It's kind of weird how people feel the need to make lists of the best/worse of each year, and make such a big deal about a new shiny year, when really not a whole lot changes. However, I guess it's nice for people to have a clear cut date to start their new goals/plans/procrastination.. or something.
And in case you were wondering (which I'm sure exactly zero of you were), yes, that is a greenpeace calender. We get one in the mail every year and they have pretty pictures, so I like it.
Anyways, 2010 was a good year, and I'll be a little sad to see it go (completely contradicting my above sentiments). There were lots of first and a couple lasts, and I can honestly say I think it was my best year so far (Because, yes, with a solid 18 and a half years behind me, most of which I don't remember, this is such a tough choice).
In no particular order, I graduated high school, moved away from home and started university in Victoria, survived my first term at UVic, went to basketball provincials in Kamloops, experienced the Olympics right here in Vancouver, met my cousins on my dads side, spent the one of the best week on Hornby ever with them, went up to Vernon for my cousins wedding (which, actually, was my first real wedding that I remember... and it was a great one), saw Lady Gaga in concert, met/got to know some really cool people, flew to visit friends in Montreal (for the first time), and managed to wear my grad dress to a Gaga themed party. Those are some highlights, and I'm sure there were more I've momentarily forgotten.
So, yeah, 2010 was a good year. And although 'twenty-eleven' doesn't roll off the tongue quite as nice, here's to another great year: Happy New Year!
Heyail to the Soul Sister- Train vs Beatsteaks Mashup (by mash-up germany)
Ps. You all remember DJ Earworm's 2009 Billboard Top 25 Mashup (here). He's released the new one! Not as good, but worth a listen, just to say you've heard it. Let's just say that it really shows the, ah, originalityof today's top music. To be fair though, it kicked 2007 and 2008's butts.
Hopefully everyone survived the holiday madness, successfully burned a good sized hole in their wallets during Boxing Week shopping, and gained at least a good 4 to 5 pounds while stuffing yourself with delicious holiday food.
Personally, my house is full to the bursting with all types of food, both gifts and home-made. Delicious, yet so so bad. And by bad, I mean delicious.
Also, my family managed to attain the entire 1st season of Glee, the first part of the 2nd season of Modern Family, a DVD of a U2 concert, and several other TV shows on DVD. So yes, this means I have been sitting in my comfy recliner, eating chocolate, and generally being a big huge lazy blob.
Ah, gotta love the holidays.
Cutecutecutecutecute little boy!
But seriously, I hope that your holiday season has been good so far, and yes... I still have nothing of particular interest to tell you people. Yesterday my family had a huge family (and friends) dinner with 18 people, including one adorable little 4 year old. He got a playhouse for Christmas, and put on a lovely little puppet show for us all. Man, kids are cool sometimes. Also, note that, as seen in this picture, he is the best dressed 4 year old I have ever met. Seriously, last night he was wearing an vest, matching tie, blazer, and a sweet little hat to match.
Anyways, having successfully taken up a good chunk of your valuable loafing time (PS does anyone else know what else I mean by 'loafing'? Or is that just a phrase my cousin made up?), I shall reward you with a song, which I have no affiliation with, nor can I take even a smidgen of credit for. However, I like it, so here goes...
Old Man by Neil Young
Oh! For sticking with me here, I have a treat for you (kinda? maybe?). If you're like me, youtube is great for finding and listening to new music. This site here (bang) is awesome because it makes it super easy to get songs off of youtube onto your ipod/computer/mp3 player (hey, some people still live in the early 2000's I suppose). Enjoy!
Merry Christmas dear reader(s)! I hope you all had the loveliest of lovely Christmas Eve's, with lots of family and friends and, of course, yummy food. And music. Music is good too. Personally, my Christmas eve, as per tradition, involved some rowdy versions of 'Hotel California' (correct lyrics not mandatory), 'Ring of Fire' (hand clapping mandatory), 'Case of You' (for those who insist on hearing at least one decent sung song), and, last but not ever forgotten, 'Santa Baby,' sung by two very reluctant twenty-somethings. Ah yes, my family is in fact very nerdy when it comes to singing songs in large groups.
