Well, Its time to hand up my Mpi104 assessment one! Oh gnoes!!
I have created an Online Identity for this subject, through Flickr, De.licio.us and this blogspot site.
I’ve worked through the checklist and I think that I’ve got a lot of it completed. I've tried to make all these accounts as interesting as possible, i've played with the colours, fonts, i've added pictures and links and made it all quite busy.
There are a few things which I don’t think that I’ve done- perhaps I have, and its just worded in a way that I don’t understand it on the checklist. I havn’t heard anything about this “technorati” that is on the blogger checklist. I did have a counter working, but it seems to have gone on holidays- I should fix that.
In del.icio.us, I’m not sure what ‘subscribing to tags’ is…. But I have been using tags. In my del.icio.us account I have created a network, I have added friends from Mpi104 to my network, I have bookmarked both my flickr and my blogspot and also my myspace. I have also included the link roll at the bottom of my blog, and have shown others how to do this also, all my appropriate links are tagged mpi104-2007.
I have been a little lazy with my flickr account, though I think I have good reason as to why- I don’t have my old computer and I don’t have a camera, as mentioned in my blogs previously…the fire took care of that.
I believe I have done all that is required of me by flickr actually… considering I left quite a lot of it til the last minute. I must apologise for my lack of images, these are the few I could find on what was left, and I am only on dialup speed and it was taking foreverrrrrr!! And I do want to go to bed at some stage during the early morning. I havnt linked all my images with the ‘mpi104-2007’ tag, I only tagged relevant images.
I have left comments on the metablog about my flickr and del.icio.us accounts, and left the links to posts also.
All of my profiles should be up to date and have display pictures. I have tried to keep my user names the same throughout these accounts, and the name I have chosen is “Pamz0r”. That is my nerdy nickname :-P it is actually based upon leet.. or “1337” as those in the know would call it.
I quite enjoy this subject, although I can see now why I should have kept it up to date all along. I hope what I have done is sufficient, and I hope Joh will find it in his heart to give me a good mark :-D
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Before
This was our flat, before the fire. our nice clean pillows, our comfy lounge, our old microwave and jug and...pillows.... i miss the pillows! The big huge bright red one had a lot of history with me and my friends... and now i dont have it anymore. its sad. :-(
After
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.
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.
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.
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