Nathan's blog

Violin Hip-Hop

2008-01-24T11:17:00.000+11:00

Video To Put a Smile on your Dial!

2007-11-26T17:02:00.000+11:00

ok im sure your sick of me not posting much, and even if i do videos, but anyway here's another video. Please enjoy and be sure to smile.

Faviourite Christian Band

2007-09-06T17:56:00.000+10:00

This song is pretty special to me because it's the first really cool christian song I heard which led me to getting all sorts of cool songs. :)

rubix robot

2007-08-25T15:33:00.001+10:00

ok i know some humans can do this better but this robot does it with style.

Sister Act 2 Moments

2007-08-03T17:29:00.001+10:00

The Pirates Who Dont Do Anything

2007-07-11T17:01:00.000+10:00

Mac Has Cooler ads

2007-07-03T13:58:00.000+10:00

for example:

Baseball legendary pitch

2007-07-01T20:28:00.000+10:00

'Music you can chill to.'

2007-05-18T17:13:00.001+10:00

Turtoise Teror

2007-05-16T17:01:00.000+10:00

AUSSIE CLASSIC TV ADS!

2007-05-05T12:12:00.000+10:00

First up we have a song that I have been desperately trying to find to put on my Mp3 player then after it is a toyato ad about the classic 'Jezelunko' mark (if you haven't seen the Jezelunko mark then scroll down to my easter highlights post and watch it there):

and 1 more classic ad:

Quote of the Day

2007-04-20T18:07:00.001+10:00

"You mustn’t always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer." -Pablo Picasso

Samurai Sword Stuff :)

2007-04-15T15:51:00.000+10:00

Videos

2007-04-14T16:03:00.000+10:00

I got these from http://www.funnyanimalvideos.com/

Stuff (Nathan's News)

2007-04-10T13:05:00.000+10:00

It was Easter! And God put a display of his power (okay so not a cross in the sky, but something as cool and that IS a photo of it in a way took me like an hour to do that just kneeling with my camera pointed at the sky). I'll leave you to wonder at it for a little bit.

And on another happy note, Brisbane Lions (the team I barrack for) is doing exceptionally well with a percentage around 180%! (even if it's only up to round 3)

And at some website (warholizer) I made this picture (it's me in the suit from a previous video I did):
Which I think is really cool.

Especially when you make 6 of them (every one of them is unique) and use this to do this:

Cool Slideshows

which I think is really cool.

And, to yet another happy note, I was awarded the Thinking Blog Award by Julie. Apparently my Easter story (that had nothing to do with Easter per se was impressive and thought provoking which is nice to know.

I don't have time to add my 5 people as I'll be at Nick's for the next 2 days and I've got to go NOW!

Personality Test Results

2007-04-07T19:27:00.000+10:00

Mum took this test and so I did it too. I don't think I am quite easily distracted as the ENFP description I looked up suggests (this one) (refer to Countered for proof) and I don't have or want a tatoo (though I do want a 50's hat or a bearded dragon or something of such to be my personal 'brand'), but other than that I completely like it. Although it's holidays at the moment I'm just relaxing and going with the flow, but when I'm 'switched on' that's what I like to be :) (except there is a part of me that is still afraid of heights and gets nervous but I'm learning to kill it.)

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

And then I did the word test and came up with a different result. By the way, if you want to do the test too, click on the Free Jung Personality Test and then go to Personality Test link. I think that like a lot of personality tests it just shows a different side of me.

ENTP - "Inventor". Enthusiastic interest in everything and always sensitive to possibilities. Non-conformist and innovative. 3.2% of the total population.

Free Jung Word Test (similar to Myers-Briggs)
personality tests by similarminds.com

Easter

2007-04-07T11:03:00.000+10:00

TODAYS JOKE:

Q. What do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?

A. Hot cross bunnies!

That joke used to crack me up and i thought it was appropiate because it's easter time and I have just eaten 3 hot cross buns. :D (they were really nice). Speaking of easter, I was listening to a CD called Coming Up To Breathe from MercyMe (highly recomended christian CD) and they have an 'easter egg' at the end of theirs. Now for those of you who don't know what that sort of an easter egg is, it is something completely random put in a random place to see what random people could find it. Or something like that. But this one was a short song (modelled after a 40's song or something) that you can only hear if you leave the last song of the CD playing for about 6 minutes (which I did), but it's sort of obvious when you put it on your MP3 player and nothing plays for a while. Anyway, theirs a cool song on the end of Coming Up To Breathe and It's growing through my head. Buy the CD.

Now, I have finally added another chapter to my Countered story (Hip Hip Hooray). Very exciting even for me that the story is once again in the realms of the living (in a manner of speaking) and firmly look forward to adding it. Probably by the time you are reading this (whoever you may be) will now be able to go to a link on the sidebar thingy and read Countered in order from Prelude to Chapter 3 (instead of having to go down to read the Prelude then up then down etc). Then once your uptodate you can start reading every chapter when it comes out. :) Have fun.

Now, me and Dad looked for more 'footy highlights' on YouTube so I decided to add the most famous of all marks without question and it is classed as the 'mark of the century' by Jezelunko or some cool name that I can't spell.

Finally, I decided to add to this post a story I made a couple of weeks ago:

Suppose a man was born into terrible pain in a tribe where terrific pain was more common than people with hair on their heads. Now this man was named Jack, and like the rest of his isolated tribe he did not question pain, but instead focussed on relieving the pain he had, which was no small feat to do even at any degree. Now suppose this man named Jack somehow caught a glimpse of something in the horizon, and followed it until he left the tribe long behind and finally to his great wonder came upon a village. Wandering into this village, a man found him quickly. And oh what a man! Jack had never seen a man such as him. Jack stared at this man, for he was the biggest (in width) he had ever seen. And the man, who’s name was Chris, stared at Jack, for a thinner man he had never seen! Indeed, it seemed a miracle Jack was alive in such a poor condition (indeed, that very point would be debated for centuries). Chris took pity on the man, as all men with a heart would, and took him to a back room of his bakery. Now Jack said he would find him food to eat, however all the food he needed for the day was delivered, so he had nought but food his 3 year old rejected, mashed carrots. He laid Jack down to rest (who still had no idea why he was in pain) and hand fed him some. Jack was new to eating so he found eating hard to accomplish (even the reason to eat hard to understand) so then he realised it was instinct so he gulped it down greedily. This of course caused him great pain, as he was not used to something so good and he ate something his body was not yet prepared to take. Chris still wanted to help him. He explained that Jack must eat in very small portions at first and eat very slowly so his body could adjust. And so Jack did. He devoured every piece of mushed carrot, each one sweet as can be. Each mouthful he considered a delicacy. To tell you the truth, nobody has enjoyed food as much as Jack had. He experimented with different ways of chewing and he was the happiest person in the world. Now supposing this bakery was of the modern kind, the one that did not simply have bread but had many sweet snacks to almost hearts content. Indeed, the bakery that Chris owned was the best in the land, producing sweet snacks that were rivalled by none. Now supposing there was a window from Jack’s room into the general Bakery, and he saw the unrivalled snacks and wondered at the amazing food. He saw that the food in the Bakery and the food he ate were worlds apart and later asked the Chris if he could have some. “It is true,” he said, “that the food you ate is like dust compared to the food in my bakery, however believe me, if you ate my food that is so rich you would be sick and you would probably die. Now be patient and I will give you variety in food so that you will not grieve, but anything even remotely sweet will overwhelm you.” Now Jack’s tribe did not care about death anymore then pain, but Jack now loved life and understood that death was in fact to be avoided and that life is better than death, as is pain-free is better than pain. Now the menu Chris offered Jack was what would be considered horrible by today’s standards, Cauliflower without cheese sauce and things of like, but do you think Jack cared? Of course not! But on the contrary, Jack relished the food all the more, knowing full well that it will bring things better to come and imagining the greatness of things to come. Then finally, after a year or so of a simple and bland diet, Chris announced that Jack was ready to eat the store’s contents for free to he’s hearts content! “You did well, Jack. Sticking to the diet means you have grown immune to been sick to sweet things such as chocolate, a gift that is greater than anyone outside my village. My friend, you are not the first one to come to me in your state and I have wished to accept them all however, many people were grieved and depressed at not been able to eat my food early, or they thought that my words did not matter so they thought they would sneak out greedily. But I tell you now, not one of them survived.”
Now, if one can relish carrots and cauliflower without cheese sauce for knowledge of mere chocolate to come, how much more should we enjoy the limited pleasures of this world in knowledge that so much more waits! How much more should we take the pains of this world, knowing full well that a place without pain shall be our home! Obsess after the chocolate, and the chocolate Jack got. Obsess after Christ, and Christ we will all get.

Have a great easter!

AFL highlights

2007-03-11T18:48:00.000+11:00

For those of you who don't get this; I feel sorry for you.

