If you’re modeling in Maya, and can’t get the facial animations right or consistent, then check out Masquerade by David Keegan. Currently in beta, but looking very promising.
Days are too short. Period. How can one put 8.5 hours of work, 7 hours of sleep, 1.5 hours of cooking and eating, 0.5 hour of blogging/blogreading, 1 hour of other internetsurfing, 1 hour of Delphi programming assignment related and 2 hours of Delphi programming private-business related, 1 hour of gardening, 1 hour of photographing and photo-postprocessing, 0.5 hours of doing household-related things, 0.5-1 hours watching TV, 0.5 hours reading the newspaper, 2 hours of trying to learn Alias Maya, 0.5 hours job-related learning and 0.25 hours of sports (inline-skating or running) all in a day that only has 24 hours if one also needs to: socialize with the family and friends, read books, look for a better job, do regular health-checkups, repair my father in law’s computer, clean the car, and what other things are there in life? Geez…