Well, I've tried pretty hard to be good to my eyes, but I have allergies and pink eye and a cold, and I'm ready to go crazy. It's like having caterpillars crawling slowly up your eyes while all their fuzzy hairs tickle you to death. TO DEATH.
All that aside, Travis is coming to Belgium tomorrow! I'm happy! And definitely not quite prepared! *Grin*
I still have cleaning to do because if even one little dirt spot is on my floor when Travis gets here, I'll just DIE. I've already done spider removal in my bathroom. I'm so embarrassed I let them move back in. I have spider squatters, of all things. Cleaning=important=me happy.
This will definitely be the first trial run of 'showing my peeps' Belgium. But so far, I think I have some cool stuff planned. Even though travel can be stressful, I plan to put the 'FULL' back into 'stressful!' =D
Um...yeah. Or something more positive, maybe.
Pictures will be forthcoming as soon as possible! =D
First meeting about research paper on Wednesday. I will keep you posted. (no pun intended.)
Alright! Out!
Monday, April 24, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
Soccer/Football
So, I played my very first European football match today with a bunch of Belgians...it was pretty fun. Honestly, it was a lot like playing regular soccer, only less talking because my dutch is poor, and I can't imagine the other players turning on their English mode to call out stuff. Anyways, we lost miserably (but that certainly made me feel a lot better about how I played) and I can't believe how much I miss playing sports, or any sort of regulated group activity. (Acting in no ways counts. Acting is more like regulated chaos as opposed to structured and ordered activity.)
The REALLY good thing about it was that I got to accomplish one of my life long goals, which was to be able to take a shirt of mine and wring the sweat from it...I totally did that today! =D =D =D I know some people will think that's gross, but, hey, don't knock it until you try it! =D
The really not good thing about today, is Patrick, Montseratt's fiancee who had invited me out to play foot-a-ball, managed to sprain his ankle, and Montseratt had to take him to the hospital, so I hope he's ok. I felt really, REALLY bad for him...but, you know, I suppose it could have been worse. I mean, he probably just twisted it minorly, says Dr. Brennan, but I suppose it'll depend on what the doctor says. It's weird, though...everyone was just standing around like they didn't know what to do about a soccer injury...I find that, well, more than a little distressing. I was the first to help Patrick off the 'field' (indoor soccer) and it's just weird, because I was sitting on the bench, and they called me over, but I think it was more a 'Hey, since Patrick just broke himself, that means you on the field,' vs. 'Hey Patrick is broke maybe someone should call somebody or do something about that.' I know that some people think differently in the moment, but, I mean, really. Also, shouldn't these people know a sports injury when they see one? What up with that? Although, it IS just a friendly game of soccer, so it's no big deal, I guess, but still. The whole apathetic-ness of it all is rather concerning to me.
But, other than that, it was a great night.
The REALLY good thing about it was that I got to accomplish one of my life long goals, which was to be able to take a shirt of mine and wring the sweat from it...I totally did that today! =D =D =D I know some people will think that's gross, but, hey, don't knock it until you try it! =D
The really not good thing about today, is Patrick, Montseratt's fiancee who had invited me out to play foot-a-ball, managed to sprain his ankle, and Montseratt had to take him to the hospital, so I hope he's ok. I felt really, REALLY bad for him...but, you know, I suppose it could have been worse. I mean, he probably just twisted it minorly, says Dr. Brennan, but I suppose it'll depend on what the doctor says. It's weird, though...everyone was just standing around like they didn't know what to do about a soccer injury...I find that, well, more than a little distressing. I was the first to help Patrick off the 'field' (indoor soccer) and it's just weird, because I was sitting on the bench, and they called me over, but I think it was more a 'Hey, since Patrick just broke himself, that means you on the field,' vs. 'Hey Patrick is broke maybe someone should call somebody or do something about that.' I know that some people think differently in the moment, but, I mean, really. Also, shouldn't these people know a sports injury when they see one? What up with that? Although, it IS just a friendly game of soccer, so it's no big deal, I guess, but still. The whole apathetic-ness of it all is rather concerning to me.
