Living with Nate and Adam

Well Nate and I have finally gotten together and made a few little funny videos – something we’ve been meaning to do for about… five years.

The three are up on Facebook, so sadly if you want to see the first two you’ll have to be friends with either one of us. However the third, and our favourite, is online for everyone’s viewing pleasure over at my personal site. There you can watch “Episode 3: Ideal Roommate” and read the rather long, sordid history of how Living with Nate and Adam came to be.

So be sure to check it out. I would embed everything right here, but WordPress doesn’t play nice with Javascript and they’re not yet up on a site like Google Video (which would play nicely).

Effin’ Javascript!

Countdown to Oscar…

Alright, let’s continue with what we started last night. I’m going to save the best for last so if you want to hear my picks for Best Director and Film (once again, Juno fans are gonna be disappointed) jump to the end. I appologize for any typos: last time around the copy/paste screwed up the post so I had to do everything by hand this time around.

BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Persepolis”: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Ratatouille”: Brad Bird
“Surf’s Up”: Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

WHAT WILL WIN: Persepolis
WHAT SHOULD WIN: Persepolis

“Persepolis” is the only film deserving to be on the list for one simple reason: it’s not a kids film. And I don’t care what people say about “Ratatouille”: it was too damn long, it wasn’t that funny, and unlike every past Pixar film it didn’t push boundaries (that and the short at the begining was 10x funnier then anything in the film).

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Across the Universe”: Albert Wolsky
“Atonement”: Jacqueline Durran
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”: Alexandra Byrne
“La Vie en Rose”: Marit Allen
“Sweeney Todd…”: Colleen Atwood

WHAT WILL WIN: Elizabeth
WHAT SHOULD WIN: Elizabeth

Okay, the truth is I have no idea what the hell is going to win, but come on! I’ve seen the trailer for Elizabeth, and while “Across the Universe” is artsy – it ain’t no Elizabethan drama!

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Atonement”: Dario Marianelli
“The Kite Runner”: Alberto Iglesias
“Michael Clayton”: James Newton Howard
“Ratatouille”: Michael Giacchino
“3:10 to Yuma”: Marco Beltrami

WHAT WILL WIN: Michael Clayton
WHAT SHOULD WIN: Sleuth

Okay, I’ll be honest – this category is never easy to call, and this year it’s even more difficult because much like the films of 2007, I didn’t find any score all that great – certainly not from this bunch (though I remember “Michael Clayton” being rather good – James Newton Howard is an incredible composer). You’ll notice my pick for what should win isn’t even listed and as such you may think I’m cheating. The fact is, “Sleuth” had one of the best score’s that I have heard in years.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Atonement”: Christopher Hampton
“Away from Her”: Sarah Polley
“Diving Bell and the Butterfly”: Ronald Harwood
“No Country for Old Men”: Coen Bros.
“There Will be Blood”: P.T. Anderson

WHAT WILL WIN: No Country for Old Men
WHAT SHOULD WIN: No Country for Old Men

This is a toss-up really. “No Country” should win, merely because everyone says it is a near perfect adaptation of the original source novel – however, because I think it’s going to sweep a bunch of others it is possible that it will go to “There Will be Blood” as a consolation prize.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Juno”: Diablo Cody
“Lars and the Real Girl”: Nancy Oliver
“Michael Clayton”: Tony Gilroy
“Ratatouille”: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco
“The Savages”: Tamara Jenkins

WHAT WILL WIN: Juno
WHAT SHOULD WIN: Juno

Okay Juno fans, this is it. Yes, here I think it is totally deserving! It is a brilliantly written film and judging by the impact it’s had on people I’m not alone in thinking that. Also, seeing as “Little Miss Sunshine” took it in this category last year, it won’t be surprising if this one takes it. Having said that, “Michael Clayton” is a very strong film, but I think too many people love “Juno” not to give it the Oscar.

Okay, before we get to the big two, I just want to quickly highlight a few of the sections I missed. I skipped best Documentary Feature only because I’ve seen just one (Sicko) – and while I hope Sicko wins because I love Michael Moore, I cannot make the call. Best animated short I hope goes to “I Met the Walrus” because its a Ryerson New Media Grad who made it and that’s just cool! As for the others, I would be totally talking out of my ass were I to try and guess so I’m not going to even bother. Okay! Now for the big two!

