Gwen Demulder

Happy birthday to me,

So yes, I’ve made it. I survived the first year of my third decade on this planet. I can’t say I have done anything useful during this year. Except for getting a job!

And a few macs.

I also learned a lot of new tricks in 3Ds max and joined up with the dark armada team.

So what does the next year have in store for me. Well for starters I’m going to sign up for art classes in september! Yes yes, I am going to turn myself into the next (digital) Da Vinci (only slightly more sexy)! At work I am currently developing a software package (even though I’m a pc-tech guy) that could be my biggest programming project to date.

Another thing I am expecting of my 21st year on this planet is buying a car. Allready I have saved an amount of money and I have a type of car in my mind: The citroen Saxo , a small economic car (cause I don’t really see the need for a big car) .

Furthermore I am going to continu to gather knowledge on 3D modelling, even as I am typing this I am expecting a book to arrive explaining how to create the elements in 3D (Water, fire, …). I am also waiting on another book that explains in great detail how animation projects are created, it should even give me some tips on character modelling (something which I’ve been longing to do for a while now). I have no clue yet as to what kind of short I am going to make, but I will take every bit of time to make it according to my vision.

What else can we expect? Well there’s the release of windows vista, not that it has anything to do with me. To be honest I couldn’t care less. Never have I been so disappointed in microsoft. I remember when I used to look forward to this operating system.

Like more than a friggin’ year ago…

I’ve seen the light, if I want comfort I’ll use mac os…
If I need to do work (3ds max, .net programming) and gaming (guild wars) I’ll just stick with XP for now.

If I get really lucky and manage to save enough money I should be ordering a Mac Pro on my next birthday (this is just a bit of dreaming on my part )

What else could I do in this new year of my life, well there’s a thing I say every year but never manage to do:

Find a girlfriend.