Anyways, just wanted to say Merry Christmas. Have a good one!
(we listened to this on the way home tonight, and it's a fabulous song. That I may have mentioned before. Oops.)
My family decorated our Christmas Tree today. It's always kinda nice doing this, mostly because we get to reminisce over the vast assortment of various ornaments we have accumulated over the years. (Hm. That sentence was wordy and a bit pretentious. My bad.) Also, as a sort of related phenomenon, our tree ends up looking vaguely like a giant craft project every year, due to the fact that it's mostly decorated with home-made painted glass balls, popsicle stars, and copious amounts of glitter glue, in various forms. Overall, I think it gives a nice homey feel (as long as you don't look too hard or too long).
On a sort-of-but-not-really related note, I tried a few more times with my home-made bokeh shape (christmas lights are pretty ideal for testing it), and although I still don't quite have it down, I'd say that my results are improving. Part of the problem is that my little heart shape is a little too small I think, and very rough around the edges. This makes the hearts not very neat, and the left side of the picture usually ends up being a smudgy black mess (which fortunately is easily cropped out). The middle four pictures (see left) all have the little heart shapes in the background, so it kinda worked! So, I'm
fairly pleased with that.
In other news, mostly for my interest and because these pictures took up a lot of space (so I feel the need to write at least enough to match how much room they're taking up), recently my aunt burned all our family's old VHS home videos onto DVDs, which is awesome on a lot of levels, mostly because rewinding and fast forwarding through VHS tapes is a huge pain. First off, I'd just like to say that my brother was just about the cutest little cubby-cheeked ginger kid ever.
Seriously. I dare you to find a cuter kid. Anyways, while browsing through these videos with my sister, we stumbled upon a clip that I had completely forgotten/blocked out for a long time. While this video use to literally make me leave the room in embarrassment, twelve years have slowly eased the humiliation and made me realize that it's actually pretty funny. Still awkward in that it makes it pretty obvious that I was a very awkward, spacey kid, but that's alright. Anyways, if you're looking for new moves to bust out on the dance floor, take notes:
Tiny video!
Yeah. You don't need to tell me, I know you're jealous. Maybe it's my sweet retro moves, like "the window wipers," "cartwheeling monkey," or "kickstand leg tap." More likely, it's the sweet combination of my bright yellow t-shirt that does, in fact, have MULTIPLE dancing bears wearing ballerina clothes, and my glow-in-the-dark, peace sign boxers, and the curly bob-like hairstyle I'm rocking. Between all that, all I ask is that you try to contain your envy that you didn't have my childhood. And, please don't point and laugh. Other than that, next time you hear the good ol' Spice Girls music blasting, feel free to bust out a few of my moves (hopefully with more enthusiasm than me), and briefly enjoy that awesomeness that was 90's.
Anyways, I know/think that my music choices have been a bit lacking lately, and I do apologize. Kind of. It's not my fault I'm too lazy to put a lot of effort into it. (Find your own music and tell ME about it, how does that sound?) Anyways, here's a song for your pretty little ears to enjoy:
[Disclaimer: if you're like me, the first time you give this a listen, you will be underwhelmed. Try to give it a chance, like a nice Canadian should.]
So on my mac, there's a "stickies" application where you can essentially litter your desktop with virtual, multi-colored, sticky notes to yourself. I usually have one lurking around reminding me why I should try to be productive with my life and stop wasting time on the internet. It goes by the fitting title "Reasons Not to go on Facebook." A few days ago, my friend gave me another good reason just why I shouldn't waste any more or my time. Look right, and you too will be enlightened. Of course, this is the precise reason many people enjoy facebook, but hey-- might as well keep it in mind next time you're looking through all 957 pictures of the guy you bumped into that one time at a party a few years back instead of doing your homework.
If that little blurb wasn't enough to catch your attention, good for you. You were probably too busy thinking about facebook to care anyways. Here's a song that my friend showed me a while back and, even though I didn't really fancy it the first time, it grows on you. And you can't argue that it's not at least a little chill.
