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...where I say, and I think, and I rant...

12/26/05 11:46 pm - La-di-dah

I'm going to be a spinster, I can just *feel* it. Pretty depressing thought, really, but what else can I do but throw myself on someone? Although, I don't think I'll attempt that maneouvre before I'm 40.

In any case, I feel like I have a committment problem, (not really a problem at the moment, per se, but eventually there'll be that guy who's crushed under me,) but anyways... Doing things together? For him? Ahh! Can't even imagine, creeps me out for some odd, inexplicable reason. I would blame it on my abused childhood, except I don't recall having one.

But maybe it's all to do with not meeting the right guy. (And I still don't know how to get that 'Weirdos, come hither' sign on my forhead off.)

I won't jinx my chances by hoping for anything in the new year.

***

Finally got to see some movies. I still say $15 is a rip-off though.

Pride & Prejudice - Hilarious. Keira Knightley's mouth bugged me sometimes, but it's KK, so I'll forgive her. Matthew McFayden? Actually seemed to like Lizzy in this version, and not bad looking. Excellent casting (Re Wickham: Either get Orlando Bloom or don't, but stop with the doppelganger that acts just as wooden.) Crap directing though. And what's with Jane's hair/eyebrow mismatch? Can't wait til the DVD comes out.

Narnia - *This* is what everyone's going on about? What utter crap! I was highly amused by Peter's constant sword-holding-without-actually-doing-anything gig. Also, Thomas and Lucy's relationship? There's just something so wrong about a little girl alone with a naked half-man.

And 3 TV movies, (TV3's so kicking TV2's ass!)

Mouling Rouge - Meh. That's all, I don't care enough to write an actual sentence.

Sense & Sensibility - A lot better than I thought it would be. There's so many famous faces! I felt really proud at correctly recognising Hugh Laurie because of his mouth. Mwhahaha!

The Shawshank Redemption: Pretty good ending, the rest wasn't as great as everyone made it out to be. And on Angel, with the (Holland): "You don't kill humans" (Angel): "You don't qualify" scene, that was totally ripped off this movie!

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What's orange and sounds like parrot?
Carrot.
Current Music: Backstreet Boys - Climbing the Walls
Current Mood: depressed

11/7/05 12:11 pm - Westlife, I have not forsaken you...!

Oh my fricking God! Mark is gay!? I always thought if anyone is going to turn out to be gay in Westlife, it'd be Shane or Kian, but... Wow.

...And Shane's a dad.

But in other news, the news I was actually searching for... New Album!! Face to Face.

Can't wait, I don't know what possessed them to cover Frank Sinatra, but frankly (Hey, new record for lameness!) anything pop they do has to be at least listenable.
Current Mood: shocked

10/18/05 05:46 pm

Crap. I just undid my entire post. Let's see how great my memory is.

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Four people wants to add me to their messenger list. I think I know two of them, the other two I wait with abated breath for their identity to be revealed.

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My worst exams are over! I think I did OK, (which means I probably failed.) But whatever, I can concentrate on sleeping now.

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I'm planning on getting contacts. I can wear sunglasses! And if all goes according to plan, (not likely, it involves the words 'good' and 'grades' next to each other,) I'll get my parents to pay for it. Well, they're not feeding or sheltering me, I should get something in return, right?

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Ipod Video just came out. I really want one. But then I think, it's Apple, Apple has issues with formats and legality. I'm still leaning towards the iRiver H340. Ugly as it is, it's everything I need. Video, 40GB, no restraints.
Current Music: Howie Day - Australia
Current Mood: happy

9/9/05 02:57 pm - Star Trekking

It was such a long, long time ago that I wrote my last entry. And even so, nothing much's changed.

Well, I *am* addicted to watching old TV shows on DVD now--Buffy (!!), Star Trek TOS (William Shatner is actually very charming in a I-want-to-throttle-you-while-I-sleep-with-you kinda way; Finally found out who Leonard Nimoy is--Mr. Spock; And finally, that must be the worst uniform in existence.) Watching Angel (Found out that it's not Angel I hate, but really Buffy's influence on Angel.) And also seen some episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, (I have to admit, it's a little hard to keep from laughing when the captain sounds like a chipmunk on helium.)