Mr. Bean is back

2007-02-26T20:58:00.000+11:00

BIG.

VERY BIG.

EPIC.

FUNNY.

HILARIOUS.

EXCITING.

BIG.

MR. BEAN IS BACK!

An Author's Ponderings

2007-02-14T19:14:00.000+11:00

Once upon a time there was a person who was called by the media the 'goanna.' Who was obvisouly a person of utmost importance (which everybody knew who it was) in the News Industary, and they listed all the offences the 'goanna' had done. My dad, on a honeymoon or an anniversary or a general holiday or something with Mum, had the pleasure of meeting a former associate of the 'goanna' and the associate was so fascinating Dad just had to listen to every word he said; which was a mistake. But not because the goanna's hitmen found out about it or anything (I don't think it was completely negative anyway) but because they were in a pool- without Dad's shirt on. So anyway they were in there for a couple of hours and Dad tried to go to sleep- but he couldn't! His back was badly burnt described it as literally every single time he made a move, it felt like someone stabbed him in the back as hard as he could. So anyway years later, like two weeks ago, I was at the beach for a youthgroup get-back-together and I didn't have a shirt on, so I got sunburnt and it hurt. Not quite up to Dad's level, but it still hurt.
Anyway I thought I would tell you that as it was something I was intending to post for a while. But, more to the point of the title, I thought I would tell you about the WIP- my book. Apparently, I had been reading to many Ted Dekker (a fantastic and highly recommended christian author) because books that didn't have a christian plot or subplot, seemed a little bit directionless. Thus, my book had to be christian or risk- well, it just had to be christian or else I wouldn't/couldn't write it. So idea (again) began to pop up in my mind of a story. Not a particully detailed idea, but more one of those ones that you can feel at the back of your mind and you have to wait for the royal flourish for it to enter into the realms of plauible ideas.
That sort of came when I was watching an adversiment for a TV show closer to home. Pretty standard show, but one that had an interesting concept for an episode- the crime scene is in the courthouse. Alas, the add was more exciting than the show, but it got my brain ticking. Of course! That's how you pull of crime in the real world (this is my imagination and observations speaking, not experience of course), those elaborate plans that you read in books and movies are pretty unrealistic to pull off in real life (with exceptions with some naturally ie: prison break); things have got to be blunt. Thus a worldwide organisation started to form in my head.
Then in my research about assasinations I came across two things:
1/ How Harvey Oswald claimed to be so strongly a 'patsy'.
2/ The assasination of a United States of America president that I had never heard of living Down Under by 1 Charles J. Guiteau. He led a life that seemed to be directly controlled by his circumstances (I am defintely not excusing him though of course) such as joining a organisation called the Oneida Soceity which believed in free love, 'christians' who believed that Christ had already come back, therefore absolute perfection was abtainable.
Thus I became compelled by the same question that drove one of the 'forefathers' of the organisation in my story: Dr. Charles K. Phillips: can you control a man by controlling his culture? In The Matrix Has You, they spoke about a philospher named Jean Baudrillard famously (or so they claim) claimed: "The Gulf War did not happen!" This was not some dramatic conspiracy theory, however this was a dramatic way (such as Jean likes it) of stating pretty much how much we could be controlled by the media.
Thus, the organisation in my book really did carry out this, creating lots (don't ask me fo a more specific number just yet) of 'patsys' that are 'controlled' by their circumstances. This was carried out to perfection in the shooting of John F. Kennedy by the patsy Harvey Oswald. They have a choice of course (which is explored in the book later) but some people have been manipulated, at the very least in this book. So, that's why I'm reseaching a little bit about Charles J. Chuiteau in Secret Service documents etc. Wait for my next chapter.
I think I've said all there is to say about this for now, so goodbye for now and have a merry merry life.

Off To School Tommorow

2007-01-31T15:16:00.000+11:00

Tommorow's school so I'm resting. Again. Actually I was suprised at how busy the holidays there has literally been no day since about late December that has been uneventful. Which is kinda neat (but probably why my blogging has suffered). I'm glad to say that I am fully refreshed and rejuvenated for the next (horrors) school year which is lucky because as all students know, the school year comes around unstoppinly and inescapingly. (Here the monster comes, ready or not). That's one of the advantages of living in Australia, the holidays are designed intelligently. The holidays that are just about to end are designed to be just long enough to get refreshed but not long enough to forget everything and become extremely bored. It's the same as the christmas holidays so the year and the school year is pretty much the same, then the school year is broken up into four terms, each one seperated by a 2 week break.
I went to a friends place yesterday and brought home a few Cd's so I could add to my Mp3 players aging amount of songs. Unfortunatly I fogot to bring my headphones home so right now I'm listening to them all on the computer. Had to buy new schools so I told the person which one's I want so Mum can buy them later when she gets back from work. Then I checked to see if the Blue's Brothers (that movie as well as The Godfather has kept on popping up in my life over the holidays so I figure I really should see it) so I will probably borrow that and watch it tonight.
A week or so ago I had went to St. Vinnies in search of a Bowler Hat (one of those old, gentleman hat otherwise known as a Mafia hat) they had one, but it was sold on that day. Talk about unlucky. So today I decided to give them my phone number so that if they ever get one again (unlikely as they say it is) they can ring me up and I'll be right down there. I wonder how much they cost? I don't know how reliable their system is for that sort of thing, but hopefully a couple of years down the track I'll get that blissfull call and get a Bowler Hat. I'll defintely post about it here when or if it happens.
Anyway I just remembered that I had to watch the premiere of 24 which I video while I was watching another show. And I would just like to say that from now on most of my efforts in this place will be focused on my novel (which i got a name for now :D) so check on here every now and again but check on my story the most. Any suggestions for the story are welcomed.

And on another note, check out this site: http://www.planetfusion.co.uk/~pignut/cheese.html

A New Blog/Story For Me!

2007-01-25T21:20:00.000+11:00

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. Well, anyway, I'm making a new story called... well actually I don't really have a name for it yet- suggestion would be welcome. It's at http://historywriters.blogspot.com/ please, please comment. Anway, hopefully this will be the first novel I've ever completed. So goodbye for now, relax and enjoy this serial.

Xbox adversiment

2007-01-09T15:14:00.000+11:00

XBOX: Banned commerical

Chain Reactions Galore

2007-01-07T14:40:00.000+11:00

This is called... actually I forgotten what it's called but anyway I some of this is kinda neat and better than all the adds in Wonthaggi that try to copy that sort of thing.

Let the World Know That Hazelton Takes its Laws Seriously!

2006-12-29T15:58:00.000+11:00

Hazleton has laws (currently pending because of a lawsuit) that strictly ban illegal imigrants. Someone out there has realised that a certain man breaks those laws, and want to stop him. The following are extracts from the website: http://www.nosantaforhazleton.com/welcome.html

Press Realease:

December 19, 2006For Immediate Release

PA Town to Ban Santa Because He is Undocumented Worker

The people of Hazleton, PA are proud to announce a citizen-organized public awareness campaign called "No Santa for Hazleton." The campaign will use Santa Claus' status as America's most-loved illegal worker to demonstrate Hazleton's new "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal aliens.
Hazleton has been at the forefront of the War on Immigration since this past summer, when, in response to a surge in illegal immigration, the city passed its “Illegal Immigrant Relief Act." The public response was immediate and overwhelmingly positive. Mayor Lou Barletta’s heroics gained the town national attention, including appearances on '60 Minutes' and CNN’s 'Lou Dobbs Tonight.' Following Hazelton’s example, over 30 other towns across America have passed or are considering similar laws to drive out illegal immigration and labor.
This Christmas, a grassroots coalition of concerned citizens and elected officials have come together to conduct a public awareness campaign against the nation’s most prominent undocumented worker: Santa Claus. The group intends to keep Santa out of Hazleton this Christmas, as he represents everything the town has rallied around Mayor Barletta to oppose. According to the Mayor, "We are waging a war of culture, and Santa is a dangerous idea whose reign must be put to an end."
The group's website lists the following evidence against Santa Claus:

•Santa is not an American nor is he legally recognized for residency or occupational purposes in this country. Oblivious to this fact, millions of Americans delight in inviting him into their homes and allowing him to work unsupervised every year. Children and the elderly are especially vulnerable to his costume and demeanor.

•Santa does not work alone, but employs hundreds to thousands of elves in what are clearly described as sweatshop or slave labor-type conditions. This takes jobs away from honest and hard-working Americans who play by the rules.

Appearing unlawfully for too long to remember, Santa Claus has come to represent a range of labor practices that undercut the American workforce in favor of unfair foreign competition or informal domestic laborers. Across America, the economies of small cities like Hazleton have been decimated as a result.
For further information, the group has launched a website, www.NoSantaForHazelton.com, which will serve as a resource for the town and a model for other towns to adopt in a national movement. The website will be used to collect donations to air a television advertisement the group has prepared, but includes additional features such as tips for parents to talk to their children about Santa, and an internet action tool for people of all ages to send letters to Santa asking him to stay away. In Hazleton, as the No Santa For Hazleton looks boldy to the future, this Christmas promises to be like no other.

