Stay excited

Went to another party the other night.
It was a friends 22nd. She's a pretty cool lass.
Anyway, I got talking to some old friends I don't see too much, as you do at most birthday parties.
And you get asked the inevitable "So, what have you been up to?" doosy of a quandary.
I suppose the normal response is "Oh you know, work/uni... you know... Blehhh". Then you turn to your beer and drink as you try to drown out the rest of the room and think of a celebrity you wish you could be more like.
But the more I talk about what I do the more people seem to take interest in talking to me. The problem is, I hate talking about it - it makes me feel conceited and selfish. So I try to play it down, "Oh, yeah... I'm an animator on a TV series ... I'm not getting paid or anything.. but I love it so I guess it's okay. Hey how about that cat yodeling video! You seen that?". Then they usually say "Wow" or "Really?! Geez I wish I was doing something as fun/cool as that!". When really, it's just a job. Same as any other. You sit at a computer, look at stuff, analyse it, fix it, send it back - rinse repeat.
However! I think that it's important (VITALLY IMPORTANT) to stay excited about what you do. Regardless of if it's animating fight mech suit robots, serving beer, writing a book, being a dentist or what ever!
It seems like so many people are sick of their amazing jobs/uni courses just because they aren't excited about it/them anymore.
"So what are you studying?"
"Oh bio med and advanced catadisnopian nuclear quantum mechanics... pretty boring compared to you though! Animation wow! So do you blah blah blahhhh"
WHAT!? You're doing stuff that will potentially save lives, change technology, medicine and or the world for ever?! Pretty sure that constitutes the highest of fives and a free beer from me - thank you very much.

All I'm saying is, just stay excited for what you're doing. I think it's far FAR easier to enjoy something if it excites you in the brain.

So you know, look at cutting edge stuff coming from your field, look at inspiring character who do what you're doing, nature and anatomy are fun sources of inspiration no matter what the crap you're doing.

I saw a strange pile of those lollies/candies shaped like teeth the other day. Just laying there on the footpath. This provided me with so much... not inspiration... but something else! How the christ did they get there? Why just teeth? Is there a kid out there missing his teeth candies? Why so many of them? Why were they in that particular spot on the side walk? Was it a sign? JUST WHAT!?

That was sort of unrelated from everything else. But I wanted to share it... I almost took a photo of said lollies. But decided not to so I wouldn't miss my bus.