Friday, March 30, 2007

Workin Double Time

I'm currently trying to finish the Claude Jutra paper and hand it in by 4pm so that I can make it to work for 4:30. It's still possible, if I somehow just write like a madman, and edit in a single go. So I'm still hopeful, I could probably get downtown and then to work if I leave here by 3:40 which gives me just under 3 hours......to write about
Jean Rouch
The Devil's Toy
the Quiet Revolution
Quebec - U.S.A. ou l'invasion pacifique
French New Wave Filmmaking
the youth of the counter-culture
Wow
The reception of Claude Jutra as a filmmaker
my views of Claude Jutra
Conclusion
Edit
Reference
Format
Print
Staple
Deliver
Collapse.
Yeah, I'm starting to think this just isn't happening, especially with the blogging go on. But goddamn, this laptop business is really really cool. I never understood the coolness of having a laptop until this very instant. What could be better than the warm battery of the laptop warming my legs as I type? The warm battery of the laptop warming my legs in the cold bathroom as I watch Youtube on the throne. It's an all new low, but just think of the irony. I can watch shit.......
Good Riddance post, oh so much writing to do

A Radiohead Reason

As a brilliant follow up to the debacle of Sir Shitbag that happened a little while ago, Radiohead was recently asked if they're upcoming album is to be released through Starbucks, like Sir Shitbag. They're response to question "...dismissed as "completely untrue"...."
I knew I was on to something when I made them my Favourite Modern band. Way to go boys, keep this world from crumbling.

Full Article...which doesn't really say more but good on ya!

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

In Accordance with Canadian Content Regulations

Finally finished all the research for the Jutra paper. It's supposed to be 15 pages long and get this....I have 56+ pages of notes!!!! I researched the hell out of this, and all I want is the outline to include the phrase "Please hand in research notes attached." like they did in the old high-school days. I want to flaunt! Instead I'm searching over the internet for the name of a Jesse Cook, which you will see I found, and adding many many objects to my Amazon wish list. Here's to pulling another all nighter. Don't be surprised to find many more posts from now until 6pm tomorrow.
Jesse Cook's Mind Boggling "Rattle and Burn" - How the guitar does not burst into flames is beyond me.

Friday, March 23, 2007

I Really Wish It Hadn't Come To This



Sir Paul has become Sir Shitbag
recently. I felt bad for the guy after his relationship with Mills didn't work out, even watching a bit of Dancing with the Stars and loathing her on the inside a little. So much for those comforting feelings that I once shared with the Walrus. Around 10pm last night, I found out that the bass player for the legendary band the beatles, had signed onto a new label. Intriguing. Was it a personal project, or was he feeling trendy and wanted to start something with the likes of Timbaland? Nope. Sad Sad Nope. McCartney has signed onto the Hear Music label which is owned exclusively by.....Starbucks Coffee. Citing intenet piracy, and VIDEO GAMES !?!?!, as the main culprits behind the decline in CD sales. Number 1, when was the last time you were mowing through endless fields of soon to be corpses, only to start syncing up your assassinations to the opening of Live and Let Die, or even cruised around San Andreas listening to Norwegian Wood? Number 2, perhaps your CD sales are slipping, ol' chap, because YOU are slipping......ol' chap. Had the time to run through Chaos and Creation last summer, aside from the single, wasn't much substance. You are not the Beatles, or Wings, you are the remnants of the greatest band. And once more with feeling, band. Number 3, the big one. Why in the fuck do you need more money anyway? Ringo got by with gigs and full time work as a conductor. I seriously hope this is some scheme of your by robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, but until you come to your wits, I'm afraid I must draw the big red line.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

T-Minus 11 hrs 22 mins til submission

It's 6:30am. This will be the third consecutive 6:30 I have sat through in this computer chair (AMs and PMs). I'm currently approaching the 40th hour of my ongoing day that began on Tuesday when I woke up at 3pm. If I can last until 12:01am tonight, which seems to be a likier goal as the minutes tick past, I will have woken up on Tuesday and gone to bed on Friday. It's like I'm a forest firefighter or something. Yet no trees saved, just cereal eaten, information downloaded and time wasted. It's truly an amazing experience to be part of when you sit and watch the human mind keep itself busy for 35+ hours, and never accomplish anything. Thursday's always been my work day, and besides the Bex arrives tonight. The ultimate incentive of all motivators. The moment I finish these two damn projects, I am buying myself a video game SOOOOO damn quickly. Guitar Hero 2, God of War 2, Killzone, Tony Hawk Project 8, Burnout: Dominator or the highly intriguing Vice City Stories? If the slow motion trick simulator is really true in Tony Hawk, I don't have enough pot yet. If I find my agenda and see that there is another paper due next week, God of War 2, Vice City and Killzone are all out. Narratives are the main enemy when trying to limit your game time. So I'll probably end up getting Guitar Hero 2, unless Burnout is way cheaper or has the mother-of-all new features that I could not think of, because lets face it. Burnout 4 was flawless. Aside from just making the game bigger, not much else aside from hardware and software improvements. Ah well, that is such a very very long way away. Astronomy here I come.




Was to be posted at 3:30am Mar 22, 2007. Yet got distracted by LPs online.

Middle of the 2nd night and still going strong. If only I could say the same about my work getting done. Still astounded at the strength of my desire to procrastinate. Now that I have mastered the task of researching, I can genuinely get lost in a website that I may have gone to, even if I wasn't stressed for school. Apparently I like making lists and putting lots of pictures up. And losing hours of my life by not backing up what I'm doing and consequently losing it all. Its a bad habit.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Fuck Responsibility....Watch These.

