I'm moving along. I had been posting in multiple locations but I'm too busy and important to do that. My new central blog is at
http://kylee.nathanandkylee.com/
Update yer links, see ya later.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Proof against China
Some smart guy that knows how computers work took the time to research one of the Chinese gymnast's records and has come up with official government documents that list her birthday as 1-1-94 which makes her 14. This is conclusive evidence that at least one gymnast is underage. It's so cool how he found this because it's so easy to do. Check it out before he's killed by Chinese government spies.
http://strydehax.blogspot.com/
China, you suck.
http://strydehax.blogspot.com/
China, you suck.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Summer is almost over..
It's been over a month since I blogged because I suck at life. I've been busy between work and summer classes, probably busier than I will be this fall. This is what I've been up to this past month.
*I got a call to intern at MTV/VH1 this fall. I applied back in late winter this year and they just now got back to me. Unfortunately it's a little too late to make arrangements to live in NYC for 10 weeks (no time to save up and find housing and figure out job related matters since I wouldn't keep the one I have, already set up for fall, lease signed, etc.) I also got a call from Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank. WTF. Why can't they call at a reasonable time! Oh well.
*I finished up my Summer II classes.I got a B+ in Noir in Digital Culture (which turned out to be much more difficult than I hoped it would) and an A- in Video for Web 2.0.
*I went to a wedding for Nathan's best friend in the Chicago area. We were there for 3 days in the Gurnee area. It was fun.
*Went to Cincinnati for a couple days with some friends. We went to the Cincy Zoo and Newport Aquarium. Cincinnati is so blah. I would never want to live there. It was a beautiful afternoon and there was NO ONE out on the streets downtown. That's scary. We stayed at the Millennium hotel which was nice but not worth full price (we paid less than half through hotwire.com). I loved the Cincy Zoo - it's huge and they have a ton of cats. We did the penguin encounter too and got to meet three black footed penguins up close and touch them.
*Went to the state fair a couple times. The first time was with Michelle to go see the backstreet boys. It was freakin awesome. A lot of the people there were our age and obviously just aging fans from their hey-day because the older songs were much louder than the new ones. Everyone was so excited to be there. It was more fun than the last time I saw them even though it was severely scaled down. It was probably the loudest concert I've ever attended as well.
The second time was with some friends. It was a good night.
*I came down with a sinus infection this last week and have had lots of fun with that.
*I've been watching the Olympics nonstop. I love the Olympics. I like the idea of everyone coming to compete for the best in the world, even if I'm not an athlete personally. I like when they showcase non-superstars or favorites from tiny countries that have no chance but are competing anyway. There's such a variety of events that happen in two weeks and it's the only time I can watch gymnastics - I can never find it on any other time.
*I'm going to be volunteering at a local cat shelter. I'm going to do shelter tasks as well as do some video for them.
*I joined ChaCha and was accepted as an SMS Guide. That means when you text a question to 242242, I'm one of the people on the other end answering it. It's a lot of fun because you learn a lot of random stuff and you're allowed to add your own personal touch. There are a lot of retarded questions like 'Who is this person from this high school' which end up being funny because 9 times out of 10, you can find SOMETHING on that person. Just about everyone is on the internet in some way by now. I get paid 10 or 20 cents per question depending on accuracy and volume completed. The system has been funny the last two days but despite that I've managed to make $14. When it hits $100 it will load into my bank account :-D
*I also did a little bit of wedding related stuff. We booked our DJ and started collecting everyone's address. I also bought some ribbon. Productive.
So now I need to catch up on some other things while it's raining outside. I'm off until Monday, then I probably don't have a real whole day off for a while.
*I got a call to intern at MTV/VH1 this fall. I applied back in late winter this year and they just now got back to me. Unfortunately it's a little too late to make arrangements to live in NYC for 10 weeks (no time to save up and find housing and figure out job related matters since I wouldn't keep the one I have, already set up for fall, lease signed, etc.) I also got a call from Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank. WTF. Why can't they call at a reasonable time! Oh well.
