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Thursday, 26 November 2009
Almost Forgotten Days: Thursday 19th & Sunday 22nd
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
"This Christmas!" Says The Movie Trailer Man
Do The iTunes Shuffle
These are my answers. I adore these random things. And wow, I always find that the answers hit the nail on the head.
EDIT: Or are completely weird. Any edits with a '/' were only added after pressing Next ONCE (or twice, but no songs were skipped)
Found: smalltownwitch
In Church (Cyann & Ben Version) - Stranger Than Fiction Soundtrack
Humble Me - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
Imma Be (err?) - Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D
/ Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
You Can Stay The Night (campfire version) - Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set - The Moon Looked On
Still In Love With You - Jonas Brothers - Jonas Br-ah, fuck. I'm meant to be a heartbreaker? Have you seen me, randomtumblrreblogthing?
/ See You At The Show - Nickleback - The Long Road NOOOO! This album was a gift... Sigh, I shouldn't pretend that I don't like it... Damn.
/ Making Christmas - Danny Elfman - Nightmare Before Christmas Yes, I'm cheating. But can you blame me? This will do. Especially after seeing the Tim Burton exhibit. A fine life this would be.
Fresh Vegetable Really? "I'm gonna love you like a fresh vegetable" Really? - Tony Rebel
/ It's Like Reaching For The Moon - Billie Holiday
Verisimilitude - Thomas Newman - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Millionaire - A. R. Rahman feat. Madhumitha - Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack
The Lost Song - The Cat Empire
Viva la Persistance - Kimya Dawson
The Banquet - John Williams - Hook Soundtrack Emily and I do love to eat!
Le Moulin - Yann Tiersen - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain Soundtrack
Anna (Go To Him) - The Beatles - Please Please Me
Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap That's pretty miserable. If we're talking Imogen Heap, I would have said, Goodnight and Go : )
Mean To Me - Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Oh my!
/ Ciranda - Marcio Faraco
Public Warning - Lady Sovereign This is just getting worse… or just hilarious
/ The Boat - Melissa Laveaux
The 3:10 to Yuma - Marco Beltrami - Soundtrack
France - Kimya Dawson - Remember That I Love You
Hurricane - Faker
Summertime - Porgy & Bess
True Love's Kiss - Amy Adams & James Marsden - Enchanted (haha, fuck yeah!)
Pas de Cheval (in ballet we use that term for the move, 'step of the horse') "it's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine, but you'll never know until you're there!" - Panic At The Disco
Monday, 16 November 2009
Tumblr Summary #1
My plans for this week are to:
- Go to work early every day
- Go to gym twice
- Successfully complete my Creative Writing and Beginner's Painting Classes
- Divide any spare time into reading, writing, listening to music, editing photos, editing videos, maybe a blogtv chat to thank a certain special someone and organizing my work life AND being more proactive about School, Theatre, Dance, and my Show Ideas/Scripts etc.
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Temper, Temper..
...I need to work on my temper...
Or I just need to hit him harder.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I'm fucking hungry.
*this was also written in late September
It Made Me Laugh When...
Even now it makes me crack up at how wonderfully and hilariously different two lives can be.
The Paper Tells Me To Set It On Fire
The September Issue
Watching the film with Molly and Luke
In the Landmark Sunshine Theatre,
Fashion comes together as if by a fluke
In clothes I am a naught but an amateur.
Grace Coddington shines with wit and bite,
Anne Wintour commands my respect,
Shaping the world with little respite,
It is truly amazing; the world they affect.
But wait, it's not safe! There's more!
Charlyne Yi almost purposefully awkward and stubborn
Stumbles about on screen
With little affect on my heart strings and
a burning desire to shout,
you fool, love is nothing, it's there!
P.S: Also, after seeing Paper Heart, Molly and Sam departed and Felicia and I headed home to play Rock Band, while Brooke, fairly gloomy, craved adventure.
Well, she got it. We had only just seen Butterflies and Ester, the lovely filmmaker and gone out on the town for buttery nipples and then wine at the KGB bar, where two Australians were actually nice for a change...
That's just the backstory, Ester calls us up on Saturday night mentioning the fabulous words, you don't have to pay for anything. This of course, excites us, alcohol and good times out usually being excited. As tired as I was, I decided we should brave it.
A few hours later, two bottles of Belvedere and out table is a little empty, Brooke is well, indisposed and being taken home and I'm wonderfully drunk of my two part vodka drinks and shots and talking to everyone. Felicia, taking on the Mum role hands me a water, and I gladly drink it down.
Watching Brooke err, do her thing, made me feel, well, a little ill myself, and so, out back by the service entrance, I bent neatly down behind the recycables and began to throw up, once, twice, thrice, each time squirting my bottle and the brownish water, washing it away.
I smell a little of puke but the cab is full and I am to stay and party on. I clean myself up, dance, drunk text Jake, and dance and dance, all the while Ester's boyfriend is taking photo after photo of us. "When do I get to see my blackmail pictures?" I joked.
Felicia came back and we continued to dance and laugh and have a merry old time, and then it was getting late and Felicia decided we should go home. I got a reasonable way in the taxi but the stop-starts made me feel sick, so I asked to walk. We walked, I got into bed, death-rattled for a bit and woke up in the morning feeling rather positive about it all.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Grace, Inaction, Print and Four Pirogi's, Fried
The red numbers on the computer screen depressed me to the point of immobility, not that it's hard for me to not do anything or stay still, why it seems that it's my ultimate past time in this city, but my doubt in action bringing change kept me upright on my vanity stool.
