This was our kitchen/dining/lounge area after the fire and after the windows had been borded up. (which made it so hard for us to sort out our things- no electricity and no windows lol)
After the fire, we had to sort through our things, and work out what needed throwing out and what didnt. Beaux did this by himself while i was at uni... when i went to help after uni- he was covered from head to toe in black. i barely recognised him.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
The Car.
Also known as the "commodore candle" as i once called it.
This is the thing that caused our flat to catch fire and me to be without computer/televison/furniture/anything for my first term at uni.
This is the thing that caused our flat to catch fire and me to be without computer/televison/furniture/anything for my first term at uni.
My Sob Story, "The Fire"
On the 28th February...My first week of uni and the day my bf Beaux was supposed to start work, we were woken up at 2.30am by a cracking popping a sizzling sound...
In our flat in Tolland, we were sleeping on mattresses under the air conditioner, which was in the main kitchen/dining/lounge area....Because we're too poor and unorganised to have offorded a bed at the time, and it was much cooler being under the air conditioner..as u would expect.(this was while it was hot lol)
So...the cracking, popping and sizzling sounds were coming from outside...we both woke up and saw a red glow through the blinds... at first i associated this with aliens....you know- the stereotypical glow behind the blinds, there must be an alien there!... so in a half asleep daze i said "What the? a UFO!!"... But to my suprise,... it was not a UFO at all... it was our neighbours car, in its allocated spot...which happened to be just outside our kitchen window...Yes.. the car was on fire.
So Beaux grabbed the telephone, called the fire brigade... Our kitchen window then exploded inwards at us.. and the blinds all melted- it looked soo cool. We were soo out of there despite how cool it looked....but first, we must grab something... growing up- your always taught to get something important and take it with you. Beaux grabbed his PSP, and i grabbed my two teddies, Snuff and Frederick... lol so sentimental I am... Beaux grabbed his psp, because its a hacked one and you cant get them that good anymore... lol, at least he had some logic.
25 mins later, the car was almost completely out- thanks to the Mount Austin Fire Brigade!
Apparently the petrol tank on the car was expanding, if the fire brigade were slow like most other places we would have had a bigger problem on our hands.
If you can imagine all the smoke from a flaming car, all the melted plastics, burning oil, rubber etc.... and imagine it all in one spot... you'd be imagining our flat... Yup... it was covered in thick black stinky toxic smoke.
It was declared a crime scene by the Wagga Wagga Police, and nobody was allowed back into the flat. Well, Beaux and i were, just to grab some clothing and our phones...speaking of which, I was using my phone to help me find my way around the flat to get my clothes and things for uni...and i accidently called Val... which i didnt realise. Val had been woken up by this call, and was going to ignore it but had a bad feeling in her stomache...so she called me back...so i told her what was going on...and blah...
Thankfully, two fluke-ish things happened....
1. My car wasn't parked next to his where it was meant to be. Infact I kept reversing into the fence when trying to get out of my parking spot.. Though you can't really blame it on bad driving... You try and reverse out of that driveway! its hard!!!! So i learnt my lesson and didn't much like reversing into the fence, so i learnt to park my car around the other side of the flat...which is where it was when the car caught alight.
2. Insurance. Yes, I paid for our contents insurance cover note the day before the fire.... So all fire damaged things, which is mostly everything except my tv and stereo cabinets... are getting replaced...including anything up to the value of $25,000...
But... other than the fire... Uni has been awesome.
My university course involves a lot of animation watching.. which is good because anyone who knows me knows that i love watching tv... mainly movies and various other things...
Kiah, my uni buddy has been soo awesome... she has lent me her portable dvd player, some socks and a can opener, not to mention some dvd's! Thanks Kiah! :-D
It has been over 2 months since the fire, and we still have seen no sign of insurance money, or anything besides a fridge and microwave(that we had to beg to get) Although- because my computer was destroyed in the fire, I'll be getting a new one! a laptop to be precise... a rather good one. Toshiba A200/400 which is quite an upgrade from my previous desktop comp. the only thing is i have to pay a whole $83 extra to get it. wow. $83 for a laptop... lol cheerin!
As you can tell i had a great first week of uni.