But, other than that, it was a great night.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
I'mnotapornstar! =D
Well, on Tuesday, I starred in my first foreign film ever.
No I'm not joking! Geez!
A friend of mine was working on a video project, and she invited Sarah and I out to be part of the crowd (Well, Sarah, got to be part of the crowd, and I got to be one of the street fighters.) as part of a multimedia project they're doing. My character was TOTALLY like the Russian guy in Rocky IV who kills a black dude, I was that scary! =D
OK, well, maybe I wasn't scary, and I may have stung like a butterfly, and floated like a bee, but seriously, people, I don't do mock-up fights. It was hard not to just give in and ACTUALLY punch and kick, instead of 'faking' the fight for the camera. But it was pretty fun. I got to stand around while they talked in Dutch, and then every once and a while, they would say, "OK Brennon, you need to go over there and let him beat you up now. Make sure you don't get out of the way of the camera." Yeah. =D
IT WAS COOL!!!
This is me giving my best "I want to beat up the main protagonist, but I know I will really go down in round three" pose.
This is me and Franciose (I have no clue how to spell his name...Fran-swah? Yeah, I'm learning french real good. Tres bien, Brennan.) and F-man was the 'lead' hero. Sarah was TOTALLY supposed to be in this picture, but my friend Marijke (Who, incidentally, was the one who invited me for the video) decided that Sarah was better as half a Sarah than a full Sarah in this picture. Also, my camera is nearly unworkable by anyone but me, as many of you, I'm sure, can attest. Anyways, F-man was really helpful, and basically explained to me most of what was going on when I wore my best "I'm a foreigner and what you just said to me was foreign to me" look. I do that a lot. The end seen where he beats me up with me pinned to the ground looked really good on camera, but he basically put his knee in my crotch and pushed down every time he fake punched me.
It was pretty awesome. It was totally like a real fight.
This is Marijke giving me her best one-two. As you can see, I wear tough clothes, and have my hands taped (In, uh, medical bandages...whatever. They look the same from far away.) but really, I'm a cream puff, as Marijke's non-effort finishing move can attest. She's smiling, SMILING, for heaven's sake. I totally got worked.
In other news, I have pink eye again, and it is most certainly allergy season. LOL.
Alright, I'll post more in a little while! =D
No I'm not joking! Geez!
A friend of mine was working on a video project, and she invited Sarah and I out to be part of the crowd (Well, Sarah, got to be part of the crowd, and I got to be one of the street fighters.) as part of a multimedia project they're doing. My character was TOTALLY like the Russian guy in Rocky IV who kills a black dude, I was that scary! =D
OK, well, maybe I wasn't scary, and I may have stung like a butterfly, and floated like a bee, but seriously, people, I don't do mock-up fights. It was hard not to just give in and ACTUALLY punch and kick, instead of 'faking' the fight for the camera. But it was pretty fun. I got to stand around while they talked in Dutch, and then every once and a while, they would say, "OK Brennon, you need to go over there and let him beat you up now. Make sure you don't get out of the way of the camera." Yeah. =D
IT WAS COOL!!!
This is me giving my best "I want to beat up the main protagonist, but I know I will really go down in round three" pose.
This is me and Franciose (I have no clue how to spell his name...Fran-swah? Yeah, I'm learning french real good. Tres bien, Brennan.) and F-man was the 'lead' hero. Sarah was TOTALLY supposed to be in this picture, but my friend Marijke (Who, incidentally, was the one who invited me for the video) decided that Sarah was better as half a Sarah than a full Sarah in this picture. Also, my camera is nearly unworkable by anyone but me, as many of you, I'm sure, can attest. Anyways, F-man was really helpful, and basically explained to me most of what was going on when I wore my best "I'm a foreigner and what you just said to me was foreign to me" look. I do that a lot. The end seen where he beats me up with me pinned to the ground looked really good on camera, but he basically put his knee in my crotch and pushed down every time he fake punched me.
It was pretty awesome. It was totally like a real fight.
This is Marijke giving me her best one-two. As you can see, I wear tough clothes, and have my hands taped (In, uh, medical bandages...whatever. They look the same from far away.) but really, I'm a cream puff, as Marijke's non-effort finishing move can attest. She's smiling, SMILING, for heaven's sake. I totally got worked.
