Okay, fine. I surrender.

last modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 (2:54:05 PM CST)

Okay well…I think it is finally time to officially accept the fact that I have gotten thoroughly re-addicted to cel collecting. Oh dear. When I first discovered the hobby back in 2003 it reeled me in pretty hard and fast. I was a college student back then and couldn’t really afford to keep up with my addiction, so after a very expensive year and a half or so I had to cope by almost entirely cutting myself off from even looking at cels. I still really liked all of the ones I had, but I just couldn’t let myself be tempted to buy any new ones.

That worked pretty well, actually. I went several years where I only acquired the random one or two when I saw dealers in person at cons. Or accidently stumbled across the spare one on ebay.

I’m really not sure what was the trigger, but a couple of months ago I couldn’t help myself from starting to look again. And I jumped right from never buying anything to pouncing on a long standing wishlist item. At that point I was pretty much done for. I kept telling myself I was only going to get a few things and then slip back into my usual quiet lurker mode. Heh, yeeeaaah right. It’s been half a year now and I’m probably worse than ever. Time to face the facts that I’m quite solidly addicted again. I’m probably going to be hanging around here for a while.

I don’t think I’ll be using this blog feature too frequently, as I already have a regular journal elsewhere…. But every now and then I do feel like talking strictly about cels, so I figured I’d start using this as an outlet, being a more appropriate place for that. Way back in my early collecting days I used to be pretty social. I’ve seriously been nothing more than a lurker now for so long that I don’t even fall on the cel collecting radar anymore. I might start trying to talk to people again. If I can get over being shy, heh. Well anyway, I’m finally officially announcing my presence, even if I continue to be on the quiet side. So…hi!

Anyway, suddenly changing gears there, I’m in the process of trying to teach myself flash animation for my work. (It’s really difficult to do without an instructor, let me say that.) Wow, does it ever give me a new perspective on my interest in cel collecting. There are so many shortcuts where the computer does the work for you, filling in between the key frames, etc. And yet…it’s –still- so complex and tedious. I really can’t even imagine trying to animate something traditionally. I was always baffled by how it must be done, but I’m gaining a whole new level of respect for the people who painted all of these lovely pieces of plastic.

Okay then, that’s all for now I guess. If anyone ever feels inclined to geek out over Weiß Kreuz feel free to drop me a line. I haven’t really changed much in the past 6 ½ years, ha.