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Anyway, trimester break is over, and it seems like every paper's crammed all their tests, assignments et al in the few weeks we have left. I had an INFO MS Access test on the first day back, a presentation on MGMT a week later, (nobody dropped dead, so that's good,) a bi-weekly assignment, a Law assignment next Monday, and also the presentation write-up, and a different law test on tuesday, (eek! This one counts!) But after that it's not so bad, (Angel, here I come, baby!)

Plus, I have a 2 week holiday between the 3rd and 4th exam.

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Social life still zero.

And how come I'm not developing crushes? I spent 5 years in an all-girl school, why isn't my hormones isn't overactive?
On that thought, do I have some weird magnetic ability to attract/be attracted to creepy asian guys? Where do all the cool, cute, rich guys live? Somebody needs to give me a directory.
Current Music: Jem
Current Mood: awake

6/5/05 12:44 am - Lalalalaah...

I can never just be, can I? I've always got to find something to be addicted to. Right now it's download full music albums, (I figured my internet connection wasn't slow enough.)

Which leads me to really, really want a mp3 player that's bigger than my harddrive =p. Definitely won't get iPod since they don't support .wma and has no radio. But whatever, it's not like I have the money anyway.

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Only one exam left! How excited am I?!

...Trying not to screw this up. I tend to celebrate before the deed is done.


Just a reminder that I'm not the only one who write inane things...

The Opposition Committe members oppose this recommendation. - Law

If you have money, you can demand, if you do not, then all you can do is want. - marketing


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What a strange world this is when Econ doesn't require maths (in fact, calculators are forbidden,) and marketing does.

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Freakonomics - Steven D Levitt: This is one of the best books I've read this year. Incredibly entertaining, but also thought-provoking, plus, it's got some crazy data and case scenarios. Oh yeah, it also has something to do with economics. (Wish I'd found this book before I wrote my essay.)

How to Marry a Marquis
and
The Vicount who Loved Me
by Julia Quinn: Never have I laughed so many times out loud than by HTMAM. Both books are fluffy, sure, but they're also extremely well written and hilarious.

The Rasmus - Dead Letters: Love. It. So freakishly catchy.

ABBA - Gold: Because we all need a little cheese every now and then.
Current Music: The Rasmus - Dead Letters
Current Mood: chipper

5/27/05 06:43 pm

Realization dawned upon me just now. TV3 has a better line-up than TV2. That’s never happened before.

TV3:
Battlestar Galactica
House, MD
America’s Next Top Model
Campbell Live
The Simpsons

TV2
Scrubs

TV2’s losing their touch, (or their budget.)

On the other hand, TV2’s Cash Battle is going to show my Law lecturer (Grant Morris)! Very excited, can’t wait to see what kind of hijinks he gets up to.

~v~

Got my Meningococcal B shot on Tuesday, (feels like I’ve been punched,) and that’s been my excuse for laziness ever since. In my defence, the textbooks weigh at least 3kg, and in my weakened state…

~v~

Probably will go back to Auckland for my 4 week holiday (woo!) I’ve told my landlord I’m moving out anyway, got to contact the parentals sometime.
Current Music: R. Kelly - The World's Greatest
Current Mood: listless

5/23/05 12:47 pm - Same old, same old

Exam season is once again commencing. (And my brain is empty, as always.) *sigh* Some things never change.

~^^~

I am so addicted to Buffy. Still don't see the attraction in Angel though. He's quite like Vaugh (Alias), pretty to look at, but only one facial expression. Continuing the parallel, Spike is rather similar to Sark, except Sark has a hot British accent and his blondness is natural.
Keep on seeing familiar faces - the dad from 8 Rules...; Doyle from Gilmore Girls. It's so weird and I keep having to remind myself that Buffy started almost 10 years ago. Ah... How time flies, I still remember TV Hits with all the posters and fan-mails.

