Jess Jams and her Blog

Recent events

2007-02-05T14:45:00.000+11:00

So what's happened recently?

[x] Crashed my car 2 weeks ago, delaying my move to Melbourne
[x] Moved out of home and into an apartment with a friend of mine who was living there on his own.
[x] Got my car back on Saturday afternoon
[x] Am going to Melbourne in a week and a half, which is Wednesday the 14th of February

Yes. So there it is.

AND I also dont' have the internet at my apartment which is annoying. Makes using the internet very difficult at the moment. Will all be good when I go down to Melbourne. Can't wait.

Long time no post

2007-01-07T23:35:00.000+11:00

I haven't posted for a while, but tonight's events made me feel like I should post a new entry.

Tonight I STUPIDLY deleted my entire iTunes music library. 3785 songs to be precise, many of which I can never find again. I panicked big time. My music is my life, and it was all gone. Luckily after a few cigarettes and a fair bit of champagne, I realised all the songs were safe on my iPod and I merely needed to find a way to put them back on my computer.

Afer two minutes of searching the internet, I came across about 50 programs that can ignore the protection on the iPod (which prevents you from being able to access the songs other than on iTunes) and copy the songs onto your computer.

I AM SAVED!

In other news, I am probably moving down the Melbourne at the end of the month for 6 months. I will live with my auntie and work and save money for when I leave to go overseas in May/June. I'm sick of Sydney and many of my good friends are going overseas for the whole year, moving out of the city for uni in March, or simply going to other places to work (such as the Whitsundays). I just feel like this is the perfect opportunity for me to do the same.

I am also LOVING not having to go back to school in a few weeks, as my sister will be doing. Being 18 is also great. Many things are great right now. However there are a few things I wish were different, some people I am DYING to see... but everthing else is wonderful.

Schoolies

2006-12-07T01:30:00.000+11:00

Was up in QLD for Schoolies week last week, but am staying in my Dad's apartment, so I figured I might as well stay another week just to relax by myself.

I drive home on Friday. It is Wednesday night (or Thursday morning, whichever you prefer) at 1:30am and I am sitting out on my balcony tapping into someone's wireless network because I refuse to pay $12 an hour for the broadband that the resort provides.

I'm just not tired. But I know I will be when I try to wake up at 8:30am.

I've had an awesome time. Had the BEST people staying with me last week. We played lots of drinking games in the apartment before hitting good old Cavill Ave in Surfer's Paradise and going clubbing.

I am looking forward to going home though. Being by myself is nice, but I miss lots of people. Even the ones I saw only a few days ago.

Birthday

2006-11-03T11:33:00.000+11:00

It was my birthday on Wednesday the 1st of November. I turned 18, meaning that I can now legally do EVERYTHING. Drinking age in Australia is 18 which is awesome.

Went out dancing and drinking at Greenwood last night. Feel so gross right now from tiredness and a couple of drinks. My feet were also killing me. High heels are an awful invention.

My 22km Sunday Stroll.

2006-10-29T20:55:00.000+11:00

Today my mum, her friends and I went on the Seven Bridges Walk which is a charity event organised by Channel 7 and The Daily Telegraph to raise money for The Heart Foundation, The Cancer Council and Diabetes Australia(NSW). The course was 22km long and crossed seven bridges around the edges of Sydney Harbour and the various bays and coves connected to it. There was no obligation to finish the entire course and participants could start at any checkpoint but were required to walk in a clockwise direction around the circuit. The outline of the course for us looked like this:

- We started at Milson's Point
- Crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Crossed the Pyrmont Bridge in Darling Harbour
- Crossed the Anzac Bridge
- Crossed the Iron Cove Bridge
- Crossed the Gladesville Bridge
- Crossed the Tarban Creek Bridge
- Stopped for lunch at Hunter's Hill Hotel, Hunter's Hill
- Crossed the Fig Tree bridge
- Walked back around to Milson's Point to finish

Here is the PDF file of the course map if you want to have a look.

We finished in around 5-6 hours. That included stopping for lunch for 45 minutes, as well as stopping at the beginning and end of each bridge to have our barcodes scanned (so that individual certificates of completion can be mailed to us). We walked at a reasonable pace and I am now in a great deal of pain, both from muscle ache and blisters.

Overall it was good fun and good exercise. I feel awesome.

Check out the photos here on Flickr.

Crash

2006-10-29T20:05:00.000+11:00

I backed my car into another parked car on Thursday night. Long story short, it was night time, the parking spot was awkward, the street was awkward and there were two cars coming from either direction which completely blinded me. I didn't hit the other car hard, more of a tap which left a small dent on their car and scratched and dented my back bumper a bit.

Will post a photo tomorrow when I can take one during the day.

Lyrics.

2006-10-27T18:59:00.000+10:00

Fedde le Grand's song Put Your Hands Up For Detroit has clearly caused controversy.

