Richard William Weiland Papers

They dealt more with techniques than with technical details. READING CHAP 12 [yellow highlight] was one of the most informative letting me know what's important to success in animation. As I stated in "Strategy for the Second Half of 89". Its a very similar situation to what I felt in trying to be musically expressive. [yellow highlight] 5:00 Go to Irvine for frozen yogurt. Irvine seems so long ago, and so primative to what I am now. Ugh. Back to Red Lion. Finish chap 12, and write up this afternoon. 6:30 Relax. Call Schuab recording DOW+ 186. Change to eans + flannel shirt. Realize I'm tired of reading technical books [yellow highlight] and if I do any more such stuff, it should be in the form of a tutoria, ala Prolog. [black ink] KEY As when I finished Algorithmic Image a year ago, I sense a lack of desire to do Animation Work, just because it uses a computer is no reason to work on it. I wouldn't be interested in animation otherwise. [yellow highlight][boxed in red ink] 7:00 Out to dinner at Wendys. Look for movie, but end up just driving around a lot. Got Gas. So I saw all of O.C.'s memories the ones I used to live in, not just Laguna Beach.Decide not to go see Glen Cram. Not that good a friend- jealousy. Uncomfortable around him, looks, clothes + pradishness +haircut + zits (my). It's not something I want [underline] to do. At Studio 1: "Come down + we can comiserate together" about not having boyfriends. "Come down + help no plant palm trees". Not much interest in talking with me. Awkward the last time. 9:00 Watch news + some "Singing in rain". 9:30 Relax 10:00 Read Chap 14 of "Animation" Future. Shower. 11:00 This trip to OC I have spent weekdays [underline] (nonholiday) for first time in the last six years. It's pleasant, but a little too [underline] quiet. No gay gyms. It was [underline] appropriate in 80 + 81. But not anymore. [yellow highlight] And Glen lives here now. Also now that, I've done app interface for Works, I won't program [underline] anything more like it.

IMPORTANT

That is, I will not

code in C

at that level - ie, user input/output. Instead I should use an app to create something. This is analogous to leaving assembler in which I created languages, to move on to using a language (C) to create applications. Now use apps in process of what I work on...So I wouldn't want to create an animation tool, but use one if I were interested. So try to find some tool I want to use for something. (turned out to be Excel!)

11:15 To bed

Thu Oct 22 '87

7:30 Get up. Breakfast at Windmill. WSJ.

9:15 Still somewhat bugged about not going to see Glen last night, so go see where he lives, his neighborhood, etc. Drove over via East Side of 405, noting "Executive Plaza," what a lovely name. Then drive down MacArthur and again it feels very boring, uninspiring. No good fast food places like Rax or Wendys, and no quaint places like Athens pizza, or even a Shakeys. Lots of expensive places like Chantaclair, and ho-hum stamparts: Coco's is big. Maybe it would just take me time to adjust, as after move to Seattle. Anyway, drive out University, noting conformity of style, with variations. Turtle Rock Pointe is very nice with pink + peach stucco, terracotta roof, roses. And there were some nice views, of hills and of the city of Newport. Not a grocery store to be seen. Just University Center, very suburban.

Fri Mar 27 '87

6:45 Get up.

Meg calls ~ getting Fortran 4.0 for her friends husband.

Talk about divorce, etc.

Do yesterday's mail, etc

9:00 To Microsoft

Misc. No bad news regarding Colors, even Jabe likes em

Resync + remake.

Look at Jabe's bug regarding +B2 or @Sum

Talk w/John ~ print

12:15 Lunch at Wendys

Stop at Fred Meyer for curtain.

1:15 Start to look at Print code and what John Gill + I need to do

1:30 Talk with John

3:00 Do my part.

5:00 Check it in.

Due to Cliff's checkin, make clear, resync + make all.

5:45 Talk with Jabe about Selec-Printer.

6:00 Go home, listening to Investor Hotline and think about print stuff.

Feels good to clean up print.

6:30 Make + eat dinner

7:15 What next. Not gym

- too soon after meal

- too late today

- must still be winter: 2 gym week (and it was a busy week at Microsoft with Dialog + Print)

Write up today

7:30 Misc housework

Call Mark T (leaving Sunday) and Dick Titus. Sprint works now.

9:30 Half Miami Vice and Tuaca + Cider

10:00 Think over next few weeks.

10:30 Get ready for bed.