*I finished up my Summer II classes.I got a B+ in Noir in Digital Culture (which turned out to be much more difficult than I hoped it would) and an A- in Video for Web 2.0.
*I went to a wedding for Nathan's best friend in the Chicago area. We were there for 3 days in the Gurnee area. It was fun.
*Went to Cincinnati for a couple days with some friends. We went to the Cincy Zoo and Newport Aquarium. Cincinnati is so blah. I would never want to live there. It was a beautiful afternoon and there was NO ONE out on the streets downtown. That's scary. We stayed at the Millennium hotel which was nice but not worth full price (we paid less than half through hotwire.com). I loved the Cincy Zoo - it's huge and they have a ton of cats. We did the penguin encounter too and got to meet three black footed penguins up close and touch them.
*Went to the state fair a couple times. The first time was with Michelle to go see the backstreet boys. It was freakin awesome. A lot of the people there were our age and obviously just aging fans from their hey-day because the older songs were much louder than the new ones. Everyone was so excited to be there. It was more fun than the last time I saw them even though it was severely scaled down. It was probably the loudest concert I've ever attended as well.
The second time was with some friends. It was a good night.
*I came down with a sinus infection this last week and have had lots of fun with that.
*I've been watching the Olympics nonstop. I love the Olympics. I like the idea of everyone coming to compete for the best in the world, even if I'm not an athlete personally. I like when they showcase non-superstars or favorites from tiny countries that have no chance but are competing anyway. There's such a variety of events that happen in two weeks and it's the only time I can watch gymnastics - I can never find it on any other time.
*I'm going to be volunteering at a local cat shelter. I'm going to do shelter tasks as well as do some video for them.
*I joined ChaCha and was accepted as an SMS Guide. That means when you text a question to 242242, I'm one of the people on the other end answering it. It's a lot of fun because you learn a lot of random stuff and you're allowed to add your own personal touch. There are a lot of retarded questions like 'Who is this person from this high school' which end up being funny because 9 times out of 10, you can find SOMETHING on that person. Just about everyone is on the internet in some way by now. I get paid 10 or 20 cents per question depending on accuracy and volume completed. The system has been funny the last two days but despite that I've managed to make $14. When it hits $100 it will load into my bank account :-D
*I also did a little bit of wedding related stuff. We booked our DJ and started collecting everyone's address. I also bought some ribbon. Productive.
So now I need to catch up on some other things while it's raining outside. I'm off until Monday, then I probably don't have a real whole day off for a while.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
my youtube recommended videos
these are the three videos youtube has recommended for me:
Techno Kittens
Mets Rick Roll
TV news anchor gets rick roll'd
wow. i suck.
ps they're all full of win. especially the mets one, because people on the internet voted for the 'mets song' for the season and 4chan slightly skewed the results.
Techno Kittens
Mets Rick Roll
TV news anchor gets rick roll'd
wow. i suck.
ps they're all full of win. especially the mets one, because people on the internet voted for the 'mets song' for the season and 4chan slightly skewed the results.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
why is it so hot
why has it been so hot and stormy? i think it's making up for lost time since we haven't had good storms for a year or two. i hate night storms because they just tend to annoy me and make the power go out.
i made a deposit on our wedding, so now it's happening at valle vista fo sho. june 14th at 4:30 instead of the 7th because it was taken. lame.
i've been getting kind of annoyed at finding an officiant and photographer. officiants charge $300 or more and their websites so are ugly. they talk about how great their service is and how it's personalized but really, come on. everybody knows it's just a template they pull and that's all we WANT, why charge for "personalization" that doesn't exist? that doesn't seem very Christianly. If anyone wants to officiate for a free meal, I'm all for it.
and photographers are frustrating because all the good ones are way expensive, but the crappy ones are still sort of expensive.
we did decide we're going to do our rehearsal dinner at an original waffle house that's on the south side. hahaha.
and in nonwedding news, this friday is zoobilation. that means i'll be outside all day, go home and sleep, and then clean all night. $21/hr aaaawesomee. then i have saturday off.
two more summer class meetings, then it'll be summer II. then i'll have THREE classes to worry about through july. sweet :P the things i do for a degree. when i get my degree next spring, i'm going to cry.
in fact, next spring is going to be extremely busy and emotional:
-May 1st - capstone presentations
-May 4th - last day of college FOREVAAAAAuntil maybe grad school? oh well not for now.