I'm telling you now. The words are "Put your hands up for Detroit, our lovely city" not "I love this city". Get it right.

The guy even cleared it up on his own website here.

So stop throwing hissy fits over it, because you're more than likely one of those people who sings the wrong lyrics.

Photo selection

2006-10-14T01:40:00.000+10:00

My photo of Havaiana thongs floating on the water was selected as a finalist in the photography competition running at my local shopping centre and others around Australia within the same chain. Apparantely they received over 600 photos at my shopping centre alone and mine was selected as one of 20 finalists. The photo was used in the newspaper article which named the finalists and other details about the competition, which is all good for my portfolio for KvB design college in 2008.

School is over.

2006-10-12T19:40:00.000+10:00

I'm thinking that this is supposed to be a good time in my life, however things are relatively crap at the moment. The reasons for this being:

1. Some crap person stole my iPod on the last day of school.
2. As I walked into the assembly hall 15 minutes before my graduation ceremony started, I realised the screen on my digital camera was busted.
3. Some people are just totally crap in that I am no longer looking forward to a day that I was originally excited about... all because of them.
4. I'm scared I got a speeding fine because of a fixed camera I forgot even existed. By speeding I mean 1 or 2 kilometres over the limit.

On the bright side I am turning 18 in 19 days. I can't wait.

The Death of Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter

2006-09-04T17:35:00.000+10:00

At about 12pm today, Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter died as the result of a stingray barb to his chest. The accident occured off the coast of North Queensland at Port Douglas in Australia.

Here is an online article about the accident.

He was a big personality in Australia, but was apparantely even bigger overseas. It's so sad!

anonymous loser

2006-09-01T22:57:00.000+10:00

Whoever that person is posting really annoying anonymous comments should stop. It's getting really old. Especially when they post again AFTER I've deleted one of their other comments. Obviously you have nothing better to do, which is really tragic. Get a life and a hobby and stop reading my blog if you hate it so much.

woah.

2006-08-31T16:13:00.000+10:00

So I've been sick since Sunday. Haven't been able to keep my food down, stomach pains, didn't go to school Monday or Tuesday. Then Wednesday my dad decides to take me to the doctor just to find out what was wrong and maybe to get some medicine or antibiotics at the most.She checked my temperature, made me pee in a cup, felt my stomach. The usual. She then randomly suspected I had appendicitis, but thought she might be overreacting. Anyway she sent me down for an ultrasound to check it out. The next thing I knew the doctor was telling me I DID have appendicitis, he sent me across the medical centre complex to talk to the surgeon, and before I knew it I had an operation booked for that night to get my appendix out.

I left the surgeon at about 5, went straight home to pack a bag with some toiletries, pyjamas and my iPod, and then went straight to Mona Vale Hospital near my house to get ready for my operation at 7pm.

It is now 4:20 on Thursday afternoon and I just got home from hospital about half an hour ago, I am in extreme pain AND a bit of shock. From going to the doctor expecting to just get some antibiotics to getting my appendix out that night, it's pretty crazy.

hits

2006-08-26T19:13:00.000+10:00

Apparently (sorry to that stupid anonymous poster who thinks they can correct my spelling. Considering I can probably type 10000 times faster than you, I often make spelling errors. I can spell better than you can anyway because I know who you are. Don't you love those blogs that record IP addresses?) my Aussie Slang clip appeared on the main page of some video sharing website and it was linked to Vimeo, because on Tuesday, I had a hit of 10,400 views.

CRAZY!

Unfortunately those hits came with a whole influx of gross comments from weird people, which I deleted.

crazy

2006-08-26T18:51:00.000+10:00

One month left of school...

It's crazy.

I've been so busy recently too. No time for photos, videos OR blog updates.

I'm either doing school work, sleeping or counting down the days till I finish OR - in the case of today - playing hide and seek with a 3 year old and a 6 year old for 3 hours.

Crazy crazy crazy...

Yum.

2006-07-31T22:19:00.000+10:00

Look carefully at the first picture on this eBay auction for a bike.

Idiots on TV.

2006-07-19T09:56:00.000+10:00

Nick Gray just told me that none of the links on my blog were working. They should be good now.

I came across this video of a Shop at Home host making an idiot of himself via Danny's MySpace.

"Look at that horse. The bushy tail, the big teeth, the hooves. Okay, my producer just told me this isn't a horse, it's a butterfly... ha... actually... it may in fact be a moth".

Classic. What an idiot.

But wait, there's more.

I THEN found not only this video of another Shop at Home mistake when the host can't connect a camera to the tv properly, but this video as well of some dick banging a katana sword on a table and injuring himself.

Count them. THREE videos from the same channel. The first two are also the same guy. They're just so entertaining. I'm not sure that live shopping channels are such a good idea. I'm pretty sure nobody is going to be buying the katana sword in the last video.