In other news, I have pink eye again, and it is most certainly allergy season. LOL.
Alright, I'll post more in a little while! =D
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Easter Madness! =D
Well, sorry this took so long. Blogger is being a real pain in the badooshka lately, so I'm having issues. Some which may require tissues. However, nothing like posting pictures to make you feel better! =D
This is Sarah in her building's new kitchen! We were making popcorn because we were taking a break from the stress, THE STRESS of planning an Easter dinner! =D Actually, it was a lot of fun, and not a lot of stress. Her new kitchen is apparently from Ikea, and one that is taken directly out of the box, and in which you simply press a button, and cardboard Ikea men pop out and simply put in all the screws (included) handles (included) and common sense and sturdy design (not included) to create a full, fun, and functional kitchen! =D I feel bad for Sarah, though because her kitchen used to have an oven. Now, no oven. Obviously, people here hate ovens for reasons that I can't seem to fathom. Alas. Alas. No oven.
This is me trying to prepare an artichoke for Sarah and I's soon to be infamous 'Non-artichoke Spinach and Fifteen Cheese Dip.' I had (and frankly, still have) no clue how to peel an artichoke properly, so I tried to look it up on the internet (Which you can look up here, if you're really interested.) which seemed to go like the chef guy has pictures of...until I GOT TO THE MIDDLE. To get to the heart of an artichoke (which is the uber tasty part) one must peel the leaves away, and cut to the centre, roughly speaking. I was good up until there, following all the chef man pictures to the centre of the artichoke...at which point, I was confronted with a large hairy yellow mess which looked something like what you imagine what would happen if you took a dandelion and fed it radioactive fertilizer. Sarah informed me that it's possible the artichoke had gone to seed at this point, and all I could do was assume that's what happened because...well...I wanted to feel better about buying a really expensive vegetable table did nothing but give me a poke in the finger. (The yellow hairy parts were actually long, unassuming, extremely painful thorns. It was terrific that I figured that out AFTER sticking my hand in the middle of it to figure out whether I could find the heart or not.) Needless to say, we did the only rational thing we could think of, and added more cheese. =D I threw away the choke.
This is Sarah opening a bottle of wine...with my screwdriver. What does this signify? Two things: a) Sarah should never take her corkscrew off her keychain b) Brennan's home is not liquor access equipped.
She did get it off though. Props.
This is what I like to refer to as Monste's 'Godzilla' pose. Soon, before you know it, buildings will crumble, and Japanese people will be badly dubbed! Fear the wrath of Mexican stress! =D I believe Montseratt was talking about her thesis and her upcoming wedding at this point, so I suppose we could call it her 'Themartial' pose. She was pretty uber stressed when she got here, but she unwound by time the night was over, which was really good. I was starting to worry about her blood pressure. She's similar to me in that way...we both create and live our stress-filled activities.
Alright! SO, onto the food pictures! The most important part! =D =D =D
The menu was as follows:
Appetizers: Spinach dip and hummus with pita/french bread
Salad: A Spinach and mixed salad with feta cheese and a strawberry/raspberry viniagrette
Wine: Some sort of red wine. Ask Sarah. She was the only one tippin' the bottle, if ya know what I mean.
Vegetable: Ratatouille (A French dish which I haven't made since History in Grade 10. It's made of stewed eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, tomatoes, and...I think that's it.)
Vegetable: Lemon roasted potatoes (Which Montseratt kept saying she made them too lemony, but I thought they were amazing.)
Meat: Chicken. Nothing fancy, but still something I don't eat enough here.
I made enough food for many people, even though I only invited a few...I think it's for the best. As in, I think I'll be eating leftovers for the rest of the month. Wohoo!
Appetizer and Salad Dressing
Salad and Ratatouille
Buka Buka
A Pan Shot. (I'm sure there's a pun in here somewhere, but I'm not going to touch it.)
This is the aftermath shot. Notice the subtle-ness in which Sarah clutches her belly in a mixture of pain and yet extreme happiness.