Re-entered black hole that is Youtube. Lengthy detailed Report to follow. Samples Retrieved.

Brokeback by the Bell - Watched an episode of the bell this morning. 1. Realized a significant chunk of values, morals, probable actions based upon episodes I religously viewed as a child. 2. Loved a pseudo-gay relationship moment between A.C. and Zach, causing a morning lost in Youtube.

UNIQLO MIXPLAY - Interesting Breakdance group utilizing synchronization.

Red Vs. Blue: PSA: Real Life vs. the Internet - GODDAMN HILARIOUS! IF YOU ONLY CLICK ONE????? RIGHT HERE. If you've never seen the show, a prime example of the delicious dialogue they serve up.

Kid Koala Live Performance - Got into Koala last night during the first all-night. Incredible to watch his fingers and realize I've been doing this all my life with my Portable LP player, but never realized it could have a purpose.

Colbert's Golden Moment at 2006 Emmys - I've never seen more laughs in an award ceremony audience in all my life.

Baby Break Dancer - Cute, and yet occasionally disturbing.

8 Year Old Destroys Guitar Hero II - Psychobilly Freakout *Expert* - I hate this child for his skill, but I can only adore him and bask in the greatness of his showmanship. Good camerawork recording song.

Kid Koala Cartoon- Floor Kids : B-Boy O-Live vs. B-Boy Nugs - Fun to watch, or else just click and listen as you read other stuff.

Short Film of Guitar Hero - Guitar God vs. Hippie - When I first saw this, I was told to hold out to the end. Was worth the wait. May only be funny to those who have actually played the game, but may also be funny to those who have actual sense of humour.

Last but certainly not least. I'm going to start a new thing with the trailers of stuff I'm excited for. I shall call it......Bag of Popcorn (as of now). Oh so excited. I just stumbled upon it. Gotta find my CBC t-shirt.

The 1st Bag of Popcorn

Goin on Five Years Now

Hello all, thought I would poke my head back in. Make sure the furniture's still here, and there aren't any newspapers piling up on the front porch.
Quick Lowdown: (key items bolded for the distracted student)
Moved back home to my mom's house. - Going pretty well so far. Have the computer set up in my room and a larger bed to sleep on. Just gotta finish unpacking before the fall.
School - Going really well. Finally taking the astronomy class of my dreams. I can now confidently look up into the night sky and know how everything I see was created. And oh the pleasure it brings. (Currently have a 95.65% in that class.....you heard me). Also taking a sci-fi lit class which has intro'd me into some new books. Catalyst for my summer plans of Clarke and Dick. I've been really into the films this year in Canadian Cinema and Contemporary World Cinema. Eyes have been opened to cultures, countries, problems in the world, and I haven't seen Hollywood Schlock in over a year. Managed to attend the cinema a dozen times last year, and walked out everytime knowing I got my money's worth.
Relationship - Fantasmagoric! The only problem is that is has gotten so good, I am constantly in withdrawl while the Bex is in the goo.
Hobbies - I have thrust myself right into the video game culture. Fanatic of Red vs. Blue, following award shows, upcoming games, technology while also delving into the past. I have developed a huge appreciation for the old NES music. BATMAN is still the shit. Metal Gear Solid, Ninja Gaiden and Kirby all other worthy contenders. Got into it while playing Guitar Hero, which I am slowly becoming a god in, as for now I'm content being a magician of manic button pushing. I have a few ideas for creating customized games that will hopefully be tackled in may.
May - Finally taking some time off of work and school. I have a list of 25 Film ideas, or projects to be realized through film. Stacks of books to read and a few paper ideas to flesh out this summer.
Mostly, I'm starting to get creative and I love it!!! I keep seeing new things and wanting to just thrust myself into them.
Apparently I'm the current lighting guy for the Friendly Rich Show. Did one show which was one of the most horrific nights of my life, but it seems like an oppurtunity I may never get again. I'm describing it as improvisational lighting. Racks the brain of a man who is the son of a stage manager, and lighting technician, having grown up on...."cues".......go figure.
Want to buy a bass guitar, maybe an electric violin, a new video camera, as my strong urge to go experimental does not work with the Easycam settings. What else?
Developed profound respect for Claude Jutra, (currently trying to finish paper on his early works). Oh, I have ADHD. Yeah. Go figure, I've daydreamed about it, and felt it fidget through my bones since grade 2, and finally went and got the diagnosis. I've got my meds, and despite the fear to go on medication (slightly created, but also decreased a la Donnie Darko), the meds are working great. I feel the change, but I'm having a hard time getting up in the morning. I've developed a mild insomnia, which I wasn't diagnosed with (I've seen Fight Club enough times to just damn well know).
Looking forward to warm weather, the psychadelic journeys of spring, being able to try and take a photo and not freezing my hands off. I might have possibly gotten frostbite from the knuckles down this winter. THE HORROR! JUST THINK what this means for my career as a pro gamer. utterly frightening.

Well anyway, I originally wanted to post something to commemorate my decision to pull off my first Double Nighter in years. Got the Jutra paper thats just dragging me down with my love of researching (a new hobby I've acquired, so to speak), and an astronomy project due in 24 hours. Will not lose that 95!!!! not an option.

Monday, March 05, 2007