Happy Thursday!
Bah! That's not a "bah humbug" sort of bah, that's more like "Bob." It's my new between-moments sound.
I'm at home in V-town for the lovely holiday weekend! Hurrah! And a highly anticipated The Office is on in 20 minutes, although I got a message from the future (seriously, guys) which told me it was intensely hilarious. I have relatives what live in the future, see.
This week was pretty strange, for various reasons. But it was also shortish? Since I have absolutely no reason to wake up tomorrow morning. ^^
Got some writing done this week. Of the fun kind. Working on a short story that has chapter-type things, so that's pretty new. I'm struggling with the idea of plot, related events that form a continuous narrative.
Hahah, I got distracted talking to the folks, and now The Office is on!!!!!!
So I will be further distracted.
PAM! You are an IDIOT. Remember the words of Michael Scott, and DON'T BE ONE.
Oh dear. This ep is fun. But let's continue with Thursday.
Decorated some more pots in clay class. Next up is to make a bowl. I made an alright one yesterday, but I didn't wedge the clay right, so there were air bubbles in it that made a side collapse while I was still throwing it, and I was sad. But next time!
I get to eat a lot of Valentine's candy at my house. Mom gets lotsa presents from the innocent kiddies. Huzzah!
HAHAHAH the Mac commercial again! Yay. Now...to watch Scrubs or Grey's......I guess I go with Grey's. Gotta see that Meredith didn't die and all. Silly kid.
WELL. I suppose that's all. Well, how about that LOST? Yeah Desmond. Read, though, that it was an all-time low for a new episode of the show. All that hype last week didn't carry over, I guess...................Oh Meredith. Don't be an emo.
-Steph
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Link to the ...Interwebs
Happy Thursday! I know it is. Happy the week's over! And it wasn't that bad.
Been working on some ceramics pieces, moving them along the process. There's a process! Here, I'll tell you: first you take the clay, and you wedge it, which is like kneading, then you shape it (by hand or "throwing" it on a wheel) and it takes a while to get a good piece throwing if you don't know what you're doing. And then you let it dry. A little. And then you "trim" it, which is taking clay off the sides and bottom to uniform-ize its shape and give it a foot or something on the bottom. And then you can decorate it with stamps or with slips or engobes, which is also clay, but liquid-like, and the engobes are colored. And then you let it dry even more. And then you bisque fire it, and it comes out more like ceramics, and now it's not really clay anymore, but now you glaze it, which is clay and water and silica. And then you let that dry, and then you fire it for real. And THEN you have a piece of ceramics.
So my mug I made on the first day is waiting to be fired. It has star stamps along the side, and a cloud-like line underneath. I painted a glaze that should come out purple-blue into the stars, and put a "wax resist" layer of wax over that. Then I glazed the inside and the outside down to the line with white. The wax will burn off before the glaze ...glazes, so the blue parts won't be white. You can't glaze all the way down to the bottom 'cause it'll melt and run down and permanently attach the piece to the kiln shelf. I'm curious to see how it'll come out. I also have a little bowl type guy waiting for firing, too, but he's mostly a test to see how the "black" glaze comes out. And then my two cylindars, both are trimmed now, and one is stamped and has engobe, and the other is just stamped. I also have a hand-made, "pinched" bowl that's going to wait around until the end of the semester when we're gonna have a "raku" firing, but I'm not sure what that is. That one has a Planism logo stamped in the bottom.
Uuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, in media class this week, I wrote a paper on video projectors. How video projectors enhance our ability to see, how they obsolesce overhead projectors, how they retrieve communal meetings, and how they reverse the ability to communicate. Or something. It's a silly theory by a silly McLuhan guy that all media (basically any technology) enhances, obsolesces, retrieves, and reverses stuff. I think the paper ended up pretty well, considering I wrote it in the hour and a half before clay class yesterday (because I go straight from there to media class). And then in that class, we went to a seminar type thing by another professor on Superman and Neo as "pop culture Messiahs." It was pretty darn interesting. This guy, he edited a book of essays about different superheroes, titled "The Gospel According to Superheroes," or something like that, and I personally borrowed it from him last year to use as a sourse for my Batman speech in Public Comm. It was really interesting, a lot more interesting than media class normally is. Now I want to see the Matrix again.
Also yesterday, for chapel we had a married couple come and tell us about marriage myths that are particularly believed by Christian college students. They were hilarious!!! In a good way. It's really common at our school for kids to get engaged, if not married, before they graduate, so it was something we all could relate to. The lady's challenge to us at the end was to think about the myths and also to graduate before getting married. XD If you want to see it, you can download it here. Because it's Valentine's Day next week, and we all need to hear important stuff like this. XD
Speaking of linking you to things, let me plug some more. Since I'm whistling this song because I changed the window to the apu site and can't hear it at youtube anymore....this. Guy playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on the ukulele. It's amazing.
And a Kingdom Hearts fan video, 'cause I really like the song and I think they did a decent job of fitting clips to it.
And finally the Red Stripe commercial that got me hooked in the first place.
AND LOST IS BACK ON. Not currently, just, generally. Did you catch the "review" ep? That was a weird sort of documentary. But neat nonetheless. A little overbearing for me, knowing most/all that stuff, but necessary for those new converts that decided it was time to jump onto the bandwagon. Yay, Lost!
And Office again tonight! Thursdays are great. I heard that Thursday is traditionally the most revered night of television? Like if your show gets slotted on Thursday, you know you've made it? I remember Friends was on Thursday, and I heard that Cheers was, too? I dunno. Maybe hopefully finally Jim and Karen will finally break up. <3 Hopefully. Nyar. Karen. *quietly covers Karen with a pile of dirt*
Hm. I feel like I rambled a lot today. I hope you like your links. Hooray for youtube. OH I thought of another one...
The new Mac ad. Absolutely priceless. Harhar!
See you all next time!
-Steph
Been working on some ceramics pieces, moving them along the process. There's a process! Here, I'll tell you: first you take the clay, and you wedge it, which is like kneading, then you shape it (by hand or "throwing" it on a wheel) and it takes a while to get a good piece throwing if you don't know what you're doing. And then you let it dry. A little. And then you "trim" it, which is taking clay off the sides and bottom to uniform-ize its shape and give it a foot or something on the bottom. And then you can decorate it with stamps or with slips or engobes, which is also clay, but liquid-like, and the engobes are colored. And then you let it dry even more. And then you bisque fire it, and it comes out more like ceramics, and now it's not really clay anymore, but now you glaze it, which is clay and water and silica. And then you let that dry, and then you fire it for real. And THEN you have a piece of ceramics.
So my mug I made on the first day is waiting to be fired. It has star stamps along the side, and a cloud-like line underneath. I painted a glaze that should come out purple-blue into the stars, and put a "wax resist" layer of wax over that. Then I glazed the inside and the outside down to the line with white. The wax will burn off before the glaze ...glazes, so the blue parts won't be white. You can't glaze all the way down to the bottom 'cause it'll melt and run down and permanently attach the piece to the kiln shelf. I'm curious to see how it'll come out. I also have a little bowl type guy waiting for firing, too, but he's mostly a test to see how the "black" glaze comes out. And then my two cylindars, both are trimmed now, and one is stamped and has engobe, and the other is just stamped. I also have a hand-made, "pinched" bowl that's going to wait around until the end of the semester when we're gonna have a "raku" firing, but I'm not sure what that is. That one has a Planism logo stamped in the bottom.
Uuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, in media class this week, I wrote a paper on video projectors. How video projectors enhance our ability to see, how they obsolesce overhead projectors, how they retrieve communal meetings, and how they reverse the ability to communicate. Or something. It's a silly theory by a silly McLuhan guy that all media (basically any technology) enhances, obsolesces, retrieves, and reverses stuff. I think the paper ended up pretty well, considering I wrote it in the hour and a half before clay class yesterday (because I go straight from there to media class). And then in that class, we went to a seminar type thing by another professor on Superman and Neo as "pop culture Messiahs." It was pretty darn interesting. This guy, he edited a book of essays about different superheroes, titled "The Gospel According to Superheroes," or something like that, and I personally borrowed it from him last year to use as a sourse for my Batman speech in Public Comm. It was really interesting, a lot more interesting than media class normally is. Now I want to see the Matrix again.
Also yesterday, for chapel we had a married couple come and tell us about marriage myths that are particularly believed by Christian college students. They were hilarious!!! In a good way. It's really common at our school for kids to get engaged, if not married, before they graduate, so it was something we all could relate to. The lady's challenge to us at the end was to think about the myths and also to graduate before getting married. XD If you want to see it, you can download it here. Because it's Valentine's Day next week, and we all need to hear important stuff like this. XD
Speaking of linking you to things, let me plug some more. Since I'm whistling this song because I changed the window to the apu site and can't hear it at youtube anymore....this. Guy playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on the ukulele. It's amazing.
And a Kingdom Hearts fan video, 'cause I really like the song and I think they did a decent job of fitting clips to it.
And finally the Red Stripe commercial that got me hooked in the first place.
AND LOST IS BACK ON. Not currently, just, generally. Did you catch the "review" ep? That was a weird sort of documentary. But neat nonetheless. A little overbearing for me, knowing most/all that stuff, but necessary for those new converts that decided it was time to jump onto the bandwagon. Yay, Lost!
And Office again tonight! Thursdays are great. I heard that Thursday is traditionally the most revered night of television? Like if your show gets slotted on Thursday, you know you've made it? I remember Friends was on Thursday, and I heard that Cheers was, too? I dunno. Maybe hopefully finally Jim and Karen will finally break up. <3 Hopefully. Nyar. Karen. *quietly covers Karen with a pile of dirt*
Hm. I feel like I rambled a lot today. I hope you like your links. Hooray for youtube. OH I thought of another one...
The new Mac ad. Absolutely priceless. Harhar!
See you all next time!
-Steph
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Happy February
I mean, Happy Thursday! Hahah, silly me.
It's gotten cold! It rains! But, oddly, it's actually been warmer at night. I think because of the clouds. And I've been going to sleep early, since it's either that or read for homework XD
No, I've been good at doing homework and reading. Real good. Go me.
Hold on, going to dinner. Through the cold cold coldness.
.././...///./..././././//./.././//./././...........
Back! It wasn't bad. Some sort of fishstick masquerading as a taco, and some potato wedges what smelled like the fair, and some rice plus some orzo, and some potatoes of the mashed sort, and a bread and some canned peaches. Oh, and some mushrooms. Now am I stuffed.
New Office tonight! This week and next week's have already been filmed, but the week after that? While reading the script Jenna Fischer (Pam) apparently yelped in surprise! So I'm the most looking forward to that one. As well as tonight's. Where we hope to see Jim and Karen broken up. Yatta.
Prolly gonna head over to Megan's for poker and Office. Probably maybe Thursdays will be Poker Night from now on? We'll see how this one works out. Just went and asked the gang if Thursday was good for them, and it appears not to be, so maybe we'll have to keep looking to find something better. Wait, I didn't say that. I mean, I didn't mean that there was something better than Thursday. Just to clear that up. So I don't get quoted out of context.
I baked cupcakes this weekend. 'Cause I was watching the Daniel Craig movie Layer Cake, and I was all, yeah, cake sounds good. So it was fun because then I went out and bought cake mix, eggs, milk, oil, frosting, jimmies, cupcake wrappers and cupcake tins. And a case of Dr Pepper, but that wasn't necessary to the cupcakes. Strawberry type. They ended up very very good. Pillsbury type, frosting, too. It was great to have cupcakes, but also bad at the same time, 'cause there was nothing to do but to eat them. It was a love-hate relationship.
Hahah, guys, you have to see this: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/41887627/ A flash animation that's just the funniest thing you'll ever see. It has a hilarious Halloween ep and then a follow up to the actual first ep, too. Just brilliant. The animation and direction are awesome and unique, too. And it's all so very blue.
"Uh, did you know your head is on fire?"
"Excuse me?"
"I said your head. It's on fire."
"Ohhh, haha. I thought you said something racist."
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat else. I've been reading too much for school. Came back from dinner the other day, had nothing to do, so I just sat there and did HOMEWORK. Uagh, it was bad. But yesterday I was tired and bored and didn't want to read, so I sorta cooked, and then read my sitcom writing book.