This is a shot by Montseratt. Notice how her terrific camera work makes me look more like a Hobbit than normal. Thank goodness I don't have to break it to you that I've recently had my legs amputated and I really do look that short. Yeah.
These are an example of the easter bags I made up for some of my friends. The lady at the grocery store gave me a look when I went through the till with all that chocolate, let me tell you. Anyways, I'm glad I made them, and everyone seemed to enjoy them. =D
Alright, well, I had a ton of more pictures and things to say, but Blogger is creaking on its last legs again, and I just spent a really, really long time uploading all of this, so I'm going to leave well enough alone. Happy Easter, everybody!
This is Sarah in her building's new kitchen! We were making popcorn because we were taking a break from the stress, THE STRESS of planning an Easter dinner! =D Actually, it was a lot of fun, and not a lot of stress. Her new kitchen is apparently from Ikea, and one that is taken directly out of the box, and in which you simply press a button, and cardboard Ikea men pop out and simply put in all the screws (included) handles (included) and common sense and sturdy design (not included) to create a full, fun, and functional kitchen! =D I feel bad for Sarah, though because her kitchen used to have an oven. Now, no oven. Obviously, people here hate ovens for reasons that I can't seem to fathom. Alas. Alas. No oven.
This is me trying to prepare an artichoke for Sarah and I's soon to be infamous 'Non-artichoke Spinach and Fifteen Cheese Dip.' I had (and frankly, still have) no clue how to peel an artichoke properly, so I tried to look it up on the internet (Which you can look up here, if you're really interested.) which seemed to go like the chef guy has pictures of...until I GOT TO THE MIDDLE. To get to the heart of an artichoke (which is the uber tasty part) one must peel the leaves away, and cut to the centre, roughly speaking. I was good up until there, following all the chef man pictures to the centre of the artichoke...at which point, I was confronted with a large hairy yellow mess which looked something like what you imagine what would happen if you took a dandelion and fed it radioactive fertilizer. Sarah informed me that it's possible the artichoke had gone to seed at this point, and all I could do was assume that's what happened because...well...I wanted to feel better about buying a really expensive vegetable table did nothing but give me a poke in the finger. (The yellow hairy parts were actually long, unassuming, extremely painful thorns. It was terrific that I figured that out AFTER sticking my hand in the middle of it to figure out whether I could find the heart or not.) Needless to say, we did the only rational thing we could think of, and added more cheese. =D I threw away the choke.
This is Sarah opening a bottle of wine...with my screwdriver. What does this signify? Two things: a) Sarah should never take her corkscrew off her keychain b) Brennan's home is not liquor access equipped.
She did get it off though. Props.
This is what I like to refer to as Monste's 'Godzilla' pose. Soon, before you know it, buildings will crumble, and Japanese people will be badly dubbed! Fear the wrath of Mexican stress! =D I believe Montseratt was talking about her thesis and her upcoming wedding at this point, so I suppose we could call it her 'Themartial' pose. She was pretty uber stressed when she got here, but she unwound by time the night was over, which was really good. I was starting to worry about her blood pressure. She's similar to me in that way...we both create and live our stress-filled activities.
Alright! SO, onto the food pictures! The most important part! =D =D =D
The menu was as follows:
Appetizers: Spinach dip and hummus with pita/french bread
Salad: A Spinach and mixed salad with feta cheese and a strawberry/raspberry viniagrette
Wine: Some sort of red wine. Ask Sarah. She was the only one tippin' the bottle, if ya know what I mean.
Vegetable: Ratatouille (A French dish which I haven't made since History in Grade 10. It's made of stewed eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, tomatoes, and...I think that's it.)
Vegetable: Lemon roasted potatoes (Which Montseratt kept saying she made them too lemony, but I thought they were amazing.)
Meat: Chicken. Nothing fancy, but still something I don't eat enough here.
I made enough food for many people, even though I only invited a few...I think it's for the best. As in, I think I'll be eating leftovers for the rest of the month. Wohoo!
Appetizer and Salad Dressing
Salad and Ratatouille
Buka Buka
A Pan Shot. (I'm sure there's a pun in here somewhere, but I'm not going to touch it.)