I will post some pics from flickr of the results from the fire.
In our flat in Tolland, we were sleeping on mattresses under the air conditioner, which was in the main kitchen/dining/lounge area....Because we're too poor and unorganised to have offorded a bed at the time, and it was much cooler being under the air conditioner..as u would expect.(this was while it was hot lol)
So...the cracking, popping and sizzling sounds were coming from outside...we both woke up and saw a red glow through the blinds... at first i associated this with aliens....you know- the stereotypical glow behind the blinds, there must be an alien there!... so in a half asleep daze i said "What the? a UFO!!"... But to my suprise,... it was not a UFO at all... it was our neighbours car, in its allocated spot...which happened to be just outside our kitchen window...Yes.. the car was on fire.
So Beaux grabbed the telephone, called the fire brigade... Our kitchen window then exploded inwards at us.. and the blinds all melted- it looked soo cool. We were soo out of there despite how cool it looked....but first, we must grab something... growing up- your always taught to get something important and take it with you. Beaux grabbed his PSP, and i grabbed my two teddies, Snuff and Frederick... lol so sentimental I am... Beaux grabbed his psp, because its a hacked one and you cant get them that good anymore... lol, at least he had some logic.
25 mins later, the car was almost completely out- thanks to the Mount Austin Fire Brigade!
Apparently the petrol tank on the car was expanding, if the fire brigade were slow like most other places we would have had a bigger problem on our hands.
If you can imagine all the smoke from a flaming car, all the melted plastics, burning oil, rubber etc.... and imagine it all in one spot... you'd be imagining our flat... Yup... it was covered in thick black stinky toxic smoke.
It was declared a crime scene by the Wagga Wagga Police, and nobody was allowed back into the flat. Well, Beaux and i were, just to grab some clothing and our phones...speaking of which, I was using my phone to help me find my way around the flat to get my clothes and things for uni...and i accidently called Val... which i didnt realise. Val had been woken up by this call, and was going to ignore it but had a bad feeling in her stomache...so she called me back...so i told her what was going on...and blah...
Thankfully, two fluke-ish things happened....
1. My car wasn't parked next to his where it was meant to be. Infact I kept reversing into the fence when trying to get out of my parking spot.. Though you can't really blame it on bad driving... You try and reverse out of that driveway! its hard!!!! So i learnt my lesson and didn't much like reversing into the fence, so i learnt to park my car around the other side of the flat...which is where it was when the car caught alight.
2. Insurance. Yes, I paid for our contents insurance cover note the day before the fire.... So all fire damaged things, which is mostly everything except my tv and stereo cabinets... are getting replaced...including anything up to the value of $25,000...
But... other than the fire... Uni has been awesome.
My university course involves a lot of animation watching.. which is good because anyone who knows me knows that i love watching tv... mainly movies and various other things...
Kiah, my uni buddy has been soo awesome... she has lent me her portable dvd player, some socks and a can opener, not to mention some dvd's! Thanks Kiah! :-D
It has been over 2 months since the fire, and we still have seen no sign of insurance money, or anything besides a fridge and microwave(that we had to beg to get) Although- because my computer was destroyed in the fire, I'll be getting a new one! a laptop to be precise... a rather good one. Toshiba A200/400 which is quite an upgrade from my previous desktop comp. the only thing is i have to pay a whole $83 extra to get it. wow. $83 for a laptop... lol cheerin!
As you can tell i had a great first week of uni.
I will post some pics from flickr of the results from the fire.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Assessments & VFX101 Stuff.
Well Well Well...
Here we are in week one of second term. Already.
I must say, looking back on my original walking wooden man- i have made vast improvements. I'm quite proud, though im still not overly happy with the way its working. I think I should slow it down a little bit, not only his walk- but also the foreground. Have a look and see what you think- and perhaps leave me a comment?
Here is a link to my Animated Walk Cycle
I'm very nervous and excited about our 2 minute animation (assignment 2 of vfx101), we have the freedom to do anything that we wish. But the thing is- with that much freedom- where do i start? I have had idea after idea, and i dont seem to be getting anywhere with them. Im thinking of doing a stop motion animation and using the hidden room up the stairs. But... im still kind of unsure. Perhaps I could draw it? But that would take a lot of patience...although i suppose thats what animation is all about. patience.