Oh, sitcom writing book! As soon as I've gleaned it for information, I'm going to develop my NinjaPirateCowboyinaVideoStore story into a pilot. And write a spec script for the Office. And who knows what else!! Oh, spec script, you say? I guess spec is short for speculation. It's a script you write for an existing show, and send it in as an example of what you can do. From Esselstrom I heard you write for a different show than you send it in to, but so far I haven't heard anything like that from this book (which is more recent in the business than Esselstrom is). I think it did say that you want to go somewhere new with it, introduce a new character that could become a regular, or push it towards a new direction. Stuff to show your creativity?
Hehe, one day I'll be a tv writer~
Ah! I gotta go get my laundry. Like 45 minutes ago. I'll see ya next week!!
-Steph
It's gotten cold! It rains! But, oddly, it's actually been warmer at night. I think because of the clouds. And I've been going to sleep early, since it's either that or read for homework XD
No, I've been good at doing homework and reading. Real good. Go me.
Hold on, going to dinner. Through the cold cold coldness.
.././...///./..././././//./.././//./././...........
Back! It wasn't bad. Some sort of fishstick masquerading as a taco, and some potato wedges what smelled like the fair, and some rice plus some orzo, and some potatoes of the mashed sort, and a bread and some canned peaches. Oh, and some mushrooms. Now am I stuffed.
New Office tonight! This week and next week's have already been filmed, but the week after that? While reading the script Jenna Fischer (Pam) apparently yelped in surprise! So I'm the most looking forward to that one. As well as tonight's. Where we hope to see Jim and Karen broken up. Yatta.
Prolly gonna head over to Megan's for poker and Office. Probably maybe Thursdays will be Poker Night from now on? We'll see how this one works out. Just went and asked the gang if Thursday was good for them, and it appears not to be, so maybe we'll have to keep looking to find something better. Wait, I didn't say that. I mean, I didn't mean that there was something better than Thursday. Just to clear that up. So I don't get quoted out of context.
I baked cupcakes this weekend. 'Cause I was watching the Daniel Craig movie Layer Cake, and I was all, yeah, cake sounds good. So it was fun because then I went out and bought cake mix, eggs, milk, oil, frosting, jimmies, cupcake wrappers and cupcake tins. And a case of Dr Pepper, but that wasn't necessary to the cupcakes. Strawberry type. They ended up very very good. Pillsbury type, frosting, too. It was great to have cupcakes, but also bad at the same time, 'cause there was nothing to do but to eat them. It was a love-hate relationship.
Hahah, guys, you have to see this: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/41887627/ A flash animation that's just the funniest thing you'll ever see. It has a hilarious Halloween ep and then a follow up to the actual first ep, too. Just brilliant. The animation and direction are awesome and unique, too. And it's all so very blue.
"Uh, did you know your head is on fire?"
"Excuse me?"
"I said your head. It's on fire."
"Ohhh, haha. I thought you said something racist."
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat else. I've been reading too much for school. Came back from dinner the other day, had nothing to do, so I just sat there and did HOMEWORK. Uagh, it was bad. But yesterday I was tired and bored and didn't want to read, so I sorta cooked, and then read my sitcom writing book.
Oh, sitcom writing book! As soon as I've gleaned it for information, I'm going to develop my NinjaPirateCowboyinaVideoStore story into a pilot. And write a spec script for the Office. And who knows what else!! Oh, spec script, you say? I guess spec is short for speculation. It's a script you write for an existing show, and send it in as an example of what you can do. From Esselstrom I heard you write for a different show than you send it in to, but so far I haven't heard anything like that from this book (which is more recent in the business than Esselstrom is). I think it did say that you want to go somewhere new with it, introduce a new character that could become a regular, or push it towards a new direction. Stuff to show your creativity?
Hehe, one day I'll be a tv writer~
Ah! I gotta go get my laundry. Like 45 minutes ago. I'll see ya next week!!
-Steph
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Not the Happiest Thursday
But still a Happy Thursday. I mean, c'mon, if it was the Happiest Thursday EVAR, what would you do with yourself on the rest of 'em? Knowing that none would ever reach this level of awesomeness? So Happy Thursday!
Sunny, high 70s. Nice. Well. Not sunny anymore, it's night. And, got a little breezy. Actually, I don't know, it was starting to get breezy when I came home from class, but then I took a nap so I really have no idea what the world is like.
I really do like that we can feel the revving of people's engines in the street through the floor of our house.
I just taught Brianna how to say 6:01 (rokuji ippun). Also today we re-learned the days of the week, and I realized that Mokuyoubi (Thursday) is written with the kanji for "tree," and trees are brown. Although, just yesterday I was looking at some trees and realizing that trees actually aren't brown, but more of a mottled gray. Some were white, and those looked really cool. Mokuyoubi was already cool, since the Go Club mascot was the little cow Moku.
My Jesus class professor is totally awesome. I said his name was Tim Robbins in a comment last week or so, but I don't know why 'cause his name is Mike. He was telling us about different forms of studying...the gospels, I guess, the parables, right? We were on Source Criticism, and then suddenly he was telling us about how he's got epilepsy, and then we were learning about how epilepsy felt like, and then it was about his college, and then about this one professor that he loved (who looked like an egg and paced back and forth in front of the class), and then about his roommate Mike who fell asleep in that class....and on and on and it was hilarious and very interesting and had absolutely no relevance to Source Criticism.
Roommmate Alex is going out to teach old people yatzee. Apparently she has to do it every week. Hahahaha, old people.
This week was too full of the Office. I was introduced to a site that has like every episode of everything, and I went there to catch up on those episodes I missed, right? Ended up watching every episode ever made in two sittings. SO. I'm super-obsessed. Like, I only talk about it to people, and re-watch episodes at the drop of a hat, and write about it in homework assignments. It spurred me to write three separate pieces of fanfiction (one in script form) and to buy a sitcom writing book from the internet. It definitely rekindled the "I wanna write for TV!!" feeling that had become a little dormant. It's also great because in the media class I'll be writing a paper on how it messes with reality (or something), and in my Film & Lit class I used Michael Scott as an example for a comedy concept. I want to show off my fanfics, can I?
Mixed Berry
The first I did, just a little short thing on Jim's attraction to Pam. If you've seen even just the first ep, you'll understand it.
One Is the Loneliest Number
K, you can't read this one unless you know how season 2 ends. 'Cause, like, for spoilers and stuff. I think this one is slightly better. It's longer, and way angsty. Jim-centric.
Hooray Jim. It's on tonight, but it's not new. New next week!!!! YAY.
Ok, well, I gotta run to food-area before it closes or my roommate drags me away.
-Steph
Sunny, high 70s. Nice. Well. Not sunny anymore, it's night. And, got a little breezy. Actually, I don't know, it was starting to get breezy when I came home from class, but then I took a nap so I really have no idea what the world is like.
I really do like that we can feel the revving of people's engines in the street through the floor of our house.
I just taught Brianna how to say 6:01 (rokuji ippun). Also today we re-learned the days of the week, and I realized that Mokuyoubi (Thursday) is written with the kanji for "tree," and trees are brown. Although, just yesterday I was looking at some trees and realizing that trees actually aren't brown, but more of a mottled gray. Some were white, and those looked really cool. Mokuyoubi was already cool, since the Go Club mascot was the little cow Moku.
My Jesus class professor is totally awesome. I said his name was Tim Robbins in a comment last week or so, but I don't know why 'cause his name is Mike. He was telling us about different forms of studying...the gospels, I guess, the parables, right? We were on Source Criticism, and then suddenly he was telling us about how he's got epilepsy, and then we were learning about how epilepsy felt like, and then it was about his college, and then about this one professor that he loved (who looked like an egg and paced back and forth in front of the class), and then about his roommate Mike who fell asleep in that class....and on and on and it was hilarious and very interesting and had absolutely no relevance to Source Criticism.
Roommmate Alex is going out to teach old people yatzee. Apparently she has to do it every week. Hahahaha, old people.
This week was too full of the Office. I was introduced to a site that has like every episode of everything, and I went there to catch up on those episodes I missed, right? Ended up watching every episode ever made in two sittings. SO. I'm super-obsessed. Like, I only talk about it to people, and re-watch episodes at the drop of a hat, and write about it in homework assignments. It spurred me to write three separate pieces of fanfiction (one in script form) and to buy a sitcom writing book from the internet. It definitely rekindled the "I wanna write for TV!!" feeling that had become a little dormant. It's also great because in the media class I'll be writing a paper on how it messes with reality (or something), and in my Film & Lit class I used Michael Scott as an example for a comedy concept. I want to show off my fanfics, can I?
Mixed Berry
The first I did, just a little short thing on Jim's attraction to Pam. If you've seen even just the first ep, you'll understand it.
One Is the Loneliest Number
K, you can't read this one unless you know how season 2 ends. 'Cause, like, for spoilers and stuff. I think this one is slightly better. It's longer, and way angsty. Jim-centric.
Hooray Jim. It's on tonight, but it's not new. New next week!!!! YAY.
Ok, well, I gotta run to food-area before it closes or my roommate drags me away.
-Steph
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Nihongo ga daisuki desu!
Mokuyoubi Omedetou! Happy Thursday from the land of the rising sun! I really really like Japanese, and also learning Japanese. Wish I could just speak it and stuff. But learning is fun, too. Actually, it's probably just the review that's so fun, since I know it, and then I sound all smart and the teacher says, "oh, Sakura-chan knows a lot, too." ^^
Also today I found two pennies!! That's a feat, since APU students seem to keep a tight grip on their change (and who can blame them). One I had to dig out of the mud, but the other was just lightly coated in red dirt from the baseball field. And I would say that I was happy to find them in part to earn back what I lost at poker night last night, but everyone had "homework" so I didn't get the chance to either win or lose.
I'm sleepy and hungry, but sleeping is for nighttime and eating is for after I'm done with this. garrr...
Classes continue to be good. The weekend is plenty time to do all the reading for the week, so it turns out I don't actually have to *do* anything after class. There's like, no homework this time around. Well. For Japanese I have to write five sentences introducing myself, with one negative sentence. Here, I'll do it now:
Boku no namae wa Sakura desu. Kariforunia-shu Bentura kara kimashita. APU no gakusei desu. Yonensei ja arimasen. Senkou wa eiga desu.
My name is Sakura. I come from Ventura, California. I'm a student at APU. I'm not a senior. My major is film.
Fun stuff.
Clay class would probably be my second favorite class. 'Cause it's fun, and not *easy,* but I'm sorta starting to get a hang of it, and it'll be useful if I ever do. I'm probably gonna go in over the weekend, catch up on some projects and practice. My mug and first bowl are going to be fired soon, as soon as the shelf on which they were put is filled with enough stuff to fire all at once.
Once-a-week boring media class is...ok. This second week wasn't so bad because we were talking about real stuff as opposed to the syllabus. Also watched this funky documentary on this media theorist, which had fun music and made you go "?????????????!!" all the time. Like "Shhh. Keep your voice down in the library. It's not a hockey rink." Yeah, it's a good documentary.
Film & Lit is funnish. Reading, reading the Odyssey all the time. And about movies. So, can't go wrong.
Jesus class is equally as interesting. Moderate reading. Well, whole books of the Bible at once sort of reading. And he's great, he's totally crazy, in an intensely demure way. You can't help but pay attention.
What else? Is there one more? Oh, no. Hahah.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww....they're watching Princess Diaries 2.....Ew. And they seem adverse to my making fun of it. Sadday. But later I'll be going over to Megan's to watch the Office. So I don't miss it again. >< 'Cause I somehow managed to miss it two weeks straight. Did I say that last week? No, I don't think so, I don't think it had happened yet. But I caught up, thanks to the internet.
Raaaaaaaaaaa, now I'm totally hungry, so I'mma run away and eat.
Also, do you like the new layout? It's a new year, so what the heck. New slogan, too. It's all so much fun.
Happy Thursday! It is the last day of the week nowadays!
-Steph
Also today I found two pennies!! That's a feat, since APU students seem to keep a tight grip on their change (and who can blame them). One I had to dig out of the mud, but the other was just lightly coated in red dirt from the baseball field. And I would say that I was happy to find them in part to earn back what I lost at poker night last night, but everyone had "homework" so I didn't get the chance to either win or lose.
