Until Now

  Hey, curious reader!  I've been pretty silent since my courses got into the advanced stuff.  I turned from having extra time to update the random people viewing my blog, to needing every second of my time.  I've recently decided to begin modeling again and also properly update this blog and fill in the blanks I left years ago.

  I'll be working on uploading my work since the last post, as well as current work I am doing for practice/some sort of demo reel.  As for now, I will simply be outlining where I've been for the past couple of years.

  During school I was on the same medication the doctors always had me on.  It was strong, caused numerous side affects, but all came together to make me a powerhouse of productivity and focus.  I'd skip meals, bathroom breaks, sleep; I could put it all off until I got 'just a little more done'.  It wasn't until later I found out that the symptoms they were treating were supposed to be gone by adulthood.  My doctor should have been phasing me out, but I had no contact with them.  Eventually after I began the advanced courses at the Art Institute, my work ethic began to catch up with me.  My health began failing drastically as my liver became overworked.  My eyes sunk, my thoughts clouded, I had to break the dependency I had formed from being raised on this medication.

  I called my dad and told him I had to come home.  I was so close, with one Quarter left in school focusing merely on making a demo reel.  My OSAP was dried up, as was my savings and loans, and there was no way out but back.  Even at that point in my life I still checked what the industry was like in Ontario before making the final call.  I knew I'd get off the meds, and figure out how to focus on my own, and now I can say today that I have.

  In the years between, I focused on building a wide resume, working a different job every year.  I herded Bison, assisted the birth of a baby deer, moved sheets in hotels, shelved books, built pallets, sold toys, and even became a Deck Officer on a cruise vessel in the Toronto Harbour.  I found a passionate hobby in Cycling, and traveled great distances and saw amazing scenery.  After all my adventures in never sitting still, I've finally found how to want with out my medication.

  Now I've got Maya again and I am going over everything I learned in school to make sure I still know how to do everything, and update on new features that weren't available before.  In the next few posts you can see exactly what I've been up to.