~^^~

Got Photoshop CS2! Pretty good timing too since it was only released a week or two ago.
Still haven't figured out what CS stands for, (or XP for that matter - experience? There was a rumour going around the next one will be called eXPedition. e - XP - edition. Get it? Heh, I love stuff that lame.)

~^^~

Battlestar Galactica S1 finished on Saturday. And I just know S2 isn't going to be on til next year, which means I may have to resort to alternative methods of getting my fix. *ahem* Slingshot is probably rueing the day they signed me up.

~^^~

Just a few snippets from my textbooks that are too good to pass up:

"In the courts, Justices are normally required to sit in pairs, but a Justice sitting alone can exercise some of their more limited powers."

"In our view the argument that there should be fewer MPs than 120 is silly."

 "The rule is quite simple, if you agree with the other bloke you say it is part of the ratio (the reason for the decision); if you don't, you say it is part of the orbiter (statements/observations about the law in a case) with the implication that he is a congenital idiot."

Current Music: Damien Rice - O
Current Mood: bouncy

5/12/05 09:40 pm - Hear me

TradeMe is addictive. Until you realize that’s real money you’re playing with. Then you think, shit, what the hell am I going to eat next week?

 

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I don’t know if I should be listening to all these depressing songs. (Fields of Gold—Eva Cassidy; Stop—Jamelia; How Did I Fall in Love With You?—Backstreet Boys; Someone Like Me—Atomic Kitten; And a whole bunch of violin stuff.) It’s not that I’m depressed or something, but they’re so damn catchy that it’s hard to stop pressing play when one song’s finished. And btw, tka, if you’re reading this, stop being so depressed in your blog entries. You’re dragging me down with you, damn it!

 

I have this fear that I’ll be 90 and still not have kissed (or done anything else, *ahem* with) anybody. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. On the one hand, I can’t imagine ever going out with someone ugly, only speaks mandarin (Vic doesn’t have any hot Chinese guy who speaks good English apparently. Major bummer.) or just rubs me the wrong way. I feel like I’m North and everyone else is South. (Edit: Five minutes later I just remembered that would be the state I’m aiming for. No wonder I got such crap marks.) I feel like everyone already knows heaps of other people and there’s just no room for me. (And once again, tka, I blame this train of thought completely on you.)

 

You know, I don’t think I ever want to live in Auckland again. It’s rained about twice since I’ve been down here, (on some days, the sun still shines, gosh!) It’s not actually very windy in the CBD, (you only hear about the wind because parliament, court, train station and law/commerce school are based in the windy section and they’re whinny bastards.) Everything’s within walking distance. And it’s flat. What more do you want?

 

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Buffy (Season 2) – Being the idiot that I am, I saw ‘Disk One’ and completely forgot to check what season it was. Quite a lot of surprises for me. One) It’s hilarious. Two) The acting’s awful. Three) Who told Spike to get a Scottish accent? British is sexy; Scottish is Sean Connery, (especially with a disturbingly porny SC and the Queen fanfic in Salient…)

 

House, MD – Hilarious. I recognized Jesse Spencer! (From Neighbours.) I usually can’t recognize anyone, or else I think everyone looks like someone else.

 

Bon Jovi – Wow. I used to think they were like the Rolling Stones and just shouted a lot, (I should probably listen to some RS CDs before making that judgment.) Fantastically catchy tunes. And I finally figured out Bon Jovi is not the same entity as Bjork. You learn something new everyday.


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Wordcount: 454 (it’s exactly like writing essays, the wordcount just doesn’t seem to increase…)

 

Current Music: Fields of Gold
Current Mood: frustrated

5/6/05 05:43 pm - All about Uni

Something to think about: Law and Economics… The ultimate odd couple? Not a very popular (but damn hilarious) concept used to decide say… adoption. Hmm… The opportunity cost for putting up your child instead of keeping it is… Heh.

* * *

Economics... Talking about the importance of imports…

[Lecturer]: For a country like America, that’s probably not such a big problem. But why would the US import our lamb? Is it because ours taste better? Because of all the grass they eat? No, it’s because we are good at it, that’s our comparative advantage, just like America’s better at producing other things, say… Steel—No, they import our steel too. Hmm… What are they good at producing?

