New Feature: BLOGLINES!

I've been off on camp with the 1st years and i must d lair ay, i had a ball. Overscaled projects that spiral out of control are always good fun. Highlight of the camp? Building a giant effigy of a pregnant teddy bear to hang and then burn. This thing was MASSIVE! Like 7 or 8 metres. I'll post up some pics later. Unfortuately I had to leave before the actual burning, but hopefully Andrew got some good footage of it. My hands are so hacked up from working with that cane and wire. It was good fun having minions i could set to work on different tasks.

In other news, iv set myself up a 'bloglines'. The days of stalking round this massive web of blogs hunting for new posts are finally over. Now all i have to do is wait as they are they unwittingly drawn from all corners of design:dissent into my lair where i sit ready to .... errr ... read them.

Rev 1: Heres a photo of the bear.

Memoirs of a Geisha

I went out and saw 'Memoirs of a Geisha' last night at Melbourne Central. Over all it was a decent film. The cinematography was beautiful and there was some absolutely majestic scenery, like one scene where they are walking down narrow path with towering bamboo forest on either side.
I did find the story line a little disappointing however. It felt like just another love story. I would have like to see much more of the japanese culture and less of the girl pining for some old man. But thats just me. I was also a little disapointed to find that theyd used chinese actresses for the 2 leading roles. Surely japan has some acting talent to offer? Oh well.
After that i went round to Robot for a drink, but they were only playing Spirited Away which I'd already seen several times before. Still, it was a very nice little place to sit and chat.

Renovations

I picked up a large peice of laminated partical board from uni last week when i was in there painting. The plan is to use it as a new bench cos at the moment i can hardly fit the monitor of my computer on my desk let alone have my keyboard infront of it.
At the moment iv just got the new desktop sitting on top of the old one to get an idea of how it'll work. Heres a photo.














I got to more matching peice that i might use for shelves. They're about 300x500 each.

For those of you who havent seen the new paint jop in B87 , here it is...

Yet another stupid quiz to kill the time... Take that time!

You fit in with: Spiritualism Your ideals are mostly spiritual, but in an individualistic way. While spirituality is very important in your life, organized religion itself may not be for you. It is best for you to seek these things on your own terms. 80% spiritual. 100% reason-oriented.

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Older sister has an older brother you know?

When in to uni to day for the working bee today. i arrived at 10:30 half expecting to walk into a corridor filled with activity. I really should have know better. Half an hour later another student arrive (Nasa i think his name was), and then a further half hour later liam turned up and we were able to start. I was a little dissapointed to find that we were just going to be painting the wall white, but i must admit it does look alot better. Its abit sad to be loosing the freedom we had to just do whatever we wanted with the walls, not that we ever really used it. It was just nice having that freedom there. Oh well. Raph and Liam turned up later on and we ended up getting quite a lot of work down. Oh and John an Paul from the workshop too.
I found a nice piece of laminated partical board in a pile of stuff to be thrown out in building 87, with i plan on using to extend my desk so that i can actually fit my computer in it properly. This setup is doing horrible things for my spine. It was a lot of fun getting that home on the train...
I had quite a character to keep me company on the ride home. A complete nutjob arguing with a whole host of invisible beings. The one he seemed to have the most to say to was named "Older sister". Every 10-15 minutes he'd hobble over to me and very earnistly tell me that 'Older sister has an older brother' several times untill he was satisfied that i'd understood then hobble back to his side of the train. Only to come back and tell me the same thing a few stops later. God bless public transport crazies.

Mars Volta

I've just got home from the Mars Volta concert at the palace. My God those guys are animals! The played for 2 and a hlaf hours and rocked out like men possessed the whole time. My back and legs were exhausted just standing there! For now I need my bed. Ill try and post about my weekend at Rainbow serpent festival sometime tomorrow. I couldnt be bothered right now. Goodnight.