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Because I figure more pimping of my work can't be bad, I'm now on DeviantArt.
Having a bunch of tricking/parkour guys join wushu this Fall has been pretty darned educational. Nathan pointed me towards a video about what they call "blocking," which is basically the method trickers use to get the most jump height from their horizontal momentum. It makes a lot of sense, because it's all physics, but I tested it out at practice yesterday, and lo, it worked! It's so cool to apply new knowledge and actually see results!
The group dynamic that has developed is kind of interesting. I guess, in short, I'm teaching them to wushu, and they're teaching me to jump, albeit slowly. ;)
I've been thinking a lot about what direction I am heading in, as I've probably already mentioned, and I'm coming to a few conclusions, I think.
Being my own boss is sounding like the way to go. Truth is, I'd probably do all right with running a small business, because I'm generally pretty bang-on when it comes to organizing things, or at least I am when I'm planning or organizing something that affects people other than myself. Getting work is the hard part, of course, but I think I'm learning about that, slowly.
Being somewhere that's not Eugene is also sounding better and better all the time. I'm certainly not a big-city, NYC kind of girl, but I've never quite been able to shake the feeling that Eugene is a bit too small and sleepy for me. Opportunity is harder to find here. Portland is looking like a frontrunner, because it looks like a nice, happy medium between the Sleepy College Town and the High-stress, High-speed, Road-ragey environment of really big cities.
If I'm *not* being my own boss, having a job where I get to be creative is a necessity. And, if I can't have that, then I at least need to be in a job where my time and desire to be creative isn't drained away on a daily basis. It's really depressing to know that I have ideas to bring to life, but that I lack the energy or time to do so.
I'm sure there's more, but it escapes me at the moment. It may not be much, but it's a clue of where to go next, na?
Having a bunch of tricking/parkour guys join wushu this Fall has been pretty darned educational. Nathan pointed me towards a video about what they call "blocking," which is basically the method trickers use to get the most jump height from their horizontal momentum. It makes a lot of sense, because it's all physics, but I tested it out at practice yesterday, and lo, it worked! It's so cool to apply new knowledge and actually see results!
The group dynamic that has developed is kind of interesting. I guess, in short, I'm teaching them to wushu, and they're teaching me to jump, albeit slowly. ;)
I've been thinking a lot about what direction I am heading in, as I've probably already mentioned, and I'm coming to a few conclusions, I think.
Being my own boss is sounding like the way to go. Truth is, I'd probably do all right with running a small business, because I'm generally pretty bang-on when it comes to organizing things, or at least I am when I'm planning or organizing something that affects people other than myself. Getting work is the hard part, of course, but I think I'm learning about that, slowly.
Being somewhere that's not Eugene is also sounding better and better all the time. I'm certainly not a big-city, NYC kind of girl, but I've never quite been able to shake the feeling that Eugene is a bit too small and sleepy for me. Opportunity is harder to find here. Portland is looking like a frontrunner, because it looks like a nice, happy medium between the Sleepy College Town and the High-stress, High-speed, Road-ragey environment of really big cities.
If I'm *not* being my own boss, having a job where I get to be creative is a necessity. And, if I can't have that, then I at least need to be in a job where my time and desire to be creative isn't drained away on a daily basis. It's really depressing to know that I have ideas to bring to life, but that I lack the energy or time to do so.
I'm sure there's more, but it escapes me at the moment. It may not be much, but it's a clue of where to go next, na?
