Monday, February 26, 2007
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
What is the difference between a stroll and a hike...?
there is none, it only depends on who you ask...
for instance, we are once again (and have been for the last 6 months at least) in the process of building some furniture, in this case a bench for the bedroom which should look really good, but as I.G. has gone home for a week and I need constant entertainment, I have made it my duty to sand the already assembled carcass of our construction. Considering we are equiped with a highly performant electric sander and I.G. assured me that it was pretty easy-going and would only take a few minutes, you can imagine my surprise when I realised that sanding was actually pretty hard work and after the better part of two hours in our "workshop", only a sharp eye could spot the difference between before and after.... still, my eye is pretty tuned and i am hoping for some recognition when I.G gets back from his little holiday! I am blaming the difficulty of the task on two things, my possible lack of experience/biceps (I haven't been quite as determined with my swimming lately) and more importantly the sandpaper itself which isn't quite coarse enough for the task. Still, I must have looked pretty damn cool as a sunday D-I-Y supa-chick so all is not bad!
other than that, I would like to introduce you to the new look of my blog, it is a new year after all and one resolution is to be a better blogger this year than in the last few months so it is only appropriate that this blog gets a breath of fresh air here and there, plus i think it looks quite distinguished like that... whadayathink?
finally, I would describe my current mood as bittersweet as after two wonderful weeks on the ranch, I am feeling a bit sad but normal life should kick in anytime now and I can only be happy that we all had such a good time and will be looking forward to the next. In the mean time, Sydney is always as beautiful and good to me so I can't complain, can I?
for instance, we are once again (and have been for the last 6 months at least) in the process of building some furniture, in this case a bench for the bedroom which should look really good, but as I.G. has gone home for a week and I need constant entertainment, I have made it my duty to sand the already assembled carcass of our construction. Considering we are equiped with a highly performant electric sander and I.G. assured me that it was pretty easy-going and would only take a few minutes, you can imagine my surprise when I realised that sanding was actually pretty hard work and after the better part of two hours in our "workshop", only a sharp eye could spot the difference between before and after.... still, my eye is pretty tuned and i am hoping for some recognition when I.G gets back from his little holiday! I am blaming the difficulty of the task on two things, my possible lack of experience/biceps (I haven't been quite as determined with my swimming lately) and more importantly the sandpaper itself which isn't quite coarse enough for the task. Still, I must have looked pretty damn cool as a sunday D-I-Y supa-chick so all is not bad!
other than that, I would like to introduce you to the new look of my blog, it is a new year after all and one resolution is to be a better blogger this year than in the last few months so it is only appropriate that this blog gets a breath of fresh air here and there, plus i think it looks quite distinguished like that... whadayathink?
finally, I would describe my current mood as bittersweet as after two wonderful weeks on the ranch, I am feeling a bit sad but normal life should kick in anytime now and I can only be happy that we all had such a good time and will be looking forward to the next. In the mean time, Sydney is always as beautiful and good to me so I can't complain, can I?
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
cling cling i have an annoucement!!
Cazita now lives closer to uni than she used to park!!!!!! we visited the mentionned new house and we, FB and Incognito Gusto give a double tick of approval!!!
The room she now occupies is bigger than what came out of the description and if we ignore the appaling lack of Acid Hip Hop in the house, the flatties all seem like pretty good people, with free tickets to the theatre.... i don;t want to steal the thunder but I can more easily find the courage to write about cazrock's life than my own right now!!!!!!!!!!!
a special birthday etc post will come i promiiiiise!!!
GO CAZ!!!!!!!
The room she now occupies is bigger than what came out of the description and if we ignore the appaling lack of Acid Hip Hop in the house, the flatties all seem like pretty good people, with free tickets to the theatre.... i don;t want to steal the thunder but I can more easily find the courage to write about cazrock's life than my own right now!!!!!!!!!!!
a special birthday etc post will come i promiiiiise!!!
GO CAZ!!!!!!!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
the best way to get over a fall....
.. is to jump back on the horse/bike!
well i am happy to announce that after a baking disaster trauma, i am back in the game with a delish pear and ginger cake that I made for chris tonight as the result of a combination of love and boredom spending the day at home.
still, a very fun part of the day was spent on the phone with da Fro and that wasn't boring at all, it was good and really fun,
that's all for now, more news lata!!
well i am happy to announce that after a baking disaster trauma, i am back in the game with a delish pear and ginger cake that I made for chris tonight as the result of a combination of love and boredom spending the day at home.
still, a very fun part of the day was spent on the phone with da Fro and that wasn't boring at all, it was good and really fun,
that's all for now, more news lata!!