I'm sleepy and hungry, but sleeping is for nighttime and eating is for after I'm done with this. garrr...
Classes continue to be good. The weekend is plenty time to do all the reading for the week, so it turns out I don't actually have to *do* anything after class. There's like, no homework this time around. Well. For Japanese I have to write five sentences introducing myself, with one negative sentence. Here, I'll do it now:
Boku no namae wa Sakura desu. Kariforunia-shu Bentura kara kimashita. APU no gakusei desu. Yonensei ja arimasen. Senkou wa eiga desu.
My name is Sakura. I come from Ventura, California. I'm a student at APU. I'm not a senior. My major is film.
Fun stuff.
Clay class would probably be my second favorite class. 'Cause it's fun, and not *easy,* but I'm sorta starting to get a hang of it, and it'll be useful if I ever do. I'm probably gonna go in over the weekend, catch up on some projects and practice. My mug and first bowl are going to be fired soon, as soon as the shelf on which they were put is filled with enough stuff to fire all at once.
Once-a-week boring media class is...ok. This second week wasn't so bad because we were talking about real stuff as opposed to the syllabus. Also watched this funky documentary on this media theorist, which had fun music and made you go "?????????????!!" all the time. Like "Shhh. Keep your voice down in the library. It's not a hockey rink." Yeah, it's a good documentary.
Film & Lit is funnish. Reading, reading the Odyssey all the time. And about movies. So, can't go wrong.
Jesus class is equally as interesting. Moderate reading. Well, whole books of the Bible at once sort of reading. And he's great, he's totally crazy, in an intensely demure way. You can't help but pay attention.
What else? Is there one more? Oh, no. Hahah.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww....they're watching Princess Diaries 2.....Ew. And they seem adverse to my making fun of it. Sadday. But later I'll be going over to Megan's to watch the Office. So I don't miss it again. >< 'Cause I somehow managed to miss it two weeks straight. Did I say that last week? No, I don't think so, I don't think it had happened yet. But I caught up, thanks to the internet.
Raaaaaaaaaaa, now I'm totally hungry, so I'mma run away and eat.
Also, do you like the new layout? It's a new year, so what the heck. New slogan, too. It's all so much fun.
Happy Thursday! It is the last day of the week nowadays!
-Steph
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Rainy Dayz School
Happy Thursday! I just finished my first week of second semester! It'd been in the 80s alll week until today, which is dark and cold and windy, and walking home I might have smelled rain. Also, today I woke up untired, and it was bizarre.
So now I've been through all my classes at least once, and most twice. They're all long and longer classes, though, which is pretty intense. But I do get Homework!Fridays, and this week I get a Four Day Fun Weekend.
MONDAY/WEDNESDAY:
CERAMICS 1:05-3:50 MW
Ceramics at first scared me, 'cause she expects us to put a lot of extra time into things, and she's going to be grading partially on skill. But, having spent six hours playing with clay, I can see that I'm going to like it a lot. First we made some stamps (out of clay, to make designs in clay) but those weren't dry enough to be fired in time for us to use them yesterday...so the mug I made has stars on it instead of the Planism guy. It looks pretty good. Also made a bowl, and started on a sort of other thing that's like two bowls put together to make a hollow shape. Dunno what I'm going to do with that. Next week we're going to be introduced to the potter's wheel. The only sad thing is that I had to buy a kit and extra tools because the lab fee only covers the clay, basically. But I can make as much stuff as I want, basically at any time I want, if there's not a class in there. I'll make you all pretty things.
MEDIA CRITICISM AND THEORY 4:20-7:20 W
Or, Media Theory and Crit, as the prof likes to think of it. I'm not excited about this class, because it's small and hideously long, and so far pretty boring. But Megan Moorhouse is my class buddy, and that only helps because Wednesday is also poker night, and I win change.
TUESDAY/THURSDAY
LIFE & TEACHINGS OF JESUS 9:45-11:10 T/R
My Tuesday/Thursdays are the same time schedule as last semester, but no 8 AM lab on Thurs. This class I was looking forward to, but the prof is...a little bland. He's very proffy. But he's also intriguing at the same time so I dunno. Megan is also my class buddy here. Today we had a quiz....on the syllabus. But it turns out it didn't matter, so whatever. It looks like we're going to learn a lot, but it's based on our simply reading/responding to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Well. I guess that's the only way to teach about Jesus. Hm. It should be good.
FILM & LITERATURE 1:05-2:30 TR LAB 7:30-10:30 M
Sorta was looking forward to/intimidated by this class, and by now I see that it'll be good. The lab, there, is just for "screenings" of movies, of which we'll only see about six, so it's not every week. The prof is youngish and fun, and she's a little techy. I'd forgotten that it was an ENGL class and not a CBA or COMM class. The result of this is that it's not a "film" class or a "literature" class--she's taking us through some literature, some film, showing how both work and how they relate to each other, and especially how comedic theory works in both. Right now we're reading the Odyssey, which is a comedy because it's not a tragedy.
JAPANESE 2 2:45-4:10 TR
Same time. New teacher, new building. The other two classes today are on West, but they're the only ones. So I have to jet from film&lit back over here to Japanese, but the trip home from there is quite the walk in the park. The new prof is Michelle Yoko Lin. She's Japanese, grew up in China, studied in Japan, studied in LA where she met her Chinese husband, and ended up here. Her accent is harder than Shikata-sensei's, but she's certainly fluent. And she's actually a college-age teacher (Shikata-sensei had only taught English to kids before) and is currently teaching Chinese at Mount Sac as well. So I think it's easier to learn from her. And she's younger, too, so easier to relate to. Apparently we went too fast last semester, and are a chapter ahead, so she's going to take it slower and have more review so we don't run out of things to learn. I like that idea.
So I just end up having cramped evenings. But I'll have Homework!Friday, so I think it'll balance out. It seems that I won't have a lot of homework, just for reading. Reading in everything. And everyone wants 10 page papers and presentations. Grrrrrr. I'd rather have homework.
It's been a long week, for only four days. On Tuesday I was already ready for it to be over. I seriously thought it was Friday or something. But now it's Thursday! And I get to watch TV without worry! And anytime now I'll head out to yummy dinner! And I have the bottom bunk now, and that's excellent! And Alex is trying to relight the pilot light in our heater so yay!
The crazies are singing about gray squirrels, so I must run away. In fear.
-Steph
So now I've been through all my classes at least once, and most twice. They're all long and longer classes, though, which is pretty intense. But I do get Homework!Fridays, and this week I get a Four Day Fun Weekend.
MONDAY/WEDNESDAY:
CERAMICS 1:05-3:50 MW
Ceramics at first scared me, 'cause she expects us to put a lot of extra time into things, and she's going to be grading partially on skill. But, having spent six hours playing with clay, I can see that I'm going to like it a lot. First we made some stamps (out of clay, to make designs in clay) but those weren't dry enough to be fired in time for us to use them yesterday...so the mug I made has stars on it instead of the Planism guy. It looks pretty good. Also made a bowl, and started on a sort of other thing that's like two bowls put together to make a hollow shape. Dunno what I'm going to do with that. Next week we're going to be introduced to the potter's wheel. The only sad thing is that I had to buy a kit and extra tools because the lab fee only covers the clay, basically. But I can make as much stuff as I want, basically at any time I want, if there's not a class in there. I'll make you all pretty things.
MEDIA CRITICISM AND THEORY 4:20-7:20 W
Or, Media Theory and Crit, as the prof likes to think of it. I'm not excited about this class, because it's small and hideously long, and so far pretty boring. But Megan Moorhouse is my class buddy, and that only helps because Wednesday is also poker night, and I win change.
TUESDAY/THURSDAY
LIFE & TEACHINGS OF JESUS 9:45-11:10 T/R
My Tuesday/Thursdays are the same time schedule as last semester, but no 8 AM lab on Thurs. This class I was looking forward to, but the prof is...a little bland. He's very proffy. But he's also intriguing at the same time so I dunno. Megan is also my class buddy here. Today we had a quiz....on the syllabus. But it turns out it didn't matter, so whatever. It looks like we're going to learn a lot, but it's based on our simply reading/responding to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Well. I guess that's the only way to teach about Jesus. Hm. It should be good.
FILM & LITERATURE 1:05-2:30 TR LAB 7:30-10:30 M
Sorta was looking forward to/intimidated by this class, and by now I see that it'll be good. The lab, there, is just for "screenings" of movies, of which we'll only see about six, so it's not every week. The prof is youngish and fun, and she's a little techy. I'd forgotten that it was an ENGL class and not a CBA or COMM class. The result of this is that it's not a "film" class or a "literature" class--she's taking us through some literature, some film, showing how both work and how they relate to each other, and especially how comedic theory works in both. Right now we're reading the Odyssey, which is a comedy because it's not a tragedy.
JAPANESE 2 2:45-4:10 TR
Same time. New teacher, new building. The other two classes today are on West, but they're the only ones. So I have to jet from film&lit back over here to Japanese, but the trip home from there is quite the walk in the park. The new prof is Michelle Yoko Lin. She's Japanese, grew up in China, studied in Japan, studied in LA where she met her Chinese husband, and ended up here. Her accent is harder than Shikata-sensei's, but she's certainly fluent. And she's actually a college-age teacher (Shikata-sensei had only taught English to kids before) and is currently teaching Chinese at Mount Sac as well. So I think it's easier to learn from her. And she's younger, too, so easier to relate to. Apparently we went too fast last semester, and are a chapter ahead, so she's going to take it slower and have more review so we don't run out of things to learn. I like that idea.
So I just end up having cramped evenings. But I'll have Homework!Friday, so I think it'll balance out. It seems that I won't have a lot of homework, just for reading. Reading in everything. And everyone wants 10 page papers and presentations. Grrrrrr. I'd rather have homework.
It's been a long week, for only four days. On Tuesday I was already ready for it to be over. I seriously thought it was Friday or something. But now it's Thursday! And I get to watch TV without worry! And anytime now I'll head out to yummy dinner! And I have the bottom bunk now, and that's excellent! And Alex is trying to relight the pilot light in our heater so yay!
The crazies are singing about gray squirrels, so I must run away. In fear.
-Steph
Thursday, January 04, 2007
At The End of the Day, You're the One in the Driver's Seat
Happy Thursday! That title's just what the car commercial said, as I was thinking of what title to put. Yes, it's very deep.
Break ends so soon! Any day now I'm gonna find myself in ceramics. How weird is that gonna be. And then the next day it'll be summer, and I'll be half way done with college, dude.
Colorado was pretty awesome, as was Christmastime, which I forgot to mention, and the planes didn't kill me. Happy 2007, everyone! So far it looks pretty good.
Been spending the week with Carolyn watching anime and stuff. Finished off Serial Experiments: Lain, which was too weird even for us. And today we watched Loveless in its entirety, and we liked it more, but it still wasn't the greatest thing ever.
I'm supposed to mention the battle-race we had today. This morning (well, afternoonish, you know how mornings are) I went up to my mom's school to help her type up a database type thing, and that's where Carolyn picked me up from. We ended up back there later, and I took the stairs while Carolyn ran up through the bushes, and then we almost collided in front of the door in a big fiery explosion. It was quite thrilling. Also, I was holding a sandwich named Roxas. It would have been a better sandwich, if only the guy had taken "the works" to mean more than just "lettuce and tomatoes."
My nieces are so cute. You can see the pictures my sister-in-law takes of them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/curlytop/ . Along with all the other great shots she captures like pokemon.
There's some sort of terrifying musical happening in the other room.....and it sounds black and white. You know what I mean? Like how sound can be grainy? Or, pixelly, in regards to older video game music? And I think it must also be old, because people don't make musicals anymore.
The Promise. The Chinese movie, not the one that was on TV the other day. Well. It was alright. Nic Tse, who I've had a crush on for years, had a great character and played him amazingly, but wasn't in it enough. And the story didn't make, like, any sense. But if time ever goes backwards, and people rise from the dead, and snow falls in the spring, you just need to run away, really fast.
Actually, at any time during the day, I'm not in the Driver's Seat, because I'm not driving 'cause I'm away at school. Ew, driving.