P.S. Not only does the guy in the first clip make a mistake with the photo, but when talking about the fantastic camera he's trying to sell, he literally says "4 x optical zoom". I'm pretty sure it's "4 TIMES optical zoom". He obviously has no idea what he's selling. What a tool.

collector.

2006-07-15T22:22:00.000+10:00

After reading Nick Gray's blog post about airline safety cards, I decided to make a similar entry.

I collect airline blankets. I already have one from Cathay Pacific and Air Canada. I used to have Qantas and Singapore Airlines ones but they got stolen.

If anyone is planning to visit Australia or will be seeing me next year when I travel, it would be awesome if you could take an airline blanket for me on your next flight. Any airline is fantastic, even if I already have one.

Thanks!

chant.

2006-07-15T21:35:00.000+10:00

I was talking to Brian Brown the other day about rugby, which is pretty big here in Australia. I was telling him about the New Zealand rugby team, aka The All Blacks, doing a Maori war chant at the beginning of all their games called the Haka. It really pumps up their team and the crowd and it's awesome to see. I think it's meant to intimidate the other team.

I thought I'd find a video of the All Blacks doing the Haka so that you can check it out. It really is awesome.

Loving.

2006-07-15T21:12:00.000+10:00

Loving All This Love by The Similou. A mix of electro/dance/pop. Go have a listen.

Also really like the video clip for it.

music and food.

2006-07-12T22:48:00.000+10:00

I'm looking after my dad's house whilst he, my stepmum and my stepbrother are up the coast. They get back Sunday afternoon. Tonight (Wednesday) is my first night alone. I cooked a lovely meal of ricotta and spinach agnolotti whilst blasting 90s music from my laptop on the kitchen bench.

Doesn't it look lovely? The garnish (celery leaves) was really just there to make the photo look nice. Dancing in the kitchen whilst cooking really does make a meal more satisfying. It was delicious!

job.

2006-07-11T23:24:00.000+10:00

I got a call this morning from a lady who works at an Australian girls clothing company called Aztec Rose. She's asked me to come in to do some head shots and a few fashion shoots, because she hopefully wants me to model for the next Aztec Rose catalogue and magazine/shop posters.

It's pretty exciting, its the first modelling thing I've done. I go into their studio in Alexandria on Thursday morning and if I get the job I will do the shoot on the beach near my house in August.

Pirates.

2006-07-07T00:13:00.000+10:00

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Good movie. I really enjoyed it. They better make a 3rd one.

Johnny Depp is fantastic.

Addiction.

2006-07-06T10:22:00.000+10:00

I think I can officially say it. I never thought I would, and I wish I didn't have to.

I am addicted to MySpace.

I no longer just play internet games when I'm bored. Instead, I cruise around MySpace profiles looking for people I know or looking for some new songs/artists to listen to in the Music section.

It's kind of sad, really.

I hate the World Cup now

2006-06-27T17:41:00.000+10:00

Biggest bullshit call in the history of soccer. Penalty goal to Italy in the last few seconds of extra time.

We should have won. How embarrassing for Italy. They didn't even beat us because they're a better team.

I'm totally pissed off.

Only 4 years till the next World Cup... lame.

Photography

2006-06-21T18:31:00.000+10:00

One of my photos is being used on the ntlworld.com website on this lifestyle page. Pretty cool, huh?

I don't actually know what NTL is, I assume it's like MSN?

freaky

2006-06-20T22:19:00.000+10:00

One minute it was a normal, calm and strangely uncold winter night. Then all of a sudden BANG! Torrential downpour. If I could take a photo in the pitch black, I totally would, trust me. Weather sucks sometimes.

ALSO, one week left of school, then 3 weeks holidays, then ONLY ONE MORE TERM LEFT 4 EVAAAAAAAAA! It's a 12 week term, but included in those 12 weeks are 2 weeks of exams (trials for our finals) and we don't have to be at school if we have no exams. We also have 2 weeks of year 12 seminars and some other things like the year 12 assembly and muck up day. That pretty much cuts it down to 8 weeks of classes.

I freaking hate school. Trust me, I'll be counting down next term a LOT on my blog. Be prepared. I should make a countdown blog especially seeing as I'll be posting about that more than anything.

Hell yeah!

2006-06-13T22:08:00.000+10:00

I'm always too B-U-S-Y to update my blog, so I usually only post about important things. Such as

THE FREAKING WORLD CUP! GO AUSTRALIA! Japan can suck it! That first goal they got was slack. Then we score 3 goals in the last 8 minutes of the game. Oh yeah! The Socceroos RULE!

So that's it, really. We're going to get smashed by Brazil on Sunday night/Monday morning, but that's okay because

WE BEAT JAPAN! HELLLLLLLL YEAH!!!