BEST DIRECTOR
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”: Julian Schnabel
“Juno”: Jason Reitman
“Michael Clayton”: Tony Gilroy
“No Country for Old Men”: The Coen Bros.
“There Will be Blood”: P. T. Anderson

WHAT WILL WIN: The Coen Bros.
WHAT SHOULD WIN: The Coen Bros.

Alright, here we go: Coen Bros. These guys need to take home the Oscar because much like Scorcese last year, it’s their time. They have yet to do it and if they’re going to do it any year, it’s this. While I would love to see it go to P.T. Anderson (as much as I hate some of his work, he is an incredible filmmaker) or Tony Gilroy – it’s time to give the Coen their statue(s). Of course I’ve heard very good things about “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” so who knows? As for Reitman – yeah Juno is great, yeah he got some amazing performances from those actors, but the direction is nothing special.

BEST PICTURE
“Atonement”
“Juno”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will be Blood”

WHAT WILL WIN: “No Country for Old Men”
WHAT SHOULD WIN: “No Country for Old Men”

Alright Juno fans, go ahead, castrate me now. Juno ain’t gonna win (well… it might, but it shouldn’t). I am very torn about this: in one way I want it to win because perhaps it will start a trend of true comedies being made rather than shitty “teen” movies that are either about sex with dessert, or bad parodies of bad movies (here’s the ultimate irony, the parody is worse than the originals – and that’s saying something! I’m just waiting for “Parody Movie” which is a parody of all the bad parody movies…) Having said that, despite “Juno” being cute and hilarious and wonderful and heartwarming, as a film it is nothing all that special. I know you all love it – but it’s the writing and the performances you love. The film as a film is nothing special… not like “No Country for Old Men” or “There Will be Blood”. Those are film films – Juno is not. Now having said that, everyone loves Juno so it is possible that it will win – however I just don’t think it pushes the boundaries enough. Comedies never win Best Picture, and if they do they are more then just really funny – they are proper films that push the limits and use the film medium to it’s advantage. It’s films like “Annie Hall”, “American Beauty”, “The Apartment”, “Terms of Endearment” – these were all not just funny – but also groundbreaking. Juno is funny, but not groundbreaking (and just because it has touchy subject matter doesn’t mean it is! Yes, they’re talking about teen pregnancy, but it ain’t the first film, and it ain’t the last). “Juno” is fun to quote, but you won’t be seeing parodies of it in 10 years. I can’t count the number of “American Beauty” references I’ve seen, and even “Annie Hall” is referenced occasionally (remember That 70’s Show? Diane Keaton’s Nipples?) Don’t get me wrong, I love Juno, and enjoyed it far more than I enjoyed “No Country for Old Men” which I personally found a bit dull. Having said that, I still wish I could make a film like “No Country”, or like “There Will be Blood”, or even like “Michael Clayton”. The fact is: you take Juno’s script and just about any director could make that film, with essentially any cast, and it would hold up about just as well (I do think Ellen Page makes it…). The same could not be said for “No Country…” or “…Blood”. Of course, I could be wrong. Everyone loves Juno so maybe it will get it. Apparently a lot of people like “Atonement”, despite Ikea Knightley. I didn’t think “The Departed” should win last year, and it did – so who knows.

Do I love Juno? Yes. Do I want to see more films like Juno? Yes. Do I wish I could make Juno? Yes. Is Juno going to win? No. Nor should it. “No Country…” or “…Blood” should be going home with the statue, but as I said it’s been a weird year so who knows. Will I eat my words later tonight, probably. Though I’ll be in bed sleeping so I can’t say that I’ll care all that much.

So there you go kids. My predictions for tonight’s ceremony. I hope you all enjoy it, since I doubt I’ll be watching. If I do, I certainly won’t be staying up late – I have a a long day tomorrow as is.

And Ellen Page, I do still love you! Please don’t hate me!