Press Inquiries: Email or call Mayor Barletta's office at 570-459-4910

The Video:

That's dedication for you!

Music

2006-12-27T17:39:00.000+11:00

This is the entire history of this years music summed up in one song. Enjoy.

Smile!

2006-12-24T16:56:00.000+11:00

Christmas Eve

2006-12-24T16:06:00.000+11:00

Guess what? I found out it was Christmas Eve today! I reckon the build up helps alot to celebrate christmas and I got alot of catching up today but anyway...

Despite all the tragedies and misery etc etc blah blah blah, on christmas day the world for once and as one smile.

Yessiree, a big grin that's cheesier than all of the mice dreams put together.

And you know what? I find that delightful.

Yep, I know it's important to focus on the true meaning of christmas.

Yes, I also know that you should remember the 'true spirit of christmas'. ie: remember when you're recieving your pressies that not everyone in the world is as rich as you.

The spirit of christmas is to give.

Christmas dear reader, is celebrating the gift that God the Father gave to us.

The best gift ever.

But I think what is often overlooked,

Is that deep down inside,

Sometimes in people you just couldn't of guessed,

Apparently lurks the capability of Joy.

And I think that's worth celebrating, don't you?

JOY TO THE WORLD AND HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

An old Christmas message but a good one.

2006-12-23T11:08:00.000+11:00

ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

And for those of you who haven't heard this before and don't get it fill in the blank:

There is NO ____

Santa and Pranks (two more links I found recently)

2006-12-20T11:53:00.001+11:00

These are just some other links I found yesterday.

I am proud of the Air Services Australia for working so closely with Santa Clause in making safer flights and sleigh for him. You can find out all of Santa's recent media releases, the proposed (and excepted by some international board) flight path, the training program he himself uses etc. You can find the media releases here.

This is a website I recently found called the museum of hoaxes and is really good.

Deadly Serious

2006-12-18T21:12:00.000+11:00

Funny Videos

Links

2006-12-14T09:50:00.000+11:00

I (obvisouly) haven't been able to think of anything to put on my blog for a while now, and have just recently figured out that some of my ideas ie: the video's I was talking about has an expiry date in my mind for how long I am enthuisastic about an idea. I can generally 'refind' my enthusiasm so I will- when I can be bothered. Um, Last night Mum got a new phone (the latest Sony Ericson because of my clever diplomacy) so she gave me her old one to replace my broken one. Which is fine, but it means I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY THE PROPER SNAKE ALMOST FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE (snake xerxia or something) which is a pity. So, anyway, I thought I would post some less well-known links to some great websites that you might be interested in. By the way did anyone hear that the actor that plays Raymond's Dad (in everybody loves Raymond) is dead?

COMEDIANS

http://www.basilwhite.com/ Basil White a slightly twisted person (but still funny)

http://www.jasonlove.com/ Jason Love a comedian that actually works on his website a fair bit.

http://www.rodney.com/rodney/home/home.asp Rodney Dangerfield a passed away comedian that became famous with his 'I don't get no respect' tour.

FUNNY SITES

http://signsoflife.goose24.org/?sign=46 Alot of funny signs

http://www.cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh/ A clean joke website with everything. I am subsribed to it.

http://www.fasterpastor.com/autobio1.htm Great Church Billboards

http://gprime.net/flash.php/cowswithguns A funny movie about cows with guns.

http://www.funnypics.dk/fpid170.html the site isn't altogether funny but that picture is.

http://uploads.ungrounded.net/content.php?id=158218&name=158218_The_Matrix_Has_You.swf&title=The%20Matrix%20Has%20You.&date=1165986000&quality=b&uj=0&w=550&h=400 For those of you have seen the Matrix this is a very good flash movie called the marix has you.

'FACINATING' SITES

http://www.googlism.com/ See what Google says about you!

http://www.eepybird.com/ People pop mentos into Diet Coke Bottles and see what they come out with. The latest version uses literally hundreds of both.

http://www.blifaloo.com/ Boredom Relief

http://www.breakthechain.org/ A site devoted to stopping all pesky chain emails and offers an 'official rebuttal' to every single one. Also you can get to the website pulling the chain websites with creative ideas how to stop them.

http://www.cybersaltcommunity.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,162
ever wanted to use an industrial shredder?

There you go I hope you enjoy. I think tomorrow I might post jokes before i'm over it..

My Accent

2006-12-04T19:30:00.000+11:00

I'm not entirely sure what my accent is. I sometimes catch irish, scottish or english in it (I think that's because I like those accents and enjoy speaking it) and I can sometimes hear my accent change as I speak which is weird. Apparently I've got a different accent for different occasions ie: my performing accent (which I can hear) and my casual accent. I presume I have an Aussie accent all up but I can never hear the Aussie accent. To me it's just talking in a plain voice. Anyway I took a test in what sort of American accent I have and I got:

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The South
The Midland
North Central
Boston
The West
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

I'm not sure really what to make of it because I don't frequent America or even Inland North America so not sure what to feel. If you're from America can you fill me in?

I've been tagged!

2006-12-01T20:05:00.000+11:00

Im back from camp (obvisouly). It was really fun and I enjoyed it. Nothing much to report here though.
I was tagged from Barbara (http://barbara007.typepad.com/ ).
5 favourite christmas songs in no particular order:

1. Jingle Bells
2. Joy to the World
3. Aussie Jingle Bells
4. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
5. Hark The Herald Angels Sing

It's Nearly Christmas! Celebrate!
It's nearly the school holidays! Celebrate again! (Well Im celebrating

Miske's

2006-11-22T20:12:00.000+11:00

I was doing and English essay and was kinda proud of it, so especially as I don't usually publish something deep here I thought I would share with you all my research in this greatly unrecognised field that I thought was fascinating.

Miske’s used in Communication
By Nathan Moore
Miskes have long been used with people in varying degrees of all ages, languages and nations to communicate. When words become unnecessary or indeed, too much effort, the appropriate miske is usually sufficient. Teenagers who believe they have a right to remain in bed that is being talked to by a (generally grumpy) parent is the easiest and most common way to observe this behaviour first hand.
Miske’s include hums and virtually all other intangible sounds that still have a meaning that is expected that the listener should understand the intended message even though it is not making use of a proper language. Miske’s are separated into 6 groups; laughs, giggles, hums, gags, growls and gunts. Gunt’s is by far the most varied group, so much so they are in turn separated into several sub-categories. Agreements, confusion, disagreements and thoughtfulness are the afore mentioned sub-categories.
‘Hums are generally well known what they are and hardly need any explanation. ‘Gags’ are supposed to represent the act of regurgitation and are used to communicate utter disgust with a thing/person
/act. Generally it is considered funny for some reason and a laugh or a giggle is usually accompanied with it.
A laugh is a quaint little noise that varies incredibly much, even from time to time, let alone person to person. Despite the massive quantities of variation, the laugh is universally accepted as a (would you believe it) laugh the world over, except for a handful of fathers who produce a sort of gurgling sound in place of a laugh and it seems only said father can tell it’s a laugh. Debate rages over whether this anomalous resonance should be given it’s own sub-category or even a straight category, but no official move has been made to do such a thing.
Laughs generally occur when somebody hears something that is considered funny or ‘appeals to their sense of humour’ (i.e.: in a joke or ‘harmless’ prank). Giggles are a variant of the laugh and are pretty similar but each ‘ha’ is a lot more succinct.
Growls originated and used to be the domain of the animal kingdom and are used by people who decide to use this particular miske to intimidate his or her opponent that is generally a person but sometimes extends to a troublesome pet and/or object.
Gunts are generally the hardest to understand and are incredibly varied. Gunts are sometimes referred to as grunts but gunts are the ‘proper’ name. Agreements are generally higher pitched and should usually be taken as strongly as if it was a verbal agreement. Confusion gunts are generally short, sharp and means the other person wants clarification from the person it was directed too. Disagreement gunts are usually angry or frustratingly sounded for obvious reasons and are, well, disagreements. Thoughtfulness gunts are usually a long note and generally you should wait to they finish whatever they are going to say after it.
In conclusion, miskes, although not always considered the ‘proper way to put things’, are an essential element of almost any language and should be practised and learnt to improve your day-to-day communicative skills.

Peter Piper

2006-11-21T19:17:00.000+11:00

Sorry I haven't posted a blog for so long, I intend to do another movie a.s.a.p. I'm going on camp next week so I won't be able to blog then. Now, a random comment:

"Peter Piper picked a pepper and he sneezed. Because he is in fact allergic to pepper!"

