No pictures with this one, just a goodbye. 6 months - Half a year, has gone by since I got on that plane at LAX and landed in Paris on a rainy January night. Tomorrow morning, I'll wake up while it's still dark, hauling one suitcase full of clothes and comics, the other full of a few thousand drawings, back to the airport, and leave France. I don't like how quickly things become memories- already I'm reminiscing, looking back on the me of january, febuary, march. I know that soon I'll be in California, looking back on the me that was sitting at a computer lab in the school writing this, and that makes me a little sad. It feels like the friendships I've made here were just starting to really develop into somehthing deep, and ... read more

I'm back at school after another two week break- It seems there are breaks and holidays constantally in France! The first week was spent finally getting to see my Mom, and having a wonderful time being a tourist again with her in the south of france. Highly reccomended is the old rennisance areas of Lyon, and a relaxing bike ride along the coastline of Nice. The second week was animation as usual in the abandoned school. There's a little more than a month and a half left of my stay here. School at CalArts is ending, but the Gobelins semester dosen't end until June 30th. In the beginning of June is the Annecy animation festival, which the entire department heads down to for a week of film screenings, job-hunting and celebrating a year's worth of hard ... read more

March is wrapping up, so here's s note from the Paris front. It seems like I have been here a very long time. I've been here long enough to have memories about arriving, my first month, my first feelings here. It's strange to have memories about a place you haven't left yet. So, going on over 3 months, things are starting to look up. This weekend Spring hit Paris without warning, pouring tanning-strength sunlight on the frowning city. Immedietly everyone cheered up, cafes moved all their tables outdoors and picnic baskets were packed at warp speed. I couldn't get enough of just strolling along the river with the sun on my face. It's raining again today, but people seem more hopeful now that they've gotten a taste of the season ahead. The film goes as always, ... read more

Hey! Well, it's been awhile since I last updated, and another couple of weeks have blurred by. Snow hit the city hard last weekend, and even though the skies are blue now, the temprature is -2 to -6 degrees C. Power went out at the school on monday, so students were locked out for the rest of the week while they fixed electricity stuff. For me this ment a very long week of wandering, museums, doodling, and avoiding being outside in the frozen city as much as possibile. Highlights were the Rodin sculpture museum, the Marais and Bastielle areas at night, and a swingin underground jazz club with new american friends Today we've been let back into the building, so I'm trying to get as much animation done today before catching a flight to Ireland tomorrow! ... read more

Wuhh, I'm tired. I don't have a great reason for being tired, except that I might subconsiously be on constant high-alert-survival-mode and not know it. This week I revised some character designs, animated one scene sucsessfully, and trashed numerous attempts at a second scene. Today I was completley burned out on 3/4th walks in perspective, so I found much more instant gratification in making another comic instead. This one has lots of words, but not much of a story. Enjoy! Page one Page two Page three Page four May attempt the Louve this weekend. Definetley will be sleeping. It started raining again. Too tired to write more... Bon weekend! ... read more