This is the aftermath shot. Notice the subtle-ness in which Sarah clutches her belly in a mixture of pain and yet extreme happiness.
This is a shot by Montseratt. Notice how her terrific camera work makes me look more like a Hobbit than normal. Thank goodness I don't have to break it to you that I've recently had my legs amputated and I really do look that short. Yeah.
These are an example of the easter bags I made up for some of my friends. The lady at the grocery store gave me a look when I went through the till with all that chocolate, let me tell you. Anyways, I'm glad I made them, and everyone seemed to enjoy them. =D
Alright, well, I had a ton of more pictures and things to say, but Blogger is creaking on its last legs again, and I just spent a really, really long time uploading all of this, so I'm going to leave well enough alone. Happy Easter, everybody!
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
I plan to give an Easter update, but Blogger has been especially problematic of late, so it's going to have to wait until the server doesn't crash every five seconds when I try and load something. Should be tomorrow.
Until then, if you want to watch what I've been watching (Don't ask me how I find these things, I have no clue.) it's what's apparently now most popular on Utube. Check it out if you like, make sure to start from the beginning. If you don't understand, it's ok. Nobody really does. =D
Until then, if you want to watch what I've been watching (Don't ask me how I find these things, I have no clue.) it's what's apparently now most popular on Utube. Check it out if you like, make sure to start from the beginning. If you don't understand, it's ok. Nobody really does. =D
Monday, April 10, 2006
This happened about four days ago
Life's funny like that, you know? Well, needless to say, my drain works now, and I learned a valuable lesson about plumbing. Or something.
I couldn't fix it without calling the landlord, but it turned out ok. =D He was really nice about it, which made me super happy, and I suppose I shouldn't have been so worried in the first place.
The guy who came to fix it, Maurice, was also a nice guy. (I think he's my landlord's cousin or something.) I also learned what I should have done if I had wanted to fix it myself, although my idea wasn't totally off. (Well, maybe a little and/or a lot.) He wished me a nice weekend, and he was nice enough to chuckle at my lame joke that I made! Yay!
Anyways, I'm sure my family will have many things to say to me about my attempts at being 'handy.' (Of which they've had the joy of experiencing and trying to talk me out of numerous times.) It's all about the learning. I don't want to be an academic yuppie for the rest of my life, you know? I want to be able to KNOW why things are broken, who can THEN phone the proper person and I will KNOW when I'm having the wool pulled over my eyes by whatever particular repair man that is trying to sell me something I don't want...because I know that my family will laugh at me if I ever attempt to do anything requiring tools and/or whenever I get swindled by trades-people.
And I ALSO know that if I'm lucky, I will live close enough to members of my family that I can just call THEM, and they can fix it for free! =D =D =D Well, you know, one can dream. Anyways, I hope you all have a good day, I'll probably post something in about four days. I have some work to do until then. Later! =D
Sunday, April 09, 2006
WEIRD AL LIVES!
Wow, I never thought I'd hear someone who SOUNDS LIKE and PARODIES songs as well as Weird Al. No accordian, though, but still very good.
Check out Bob Ricci here. I think you should listen to a song or two. I'm currently listening to a parody of that Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow song. It's pretty darn good.
Good parodies. What would I do without them? Probably have less humour, and be less sarcastic. =D
Oh YAY! He has a song MAKING FUN OF DOCTOR PHIL!
If you didn't know, I can't stand Doctor Phil. Or his crash diet book. Ooo, I'm getting so mad just thinking about it. Dr. Phil...he's almost as bad as the Prime Minister's haircut.
Common sense psychology, my fanny.
Check out Bob Ricci here. I think you should listen to a song or two. I'm currently listening to a parody of that Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow song. It's pretty darn good.
Good parodies. What would I do without them? Probably have less humour, and be less sarcastic. =D
Oh YAY! He has a song MAKING FUN OF DOCTOR PHIL!
If you didn't know, I can't stand Doctor Phil. Or his crash diet book. Ooo, I'm getting so mad just thinking about it. Dr. Phil...he's almost as bad as the Prime Minister's haircut.
