What the Noodle?

Noodles, Nodes, FileOut, Rendering.... I need a large glass of KoolAide, my backyard, and a sunny day to read the Shake Manual. As it is I'm getting by in ASH 221, which is dark and cool, so as I'm tracking my animation I float down into that odd mental state I get with fiddly, repetitive tasks. Its sort of mid-way between detachment and concern, and my shoulders and my neck are very relaxed, and when I see something new my head ticks up and over, to scrutinize the screen. I babble to myself a little, I coax and cajole the program and hum to myself. This is why I like working on this alone, away from all of the crowing Collaborative Animation kids, who crow about odd shadows and surface values, jabber and play Snood.

Right now I don't know if its working. I don't know because I can't seem to figure out how to get the thing OUT of Shake. I watched Chris do it several times ("I'll let you do it because..." "If I don't I won't remember," I said). I did everything but take the thing out. Now all I get are solitary frames or massive, life-sucking Shake QuickTime FlipBooks that crash the computer.

I love computers.