-Steph
Break ends so soon! Any day now I'm gonna find myself in ceramics. How weird is that gonna be. And then the next day it'll be summer, and I'll be half way done with college, dude.
Colorado was pretty awesome, as was Christmastime, which I forgot to mention, and the planes didn't kill me. Happy 2007, everyone! So far it looks pretty good.
Been spending the week with Carolyn watching anime and stuff. Finished off Serial Experiments: Lain, which was too weird even for us. And today we watched Loveless in its entirety, and we liked it more, but it still wasn't the greatest thing ever.
I'm supposed to mention the battle-race we had today. This morning (well, afternoonish, you know how mornings are) I went up to my mom's school to help her type up a database type thing, and that's where Carolyn picked me up from. We ended up back there later, and I took the stairs while Carolyn ran up through the bushes, and then we almost collided in front of the door in a big fiery explosion. It was quite thrilling. Also, I was holding a sandwich named Roxas. It would have been a better sandwich, if only the guy had taken "the works" to mean more than just "lettuce and tomatoes."
My nieces are so cute. You can see the pictures my sister-in-law takes of them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/curlytop/ . Along with all the other great shots she captures like pokemon.
There's some sort of terrifying musical happening in the other room.....and it sounds black and white. You know what I mean? Like how sound can be grainy? Or, pixelly, in regards to older video game music? And I think it must also be old, because people don't make musicals anymore.
The Promise. The Chinese movie, not the one that was on TV the other day. Well. It was alright. Nic Tse, who I've had a crush on for years, had a great character and played him amazingly, but wasn't in it enough. And the story didn't make, like, any sense. But if time ever goes backwards, and people rise from the dead, and snow falls in the spring, you just need to run away, really fast.
Actually, at any time during the day, I'm not in the Driver's Seat, because I'm not driving 'cause I'm away at school. Ew, driving.
-Steph
Thursday, December 28, 2006
So Sick, So Sad
Happy Thursday! Last one of 2006. So, to recap, here's a little look back on each blog-post this year:
Old Thursdays never die; they just get reconfigured. ("I got the black lung because of the Industrial Revolution!!"). Now you can make fresh bread in YOUR rice maker!! ...The only thing that comes to mind is lemmings. 3. I don't really have a third order of business, so I'll skip right to the poem. And I was all, "Is this joking me??" Which is fine by me, because all I got out of the class was that CatAyans are negative Ayans.
Now all I need are some cute Thursday shoes. We titrated. I brought my cute duck, the Sacred, the cactus carving, and a tin of mints. Because there is no fire, just somebody who needs to be killed by a ninja very soon. Hooray for mangy mangy mango! Then we tried to go to Arby's, but it was too dangerous. Water bottle at Ghiradelli Square: $2.50. I don't have to cater to you, invisible people. Oh, and I got hired by Vons, still waiting for the drug test to come back so I can come to work. Don't hit the Pixie Stix too hard, guys. I look forward to killing you soon! No Thanks.
oh my goodness you guys there's only 15 minutes left of thursday and I almost COMPLETELY forgot to write this so i'll do something quick and let you know how the ax went tomorrow ok? Ummmm, so, Lobsters. What a silly muffin he was. Hahah, Got it memorized? Every thing was so PINK in 93. But all the day before that, I got to wear my new Thursday shirt and tie, and I felt really snazzy. One day he was nyaoing around, and then, he nyaoed no more. Also, I almost put my hand in a spider later.
I will never again place your delicate fruits at the top with gentle care,
and I will never again ask if you want your watermelon in a bag.
ME: I stole it. And...put it into the sun. In search of the one chord which will make brown actually emit from the guitar. Still learning how to read, really. So, I have three minutes to write this before running off to screenwriting followed by Japanese followed by re-shoots for our movie followed by actually figuring out what I'm going to say in that presentation tomorrow followed by a few hours of editing the movie. Spent a class period behind a studio camera today--have I mentioned how much my major rocks?
Kinda like everytime I see Pellaffle, the alien donut penguin I drew. I'm hoping my self-dicipline will actually increase, so that next sememster I can devote myself to Homework!Fridays. Behold! The new face of Planism! I'm hungry, but this toothpick I'm chewing on doesn't really help much. But I think the pieces are falling into place--not just for this immediate weekend, but for all the work that stalked me in the night and just so suddenly pounced.
Hahahah, the keypads can shoot lazers, too. I've decided that I want to watch more shows with techno in the background. I ripped both the CR ad and the Daniel Craig article from PEOPLE and taped him to my wall (next to Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, and Matt Damon). We're going to Colorado to see my bro and his cute little family. Iron Chef makes me really hungry.
What a fun year this was.
Right now I'm in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as I've mentioned, typing away on Ainsley's cute little desktop. Grr, fullsized keyboard and mouse?! Gimme a laptop anyday.
It's crazy snowing. I got sick durning the night, so I stayed home and slept while everyone went out amongst the snow. Crazies. I took pictures of the snow (dude, this is the first time I've ever seen snow falling) but I'll have to wait till I get home to get them off the camera.
Still don't like planes, but it was only two hours so it wasn't *that* bad...
Well, guess I'll see you next year!
-Steph
Old Thursdays never die; they just get reconfigured. ("I got the black lung because of the Industrial Revolution!!"). Now you can make fresh bread in YOUR rice maker!! ...The only thing that comes to mind is lemmings. 3. I don't really have a third order of business, so I'll skip right to the poem. And I was all, "Is this joking me??" Which is fine by me, because all I got out of the class was that CatAyans are negative Ayans.
Now all I need are some cute Thursday shoes. We titrated. I brought my cute duck, the Sacred, the cactus carving, and a tin of mints. Because there is no fire, just somebody who needs to be killed by a ninja very soon. Hooray for mangy mangy mango! Then we tried to go to Arby's, but it was too dangerous. Water bottle at Ghiradelli Square: $2.50. I don't have to cater to you, invisible people. Oh, and I got hired by Vons, still waiting for the drug test to come back so I can come to work. Don't hit the Pixie Stix too hard, guys.
oh my goodness you guys there's only 15 minutes left of thursday and I almost COMPLETELY forgot to write this so i'll do something quick and let you know how the ax went tomorrow ok? Ummmm, so, Lobsters. What a silly muffin he was. Hahah, Got it memorized? Every thing was so PINK in 93. But all the day before that, I got to wear my new Thursday shirt and tie, and I felt really snazzy. One day he was nyaoing around, and then, he nyaoed no more. Also, I almost put my hand in a spider later.
I will never again place your delicate fruits at the top with gentle care,
and I will never again ask if you want your watermelon in a bag.
ME: I stole it. And...put it into the sun. In search of the one chord which will make brown actually emit from the guitar. Still learning how to read, really. So, I have three minutes to write this before running off to screenwriting followed by Japanese followed by re-shoots for our movie followed by actually figuring out what I'm going to say in that presentation tomorrow followed by a few hours of editing the movie. Spent a class period behind a studio camera today--have I mentioned how much my major rocks?
Kinda like everytime I see Pellaffle, the alien donut penguin I drew. I'm hoping my self-dicipline will actually increase, so that next sememster I can devote myself to Homework!Fridays. Behold! The new face of Planism! I'm hungry, but this toothpick I'm chewing on doesn't really help much. But I think the pieces are falling into place--not just for this immediate weekend, but for all the work that stalked me in the night and just so suddenly pounced.
Hahahah, the keypads can shoot lazers, too. I've decided that I want to watch more shows with techno in the background. I ripped both the CR ad and the Daniel Craig article from PEOPLE and taped him to my wall (next to Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, and Matt Damon). We're going to Colorado to see my bro and his cute little family. Iron Chef makes me really hungry.
What a fun year this was.
Right now I'm in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as I've mentioned, typing away on Ainsley's cute little desktop. Grr, fullsized keyboard and mouse?! Gimme a laptop anyday.
It's crazy snowing. I got sick durning the night, so I stayed home and slept while everyone went out amongst the snow. Crazies. I took pictures of the snow (dude, this is the first time I've ever seen snow falling) but I'll have to wait till I get home to get them off the camera.
Still don't like planes, but it was only two hours so it wasn't *that* bad...
Well, guess I'll see you next year!
-Steph
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Blackjack Thursday!
Happy Blackjack Thursday! It was a really good day! Wearing my tie and everything (under my sweatshirt!) Only two hours left to report on it!
Been outta school for a week! Got all my grades back: A, A-, B, A, B-. No C in Church History for me! B in writing class 'cause I didn't get my play done. Dunno what that A- is for...I definitely even did extra credit in that class. =/
Done a lot of hanging out with friends, a sort of reunion since we've all been away to school. Poor Jennifer doesn't even live in Ventura anymore. So sad.
Finally got started on my Christmas shopping...coulda started earlier.
Saw Casino Royale again on Monday. Yay. Still good, people, still good. It's plot strenghts actually weaken everytime I think too hard about it, and yet I'm still in love.
Today was full of sleeping, and listening to music, and eating at Mamaya (soooo good), and some shopping aaaaaand. Then some more shopping with Carolyn in the nights. And then an hour and a half Iron Chef with all my favorite people. And Scrubs is old but funny. And soon it will be very, very sad.
Whats else, whats else. I need to cook more. I bought foods to cook, but I need to get around to it. Iron Chef makes me really hungry.
Well, I guess that's it, hm. Gotta get some Blackjack in in the next hour. Geez. The pressure.
-Steph
Been outta school for a week! Got all my grades back: A, A-, B, A, B-. No C in Church History for me! B in writing class 'cause I didn't get my play done. Dunno what that A- is for...I definitely even did extra credit in that class. =/
Done a lot of hanging out with friends, a sort of reunion since we've all been away to school. Poor Jennifer doesn't even live in Ventura anymore. So sad.
Finally got started on my Christmas shopping...coulda started earlier.
Saw Casino Royale again on Monday. Yay. Still good, people, still good. It's plot strenghts actually weaken everytime I think too hard about it, and yet I'm still in love.
Today was full of sleeping, and listening to music, and eating at Mamaya (soooo good), and some shopping aaaaaand. Then some more shopping with Carolyn in the nights. And then an hour and a half Iron Chef with all my favorite people. And Scrubs is old but funny. And soon it will be very, very sad.
Whats else, whats else. I need to cook more. I bought foods to cook, but I need to get around to it. Iron Chef makes me really hungry.
Well, I guess that's it, hm. Gotta get some Blackjack in in the next hour. Geez. The pressure.
-Steph
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Ehhhhhhhhhhhh
I'd like to say it's finally over, but it's not. Not quite.
Finals are over! Class is over! Just gotta spit out 14 pages of a play by tomorrow noon. Not really looking forward to that. Spent Sunday-Tuesday writing the movie, 10 pages a day. Sorta sick of writing.
So, Happy Thursday! Happy Lull Thursday. Ok, so you know how "special" Thursdays get sorta titles? I suppose you'd call Lull Thursday a special one, just 'cause it has a name. Funny thing is, it's just the lull between special Thursdays--Casino Royale last week and Blackjack next week. So I guess it's really just a block of special Thursdays. But that's good. I'm contributing to the holiday season. Especially looking forward to Blackjack Thursday (being a "real" one, and 'cause it's the oldest/most highly respected of special Thursdays) because it'll be the last one of 2006.
2007. Two thousand seven. It's two thousand seven.
Mm, just remembered that the Office is on tonight. For an hour. Who's excited! And then Scrubs and then 30 Rock, which I saw for the first time last week. And it was pretty spectacular. Good thing Grey's is a rerun again. Or else I wouldn't get the tv.
I'm sleepy. I'm really excited for the break. We're going to Colorado to see my bro and his cute little family. Not for the whole break. And I'm going to see all my friends again! 'Cause we all been away to school. Gonna see Casino Royale like three times. Gonna not do school. Not think about school. Still gotta get presents for pretty much everyone. Requests?
I can't think of what else exciting happened this week. That writing just took over my life, and it's all I can remember. 30 pages in 3 days, shoot. I don't have a very good relationship with deadlines.
Hehee, Gretchen is calling me! See you soooooooon!
-Steph
Thursday, December 07, 2006
You Know My Name
It's Bond, James Bond.
Happy Casino Royale Thursday!