Common sense psychology, my fanny.
Hair
Do you think my hair is getting too long?
I think my hair is getting too long.
In other news, I've finally been able to start wearing my contacts again, because my eyes are a lot better than they were when I was sick. I've gotten sick twice this year...that's a lot for me. Normally I get sick once, maybe twice a year, at maximum, and normally nothing worse than a sniffle or two. I blame my current sedentary life style. Curse you, love of books and internet related humour! Well, anyways, I should get going to play practice. I'm in charge for tonight again. Should be fun.
I think my hair is getting too long.
In other news, I've finally been able to start wearing my contacts again, because my eyes are a lot better than they were when I was sick. I've gotten sick twice this year...that's a lot for me. Normally I get sick once, maybe twice a year, at maximum, and normally nothing worse than a sniffle or two. I blame my current sedentary life style. Curse you, love of books and internet related humour! Well, anyways, I should get going to play practice. I'm in charge for tonight again. Should be fun.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Contest Winners! =D
I just watched the weirdest cartoon I have ever seen. I think it was made for people on drugs.
I like it!
It's called Making Fiends. Way interesting so far.
Now, on to the contest winners! =D
First place-Willem!
Second place-Andrea!
Third place-Caitlin!
Well, it sure was rough this time around, and I'm sorry to see so many people were innocently pulled in by confusion and problematics of the blog contest. Well, don't worry, I plan to do this at least once in a while. Hoo Ha! Read rules with care, yo! Besides, nothing like an arbitrary tyrant who runs an arbitrary contest. =D Seriously, though, I expected more enteries. I only recieved about seven or so. I suppose I should be more vocal with people I know that I'm having a contest. Hmmm....ok, wheels turning.
For those of you who didn't know what the mystery item was, it was an NES controller, back from the days of the wild, wild, days of my childhood. Most of which were spent playing Duck Hunt. Dang. That Dog drove me crazy. Anyways, to the contest winners, enjoy! Hopefully you all recieved your winner e-mail certificates! Alrighty, time for nighty-nighty! Goed nacht, slap well. (Good night, sleep well.)
I like it!
It's called Making Fiends. Way interesting so far.
Now, on to the contest winners! =D
First place-Willem!
Second place-Andrea!
Third place-Caitlin!
Well, it sure was rough this time around, and I'm sorry to see so many people were innocently pulled in by confusion and problematics of the blog contest. Well, don't worry, I plan to do this at least once in a while. Hoo Ha! Read rules with care, yo! Besides, nothing like an arbitrary tyrant who runs an arbitrary contest. =D Seriously, though, I expected more enteries. I only recieved about seven or so. I suppose I should be more vocal with people I know that I'm having a contest. Hmmm....ok, wheels turning.
For those of you who didn't know what the mystery item was, it was an NES controller, back from the days of the wild, wild, days of my childhood. Most of which were spent playing Duck Hunt. Dang. That Dog drove me crazy. Anyways, to the contest winners, enjoy! Hopefully you all recieved your winner e-mail certificates! Alrighty, time for nighty-nighty! Goed nacht, slap well. (Good night, sleep well.)
E-books
So, I can kinda see that technology is moving forward, yadda-yadda, but why e-books? I know everyone says they're the bomb, but why? Like, do people not spend ENOUGH time in front of the computer? Does there need to be more time you spend reading on the internet?
I am a big fan of the book Fahrenheit 451, and as such, I will probably never give up my anti-technology ways. (More on that later.) Technology can be useful, but such things have a peak. After a certain point technology is no longer useful, but one more time-consuming item that demands your attention. The idea of e-books is to 'take books to new levels.' What new levels? You mean the kind where people become totally deviod of having an actual imagination? Is THAT the kind of level we should take books to?
I can understand if people think it's ok to read a book on your computer...in some ways it's about portability, accessability, etc. But why try and reinvent the book? A book is still one of the few pieces of technology we have today that does not make itself obsolete. I really can't see how anyone is actually going to PAY for an online book, because it's not a book anymore...it's just one more text document that people have to scroll through, and what's worse, you just PAID someone to sit at a computer you're already paying to sit and read things at.