‘Twas the Night Before Oscar…

Well ladies and gents it’s that time of year: Oscar Weekend. In the past few years I’ve made sure never to miss the telecast, after all I’m a huge movie geek. However this year I could not be more indifferent. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I have no TV in my room and thus am somewhat disconnected already, perhaps it’s because this year was such a stinker, perhaps it’s because the one movie I felt was the best picture of the year isn’t even nominated in that category. Be that as it may, it does have some perks, not least of which being that my favourite actress is nominated (how I love you Ellen Page… and have for years not like these newb fans who’ve never even heard of Hard Candy or ReGenesis).

Be that as it may, the Oscars really haven’t been the same since Billy Crystal left, and with the whole writer strike issues this year we are certainly in for an interesting show (though to be honest, I would have actually liked to of seen an Oscars sans-writers/stars. Perhaps then we could acknowledge the people that really matter in the film industry).

Anyways, since I’ve done it just about every year I’ll do my Oscar Predictions. As per usual it will be broken down into what will win and what should win (in my opinion of course). Tonight I’ll do my first few, and finish up the rest tomorrow.

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

WHO WILL WIN: Daniel Day-Lewis
WHO SHOULD WIN: Anyone.

This is probably the toughest of all of the cateogies since every one of these guy’s is a freakin’ God. While I personally am not yet familiar with DD-L’s performance (still waiting on my copy of “There WIll Be Blood”) I have seen everyone else (okay not Tommy Lee Jones in that film) and everyone of them turned in incredible performances! If I had my druthers I’d pick Clooney since I’m madly in love with him, but anyone of them is deserving.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild”Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton”

WHO WILL WIN: Javier Bardem or Casey Affleck
WHO SHOULD WIN: Casey Affleck

Once again, sort of talking out of my ass here. I have not seen “…Jesse James…”, nor “Into the Wild”, however I have heard nothing but amazing things about Affleck’s performance, and I truly hope he wins. Having said that Bardem’s performance is so God-damned terrifying that he very well could take it.

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
Laura Linney in “The Savages”
Ellen Page in “Juno”

WHO WILL WIN: Ellen Page
WHO SHOULD WIN: Cate Blanchett

Okay, don’t get me wrong – I love Ellen Page… deeply… with all my heart… and “Juno” is a great film, but this is not the role she should win for. If she does, I fear she will be forever type cast in a role that, while good, is not her best – nor does it show her true potential. Were she to win for “Hard Candy”, “An American Crime”, or “Tracey Fragments” I’d be all for it – but “Juno” is not what she should be remembered for. Yes, she’s great (nay, fantastic), but it’s not that tough of a role to play. Now that I’ve got that rant out of the way (though I’ll repeat it frequently for the next few months) I want to see Blanchett win so she can be one of (if not the) first actress to win the same award, for the same role, in two separate films. And if anyone can do it, it’s her! PLEASE DON’T HATE ME ELLEN!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There”
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster”
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement”
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton”

WHO WILL WIN: Cate Blanchett
WHO SHOULD WIN: Cate Blanchett

Since she’s not going to win best actress, she has a really good chance at best supporting, after all she is a woman playing a man, and not just any man, but Bobeffin Dylan (well, a part of Dylan at least). Acutally this is a tough call as I’ve seen only two of these films (“Michael Clayton” and “American Gangster”) and I loved both of those actresses in their roles (though Swinton wasn’t in it all that much, and her best moment was the last 2 minutes of the film), Cate Blanchett is such a powerhouse I can’t foresee her not winning. Of course with “Atonement” getting all the buzz it’s getting (despite Ikea Knightly) who knows…

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”: Roger Deakins
“Atonement”: Seamus McGarvey
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”: Janusz Kaminski
“No Country for Old Men”: Roger Deakins
“There Will Be Blood”: Robert Elswit

WHO WILL WIN: Roger Deakins
WHO SHOULD WIN: Roger Deakins

Okay, for those of you who don’t understand this pick, you obviously do not understand anything about Cinematography. I may not know much but what I do know (other than knowing I can’t shoot worth crap, that’s for sure — unless we’re doing a 24 knock-off) is that Roger Deakins is a God! It doesn’t matter what he wins for, so long as he wins. Having said that, last year “Children of Men” was scammed so it could go to something else… but I doubt it.