Glad Wrapped

2006-06-04T20:31:00.000+10:00

When I uploaded the glad wrap clip a while ago, I deleted the original video files and later regretted it because I wanted to make a better quality clip as people seemed to like it.

I was going through my video files today, and I found one I saved which must have been too big for Vimeo at the time.

This entry is boring, but it's basically just to tell people that I replaced the old Glad Wrapped clip with the better quality version. You can find it here.

Bags

2006-05-31T11:13:00.000+10:00

I really like Le Sportsac bags, and I want this one in particular.

BUT they don't ship to Australia. STUPID!

Environmentally Friendly

2006-05-29T22:54:00.000+10:00

I'm not one of those crazy "save the whales" Greenpeace weirdos, but I try to do my part for the environment. I've never really been crazy on plastic bags, but when I get fancy looking ones from shops I save them to use later. I guess you could say I recycle them.

In the last year or so, some shops in Sydney have started to introduce "environmentally friendly" bags which are supposedly biodegradable and will eventually break down. I definitely supported this idea and kept a few of the bags in my drawer for use later on.

Big mistake.

I now absolutely HATE environmentally friendly, biodegradable plastic bags. I thought I was doing my part by saving those plastic bags, but when I went to get one out this afternoon I found out that it had decided to break down right then and there in my drawer. The stupid thing had been sitting there for who knows how long, and the second I touched it, it crumbles into dust. No exaggeration. I didn't believe they were REALLY biodegradable and laughed to myself at the person who invented such a stupid thing. Plastic that is good for the environment. Yeah right. Well I definitely got what I deserved. An entire, gigantic plastic bag worth of confetti all through my drawer. Freaking waste of my time, frankly. I couldn't pick any of any pieces of the bag up with my hands or it would just disintegrate. I ended up having to get the vacuum cleaner out.

All this fuss over a stupid, stupid plastic bag that is meant to be good for the environment. What about making it good for the environment and NOT extremely irritating and such a gigantic hassle? I have another type of environmentally friendly bag from the surf shop down my street which is made entirely of corn, wheat and potato starch. That doesn't do stupid things like start breaking down in a drawer. Honestly, what an idiotic idea.

Well, that's my two cents worth. I have vented my anger over environmentally friendly plastic bags. Worst invention ever... unless they're made of corn, wheat and potato starch.

"Say no to plastic bags, especially environmentally friendly ones"

Chaos

2006-05-25T21:51:00.000+10:00

I've been having blanks lately about what to write about in my blog. I think this mental block comes down to a few things, good AND bad, that have somewhat distracted me. These things are:

[x] My new Canon EOS 30D has just arrived in Australia and will get to me by around Monday/Tuesday
[x] Along with my camera, I also bought a macro lens and a 60GB black video iPod.
[x] I can't wait to put all my Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Sealab 2021 and The Brak Show episodes on my iPod when it arrives. Gotta love Adult Swim, hey Becky?
[x] Freaking school is killing me. I have too much work at the moment. No really I do. Does someone want to do my English essay for me?
[x] Just some other issues, such as boy issues and parent issues and... issues. Just issues.

My life is chaotic at the moment. Once school is over that will be a MASSIVE weight off. I can relax and party and go overseas and catch up with some cool people and just enjoy life. 4 months to go.

Canon SLR Camera Decision

2006-05-15T21:23:00.000+10:00

Yes, I have decided which camera to purchase.

I'm getting a Canon EOS 30D, the 20D predecessor. Here are some big snazzy photos for you to click on and view.

I want to buy a lens with the camera when I get it. Not sure what to get yet. Depending on how much the body costs by itself will probably determine how much I have to spend on lenses. I'm probably just going to get a standard 17-85mm zoom lens. I want to eventually get a macro lens, fish-eye lens and also a telephoto zoom lens. SO EXPENSIVE, THOUGH! I might have to get someone to buy some for me in America, because they're cheaper there than they are here.

Anyway, am going to the city this weekend to check out some of the camera stores and price things. If I find a camera on the weekend I will definitely buy it.

EXCITING!

Ekisaitingu Houchi

2006-05-12T21:15:00.000+10:00

For those of you who don't speak Japanese, the title of this blog means "exciting news". For those of you who do speak it, I probably got it wrong, but I don't really care.

The point is I have some great news.

As you may have all known, after leaving school I was planning on travelling and also furthering my studies of design and multimedia at college. However, these plans have changed, thanks to Fujita.

Yes, there is a new man in my life. His name is Fujita and he is Japanese. I only met him a few days ago at the Sushi Train near my house, but I already know we are meant to be together. I've already decided to go back to Tokyo in Japan with him in November and ditch my plans of having a successful career. Instead I will rely on my new man to provide for me as he's a successful businessman and a big name in the Japanese corporate scene.