[Student says something indistinct]

[Lecturer]: Nuclear weapons! [Chuckles] That’s a good one!

* * *

Profiles of Lecturers and Tutors. (Boredom strikes again!)

//Economics 130//
[Lecturer:] Ah… And… So… Has a real gift for drawing out words. Not bad to look at from ten rows back, but a bit teethy once you’re up front. Apparently we’re a week behind everyone else, otherwise pretty good.
[Tutor:] I can’t imagine anyone in our group not wanting to snap his neck. Condescending, patronizing jerk. Not to mention his pathetic mini mullet. Have to say though, knows his stuff.

//FCOM (NZ business environment) 110//
[Lecturers:] Is it because they have to split the budget seven ways? Range from the guy whose microphone hates him, to the mildly better, but entirely too motivated IT guy.
[Tutor:] Pretty cool, in fact, this is definitely my favourite tutorial. I suspect he’s high on… something, or else he just needs to get some sleep.

//Marketing 101//
[Lecturer:] A friend says he’s getting fatter every lesson… O…Kay. Pretty relaxed, lately it seems like I’m watching ‘World’s Funniest Ads’ instead of going to class. Plus, he gave out a condom to the guy who answered his question in FCOM.
[Tutor:] Always good when you’ve got a real marketer talking about marketing. Ends all his sentences with ‘Eh.’

//Law 121//
[Lecturer:] Very, very funny. Not to mention a good lecturer too. I’m positive the friend mentioned above has a crush on him, (despite his receding hairline,) not that that’s surprising. Awesome.
[Tutor:] Knows her stuff, pretty well organized.
Current Mood: anxious

3/26/05 09:11 am

Last night was... interesting. Apparently we have a possible pervert in our midst. One who climbs on the washing machine in order to look in the shower, which makes me think: a bit too obvious? (And desperate?)

I'm never going to take a shower when someone else isn't home again, I'm not that much of a thrill seeker. Though if she hadn't mentioned it, (at two in the morning, BTW. Very bad time to someone news like this, I happened to like sleeping, thanks.) I probably would never have noticed.

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Battlestar Galactica - TV3.Sat.7:30 - I can't believe I initially watched the miniseries because of a banner on televisionwithoutpity.com. I figured that if it's TWoP was advertising it, it's got to be good, eh? The logic held up, in this case anyway, and I have something good to watch on TV again.

Gilmore Girls s.5 - TV2.Sun.5:00 - Maybe I shouldn't be reading the spoilers so much, or the writers need to make everyone on that show less annoying. I can't wait until Dean gets axed, (at least the spoilers make him bearable - There is light at the end of the tunnel!)

Horation Hornblower - Rent it, buy it, whatever, just watch it. Hot guys, (Ioan Gruffud: Lancelot - King Arthur; Jamie Bamber: Apollo - Battlestar Galactica.), drama, action, and bad guys who makes you want to tear his face off.

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Internet Download Accelerator - Easily the best download manager I've used. It's simple, intuitive, and there is a marked difference in the download speed.

Dr. DivX - Apart from the fact that it takes hours to encode, it'll make your movies a fraction of the size. Great for backing up DVDs when your DVD burner refuses to do it.
Current Mood: mellow

1/20/05 09:04 pm - I'll give you a cookie if you get to the end!

So I'm working again.

But at least this time it's much more interesting, mostly because of the girl who sits beside me.

She's incredibly fascinating, yet at the same time incredibly cliched.
Basically, her life's like any teen angst movie/book/soap opera -- The only thing missing is drugs and alcohol.
She ran away from home at ~15 (because of her alcoholic dad beating her and the rest of the family pretty much treating her like a maid), went down to Nelson before her grandparents told her to live with them, (which happened to be ten minutes walk from her parents.), got expelled at 14 for punching the Dean,  got proposed to 3 times (14!, ~17, ~19), her partner (A) now is someone she met through a friend while he was in prison, then turned out to be a friend of her ex-boyfriend's (B).

The funniest thing though, she was hanging out with A when B text her saying he was playing pool with A at the moment.