Last Saturday, me and my film friend Megan went to see Casino Royale. Over break, when asked if I was going to see it, I scoffed, under the excuse of "I don't really like James Bond." This is still true. Know why?
Casino Royale isn't a Bond movie. It's an EXCELLENT movie.
I can see why die-hard Bond fans might object: no gadgets, no sleeping around, no cheesy quips, and Daniel Craig. These be the same factors that make my opinion of it so solidly positive.
There's also some pretty flat out amazing chases/fights/stunts. And several heartbreakingly sweet moments. And, on occasion, it's pretty funny. Most of this humor I must attribute solely to Daniel Craig, because sometimes he just does this little grin when you least expect it, and it's priceless.
Faults (for I am a cinema major; not a blind fanatic) lie in the plot--even seeing it again, some things just DON'T add up. They follow, but not expressly. The fact that there's only one American means a lot of accents, and some of these people are not the best enunciators (including Daniel Craig himself). There's also this awkward sequence--awkward not in content, but context. I was sitting there saying, why is this happening? But, nothing awkward registered the second time through--it's something that's necessary, and after I knew why, it didn't bother me.
The effects this movie has had on me: I've listened to the theme song (You Know My Name by Chris Cornell, it's awesome by itself, and it fits the movie so perfectly and the credits sequence itself is awe inspiring) about 500 times. Probably more. I up and learned Texas Hold 'Em. I skipped my first class all semester to see it again yesterday. I ripped both the CR ad and the Daniel Craig article from PEOPLE and taped him to my wall (next to Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, and Matt Damon).
So when roomie Alex says Happy Thursday to me today, it wasn't a stretch to find a reason to name this Casino Royale Thursday. She actually came up with it--she asked why I didn't wear my Thursday tie anymore, and I said it was only for special occasions, and she said Like Blackjack Thursday? And I said, Yeah, there's one in two weeks - there should be a Texas Hold 'Em Thursday. And then I glanced at the calendar and realized it was the 7th (i.e., 007) and freaked out and was going to say Happy Texas Hold 'Em Thursday when she said Happy Casino Royale Thursday!! I debated, and went with the film title because it implies both Texas Hold 'Em AND Bond, thus tying the game to the date.
So: 2nd - Planist Thursday
7th - Casino Royale Thursday
21st/date adds to 21 - Blackjack Thursday
Are the concrete special Thursdays.
Also I'd like to say that the cheap theater's matinee price is $3.50, so I've seen it twice for cheaper than some of you saw it the first time.
Other than that, class is over! Gotta study for finals and finish writing my movie/play, and that's it! That's so crazy. And looks like I'm going to finish off my meal plan--I only have 6 meals and like $15 left. Tomorrow is Christmas chapel, which is fun and games, and the final for dumb-class. Arrrr, yay. It's been a good semester.
See you all 'round Christmastime!!
-Steph
Happy Casino Royale Thursday!
Last Saturday, me and my film friend Megan went to see Casino Royale. Over break, when asked if I was going to see it, I scoffed, under the excuse of "I don't really like James Bond." This is still true. Know why?
Casino Royale isn't a Bond movie. It's an EXCELLENT movie.
I can see why die-hard Bond fans might object: no gadgets, no sleeping around, no cheesy quips, and Daniel Craig. These be the same factors that make my opinion of it so solidly positive.
There's also some pretty flat out amazing chases/fights/stunts. And several heartbreakingly sweet moments. And, on occasion, it's pretty funny. Most of this humor I must attribute solely to Daniel Craig, because sometimes he just does this little grin when you least expect it, and it's priceless.
Faults (for I am a cinema major; not a blind fanatic) lie in the plot--even seeing it again, some things just DON'T add up. They follow, but not expressly. The fact that there's only one American means a lot of accents, and some of these people are not the best enunciators (including Daniel Craig himself). There's also this awkward sequence--awkward not in content, but context. I was sitting there saying, why is this happening? But, nothing awkward registered the second time through--it's something that's necessary, and after I knew why, it didn't bother me.
The effects this movie has had on me: I've listened to the theme song (You Know My Name by Chris Cornell, it's awesome by itself, and it fits the movie so perfectly and the credits sequence itself is awe inspiring) about 500 times. Probably more. I up and learned Texas Hold 'Em. I skipped my first class all semester to see it again yesterday. I ripped both the CR ad and the Daniel Craig article from PEOPLE and taped him to my wall (next to Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, and Matt Damon).
So when roomie Alex says Happy Thursday to me today, it wasn't a stretch to find a reason to name this Casino Royale Thursday. She actually came up with it--she asked why I didn't wear my Thursday tie anymore, and I said it was only for special occasions, and she said Like Blackjack Thursday? And I said, Yeah, there's one in two weeks - there should be a Texas Hold 'Em Thursday. And then I glanced at the calendar and realized it was the 7th (i.e., 007) and freaked out and was going to say Happy Texas Hold 'Em Thursday when she said Happy Casino Royale Thursday!! I debated, and went with the film title because it implies both Texas Hold 'Em AND Bond, thus tying the game to the date.
So: 2nd - Planist Thursday
7th - Casino Royale Thursday
21st/date adds to 21 - Blackjack Thursday
Are the concrete special Thursdays.
Also I'd like to say that the cheap theater's matinee price is $3.50, so I've seen it twice for cheaper than some of you saw it the first time.
Other than that, class is over! Gotta study for finals and finish writing my movie/play, and that's it! That's so crazy. And looks like I'm going to finish off my meal plan--I only have 6 meals and like $15 left. Tomorrow is Christmas chapel, which is fun and games, and the final for dumb-class. Arrrr, yay. It's been a good semester.
See you all 'round Christmastime!!
-Steph
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Zat time again
Remember this one Thursday last year, when I posted pictures from my hall of the Christmas Chaos on the lawn below? Well it happened again!! So, it's Christmas time again.
Today was my early/long day, and I'm pretty tired. Stayed up late last night doing homework for the class I've only messed up one assignment for (too bad it was a pretty important paper.... -_-). And this morning in film lab I had to direct a stupid live news show. Not my thing at all. But it's overwith, forever.
It was super cold today. Except for like right at 2:30, it was sorta hot. But then it got cold again. Right now I'm wearing my sweatshirt over my snazzy jacket. But our heater works, and we been using it well.
I keep being distracted while writing this. Right now it's Gray's, but I'm a little sad I live in a mod of girls, because I'd rather not have just missed the season premier of Scrubs. But it was funny, what I saw. Also wish I could watch 30 Rock. I should probably just buy one of them little black & white tvs. Hooray tv.
In some interesting for me news, I've been writing short stories about Ryan. And Ryan-related people. It's a lot of fun. Should be writing for my screenplay/play, though. I'll get around to 'em. But the semester's almost over, and that's exciting.
I've decided that I want to watch more shows with techno in the background. That'd be great. A whole show with original scored techno. Yeaaah, that sounds like a good idea.
Try this: when out and about, randomly point and shout: "Look at that (random thing) I'm hallucenating!!" I promise it's really fun.
Um, what else, what else. Happy Thursday! If I didn't say that yet. Oops, I'm reminded I was gonna do laundry today. Oh, it's fine, i'll do it tomorrow morning. no morning class, the other lab is doing news shoots. Don't have to go to chapel, either, 'cause I've got 5 absences left and only four chapels to miss. It's fun.
Ok, I'm leaving now. Hahahah.
-Steph
Today was my early/long day, and I'm pretty tired. Stayed up late last night doing homework for the class I've only messed up one assignment for (too bad it was a pretty important paper.... -_-). And this morning in film lab I had to direct a stupid live news show. Not my thing at all. But it's overwith, forever.
It was super cold today. Except for like right at 2:30, it was sorta hot. But then it got cold again. Right now I'm wearing my sweatshirt over my snazzy jacket. But our heater works, and we been using it well.
I keep being distracted while writing this. Right now it's Gray's, but I'm a little sad I live in a mod of girls, because I'd rather not have just missed the season premier of Scrubs. But it was funny, what I saw. Also wish I could watch 30 Rock. I should probably just buy one of them little black & white tvs. Hooray tv.
In some interesting for me news, I've been writing short stories about Ryan. And Ryan-related people. It's a lot of fun. Should be writing for my screenplay/play, though. I'll get around to 'em. But the semester's almost over, and that's exciting.
I've decided that I want to watch more shows with techno in the background. That'd be great. A whole show with original scored techno. Yeaaah, that sounds like a good idea.
Try this: when out and about, randomly point and shout: "Look at that (random thing) I'm hallucenating!!" I promise it's really fun.
Um, what else, what else. Happy Thursday! If I didn't say that yet. Oops, I'm reminded I was gonna do laundry today. Oh, it's fine, i'll do it tomorrow morning. no morning class, the other lab is doing news shoots. Don't have to go to chapel, either, 'cause I've got 5 absences left and only four chapels to miss. It's fun.
Ok, I'm leaving now. Hahahah.
-Steph
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Happy ThursgivingDay!
Because I know all of you are making sure to set aside time today to check this. So I took time out just for you!
Today I played my harmonica and helped cook and ate foods and baked a pie and now I'm watching Power Rangers Light Speed Rescue with the sound off.
And I'm at home!
It's colder here, and that's nice. But my sister is not here, stuck away at her farfar away school, and that's a little weird. But no complaints about how gross meat is. ;) My bed is great and humongous and close to the ground. My cactuses look like they could be doing better (except for Vicious, who's just fine, the jerk), and it's sad to not have Simba around. Oh, and I got a hair cut. Finally.
I am not thankful for Deal or No Deal Thanksgiving Update. I would much rather have the Office. Bah.
So now we're just sittin around, waiting for the pie to cool. Pumpkin. The only other sort of pie I've made besides apple. So, I'm branching out. What next!!? The possibilities are endless?!!!!
Started my screenplay last weekend, and I've about 10 good pages. It's a start. The play...well. Right now I really gotta worry more about the research paper that I should be...researching for. Eeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnng.
Yeah, I don't really have anything else to say. Power Rangers is pretty fun with the sound off. Just now, they got keypads! And Ryan escaped to ancient Egypt and met a snake monster. XD Hahahah, the keypads can shoot lazers, too.
Happy Thursday!
-Steph
Today I played my harmonica and helped cook and ate foods and baked a pie and now I'm watching Power Rangers Light Speed Rescue with the sound off.
And I'm at home!
It's colder here, and that's nice. But my sister is not here, stuck away at her farfar away school, and that's a little weird. But no complaints about how gross meat is. ;) My bed is great and humongous and close to the ground. My cactuses look like they could be doing better (except for Vicious, who's just fine, the jerk), and it's sad to not have Simba around. Oh, and I got a hair cut. Finally.
I am not thankful for Deal or No Deal Thanksgiving Update. I would much rather have the Office. Bah.
So now we're just sittin around, waiting for the pie to cool. Pumpkin. The only other sort of pie I've made besides apple. So, I'm branching out. What next!!? The possibilities are endless?!!!!
Started my screenplay last weekend, and I've about 10 good pages. It's a start. The play...well. Right now I really gotta worry more about the research paper that I should be...researching for. Eeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnng.
Yeah, I don't really have anything else to say. Power Rangers is pretty fun with the sound off. Just now, they got keypads! And Ryan escaped to ancient Egypt and met a snake monster. XD Hahahah, the keypads can shoot lazers, too.
Happy Thursday!
-Steph
Thursday, November 16, 2006
木曜日お目出度う
木曜日お目出度う! Mokuyoubi Omedetou! Can it mean anything but: Happy Thursday!
I am a little tired, a little hungry, a little sick. But I don't have anything else to do today but eat, watch the office, write for my play (which is starting to come together) and sleep. The exchange is that my busy day is tomorrow, which comes with much planning for work over the weekend, and trying to figure out this cinematography thing. But I think the pieces are falling into place--not just for this immediate weekend, but for all the work that stalked me in the night and just so suddenly pounced.
Research paper:
Go by library on way to dinner, grab the book they have, ask when the ordered books will be in. (today)
Start reading. (weekend)
Go get books when they come in -- read. (next week)
Write paper over Thanksgiving Break >< (next week)
Term Paper:
Get magazine ads over Break. (next week)
Read Chapter 11. (anytime)
Write paper after research paper is done. (window between 28th and 1st)
Screenplay:
Write at anytime. (also more so after papers are done)
Play:
Write tonight, for as long as possible.