Until that fateful day in November when he whisks me away to Tokyo, he will be sleeping in my laundry. My friends are welcome to come and meet him, but make sure you take your shoes of before coming into the house. He's very touchy about it.

Oh one other thing...he's 40 years old...but he's young at heart!

Here's a photo:

I know that I belong with him, and therefore I have no regrets about sacrificing my future to be with him in Tokyo. He is my dream man!

Gaaaah!

2006-05-09T22:03:00.000+10:00

Boys are rotten. Guys in general just suck, really they do.

In other news Johnny died on the OC. YES! About time. That guy was an idiot.

Also, check out a band called Belle & Sebastian if you don't already know them. I suggest "If She Wants Me". Good song. Download it.

P.S. I don't actually hate ALL guys, just most of them. There are some very cool ones, but there's also some stupid ones. STUPID STUPID STUPID.

Digital Cameras

2006-05-03T09:19:00.000+10:00

My digital camera was fixed under warranty and I got it back last night. Expect heaps and heaps of photos. I've been dying to take some.

I'm also looking at Canon SLR cameras. Does anyone know much about them? I know what models I'm looking at. EOS 20D, EOS 30D and the EOS 350D. Anyone?

Yuck

2006-05-01T10:10:00.000+10:00

Just some random personal notes:

[x] Ew. I've been back at school for one period and am now in a free and I already feel sick. School is disgusting. I hate it.

[x] Must take a photo of my winter school uniform and upload to Flickr.

[x] Can't wait till lunch! Going down the road with Tin and Becky for chinese and going to the lolly shop. Yay for open campus and year 12 privileges!

2006-04-29T04:35:00.001+10:00

Look, I have clips to edit and upload, neither of which will be done till tomorrow when it's not 4:33am and I'm not under the influence of vodka. Hopefully I can get lots of clips out of the footage I have. I'm tired. Holy crap I need to sleep.

Chengwin

2006-04-28T15:00:00.000+10:00

Best site I've seen for a while. He's half chicken, half penguin. He is Chengwin. I wish they had things like this in Sydney.

It's okay though, because I downloaded the Sims 2 versions of Chengwin and Chuck here at Sim Connection.

Coding Sucks Balls

2006-04-14T00:43:00.000+10:00

I frigging HATE coding things. It's stupid. Why do I continue to do it? Because deep down inside me I really do love it. It can just get frustrating sometimes. Like with my frigging blog. Trying to put that stupid stupid Flickr badge in the really simple layout I have going just wouldn't work. I tried for ages to make it line up the way I wanted it to, but no.

FINALLY I got it. After a non-exaggerated 2 1/2 hours of cursing and swearing and trying to write all this BLOODY code. Stupid HTML. It should rot. At least it's done now and I can go to bed.

Why on Earth do I have to enjoy coding? If I didn't I could have just sworn at the computer, thrown something and given up and gotten an extra 2 hours sleep. But no, I had to sit there, getting really annoyed and work out the problem.

TRE LAME!

Photo of my nose is up

2006-04-14T00:41:00.000+10:00

Here's a link to a photo of me with my nose done. Fantabulous.

Nose

2006-04-08T16:03:00.000+10:00

I'm getting my nose pierced guys. It's official. Tuesday morning at 11:30. I'm getting it done on the left side (so if you're looking at me face on it'd be on the right).

I can't wait. Having a needle shoved through my nostril is going to be a blast.

Considering

2006-04-07T01:06:00.000+10:00

So my mid-yearly exams are finished and I now have 3 1/2 weeks holiday before I go back to school. In the last few days, I've thought about and am now considering a few things that may just come to happen these holidays. I thought I'd share these contemplations with you all.

Consideration #1: Cutting my hair short.
Basically this has come about after Wednesday night, when I went with Tina and Becky to Manning Bar at Macquarie Uni for the Queer Society function. Just for laughs, I wore Tina's short blonde wig to the bar. Although the blonde colour completely clashed with my eyebrows, I really liked the cut. I just thought it made me look much brighter and complemented my stupid face shape as well. As soon as I took it off that night I just looked tired and seedy. BUT I don't know if I have the right hair for it. If I don't, I'm actually willing to chemically straighten it if it will look okay.

Consideration #2: Getting my nose pierced
I've always wanted to get that little bit of hard cartilage that sticks out just above your lobe and is in the middle of your ear almost pierced (Crap that sentence was long). It looks nice, so before people say it's weird I promise that a tiny studd there looks really pretty. Then I thought seriously in the last few days about getting my nose pierced. All I want is a tiny little studd. The thing is that I want to leave one of the two for after I finish the HSC. For some reason, I would want to get my nose done first. I am really considering getting it done these holidays.

Okay that's enough considerations for today/freaking 1am in the morning. I don't remember what my other considerations were.

