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9:17PM, May 30th, 2006



New Macbook

My new expensive toy arrived around lunch time on Monday, so I’ve been spending time setting it up and getting it all nice and personalised. It’s a wonderful machine, feels very powerful and solid as a brick, not to mention the very elegantly designed special features like the built in camera and Front Row application with remote control. I currently have 2 gigs of RAM on their merry way from Hong Kong, so once those arrive, this machine will be absolutely unstoppable.

This is my second Mac and I love it even more than my first iBook. Whenever I’m forced to spend 10 minutes with a PC again I want to rip my hair out with how unstable they are. These MacBooks are as beautiful to use as they are to look at. Check out my Flickr stream to see a picture of it in action.

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The End of An Error

12:23AM, May 26th, 2006

That nasty impedance on my life called a research essay is finall over, printed and ready to be handed in. All before midnight! What kind of a student am I? It didn’t go down without a struggle though…

Firstly I printed off a draft copy with no special formatting, and it was 9 pages. Knowing I was low on paper, I picked up all the scraps I could rummage from the floor that were only used on one side, and fed it into the printer. At first I had put in the paper up the wrong way, reprinting on the used side. Once that was sorted out, the printer ran out of black ink, or at least needed a good cleaning. Not wanting to fuss about, I just ripped the little bugger out and replaced her (see, it pays to have spares). Soon after two pages got jammed and all ripped up. Once I finally get all nine pages printed, I make the needed changes format wise, make my edits, and get ready to print the now 21 pages worth.

Firstly, however, I printed out another two page document to be attached to another assignment due tommorow. I hit print and walk away, only to return to discover I was ONE page short! I rummaged around the room but to no avail. There was not a single clean white sheet of A4 paper to be found anywhere. In dispair, I had to use the back of another used sheet and I’ll photocopy them tomorrow to get clean sheets.

With all the drama, I can barely believe that tomorrow will be my last class of my second last semester of music. In two months time I’ll be starting the last of my music studies in this course, and maybe then I’ll write about all the changes I’ve been through, not just musically, but intellectually in general. While at times the course has been a frustration (and not just because of the work itself), but overall the effect it has had on me as a thinker (big words), is undeniably important to the ‘artist’ I am. And if you ask nicely, I’ll post a rather postmodern electronic composition I just completed that is rather growing on me.

If there is one thing that has been keeping me on track the past few days it’s the fact that one of these is currently on its way to me:

With one early bid and quite a few more people watching the auction, I’m (almost) guaranteed a sale, so I went ahead and ordered my new computer. It’s a Mac, of course. What other computer would only depreciate by $150 (so far) over 18 months! I am truly a mac convert because not only are they beautiful looking machines, but they just make working so much easier. Now with the processor change I’ll be able to have a completely working Windows and OS X computer at my disposal, not that there is much reason for me to use Windows (except for maybe EAC). So that’s my indulgent purchase (although it’s working out to be not very expensive at all with the iBook sale and what not), and I must thank Kit for giving me the idea to sell and trade up when he pointed out the fact that not many people know about the Macbooks yet, so iBooks are still selling well on eBay. It will be sad to say goodbye to this machine though.

Oh, and I’m back on the radio for one show only Saturday week. Remember to tune in if you’re local!

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Dead Weight

8:05PM, May 25th, 2006

I can’t believe I’m only 328 words away from the death of this essay.

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In this essay, I plan to divulge…

10:43PM, May 24th, 2006

Don’t you hate it when you’re under so much stress at uni it could make you cry and the doodle next to you says “Oh, I’ve finished it all”? Bad man, bad bad man.

Tonight was the last Little Shop rehearsal for the week, and as I’m not playing for the ACT musical, so I am under no commitment to the sleep gods. I have nothing to be concious for other than this essay.

I know that no matter how good or bad a mark is, nothing can make an essay more important than having fun, but that’s when you’re not the one facing the bad marks (and because of the ridiculous subject structure, failing the course) if a failing essay is handed in.

I’m going to shower and then get stuck into it. Suck suck suck.

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From the Back Row

10:08PM, May 23rd, 2006

It’s confession time everyone. There probably isn’t a person alive without a video or two in their closet they’d rather not mention. There really isn’t any reason to be ashamed. It’s perfectly normal. You may try and hide it when guests come over and stay, but sooner or later someone is going to be rumaging through your closet, lay their hands on a crusty old ex-rental, yank it out to examine in plain sight of everyone and declare, “Why the hell do you have a copy of The Birds: Part II?”

C’mon, it’s time for everyone to share those VHS/DVD titles on their shelves they would rather few people know about. I’ll go first:

1. Multiplicity - Starring Michael Keaton, Michael Keaton, Michael Keaton and Michael Keaton. Oh, and Andy McDowell but who cares. There are very few moments that work in this movie, and the whole thing seems extraordinarily ‘faux-science’ just like Jurrasic Park. You know, with the bubbling beakers sitting next to expensive laptops just doing WinAmp visualisation stuff.

2. Gladiator - Christmas present. Never watched. Bored poopless. Actually, the same goes for the second and third Matrix movies. I don’t think I’ve even cracked open the third one.

3. Friday the 13th Part IX: Jason Goes To Hell - Sure, no one gets any flack for owning The Man With The Golden Gun (the ninth 007 film), but the ninth Jason really is taking it a bit far.

4. War of the Worlds - I’m DVD-sitting it. Honestly it’s not mine.

On another note… what is sitting on your shelf waiting watching. It must be movies you’ve never seen before. For me its (in no particular order) most of the Jasons, Elm streets 2 and 3, Alfie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Terminator 2, Mars Attacks, Alfie (remake), Toy Story 2, Halloween 2, some of the Planet of the Apes, City Under The Sea, Grey Gardens, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Outland, The Great Gatsby, Frenzy, Psycho IV, Delicatessen, M, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Bad Education, Before Night Falls and The Childrens Hour. That’s not including the ones I know I’ll never watch. As you can see, I’ve got a little to keep me busy.

Now it’s your turn. Use these guidelines or make up your own. I don’t care, I’m not your mother (in most cases).

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