-May 10th - commencement
-june 12th - rehearsal
-june 14th - ceremony
and then somewhere in there i have to do all the final details of the wedding, find a job, and work on moving if i need to relocate. so june 15th we'll either be taking off for our honeymoon or taking off for our new home.
and i'm not letting anything get in the way of relocating far away. i know my mom will be all 'if you stay here in indy and get a job, you will be able to do a honeymoon!' or something. yea, 1 week vacation vs. adventure in new state/city/country. yes, i said country, you never know. i am applying to a few production houses in london for the hell of it. that would be the bomb.
i should go outside but augh, it's so much work to get dressed and go downstairs, and i have nothing to do really. wow i'm pathetic.
i made a deposit on our wedding, so now it's happening at valle vista fo sho. june 14th at 4:30 instead of the 7th because it was taken. lame.
i've been getting kind of annoyed at finding an officiant and photographer. officiants charge $300 or more and their websites so are ugly. they talk about how great their service is and how it's personalized but really, come on. everybody knows it's just a template they pull and that's all we WANT, why charge for "personalization" that doesn't exist? that doesn't seem very Christianly. If anyone wants to officiate for a free meal, I'm all for it.
and photographers are frustrating because all the good ones are way expensive, but the crappy ones are still sort of expensive.
we did decide we're going to do our rehearsal dinner at an original waffle house that's on the south side. hahaha.
and in nonwedding news, this friday is zoobilation. that means i'll be outside all day, go home and sleep, and then clean all night. $21/hr aaaawesomee. then i have saturday off.
two more summer class meetings, then it'll be summer II. then i'll have THREE classes to worry about through july. sweet :P the things i do for a degree. when i get my degree next spring, i'm going to cry.
in fact, next spring is going to be extremely busy and emotional:
-May 1st - capstone presentations
-May 4th - last day of college FOREVAAAAAuntil maybe grad school? oh well not for now.
-May 10th - commencement
-june 12th - rehearsal
-june 14th - ceremony
and then somewhere in there i have to do all the final details of the wedding, find a job, and work on moving if i need to relocate. so june 15th we'll either be taking off for our honeymoon or taking off for our new home.
and i'm not letting anything get in the way of relocating far away. i know my mom will be all 'if you stay here in indy and get a job, you will be able to do a honeymoon!' or something. yea, 1 week vacation vs. adventure in new state/city/country. yes, i said country, you never know. i am applying to a few production houses in london for the hell of it. that would be the bomb.
i should go outside but augh, it's so much work to get dressed and go downstairs, and i have nothing to do really. wow i'm pathetic.
Monday, May 19, 2008
what's been up
haven't updated for a while. here's what's been up.
-started summer class. flash animation has been good, very easy so far. i could see myself getting into this. it's good to start thinking in keyframes as well. visual basic was easy to get back into from high school until i got to the coding view. i might be effed.
-took our engagement pictures last week. it was cold and rainy so we went to the botanical gardens at the zoo instead. they haven't been finished yet, but here's one of my favorite shots that doesn't need much photoshopping, if any.
- we visited valle vista and i freakin loved it. it's NICE. the ceremony site is connected to the reception room. the ceremony room is even nicer than expected, and actually quite unique. the reception room is pretty typical of a country club or banquet hall, but it's classy. i like the fact they do everything for you, and i've heard good things about them. so i'm pretty sure we're going to go with that place and get a deposit on it asap. looks like we're going to be getting married june 7th 2009 at 4:30 pm. now we just need to find a freaking officiant.