Winter Song- Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
T-minus 10 days until Christmas Eve!
This means it's time to finish (start?) the Christmas shopping and listen to Christmas music. This can either be good or bad, depending on your grinch-o-meter of the day. Personally, I enjoy christmas shopping in cheesy christmas-themed malls, but who knows... maybe that's just me. Anyways, here is a decidingly un-Christmassy picture for all you grinches out there, and a two versions of a Christmassy song for you people who like some christmas cheer(ish). The U2 version is on a christmas CD that's about as old as me, and has christmas songs by Run-D.M.C, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Madonna, and a bunch of other random fairly know artists. It's an extremely cheesy and not very traditional Christmas CD, but for some reason it's pretty much the only one in my house and my family listens to it every year. Anyways, check it out:
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)- Death Cab For Cutie
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)- U2
Happy Christmas shopping kids!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Creepy snowman? Weird shaped lights? Sounds about right. Happy Saturday, and hopefully you are having a more exciting night than me.
Side note: if you are curious, the picture of the lights is my attempt at using a home-made bokeh shape. Clearly, didn't exactly work. Oops.
Cookies! Who doesn't love them? (Don't answer that, please.) My mom just happens to make the best Christmas baking (possibly ever) and these gingerbread men are what I came home to yesterday.
I've long come to term with the fact that the Christmas season = baking = excessive indulgence into all sorts of sweet and tasty things. Despite knowing this is not healthy, I really don't care. Cookies are wonderful, and that's that. This break might as well be PigOutFest 2010 for all I care... I'm a little tired of res food and must take advantage of this food while I can. That's sounds reasonable.. right?
In other news, I know I'm back home to the North Shore, as it is currently monsooning out my window and I'm a little scared to go outside in case I drown. Ah, Blueridge, how I missed you and your excessively rainy weather.
Now for you guys who are looking to increase your hipster status/find cool things to look and listen to/live in Victoria and want to know about all sorts of events/like to spend time on the internet, you can amazingly get all of these things here. A few of my sisters friends have this site that I mentioned a while back but I figure it's worth a mention again. It's 1/4 blonde who contributes some good music, 1/4 beard who contribute some sweet videos and occasional manliness, 1/4 guy who I don't know but seems pretty chill, and 1/4 girl who writes some seriously hilarious stuff (and about food, so really how can you not be at least a little intrigued).
'My god Marjorie, did you see that boy James
Franco? I swear, I nearly fell off my chair!"
Hey little study monkeys!
Hope exams are going well, and all that jazz. I finished my last exam today, so I get to feel unduly smug for the next few days. Yess. (?) For those of you still living and breathing library air and textbook dust: keep calm and carry on! Soon enough, it'll all be done and you can go back to watching How I Met Your Mother, or some other less funny but still enjoyable show, or whatever you do with your time. I understand though, that studying can sometimes get you down. Sitting in solitude are reading about the same things you thought you had drilled into your head during midterms is not only boring, it can get a little depressing (but stick to it, and do something useful with your life you silly kid). I don't know about you, but study breaks can be helpful in that they give your poor frazzled brain a rest and your spirits a boost. Don't waste too much time, but I know that there are three things that will always make me a little happier with my life:
1) Cute fuzzy things
2) Pretty things
3) and this.
Alright, you see what I did there? I can justify all three of these things for why they are good for your mental health. First, slow loris is just plain adorable, despite what my sister says. Just imagine giving that guy a little tickle and- yup, I see what you're doing- there's a tiny little smile. As for James Franco, he's just plain pretty, and a whole lot nicer to look at than your facebook homepage, or a textbook. The last picture, I'm not too sure why, makes me laugh every time. Why? Maybe it's the fact that you know that's exactly what an ugly black bird would be thinking in that situation, but hey- everyone knows birds can't talk, silly person who made this pic... I don't know...
For those of you who are all like "Liar, I'm still not smiling, and this chapter won't learn itself!" I have nothing for you. Perhaps you should CHILL OUT. For those of you who are like "why you waste my study time?!"... Just keep in mind: you came to this blog in the first place. Clearly, you were looking for any study break you could get.