I would like people's opinions on these considerations. Properly structured and meaningful/helpful opinions. Not stupid ones like "that's stupid don't do that because I say so". Like I want actual reasons. These are serious considerations, guys!

Patriotic

2006-03-24T19:27:00.000+11:00

I know, I know. I don't post much and I haven't been uploading videos or photos. Just back off, will you? I've had other things on my mind of recent and people just need to get off my back a bit. Just because I'm popular and everyone knows who I am (joke, Nick Gray, joke) doesn't mean they can harrass me. I'm only human.

Okay, now that THAT'S out of the way, let's get down to business and by business I mean writing pointless crap about things no one wants to hear about.

I just wanted to write about the Commonwealth Games. Unfortunately you Americans aren't part of the mighty Commonwealth and therefore you don't get to compete (psssh, Commonwealth. Who cares. Australia should become a republic if you ask me). I really don't see the appeal of it. Besides the fact that Australians love it because they mostly win everything it's just stupid. It's like a lame ass version of the Olympics without all the cool countries.

I must admit I do enjoy watching some of the events like the diving, the gymnastics, the track and field. But come on, who actually watches the swimming or the cycling? The swimming goes for too long and is tedious and boring. The cycling is just confusing. Some stupid event called the sprint was on the other day. It's just one person chasing the other and then all of a sudden they go really fast. What a waste of an event. I would rather see someone streak across the cycling arena with the Australian flag painted on his butt cheeks than watch that stupid event. Actually I'd vote the streaker over the Commonwealth Games as a whole. They're just stupid.

That's it really. Commonwealth Games = a fat waste of time, money and my life in general. Unless streakers are involved.

Slacker

2006-03-08T11:17:00.000+11:00

God I'm a slacker. I have just been too busy to post on my blog recently, I haven't uploaded a video for years and I don't have a camera to take photos with for Flickr.

It makes me sad actually as my Pro account is going to waste. I've also been getting abusive email from people because I'm slack slack slack with my videos.

Sorry kids! I promise this weekend I will be videoing and photoing like nobody's business. Even though I don't have a dig camera...

R.I.P my babies...

2006-02-28T19:14:00.000+11:00

So Sunday night I went to Tropfest, which is an Australian short film festival run by Sony. Basically hundreds of people from around Australia submit videos which are under 7 minutes long and contain the signature item for the year (this year was a bubble). 16 finalists are chosen from the entries to be shown on massive screens at a free event at The Domain in the city of Sydney.

I went last year and it was awesome. Basically the whole point to this story is that the weather was very nasty looking, but I decided to rock up anyway and deal with a bit of rain. Unfortunately, that 'bit of rain' turned into a torrential downpour accompanied by lightning and during the second half of the films being shown, they ended up shutting down because of fears that lightning could strike the broadcast tower. It was a horrible, horrible experience and what makes it worse is that I could have left before it started raining heavily but I wanted to watch the rest of the movies so I stayed. They didn't even end up playing all of them so it was just a massive waste of my life (a little bit like the 2 unit maths test we had today. It was a complete and utter joke).

Highlight of the night would have been people stripping to their undies and jumping in the fountains in the middle of the city when everyone left. It was hilarious.

Okay, so the entire point to this story and really the reason for the heading of this post is that my digital camera, my iPod and my phone all got water damage. My digital camera no longer turns on, my iPod screen is completely blank although I can still hear music andl luckily my phone is working again. I am so upset and annoyed mainly at my camera. My iPod has already been replaced 4 times under warranty because it's always faulty and another time won't hurt. My camera on the other hand was beautiful. I loved him dearly. We'd been through a lot together. Let us just take a moment to remember the special moments we had together...*cue contemplative music*

Okay. Lucky part is that my video camera lives! If it hadn't lived I would have been screwed as I bought it off eBay and therefore do not have any of the warranty or anything for it.

Yeah...mad...

2006-02-25T21:53:00.000+11:00

I love forgetting my password to my blog and getting really frustrated, just to find out that I had it right all along, I just had caps lock on every time I tried to log in.

Stupid stupid and stupid. I'll post a proper entry later when I'm not annoyed.

They can't help it.

2006-02-14T22:47:00.001+11:00

Probably one of the best websites I've seen for a while. It's an organisation dedicated to rednuts all over the world and a disease known as gingervitis.

According to the websites, kids with gingervitis are also born without souls. Oh and you can buy t-shirts too.

I think it is fantastic and extremely hilarious. Make sure you go to the 'FAQ' and 'Statistics' pages. I couldn't breathe it was so funny. Plus you will know the safety procedures if you are bitten unawares by a ginger kid.

fast food + greed = reality tv

2006-02-13T20:00:00.000+11:00

Australia's The Biggest Loser is premiering on tv right now. Actually that's a lie. It just finished.

The point is I think it's highly entertaining. I also think it's a great way for people to realise that if they are junk food addicts, then there is something they can do about it.