BEST ART-DIRECTION
“American Gangster” – Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
“Atonement” – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Golden Compass” – Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“There Will Be Blood” – Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

WHAT WILL WIN: Judging by last year… Golden Compass
WHAT SHOULD WIN: Sweeney Todd – simply because no one creates a world like Tim Burton and his crew.

It’s nice to see “American Gangster” get nominated for something, but honestly I don’t think it was anything that great. It’s a tough category to call because they all are so very different, but because I am a big fan of Burton I hope “Sweeney Todd” wins. But like I said, judging by last year it is feasible that Golden Compass could take it.

BEST FILM EDITING
“The Bourne Ultimatum”: Christopher Rouse
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”: Juliette Welfling
“Into the Wild”: Jay Cassidy
“No Country for Old Men”: Roderick Jaynes
“There Will Be Blood”: Dylan Tichenor

WHO WILL WIN: Roderick Jaynes
WHO SHOULD WIN: Roderick Jaynes or Christopher Rouse

Honestly it’s a tough call… mostly due to the fact that I’ve only seen two of these. “Bourne Ultimatum” is the only one of the two that I’ve seen (the other being “No Country”) that I thought did anything stand-outish (that boy can cut!) but I’d like to see Jaynes to win simply because he’s not a real person – but rather a fake name for the Coen Bros. and I’d love to see how they deal with it!

BEST MAKEUP
“La Vie en Rose”: Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
“Norbit”: Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”: Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

WHAT WILL WIN: Pirates
WHAT SHOULD WIN: I don’t give a shit, so long as Norbit doesn’t (though it at least has real makeup, none of this CGI crap!)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“The Golden Compass”: Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”: John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
“Transformers”: Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

WHAT WILL WIN: Who Knows…
WHAT SHOULD WIN: Who Cares…

Okay, that may seem rude… but when you get right down to it, it’s really too tough to call. “Golden Compass” is all fantasy like, “Pirates” has tentacle face, and “Transformers” is Transformers. Nothing is particularly stand-outish, nothing really pushes the boundaries, so I really don’t care which wins.

Well that’s it for tonight, I will post the rest of them tomorrow including the big guns: best director and best picture, and I’ll tell you right now Juno fans, you’re not going to be very happy with me. Until then get some rest because as we know tomorrow ain’t going to be an early night. And Amanda, don’t forget, I want some Shwag!

Is it just me or does “In Association with Hasbro” look odd next to DreamWorks and Paramount?

Thriller 25 – Billie Jean 2008

In honour of the release of “Thriller 25” – the 25th anniversary special edition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, I thought I would offer my thoughts/reviews of some of the album. Of course since most of the content has been around for 25 years, I won’t bother reviewing the original tracks (besides, there’s too much to say) but rather the new “bonus tracks”. To get things started I want to look at the new 2008 “remix” of my personal favourite track, Billie Jean. (And I warn you now… it’s a long one!)

Billie Jean 2008

How do you go about remaking the signature song from Thriller? A song so synonymous with it’s original performer that it becomes a signature? A song that for all intense and purposes is perfect? Well if you’re smart, you don’t. Few have tried (The Bates, The Sound Bluntz) and all have failed. So naturally who would have the balls to mess with this piece of perfection? Kanye West that’s who! After all, Kanye seems to have gotten the crazy idea that he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread – so it’s only natural for him to take on a project of this size. This is probably the only track on the album that is a true remix, rather than a cover or half remix/half “new track”. There are no new lyrics, no annoying rap sequences: in fact the only time Kanye is present is a few “uh!”s and “yeah!”s and the begining and end. Admittedly I have to give props to Mr. West for not entirely butchering the track… that is to say, the opening was pretty awesome.