Also, I posted the song 'Erase Me' by Kid Cudi and Kanye West a while back, and I just want to point out that you should still be listening to this song on a hourly/daily basis, as it is still more awesome than you.
Also (again), Glee did a cover of the song 'Valerie' by Amy Winehouse last week, which I hadn't ever heard of before, which is too bad. It's actually really good, and here's the video for it that is kind of weird because
a) it has a guy rapping at the beginning that really has nothing to do with the rest of the song, and then he just disappears for the rest of the video
b) it's kind of a bit of a copy of Bruce Springsteen's video of 'Dancing In The Dark' (you know, the one that Courtney Cox makes an appearance in when he pulls her onstage) ...in that the guy also pulls up girls to sing for the song. Who can blame him though, lots of guys aspire to be like The Boss (which, PS, is a stupid nickname).
c) finally, Amy Winehouse's vocals are there, but she isn't, apparently because she was too messed up from all the drugs (what? she like drugs??). Hence, various girls are lip syching to her vocals for the entire song, and they make a half-enthusiastic attempt to make them resemble Ms. Winehouse
Anyways, hopefully this has successfully been a nice break from studying (or not studying, whatever you're doing), enjoy:
Valerie- Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson
For those of you that I'm sure were just dying of curiosity about where I came up with this title, don't get your knickers in a twist. It's from a song, because apparently I am channeling my inner grade seven self today. You might remember me mentioning The Cat Empire a few months back, because I know how much you love keeping up-to-date with every song artist/band name I throw out there. (Actually, in the off chance you do remember this, it's probably because they provide some good listening). Anyways, it's from a song called Sly by The Cat Empire and I like it and it makes me smile, so you probably should listen to it too.
In other news, today was the last day of classes at UVic (and most other universities.. but not for U of A or any high school- suckers), so I feel obligated to mention it. (Hey, at least I'm not filling up your facebook newsfeed with this shocking news, right?) Also, there was a memorial today in anticipation of the 21st anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre that happened in Montreal on December 6th, 1989. A few speakers talked about the inequalities and violence towards women in today's society, how you have help stop it, and a memorial plaque was unveiled at the ECS building.
On a happier note, it's my friend Jason's birthday today, and he's finally turned 18 (he's in Alberta, so this is a bit bigger of a deal)! He has quite the taste in music, and has shown me a fair number of songs over the last year or so, so happy birthday to him, and happy listening to you guys:
What is this? And what's with the Austin Power reference? Truthfully, it's a combination of a poster of a monkey wearing headphones and thinking pensively, a laser pointer, and some wasted time. With a pinch of iPhoto editing. Instead of studying sociology (which, honestly, can be a bit dull), I dick around with my camera and my $2, fast food restaurant laser pointer.
More importantly, it's December! Which means gray, chilly weather, soggy shoes, present shopping, and christmas music! (See, it's not all bad, don't go feelin' all depressed yet!) Christmas time is all sorts of nice, and you don't even need to juggle it with school. But, for those of you who wish you could just fly off to somewhere hot and sunny that doesn't understand the meaning of the term "slush" or "west coast snow," you can listen to this song instead. It won't really help you on your journey south of the border, but maybe you can relate. Or something. Worst comes to worse, you can support a local Victoria artist by enjoying his lovely music! I just heard of Vince Vaccaro recently, as he was in the Peak Performance contest (along with Said The Whale and Aiden Knight, whose music is also worth listening too). He's in the top three, and he grew up in Victoria (I think). Other than that, I don't actually know a whole lot except that he can kind of pull off facial hair, and has a lovely voice.
Catch A Fire- Vince Vaccaro (skip to 0:55 for the song)
Isn't BC pretty?
"Wait a second!" you might find yourself saying. "How on earth does this relate to getting away from cold weather and winter blahs?? I want my money back!" Well, first off, I didn't take your money and I'm sure not giving you any of mine. And, unfortunately, I can't refund time either. But I will answer your question: It doesn't actually. I meant to post this song, but got distracted by the peak performance contest mention. So listen to that one too, enjoy the lovely music, and stop whining.
