Waiting Game

Okay so I've got a few updates to post here.

1) Thanks again to my friend's amazing generosity, I'll be getting another computer soon. It's the computer he built to run Lightwave, so now that he's already given me the program, he figured he'd finish the package. I should be getting it soon and hopefully get back to working on Lightwave.

2) I've been accepted into TMCC so I'll be starting classes at the end of August. I should be okay money-wise until then, but once classes start, I'll be raking in the dough. I'm hoping to take some classes that can really help me on the Prototytan Project, and I'll be looking for a new job after that as well.

3) While I've been waiting on the first two to happen, I've made some good progress on the storyline, getting the first two dozen updates figured out. I haven't gotten into the scripting for them yet, but it's going to be awesome. I wish I could give some spoilers, but... I really don't have any. Come on, I can't start giving stuff away before I even have anything up!

New Software = New Computer?

Last Friday I finally got my last wedding present from my friend Rich - Lightwave 3D. I wasn't prepared however to get the plethora of other programs, including Vue, Poser, BodyPaint, Acid and a few others. Nor was I expecting books on about every program and even some for programs I didn't even get. It was an awesome find and it's more than a little overwhelming. When it was just Lightwave, I thought I had a chance of putting it to good enough use so Rich thought it was worth it to give it to me, but all these programs? That's a lot to learn and try to use together. But I'll try.

There is however, one obstacle to learning practically everything, and that's this noisy little box next to my desk. My old computer, built from the carcasses or two even older computers, which runs okay when you're surfing the net or working in Word, but even Facebook games get it lagging. I've tried a little model in Lightwave and while it didn't freeze up, it was only a dozen polys. I'm scared to see it try a full-fledged Transformer model. This is not to mention the tiny monitor I have, I think it's only 15".

So obviously I need a new rig. I'm just thinking of going for a Dell Studio XPS and keeping it under $800 (not including the monitor of course). My wife just got a job (today's her first day to be precise), so we may be able to afford it. Here's hoping she had a good first day on the job.