Creativity is running low... and that's how I like it.

Been very busy lately, and not just at work.
Don't know if I mentioned it, but I'm trying to craft another steampunk-style story right after the last one.  Normally that's not how I write, but everyone seemed to like the first one so much and were so encouraging.  I thought, 'Sure, what the Hell.'  It's been much slower going than the Underground Lecturehall, primarily because I'm not exploring some shiny new idea.  Slowly but surely it's coming along though.
Now, add to that my half-conceived, half-finished, half-assed attempt at a webcomic.  Still mostly working on getting the characters to look the same from panel to panel.
And finally, Max and the guys have decided to try to tap our collective creative energies and make a cartoon out of it.  An actual 11-22 minute animated cartoon.  We've been meeting weekly and throwing ideas at each other and the project has gotten progressively more complicated at each meeting.  Last week Mike sat down and argued with everyone for almost an hour trying to develop some kind of a business plan.  We all mostly stared in frustrated bewilderment.  Dude, we're doing this because it sounds like fun and if we're really lucky it might actually be good and make some money.  It stopped sounding fun the instant you asked if we were each willing to put in $20 then and there to buy some registered animation software.  We still haven't settled on how many main characters there are going to be, for crying out loud!  I left that night frustrated and feeling utterly tapped.  It was very difficult to revitalize my brain enough to come up with eight hours of entertaining gaming the next night.
Also, it's been super-busy at the theater.
Am I complaining?  Not really.  It's been years since I put creative energy into so many varied formats all at once.  More often than not, there are a few things going on that I can switch focus between, but not simultaneously.  It's a good stretch I think.  Exercise for the brain.