Write at anytime. (also more so after papers are done)
Psalms Project:
Shoot tomorrow, FINISH.
News Package:
Keep camera for weekend.
Shoot on Saturday.
Edit on Sunday/next week.
So really all that's overlapping is shooting and reading, and I'll just have to keep writing whenever I can.....and it'll all get done. But really, worrying about all this without seeing how it's going to work is probably why I'm sick. Blah.
I'm really ready for the break. I wanna go home and cook and eat and hang out and get a hair cut. Too bad I have to write a paper --or start it AT LEAST. But then it's only two more weeks to the end of the semester, and I will do NOTHING school/stress related during that time. Nothing.
Oh, thanks Mom, for the lovelies. That's buying me my ticket to Pride and Prejudice (play) on Saturday. (I'm seeing it with my bud who I'm doing the shooting with that day....it all works out) The Subway monies I'm going to save and use strategically, because I still have $80 of "dining dollars." So basically I have to spend $5 at the Qwikimart everyday til school is out. So I'm covered lunch and dinner during the week, and I still have some stores to use on weekends.
I think I'm becoming better at planning.
Ok, I'm going to go write, because I'm really hungry, but I shouldn't get up and leave the house without even starting, y'know? 'Cause I'll find other things to do when I get back, and that won't do at all.
-Steph
I am a little tired, a little hungry, a little sick. But I don't have anything else to do today but eat, watch the office, write for my play (which is starting to come together) and sleep. The exchange is that my busy day is tomorrow, which comes with much planning for work over the weekend, and trying to figure out this cinematography thing. But I think the pieces are falling into place--not just for this immediate weekend, but for all the work that stalked me in the night and just so suddenly pounced.
Research paper:
Go by library on way to dinner, grab the book they have, ask when the ordered books will be in. (today)
Start reading. (weekend)
Go get books when they come in -- read. (next week)
Write paper over Thanksgiving Break >< (next week)
Term Paper:
Get magazine ads over Break. (next week)
Read Chapter 11. (anytime)
Write paper after research paper is done. (window between 28th and 1st)
Screenplay:
Write at anytime. (also more so after papers are done)
Play:
Write tonight, for as long as possible.
Write at anytime. (also more so after papers are done)
Psalms Project:
Shoot tomorrow, FINISH.
News Package:
Keep camera for weekend.
Shoot on Saturday.
Edit on Sunday/next week.
So really all that's overlapping is shooting and reading, and I'll just have to keep writing whenever I can.....and it'll all get done. But really, worrying about all this without seeing how it's going to work is probably why I'm sick. Blah.
I'm really ready for the break. I wanna go home and cook and eat and hang out and get a hair cut. Too bad I have to write a paper --or start it AT LEAST. But then it's only two more weeks to the end of the semester, and I will do NOTHING school/stress related during that time. Nothing.
Oh, thanks Mom, for the lovelies. That's buying me my ticket to Pride and Prejudice (play) on Saturday. (I'm seeing it with my bud who I'm doing the shooting with that day....it all works out) The Subway monies I'm going to save and use strategically, because I still have $80 of "dining dollars." So basically I have to spend $5 at the Qwikimart everyday til school is out. So I'm covered lunch and dinner during the week, and I still have some stores to use on weekends.
I think I'm becoming better at planning.
Ok, I'm going to go write, because I'm really hungry, but I shouldn't get up and leave the house without even starting, y'know? 'Cause I'll find other things to do when I get back, and that won't do at all.
-Steph
Thursday, November 09, 2006
That Thursday Thing Again
Yawn! I get outta class and it's practically night already!
Well, not quite, I got out of class at 4.
But it was certainly already evening.
But when I'm inside without easy access to a window, I loose track of time.
But Happy Thursday to you all! I trust it was a good one.
After this next project finishes, filming class will be about news production the rest of the semester. So in lab we've been running demos of what it's like to produce a "live" news show. That is, the graphics and sound and stuff are fed live with the anchors--not that it's being broadcast.
It's fun. It's probably the funnest thing we've done *in* class so far. It's like the Batman one of last week, but less "radio." Yesterday and today, me and Matt were the anchors (me! an anchor!!) and we had to read this horrible script over and over and over as everyone else got a chance to do sound/graphics/direct. But it was still fun. This morning I did sound and directing.....I really like sound, and I sorta really hate directing. I also ran the teleprompter, which was not as fun as it sounds. But at least we were doing something interesting, instead of listening to him ramble on about his grammatically-poor power points.
Got another grade sheet in Church History, and I was quite pleased to see all As down the list. ^^ AND. This mini-paper from a week or so ago, totally came back marked "Excellent analysis 40/40." THAT was a surprise. Now all I gotta do is read the books for the research paper, and study for the final (on top of my normal keeping-up-with-the-work activities) and I'll be good.
Really, I think I've been doing rather well in all the classes--with a few exceptions. But I haven't missed a class or assignment yet...so I could be looking at my first all-A semester since like 5th grade. I just need to write a movie and a play for writing class, and all will be well. ^^;;
(I only had a 10 minute conference about it with him today, instead of class)
And Japanese is going really well--I'm still picking it up crazy easy, even the stuff that's completely new (which isn't a lot). Tuesday's quiz came back 13/13, and I was able to answer inu wa doko ni imasuka? really quickly (mado no soto ni imasu) where others had to look up both the noun and the preposition they wanted. And I think my penmanship is improving, but only randomly. I mean, 4 outta 5 あ are sorta cruddy, but every once in a while there's one that's perfect.
(the other class is mass comm, and we did a great presentation on the Oprah magazine AND we've done extra credit AND my 12:30-in-the-library-paper definitely got an A)
And now it's night! I'm hungry, but this toothpick I'm chewing on doesn't really help much. Complaining about being hungry reminds me of Jennifer, who I've been talking to a lot lately because she went away to college and discovered the internet, and that reminds me of Planism which I have been discussing a lot recently all of a sudden. We've got a Facebook group for it, and someone the other day posted a link to a "CONVINCING CASE FOR SOCIALISM!" which was convicing up until the democratic part. And then right after, a vague acquaintance of mine joined up, so I've been having to explain myself to the both of them, so it's been up in my mind a lot.
I really like Planism, guys, and that's why I spent all last Thursday talking about it. And, when I was grabbing my Thursday clothes last night, I definitely called my shirt my "Planism shirt" on accident, because I meant "Thursday shirt." I think the national day of Planism should be Thursday. AND, if ever Thursday and Planism become inexplicably mixed, then you will all know that this was the start of that movement.
Happy Thursday!
-Steph
Well, not quite, I got out of class at 4.
But it was certainly already evening.
But when I'm inside without easy access to a window, I loose track of time.
But Happy Thursday to you all! I trust it was a good one.
After this next project finishes, filming class will be about news production the rest of the semester. So in lab we've been running demos of what it's like to produce a "live" news show. That is, the graphics and sound and stuff are fed live with the anchors--not that it's being broadcast.
It's fun. It's probably the funnest thing we've done *in* class so far. It's like the Batman one of last week, but less "radio." Yesterday and today, me and Matt were the anchors (me! an anchor!!) and we had to read this horrible script over and over and over as everyone else got a chance to do sound/graphics/direct. But it was still fun. This morning I did sound and directing.....I really like sound, and I sorta really hate directing. I also ran the teleprompter, which was not as fun as it sounds. But at least we were doing something interesting, instead of listening to him ramble on about his grammatically-poor power points.
Got another grade sheet in Church History, and I was quite pleased to see all As down the list. ^^ AND. This mini-paper from a week or so ago, totally came back marked "Excellent analysis 40/40." THAT was a surprise. Now all I gotta do is read the books for the research paper, and study for the final (on top of my normal keeping-up-with-the-work activities) and I'll be good.
Really, I think I've been doing rather well in all the classes--with a few exceptions. But I haven't missed a class or assignment yet...so I could be looking at my first all-A semester since like 5th grade. I just need to write a movie and a play for writing class, and all will be well. ^^;;
(I only had a 10 minute conference about it with him today, instead of class)
And Japanese is going really well--I'm still picking it up crazy easy, even the stuff that's completely new (which isn't a lot). Tuesday's quiz came back 13/13, and I was able to answer inu wa doko ni imasuka? really quickly (mado no soto ni imasu) where others had to look up both the noun and the preposition they wanted. And I think my penmanship is improving, but only randomly. I mean, 4 outta 5 あ are sorta cruddy, but every once in a while there's one that's perfect.
(the other class is mass comm, and we did a great presentation on the Oprah magazine AND we've done extra credit AND my 12:30-in-the-library-paper definitely got an A)
And now it's night! I'm hungry, but this toothpick I'm chewing on doesn't really help much. Complaining about being hungry reminds me of Jennifer, who I've been talking to a lot lately because she went away to college and discovered the internet, and that reminds me of Planism which I have been discussing a lot recently all of a sudden. We've got a Facebook group for it, and someone the other day posted a link to a "CONVINCING CASE FOR SOCIALISM!" which was convicing up until the democratic part. And then right after, a vague acquaintance of mine joined up, so I've been having to explain myself to the both of them, so it's been up in my mind a lot.
I really like Planism, guys, and that's why I spent all last Thursday talking about it. And, when I was grabbing my Thursday clothes last night, I definitely called my shirt my "Planism shirt" on accident, because I meant "Thursday shirt." I think the national day of Planism should be Thursday. AND, if ever Thursday and Planism become inexplicably mixed, then you will all know that this was the start of that movement.
Happy Thursday!
-Steph
Thursday, November 02, 2006
NeoPlanism
Happy Planist Thursday!
It's the second of the month, and it occurs to me that even while 2 is my favorite number, it does not have a specific significance within the realm of Thursday. Coincidentally, today is the planned unveiling of the new Planism logo. Planism, Thursday, and 2, three of my favorite things. So: Happy Planist Thursday! Here's to many more~
You all know the old red-blue-and-yellow star-in-a-box symbol from the good ol' days, right? I have it on my computer and my laptop bag and my cdplayer and my phone. And I've drawn in on other things I want to mark as mine. Maybe I drew it on you once. In any case, this is what it looks like:
Here's what it means: The red border to represent the framework of communist thought surrounds the blue liberty. And the yellow star of Planism holds it all together. The star itself is a tribute to communism as well as a slight on America (whose stars are white). And together, the primary colors represent the basics that work.
And while Planism hasn't changed (although in theory is should be growing), it's time for that symbol to change. To become better. Thus, through thought and inspiration, I have come to this. Behold! The new face of Planism!
How do you like? The colors have the same meanings, but the shapes mean more. The most important part is the change from star to triangle as the basic shape of Planism. Why triangle? Well, my first response is Why star? The star was just an homage to communism, which is kinda redundant with the red border. But the triangle is the most solid shape, in terms of structure and physics and stuff. It's also my favorite shape!
Also, consider this. Fact: the human hand has three triangles. Fact: yellow is invisible. Therefore, if the triangles are yellow, then that's why you can't see them.
trapezoids are my second favorite shape, since I wrote that haiku about them. Since then, my fondness for them has grown because I realized they were just squares who were striving to become more triangle-like. That's a noble goal, let me tell you. So the shape of the logo's border has changed from square to trapezoid, to represent the transformation of communism towards Planism. Also, it's a break in convention, which we all appreciate, if you consider that our logo is supposed to also be what we display on flags. I've never seen a trapezoidal flag, have you? The square was a step in that direction, but now we've gone a step farther. Also, there was this minor inconvenience where the US army uses a star inside a bordered box as their logo. Now, all confusion has been cleared.
Talking about use, in the commune these will be worn as badges. As of now, they're just stickers, you know. Work is still being done on advanced designs, to designate rank. So far, they're taller and the triangles are snazzier, but instead of perfecting them, I decided to do homework.
So, in real-world news, I should be looking up stuff about Oprah and finishing the website for our presentation. Ew. I also need to scan some stuff from her magazine. Then I need to write a write-up about our last filming project.