The track opens with strings and Michael’s plea “People always told me, be careful what you do” – West adds some snaps and other little bits of instrumentation. When I first heard this I thought to myself “Self, this may actually be worth listening to”. I need only wait a few more seconds to find out I wouldn’t be…

To understand why the “remix” is so dawg-gone awful you first have to look at (or listen to) the original. Billie Jean could be considered Michael Jackson’s signature song. It has been a staple of every live performance/tour since Thriller’s release, and if you ask anyone in the world to name a Michael Jackson song they will most likely say “Billie Jean” or possibly “Thriller”. For those of you who aren’t totally familiar with the original Billie Jean (of course if you aren’t, where the hell have you been!?) there are essentially 4 main pieces that make up this classic:

1. The Opening Drum Kicks – the minute you hear those drums – be it at home, in a club, on the road – you know you better get your dancin’ shoes on, because Billie Jean is about to start. It is the perfect way to start a song, because it is so distinct.
2. The Bass Line – the driving bass line of the song is quite possibly it’s signature. Everyone knows that “bom ba bom ba bom bom bom bah”. It’s part of what makes Billie Jean Billie Jean.
3. The Whoo Whoos- to finish of the opening is the “whoo whoos” – this is sort of that last bit to really get people ready for the song. Once this comes in there’s no turning back.
4. The Strings – probably one of my favourite elements of this track is the incredible string arrangement. It is what separates this song from an 80s pop track, to a timeless classic.

So what does Mr. West do? He decides “well I gotta make this track mine and unique from the original so lets do away with the opening drum kicks and the bass line, throw in some new “beats”, and change the Whoo Whoos to some newer 2008 style whoo whoos”. Thankfully the guy wasn’t high enough to do away with the string section – though you gotta wonder why not? At least then it could have been something completely different, something daring.

When you get right down to it you can’t help but ask “Why?”. I mean why mess with perfection? Billie Jean is one of those songs can be described as perfect (and it isn’t until you listen to the original 12″ mix that you can fully appreciate just how perfect it is). There is not a single thing wrong with it. If you were to listen to it, you would not immediately think it was written back in 1982. It sounds just as fresh today as it did 25 years ago. The fact that a high-school dance doesn’t go by without playing this track is a testament to just has great it is. So once again I must ask, why mess with perfection?

Don’t get me wrong, there are remixes of Billie Jean that I like. However, the reason that I like them is they are something entirely different – be it a house mix, or a club mix, or an augmentation of the original. But in this case it feel more like an “updating” for a modern audience, to appeal more to the Hip-Hop crowd of 2008 who might listen to Kanye. But this is not Kanye, it’s Michael Jackson, and making Michael Jackson sound like Kanye seems entirely pointless. If you want Kanye, listen to Kanye – don’t listen to Michael Jackson.

Perhaps it is because of my fondness for the track (after all it is my favourite track on Thriller, and possibly my favourite track of Jackson’s) that I detest this new mix so much. Perhaps I’m biased. Or perhaps, it just isn’t very good. The fact is, Billie Jean need not be updated. It is timeless. It is as fresh today as it was 25 years ago. It will still be played 30 years from now, 40 years from now, hell, 50 years from now. Much like the songs of The Beatles, or Led Zepplin, yes, even the Beach Boys, this song is a classic and will always have a place on the shelves of any true music lover. And you do not mess with perfection.

Overall if I had to rate this song, I’d give it a 2 out of 5. After all, when you’re working with a song that is perfect to begin with it’s pretty tough to ruin it completely, so long as you keep some elements of the original – which thankfully this does. Having said that it’s still pretty terrible, but at least it’s no Beat It 2008 – but thats another review for another day.

So do yourself a favour – dust off your original vinyl of Thriller and put on the second track of side two (or better yet, track down the 12″ mix) and listen to a truly perfect song.

Billie Jean is not my lover.

What We Said – Week of Jan 2.

Here we go with another edition of

What We Said
For the Week Ending Jan. 2

“Sky Rockets in flight — WOOO — afternoon delight…”
A reference to the Starland Vocal Band song and the episode of Arrested Development.

“Who would like a Banger in the mouth? Oh That’s right, here you call it a Sausage in the mouth!”
Tobias Fünke as Mrs. Featherbottom in Arrested Development.

“Jus Ranch?”
“What?”
“Jus ranch?”
“Uhh… yes!” *waits* “FUCK!”
Nathan upon being asked by the foreign Subway Sandwich technician if he wanted “Just Ranch”.
It’s like Deal or No Deal there!

On-Yong!

3x Screener Hits the Net

Well folks it’s that time of the year: Oscar season. And with Oscar Season comes Screener Season – screeners being shipped to academy voters… and those screeners being leaked to the web.