Power Wins

2006-11-12T17:25:00.000+11:00

This is me warming up before the match. Mum insisted on taking an "action" shot.

I won the Grand Final! :D The crowd was mostly behind our opponents, who played really well and I reckon our team suffered from shock a little at the start and the scores were 6-11 in their favour at the half time break and got up by about 10 points and we sort of struggled for a bit and then they levelled and the crowd got really excited and we started to make mistakes but we managed to hold on and we drew and time on was called- hold on I should probably pop a full stop in here somewhere.

Anyway, in the next five minutes we didn't let them score and despite our low accuracy we scored 3 goals and won the game. I, on the other hand got fouled off during time-on and had my lowest scoring game this season (2 goals) due to the fact I didn't get any easy shots at all and I didn't get a chance to slam dunk like I was hoping (which is a pity but I suppose I should count myself lucky I CAN slam-dunk) but I was still good in all my other areas (rebounds, blocks, assisting scaring/ 'redirecting' my opponents etc.). So all in all it was a very good day!
Anyway I thought of another video but it might take a while to make.

P.S. I've been adding labels for all my blog posts so you can play around with them if you like.

Quick Post

2006-11-11T20:33:00.001+11:00

Last Wednesday I had a Middle School Showcase and I was one of the stars. :) I had a really good play that I wish I could have posted, but I am not, in fact, in possesion of the video. It was a radio/television skit and I was thinking of something else I could do on the blog and so I am going to make it soon. On the down side of life, we hadn't been working much because of the showcase but my teacher is now going to give us solid work for the next two weeks :(
On the other upside I've got my Grand Final TOMORROW which I have been practising heaps for and hopefully I shall post soon that I won and a picture of the trophy. Hofpefully I don't go into a pit of despair if I loose.

Another one of those quizzes

2006-11-07T12:04:00.001+11:00

You Belong in Australia

Ace!
Sunny, upbeat, and cute
You make the perfect surf bum
Now stop hogging the vegemite!

What English Speaking Country Are You?

Eepybird.com updateII

2006-11-07T10:05:00.000+11:00

Why Not?

2006-11-07T09:38:00.000+11:00

"What's that?"
"A Photo of the pristine surface of a Freshly opened jar of smooth penut butter... Untouched by human hands!"
You're posting it on your blog?"
"It was so beautiful I had to share it with the world"

I was reading just that comic in the Sunday Herald Sun last Sunday (would you believe it?) and so I thought why not? I got the comic from http://www.uclick.com/client/can/hc/ and posted it here with:

with...

with...

with...

etc...

Yessir, I was bored.

Once again Im back

2006-11-06T17:28:00.000+11:00

yea, sorry for not blogging, I couldn't think of anything, then I could and the phone line went down for a couple of days, then I went to camp, yadayadayada. Alright, I couldn't think of anything to think of or in fact write down outright, so I decided to do some of those online tests.

You Are 80% Weird

You're more than quirky, you're downright strange.
But you're also strangely compelling, like a cult leader.

How Weird Are You?

You Are a "Wink"

What Japanese Smiley Are You?

go figure.

Eepybird.com update

2006-10-24T20:50:00.000+10:00

I'm not sure if you know what it is and if so I'm not sure you've ever seen it and if so I'm not sure you even care. But: www.eepybird.com has created a new video and has released an exciting preview. I can't wait.

What I'm Thinking

2006-10-24T20:32:00.000+10:00

Yes! My basketball team is straight into the Grand Final with two weeks rest! I get a trophy! I get a trophy! I get a trophy! I get a trophy! I get a... Anyway, just a random thought, do any of you feel compassion for funny people doing corny and, let's face it, rather pethetic jokes that are from a script as a host to shows that mainly play back old television etc. moments? Some people seem suited to the job and I for one just feel an inkling of pity but then I'm over it. But I think one of the saddest things in the world are funny people doing that. Oh well, couldn't think of anything else to write so that will have to do. Bye for a now. :)

Find The Woman

2006-10-21T10:48:00.000+10:00

"Oh, has the punchline come already?" Isn't the highest praise I've ever received from one of my jokes, especially from one of my parents (my Dad to be precise), and I would of much preferred a dumb silence but apparently my costume is just too distracting to listen to what I've said, especially because I couldn't really give any hints in the actual movie to where the punchline was and I had to rely on how quick people get jokes. Hopefully the subtitles help for people to listen.

Anyway, the main joke was in a book called 'Laughter is the spice of life' but was a quote from Sam Levenson. For the record and all of those really witty people out there, I threw in one really subtle joke that I bet nobody is going to catch. Anyway, once again I hope you enjoy/ed it.

The Door

2006-10-20T19:24:00.000+10:00

"I can only show you the door. You have to walk through it"
Apparently Jemimah (my dog) decided to do just that. On reflection it might just fascinate me because I was there watching it, but hopefully you get the idea. The bell might of been the trigger to come and have a look to see if their masters are leaving, but I tried ringing it and she looked up but quickly saw there was no point getting in. I tried pretending that I was leaving by myself but apparently Jemimah knows I haven't got a liscence yet either. Now we've learnt to shut the main door when we are leaving.
It is real tricky to get her out of the garage without food and Dad used once let her in the car when he went to pick me up from basketball and she scared the bejjeeves out of me when I got in.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy/ed the movie.

My To Do List again

2006-10-16T17:52:00.000+10:00

Hello! I have just last night learnt of a new skill Jemimah (my dog) has learnt all by myself and I think it is really cool and I am giong to video and publish it on this blog in the next couple of days. Anyway, these are a few more To Do List thingies.
Once again if you haven't yet read the original My To Do List now is a good time. In fact I consider this to be the perfect time unless you know earth-destructing-aliens demanding to take you to your leader are knocking on the door. Take it from me, it's generally better not to keep them waiting.

50. (A Bronze or something entry!) For a prank call (not that I endorse them of course), pretend to be a telemarketer and offer a once-in-a-lifetime-sale: a brick. Make up fantastical tales about the brick and see how long you can keep them on the phone. Time it and start a competion with everyone for the highest score and label him/her the fastest talking pranker! :)

51. Enter a school office (preferbly not one in a school you go to) and while the office ladies are having a 'gossip session' put a heavy book on the green 'speak' button on the microphone and press the nessecary buttons so it goes to the whole school except within earshot of the staffroom and office inconspicually. An escape car and a disguise (actually that should of been first) might be usefull at this time. Come to think of it so would lawyer from #40.

52. Buy a permanant team of lawyers to help pull of some if not most of this.

Take A Look At This

2006-10-11T18:19:00.000+10:00

This is a really interesting thing which I think is some sort of visual simulation thingy that shows the co2 emitions, deaths and births in all the countries around the world. I think it is really good besides the fact that it makes Australia look near non-existent. Anyway, I recommend the following website if you have ADSL/Broadband/fast internet:

http://www.breathingearth.net/

Actually, while we are on the subject go to www.eepybird.com too.

Anyway, I have posted a couple of jokes on my blog that I have to admit weren't from real life and were from a subscription to www.cybersalt.org or the Pastor Tim's webiste (google it it is worth it).

And anyway, this is one of the jokes: "A lady on a commuter train was reading a newspaper article about life and death statistics. Fascinated, she turned to the man next to her and said, "Did you know that every time I breathe somebody dies?""Really!?" he said, "Have you tried mouthwash?"

My Uncle

2006-10-11T17:36:00.000+10:00

One of my uncles was one of those people in the deli and he told me the following story:

One of the busiest times for a meat-department manager in a supermarket occurs when there is a sale on particular cuts. When we put cross-rib roasts on sale one day the result was predictable. I'd bring out a cart of roasts and before I could get them on display, women customers were jostling for their share. Three times I returned with a cart of roasts and three times they were gone before I got to the counter.
The fourth time out I noticed that a man who had quietly been watching began to approach my cart. He elbowed his way in, pushing and shoving, and finally grasped a roast. Before he could retreat from the crush, an irate woman glared at him and said, "Sir, how about being a gentleman!"
The fellow turned and said, "Ma'am, for twenty minutes I've been a gentleman, now I'm going to be a lady!" And with that he smiled, took his roast and walked away.

More To Do List

2006-10-10T17:15:00.000+10:00

(If you haven't read To Do list than do so now)

49. Go to my blog site and continually press refresh so that there it looks like a lot of people have visited it (feel free to do that as well. We can all work together on this one).

Warning Sign At Zoo

2006-10-10T17:10:00.000+10:00

Although fun to visit, zoos do pose certain perils. But to whom? A sign posted in the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee cautioned visitors:
"Please be safe. Do not sit, climb, or lean on the zoo fences. If you fall, animals could eat you, and that would make them very sick."

