christmas?so what?

one of the least christmassy christmas i've ever had in my life

i did the usual thing and went and took pictures or pretty lights and happy couples walking along wearing weird ass christmas hats looking like idiots
but here are some nice chrismassy pictures anyways...



but then it felt so empty because suddenly it occured to me that christmas isnt how it used to be when i was a kid

back then i didnt have to do lots for a christmas, i'd be happy with a big meal and a few presents - time went by and views differed, even if i get showered by gifts it still means nothing nowadays, thats sad.

but then again, i had a funeral lined up so i guess thats where the sad bit came from

anyways, being the unique me that i am i went skating with some friends instead and damn sweet jesus im proud to announce that im getting a new laptop that works after xmas as Ive decided

'it shall be an apple'

intellectual dayzZ

there are days when u feel like doing jack all
days u feel empty and just wanna sleep
days u feel happy and wanna party
days u feel intelligent for who you are

it was one of those for me today(woohoo)

to show how strongly i felt my intelligent-ness should take me to another level of knowledge (and more intelligence...) i went to a book shop

after some time i picked out the following two books, adding to my own lil' library

addition number 1


"It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be."

i cannot stress how much i admire paul arden(author of this book, duh) for his ingenious ways of reasoning and best of it all - how he pulls it off with mountains of smaller reasons

on the other hand tho, i thought it kinda tied in with the whole reflective thinking and successful practice idea so it gave me an excuse to buy another book that is 'useful' seeing as my dad is so fed up with me buying all these books that he calls 'garbage' - well dad, u and i are very different species altogether...

i can't wait to start reading it to be completely honest

addition number 2

(i've failed to find a picture for it and can't be bothered to take and upload right now so deal with it)

'Tasteful Color Combination'

well you see, the problem with this book is that it isn't one that you read, it's one that you use for references. No, not ones that you refer to in your essays, ones that are for referencing.
that's right, its not really a readable book

its a book full of different color combinations - it's a book designers find very useful.
'The book features 14 chapters divided by different emotions (of major classifications), 46 different tastes that produce these emotions(intermediate classification), and a further 455 combinations of tastes'

so you see, it's more like a color combination bible that i'm sure will come in handy - it's just one of those things that stays useful for like, as long as you live

time to tuck into my new book, thank god for ur existence paul arden

skate on pt III

tho it may be holiday for me, but it certainly isn't the case with my camera
just went down to chill with some mates and did some shooting...its all good
but damn i wish santa knows i want a DV for christmas it'd be soooooo much better

end of term summary

click here for more pictures on
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14084&l=76d88&id=501853784

what a term -
tho we seem to be playing all the time we are hard workers who manage to put the fun back into work :) and make it look so easy

but it really isn't haha...

o yes its near christmas
so here's a little close up for this term

3 assignments -
1/ pixelation
2/ recording video
3/ interactive narrative

i had fun doing all 3, but then there's so much to put on the blog now its ridiculous!!!