So we were assigned partners for our Computer Modeling and Animation final project, based on our skillset. I was partnered with the girl who, though a competent coder, had never used Maya before. On the one hand, how flattering! Warren (the TA) must have a high opinion of my Maya skills! On the other hand, CRAP.

Fortunately, Warren later conceded and let us swap partners, and I’m now in a group of three: me, the aforementioned girl, and Matt, leader of our Siggraph chapter and generally cool guy. Win!

In my Sci-Fi class this week, we read Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars and Gernsback’s Ralph 124C 41+. I think this week’s theme is “hero protagonists I wish would die in a fire.” Oh, Disney/Pixar, what are you doing buying the rights to the former?