I just love those sorts of signs:)

Update on #36

2006-10-09T18:29:00.000+10:00

(Read To Do list if you haven't already)

No Data YOU SEARCHED FOR: chocolate book
WE FOUND : 0 records.

Good!!!

A Small Photo Album of Our Trip To Tasmania

2006-10-04T18:36:00.001+10:00

Russell Falls

Inspiring Sign

Skippy's Father When Angry

Legalities These Days

Maybe

It Was Quite A Trip!

#24

2006-10-03T20:38:00.000+10:00

READ TO DO LIST FIRST

Dear {insert name here},

Hi! Remember me? I'm only like, your BEST FRIEND! But I'm sick and tired of you treating me like I don't exist. I mean, seriously, I'm a pretty forgiving sort of a guy, but I do have a LIMIT. I know I am like a literal nobody but sometimes I think you think the only reason I exist is to stop somebody sitting next to me. By the way, when I say something like: "I'm not really hungry, do you want me to eat my food?" I am being SARCASTIC!

You never talk to me often enough anyway, and when I do, you just cut in! I don't actually remember the last time you properly listened to me despite you alway bodly stating that I'm your friend. Oh woe to me! It's really annoying never being taken seriously and having absolutely no muscles. I try to work out but it seems to be having no effect on me. Anyway you're big and strong and why can't you fight for me, huh?

So anyway I had a talk with myself and you're out of the group. I am sick, tired and disgusted of being a nobody so from now on I'M NO LONGER GOING TO BE YOUR INVISIBLE FRIEND! AS OF NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER YOUR BODY AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HOW YOU LIKE BEING INVISIBLE!
{INSERT EVIL LAUGH}

Sincerely yours forever, or should I say, you will be mine forever,

Bob.

{mentally insert Dr. Who or similar music}

My To Do List

2006-10-02T17:50:00.000+10:00

Some of you might scoff, but indeed I do have a To Do list. Most of which I fully intend to do. Okay some of which. I started a while ago in my school diary and this is the first time ever to appear typed up aka: neat/readable writing.
I hope you enjoy it and suggestions are encouraged.

To Do List
aka: Things To Do When Really Bored
and have got way too much time on my
hands

1. Make a movie. Take one picture of grass every 3 days at 5:00 PM precisely so that I can watch the grass grow whenever I am at a computer and not just when I am Outside.

2. Buy/ Hire stormtrooper (starwars) costumes and dress a 'battalion' of people, go to different towns and march down the streets. Buy/ hire a Yoda costume as well and have someone dressed up in it tip-toeing after the stormtroopers.

3. Dress up in KFC uniform and walk into a pet shop and request a puppy saying my boss wanted one. When the person hands you one weigh him in your hands, poke him then say: "No, no, this wouldn't do at all. Don't you have one a little bit more 'plump'?" If the person says yes than look at it and say: "No, that's just not good enough," and stom out, if the person says no than say: "Hmm! Pethetic!" or something of simmalar inference and storm out.

4. Put a ton of bubble stuff in a public fountain.

5. Go into a music store and ask for a G-String.

6. Make a list of appropiate songs for appropiate circumstances.

7. To video a prank or anything really get a spikey punk hairstyle and pop (or put or shove I suppose it doesn't make a real difference really) a camera in there.

8. Go to a friends/enemies place at night and give a present to their parents to give to put in their room which of course contains a particully loud alarm clock. The parents will probably catch on but you could bribe them to anyway if your rich and if your not rich then get rich.

9. Convince someone to go to a disco dressed as and act like a Jamacain to see peoples reactions.

10. Make a movie of someone getting frustrated at a computer and smashing it starring me.

11. Get a time freezer machine (they're quite cheap currently), go on a maths show, get asked a question, freeze time, spend all the time you need to work on it, unfreeze time and look like a complete mathematical genius.

12. Plan A) Become a millionaire, hire a lawyer to convince science teacher to blow up the school in an experiment.

Plan B) Become a millionaire, hire a lawyer to convince science teacher to blow SOMETHING, ANYTHING (except for me) up.

Plan C) Concentrate on my goal of getting more than $30.

13. Pour baby powder into someone's hat so it looks like dandruff. Probably more effective if you do it to someone old aka middle aged. If you're middle aged forget I said/wrote that.

14. Finish 'The Siege' Movie.

15. BETTER NOT DO THIS IN ORDER OR ELSE ILL NEVER FINISH IT.

16. Make a motorbike game for PC where you have to run over as many cane toads as you can in a set time (each one naturally making a pop like they do in real life)

17. Make a 15,000 word essay on why people laugh and make it really boring for irony's sake.

18. Download eepybird.com music. (Note: If you've never been there than please do I highly recommend it.

19. Find a way to download man of the house music for my mobile (anybody know how?)

20. Random Fact: Having to Much of the gum called 'Extra' may have a laxative effect.

21. {In Different Handwriting:} Give Nick, Aaron and Rozzo some money. {In mine:} Nice try Rory.

22. Become a millionaire and then be really stingy and pay people mentioned in #21 $5.

23. Do some homework in invisible ink. I am sick and tired of people saying they did but they really didn't.

{Ticked} (actually I did do this one and my teacher said after examining it: "Your'e a nut." I found this increddibly intactful.)

24. Write a letter on behalf of someones 'Bob' (invisible friend) to ungrateful owners.

{Ticked} (actually I migh post that one.)

25. Actually do one of these for a change.

26. Congrats, Nathan; you ticked off two (#23 and #15) things at once. Good job! Pat yourself on the back.

{Ticked}

27. You've done 3! Amazing! Do it again!

{Ticked}

28. 4! Amazing! But don't put that sort of thing in here again it's getting boring.

29. Make a movie that is action packed about something really boring.

eg: delivering a lectures, parliment meetings etc.

-NICK

30. Make this list into a book, sell for lots of $$$, give 1/4 to best friend (Nick).

-Nick

I'm not sure if that would work well now.

31. Prank call Rory.

-Nick

32. Prank call Nathan.

-Nathan

(Nick's note: you'll need 2 phones).

I've got two phones.

-Nathan

So do I.

-Nick

Have you got 3?

-Nathan

33. Listen to me for once.

-Nick

I've forgotten the music to man of the house :(! Ask somebody for it.

34. Find out a carlton's (a team in the AFL) email and send a slideshow: first slide saying 'the pictorial highlights for their season', the second saying 'the end'.

35. Send the entire 'Carlton highlights' powerpoint to the entire Carlton club.

36. Get a lawyer so you can pull off 25.

37. Walk around town in a Santa suit singing 'Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and get someone to film you and the other shocked faces. Send it to 'Australia's Funniest Home Videos' and win cash.

-Nick

Saddest thing in to do list.

38. Okay these aren't worth putting in.

40. Buy a permanant lawyer because it seems that it might be useful to pull off some of this.

41.. .......

-Nick

42. Film an adversiment of someone getting angry at a computer and bashing it up and then have words going under it saying:

It is good to express your emotions

But there is a line

Having trouble? 1800 HELPMENOWU

43. {in a browninsh smudged writing} ENGOY THIS!

Fascinating- I never knew that you could write with chocalate before! Oh I know!

{crossed out} 44. Do homework in chocalate. No,Better...

44. Write a proper novel (which I AM capable of doing) but in chocalate. Find instructions on how to make it into a proper albeit unpublished book.

45. ENTER #35 INTO GUINESS WORLD RECORDS!!!

I Fully intend to do this and I will keep you posted.

46. Create a machine where it zips up completely stuffed and overflowing suitcases.

{Complete with a rough design}

47. Coles Natural Spring Water has a 'promise' on the label: if you didn't love it, return it to any store at all for a full refund or a replacement. It tasted to much like water for me so take a survey to see how many stores really do that I'd imagine not too many. Then see how many Cole stores do that.

48. Hire a celebrity look-alot-like and send him to a random place, take a picture of him, sell it to the papparazi and by the time they figure it you'll be laughing all the way to you 3 million dollar mansion (but now I think of it, that probably happens all the time).

There is actually 63 in my diary but I took some out. Expect more in the future.

Back From Holidays

2006-10-02T17:45:00.000+10:00

Okay so I haven't done a blog for awhile. I had been working on the movie which um, isn't finished. CGI isn't excatly the fastest way to make a movie. Anyway I got back from holidays in Tasmania a day ago and it was my birthday yesterday! Anyway I had a couple of ideas to put on my blog that might just make up for lost time.

Q: How long does it take for a telemarketer to hang up after you put down the phone?

2006-08-08T17:32:00.000+10:00

A: A mere 2.28 minutes.