Theres a really great poem that my boyfriend has written- it actually got published in a poetry book. Its called "death personified". I want to do an animation for it. it is just excellent. But its such a good poem, i dont think i'll do it justice if i attempt it for my first animation. I should perhaps have a chat to Andrew about it.
I'm so stuffed for vis101. I havnt started my essay yet. I think i will ditch work this weekend and cram cram cram. I'm told that its bad and i shouldnt do it that way. I agree completely, I'm a fool. But as long as i pass- i'll be happy. *please let me pass* I blame it all on procrastination!!
Mpi104 is due tomorrow and this is it~! :-O
I'm actually quite happy about it, because i have been blogging over the break, and i feel like i actually have a chance of getting pretty damn good marks in something. lol. its probably the only chance i'll have. lol.
Here we are in week one of second term. Already.
I must say, looking back on my original walking wooden man- i have made vast improvements. I'm quite proud, though im still not overly happy with the way its working. I think I should slow it down a little bit, not only his walk- but also the foreground. Have a look and see what you think- and perhaps leave me a comment?
Here is a link to my Animated Walk Cycle
I'm very nervous and excited about our 2 minute animation (assignment 2 of vfx101), we have the freedom to do anything that we wish. But the thing is- with that much freedom- where do i start? I have had idea after idea, and i dont seem to be getting anywhere with them. Im thinking of doing a stop motion animation and using the hidden room up the stairs. But... im still kind of unsure. Perhaps I could draw it? But that would take a lot of patience...although i suppose thats what animation is all about. patience.
Theres a really great poem that my boyfriend has written- it actually got published in a poetry book. Its called "death personified". I want to do an animation for it. it is just excellent. But its such a good poem, i dont think i'll do it justice if i attempt it for my first animation. I should perhaps have a chat to Andrew about it.
I'm so stuffed for vis101. I havnt started my essay yet. I think i will ditch work this weekend and cram cram cram. I'm told that its bad and i shouldnt do it that way. I agree completely, I'm a fool. But as long as i pass- i'll be happy. *please let me pass* I blame it all on procrastination!!
Mpi104 is due tomorrow and this is it~! :-O
I'm actually quite happy about it, because i have been blogging over the break, and i feel like i actually have a chance of getting pretty damn good marks in something. lol. its probably the only chance i'll have. lol.
Online Identity
I have a couple of different site identities, these are as follows:
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamz0r/
Del.icio.us:http://del.icio.us/Pamz0r
Blogger: http://pamsjibberish.blogspot.com
Gmail: subliminal.llama@gmail.com
These should be sufficient for Mpi104. I shall also be updating it with the latest on my animations, and other things. lol.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamz0r/
Del.icio.us:http://del.icio.us/Pamz0r
Blogger: http://pamsjibberish.blogspot.com
Gmail: subliminal.llama@gmail.com
These should be sufficient for Mpi104. I shall also be updating it with the latest on my animations, and other things. lol.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Interesting Things! ^_^
Herro People,
I have heard rumour for quite some time that the band Coheed and Cambria have some kind of story to their songs, so after about 5 months or so (procrastination is the key) I decided to have a surf on the net and see what i could discover...
Its turns out that their albums are actually based upon a comic book written by
Claudio Sanchez, "The Amory Wars". Which is good because anyone who knows Coheed and Cambria would know that the majority of their songs are about killing a certain someone...and now that i know its based upon a comic... I dont have to fret that they're madly saddistic..not that i'd really care- the saddism is entertaining... although it makes me wonder, what are the comics based upon?
Which reminds me, does anyone know if theres a comic book shop in Wagga or a place where i may be able to get my hands on a copy of this comic book... i'm intrigued.
For those who don't know of Coheed and Cambria, here are some lyrics from one of my favourite Coheed and Cambria songs, Once Upon Your Dead Body.
If hello could only drop its "O"
And it stayed in the front door's way
Of your home, would you live there still?
Could that make you everything I hate?
Wait...
Do you remember why you did it? (No, I don't)
Do you remember why she left?
No, I hope you die right now,
Will you drink my chemical?
