August 2008
41 posts
July 2008
99 posts
Watchjimisland:
I’m already excited about making the next episode.
Awesome, had me hooked at “we just love Wayne slower”
Bored I decided to rent the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The extended version. In which I will watch the bonus features as well. This should take me the rest of the week. Procrastinators I am your King!
Lazy Sunday
Been hanging out in the apt waiting for get together. Though I have been putting my time to some good use.
-sat out in sun until I couldn’t see my laptop’s screen because of dust/sun.
-cleaned laptop screen.
-cleaned lenses and filters.
-began taking random pictures.
-Once again though about buying a G9 for a walk around camera.
-Accidentally activated Front Row with old Apple...
Why in 2008 does your website, full of daily content, not have a feed of some kind? Hell I’d settle for old fashion daily email. Little annoying things that need to be stamped out on the internet. Sort of like wearing socks with sandals.
Outings
I almost never get to shoot what I want when I go out into the woods. It’s not that it’s a disappointment because there’s always something to shoot. Taking nature/wildlife pics has always been fun for me. The frustration of not being able to get the perfect picture keeps you coming back for more. The small victories when you are able to find a subject, get good lighting and...
Watchrocketboom:
A dinosaur on the loose at the LA History Museum.
OMG I want to be a museum dinosaur now. I do a great dino run too!
“Loving someone means taking the risk that they might fuck up your nicely ordered...”
– Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother (via into) (via jessicap)
Ok, I’m down with that but it seems that they ALWAYS fuck things up. How about moderately alter? Is that so much to ask.
It has a smell
My landlord came today and poked around under my sink. Eventually after some disassembling he found a mouse that had passed. Now while this was an awful, ew I have rodents in my apartment type realization. It was also good. Not in that it was a dead mouse, nor that the problem was found. No it was good because my landlord found it. He seems to believe that I make up things like bugs or leaky walls...
Tumblr more New Yorkers then New York. Does everyone on the island proper use tumblr to blog? It’s a freakin’ epidemic.
Watchpeterwknox:
dangurewitch:
New CHTV: Font Conference. Wrote this one with invaluable help from Streeter. It’s particularly fun, since it features nearly everyone I work with. Enjoy, and please digg it if you dig it.
Hahaha, this is hilarious. “Mailbox! Mailbox! Open Mailbox!” Quite clever indeed.
It was just ok… until the appearence of wingdings! Then it went to awesome.
Watchjimisland:
Looks like The Muppets are going viral.
Beaker!
peterwknox:
I have yet to see a Bluetooth device worn so as to not look like a douchebag. They are truly the Crocs of the head accessories.
*waves his hands in the air* Testify brotha! Testify!
Things I would rather not hear
Philosophy Department Advisor
-Yes, I can help you with course registration problems. (ok this one is actually alright)
-Yes, that course is reserved and is now overbooked.
-You and another 200 students are on the waiting list.
-No, we haven’t though about putting in another section.
-We have the same problem every year.
-No, it’s not offered in the Winter semester.
-It would be...
Oh internet let never fight again. Already I’ve done my banking, found a way to make rent, practiaclly completed my course selection for winter AND found a nice deal on some furniture. (providing of course it doesn’t smell like urine when I go look at it)
Good news, bad news.
I had a lovely visit from a Rogers technician today to fix my internet. Seems someone had disconnected me at the pole. (nice one) He kindly marked that the cable coming to me was in use. So hopefully it’ll be nice and stable from now on and not get disconnected.
On the bad news front, there’s this peculiar smell emanating from my kitchen. At first I thought that a wayward food...
Day four no net
I drove to my parents to use the internet. Ok I really went to do laundry but they have the internet which is a commodity more precious then oil to me. It’s absolutely bonkers how much I do no the net. From job related stuff, to friend tracking to the multitude of projects and information that I keep up with. I can totally go without television, radio and the like but hell if I can go...
Withdrawl
I have no internet and it’s driving me bonkers. I’m stealing a secure wifi signal right now. People should actually change passwords from things like default, admin, etc. It took me all of 2 minutes to crack what it was.
It’s kind of odd that I can go without so many things. Yet when I’m not off doing something where I expect there to be zero access to internet I climb the...
Being a dick gets more done for me and I hate it. I couldn’t get my advisor to get back to me so I weaseled my way to her boss. Over the phone and innocently asked if she had gone on vacation or was out of the office. I went over my whole sob story about how my registration was complicated and I had gotten in touch with her weeks before my registration time. That, I followed up with emails...
I just caught a fly out of the air barehanded. I feel like I should take one of the neighbourhood kids under my wing, have him do chores around the apartment while really teaching him all my awesome skills.
Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers →
saramcpherson:
(via allisonweiss)
Edit: I laughed causing the cola I was drinking to go up into my nose, now my nose tingles. Big thanks on that.
I’m having one of those, it’s the middle of the month and I have no real means of paying my rent, moments. Add the small amount of growing dread from my class registration debacle.
These are the things I worry about. Petty, trivial matters that require a couple of hours of talking to the right folks to work out. Just breathe it’s never as bad as it seems or could be.
Flickr fails for film
Seems no matter what I do, or what format I convert it to I can’t upload my stuff to Flickr. I actually thought that maybe my account had run out. It will soon, and well let’s just say this performance hasn’t endeared me to them. I can host my photos elsewhere without them being converted into, well god knows what flickr does to them sometimes. I can also upload unlimited length...
Fail
How good a sign do you think it is that I can’t get into any of my classes? Plus now I”m sort of stuck here, or near here and I really want to go off and do some more captures for the time lapse thing. Sucky, suckity-suck.
Update: Totally need my advisor to get back to me. I got into one class. Which is better then none but c’mon!
Hot damn my account is able to register! Now who wants to place bets on my classes being available? Or when the faculty advisor will actually get back to me? Anyone? Bueller? Fry? FRY?
List of Problems Solved by MacGyver*
saramcpherson:
Nuclear warhead defused with paper clip
Armored door blown open with Tylenol Cold & Flu capsule
Dynamite created from salt & sugar
Magnifying glass created from hairpin & wine (I can do this with a paper clip and water)
Arc welder built from jumper cables and pocket change
Remote-controlled airplane made from cotton balls & olive oil (First of the...
Registration!
Tomorrow I register for fall classes! Except they haven’t gotten back to me on how I’m going to accomplish that, nor do I have a real clue on how I’m going to do it.
WatchEnd result of my adventures today. I’m sun burnt right now. Which is my own damn fault for not thinking ahead that if I was going to be spending hours in the sun baby sitting a camera sun screen might be a bright idea.
As for the video I added audio to this one, yes the song is lame and out dated if you have a better suggestion let me know. You can’t see the specs on my camera lens...
Unlucky
I discovered that my camera burned itself on my outing today. It seems the other day when I was shooting the glass on top of it focused enough light to burn a small patch in the LCD below. I don’t actually know this for sure but it’s the only time it’s been remotely near heat, I haven’t even had a flash head near it in forever. Bad break, but it doesn’t hide any...