OH. This morning in lab we messed around with "live" production--switching video and audio while the action is running, like a news show. But it was just Batman telling Robin not to fall for Poison Ivy, and then she tries to break into the BatCave. I ran the switcher, following the director's....directions....bringing which camera or graphic up onto the screen which in practice would go to tape or to air. Then I ran the audio board, bringing in the talents' mics when needed, and fading in and down and up and out the music when needed. And then I taught my friends how to do it! It was actually one of the better labs in a while, because we got to do something. When we first walked into the secret control room, all the equipment and monitors and wires and buttons and dials and sliders and lights looked incredibly daunting, but it was a good introduction.
Well, I'd best be off to working, and probably also eating. Lost next week had better be better than this week, and I'm still looking forward to the Office. Yayayayayayan.
-Steph
It's the second of the month, and it occurs to me that even while 2 is my favorite number, it does not have a specific significance within the realm of Thursday. Coincidentally, today is the planned unveiling of the new Planism logo. Planism, Thursday, and 2, three of my favorite things. So: Happy Planist Thursday! Here's to many more~
You all know the old red-blue-and-yellow star-in-a-box symbol from the good ol' days, right? I have it on my computer and my laptop bag and my cdplayer and my phone. And I've drawn in on other things I want to mark as mine. Maybe I drew it on you once. In any case, this is what it looks like:
Here's what it means: The red border to represent the framework of communist thought surrounds the blue liberty. And the yellow star of Planism holds it all together. The star itself is a tribute to communism as well as a slight on America (whose stars are white). And together, the primary colors represent the basics that work.
And while Planism hasn't changed (although in theory is should be growing), it's time for that symbol to change. To become better. Thus, through thought and inspiration, I have come to this. Behold! The new face of Planism!
How do you like? The colors have the same meanings, but the shapes mean more. The most important part is the change from star to triangle as the basic shape of Planism. Why triangle? Well, my first response is Why star? The star was just an homage to communism, which is kinda redundant with the red border. But the triangle is the most solid shape, in terms of structure and physics and stuff. It's also my favorite shape!
Also, consider this. Fact: the human hand has three triangles. Fact: yellow is invisible. Therefore, if the triangles are yellow, then that's why you can't see them.
trapezoids are my second favorite shape, since I wrote that haiku about them. Since then, my fondness for them has grown because I realized they were just squares who were striving to become more triangle-like. That's a noble goal, let me tell you. So the shape of the logo's border has changed from square to trapezoid, to represent the transformation of communism towards Planism. Also, it's a break in convention, which we all appreciate, if you consider that our logo is supposed to also be what we display on flags. I've never seen a trapezoidal flag, have you? The square was a step in that direction, but now we've gone a step farther. Also, there was this minor inconvenience where the US army uses a star inside a bordered box as their logo. Now, all confusion has been cleared.
Talking about use, in the commune these will be worn as badges. As of now, they're just stickers, you know. Work is still being done on advanced designs, to designate rank. So far, they're taller and the triangles are snazzier, but instead of perfecting them, I decided to do homework.
So, in real-world news, I should be looking up stuff about Oprah and finishing the website for our presentation. Ew. I also need to scan some stuff from her magazine. Then I need to write a write-up about our last filming project.
OH. This morning in lab we messed around with "live" production--switching video and audio while the action is running, like a news show. But it was just Batman telling Robin not to fall for Poison Ivy, and then she tries to break into the BatCave. I ran the switcher, following the director's....directions....bringing which camera or graphic up onto the screen which in practice would go to tape or to air. Then I ran the audio board, bringing in the talents' mics when needed, and fading in and down and up and out the music when needed. And then I taught my friends how to do it! It was actually one of the better labs in a while, because we got to do something. When we first walked into the secret control room, all the equipment and monitors and wires and buttons and dials and sliders and lights looked incredibly daunting, but it was a good introduction.
Well, I'd best be off to working, and probably also eating. Lost next week had better be better than this week, and I'm still looking forward to the Office. Yayayayayayan.
-Steph
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Finally the week ends
Lucky Thursday! Hmm. Or, Happy Lucky Thursday! Or: Have a Lucky Thursday! Which is, I suppose, the etymological origin of "Happy Thursday." As in, it came from "have a happy Thursday!" much like I suppose "Merry Christmas" came from "I hope you have a merry Christmas!" Therefore, I condone "Lucky Thursday," and we'll skip all those centuries of language progression.
Tonight I have to write a paper and watch The Office.
Tomorrow I have to go to class and then change into my work clothes (D:!) and help out at the Dinner Rally for ministry credit. Which is good, because I don't have any this semester yet. I needz it.
Today I had the long day per usual. Up ten minutes early and had enough time to eat an orange. Went to dumb lab where we talked about our script for our upcoming project. It was something I slammed out the other evening, just so we had something to turn in, and then was declared wonderful and revised by a teammate, and today we were supposed to revise it some more til it worked, but we sorta didn't. Then was Church class, which was good, because I actually did the homework for it, and we had a better discussion than we've been having. Then lunch...where I almost ruined the microwavable hamburger helper by putting it 1 1/3 cup water instead of 1/3....so I added another packet and microwaved it again and it was salvageable. Then screenwriting, where for some reason we talked about Esselstrom's life, which was enjoyable. Then Japanese, where we had a "mid term," but was really more like a glorified quiz. I was done after ten minutes, so I got out more than an hour early. And then I hung out over on West Campus (with a vanilla fudge Drumstick) and thought out some of my screenplay, waiting for my Academic Advising appointment to come into range. And Megan Moorhouse came over because we're buddies and we ended up getting "advised" at the same time and we're hoping to have classes together next semester.
Yay.
But it's so late in the day now...it's practically dinner time. If I get all the classes I'm thinking about, I'll have late days every day, and two night-ish classes....but I have open mornings and no class on Friday. Tentative classes:
Writing for TV, Film, and Radio
Life and Teachings of Jesus
Film and Literature (+lab(watching movies))
Japanese 102
Media Criticism
Only 16 units, because the lab doesn't count for anything. And the writing one is 4 hours but only 3 units....but it's a "Upper Division Writing Intensive" course, so I'm thinking that explains it.
Last Saturday I helped an acquaintance film the play Dracula. I ran a camera and kept track of the sound and everything! It was fun. It was a back-up shoot because the one they did the week before didn't work so great, and so it was not a really stressfull-must-be-perfect sort of first experience. It was also a great play, and I wish I had at least seen it before I had to watch it from behind a camera. I'm going to see if I can wrangle a copy.
Our studio shoot project got finished...it's alright. As good as it can be with a crummy script, decrepit sound stage, and inexperienced crew. Gonna try to get a copy of that, too.
It's Lucky Thursday because I needed the luck to finish everything I needed to finish this week. Really all that's left is the paper, and then the big event tomorrow....so I think it ended up ok. And I can afford to do the paper just tonight, because I have enough extra credit to ensure an A.
I haven't missed an assignment all semester!! Only one late, too, so far. I'm hoping my self-dicipline will actually increase, so that next sememster I can devote myself to Homework!Fridays. Then I'll have the entire weekend open every week. That'd be really nice. Here's hopin'.
-Steph
Tonight I have to write a paper and watch The Office.
Tomorrow I have to go to class and then change into my work clothes (D:!) and help out at the Dinner Rally for ministry credit. Which is good, because I don't have any this semester yet. I needz it.
Today I had the long day per usual. Up ten minutes early and had enough time to eat an orange. Went to dumb lab where we talked about our script for our upcoming project. It was something I slammed out the other evening, just so we had something to turn in, and then was declared wonderful and revised by a teammate, and today we were supposed to revise it some more til it worked, but we sorta didn't. Then was Church class, which was good, because I actually did the homework for it, and we had a better discussion than we've been having. Then lunch...where I almost ruined the microwavable hamburger helper by putting it 1 1/3 cup water instead of 1/3....so I added another packet and microwaved it again and it was salvageable. Then screenwriting, where for some reason we talked about Esselstrom's life, which was enjoyable. Then Japanese, where we had a "mid term," but was really more like a glorified quiz. I was done after ten minutes, so I got out more than an hour early. And then I hung out over on West Campus (with a vanilla fudge Drumstick) and thought out some of my screenplay, waiting for my Academic Advising appointment to come into range. And Megan Moorhouse came over because we're buddies and we ended up getting "advised" at the same time and we're hoping to have classes together next semester.
Yay.
But it's so late in the day now...it's practically dinner time. If I get all the classes I'm thinking about, I'll have late days every day, and two night-ish classes....but I have open mornings and no class on Friday. Tentative classes:
Writing for TV, Film, and Radio
Life and Teachings of Jesus
Film and Literature (+lab(watching movies))
Japanese 102
Media Criticism
Only 16 units, because the lab doesn't count for anything. And the writing one is 4 hours but only 3 units....but it's a "Upper Division Writing Intensive" course, so I'm thinking that explains it.
Last Saturday I helped an acquaintance film the play Dracula. I ran a camera and kept track of the sound and everything! It was fun. It was a back-up shoot because the one they did the week before didn't work so great, and so it was not a really stressfull-must-be-perfect sort of first experience. It was also a great play, and I wish I had at least seen it before I had to watch it from behind a camera. I'm going to see if I can wrangle a copy.
Our studio shoot project got finished...it's alright. As good as it can be with a crummy script, decrepit sound stage, and inexperienced crew. Gonna try to get a copy of that, too.
It's Lucky Thursday because I needed the luck to finish everything I needed to finish this week. Really all that's left is the paper, and then the big event tomorrow....so I think it ended up ok. And I can afford to do the paper just tonight, because I have enough extra credit to ensure an A.
I haven't missed an assignment all semester!! Only one late, too, so far. I'm hoping my self-dicipline will actually increase, so that next sememster I can devote myself to Homework!Fridays. Then I'll have the entire weekend open every week. That'd be really nice. Here's hopin'.
-Steph
Thursday, October 19, 2006
TGIT
HT e1!
I am so hungry. BRB going to the caf.
Hmm... not a great selection today... here, look.
Mmmmmmm.
More pictures? Ok.
My Thursday Truck! He's sooooo cute. I saw him twice today, and both time I laughed giddily. Kinda like everytime I see Pellaffle, the alien donut penguin I drew.
The new walk added onto the normal walk--all the way to that light and back down the other side, to get to....
Yeah. That's where my Japanese class is at. Room 208. There was like no one there today, I answered pretty much everything. It was fun.
So I forgot to do my laundry, so I just did it all today, so earlier I was not wearing my Thursday clothes, but now I am! This week was pretty weird. But now that it's over, it's pretty good. I mean, tomorrow is a "study day" to prepare for next week's midterms. I already had one, and thanks to him curving it a crazy lot, I got an A!
My mom's coming to visit tomorrow, and that should be exciting. Hafta clean the little house, so it looks like it's always clean. LOL.
Brianna's playing the Rent soundtrack (on shuffle between the old and new versions @@) and it makes me want to see it real bad.
OH. Lucky # Slevin is EXCELLENT. The Departed is alright, coulda been better. Fulltime Killer is going in my list of favorite movies ever. Primal Fear was hyped too much to me, but it had its merits. All these movies had actors I really love (except for Fulltime Killer, but now I really love Andy Lau), and I'd say the acting is the strong point of all of these. Maybe in Slevin the story one-ups the acting, but then, everything about it is good.
Our most recent filming project is to tape a "dialogue scene" that was given to us. It's a horrible, horrible script, the acting is only as good as our classmates, and most recently, the filming is only as good as myself.
Remember when we spent five hours taping it on Sunday? Well, tonight we have to do it allllllllllllllll over again.
Why? Because the lighting was awful, and the other camera person pretty much got the entire soundstage on tape.
It's projected that we'll be there till 2 in the morning, because we can't meet until 9. Sigh. I miss sleep.
Speaking of, I might just nap after getting my clothes outta the dryer. 7-8:30 nap, that sounds good. 8:30 is Office!!!!!!! It holds my attention better than Lost does, sad to say. OK. gtg. ttyl. cya.
-Steph
I am so hungry. BRB going to the caf.
Hmm... not a great selection today... here, look.
Mmmmmmm.
More pictures? Ok.
My Thursday Truck! He's sooooo cute. I saw him twice today, and both time I laughed giddily. Kinda like everytime I see Pellaffle, the alien donut penguin I drew.
The new walk added onto the normal walk--all the way to that light and back down the other side, to get to....