Is there price to burn this paradise?
Where you left all parts that hurt to mend
If I don't stay awake
Will she come here again?
For my wish of only one last kiss
Do you remember why you did it? (No, I don't)
Do you remember why she left?
(Unless you did what you thought would be friend)
Do you remember why you did it?
Do you remember why she left?
No, I hope you die right now,
Will you drink my chemical?
And if you cry out loud,
It'll only make me feel too good
(Once upon your dead body)
Ordinarily I would just give you a link, but i'm saving you the trouble of waiting for it to load! :-D haha! handy thangs these brains we's has.
Another interesting thing i have worked out during the break... If i practice my bass every day.. maybe... just maybe i will be able to play things :-P lol damn these cursed tiny hands.
Oh and Oh and Oh!!! And i went home for the easter long weekend, it was really good to catch up with my family and friends, and my puppy!! ^_^ oh annnnnnndd....
I'm an Aunty again, to all those concerned :-P Mitchell Edward Cook was born on Thursday the 5th of April. :-D And i got to hold him before i came home :-)
The pic is of Mini Mitchemus(and me).... the blurry finger at the bottom of the pic curtosy of my incredibly tired sister. :-P
I have been slowly educating myself with some movies...
believe it or not, i had NEVER seen Pulp Fiction before yesterday... have no idea whY not! i loved it... it was brilliant, John Travolta is such a spunk!...well was... now
he's just an old pilot :-P
I also hired out "Ed Wood" based upon the worlds worst director, it was alright, kind of weird..but thats expected.
"eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" which i had seen before, but i loved it so much i just had to get it again!
"Chocolat" which was quite a disappointment, they have Johnny Depp on the cover to lure you in... but he's hardly even in it... his character isnt even all that prominent. grrr....and the chocolate...mmmm i wanted to reach out and grab it.
"A Very Long Engagement" which is French, by the same director as "Amelie", I've watched about 20 mins of it... but am yet to watch the rest... Its a war movie, i dont much like war movies.. they're all the 'bloody' same after a while....
I've also watched some movies that Kiah has lent me,
"The Chumscrubber" and "Brick"... they are actually mildly similar... the chumscrubber was weird, but good... and brick was confusing, i'll have to watch it again i think.
I'm going to leave it at that, for i have blabbed a blabbery blab blab! So, farewell!!
Pamz0r
I have heard rumour for quite some time that the band Coheed and Cambria have some kind of story to their songs, so after about 5 months or so (procrastination is the key) I decided to have a surf on the net and see what i could discover...
Its turns out that their albums are actually based upon a comic book written by
Claudio Sanchez, "The Amory Wars". Which is good because anyone who knows Coheed and Cambria would know that the majority of their songs are about killing a certain someone...and now that i know its based upon a comic... I dont have to fret that they're madly saddistic..not that i'd really care- the saddism is entertaining... although it makes me wonder, what are the comics based upon?Which reminds me, does anyone know if theres a comic book shop in Wagga or a place where i may be able to get my hands on a copy of this comic book... i'm intrigued.
For those who don't know of Coheed and Cambria, here are some lyrics from one of my favourite Coheed and Cambria songs, Once Upon Your Dead Body.
If hello could only drop its "O"
And it stayed in the front door's way
Of your home, would you live there still?
Could that make you everything I hate?
Wait...
Do you remember why you did it? (No, I don't)
Do you remember why she left?
No, I hope you die right now,
Will you drink my chemical?
Is there price to burn this paradise?
Where you left all parts that hurt to mend
If I don't stay awake
Will she come here again?
For my wish of only one last kiss
Do you remember why you did it? (No, I don't)
Do you remember why she left?
(Unless you did what you thought would be friend)
Do you remember why you did it?
Do you remember why she left?
No, I hope you die right now,
Will you drink my chemical?
And if you cry out loud,
It'll only make me feel too good
(Once upon your dead body)
Ordinarily I would just give you a link, but i'm saving you the trouble of waiting for it to load! :-D haha! handy thangs these brains we's has.
Another interesting thing i have worked out during the break... If i practice my bass every day.. maybe... just maybe i will be able to play things :-P lol damn these cursed tiny hands.