I am a big fan of the book Fahrenheit 451, and as such, I will probably never give up my anti-technology ways. (More on that later.) Technology can be useful, but such things have a peak. After a certain point technology is no longer useful, but one more time-consuming item that demands your attention. The idea of e-books is to 'take books to new levels.' What new levels? You mean the kind where people become totally deviod of having an actual imagination? Is THAT the kind of level we should take books to?
I can understand if people think it's ok to read a book on your computer...in some ways it's about portability, accessability, etc. But why try and reinvent the book? A book is still one of the few pieces of technology we have today that does not make itself obsolete. I really can't see how anyone is actually going to PAY for an online book, because it's not a book anymore...it's just one more text document that people have to scroll through, and what's worse, you just PAID someone to sit at a computer you're already paying to sit and read things at.
Friday, April 07, 2006
It's late, I should be in bed, and I have a lot of work I should be doing.
I hate it when guilt sneaks up on you in Lent.
Or any other time of the year.
Especially when it's a break.
Oh, and I'll post the winners in a day or two...I'm still holding out for a few more submissions, wont close the contest until sunday.
I hate it when guilt sneaks up on you in Lent.
Or any other time of the year.
Especially when it's a break.
Oh, and I'll post the winners in a day or two...I'm still holding out for a few more submissions, wont close the contest until sunday.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Scariness
I just finished watching two of the three Omen movies...they're about the rise and the fall of the antichrist. Interestingly enough, my friend Nick tells me they're made by a born again Christian of some sort. I'm glad I didn't see the first one, which was apparently scarier...I already had angst problems about the two we watched. (Scary.) The special re-release DVD folds out into a cross, which is pretty neat...that was probably my favourite part. My least favourite part was when I said, "Well, the Bush Administration thinks crying is a sign of weakness. Do YOU want to be like the Bush Administration, Corey?" This was, as Kristin says, one of those moments where your humour escapes you, and you can't stop thinking how funny you are, even when it's not funny anymore. Also, no one else who was there knew that President Bush Sr. used to think/still probably does think crying was a sign of weakness...anyways, I almost offended my most gracious American host...Until I told him it was in a Simpsons episode. Nothing like TV to make things ok again. He also lives in a very nice apartment, and he a KILLER home entertainment unit.
We also talked about evil because that's what the American host (Nick) is doing his MA thesis on (Like me, only on a different thinker), so that was SUPER fun. Although I think it bored everybody else. Yay philosophy! =D Well, I think it was ok, since we only talked about it for about two or three minutes, then let it drop. Also, I did apologize for talking shop, so I guess that's ok, right? I really hate doing that, though, especially when I have told myself that I refuse to think about philosophy until at least...Thursday...um...which is...today. Dang it. Oh well. So...it's late. I should go. OK, well, until later. =D
We also talked about evil because that's what the American host (Nick) is doing his MA thesis on (Like me, only on a different thinker), so that was SUPER fun. Although I think it bored everybody else. Yay philosophy! =D Well, I think it was ok, since we only talked about it for about two or three minutes, then let it drop. Also, I did apologize for talking shop, so I guess that's ok, right? I really hate doing that, though, especially when I have told myself that I refuse to think about philosophy until at least...Thursday...um...which is...today. Dang it. Oh well. So...it's late. I should go. OK, well, until later. =D
Monday, April 03, 2006
Contest Time! =D
=D
That's right, everyone! Your favourite non-radio contest comes back to haunt you (and me!) once again! This time, the contest is "Guess that mystery item." I thought of making this mystery item while sitting doodling during one of my many mind wanderings whilst doing my research paper. I also learned many random things about celebrities, including the band Weezer, while attempting to work. (We can see how well all that working turned out, generally speaking.) Anyways, for those of you who have never played, the rules are as follows:
1. If you can guess this mystery item first, then you get a prize! I will do up to FOURTH place this time! =D
2. The first place prize is a piece of artwork of your choice by MOI. I know, I know, you're thinking, "Why would I want a piece of..." BUT YOU JUST HOLD THAT THOUGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO WIN AND LIKE IT. So, if you're the winner, you can ask me to make anything! And I will! You want to see your favourite band in watercolours? I'll do it! Want to see an intergalactic battle between clay figurines of the Masters of the Universe, including He-Man- who's-technically-even-better-than-the-Masters-of-the-Universe-at-everything-which-seems-slightly-contradictory? I can do that, too! (NB: I love He-Man.) Second place: You get to choose a place in Western Europe which you would like me to go! =D I'll send you a post-card! =D Third and fourth place will get something equally terrible. =D
3. The submissions must be e-mailed to me. Otherwise, I don't have the fun of checking my e-mail to see who won. If you don't know my e-mail, just ask me for it, and I'll tell you in some way.)