There you go. I have no life, so I'm posting someone else's.

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TV2 is repeating Gilmore Girls 3 from next Monday, 1.30pm, and season 5 early to mid 2005, I'm guessing it's at least after the repeats, so that'll take a month... I'd say March at the earliest. In the meantime, I've been downloading clips of Logan, Rory's (hopefully) now boyfriend. I'm glad to say there's finally a guy that doesn't annoy the hell out of me. (Tristan/Chad Michael Murray was good, then he went out and ruined his image for me with One Tree Hill (haha) and A Cinderella Story.)

Alias is returning sometime this year too. I'm scared to watch due to the butchering of (especially) my favourite character and the whole show in general. Apparently a *cow* has run amok on the show.
"As for Sark and Vaughn being undercover : it's hilarious how different groups of fans pray that their hero is whoring himself out for a greater purpose, because the alternative is too awful to contemplate." If that doesn't make any sense, look here.

PS - TV2, I'm still waiting for that offer of employment...

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Vanessa Mae - The Ultimate VM --  sucks , for someone this famous, she could've gotten some original music. Or at the very least ones that aren't heard a million time already.

Bond - Shine -- Like the first three songs, then I fell asleep.

Westlife - Turnaround -- I think it's their best album yet, not one song on it that I can't tolerate.

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RapidShare - The better way to share a file. IMO anyway, which doesn't count for much since I don't upload files. But as a downloader, it's much better than YouSendIt. (Actually, have I already posted about this? My memory's going... Must be getting old.)

Wired.com: Vaporware -- This quote sums up the gist of the list: "NASA has planned, designed, developed and successfully landed a rover on Mars in the time [Duke Nukem Forever] has been in development,"

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Have a Cookie!
Current Music: Westlife - Turnaround
Current Mood: listless

1/15/05 01:11 am - Discoveries

So I'm going to make another montage again, this time of Rory/Logan -- Gilmore Girls, Rory's new love interest, (side note: when is TV2 going to televise it already?!) I'm going to be using Adobe Premiere this time... Hopefully, assuming the stupid program finishes downloading this century. Azureus says time remaining: 17h. Oh goody, 20 minutes ago it was 1d 8h.

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I have discovered the world of renting videos. It's great, 5 for $10 at Blockbusters. But the store seems pretty small, so after I'm done with that place, I'm going to move next door to Video Ezy... Wish someone would built a Civics in the Mt Eden shopping centre.

I've borrowed: The Bourne Identity (The movie could have been great, except the lead actress is a cow. Matt Damon was great, looks chubby in cardigans though), I Capture the Castle (very faithful to the book, but so is Harry Potter 1&2, and we all know how that turned out. Read the book instead.), Fried Green Tomatoes (Very good. Very sad though. About the only movie I can remember that I cried frequently in. Chris O'Donnell as Buddy totally steals the show. Too bad he was only in it for five minutes. Plot kind of pointless.) Gone with the Wind and Dead Poets Society (Still to see. Kind of scared at how depressed it's going to be. I know GwtW ends tragically, and don't hold much hope for DPS. It's just a vibe.)

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I have discovered violin music. I've also discovered I really like remixed violin music. Or really, really sad pieces. I like torturing my emotions, you see.

Anyway, stuff I've listened to so far:

Bond: Love them. Saw a music video of theirs on Winamp, OMG! Look at their violins! It's times like this I wished I could play-- Actually, I lied, I wish I could play all the time.

Edvin Marton: Discovered him when I was watching a performance of Evgeni Plushenko, (Figure Skater. Don't like him. I'm a glutton for punishments.) Favourite songs: Romeo & Juliet, Art on Ice (which is what Evegeni skated to.)

Ben Morrison: I was so shocked when I found out he was a NZer, 'cos usually, NZ products are covered in stickers notifying the customers. Too traditional, and the last track (Amazing Grace) totally ruined by a bizarre mixer of bagpipes (very screechy) and drums.

