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| Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | | 2:12 am |
DUMB DINOSAUR FOR THE WIN*!
Is what I'd be screaming if I had actually won something. Of course, I haven't, but that doesn't prevent me from having a moral victory ( n. "the victory you have when you can't have an actual victory", see Clayton's victory). Some back-story is probably appropriate. There was an Internet Flash video [requires sound] about a Dumb Dinosaur that I loved to pieces [link: Duh.] I chose its name [and image for an avatar] and started posting entries to the Cracked weekly photoshop comp. There's hundreds of entries, of which they feature 10-15 on the main page in their own 'article' [think cream of the crop], of which the #1 voted winner gets $50. Last comp I managed to score ranking #11 and this recent comp was still better for me [I ranked #9, which I believe entitles me to say "w00t"]. Spoiler space: I didn't win [wait, I said that in the first sentence, this isn't a spoiler at all], but my image is so awesome it's the picture link from the main page. That's right, folks, today Dumb Dinosaur is FRONT PAGE NEWS! Here's a link to the front page. (My 'shop' was of Buttercup, obviously). For the slowpokes, my awesomeness is preserved for posterity here. Yay for me, and my internet victories, which I need so desperately. * - 'for the win' isn't a common phrase at all down here [we don't have your biliously awful Hollywood Squares, America. Your 'Jeopardy' is relatively new to us, as a guide], and I think I saw a video on the shelf at the local videostore once called ftw* which I always took to be 'f**k the world', which lead to an aversion for 'ftw' for fear of being misunderstood. Next week: other three-letter acronyms** Nick is frightened of. ** TLA.... aaaah, oh God no!!! | | Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | | 1:19 am |
Like Adobe Photoshop I Don't F***ing Stop
Thanks to mc chris for the lyric that makes up this subject line. I've been doing stuff, but not really recording it for posterity. Some of it's been unimportant (I was sick yesterday, last week I bought a harmonica) and some of it has been important (my annual review at work's gone well and my career progess is healthy, last week I bought a booklet teaching me how to play the harmonica), but either way, this blog hasn't been updated. Right after I qualified for my CA I threw myself headfirst into my gaming again to remind myself of everything I had missed so dearly and while it's been great to catch-up [as well as someone in my position CAN catch-up...] I've also been conscious of other parts of my life I've been neglecting. Some of it I don't mind missing out on so much [exercise, tidying up the house], but other stuff I really should be devoting more time to [my writing, reading good books..]. One thing I've been getting back into of an evening which has helped me unwind and keep the creative juices flowing is the ol' Photoshop. Originally it was making fake videogame covers to amuse my friends, then it was working out new avatars for my updated-once-a-month Facebook page [and you're probably not using Facebook properly if you're uploading new profile pics more often than updating your status on there] and I've started entering the Cracked.com photoshop competitions as well [though it's annoying to have my nuggets of P'shopped gold lose out to MS Paint efforts that incorporate Star Wars characters and gay references]. I won't have 'new' content up here for quite a while [we're just heading into the really busy time of work. I seriously expect the soonest I'll start enjoying life again will be mid to late July], but as a substitute for that, here's clickable links to my two most recent Facebook profile pics. I'm sure years later as an adult [wait, I'm an adult now..] these will come back to embarrass me, but hey, this is what I do with my (limited) free time, folks. Now ya know..   Peace out, folks. n/k Current Mood: busy-ishCurrent Music: something by mc chris | | Friday, November 7th, 2008 | | 1:08 am |
| | Friday, October 10th, 2008 | | 2:42 am |
| | Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 | | 12:40 am |
| | Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 | | 4:24 am |
Final Stage Complete, Bonus Unlocked
Last Monday at midnight, I submitted a 7,000 word document containing financial reporting, management accounting, tax and audit/assurance guidance for a fictional business entity. And then, ladies and gentlemen, with that assignment, my CA studies were OVER. The last 2+ years have involved a lot of sacrifices for me (major ones being sleep and socialising given the CA death march) and now it's great to be able to take my life back and actually PLAY/READ the videogames and books I've been steadily buying over the whole period. I can finally watch the third Pirates of the Caribbean and Spiderman movies (yes, I know they're not as good, everyone tells me that, but if you watch the first two, you have to watch the third). I will even be able to dust off the exercise bike and remind myself of what it was to exercise and finally