4. If you ask me to do some art on a physical medium, I will send you the physical copy, after uploading the results on my blog. Yay copy for you!
5. The new rule, concerns timing. I realize that not everyone checks my blog religiously/regularly/frequently/once in a while, and I would like to give these slackers/lazy people/non-Brennan-worshipers a chance to try and win something. (Even though we all know that my brother Tyler doesn't deserve to win, nevertheless, I am being merciful.) The first entry that I will accept will be on April 7, Friday 12AM, EST! Unless you live in China, since everyone knows that China only has one time zone, in which case just do whatever your government tells you to! =D
OK, here is the mystery item!
I was missing one component which I was going to add to make it even more obvious, (And even MORE COOL LOOKING, if that is possible) but I think given the easy-ness of this particular one, most people shouldn't have a problem with it. Also, I accidentally threw out the other component, so we make do. The contest must go on! =D
Alright, well, I will post more in a bit, but for now, time to start guessing, you crazy people!
None before! OK bye!
That's right, everyone! Your favourite non-radio contest comes back to haunt you (and me!) once again! This time, the contest is "Guess that mystery item." I thought of making this mystery item while sitting doodling during one of my many mind wanderings whilst doing my research paper. I also learned many random things about celebrities, including the band Weezer, while attempting to work. (We can see how well all that working turned out, generally speaking.) Anyways, for those of you who have never played, the rules are as follows:
1. If you can guess this mystery item first, then you get a prize! I will do up to FOURTH place this time! =D
2. The first place prize is a piece of artwork of your choice by MOI. I know, I know, you're thinking, "Why would I want a piece of..." BUT YOU JUST HOLD THAT THOUGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO WIN AND LIKE IT. So, if you're the winner, you can ask me to make anything! And I will! You want to see your favourite band in watercolours? I'll do it! Want to see an intergalactic battle between clay figurines of the Masters of the Universe, including He-Man- who's-technically-even-better-than-the-Masters-of-the-Universe-at-everything-which-seems-slightly-contradictory? I can do that, too! (NB: I love He-Man.) Second place: You get to choose a place in Western Europe which you would like me to go! =D I'll send you a post-card! =D Third and fourth place will get something equally terrible. =D
3. The submissions must be e-mailed to me. Otherwise, I don't have the fun of checking my e-mail to see who won. If you don't know my e-mail, just ask me for it, and I'll tell you in some way.)
4. If you ask me to do some art on a physical medium, I will send you the physical copy, after uploading the results on my blog. Yay copy for you!
5. The new rule, concerns timing. I realize that not everyone checks my blog religiously/regularly/frequently/once in a while, and I would like to give these slackers/lazy people/non-Brennan-worshipers a chance to try and win something. (Even though we all know that my brother Tyler doesn't deserve to win, nevertheless, I am being merciful.) The first entry that I will accept will be on April 7, Friday 12AM, EST! Unless you live in China, since everyone knows that China only has one time zone, in which case just do whatever your government tells you to! =D
OK, here is the mystery item!
I was missing one component which I was going to add to make it even more obvious, (And even MORE COOL LOOKING, if that is possible) but I think given the easy-ness of this particular one, most people shouldn't have a problem with it. Also, I accidentally threw out the other component, so we make do. The contest must go on! =D
Alright, well, I will post more in a bit, but for now, time to start guessing, you crazy people!
None before! OK bye!
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