I just got rang up by a telemarketer. I said "Hello" and there was silence. The silence. The one that is followed by a telemarketer. Some people hate them. Okay, most if not all people, hate them but I don't. "Hello how are you to-?" I got all excited. 'Yes Yes Yes!" What to do? What to do? There must literally be thousands of tricks and things and conversations trading 'war stories' of a particularly clever battle. Actually I heard that over in the U.S the government put restrictive orders on them. And you know what? They told them over the phone during tea time! :D
Anyway, I randomly chose the 'put phone down and time how long it takes' one. Apparently they're not allowed to hang up. Needless to say, I was disappointed with this telemarketer and am considering my legal options.

1300309988: Is your child interested in fire?

2006-08-07T17:14:00.000+10:00

On Friday Mr. Mac set homework for us: dress up as someone from the middle ages and do a 2 minute talk about it. The only clothes that sprang to mind as I was thinking about it was a silk bathrobe Dad has that I used to use all the times for these sort of things. Being a bit more of a perfectionist these days, I didn't really want to do that until it struck me! Be a noble who just got out of bed! So I did that and got a birthday candle to be my lamp. All sorts of things happened because of that but most importantly it meant that fire was in the back of mind. Anyway, a friend of mine that goes on my bus had found a mobile phone just before he got on the bus- a really good one. So he did the right thing and handed it in at the police station curious (and bored), I followed.

So, just in case that confuised you, here's a re-cap:

-Fire is on my mind
-I am stading in the police station

Hate notes they make you sound like you waffle on.

Anyway, I was standing in the Police Station and noticed a poster: Is your child interested in fire?
And it had a picture of a kid with a lighted match in his hand.
Naturally the first thing that came to my hyper-active mind was: Pyromaniac Anomous.
This really made me curious so I asked the policeman about it but he didn't seem to know a great deal. So I went home but my curiosity grew so I got changed, grabbed my mobile and headed back to the police station. I copied the number so now it is stored on my mobile. I can ring phones on my computer so I tried that but it hung up straight away so I got my mobile and rang it but I got the answering machine: Hello, this is the Juvenile Fire intervention... So I hung up and looked it up online (but first I wrote this). Hopefully I can catch someone so I can ask them.

To Be Continued...

Quotes of the Day

2006-08-05T18:00:00.000+10:00

A couple of bible verses because it's Sunday:

"Suffer the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of God.” Mt. 19:14 King James Version.

2 Corinthians 12:13-15 (New International Version)

13How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
14Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?

I knew it. Look at the context. Find fault in my theory O parents.

John 11:39
"Martha... saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh" I heard somewhere that: 'he stinketh' used to be one of the most well known phrases in the bible.

An answer to a tag and Thought of the Day

2006-08-05T17:11:00.000+10:00

My mum tagged me to answer the quiz so here goes...

One book that changed your life
Um... For a starter that a toughie. Wait, probably one of Mum's cook books. It really deserves credit for some of the food I've eaten.

One book that you’ve read more than once.
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye. It's got good re-read value.

One book you’d want on a desert island.
Hard to choose really. I think it would come down between:
How to survive on a desert island with ease and luxury
or
How to make a helicoptor with nothing but leaves and wood on a desert island and how to fly it guanteed for dummies.

One book that made you laugh
Squeky Clean Comedy by Judy Brown. A joke book. I always amaze myself with my originallity.

One book that made you cry.
How to make your faviourite dishes out of vegetable, by Jack Ghut.

One book that you wish had been written
One of those self-guide books on reading. You know, like:
A dummies guide to reading.

One book that you wish had never been written
All the dictionaries. I would have perfect speling plus, imagine all the words I could come up with!

One book you’re currently reading
Anonmous tip, by Michael Farris

Thought Of The Day

Had a thought earlier today and I'm not sure if it breaches privacy rights but you know how some people spell their name backwards and see what they come up with? If you say the words backwards, someone I know full name is: More Jack Russell. I think he hates Jack Russells too. Ironic aint it?

A new movie

2006-08-03T17:27:00.000+10:00

I went to the footy last Saturday. It was Brisbane vs. Essendon. Absolutely no comment.
Anyway, on a brighter note; AG films is up and running again. This time it is Computer Animated. We have to do a movie under 15 minutes! It is about a siege of the greatest castle in my history book. Here at AG films we always work to create reasonable movies that are easily made but helps the um, viewer.
I am using a program called Blender. It's great. It really is. Of course, it does take a while to learn and, as I will be the computer guy, I have to learn real quick. I did find a good tutorial but it is literally taking hours upon hours to finish. Anyway that's why I haven't done a blog for awhile.

Anyway I thought as well as quotes, I would start telling stories that were mostly true.

For the first one:

When I was 6 my dad was a pastor and I was talking to two other guys in my grade. We were doing that thing- you know; my dad's a fireman etc etc. Anyway one guy goes: "My Dad's a doctor. He get's so much money we can buy all the latest games straight away as they come out." "Yeah, well, my dad's a lawyer, he gets a new T.V every month because he says that there are always better ones coming out. We've got a Plasha- do you even know what that is?" The doctor's son looked impressed. But it was my turn and I knew I didn't have to take that lying down. "My dad's a preacher and every time he gets money it takes 4 men to carry it!" You should of seen they're faces.

Anyway I've been tagged for a question or something and I've already half completed it but I want to do more Blender so watch this blog.

Quick Post (relating to my 'prose')

2006-07-19T20:09:00.000+10:00

I was doing homework using google and this is one of the things that came up:

deviantART: TAIAHA
Art - community of artists and those devoted to art. Digital art, skin art, themes, wallpaper art, traditional art, photography, poetry / prose. Art prints.

A New Word for Me

2006-07-19T19:22:00.000+10:00

I constantly switch between serious and making some jokes in exactly the same tone of voice. No, I don't have much of what I call a dry humour (making jokes in 'depressed' sort of tones) but it always adds to some of my jokes as they're said in the same way I talk, when I make observation or compliment, so as to remove people's ability to tell if I'm joking or not by my tone of voice. As a bonus, it is amusing to watch people who have not established that I'm not exactly normal trying to look into my face/voice/expression to see how they are supposed to take whatever I just said.

Anyway, when people don't get what I say, I usually said: "I was being sarcastic," or something of the sort. But now I am slightly uneasy about that as it doesn't really always seem to be the right description to describe what I was doing. So now, after a bit of research at dictionary.com, I have decided I will use:

fa·ce·tious ( P ) Pronunciation Key (f-sshs)adj.
Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.

facetious
adj : cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" [syn: bantering, tongue-in-cheek]

AFL

2006-07-19T19:11:00.000+10:00

Sorry that I haven't been doing a blog recently (I got a new game that takes up my time on the computer). Importantly, I went to the AFL Brisbane Lions vs. Kangaroos match. They started off worryingly (in my 'third person' perspective) as they started out on a pattern I didn't like and usually meant they lost. They were down about 26 points by the first quarter. The second quarter mistakes started appearing in the Kangaroo's play, with them apparently changing tactics regardless whatever they were doing was working before, but it wasn't a big enough deal for us to start winning, but we did improve the margin. Then in the third quarter lot's of mistakes started happening, they were kicking it aroud 50m when they could of just gone for the shot and ending up excatly within 5m where they started, and the amount of times the ball hit the post (usually doesn't happen very often and gives 1 point not 6) was hilarious, they must of done it at least 5 times. However, the Kangaroo's managed to stay in front. But then, late in the last quarter, the Lions manged to take the lead for the first time and keep it in a one point thriller, with good old tall-a-hec-of-alot Akermanis kicking 3 goals late in the game.

Note: For the record, I have confirmed that the last time Essendon won a footy game was indeed April Fool's Day and they still haven't won a game since. I think they have now set a record for the most games lost in a row for Essendon.

Pirates Of the Caribean

2006-07-08T15:39:00.000+10:00

I saw Pirates of the Caribean II Dead Man's chest yesterday (one day after it came out) so I decided to do a quick review.

It was defintely a different sort of movie to the curse of the black pearl. As I read in one of the reviews I just read, you just love it or hate it. Thankfully, the actors and more importantly the characters came back with as much if not more brilliance than last time. Hmm, more. The special effects were very good. I've read alot of the tricks and understand CGI pretty well for a 13 year old, but I could barely spot the rough edges that I normally see in other movies (except for one instance where Jack Sparrow is standing in front of what is obviously to me a blue screen and not a terror of the deep).
The action is very good and defintely not overdone, pretty much with a perfect balance. However, some of the action I have to say was a little bit unlogical even excluding the fact that it was a supernatural movie. Yes, it was darker, but the characters, plot, or anything else didn't suffer because of it as it sometimes does. There are alot of laughs in it too. The plot apparently got too complicated to understand according to some other reviewers, but I don't really see it that way unless you didn't go for enjoyment and to fret about the details and predict what is going to happen the first time to watch it. Sometimes you don't know what is happening, but not in a bad way and it is only to keep the suspense up.