Monday, November 06, 2006
3 down, 6 months to go....
before my visa runs out... well the details are a bit different but the desired effect is to convey the idea that time flies whether you're having loads of fun or you're bored....it's all the same, it doesn;t stop and you can just watch...crazay stuff!!!
I find it hard to believe that I have just finished my third uni year down under!! not quite 3 real years but it won;t be long either!!
I can;t complain at all though because it's been 3 damn good years, well with ups and downs from a uni point of view but which helped me come to the conclusion that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, and so you just have to switch sides from time to time!! when you get extra sick of the grass you're standing on, jump and you'll soon find that it wasn;t so bad... you see, and it works both ways too but no jumping for me yet, right now, i'm having a fine time on my little patch of grass so i ain't going nowhere!!
As the session winds down quietly, Chris and I had a fine week end in Cudmirah in the newly set up family caravan (lint) rescued from the 70's from chris' grandparents garage... it was good, the weather sucked but who cares when you're camping in style and we had a 3 day long fiest!!! chris did all the cooking as well which was supa cool for you know who... and well, i'm on a hunger strike today to give my tummy some time to digest! it was supa delish though!
the caravan park was alright although pretty gloomy because of the weather but it;s right on a pretty big surfbeach and is also close to a big lake, on which you can rent kayaks and stuff. it should be fun for a nice summer week end.
at the moment, it's a bit hard to tell if it is still winter or summer as they keep promising... the weather is sort of crap half of the time and keeps switching back and forth... oh well, summer will come and then we'll be praying for some shade away from the damn flies so there you go!
Overall, i'd say that everything is cool and life is good!!!!
I find it hard to believe that I have just finished my third uni year down under!! not quite 3 real years but it won;t be long either!!
I can;t complain at all though because it's been 3 damn good years, well with ups and downs from a uni point of view but which helped me come to the conclusion that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, and so you just have to switch sides from time to time!! when you get extra sick of the grass you're standing on, jump and you'll soon find that it wasn;t so bad... you see, and it works both ways too but no jumping for me yet, right now, i'm having a fine time on my little patch of grass so i ain't going nowhere!!
As the session winds down quietly, Chris and I had a fine week end in Cudmirah in the newly set up family caravan (lint) rescued from the 70's from chris' grandparents garage... it was good, the weather sucked but who cares when you're camping in style and we had a 3 day long fiest!!! chris did all the cooking as well which was supa cool for you know who... and well, i'm on a hunger strike today to give my tummy some time to digest! it was supa delish though!
the caravan park was alright although pretty gloomy because of the weather but it;s right on a pretty big surfbeach and is also close to a big lake, on which you can rent kayaks and stuff. it should be fun for a nice summer week end.
at the moment, it's a bit hard to tell if it is still winter or summer as they keep promising... the weather is sort of crap half of the time and keeps switching back and forth... oh well, summer will come and then we'll be praying for some shade away from the damn flies so there you go!
Overall, i'd say that everything is cool and life is good!!!!
Monday, October 30, 2006
sketchup rocks!!
in an attempt to simulataneously keep help chris finish his assignment on time for thursday, keep myself entertained and learn how to use a pretty awesome little program,
here is a 3D model showing part of chris' design which kept me going for the better part of the week end.
also succombing to peer pressure, i was forced into baking a short notice cake and it was the most desastrous baking experience in my shot carreer..... i won;t go into details but the model was much MUCH better!!!
at the moment, my session is sort of quietly winding down while chris' is going a bit more fearcefuly, as a result our life is slightly on the boring side of things and should improve in a couple weeks, starting with a deluxe camping trip this coming week end!!!
soon after, new winging material will be present in the form of full time work...with the obvious advantage that work has over uni, that is money of course!! oh and i should give it more credit, i also get ridiculous amounts of free coffee!!!
here is a 3D model showing part of chris' design which kept me going for the better part of the week end.
also succombing to peer pressure, i was forced into baking a short notice cake and it was the most desastrous baking experience in my shot carreer..... i won;t go into details but the model was much MUCH better!!!
at the moment, my session is sort of quietly winding down while chris' is going a bit more fearcefuly, as a result our life is slightly on the boring side of things and should improve in a couple weeks, starting with a deluxe camping trip this coming week end!!!
soon after, new winging material will be present in the form of full time work...with the obvious advantage that work has over uni, that is money of course!! oh and i should give it more credit, i also get ridiculous amounts of free coffee!!!