Yeah. That's where my Japanese class is at. Room 208. There was like no one there today, I answered pretty much everything. It was fun.
So I forgot to do my laundry, so I just did it all today, so earlier I was not wearing my Thursday clothes, but now I am! This week was pretty weird. But now that it's over, it's pretty good. I mean, tomorrow is a "study day" to prepare for next week's midterms. I already had one, and thanks to him curving it a crazy lot, I got an A!
My mom's coming to visit tomorrow, and that should be exciting. Hafta clean the little house, so it looks like it's always clean. LOL.
Brianna's playing the Rent soundtrack (on shuffle between the old and new versions @@) and it makes me want to see it real bad.
OH. Lucky # Slevin is EXCELLENT. The Departed is alright, coulda been better. Fulltime Killer is going in my list of favorite movies ever. Primal Fear was hyped too much to me, but it had its merits. All these movies had actors I really love (except for Fulltime Killer, but now I really love Andy Lau), and I'd say the acting is the strong point of all of these. Maybe in Slevin the story one-ups the acting, but then, everything about it is good.
Our most recent filming project is to tape a "dialogue scene" that was given to us. It's a horrible, horrible script, the acting is only as good as our classmates, and most recently, the filming is only as good as myself.
Remember when we spent five hours taping it on Sunday? Well, tonight we have to do it allllllllllllllll over again.
Why? Because the lighting was awful, and the other camera person pretty much got the entire soundstage on tape.
It's projected that we'll be there till 2 in the morning, because we can't meet until 9. Sigh. I miss sleep.
Speaking of, I might just nap after getting my clothes outta the dryer. 7-8:30 nap, that sounds good. 8:30 is Office!!!!!!! It holds my attention better than Lost does, sad to say. OK. gtg. ttyl. cya.
-Steph
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Is it just me, or is it fall?
Happy Thursday and Happy Autumn Time! I spent yesterday messing around in photoshop instead of doing things productive...and ended up with an oddly festive, seasonally-appropriate thing!
Remember in the summer when I had nothing to write about for weeks on end? And now I spend the whole post talking about a single day? Yeah, I blame that on Vons.
Oh, speaking of prolificacy (looked that one up, so I didn't end up putting "prolitivery"), Dr. Esselstrom likes my movie idea. He also says to start writing the novel, and I'm prone to agree with him. ^^;; Which is too bad, because my mind came up with it specifically to make a movie from, and I wanted to try and get away from book-writing. Not that it would make a bad movie--it'd just make a better book.
Funny thing is, I actually *have* already started writing the novel, so to speak. The only thing I have written for it (asides from pages of notes, and outlines, and treatments) is a half-page chapter. Here, I'll show it off:
A silhouette of a solitary traveler flickers in the shifting desert heat. Gradually, the terrain changes under his boots, the flat sands mounding and forming oddly shaped piles. And these grow as his goes on, until rubble and broken stone formations protrude from the earth. The sand has not had time enough to cover these, too.
The frames in the middle of the town have survived the best. Some hollow structures still retain the image of a house or shop. But there is none that hasn't been mostly destroyed by something before the sand crept in. The wooden ones have fallen as if in fire; and the masonry looks like it was blown apart.
There is a statue that stands in what was once the center of town. It is now cracked and disfigured, tinted orange with a coat of fine dust, and the calm pool it once stood in has filled with sand. This is where the traveler's boots bring him. Here at his destination he removes his large concealing hat, revealing himself to be a green-eyed young man. The tattered edges of his cape whip around his legs as he stands in front of that equally battered statue.
He looks up, squinting against the harsh sun. The statue ignores him, staring instead off into the distance, serene and lifeless. Too much like the desert itself. He raises a hand to touch the old stone, but stops just before his fingers reach the dusty surface.
"I'm sorry," he says to the statue. The statue doesn't hear him.
I hope that intrigues you! So that you will go see the movie when it comes to a theater near you.
Nothing of great outstanding interest has happened this week, but it's all been good. Spent a class period behind a studio camera today--have I mentioned how much my major rocks?
Mm, because I'm a sucker for romance, I really want to play FFX again, and I'm sad that I only own X-2. Not a satisfying ending, unless you're an ULTRAGAMER. Also, I really really want the FFX-2 soundtrack. And, FFXII. ....Christmas is coming up soon, right?
Happy Birthdays! Melody and Michelle are aging over the weekend! Sadly not on Thursdays, but hey, no one's perfect.
Carolyn's visiting me over the weekend, too! But not aging. Well, maybe aging. Just a little bit. I'd say about two or three days' worth.
Whaaaaaaaaaat else. The Office tonight. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Jim and Pam. And Grey's Anatomy, which I'm finding is more and more like my first impression--not really that amazing a show. I think it has a good deal to do with "McDreamy" being one of the worst looking people I've ever seen on TV, and Meredith being an idiot. I like George.
And Sawyer. I like Sawyer from Lost. And Ben? TOTALLY creeps me out. Ew. And Sayid? or, Naveen Andrews? That's a great actor. Because his character--he knows what's going on when other people don't, but he plays at going along with things when he's planning something completely different, and you can tell! Maybe it would be better to the character to be completely believable when he's plotting, but in any case it's some mindboggling acting work. Wow, that had nothing to do with anything.
Maa, na. Owatta.
-Steph
Thursday, October 05, 2006
The Guests in my House are Plants
'Cause they are. Megan's giving them back to whoever they belong to tomorrow.
Happy Blackjack Thursday! Second of the year, and I'm not sure if there are any more. I'll have to check.
Last night I had a crazy dream which involved me being a Meredith Grey-esque doctor, who instantaneously became a Buffy-esque demon fighter when Spike (from Buffy) showed up with crazy spikes (huh) out of his back and a tail, and then tried to kill me and my random dream friend. It was one of those ..disturbing dreams that you realize are not fun and wake yourself up from, and then try to stay awake for a while so you don't go back there. The worst part was that this happened at 6:11 AM, and my alarm was going to go off at 7:00. I guess I did fall back asleep, because I woke up again 30 seconds before my alarm, so that's alright.
I'm sorta sad that Thursday is my long day. But the fact that the second half is my favorite classes kinda makes up for that. Today we "learned" how to set up lights and get the right kind of light ratio in production class. Then, I went and doodled in my Church class. Then lunch--I bought a crazy frozen thai food thing from the Qwikimart, and did my homework for the next class. Which was Screenwriting, and he stealthily taught us about good characters/characterization without us realizing it. Then Japanese, where my hall-mate Suko from last year was randomly assisting in, and where I actually learned some stuff. I think it was the best/most productive class so far.
From there I walked back over to West, to meet up with a buddy from production class to do some stupid homework which involves ignoring a 20-year-old cd-rom and taking common-sense quizzes. But the only two computers in the entire school which have this program were occupied, so we sat there next to them and hung out. They were occupied by people from our class, by the way. Then we went to the food place and went back, and I was able to skip the ignoring part and just do the quizzes, so now it looks like I completed everything. ^^ And, I did like enough Japanese homework to last a week.
Also, it seems that I have no homework (as of now) for tomorrow, and only one class! There's extra credit for the other one, but I dun wanna go and listen to a lecture about directing actors. Production class has made me realize how much I do not want to be in that side of film production. I'd much rather sit at home and write a movie, and send it off and be completely uninvolved in making it. Screenwriting has shown me how much I want to write for TV. As has LOST.
*incoherent gurgles*
What a show. What a show.
Also, today I wore my sweatshirt all day long. Because it was cold enough to need it! The sign on the way to class this morning said it was 53 degrees. To me, we've definitely hit fall. And it's real nice. I'm thinking of doing a Fall Update photoshoot, which includes the route out to Japanese class, which is located in a shopping alcove across the street from the real campus.
What else.....finished that movie. Ended up being called Toward and Away, but that was literally something thrown out there at the *last* second. It's not the best movie ever, no, but it's alright. Just, I can't sit through it anymore, because that footage and that song make me sick. Got a copy of it today, so I can show it off if you come in contact with me and a DVD player.
Welp, that looks like that's all I've got to say this week. I'll leave you with this: if you haven't seen Arrested Development, you NEED to go rent it. NOW.
-Steph
Happy Blackjack Thursday! Second of the year, and I'm not sure if there are any more. I'll have to check.
Last night I had a crazy dream which involved me being a Meredith Grey-esque doctor, who instantaneously became a Buffy-esque demon fighter when Spike (from Buffy) showed up with crazy spikes (huh) out of his back and a tail, and then tried to kill me and my random dream friend. It was one of those ..disturbing dreams that you realize are not fun and wake yourself up from, and then try to stay awake for a while so you don't go back there. The worst part was that this happened at 6:11 AM, and my alarm was going to go off at 7:00. I guess I did fall back asleep, because I woke up again 30 seconds before my alarm, so that's alright.
I'm sorta sad that Thursday is my long day. But the fact that the second half is my favorite classes kinda makes up for that. Today we "learned" how to set up lights and get the right kind of light ratio in production class. Then, I went and doodled in my Church class. Then lunch--I bought a crazy frozen thai food thing from the Qwikimart, and did my homework for the next class. Which was Screenwriting, and he stealthily taught us about good characters/characterization without us realizing it. Then Japanese, where my hall-mate Suko from last year was randomly assisting in, and where I actually learned some stuff. I think it was the best/most productive class so far.
From there I walked back over to West, to meet up with a buddy from production class to do some stupid homework which involves ignoring a 20-year-old cd-rom and taking common-sense quizzes. But the only two computers in the entire school which have this program were occupied, so we sat there next to them and hung out. They were occupied by people from our class, by the way. Then we went to the food place and went back, and I was able to skip the ignoring part and just do the quizzes, so now it looks like I completed everything. ^^ And, I did like enough Japanese homework to last a week.
Also, it seems that I have no homework (as of now) for tomorrow, and only one class! There's extra credit for the other one, but I dun wanna go and listen to a lecture about directing actors. Production class has made me realize how much I do not want to be in that side of film production. I'd much rather sit at home and write a movie, and send it off and be completely uninvolved in making it. Screenwriting has shown me how much I want to write for TV. As has LOST.
*incoherent gurgles*
What a show. What a show.
Also, today I wore my sweatshirt all day long. Because it was cold enough to need it! The sign on the way to class this morning said it was 53 degrees. To me, we've definitely hit fall. And it's real nice. I'm thinking of doing a Fall Update photoshoot, which includes the route out to Japanese class, which is located in a shopping alcove across the street from the real campus.
What else.....finished that movie. Ended up being called Toward and Away, but that was literally something thrown out there at the *last* second. It's not the best movie ever, no, but it's alright. Just, I can't sit through it anymore, because that footage and that song make me sick. Got a copy of it today, so I can show it off if you come in contact with me and a DVD player.
Welp, that looks like that's all I've got to say this week. I'll leave you with this: if you haven't seen Arrested Development, you NEED to go rent it. NOW.
-Steph
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Busy Week, Lazy Me
I've been so good at homeworking thus far, until this week. And great, this week is the most homework/group project laden one of them all. So, I have three minutes to write this before running off to screenwriting followed by Japanese followed by re-shoots for our movie followed by actually figuring out what I'm going to say in that presentation tomorrow followed by a few hours of editing the movie.
Um, it's really hot today, and I feel like sleeping, but since it's my best two classes, I suppose that can wait. I been writing this week/lately, so maybe some of that will get up to where you can see it. Actually, it all goes up into the writing journal, but you guys are too lazy to go and check there. Silly you. Wrote a "movie scene" just now, for screenwriting, and it's pretty funny. Might go somewhere. But really we're supposed to be working on our play for the next while.
Ok, I'm being yelled at to go to class, so I'm off!! Have a nice week and a Happy Thursday, everyone!!
-Steph
Um, it's really hot today, and I feel like sleeping, but since it's my best two classes, I suppose that can wait. I been writing this week/lately, so maybe some of that will get up to where you can see it. Actually, it all goes up into the writing journal, but you guys are too lazy to go and check there. Silly you. Wrote a "movie scene" just now, for screenwriting, and it's pretty funny. Might go somewhere. But really we're supposed to be working on our play for the next while.
Ok, I'm being yelled at to go to class, so I'm off!! Have a nice week and a Happy Thursday, everyone!!
-Steph
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)