Ready. Steady. Go.: Ready. Steady. GO!!!!

Hello World, well this is my first blog and I feel like I have a lot to say so ready, steady, go!

So today I just finished up my first final and it was a 200 question final and it was cumulative of the semester, now I have two more to go, ughhh… Man, I’ve been way having too much time to wallow in my own thoughts lately. Ok well I was a bit apprehensive about starting this blog, because as one friend put it, “I feel like you’re more of a reader (listener)” and for those of you that know me you know I am a man of a few “serious” words. What can I say? I enjoy listening. But I do have plenty of thoughts I just chose to no articulate them in a verbal manner. I’ll just say that because someone isn’t the loudest person in the room does not mean that their words can’t speak volumes. I am not saying anything I say will change or affect anyone’s life nor am I ranting to those that have coined my personality to be covert and quiet, because I really do keep to myself. But I just feel like it is time for a change and I also feel like shedding a little bit of my perspective on the world. So here I am blogging, never thought I would be.

Anyways getting to the main thing I want to talk about for today, so while I was studying yesterday my sister sent me link to “Pixar Artist’s Corner,” first off for those of you that don’t know I am an art major at SDSU and I love everything Disney! So anyways she sent me the link because one of her co-workers knows an artist from Pixar, Ricky Nierva. As most of you can probably tell because of is last name he is Pilipino. So on the website they had a little article about Ricky and I learned that he went to UCSD to become a doctor, every Pilipino parent’s dream, then he realized that there was a career in something he loved doing so he rummaged up a portfolio and set his sights on Cal Arts. I don’t want to regurgitate you the whole interview so I’ll post the link and let you guys read the rest for yourselves, it’s really interesting and for all you Pinoys and Pinays out there he and his animation team are tossing around the idea of creating a feature of a Pilipino fairytale called, “Bamboo.” Super DOPE!!! So here’s the link:

http://www.pixar.com/artistscorner/rickynierva/interview.html

(Really check it out; it’s worth your while)

So my point of all this is that, this exactly what I needed to read. With school, dance, and art… I felt I was in an overall slump, I felt uninspired. This article made me want to get my “stuff” together and start working hard. I am also starting to put thought on transferring to Cal Art so I can improve my skills and direct myself down the path I ultimately want to travel. The thought about growing up and holding down a 9 to 5 job scares the heck out of me but thinking about doing something I truly love and making a living for it makes me feel almost anxious to get there. I remember listening to “Inside the Actors Studio with Dave Chappelle” and he responded to a question about success pertaining to his comedic career and he said “Depends on what you think successful is, If I can make a teachers salary doing comedy then I believe I’m successful.’’ That’s exactly how I feel, if I can do something I love and it gives me enough money to provide food and shelter for myself I would be delighted. Of course I’m afraid of failure, who wouldn’t be? But I feel that if I want enough then it’s worth pursuing. Although it is in my nature to always over-think, over-analyze and ultimately doubt a lot of things I do, when I read this article I felt truly rejuvenated and ready to “take on the world” sort of speak. Ricky Nierva gives aspiring artist like myself worlds of hope and I can only wish that one day I would be able to meet him in person and thank him myself. So I’ll go ahead and cut myself off before you guys get sick of me. But before I go I’ll leave you guys with some pictures:

Here is some art work from Ricky Nierva:

He worked on Monster's Inc. in Character Development