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Haaaaaaaappy BBBBBBiiirrrrrtthhhhdayyyyyyyyyy Fliiiiiibuuuuuurnaiiiiin
fliburnain fliburnain fliburnain fliburnain!!!!!!!!!!!!
yay happy birthday to marc, le plus grand fliburnain craninien que la terre ait porte!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yay happy birthday to marc, le plus grand fliburnain craninien que la terre ait porte!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't typed in a word on this blog for ages, replacing sentences by a couple images and hoping to get away with it... but it is time for a little debriefing/procrastinating (not even my own homework mind you, chris')
a few things did happen in the last few weeks,
first of all, I started working again and it;s been good, i can't lie... working part-time turns out to be a pretty sweet deal, well with a relatively light work load for uni, it's the best of both world,
a bit of money, stayng active without getting sucked into the routine and stress of full-time work with overtime and bad baaad dreams.....
well i am enjoying it while i can because full time is back on the horizon and i will be heading there in only a few weeks, basically as soon as the session ends....soooooooon.
i can tell that we're getting close to the end because, eventhough very slight, i can feel an increase in the homework that needs to get done. luckily nothing too alarming (still stressing a bit about it but should be fine) and it gives me time to help chris who is not so lucky with his schedule and has a couple all nighters in perspective, including one tonight most certainly..... so, i render away!!!
we also celebrated chris' b-day the other day, cf. photos in previous post...and had an awesome time. it was a pretty good party and went until the relatively rock-starish time of 2am when people decided to leave... not so bad. we were a bit stressed about it but we had the best team evah... emma, caz and I took care of the organisation, the decorations were extra cool with spiderwebs everywhere, black cats roaming around and bats all over the ceiling and we can not compliment enough the spookily unreal dracula cake made in chris' honour by Ems. and then, of course it was so good to see that everyone who came had a really cool costume from a mummy to a spider and of course the exceptional spooky mime marceau which was the coolest after chris, the sexyest groovyest disco vampire with the best chest hair of all times....did i forget to mention the cape...?
i think these were the main latest events that should deserve an entry, although i do have to make the proud announcement that I purchased a new lens for my camera today and i am sooo sooo sooo excited!!!!!!! plus chris has to pose again for my latest photo project and I can NOT wait !!! wouuuuuhouuuu!!!
NERD
a few things did happen in the last few weeks,
first of all, I started working again and it;s been good, i can't lie... working part-time turns out to be a pretty sweet deal, well with a relatively light work load for uni, it's the best of both world,
a bit of money, stayng active without getting sucked into the routine and stress of full-time work with overtime and bad baaad dreams.....
well i am enjoying it while i can because full time is back on the horizon and i will be heading there in only a few weeks, basically as soon as the session ends....soooooooon.
i can tell that we're getting close to the end because, eventhough very slight, i can feel an increase in the homework that needs to get done. luckily nothing too alarming (still stressing a bit about it but should be fine) and it gives me time to help chris who is not so lucky with his schedule and has a couple all nighters in perspective, including one tonight most certainly..... so, i render away!!!
we also celebrated chris' b-day the other day, cf. photos in previous post...and had an awesome time. it was a pretty good party and went until the relatively rock-starish time of 2am when people decided to leave... not so bad. we were a bit stressed about it but we had the best team evah... emma, caz and I took care of the organisation, the decorations were extra cool with spiderwebs everywhere, black cats roaming around and bats all over the ceiling and we can not compliment enough the spookily unreal dracula cake made in chris' honour by Ems. and then, of course it was so good to see that everyone who came had a really cool costume from a mummy to a spider and of course the exceptional spooky mime marceau which was the coolest after chris, the sexyest groovyest disco vampire with the best chest hair of all times....did i forget to mention the cape...?
i think these were the main latest events that should deserve an entry, although i do have to make the proud announcement that I purchased a new lens for my camera today and i am sooo sooo sooo excited!!!!!!! plus chris has to pose again for my latest photo project and I can NOT wait !!! wouuuuuhouuuu!!!
NERD
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
the scary thing is...
that i haven't even started working again yet and i'm already dreaming of the office....how long before i start Cad-ing Chris in my sleep again...?
Saturday, September 16, 2006
back to work...
as of thursday, I will be part-time working and studying, which is a first (i know that sounds weird but it's true). i'm going back to AVA and the jeep fund can finally start for real!!!!!!
ooooooh jeepy we're coming!!!!!!!!!!!!
ooooooh jeepy we're coming!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
not quite a reason to be but...
at least a pretty good reason to work....
This is where I am hoping most of the money I will earn when i start working again will go...in preparation for our highly awaited meat-pie-tour-of-autraia....