Duel: Can't really remember much, even if I listened to it just two days ago. Again, too traditional.
Current Music: Crowded House

12/19/04 09:49 pm

Why do I get freaked out so easily? Why! Why, Damn it!

But then I suppose looking at one-eyed-babies at night, by myself is just asking for trouble. And this is me, remember, someone who still needs to watch horror movies through fingerslits. Although you won't see me doing that much anymore, (entirely because I don't watch horror. :P)

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Other happenings.

I got the LOTR Return of the King DVD!!! Too bad my mother insisted that I shouldn't open it until Boxing Day... At least she paid for it...
And I just realized we're going away for a week on the 25th... So much for my plan of being a slug in front of the TV.

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Oh yeah, got the Sims 2 working.

Not as great as I expected. (I'll making a note not to anticipate anything too much in the future.)

Perhaps it's my painfully slow computer, or the fact that the whole game seems too easy, (this meaning my Sims managed to survive, with enough money for food and everything.) or maybe it's the fact that it's largely he same game except it's 3D and with some new features.

But there are some cool points too.
1. You can zoom right in now, to the point where it's possible to watch TV! I've also heard that you can play your own video, but I couldn't be bothered to try.
2. Natural deaths. At least, I'm going to assume this is a good thing, since the only sim I had lived for approximately 15 days before the game screwed up. (Sure, it remembers she has a husband but doesn't remember that their house also had stuff, expensive stuff, in it.)

Maybe if this was Sims 1, I would like it more, but now, all it seems is a rehash of the old. Maybe I'll change my mind after playing it on a faster computer. Maybe...

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The Train Wreck Syndrome Support Group - Apart from one-eyed-babies, there's a lot of other stuff, and I've been mostly too scared to open the links, reading the comments from braver souls is enough for now.

John Titor: Space Traveller (on TFP) - Completely depressing. 99% not believing it, but there's always the 1% doubt, isn't there? The rest of the Paranoia forum is not much better either.
Current Music: Bond, Edvin Marton.
Current Mood: depressed

12/13/04 03:41 pm

Well, me being the everbusy chipmunk that I am, guess what I've been doing this past week? Making a montage of Alexei Yagudin clips (Music: It doesn't Get Better Than This ;P - Katy Fitzgerald.) Using Microsoft Movie Maker 2.0 (WMM) (v.v. easy to use. And who said MS was all evil.)

I'm obsessed, I'll admit, but it's only been two months, I've finally read through all the figure skating forum archives, (starting my second read-through now.) At least it's not drugs, though the state it leaves me in is probably very similar.

OK, 10 rules to making a successful video montage. (Let's see if I can actually get 10 points.)

1. Music (1) - Listen, if I wanted to listen to 'Don't Let the Dogs Out'-- Which, by the way, is never again. Anyway, the point it, choose a song that doesn't leave viewers thinking: "Silence is golden... How true."

2. Music (2) - Match the lyrics if there are any. Or else just use the midi.

3. Music (3) - Take the beat and change in music for your cues. Trim your clips so that it matches the music.

4. Placement - Organise each cut so that two similar clips (such as two jumps) aren't next to each other, unless it's a segment of one particular element, (ie. jumps at different competitions.)

5. Titles - It doesn't have to be Arial or Times New Roman, dead center on a black background and fading into the first clip. (Although WMM is a bit rigid in what it can do...)

(Wooo! 5 down, 5 to go.)

6. Fonts - Choose one that captures the personality of the clip. playful? Serious?

7. Cuts - Don't start a clip if in the next two seconds the clip cuts to another scene. Either start the clip earlier, or start the clip from the point of the cut.

8. Transitions - Shatter Glass, Twirly Fade, Box In... They're not back in, never was in, and never will be in. (Major holidays does not make this rule redundant.)

9. Effects - Ease in (v. cool. It's when the camera zooms in on the clip), Slow down, speed up... Again, use sparingly, (because people want to see the subject of the video, and not special effects.)

10. Eh... Um... Alright: Choose a piece of music you like, but doesn't get the chance to hear that often. Because I assure you, you will get tired of it, (so maybe you shouldn't choose a piece you like?) especially when you have to go back and make adjustments and whatnot.