Overall, a very good movie, but different to the first one. This means that you can't really compare the movie to the first one by the same terms, but the movie doesn't at all feel like it's completely seperate and unconnected to the first one. So, there you have it. It is a good movie and one of my faviourites NOT a disapointment.

Quote of the Day

2006-07-06T19:49:00.000+10:00

The main football league in Australia is the AFL (Australian Football League). There is a team called Essendon in it.

"The Essendon Football Club has not won a single football game since April Fool's day."

-Nick

My Prose?

2006-07-03T18:50:00.001+10:00

Today I created an original and creative (as per always) poem (as per never before of free will). It is fiction of course and is about my granny whose name is Smith and she is bad and my constable father whisks her away eventually to the Granny Smith Apple Factory (Granny Smith is an Aussie brand of apples) and then I die etc. Anyway, as it is over 1,000 words long, I could not make it a complete poem and I am not going to totally abondon my style of writing for the sake of the poem, so I just casually labeled it a poem. My Mom said (before she read it ) that it said it sounded like a prose, and if I didn't know what that means I should look it up in the dictinary. (I don't think she knew what it meant either). So I did and it said (according to dictionary.com):

Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.
Commonplace expression or quality.
Roman Catholic Church. A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel. intr.v. prosed, pros·ing, pros·es
To write prose.
To speak or write in a dull, tiresome style.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prsa (rti), straightforward (discourse), feminine of prsus, alteration of prrsus, from prversus, past participle of prvertere, to turn forward : pr-, forward; see pro-1 + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European Roots.]

Thanks Mum.

P.S. I've since found out that mum meant every word and she already had full understanding of the particular word, "Prose". Apparently it was a ploy to make me look up a dictionary. She then fixed up all my spelling and grammatical errors in this and my other blog posts even this P.S. and to shock, horror, make it sound better - as if my style isn't good enough.

2 nights ago.

2006-07-03T10:54:00.000+10:00

2 nights ago, somehow, The Flood was shown at a 'P for Performance night'. Nick, one of the creators, made a speech saying that you should buy it. Guess what?
We got, through the generosity of people's hearts, a $5 donation, somebody else is going to buy it but didn't have her purse with her and isn't going to be here for the next couple of weeks, and Nick reckons that we might be able to get another person to buy it. I was going to give an edited copy to play, but I didn't get time to burn it. I guess now it's a "Half Special Edition" so if anyone want's to buy it instead of the normal one for the same price, specify when you e-mail- agfilms@hotmail.com saying you want to buy one for $5.

Quote of the Day

2006-07-03T10:25:00.000+10:00

'#@*$ The cops are here! How did they find me?'- Woman stranger to my dad on a holiday a while ago. No laugh followed. No arrest followed. Unfortunately. Wouldn't that be cool?

To search for updated

2006-07-03T10:22:00.000+10:00

I'm Excited! You can now type in "welcome says nathan" into the Blogger search and it works! It finds this blog site.

My Life Goals

2006-07-01T15:46:00.000+10:00

This morning, my Dad beat me 9-8 in Table Soccer. This, needless to say, suprised me alot. However, I reasoned that I should not be upset because:

a) we were both tired (it was 10:00 am for crying outloud) but me more so because Dad usually wakes up at 6:00 am or whatever.

b) This means that neither of us were performing at our peaks, and the game could of gone either way.

c) Considering the amount of times we have played it, I suppose losing was only a matter of time (that fact was not processed until today).

d) I blocked the memory temporarily from my mind (so one wonders why the heck I'm writing this down).

BUT, more importantly, today I completed a life goal of mine- to beat Dad 9-nil (somehow he always seems to get that cruical one point in there). That is one of my life goals among:

1/. Slam dunk (nearly there :D )

2/. Save up my money so I can buy Medieval Total War 2 (for PC) as soon as it comes out

3/. Watch Pirates of the Caribean A.S.A.P when it comes out.

4/. Make Revelations in (mostly) CGI like Noah's Ark (but better than that).

5/. Finish the story I have started writing

6/. Sell a copy of THE FLOOD over this blog (i.e: YOU buying it)

7/. I do have others but I can't seem to remember them at the moment. If you watch this space one day this sentence and the last will magically disappear and be replaced with my other life goals.

Wow, that was a pretty deep blog.

Catching Up

2006-06-30T15:16:00.000+10:00

Believe it or not, I have some catching up to do.
So, here's a summary.

Monday, 19th of June, 2006

Read a book called The Sacred Diaries of Adrian Plass. I don't like this colour. It is about, believe it or not, a diary of a guy. I don't like this colour too much either. Anyway, the book is really good (exactly my sense of humour) and has encouraged me to do more blogging. Maybe shorter blogs, but more frequent. I have also decided to do a Quote of the Day! otherwise known as: Quote of the Day!

For example: There are 10 different types of people: those who understand binary code and those who do not - Matt, a business person from Hai Q.

This has come from an idea to do what this person I know does, and keep a diary of all the funny/stupid/witty/smart/etc things people say. Man, this purple colour is really good. But I can type faster than I can write, and anyway, it's much more interesting if a gazillion people out there can read it. Haven't finished the book (refer to top) though yet.

Tuesday, 20th of June, 2006.

Read more of the Sacred Diaries of Adrian Plass. Even more encouraged to do my blog more and decided I really must do the blog more often and decided I was going to do a blog post later in the day or the next one. Had our preacher and his wife come over today for a friendly visit. As per always, I challenged him to table soccer, fully intending and expecting to win. Lost 9-4. Played again. Lost. Played again. Lost. Played again. Lost 9-1. Played again. Lost. Played again. Lost 9-8! Encouraged by that, played again and... lost. Might have played again a couple of times but I didn't win any. My self-esteem slightly hurt by that, asked if he wanted to play Grand Turismo on my Playstation2. Won by about 20 seconds. Happy again.

Note: I honestly haven't lost a game except against him in a very long time. It is true to say that it was a bit of a shock to the system losing against him.

Later that day...

Hadn't done a blog yet, planning to do one the next day. Finished the book. Mum got me the next one in the series for me.

Wednesday 21st of June, 2006.

Playing Boggle. Nice games, but ever had one od those moments that something snaps (in a good way) and you just crack up laughing really hard so much that it really hurts and you want to stop laughing because of the pain but as soon as you do you start up again? I had one of those moments when Dad said: "I've beaten Mum in Boggle before." I had to go out of the room due to risk of dying of laughter, and though that would be interesting, it might be a bit to painful for my liking.
Didn't do blog.

Thursday 22nd of June, 2006.

Left for Bairnsdale. Oh yeah, by the way, For the last week or so I've been in a holiday in Bairnsdale, a town a couple of hours drive from home. I brought a book on the way called Thr3e which is by an author called Ted Dekker. I have already read and got books by him so safely assumed it would be worth reading. Arrived in Bairnsdale after a couple of hours. Saw the cabin, it was alright I suppose. Kinda like halfway inbetween camping and staying in a motel (but admittedly there was more space then in a motel between 'rooms'). Began to read thr3e. Asked Mum if I could take the laptop. Didn't say yes. To this day I still don't see why. At night it was really warm but Mum was cold so we had to keep the heater on full blast. Didn't get to sleep very easily. Didn't do blog.

Friday, 23rd of June, 2006.

Was rainy so we went to the cinemas to watch RV Vacation. I never heard about it until then but it was ok I guess. After we went there we went to K-mart (a shop) and I bought a Tangle. It is this really weird thing that is virtually designed to fiddle with. I had never seen one before so I bought it. We made plans to go to an old friends place for tea on Monday (tea as in dinner). We were going to go to the caves today, but decided not to due to wet weather (I didn't particularly care or mind, but found it funny that that would make a big enough difference considering it wasn't cold and it defintely wasn't very much at all in the actual daylight). Didn't do blog.

Saturday, 24th of June, 2006.

Went to the Caves. See Mum's short blog for details. Didn't do blog.

Sunday, 25th of June, 2006.

Am presently wondering why I have bothered to put the year on the dates. Oh well. On Sunday we went to church, there was quite a few people we apparently know. The count of how many times I have heard the phrase: 'Put a brick on your/his head' went up from 346,789 to 347,008. But my memory isn't all that good so those figures are kinda give or take. Went to look at Lakes Entrance (Lakes Entrance is a popular tourist lake side town in this area, near Kakadu). Finished Thr3e after spilling noodles on it. Gave it to Dad to read and he accepted it! Read his short blog for details.

Monday, 26th of June, 2006

Went to a Christian school because Mum needed ideas for her school camp or something or other. More importantly, Dad measured me against a wall chart to measure height and I am 196 cm high. Thought that was very cool. I seriously doubt that the chart could be up wrong or something. Went to a friends house. It was fun. We got them to come over again.

To be continued. (Those 3 words and this in brackets by his dear mum since I want to publish this bit so far and he can continue in the next blog post.)

Part II (updated on the 3rd of July)

Tuesday, 27th of June, 2006.