I didn't think the day would come that i would have any sort of interest in cars, let alone jeeps (eventhough i guess, it might as well be a jeep!!) but there you go. i don't think it is so much the car as a growing desire to get on the road and go around this bloody big country, mate!!
hum, i am expecting two comments now...
what about getting a license..? well, what's better than your own car and your own 5000km stretch of straight emptiness to learn huh? (just kidding, i'll learn before but it will be good practice afterwards)
and what about getting a JOB...? well again, i am working on it but the negotiations have currently reached a stage where i am being ignored... will keep you updated... but one thing looks certain is that i am not starting tomorrow which is what i was hoping for...good things come to those who wait.... but not too long!!
This is where I am hoping most of the money I will earn when i start working again will go...in preparation for our highly awaited meat-pie-tour-of-autraia....
I didn't think the day would come that i would have any sort of interest in cars, let alone jeeps (eventhough i guess, it might as well be a jeep!!) but there you go. i don't think it is so much the car as a growing desire to get on the road and go around this bloody big country, mate!!
hum, i am expecting two comments now...
what about getting a license..? well, what's better than your own car and your own 5000km stretch of straight emptiness to learn huh? (just kidding, i'll learn before but it will be good practice afterwards)
and what about getting a JOB...? well again, i am working on it but the negotiations have currently reached a stage where i am being ignored... will keep you updated... but one thing looks certain is that i am not starting tomorrow which is what i was hoping for...good things come to those who wait.... but not too long!!
Monday, September 04, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
oh nooo not already!!
well it is grand time i start thinking about working again and i still haven't made up my mind about finding a whatever job or going back to the office....just the thought of it all makes me want to take a nap but then again, i have way too much time on my hands at the moment and am starting to feel bored and wasting my time.... not good!!!
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
the real thing
here are a couple photos taken in the last few days for the previously mentionned project. the first one is anyway (of chris on his own) and the other ones were for fun to finish the film....
considering the limited equipment and the home-made nature of the studio... well judge for yourself but it's not so bad really...
and of course, many thanks to my two fabulous models who, not without extreme professionalism, took their jobs very (maybe for chris even too) seriously.....
considering the limited equipment and the home-made nature of the studio... well judge for yourself but it's not so bad really...
and of course, many thanks to my two fabulous models who, not without extreme professionalism, took their jobs very (maybe for chris even too) seriously.....
chris loves laure, laure loves chris and....
caz loves jazz!!!! (and Guillaume)
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
getting ready and stressing a bit
in the last couple days, i have been preparing myself for the shooting of my upcoming photography assignment, the andy warhol one and although i think i have found an interesting approach to it, it also ends up being more challenging for me than anything i have done so far....
the main difficulty is that i will not one or two but three models (caz and chris + myself since i don't have enough human resources to have a third person in that isn't me....) it's actually the first time i will be taking photos of people with a "project" in mind... and that scares me a little since i don't want my own stress to spread to my "models" and end up screwing it up. i know they will patient with me and chris knows enough to help me through this new step...
difficulty number two is that i want my photos to be equivalent to a studio setting with basically no background (except for black or white) but the problem here is that i know close to nothing about lighting, how to use a flash or even use natural lighting in an optimum way... once again, practice is the only master and so i will make mistakes and improve like that...
finally, i will be attempting multiple exposures on a black background which i have NEVER done and although i have spent the last two days reading a lot of stuff on the internet, i'm still pretty nervous about it.... only thing is to try and see...
so yes, although i'm pretty excited because if it turns out, it could be a relatively interesting project but there is quite a big chance that i will just blow it badly...... let's just hope the camera is on my side............
the main difficulty is that i will not one or two but three models (caz and chris + myself since i don't have enough human resources to have a third person in that isn't me....) it's actually the first time i will be taking photos of people with a "project" in mind... and that scares me a little since i don't want my own stress to spread to my "models" and end up screwing it up. i know they will patient with me and chris knows enough to help me through this new step...
difficulty number two is that i want my photos to be equivalent to a studio setting with basically no background (except for black or white) but the problem here is that i know close to nothing about lighting, how to use a flash or even use natural lighting in an optimum way... once again, practice is the only master and so i will make mistakes and improve like that...
finally, i will be attempting multiple exposures on a black background which i have NEVER done and although i have spent the last two days reading a lot of stuff on the internet, i'm still pretty nervous about it.... only thing is to try and see...
so yes, although i'm pretty excited because if it turns out, it could be a relatively interesting project but there is quite a big chance that i will just blow it badly...... let's just hope the camera is on my side............
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