Ideas for 3D animation

I've had a few ideas, like incorporating some items I used in the last assignment...but I feel like starting from scratch.

Most people seem to want to create a character of some sort in their own environment so I might go with that. Using skeletons and such (after doing the tutes) shouldn't be too hard. I seemed to tackle them ok.

Im just going to experiment with Maya and see what I could achieve. Instead of worrying this time about what I CAN do, I'm just going to pick a story and worry about that along the way.