Introduce Yourself : Greetings from the planet known as the NYC suburb "Long Island" by Joel Ratner

Hello All, I am a former actor and birthday clown now stuck in a very traditional job as an electrical engineer (family to support) for a sinister corporate america company . I am in process of learning to animate cartoons (struggling somewhat to learn software, not the brightest guy you understand) to express my ideas without the limitations of film (Time, money, crew, equipment, yada, yada). I am learningn Anime Studio Pro 8, it isn't bad just had a learning curve. The best to all of you, Joel