get my healthy lifestyle back. Okay, that last one was a joke. Of course I'm not going to exercise. Anyway, there's not much point in making accomplishments if you don't get rewarded, and Fate's hot sister Kismet has arranged cosmic matters such that I've won for myself an XBOX 360, games, 12 hour 'lock in' at a games parlour with 20 friends and free movie passes. And this came from bringing a friend to an event that had free beer, hats, shirts and other 'swag' I thoroughly enjoyed myself trying to get as much of as possible. It appears I'm Awesome, and this has been a most welcome development. I'm my own hero. To quote Master Splinter, Life is good, and life goes on. Current Mood: awesomeCurrent Music: A Little Less Conversation (And A Little More Awesome) | | Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | | 5:20 am |
Reservoir Dogs, Schroedinger Cats
I jokingly once said we now have the technology to make 2 different versions of Quentin Tarantino films, the original and the one where Quentin Tarantino (the actor) has been mercifully edited out through the magic of CGI. The latter being preferable of course (and humourously named Director’s Cut (Out Of the Film)). Chortle. A book I’ve gotten into lately is called something like '101 Mystery Films' which is basically is the best 101 Mystery films of all time reviewed. The author rightly-or-wrongly decides the criteria for a mystery film is it’s neither subtitled nor made for TV and centers around a crime, which is why Reservoir Dogs makes the list. Anyway, despite buying the 2-disc edition before Xmas, I haven’t watched the movie in a long time, and while reading the plot rundown as summarized in the book, I came across this startling chain of events:[paraphrasing] “Mr Blonde tortures and mutilates the hostage cop while Mr Pink and Mr White are disposing of the car. Mr Orange intervenes and kills Mr Blonde. When the others return, Mr Orange says Mr Blonde confessed to being the undercover cop, which was why he killed him. A Mexican standoff ensues, all are killed [including Mr Pink while attempting to escape with the loot], Mr Orange being killed by Mr White, who is then killed by the cops himself. The sole survivor is the hostage cop who wonders whether it’s worth surviving given he is now mutilated”. … didn’t Mr Orange say he shot Mr Blonde “because he was about to kill this cop”, and then Nice Guy Eddie says “Oh, who, this cop here?” and puts 4 rounds in the cop hostage’s chest, killing him on the spot? So, without looking [at the DVD], is the hostage cop alive or dead? Current Music: something by steeler's wheel | | Sunday, January 20th, 2008 | | 4:17 am |
| | Monday, August 13th, 2007 | | 6:59 pm |
Fur Fox Sake: Skiing On Thin Ice
I just had a week's vacation down at the snow! I totally needed it because work (and study) has been totally nuts lately, and what made *this* the vacation all the more enjoyable for me was I finally got a chance to try out the 5'10" fox outfit I purchase online (don't ask how much it costed, but if you guessed $7,500, you'd be halfway to a correct answer. Don't worry, my bank balance says 'Ouch' as well.) I have to say, skiing (and snowboard and skating) in a fursuit is TOTALLY the way nature intended it. And I mean that literally - because the fur in my outfit was made from actual animal furs (which is why it costs so dang much), I got a true feeling of how it must feel to be a snowfox. Obviously I attracted a lot of attention, and just about every Dad on the mountain wanted me to pose for photos with bratty kids, but break half a dozen digital cameras 'accidentally' and people learn to leave you alone, I've found. I also found out that since most people assumed that I was hired/paid to wear my outfit, I could basically get away with anything I wanted to - cutting into lines, pushing people over, stealing food from people in the ski lodge restaurants.. all you have to do is use those excessive pantomime movements people associate with mascots and suddenly everything's a free performance of hilarity. Some official who tried to keep me from cutting to the front of the Yeti Climb chairlift found this out the hard way when I took the snowshovel he was using to block my path and hit him in the face with it. Down he went like a DC-10, and I pointed theatrically and held my stomach in the international symbol of silent laughter and everyone in line started laughing as well, even though the guy was obviously concussed. Maybe they thought he was playing along, because kids started yelling to hit him again. I didn't, of course. But I had made my point. Obviously you can't keep this sort of thing up forever though so I had to wear an ordinary outfit for the last few days of the skiing trip (hint: when officials start pointing to you and speaking into walkie-talkies, it means the party's over), but all in all, it was a totally relaxing time and sigh, now it's back to the grindstone again. Now it's just a matter of figuring out what else I can use my fox outfit for, I guess. | | Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 | | 7:35 pm |
But Will They Play It At His Funeral?