Oh and Oh and Oh!!! And i went home for the easter long weekend, it was really good to catch up with my family and friends, and my puppy!! ^_^ oh annnnnnndd....I'm an Aunty again, to all those concerned :-P Mitchell Edward Cook was born on Thursday the 5th of April. :-D And i got to hold him before i came home :-)
The pic is of Mini Mitchemus(and me).... the blurry finger at the bottom of the pic curtosy of my incredibly tired sister. :-P
I have been slowly educating myself with some movies...
believe it or not, i had NEVER seen Pulp Fiction before yesterday... have no idea whY not! i loved it... it was brilliant, John Travolta is such a spunk!...well was... now
he's just an old pilot :-PI also hired out "Ed Wood" based upon the worlds worst director, it was alright, kind of weird..but thats expected.
"eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" which i had seen before, but i loved it so much i just had to get it again!
"Chocolat" which was quite a disappointment, they have Johnny Depp on the cover to lure you in... but he's hardly even in it... his character isnt even all that prominent. grrr....and the chocolate...mmmm i wanted to reach out and grab it.
"A Very Long Engagement" which is French, by the same director as "Amelie", I've watched about 20 mins of it... but am yet to watch the rest... Its a war movie, i dont much like war movies.. they're all the 'bloody' same after a while....
I've also watched some movies that Kiah has lent me,
"The Chumscrubber" and "Brick"... they are actually mildly similar... the chumscrubber was weird, but good... and brick was confusing, i'll have to watch it again i think.
I'm going to leave it at that, for i have blabbed a blabbery blab blab! So, farewell!!
Pamz0r
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
My Space And Pics!
Hello All,
just a post to let you all know that I use myspace on a very regular basis, if you would like to find out anymore about me or my life.. or anything else boring or useless... feel free to visit my myspace. Click here to visit my myspace :-D
I also would like to take now to tell you all about my favourite anime series, Inuyasha. it is great. Its about a sacred jewel that has been shattered and a girl who can travel back in time, Inuyasha is a dog demon....tho im not going to reveal too much to you....you should watch it for yourself! :-P Next time you go to blockbuster or video ezy see if you can get your hands on it... or you could suck up to me and i'll lend it to you.
heres a pic from it! :-D
i must apologise for it is a little distorted, i was trying to set it as my myspace banner. (btw i made an awesome myspace banner and contact table... you should check them out when u go to my myspace... if u do that is.
and while im including photos..I'd like to introduce you to my two best friends... Beaux and Sarah! we are the sexiest zombies ever!!
And this is my very cute, very easily amused Jack Russell, Kibble. She is chasing the second hand of the clock, i do have this as a .vid file where u can see how crazy she actually goes... but i'll leave that for another day.
I also have another blogger account... Here is a link to it!
Well, i think i have gone completely overboard with the photos and links, i dont want to fill your head full of too much information all at once...! sorry all!
I shall go now!
toodles!
Pamz0r
just a post to let you all know that I use myspace on a very regular basis, if you would like to find out anymore about me or my life.. or anything else boring or useless... feel free to visit my myspace. Click here to visit my myspace :-D
I also would like to take now to tell you all about my favourite anime series, Inuyasha. it is great. Its about a sacred jewel that has been shattered and a girl who can travel back in time, Inuyasha is a dog demon....tho im not going to reveal too much to you....you should watch it for yourself! :-P Next time you go to blockbuster or video ezy see if you can get your hands on it... or you could suck up to me and i'll lend it to you.
heres a pic from it! :-D
i must apologise for it is a little distorted, i was trying to set it as my myspace banner. (btw i made an awesome myspace banner and contact table... you should check them out when u go to my myspace... if u do that is.
and while im including photos..I'd like to introduce you to my two best friends... Beaux and Sarah! we are the sexiest zombies ever!!
And this is my very cute, very easily amused Jack Russell, Kibble. She is chasing the second hand of the clock, i do have this as a .vid file where u can see how crazy she actually goes... but i'll leave that for another day.
I also have another blogger account... Here is a link to it!
Well, i think i have gone completely overboard with the photos and links, i dont want to fill your head full of too much information all at once...! sorry all!
I shall go now!
toodles!
Pamz0r
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