Well, it's been good. All the wispy staches, full-on beards, curly upper lip warmers, and struggling chin fuzz has been much appreciated. After all, there's nothing better than a man who grows facial hair for exactly one month of the year. But, November's over now and, for the most part, feel free to shave off any and all facial hair you have grown.
In other news, for you mac users who find "study time" quickly turns into "stalking time" (or twitter time, youtube time, online TV time, etc etc) there is actually a way to help prevent this! It's called self-control. Fortunately, for those of us who tend to lack this when it comes to studying, there's an app for it! Read more about it here. I intend to use this, starting soon. Once you start the blockage of a certain site, it's impossible to stop until time frame that you set runs out. So hopefully that will keep me on track. Maybe. Kinda.
I'm really good at procrastinating.
Music-wise, I'd forgotten about this song ever since I had to write a project about John Mayer in English 12 last year, which is a shame, because it's actually pretty rad.
Bigger Than My Body- John Mayer
For those of you who like to listen to obscure music that you can reference to your friends to sound more artsy (or something?..) I don't have much for you. However, you can listen to this (courtesy of my cousin) while you cry about how un-edgy your life is.
It's Thunder and It's Lightning- We Were Promised Jetpacks
You should probably give this a few listens, purely on the basis of this band name.
But not really, I'm about the worst studier ever. Good news, my last (two) exams are a week today! Bad news, I have three finals in the next two days. Best news, I found some new music yesterday :)
Hold My Hand- Michael Jackson with Akon
Now it's exam time fools-- get back to studying! (with relaxing classical music to help you)
Well, it's happened. I lay in bed an extra three hours today, being too god-damn cold to get up, and when I finally dragged myself out of bed I looked outside to see that it had been, and still was, snowing. Usually I'm pretty neutral about snow on the west coast. I mean, it's snow, but it's usually on the wet side, with a distinct slushiness to it. But this is my first experience of snow in Victoria. It wouldn't be so bad, if it wasn't for the wind. See, the snow is very light (and dry, surprisingly), and so the wind comes whipping around from all sides, and blows a little whirlwind of snow all around you, constantly. I mean, the ground is barely coated because the snow doesn't have a chance to just chill before the wind comes like a big jerk and throws it six feet in the air. I would take a picture, but I don't want to go outside. (Thankfully, the class I should be in right now got canceled = no unnecessary walking in the snow for me!) This picture shows that pre-snow clouds of yesterday. Ugh.
Anyways, spreading the love, check out these sites for some potential ear candy: http://www.myspace.com/pullincaseofire (this is my cousin's band, hey-o) http://hypem.com/ (and this is just a sweet site for finding random music, mainly of the remix-mashup variety)
First of all, let me put one thing out there: it is way too cold for November. Technically, I think it's still above zero, but yesterday for some reason it was so cold I briefly considered going into hibernation, so I never would have to go outside again. At least until the spring. However, against my better judgment, I instead walked to the beach and took some photos. My timing was not really good for two reasons: 1) I went at a really awkward time, so it was just past sunset, but not really dark out yet. Result: it was really bad lighting, but not dark enough to get some sweet night shots, which is too bad because it was clear and the moon was big. I would have waited until it was dark, except 2) IT WAS COLD. Stupid beaches get extra cold. Kudos to the guy sitting on the log, still playing his guitar and singing. It sounded lovely, but I imagine his fingers must have been chilly. Anyways, what I did instead was play around with some long shutter speeds for a very short time before wimping out and heading home. I've never actually tried long shutter speeds on moving water before, and I kind of like the dream-like effect it has. Sure, the actual subject/framing could be better, but I'll take what I can get.
On the music front, I recently heard a Kid Cudi/Kanye West song that I'm pretty sure is not all that new, but I've had it almost on repeat, because it is some good listening. (And PS. I wikipedia'd it. And it actually is kinda new. Sorta. Awkward not new-not old stage.)
