{"id":2362,"date":"2009-12-17T23:59:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T15:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2009-12-18T00:03:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T16:03:41","slug":"the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/17\/the-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was driving home today when I suddenly realised:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Holy crap. I&#8217;m living The Dream.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just try to imagine that thought coupled with a surprised expression followed by a giddy smile. I guess that I really didn&#8217;t see it coming!<\/p>\n<p>I think it hit me today because, well, today was a very good day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I woke up with new ideas for the anaglyph print that I&#8217;m preparing for next week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facepocalypse.com\/summer\">Summer exhibition<\/a>, and I was able to quickly modify the source images and rewrite my code to get exactly the look I wanted!<\/li>\n<li>My sister drove me down to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.docuprint.com.au\/\">docuprint<\/a> to pick up some mounted prints of my artwork. I wasn&#8217;t sure exactly how they would turn out, but I was relieved that they look fantastic! \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>We casually stopped by the Freo markets to have some of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fremantlemarkets.com.au\/Merchants\/Merchants-List\/Dosukoi-Ramen-Noodle---Bubble-Tea.aspx\">WA&#8217;s best ramen<\/a> (apparently certified by Kevin Rudd) and some crepes. (I also picked up cans of <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com.au\/images?q=tab+drink\">TaB<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drpepper.com\/\">Dr. Pepper<\/a> for the office.)<\/li>\n<li>I headed into <a href=\"http:\/\/beyondmotion.com.au\/\">Beyond Motion<\/a>, where I&#8217;m working with a small team to develop a game prototype. Buddhi, who runs Beyond Motion, is incredibly passionate about 3D modelling and animation, but also happy to leave game design, programming, and art to others! \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My life has become all about independent art and game development (&#8230; and food.)<\/p>\n<p>I know that it&#8217;s not everyone&#8217;s dream, but it&#8217;s pretty close to what I&#8217;ve always wanted &#8211; at least from professional and creative (and culinary) perspectives. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was driving home today when I suddenly realised: Holy crap. I&#8217;m living The Dream. Just try to imagine that thought coupled with a surprised expression followed by a giddy smile. I guess that I really didn&#8217;t see it coming! I think it hit me today because, well, today was a very good day: I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/17\/the-dream\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Dream&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paLsRH-C6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}