and the whatnot of sorts

Check out this wonderful short film-- here or here

I’ve never been able to listen to music and do much of anything else at the same time.  My next few weeks are going to be made inefficient by Andrew Bird’s new album, Noble Beast, and also by an excellent band called The New Pornographers.  A somewhat hesitant thanks to my brother, Scott, for the heads up about this music.

The National Film Board of Canada has a website with a bunch of their films-- some shorts, some long stuff, some different things, some great stuff.  None of the videos are working for me right now, but hopefully they work for you.

Some recommended films ( some I’ve seen and some I want to see )

Carts of Darkness: A documentary about the Grocery Cart racing subculture in North Vancouver.

The Cat Came Back: animated short about a cat that came back… the very next day.  Based on a folk song I think.

Blackfly:  I saw this on PBS when I was little and absolutely fell in love with it.  Once the NFB website is working for me, I hope to fall in love with it again.

The Great Toy Robbery: Santa meets the old West

Here’s some cool photos and animations that my brother made over winter break.  Once again, it was awesome seeing everyone!

There’s an interesting article over at New Scientist.  Whatever the practical implications of this research is, I’m trying not to let it affect me too much.  Tonight I may just stay home and eat chips though… because the world might be a hologram!!!!!!!!!!!  Oh no Oh no Oh no, now is a bad time for this.

another cool idea

Have you ever had it where you’ve been working on the computer for a decent amount of time, haven’t saved at all, and then accidentally hit the power-strip’s off switch with your foot causing you to lose all your work?

I imagine it would be pretty frustrating.

grrrrrr…

Here are some of the last results for when you type “website promotion” search engine optimization tips into Google.

Here are some sketches from my life-drawing class the past couple days.
( *warning* some nudity and also some kinda blurry photos )

So far term 3 is going really well. Tomorrow is our first Digital Techniques class and also our first Color Theory class-- I hope to wow with my extensive knowledge of bringing out the orange paint-tube anytime I see blue :)

I’ve collected some of my favorite quotations from Onym Ousan, the great American humorist and aught. Enjoy.

* Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item. — Onym Ousan

* If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done. — Onym Ousan

* The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it. — Onym Ousan

* There’s nothing wrong with having nothing to say unless you insist on saying it. — Onym Ousan

* In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out. — Onym Ousan

* Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. — Onym Ousan

* Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. — Onym Ousan

* If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure. — Onym Ousan

* Is a river a river if it has no water? — Onym Ousan