Friday, November 25, 2005
Tradition:
So here it is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the day that stores start putting up Christmas decorations. Man has that tradition been gone a lone time. This last week, if we put aside all the computer related stuff I have been fighting, has mostly about job referrals.
That also is an old tradition in the animation field, and thankfully one that hasn`t changed much over the years. It happens when animation people get together. I got together with a lot of people last weekend with the Annie judging for Gaming and TV Production categories. Job referrals for seven people and two animation programs (entry level jobs) passed through my hands in the course of the week.
Network, I always tell my students. You want to be where the jobs are floating around because that ups the chances that one of them is going to be just right for you, for me.
This next week sees the start of the early planning phase of the Afternoon of Remembrance. This most meaningful event is put on in January each year by the Animation Guild, Women in Animation, and ASIFA-Hollywood.
Now I need to be part of another volunteer project like I need another major computer disaster (gods forbid) but this truly beautiful and meaningful remembrance of all of the Animation People who have passed from our ranks within the year is something I have always felt strongly about. And the people who put it on each year are some of my favorite people in the world.
Now back to the grind. I have four class databases to rebuilt and another one to update. I have a number of programs and lots of data to reinstall and I have a syllabus to rewrite for a new school I am really looking forward to teaching at come January. Life goes on. And I some how have to get my email working again. ¶ 6:58 AM
So here it is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the day that stores start putting up Christmas decorations. Man has that tradition been gone a lone time. This last week, if we put aside all the computer related stuff I have been fighting, has mostly about job referrals.
That also is an old tradition in the animation field, and thankfully one that hasn`t changed much over the years. It happens when animation people get together. I got together with a lot of people last weekend with the Annie judging for Gaming and TV Production categories. Job referrals for seven people and two animation programs (entry level jobs) passed through my hands in the course of the week.
Network, I always tell my students. You want to be where the jobs are floating around because that ups the chances that one of them is going to be just right for you, for me.
This next week sees the start of the early planning phase of the Afternoon of Remembrance. This most meaningful event is put on in January each year by the Animation Guild, Women in Animation, and ASIFA-Hollywood.
Now I need to be part of another volunteer project like I need another major computer disaster (gods forbid) but this truly beautiful and meaningful remembrance of all of the Animation People who have passed from our ranks within the year is something I have always felt strongly about. And the people who put it on each year are some of my favorite people in the world.
Now back to the grind. I have four class databases to rebuilt and another one to update. I have a number of programs and lots of data to reinstall and I have a syllabus to rewrite for a new school I am really looking forward to teaching at come January. Life goes on. And I some how have to get my email working again. ¶ 6:58 AM
