Well, here I am Internet ... I'm not entirely sure what I'll write here in the future ... but, as for now, I'll just start with a summary of what I'm currently learning.

I'm taking some online courses in Python and Blender - my hope is to use both in order to create a workable demo for some game concepts I have in my head.

Game development is of primary importance to me ... if I could be involved in any endeavor each day of my life, it would be related to the creation of games and experiences that delight people. The breadth of technologies out there to potentially learn is immense. This place to write things down is one step towards organizing my thoughts and progress in achieving my dream.

So, my first high-level goal is to build a creative portfolio worth displaying. I'll need to learn a lot but I don't anticipate being a master in any particular field ... rather, I'd like to develop an aptitude and appreciation for the various key disciplines that I think are interesting and important. I'm sure my list will grow and change appreciably as time marches on but here's an initial stab:

Python - object-oriented scripting language; good basis for programmatic logic
Blender - open-source 3D animation tool
Photography - appreciation of the world around us
Arduino - fun with robotics; perhaps some real world animation
Unity - I see this as a natural tool to graduate into, after Blender
Sketches & Concept Art

My thought is that I can begin to build an online portfolio with some tangible example projects in the above categories. Let's see where we go from here.