Erase Me- Kid Cudi ft. Kanye West
Cuz I'm in the magazines, On the TV, No matter where you are you might hear me
I got back from an almost week-long trip to Montreal yesterday. That city is ridiculously gorgeous, and there's so much to do. I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to, but I got a few good ones. Here's a few: One of Montreal's many sweet buildings Slightly creepy, giant cross Traffic light trails... without a tripod, but still kind of cool? Calgary, with an epic sky above it.
In other news, this video makes me very, very happy. I know that some people aren't into Glee, but I AM. So watch this and smile:
If that's not for you, here are some other suggestions... Girl Talk's new album is available (for free!) now: click here. It's pretty rad. Also, here is another song for your ears: click.
Wow.. two posts in 4 days? What's with that? Weird, I know, but I've hardly used my camera since I moved here and recently I've started playing with it again. Also, I spent 7 hours straight in the library today, and I could use some none research activity. Today (as of about ten minutes ago) I was just playing with the zoom on a bit of a longer exposure. Although this can be kind of iffy, it's kinda cool, especially if you have something with a circular focus. Say.. a mug?
Okay, so it looks kind of goofy with a whole bunch of them, but individually it's kinda trippy.
So for music, I'm kind of torn. I only recently heard (yes, I potentially live in a dark cold place under a rock) the some "Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars. Um, just about the lamest/most adorable song ever. I'll give it to Mr. Mars... between that and "Billionaire," he's so nice. On the other hand, I heard a cover of "I'll Follow You Into The Dark," and a Cee-Lo Green song. Both of them just about blew me away. So here we go, let's go with no video today, because links are fun!
Yeah so it's like 3 in the morning and I'm kinda hungry and I went walking around campus today because it was really nice out and here's some of what I got:
..WHADDUP. Anyways a few days ago I downloaded a whole whack of sweet songs, mostly mashups, when I stumbled upon... a gem. Out there, in the world, someone kindly combined Rhianna and Eminem (love the way you lie), Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, David Guetta and Kid Cudi, Elvis Presley, Sean Kingston, AND THE LION KING. Are you curious? I know you are...
Yeah.. unfortunately, no picture of anything, as I've hardly picked up my camera lately.. :( BUT I am going to Montreal next week, and believe me... that camera will be well used.
So this is just me, saying Happy Halloween, and I hope you all had a good Halloweekend! (me, I had a good Friday-Saturday, and now I'm spending actual Halloween catching up on all the studying/homework that I have not been doing. Judging by the suspicious lack of noise, it seems about half the campus took this approach as well.)
PS, despite my lack of creativity when it comes to plans/costumes come Halloween, it is kind of a sweet holiday when you think about it. I mean, come on. Seriously.
YAY the lipdub is up! It's pretty sick, I didn't realize the sheer amount of people involved. Still, my favorite part is probably the rick-roll part. Enjoy! (and watch lots, because in the first 30 days, people/companies are donating money to charity on a per-view basis!)
Eff you, level 7, why you gotta be so hard? most addicting game ever.
FYI for anyone who hasn't ever played this game: it's like crack for your iPod, seriously. And best of all, for all us cheap students out there, you can get the first 12 levels free! Go give into peer pressure and get it now.
Anything that requires dressing up (or down?) in glitter, leather, tinfoil, pepsi cans, wigs, caution tape, and anything skin tight is always fun.
It was my sister's 22nd birthday on Friday and, in celebration of this big day, she threw a Lady Gaga/Glam rock themed party. People got really into their costumes, which was awesome, even the guys (see picture). There were some full out amazing costumes there, and everyone had a good time. At one point, there were at least twenty people full on belting out a whole selection of songs, such as Don't Stop Believing, Bohemian Rhapsody, Baby, and Fuck You. Then, the birthday girl got serenaded, Disney style. That is, with You'll Be In My Heart. Yeah. It was a good time.
So for Hilary: Happy Gaga Day! (every and any day can be Gaga day)
Also, Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes is one of my favorite songs (like, ever) and I stumbled upon this remix a few days ago. It's kind of weird at first, but it actually kind of grew on me. Check it out:
PS. the Lipdub still isn't out :( Come on October 22nd!