The guy who wrote and performed Yakety Sax (otherwise known as the Benny Hill Theme) died today. The fact that I don't know his name shows how famous he really was, but he will be remembered through his legacy; the one piece of music that makes any piece of footage entertaining, especially if played in fast motion and using cheap camera effects. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you.. Yakety Sax. (4m31s YouTube link) Current Music: YAKETY SAX, OF COURSE. idiot. | | Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | | 7:03 pm |
Fist Things First
One of my favourite Aussie shows, Double The Fist, needed extras for a huge battle scene that's going to be the finale to series 2, and because being awesome is my new calling in life, I showed up ready to kick ass and forget names. ( Read more... ) | | Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 | | 1:37 am |
Tix, Tux and Tax
WARNING: The following blog post is rated SI (Self Indulgent). Readers with little to no desire to learn what Nick's been doing or his opinion on cyberpunk fiction are advised to go look at the video of Soundwave breakdancing on YouTube. ( Read more... ) Current Music: kid koala - hill street blues vs coldcut | | Saturday, May 12th, 2007 | | 7:13 pm |
Who's the member of the radical Islamic extremist gang that's fun for you and me?
Walt Disney was an anti-semite, reported those of his workers who he believed to be un-American and apparently attended a fair few meetings of the American Nazi Party. Mickey (and Donald and Goofy) each did their part for pro-Allies anti-Axis wartime propaganda, however (type any of their names into a search engine together with "banned cartoon" for a sampling). This was all many, many years ago and quite rightly forgotten (we can only bring these up in conversation again when Walt gets thawed out from his cryo-bed and he becomes fresh news again). However, Mickey isn't prepared to leave his violent past behind and has appeared on children's TV urging children to support civilian armed resistance and help Islam to "lead the world". Some of the eagle-eyed among you may say this is one of Mickey Mouse's body doubles and not The Mouse himself, but if there's absolutely no bona-fide Disney connection, why did Donald Duck wire his body with C-4 and detonate it in a crowded market place in the Gaza Strip last Thursday? It wasn't the first time that Donald Duck had attempted to destroy his enemy, but it certainly was the last. All that remained was his beak, his sailor's hat and shirt. His pants were never found. Donald Duck, we salute you. Current Music: I need a new duck - Weird Al Yankovic | | Monday, April 30th, 2007 | | 12:22 am |
Golden Compass: Threat or Menace?