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The Exceedingly Strange Case of George W. Bush - Strange is putting it mildly. (And kindly.)

CN8 - Because there's nothing good on TV. (Go to CN8 Live)

ESpew - You spew, I spew, so what? Um... no. Sometimes decent online music download search engine. Pity it doesn't have a lot of songs I wanted.

8391 - Chinese music download site. Actually downloads! Actualy downloads quite fast!
Current Music: 5566
Current Mood: creative

12/1/04 11:57 pm - I can't believe how dumb they use to be...

Why exactly doesn't freezers have lights when you open the doors? What, has everyone else developed some kind of eyes that light up? If so, why wasn't I informed?
It's just a lightbulb, it worked for the fridge... What? The freezer isn't good enough?
Anyway, the point is, this is what future generations are going to look back and scoff at. No doubt by then they'll have fully lit refridgerators.
Another case of the "if I could, I would" syndrome. Too bad I'm about six million times removed from anybody who has any say in the design of a refridgerator.
Then again, what do I know, perhaps the heat emitted by the bulb will melt the ice.

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No more school. Ever.

Let me absorb that fact first.

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ImageLink - Very useful for avartas/small pics since it only gives you 2MB of storage, but it's very easy to link to so it's all good.

Mallinator - A free email service used to prevent spam by letting you choose a temporary email address so that you only receive the stuff you need.

Yes, other men do think and feel like you - Cute.
Current Mood: lethargic

11/19/04 01:26 am - What else but exams can occupy my mind at the moment?

Yay! Exams are *almost* over, I'm so excited I can taste it! (A sort of vanilla, peachy ice shaving kinda thing, in case you were wondering...) And then... Freedom! At last!

Plans for the holidays are... nothing. Isn't that exciting? There's always the video place, which should really be changed to the DVD place by now. Honestly, everyone who rents videos should be able to afford $70 for a DVD player.

Back to the topic of exams. The only one left is calc, and I have *four* days to prepare, which is practically an eternity in this day and age. Einstein's theory of relativity. Oh yes.

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I have become addicted to Alexei Yagudin. Alexei who? Alexei the gold medallist of the 2002 Olympics men's figure skating. In two weeks (yes, this obsessing started right before exams, not a good idea, I can tell you.) I have downloaded about 15 of his programmes.
And I just found out that he's left competitive skating... Which really sucks because he was getting better an better...  Not to mention his rivalry with a fellow Russian skater - Evgeni Plushenko. aka, the boy who was a girl.

Anyways, my two absolute favourit programmes are Winter and Racing.
Download heaps more clips at Rinkside

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WhatPulse - A program that tracks how many keystrokes you've entered. Very useful if you feel like you've just done *too* much and really needs a "break". Yet again.

Tilted Forum Projet - As the title very helpfully points out, it's a forum. No L337 idiots on this one.

The Protagonist - Another forum, mainly girls here. Not much activity, but at least everyone's pretty friendly.

Elouai Candybar Dollmaker - Um... Because... Shut up.
Current Mood: bouncy

10/28/04 09:38 pm - eh?

I should panic, I really should. So why am I so calm? Exams are looming, at this rate, I'm going to fail spectacularly.

And the US presidential election is on Nov 2, I don't know what that has to do with me, but it's very nerve wrecking, how can I possibly concentrate? (Once again I'm the Queen of procrastination...)

Right, back to trying to finish my art design. Hopefully.
Current Mood: blank

10/16/04 10:47 pm

What's up with people who uses black background and, and, red fonts? Or God forbid, bright purple b/g with black text. Sheesh, this isn't 1997, the internet hasn't just been invented.
Are they trying to make my eyesight deterioate even faster? I mean, when I had websites, I would occasionally go and look at it, you know, just to check whether my eyeballs can stand it.
But maybe it's just me, I am, after all, part of a race where 99% of the people wear glasses, maybe other people's eyes are just made of a stronger substance.

And why, why is it always the text-heavy pages that make your eyes bleed?
Note to these authors: I may actually want to read what you've written if I didn't get the feeling that  you're lacking the common sense to breathe.