P.S. My stepmum spent the entire hour that the show was on pointing and laughing and making extremely rude comments at these people who were at least doing something about their weight problem. My dad and her went on a diet not that long ago but my dad actually lost weight from eating healthily, she just lost weight from not eating at all. So I don't think she qualifies as someone who is allowed to ridicule fat people on tv.

Lucky I don't like her. I also hope she doesn't find my blog.

Controversy

2006-02-08T09:20:00.000+11:00

OMG!11!!!!!111!!1 Marissa got expelled from school! Ryan is an idiot for punching the dean and then getting himself expelled too.

I love the OC.

But it makes me sad that we're behind America a few episodes because the new tv seasons all start around the same time here which is only last week.

It also makes me sad that some people pronounce 'controversy' as 'con-trov-a-see'.

Holy hell. I love living in a technology age!

2006-02-03T12:16:00.000+11:00

Holy crap! I was absolutely blown away by this NEC website showing a range of near future technology gadgets and gizmos. I was only going to blog about one of them, but then I found that site.

No honestly, I am speechless. I have nothing to say but "wow". Have a look! It is seriously amazing.

I can't afford technology on my salary

2006-02-03T11:47:00.000+11:00

I definitely want one of these. I saw them in one of my many computer magazines as being "technology at its most awesomeness" (or something like that, although they used a more professional word than 'awesomeness').

It's a Bose Wave Music System, and is a radio with a cd loader in the front which plays CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs and MP3 CDs. It doesn't have buttons on it and everything is controlled by the remote control that comes with it. I want one, but alas I cannot afford it.

$999 AUD or $1000 AUD for people who realise that they're trying to make it look cheaper. I would rather not spend that much money on it when I could get a bigger one with more features for less. All I'd be paying for is the really modern and sleek design, which sucks because that's what I like about it.

BOOOOOOO!

My school is el crappo

2006-02-03T11:29:00.000+11:00

Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney = the crappest school of all time.

I have a 6 period day today. The only classes I have are Legal Studies and IPT in the first two periods. Year 12 has been granted open campus, but it won't be put into effect until everyone has handed in their "applications" and even then, we're only allowed to leave to school after period 3.

It's period 3 right now and I have already finished my classes. We don't have open campus yet, so I have to waste time and hang around at school doing shit all for about 5 hours.

GET A LIFE! I'm annoyed. Therefore I figured I would spend my time drinking beef noodle soup out of my thermos (illegally mind you as food shouldn't be near the computers), update my blog with this absolutely crap post of complaint and figure out a way to bypass my schools network which has blocked sites on the internet for no good reason, so that I can get into hotmail.

So far I am looking for a proxy bypasser which I can download, as the online ones only bypass the block on the first page you go to. As soon as I press the 'login' button for hotmail, it exits the online proxy. Plus the last one I downloaded put one on those stupid 'desktop advertisement boxes' which pissed me off.

Any help from computer nerds would be appreciated.

Bak 2 skool!!!!!!!!!!!!11!1!!!!1

2006-01-30T11:51:00.000+11:00

Bloody school, it sucks ass. Boo!

I finish forever in September and can't wait. Holy hell. School can rot.

I haven't posted recently because I've been doing all the holiday homework that I could have done over my 6 week break, but because I don't care I left it till the last minute.

Yay for procrastination!

Console Giants Battle It Out

2006-01-23T00:38:00.000+11:00

The Playstation 3 is set to whip the XBox 360's ass. Sucked in to all you XBox fans who used to claim that Microsoft was always going to dominate the game console scene.

I'm thinking it's because Microsoft thought they'd be cool and launch their console before Sony did. Unfortunately this also meant that they had to reveal all their specs earlier as well, giving Sony the chance to perfect the PS3 and boast better specs than the XBox.

Some comparisons here and here for those of you who want proof of the new Playstation's greatness.

Although there are certain aspects of the XBox 360 that are more appealing or certain specs which may seem better in the 360 than the PS3, the PS3 wins when it comes down to the more important things such as media support and the overall performance of the machine.

I have always been a Playstation fan and am going to stick with Sony in my purchase of the PS3 when it is released around March.

Actually I'm pretty sure I'll end up buying both, but PS3 will be first.

P.S. A fun fact for you all: both gaming consoles are said to be more advanced than the best PCs around.

I personally would rather that they invested all their research and such into PCs which provide much more entertainment than my Playstation ever will.

Generic Movie Lines

2006-01-16T23:02:00.000+11:00

I was thinking that the most generic movie lines for me would have to be:

[x] "Let's get out of here!"
[x] "What do you want from me?" (shouted, of course)
[x] "Something's not right."

I know there are heaps of others I've noticed, but I can't remember what they are. These were my favourite, though.

Perfect.