Thanks to my specific instructions (don't come after 12 o'clock or else I might not be ready my friend's family (my parent's are friends with his parents which is good) showed us the camp where Mum's class is going for a camping excursion then we went around town, went on a miniture free ferry played with soccer ball a bit, got stuff to eat, played mini golf with just the boys, dropped them off home, I stayed the night there,

Wedenesday, 28th of June, 2006.

left without even returning to the cabin we stayed in. When we were driving back, we stopped at a small christian bookshop in Leongathie (pretty close to Kakadu) and I asked (it was Mum's idea) if I could sell The Flood. She said yes so I am going to drop off a copy of the Special Edition when I finish it and when I get a chance.

Back

2006-06-30T15:14:00.000+10:00

I interrupt this present silence to say:

I'm Back!

My Mum doing reports

2006-06-10T17:08:00.000+10:00

Well, here I am again!

Hello! As previously mentioned, today is for the teachers the dreaded REPORT WRITING WEEKEND! I get two days off school for it, so I don't personally mind. My mum, bored as she was doing her reports, wanted me to do a movie of her doing whatever she does at reporting days. And, regardless I could be playing the PlayStation 2 or some other important activity, I put aside about 4 hours of my precious time to help/do it for her. The finished product would be just below, however, Mum didn't want me to put it on my site, only her site, so I could only put it on her site. As well, dial-up persons would probably never visit me again :( so I had to keep it off mine.

So, if you want to see an original movie that yours truly made For FREE! Now would be your time! so, for all of you people out there who are reading this and have ADSL or broadband and want to watch a 3 MB version, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFvgXvvDBng. But wait! There's more! If you have dial up or just want to read my Mum's blog while you're at it, go to a 2 MB version (and physical size) at http://coutsidethebox.blogspot.com/. Have fun watching and leave me a comment!

Found it!

2006-06-09T16:12:00.000+10:00

Well, as you may have just noticed (especially if you have dial-up. Er, sorry about that), after long and multiple hours trying to put the trailer for our movie on my blog, I have finally tried Plan A (use youtube.com) and it worked! At time of writing at my school, it is a fantastically good long weekend (report-writing day, the normal weekend and then Her Majesty Queen's birthday (of the Commonwealth))and, as Mum has been doing the reports at school and I had nothing better to do, I took another shot of putting the trailer on my blog.

For the record, I have just four days left until the mid-year 2 week holidays. This, for those of you who are American, is one of two week breaks we have in the school year because Australia (or some other country) though it would be a good idea to spread out the holidays to make the school year easier to handle and I think it's a good idea too!

The Trailer

2006-06-09T16:04:00.000+10:00

(856 KB I think)

Advice to know-nothings:

2006-05-31T19:42:00.000+10:00

You know you're getting old when people tell you how good you look.

When you turn thirty and you've got a good income and you're running late for the bus, don't bother running after it, take a cab/taxi to get to it!

You should begin considering yourself old when your birth certificate was a scroll.

What's something that you're likely to hear if you hear two mother kangaroo's talking (a marsupial (animal) native to Australia)? "Gee, I hope it doesn't rain today, I hate it when the kids play inside!"

Plagerism is really bad. Don't do it.

To Search For

2006-05-31T16:50:00.000+10:00

Hello again. I have just arrived from school and am wishing to create a blog. You see, at time of writing, the space where the trailer for the 'The Flood' should be, there is simply a 'watch this space'. Thus, for the subject: computers, I asked my teacher how to put the trailor but I was unable to find the blog because I, well, forgot it. This raises an important point- unless you have a link to this website or it is saved to Favorites, how do you get into my blog with minimal effort-and minimal effort is very important. If you can't, the soloution is simple. Save it to Favorites. I'm serious. Save it to Favorites. Do it. Now.

Once you have done that, continue reading my blog.
And, as an extra precaution or to acess this blog from another computer or to give simple instructions to someone else for getting into my very own blog, commit the following phrase to memory: 'welcome says nathan' (remember this has no captals or punctuation in case that makes a difference). Then simply type 'welcome says nathan' into the blogger search engine with quotation marks (remember that, that's important) and voila! you have my blog. If you ever find more than one in the results, simply get into the green one and leave me a comment telling me so. Now, shut your eyes and repeat after me: 'welcome says nathan' outloud. Now you can open your eyes. Just kidding, you don't really have to shut your eyes, just say, outloud: 'welcome says nathan'. Good, now there's no excuse not to visit this fantastic blog regularly.

welcome says nathan

Remember that.

It's to search for.

welcome says nathan

THE FLOOD

2006-05-29T18:02:00.000+10:00

For a school project, my teacher ordered (sorry, wanted) us to make a home video about Noah's Ark (from the Bible). So me and a bunch of mates got together to make a really good movie. When we were struggling to come up with ideas of how to do it, one boy (not me unfortunately) suggested we make it out of Lego. So, being the ambitous professional fluke-artists like we are, pulled it off succesfully and it looks really good. And, as our parents (and teachers) were so very proud of their cute little children who made a fantastic movie that they naturally got another A+ for, they showed a heck of a lot of people - both campuses of our school and numerous friends and family.

Thus, I am proud of this movie. So I am giving you the chance to own your own copy. For just $5 (and postage) I'll send it off to you for you to see. It is exceptionally good and considering you're rich in our teenagers' eyes, it won't be that much to you. The $5 shall not go to me, believe it or not, but to our next movie we make (Revelations). However, (but wait, there's more :) ) we are doing a special edition with the few mistakes taken out, Special interviews with the cast and crew, director's commentary, the trailer, plus extras (maybe) cost $2 more. It's not out yet, but I'll keep you informed and give you more details about it later on. (By the way, the standard one only has the trailer on it).
Editor's Note: Kareen, yours will be there soon.

The Trailer is at the Post called 'Found it' which is just above.

The cover of the standard edition.

If anyone has any queries, wants to buy the standard version or preorder (preorder's receive top priority and will probably arrive sooner), please e-mail me at: agfilms@hotmail.com

Cookie Monster

2006-05-27T12:40:00.000+10:00

You Are Cookie Monster

Misunderstood as a primal monster, you're a true hedonist with a huge sweet tooth.

You are usually feeling: Hungry. Cookies are preferred, but you'll eat anything if cookies aren't around.

You are famous for: Your slightly crazy eyes and usual way of speaking

How you life your life: In the moment. "Me want COOKIE!"

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

Maybe not quite me except for the eating part hopefully, but there is a point for me putting this on my blog. Yes, Shock, Horror, I am about to do a serious blog.

I was reading the Herald Sun (an Australian newspaper) and it had an article headed: 'Cookie monster on a health kick'. Intrigued, I read on. It appears that the cookie monster is on a diet! As part of the fight against childhood obesity greatens, the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street is being used to help. Children are now learning that cookies are 'sometimes food' and food like fruit are 'always food' (this is apparently more effective than telling them not to eat cookies altogether.)

So, understandably, the Herald Sun thought this was interesting enough to put in the newspaper. And I completely agree. But I find it disgraceful that the newspaper forgot to mention altogether that fair dinkum aussies actually don't say 'cookies' instead of biscuits except for little children who don't know any better (probably at least partly due to the Cookie monster). (This excludes chocalate chip cookies). (I apologise to any fan of/ maker of/viewer of Sesame Street who may be offended and anyone who considers themselves fair dinkum aussies who still say cookies who may also be offended). Lastly, this of course excludes the 'virtual cookies' produced from the internet which are not in fact translated into biscuits.

Two cool things

2006-05-23T19:45:00.000+10:00

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Whew!

You Are Likely an Only Child

At your darkest moments, you feel frustrated.
At work and school, you do best when you're organizing.
When you love someone, you tend to worry about them.

In friendship, you are emotional and sympathetic.
Your ideal careers are: radio announcer, finance, teaching, ministry, and management.
You will leave your mark on the world with organizational leadership, maybe as the author of self-help books.

The Birth Order Predictor

Cool! (I am an only child)

Something longer than the First

2006-05-10T18:11:00.000+10:00

Here I am folks, ready to do a post longer than 4 words! I don't know what I'm going to write yet, but I will. Hold on... Must eat...

I'm Back and I've been doing some thinking of what I'm going to do, so here goes nothing...

Another useless thing (irrelevent to all the others)

2006-05-10T17:34:00.000+10:00

You Will Die at Age 85

Congratulations! You take good care of yourself.
You're poised to live a long, healthy life.

What Age Will You Die?

Got Ya!

2006-05-10T17:06:00.000+10:00

Heh heh, get it? Here goes nothing? I know, I know, I'm a comic genius. Stay tuned, because one day, I might just shock the world and do a proper Blog! Wouldn't that be something?

First Post

2006-05-07T19:33:00.000+10:00

This is my first post.
Part A.