra Cakes to Liz

That should be good for now.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #41 on: 16 Nov 2008, 13:30 »

Number three is obviously the most important. Get on it.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #42 on: 16 Nov 2008, 13:37 »

Hooray list threads!
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #43 on: 16 Nov 2008, 16:54 »

I should maybe add DO NOT CRAP MY PANTS since I seem to be drinking coke and only eating painkillers and jerky alot.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #44 on: 16 Nov 2008, 17:23 »

That is a fine goal for any man.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #45 on: 16 Nov 2008, 18:12 »

it's more likely all the protein from the jerky will make you incredibly constipated.
advice: be prepared for one hell of a bowel movement sometime in the near future.
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« Reply #46 on: 16 Nov 2008, 18:20 »

yes, yes, no.

every time i ask this question in a group of people i'm the only person who admits to having crapped her pants and it makes me think everyone i know is just a big fat liar. there's no way i'm the only person in the entire world who has had food poisoning.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #47 on: 16 Nov 2008, 18:23 »

My best friend when I was in grade school shat himself during a basketball game and I think his parents were there.
I cannot imagine how embarrassing this was for him.

Basically what I'm saying is that I hope I never shit myself during sex or nothin.
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« Reply #48 on: 16 Nov 2008, 18:31 »

i have never pissed myself but i did make my friend in a coffee shop once. i don't remember what exactly i was saying but it was really hilarious and she kept laughing and saying "please stop, you need to stop, i'm going to pee myself" so of course i continued cos i didn't think she was serious. and then she actually did it, and we sort of sat there for a minute or so trying to figure out what exactly had just happened and also how we were going to get her out of there and explain a pee-soaked chair.

i felt sort of guilty about this, but at the same time pretty good about myself on account this served to provide irrefutable evidence that i am incredibly funny.
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Re: Year End Goals?
« Reply #49 on: 16 Nov 2008, 21:26 »

I totally peed myself one time when I almost got run over by a bus.  I was eight.

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