-michelle and i have embarked on a new zoo-related project - an interactive web-based guide to the animals at the zoo, with personal information about the popular ones. we're doing it on the side throughout the summer and we'd like it to be flash based with some video clips and photos. yea, it's kind of ambitious.
-i don't really plan on getting out that much this summer, but michelle, jason, nathan and i are thinking of going on a two day trip to cincinnati as well. we want to visit the cincy zoo and newport aquarium. and then we're going to steven's wedding in july. i think that'll be it. i really wish we could go to a more interesting state than ohio, or even a weekend in chicago would be nice, but who can afford it. meh,
-355 days til graduation! i've also decided to keep a new countdown on my dashboard - days until i start applying for real jobs. 195 days until i start harassing people hardcore.
oh yea, i've outlined a 10 year plan for your amusement.
2009 - graduate, get married, get a job, move to southern california.
2009-2011 - work for a trailer production house
2012 - 2015 - if the mayans are wrong, work as an assistant editor on a tv show or with movies
2015 - reconsider my options and decide whether or not i should go to grad school for digital effects or color grading or something like that
2015-2017 - assistant editor/senior editor OR grad school (some combination)
2017-2019 - senior editor/leadership role
of course, if i do end up in hollywood (and the more i think about it, the more the lifestyle of southern california does appeal to me in every way and always has), things can move a lot faster than this (or go in a completely different direction), so this isn't really my map. it's just a possibility i wouldn't mind - would be nice to be at a director of post level by my early thirties.
-started summer class. flash animation has been good, very easy so far. i could see myself getting into this. it's good to start thinking in keyframes as well. visual basic was easy to get back into from high school until i got to the coding view. i might be effed.
-took our engagement pictures last week. it was cold and rainy so we went to the botanical gardens at the zoo instead. they haven't been finished yet, but here's one of my favorite shots that doesn't need much photoshopping, if any.
- we visited valle vista and i freakin loved it. it's NICE. the ceremony site is connected to the reception room. the ceremony room is even nicer than expected, and actually quite unique. the reception room is pretty typical of a country club or banquet hall, but it's classy. i like the fact they do everything for you, and i've heard good things about them. so i'm pretty sure we're going to go with that place and get a deposit on it asap. looks like we're going to be getting married june 7th 2009 at 4:30 pm. now we just need to find a freaking officiant.
-michelle and i have embarked on a new zoo-related project - an interactive web-based guide to the animals at the zoo, with personal information about the popular ones. we're doing it on the side throughout the summer and we'd like it to be flash based with some video clips and photos. yea, it's kind of ambitious.
-i don't really plan on getting out that much this summer, but michelle, jason, nathan and i are thinking of going on a two day trip to cincinnati as well. we want to visit the cincy zoo and newport aquarium. and then we're going to steven's wedding in july. i think that'll be it. i really wish we could go to a more interesting state than ohio, or even a weekend in chicago would be nice, but who can afford it. meh,
-355 days til graduation! i've also decided to keep a new countdown on my dashboard - days until i start applying for real jobs. 195 days until i start harassing people hardcore.
oh yea, i've outlined a 10 year plan for your amusement.
2009 - graduate, get married, get a job, move to southern california.
2009-2011 - work for a trailer production house
2012 - 2015 - if the mayans are wrong, work as an assistant editor on a tv show or with movies
2015 - reconsider my options and decide whether or not i should go to grad school for digital effects or color grading or something like that
2015-2017 - assistant editor/senior editor OR grad school (some combination)
2017-2019 - senior editor/leadership role
of course, if i do end up in hollywood (and the more i think about it, the more the lifestyle of southern california does appeal to me in every way and always has), things can move a lot faster than this (or go in a completely different direction), so this isn't really my map. it's just a possibility i wouldn't mind - would be nice to be at a director of post level by my early thirties.
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