So, on Saturday I was apart of the filming and volunteering of UVic's (BC's, not the one in Spain) very own Lipdub! It was a looooong day (up at 6:15, starting at 6:45, ending at 5:30), but HOLY WAS IT FUN. This shot here was the final scene (it was done in 4 cuts), which was actually filmed first. Essentially, everyone is dancing in sync on the quad while they filmed from the roof of the library. It was so sick. Also, despite the fact that it was suppose to be rainy, it was hot and sunny ALL DAY. The song we did is Michael Buble's Haven't Met You Yet.
..didja click it? SUPRISE! That's the first (and probably only time) I've ever attempted to rick-roll anyone (yes, you lucky anonymous reader you). However, I have a point to it. See, the lipdub was rick-rolled to. See what I did there? Yeah, I'm clever. Anyways, here's the actual video for the main song... (but first, you should actually watch the Rick Astley music video. It is hilarious and awesome all at once.)
So, Mr. Buble let UVic use this song for the lipdub for like, $50. How cool is that? Pretty cool. The official launch of the video is going to be near the end of next week, and for the first 30 days it will be raising money for charity. Yay for good willed students!
Quatchiiii! I love this little guy. Anyways, for this picture, I tried out a technique that I heard out literally like half an hour before I shot this. Its called the Orton Effect. Essentially, if you're shooting in RAW, you take a photo in focus, and then one out of focus, and then overlay them in the camera (or on photoshop I guess). Pretty much, this was done pretty quick, but I'm pretty pleased with it, because I actually more or less achieved the "dream-like" effect that I was going for on my first attempt.
Annnd here's a sweet song for the road: We Didn't Start The Fire, by King Charles
Kate Moss, 50 Cent, Obama is the president PC scares, no one dares, lipitone, coke climate change, live aid, katemine, new wave, loose malls, hearts are hollow, indie on the radio
down with self esteem, another beauty magazine, Bridgeport, suicide, Facebook to face thighs, hedge funds, boys with guns, manic state mania, immigration stole the nation, Mother Russia, Alphonsa
We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it
Buton has a breeding camp, but Garbee? stamps his people out, the gallows take Saddam Hussein, the closing of Guantanamo Bay, Tracy M. ???, Have we found a new disease? David Beckham, Posh Beckham, earthquake, and vanity, the Rolling Stones still play, we all know Tom Cruise is gay, lime light celebrities, the season lost integrity, Ian Huntley, Harold Shipman, Madeline is still missing, 20 virgins up in heaven, what's the cause of 9/11?
We didn't start the fire
sensitive Islamist, satire struggles to exist, cartoons, teddy bears could start a holy war, X factor, Glastonbury, Laura Marling, ecstasy, Prince Charles and Camilla, the media is a bloodsucker,
Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, they owned Koreas before the crown, I'm still loyal to the Queen, and she's still loyal to you and me Credit Crunch, cash for honors, northern rock, John Prescott, labor government union embarrassed us all
We didn't start the fire
advancing on the Israelites, terrorist for animal rights, ununited generation, love is just a hippie notion, Queen Mother laid to rest, absurd Diana inquests, the grace of the Prince has stand it's test, existentialist whine?, Muhammad fiat Bombs over Baghdad, troops to Afghanistan, war on terror, friendly fire, what's the truth and what's a lie?
Man has made himself a slave to oil, porn, gold and fame But as the dollar weakens even further Britain will be great forever
Soo I should probably be doing some work right now.... but no. Because I love procrastination. Instead, the internet says, "Nah, you have lots of time. You don't reeeally need to do that do you? Didn't think so. Do it later." And I'm all like "Oh you, I know that's not true. But okay." So here I am. Speaking of (looking at?) bikes, EVERYBODY BIKES HERE. Walking to class, I can count usually at least half a dozen people every minutes or so. At least.
..But for real, I should do some work now. So I'm going to watch Cougartown instead, and then I'll for real do some work. Take this song for the road:
Love The Way You Lie Mash-Up, by Sam Tsui
This guy does some pretty interesting covers/mash ups, and has quite the impressive voice, although admittedly a bit of an annoying singing face. Also, this video is kind of awesome. Anyways, hope you enjoy!