So! New Line Cinema is bringing out a movie at the end of this year called The Golden Compass and they're running promotional material already. This 7 month lead has to be some sort of record for promotional-events-before-the-movie (apart from Hollywood planning September 11 to ensure box office success for World Trade Centre, of course), but like all internet memes that appeal to a clique, the furries have gotten all hot under the collar about it. Why? Because this film (which is based on The Da Vinci Code, except it uses Scientology instead of Christianity, according to the promotional blurb that I just made up) introduces the concept of people having souls (which CAP Alert will love) but these souls are physically represented as animals (which causes CAP Alert to say things like "may contain trace amounts of paganism, wiccan concepts"). Oh, and if you don't know what CAP Alert is, www.capalert.com is a place where you can go and type in you favourite movies and obtain *real* *actual* warnings about objectionable content. The most awesome thing I can think about CAP Alert right now is it almost makes my review of Happy Feet sort-of like the real movie. That's right, the crazy things I make up are actually read into the movie by the CAP Alert reviewers, who then go on to tell millions that the movie contains these things too. I have an idea they should be writing me cheques based off this alone, but let's put that aside for now.. ( Read more... ) Current Music: some raven track, no doubt | | Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 | | 7:22 pm |
White Rappers: This Time It's Personal
I promise this will be the last one, but Vanilla Ice looks approximately like a Wimbledon winner, the Prime Minister of Australia and the lead singer of the Police. Something's rotten in Denmark.  | | 6:12 pm |
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
So, I got to thinking "Couldn't this software just spit out 9 celebrity pics with plausible looking but still random percentage numbers next to them and the user would be like 'Ohhhhhh man, I look 58% like R. Lee Ermey, that's awesome'?". I'd like to think this is a scientific experiment to see if the software can match a celebrity to a childhood picture of theirs, but the reality is, I just wanted to snicker at Eminem wearing an ALF T-shirt. Enjoy.  | | Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 | | 9:30 pm |
| | Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 | | 7:09 pm |
Thought experiment
What the hey, let's see if I can hack into your mind. It's not like either of us have anything better to do. I want you to think of a number between 1 and 50. To make it tricky for me, make it a two-digit number, both numbers have to be odd and different from each other. Okay.. think of the number. Focus on it. ( And click ) Current Mood: boderline psychicCurrent Music: videogame remixes | | Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 | | 1:00 pm |
Checking In.. so Check, Check It Out
I might start writing fictin again soon.. might. I have been awfully busy lately doing awesome things (like going to Regurgitator concerts, playing paintball, buying Xboxes and passing exams) but I've also been doing lame things too (getting sick, working 10 hour shifts in my 2nd job to support my 'awesome lifestyle' choices) and I'm about to start probably my most difficult subject yet in my studies so I'm not going to be knocking off complete novels in my spare time, of course but... It's basically just occurred to me how easy it is to write weak fiction. My Dark Secret is an online multi-player murder mystery game.. one or two of the mysteries are actually well-written [Murder Most British springs to mind], but some are asking you to play a character who's meant to be an ex-secret-military-department agent who has ultra-classified mind control skills.. and he uses these skills solely to try to manipulate his wife into not leaving him for another man, and then trying to get her to kill K.J Rowling who writes Parry Hotter books, because this will prevent his wife leaving him as well. Yeesh. And how do the others find out about your ultra-secret military past? Because you had a sticker from your ultra-secret department on the bag you brought to the hotel with you that said 'Psy-Ops' or whatever the classified name was. Doy, I knew I shoulda cut that label off! I wonder if Eichmann was caught by Mossad because he still had a Nazi insignia on his briefcase. Or he was still wearing his uniform. Lazy, laaaaazy writing, kids. So! I'm telling myself I can do better. In the past I've only written in the first person as well (because I write these things on my blog as my own personal diary), so it'll be interesting to see if I can break with that tradition either. Who knows, you probably won't hear from me for months and I'll post a 10 paragraph story about the time I got beaten up by Dancer, Blitzen and Dasher during a Xmas photo shoot (I was Comet at the time). Current Mood: homesickCurrent Music: Hullaballoo - Regurgitator | | Monday, January 29th, 2007 | | 7:39 pm |
SWAT-Kon '07 Report
Well, I'm back from SWAT-Kon, the SWAT Kats furry fans Weekend Confurence '07. Con report follows... ( Read more... ) Current Mood: con-nedCurrent Music: SWAT Kats theme music (midi) |
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