• First of all, while it's loading, go get something to eat, go to the bathroom or something because you've probably been sitting by the computer for too long anyway. :D
  
• I like to think of this as my pilot episode of "NoT QuITe noRMaL" even though it doesn't really have much to do with my actual concept for it, since I'm still developing it.
  
• I worked on this animation 1-2 hours a day, 5 days a week for about 5 months.
  
• The voice overs and finding music were just as much work as the animation itself.
  
• The teacher that let me do this animation as an independent study is top of awesome.
  
• I cannot watch this while other people are watching it beside me because I feel embarrassed by it, mostly because it's not how I picture it in my head.
  
• I'm proud and slightly surprised that I actually finished it!
  
• Yes, I used music from Pirates of the Caribbean.
  
• The file I was working with got corrupted several times over the making of this. Those who have lost files before know how annoying this is.
  
• All of the voices and lines are now etched into my brain, and I don't think they'll ever leave.
  
• The usb stick I used to keep this animation on is called "Barenaked on a Stick". Yeah, awesome, I know.
  
• My Barenaked on a Stick is what my Barenaked Ladies songs from the album BLAM came on.
  
• In case you haven't noticed, I love the Barenaked Ladies, and their music helped me get through this project. ♥
  
• No, I don't find it weird to dedicate things to pets. :)
  
• I don't want to look at Flash for at least a month.
  
• It took about an hour for Aryn to record the scream for Shady. We just kept laughing.
  
• I learned a lot form making this. I really did. A LOT.
  
• The person that did Finch's voice, who is a Social Studies teacher, is also a Social Studies teacher.
  
• All this animating jazz started with this, done when I was in grade 7. ... Classic.
  
• I ended up with a little under 1000 symbols, for those familiar with Flash terms.
  
• There was originally going to be another short in there about the length of "Magnatized", I had started to animate it, but it just proved to be SO lame, that I gave up on it. It also would have taken too long.

© Chelsea Gordon-Ratzlaff 2007