And we thought – why shouldn’t 3x join in the Screener fun? Sure it’s not up for an Oscar, and sure its not on par with even the worst of the Oscar Noms (okay… well maybe not Atonement) but the amount of request I get to see it is crazy so I wanted to give you all the chance.

and SINCE my new website has officially launched – *cough*adamschoales.com*cough* – it’s now super easy for everyone to get to.

The video is encoded in flash – which I realize isn’t ideal for all (I prefer quicktime for its iPod readiness and much higher quality) – but that should make it easy for everyone to play, all you need is the flash 9 player (and even Pearl’s computer should be able to run it).

We’re working on getting the Quicktime version all nicely embedded – but it’s going to take some hacking.

So in the meantime check out
http://imagearts.ryerson.ca/aschoales/portfolio/films/3x-flash.html

or

http://3x.adamschoales.com

and get your fix of 3x this Oscar Season!

Baute.

I wrote a song today. A song about a:

A Jive Talkin, Strut Walkin, Soul Brother with Attitude…

I was sitting in my Research class, bored (as per usual) and decided to load up the good ol’ Garage band. I started laying down a funky little track, which I decided to name “Baute” after my good bud Kurtis Baute who was sitting next to me at the time.

As the track progressed, it started to sound more and more like a theme song to some 70’s cop movie (à la Shaft) and I thought it would be kinda fun to turn my bud Kurtis into a 1970s cop.

And I got thinking – I have to create a storyboard for a short flash animation for my Computing class.

Well one thing led to another and… well… I’ve now come up with an idea for a sweet new cop show based around Kurtis and my computing prof. David Green.

I haven’t done any work on it yet – but the theme is written… and I think you should take a listen.

It’s pronounced Bow-Tee, biatch!

dot com.

Yesterday I posted about my brand new online portfolio site.

Today I’m posting about it again. Only this time, it’s even better.

“Why?” you ask…

…cause this time it’s even easier to type!

I got my piece. Thanks Go Daddy!

Update: I’ve figured out sub-domains and you can now access this blog @ blog.adamschoales.com

Online Home.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a new online home on the wonderfully expansive internet.

It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now, and since it became a term project for school I actually got around to doing it.

While essentially it serves merely as an online portfolio (at least the section you guys would have any interest in seeing) its quite the online portfolio if I do say so myself! I’m even thinking of buying a domain name for it – yes, I like it that much.

So please, go check it out! There’s quite a lot of stuff I think you’ll all enjoy.

I’ll be constantly updating (here’s hoping!) so be sure to check back often.

Oh, and special thanks to the TWiTs and Moby for keeping me entertained during the many hours I spent this weekend putting this mofo together! Also thanks to Gavin and Nate for all your help!

Ooo Lordy, my troubles so hard!

Woody’s Watching You!

It sure has been a long time, and for that I must apologize. Holidays got busy way sooner than I thought and I’ve been close to swamped with work to do for classes, and… well to be honest the last 7 episodes of Dexter kept me pretty occupied.

So a recap of what’s happened since Christmas:

• Hung out with my buds on New Years
• Went away to Grandview Resort with the family
• While there I played lots of Mario Galaxy
• I also did a lot of research for my essay
• Just when things were getting good I caught a cold
• I then had to move back into my pad in T • Dot

Since moving back in, I’ve had to complete four projects. As of yet, I have 3 done (which I am very happy about).
One of those I want to share with you. It’s for my computing class and was built using a little program called “Processing”. The inspiration came from the “Obey” work, and from the Giant rastorbation of Woody Allen I have hanging on my wall (which can be seen a few posts down).

Woody’s Watching You!

In order to reward myself for a job well done (something I believe in) last night Natey Boy and I went and saw Juno. It was simply fantastic! Ellen Page once again proves just how bloody talented she is! If you get a chance to see it (although I think anyone who reads this probably has already) do so. If you’ve already seen it, go see it again!

Later today I found out how I did on my art history exam. The results were very good (91.5/100 on the Slide Identification, and 74% on the recockulously hard Multiple Choice) and as such, I felt the need to reward myself again. Nothing too extravigant: a nice dinner at Frans and a $4.99 copy of Heat. Not bad at all.

Congratulations… to me.