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.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
A New Word for Me
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]
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
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.
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.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Pirates Of the Caribean
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.
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.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Quote of the Day
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
Monday, July 03, 2006
My Prose?
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.
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.
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.
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 $5.
Quote of the Day
'#@*$ 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
I'm Excited! You can now type in "welcome says nathan" into the Blogger search and it works! It finds this blog site.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
My Life Goals
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.
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.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Catching Up
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.
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.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
My Mum doing reports
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!
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!
Friday, June 09, 2006
Found it!
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!
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!
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Advice to know-nothings:
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.
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
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
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
Monday, May 29, 2006
THE FLOOD
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
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
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Cookie Monster
| 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!" |
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.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Two cool things
| You Passed 8th Grade Math |
 Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! |
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. |
Cool! (I am an only child)
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