2006-01-16T10:48:00.001+11:00

Today is another perfect beach day.

I can't wait to get out there and take some photos to upload to my new Flickr account.

Something, or rather someone, else who comes under the heading 'perfect' is Ryan Reynolds. I just love the kid! I mean, look at him go!

Pro

2006-01-15T22:30:00.000+11:00

I am now the proud owner of a brand spanking new Pro Flickr Account.

Whoopee!

Teen stars are extremely skanky

2006-01-15T18:11:00.000+11:00

I saw Prime a few weeks ago and it reminded me of how gorgeous Uma Thurman was. Then I found this picure, which backed up my thoughts.

Way more attractive than Lindsay Lohan.

Beach and Coke

2006-01-15T16:28:00.000+11:00

Yay I've been at the beach most of the day and have a good tan already. A week and a half still to go!

I also love Diet Coke. I've drunk 5 cans whilst I've been at home, which has only been about 4 hours all up today. That's a lot of Coke.

Sequels and such

2006-01-14T23:55:00.000+11:00

Last year I got dragged kicking and screaming by some of my friends to see Blade: Trinity at the movies. I don't know whether you already picked it, but my friends were all guys.

I had never seen any of the Blade movies, and to me they just looked bad. Some really lame attempt at making an action movie and the only audience they attracted were guys who just liked watching corny fight scenes for the heck of it.

Don't get me wrong, I like action movies, just not corny ones.

To cut a long story short, turns out I really liked the movie. One of my favourite movies to date.

I've never seen the first Blade or Blade 2, and the point of this post was to inform you all that today I watched Blade (on the way up the coast in the car), Blade 2 and then Blade: Trinity again.

They are really good movies! I love them! Way better attempts at a trilogy than The Terminator could compete with in the sense that all 3 movies were awesome.

Conclusion: Blade trilogy is awesome.

Terminator 2 was the best.

Out The Window

2006-01-14T16:49:00.000+11:00

Why is it that whenever you go on holiday, any form of diet or healthy eating plan you may have been following at home is thrown out the window?

I guess it's pretty common, right?

That said, I just arrived in Crescent Head and have eaten 2 meat pies in my first half an hour of being here. 1 week, 6 days to go.

Oops...?

Road Trip

2006-01-13T22:13:00.000+11:00

Off on a 5 1/2 hour drive up the coast to Crescent Head for a family holiday tomorrow. I decided at the last minute that I don't want to take my car up, so I'm going up in my dad's car.

It's just the two of us in the massive Prado, meaning I can lounge in the back watching dvds whilst drinking cans of Diet Coke cold out of the fridge in our car.

That's a road trip at it's best.

I'll talk to you all at the other end.

Hope the weather is snazzy!

Backwards messages in songs are fun

2006-01-13T01:24:00.000+11:00

Friends and I found this a while ago. Stuff like this has always fascinated me.

The concept is called 'backmasking'. Basically it's playing a certain section of a song backwards and finding a hidden message. Many people believed it was the work of Satan, as his name turned up a lot in these so called messages.

This website has a whole list of the most common ones.

My favourites:

'Another One Bites The Dust' with the hidden message: 'It's fun to smoke marijuana.' You have to have a pretty good imagination to hear that, but it's funny anyway.

'Stairway To Heaven' is just scary. It's an entire paragraph, that, when played backwards, comes out as an entire paragraph about Satan. I reckon this one has been done on purpose, even if they weren't being serious.

Layout Completed...finally.

2006-01-13T00:10:00.000+11:00

God I hate trying to write code for a website when you don't have the flexibility of doing whatever you want with it, eg. with Blogger I need to keep all the stupid codes that make the posts and archives come up in there somwhere.

Anyway, because I'm lazy and hate dreamweaver, I decided to just do something simple by adding a few codes here and there into the layout. Turns out it took me about 5 hours to figure some stuff out and I'm totally over it.

But it's done.

One day, in the very distant future, I will make a fancy schmancy layout for this here blog. But for now this one will do.

Labels

2006-01-12T14:00:00.000+11:00

Do you know what is really great? My sister's 'Brother P-Touch 55' Handheld Labeller. It looks a little something like this:

I was just thinking how cool it would be to label everything. Just print hundreds of labels saying 'laptop' or 'oven' or 'toilet' and sticking them everywhere.

It could become some type of obsessive compulsive disorder.

That would be really funny, actually.

I bet somewhere in the world there is some psychotic old lady sitting at home by herself with her pink labeller in her hand and the word 'nutcase' (printed onto a label of course) stuck to her forehead.

Blogger Virginity

2006-01-11T23:50:00.000+11:00

First post, yippee!

When I can be bothered to get around to it (which will probably be tomorrow) I will make a layout for my blog. Until then you're all going to have to live with the atrocious default one that it comes with.

Look forward to being friends!