by Matt | Feb 5, 2002 | Imported Entry
Well, last night I fell into the Photoshop pit from hell. I’ve been trying to think up really nifty new things for my new layout, but haven’t been able to. So, last night I tried to find interesting tutorials on how to make a cool interface or maybe just some accent pieces. Well, I found some. Infact, I found too many. Truth be told, I knew where to find most of them, but I had never really tried to use them before. So, last night I did. After about 3 hours of trying to follow EyeBall Designs tutorials on how to make an interface, the only thing I had accomplished looked like a 3rd grader had done it. I was trying to do this but it never quite made it. Maybe I’ll shoot for something a little less intrusive. We’ll see. I still have a week to do it, but I wanted to have it done before the weekend. And we all know how long it take Matt to debug a site (about a year). Oh well. I’ll think up something.
In studio however, things were going much much better. I keep getting compliments on some of my shots, which is making me happy because I finally feel like I know what I’m doing. Anyway, I figured I’d show you guys the last couple of shots I took. I think you’ve already seen one of these, but you get to see it again anyway. I scanned’em at only 72dpi, so forgive me. It was to save both you and I time. So, they’re very small, but if you’d like to see’em bigger, just let me know.
Rio Volt (chrome and LED lighting)
Single Zippo Lighter (chrome/metal lighting)
Flower Vase (glass lighting)
Two Lighters (reflections/chrome)
After studio yesterday I headed over to Lauren’s place and she made tacos. Yum! I hadn’t had tacos in a while. After that I helped find ideas for a design for a lamp she needs to make. It should be really cool when it’s done. After that I came back here and fell into to Photoshop nightmare. Oh well. I guess I should get cleaned up, it’s almost time to study for a quiz and drive downtown for class. Later.
by Matt | Feb 3, 2002 | Imported Entry
Shit! Jason and I decided to do a good thing today and clean the kitchen. This involved doing a large amount of dishes. So, we decided to let the dishwasher do them for us. We’ve always liked the dishwasher, but weren’t using it in order to keep other people happy. So, we loaded up the dishwasher, put in soap, and turned it on. A few minutes later, soapy water started to pour from the inside of the machine and spill onto our floor. We called the emergency maintenance people and they’re on their way over. This, despite the amount of water, may be a good thing. Our dishwasher is “old” and that’s putting it nicely. Hopefully we can get a new one out of this. Also, the water all over the floor is a perfect excuse to mop it, which hasn’t been done in quite a long time. So, hopefully, we’ll get a new dishwasher and a clean floor out of 10 minutes of cleaning. Nifty.
by Matt | Feb 2, 2002 | Imported Entry
So, besides the movie yesterday, I also went to Hilton Head this afternoon. I spent to much, but I did make out fairly well. I spent under $100 and came home with 4 pairs of pants, 2 t-shirts and 2 nicer shirts. So, all and all it was pretty productive. I now have to not spend any more money the rest of the quarter… yah, that’ll be easy. Oh well. I needed some new clothes. I’m still wearing pants I bought in high-school. Which, while illustrating the quality of said pants, were getting kinda old. But I digress. Now it’s dinner time. Lauren’s gone home to work on some homework and I’m about to finish up some chicken and pasta left-overs. Yum. That’s about it.
by Matt | Feb 2, 2002 | Imported Entry
Well, the Count of Monte Cristo was pretty good. I saw it in an older theater so my butt was falling asleep most of the time, but otherwise it was pretty good. Not that my butt numbness should be blammed on a movie… unless of course it’s Lord of the Rings. Anyway, CoMC wasn’t half bad. Guy Pearce did a good job of playing both sides of the main character (strung-out prisoner and a noble count). I haven’t read the book so I’m afraid I can’t compair the film in any literary aspects. What I can say however is that the screenplay is very well paced and follows the Shakespearian “act” system and divides up the story nicely. There are distinctive “acts” and the transitions between them are done fairly well.
Example:
1. Normal guy enjoys life
2. Normal guy goes to jail, becomes crazy guy
3. Crazy guy gets out of jail
4. Crazy guy gets rich, plots revenge and becomes Count
5. Count’s plans for revenge revealed
Something like that. There’s a distinctive timeline in the story and they do a good job of making sure we can follow along. Another well done aspect of the film was the action. It wasn’t overdone and constant. Not that constant action is bad all the time, it worked for things like Mask of Zorro, but if this was shot in a similar way it would have ruined the story. Anyway, its not half bad. It’s a bit cheesy at times, there’s an occasional “modernization” of dialog, but it’s not “bad”. There’s action, drama, love, comdy, a bit with a dog, everything a movie needs. Ok, I made that part about the dog up, but still.
The Count of Monte Cristo – 7/10
Later.
by Matt | Feb 1, 2002 | Imported Entry
Slight change of plans, but in a good way. Now, instead of a night “in” we’re gonna go see Count of Monte Cristo with one of Lauren’s roommates and a guy she kinda/sorta likes. One of those “support your friend” double date kinda things. So, dinner and a movie. My kind of night. Especially when the dinner is Italian and the movie is Action. Which reminds me, I should go to the ATM before I pick up dinner. Later.
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