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How Not to Sound Like a Moron - Analogies: Self explanatory? I think so. Unless you're one of the above mentioned morons.

SegPlay: Painting by numbers. Shush, it's a free country.

The Shape of Song: It's pretty. There are songs. Good combination.

The Best Page in the Universe: It's interesting, and certainly - I hesitate to use the word matured - developed than a few years ago.
Current Music: The Incredible Singing Robot on ocremix.org
Current Mood: listless

10/7/04 09:42 pm - I'm too stressed to think of a subject.

Only four more weeks till the big one. And by "the big one", I mean exams. Yes, it is that time of the year again, except this time it'll determine the rest of my life. What a depressing thought. I thought the whole point of NCEA was so that we won't be under such stress. Or did I receive the wrong memo?

At least I'll only have four exams. I can only imagine -- Actually, I probably don't have any idea -- the kind of stree those people with eight exams are in. Eight. Sheesh, even in form 5, with PE and health all thrown into it, I don't think it was this much. And besides, it's PE and health, has anyone ever given a damn? (And now I'm going into hiding from all the PE/gym/health teachers.)

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NaNoWriMo is here again! (Well, nearly...) For the entire month of November, I will spend 3/4 trying to cram for exams, and the one week left trying to type out 50,000 words. Can I do it? Yes I can! (Probably not, but it's the thought that counts, isn't it? Oh yeah, and the word count.)

But I'm not too worried about finishing it, if everything goes according to plan, I'll be playing the Sims 2 that my mother will be bringing back from China. Assuming she bought it. I'm not holding my breath. (But I'm crossing my fingers!)

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Kingdom of Loathing -- A stickmen RPG. Yes... It's super duper fun though, stay away from this if you have exams coming up. (I wish someone would have told me that...)

The Underdogs -- *sigh* Yes, another free games download site. Why! Why do I do this to myself?

Little Fluffy -- You know, because I'm on a roll. Yup, games, online, free, fun, reviewed, and absolutely, totally, unbelievably addictive.
Current Mood: stressed

9/26/04 10:39 pm - Of Art and Books

So the first week of the holidays is very nearly officially over, (just 1 hour, 57 minutes to go!) And what have I accomplished during this week? Apart from sleeping, eating and watching TV, I (and I'm unbelievably proud to say,) have actually figured out the majority of my art design stuff. Now all that's left is to take it to school and have it ripped apart, (highly optimistic, that I am.)

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Yesterday I went to the Red Cross Book Fair. It was great, I got about 7 books by this one author (Anya Seton. Katherine, highly recommended.) whom I love, but whose books are out of print. And the library has a total of 1 copy of each of her books. And they're in the basement. So, apparently I'm the only person in NZ who's reading her.

It seemed to me, that there were only a few books/authors at the fair. I've seen at least 10 copies of Bryce Courtney's The Potato Factory, anything by James Clavell, about 5 copies of Lace 2 by Shirley Conran, (incidently, I've got the first book, not sure if I'll ever read it now...) not to mention Stephen King, . I nearly brought 5 books by Jilly Cooper, then I realised that if I wanted to read her I could just go to the library.

I noticed a few things while I was there. 80% of the fiction books were romance/for women. There were very little books for sci-fi, (but I did get two Orson Scott Card books. v.v. happy!) And there were a lot of old people there. So that tells you a lot. 1.women read more. 2.women are more generous, (or else men just don't read, see. #1) 3. people become more giving the older they get, (hence that lack of sci-fi/fantasy, chick-lit, young adults books - not to be confused with children's, which just means that they've grown up and their parents want to get rid of it.)

So, yes, the highlight of my week. I wonder what excitment will happen next week?

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RPG World - parody of the average RPG, more specifically FF. If you play RPGs, definitely check it out.

Men In Hats - colourful, funny, polished. Very pick-upable.

Get Fuzzy - This comic just oozes cuteness. (Kinda reminds me of Angry Beavers - TV3, in the morning.) It's about... Something, (I'm not too sure what,) a dog and a human, sort of like Garfield, but much cooler.
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