Bigs up to my man Tyler

Ty's mom and grandma came to watch today. I guess he had a fieldtrip at school so as soon as he came in he was smiling and ready to go, which is nice considering most of the time it takes some coercing and prodding to get him into it. We started off on the balance beam as a change and he did quite well. Next we started jumping on the yellow crazy trampoline and he got wicked into it, I've never let him up there before but today seemed like a good time to try it. Next onto the tumble track for some more jumping, and then.....*drumroll* we headed towards the bar. After some trickery and a little nudge nudge from Ose he FINALLY got his forward roll over the bar! *cheer* That is amazing. He then did it 4 more times and got better each time until he barely needed my help at the end. I'm so stoked for him. Raddest 14 year old autistic kid ever. Just a couple months ago he barely knew how to use his muscles and now he can do all this cool shit. I love my job.

I'm now looking forward to a long night of animation and blasting baddies back into Oblivion.

Ouch.

This is by FAR the most sore I have ever been in my entire life. I am no stranger to working out hard either. This is insane. I literally can barely walk. My quads are so rediculously tight that I have to crawl down stairs and in/out of my car. I blame the 80's.

In and Out rocks my socks, as does chocolate soy milk.

I sang to a little girl today, for like 5 minutes straight. Opera stylez. Then I tricked another girl into landing a cartwheel on the balance beam. Then I taught a 5 year old how to flex her stomach muscles and she has a harder stomach than me.

No word from LDK yet. Soon I hope.

Time warner cable called me 6 times today. They love me.

Going to be a busy week working on planning out the madness that will be my second shot of class 2, on top of finishing up the first shot from the previous 3 weeks. Q/A and crit tomorrow night...A status?

This is Sparta!

Tyler Stylez

Autism is a curious thing. I don't think he has ever said one word to me that his mom didn't force him to say, but I feel like we've got a good communication going lately. They try different medications on a regular basis I assume in order to eventually find the best one. Through this, his moods are different almost every single week and it sometimes makes making any progress very difficult. However, I've noticed over time that overlaying all his different moods and quirks is a general understanding of what we're doing and once he gets into his zone he does really well.

Today we had a tough time getting anything done until I asked his mom to accompany us around just for support. We got him up onto the balance beam and suddenly he was like a different person. Somehow the focus of needing to balance sort of aligns his mind and thoughts in a way that helps him process a bit faster. I find that quite awesome. It reminds me of how in anime, (hunter x hunter comes to mind specifically) they always seem to make the point that you can only train and reach your highest potential when you are faced with life or death situations. Your mind is only running on it's highest gear and your body at it's full potential when faced with having everything on the line. Somehow an autistic kid on a balance beam reminds me of that. /boggle