Drawing with my third hand

Flash CS5.5 is great but it's not a drawing tool! Third month on the new job, totally in the zone and still fiddling with the tools. They seem primitive. No point size for a brush? Common guys. Can't join two nodes nor put 'no cap' on a dashed line? Yet there are other features that are way more sophisticated than anything I've seen to date in Illustrator and Photoshop. How I'd love to be able to have a short cut key in AI to stretch the line as I do with the black selection arrow in Flash. It reminds me of the power of nurbs in 3D. It seems there is always a trade off when working with design software. Couldn't one have it all? I know, I know; it's all for money. That will be a whole separate post ;)

Sugah!

I was just blown away by these websites.
http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=777763942&ids=0Qc3sOdjgMe3sIcjwSejsTdzoTb3gTdjwMd30UdOMOdPcMczoNe3sIczgVcPoTdPsT&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod-b-pic-99&ut=2-DT9Uv-k0TAU1 and http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=781620372&ids=0Qc3sOdjgMe3sIcjwSejsTdzoTb3gTdjwMd30UdOMOdPcMczoNe3sIczgVcPoTdPsT&aag=true& They were part of LinkedIn's automatic newsletter and I  rarely have time to look at those, you know how it is! Anyways, I just couldn't get over how gorgeous web design is becoming. It's awe inspiring. Even though my new path is taking me beyond the web design circuit, it definitely touches upon it and there is always room to grow.
I recently did a trial website on weebly (http://inviteus.weebly.com/index.html) to get my designs out there, maybe try and make some sugah (money that is not all that much but is made from sweet contracts) before my short bout of job tweening is over. It's was pretty easy to use. You can only get so creative but sometimes you just gotta get done the crazy things going through your brain and see what happens. I'm pleased with the outcome of the site and the new job offer which is completely unrelated to my weebly site but I have a feeling it's all interconnected with the sugah sweetening up you creativity and then it trickles into your interview and TA-DA, all hired!

Focus

I've always tried to stay open to new ideas and technology. I figure this is how you propel yourself forward. Lately, I think it could be hindering my progress. I have to focus on focusing. My new path is split in 3 focal points. I don't want to get into details right now but these 3 focal points have many little branches as well. These branches have twigs, leaves, flowers, bee hives, birds' nests and so on and so forth. In essence, they all come from one tree which is supposed to be a focal point. So why do I feel I'm going out on a limb?