Little moans and whines escaped me and drifted through the bedroom door, but my neighbour, Brooke, preoccupied with Germany and getting to it, did not react. I did not expect her too, nor did I want any sympathy, since when she see's red I am impatient and offer blunt advice, however that didn't stop the whines coming out anyway.
I lingered mostly in my bedroom, said goodbye to Brooke who was leaving about 3 or 4 hours early for her flight, and went back to being still, not asleep, just still.
Eventually, after 2 episodes of Glee had been watched and a sufficient amount of guilt had built up, I got ready, sucked up the queasy feeling that has been following me for some time (don't even say it, it's more emotional than physical) and headed to work... At four in the afternoon.
The walk was long and hot and I was dressed for Fall not the last breaths of Summer, my t-shirt was tight and made me feel self-conscious. I like wearing it, I just always feel self-conscious while wearing "statement" t-shirts.
I saw Jake leave the office in his black leather jacket and cigarette in hand, stalking through the crowd to his many things he has to do to be responsible and awesome. I like watching people I know from far away. It's like watching celebrities or theatre. They are often in your life, but at this moment, you are nothing but matter to them. I like that feeling. The world feels wider.
Work... Or The Desk I Sit At was okay. I went through emails and found myself once again on WhatTheBuck's channel page, I haven't been on one persons YouTube page so frequently since I up an got a boner for Natalie Tran. Don't worry, it's a distant boner. Very safe. A wee bit less creepy.
I also told David about my weekend which you can read about here (will link soon) and he told me about his; it involved praying and really good Mum-cooked food, the best kind. I'm hungry just thinking about it.
I alerted Molly during our pre-show phone call that I was wearing her gift tee "Internet Enthusiast" not in an attempt to frighten her but as the last clean tee I could wear. I liked what I was wearing and everything else was in messy piles or needed washing and v-neck tees aren't doing it for me at the moment. Molly thanked me for making her gift-tee a last resort and said she'd take a photo of it, but she didn't have a camera. I suggested she burn it into her retina... and then I went to pee.
I was a few minutes early than the time we said we'd meet which is always a victory for me. My feet were hurting so I left earlier so that I could walk slower. It was an interesting walk, a path I don't often take in that direction, however the many people walking the same way as me made me uncomfortable.
I greeted Molly and Luke and we went in, I had packed this shortbread from England that my Mum had sent me and a Sprite from the office fridge, and Molly had already bought me a diet Coke and Luke bought popcorn so we were doing very well.
Only once while watching the film, The September Issue, did I feel weird for eating so much while watching thin women dominate the world and even thinner women make it look good. Then a particularly charming model bit into what looked like some kind of chocolate and berry tart or pie, and I grabbed another handful of popcorn.
I've decided to never again review movies in my usual way of a few adjectives strung together. In public lately, unless moved by others to speak aka blatantly throwing my opinion on their unprotected ears, I have taken to saying even less; this film was: "Interesting" and the last film I saw, Paper Heart, was "Nice".
So next time I mention a film I'll try to discuss it in different ways. Look out for it...you.
The cinema at the Sunshine was more crowded than I thought it would be and a woman behind us started coughing in short bursts just as the film began. I am usually okay with noise in the theatre but the person in question was silent for the trailers and just seemed to start when the film did and was also right above me; It made me feel icky. I didn't do anything about it, though I did find my head instinctively whip to the side on one particular cough and I didn't want to look like that jerk that jerks their head around to somehow protest the noise, so I made my head whip to the other side so the woman didn't think I was trying to make a statement with my head. Then Luke coughed and I whispered loudly without thinking, " Don't you fucking start," ...I have very little grace.
Grace Coddington however, is amazing. Her ideas made me want to go online and buy the old September Issue in question and I was left with more respect for the whole creative side of fashion. I did understand, as much as an ignorant girl can, Anna Wintour's choices of what shouldn't appear in the issue, but seeing such lavish photos so neatly chopped without so much as a lament made me realize how tough a woman has to be in a fairly easy world. I mean, heck, (I said heck!) these women aren't explorer's or doctor's or activists but so good at Distraction. It's not a good thing either, but I think this race needs it for now.
Afterward we walked up to Veselka and Molly and I had pirogi's, which were good... "Not that I know what a good pirogi tastes like," says Luke.
A sucker for the power of suggestion, I went by the stuffed news agency on Avenue A and picked up two Vogue's and a New Yorker magazine, a publication I knew I would always enjoy and I did, I like the writers styles, the cartoons and the first few pages are already covered in red circles and underlines.
A new roommate comes today to replace Brooke, I have a lot to do to make room for her, I have been very messy this month.
I need to play Pretend again. That's the only way I can fool myself into thinking that even having so many possessions is a good thing.
*image used without permission from this awesome person*
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Cups Of Tea and Empty Pockets
- black sequins (I know, I finally fell for the tricksy trendsetters)
- chunky silver and yellow bracelets together (it looks surprisingly good)
- oversize white cardigans (I'm spying on pieces designed by Inhabit, which mainly consists of sweaters and cardigans and the dreams of stay at home mum's, librarians and lonely window sills
I have $2.75 and I enjoy acting like the first person in the world to ever be low of money.
Honestly, dramatics aside, I don't find it depressing. I've been through this many times this year and at the end of last year for some time and I only found it frustrating when bills or bank fees or automatic payments came along, other than that, I enjoy searching for ways to stretch a dollar.
- The .99 cent 'eggs, toast and potato' meal and one of the Gray's Papaya (hot dog) places are really not worth it. I recommend spending a little extra and going to The Great Bagel Shop/Place where they have a dollar coffee and $2 egg on a roll or a bagel for .92 cents.
- My ideal cheapy dinner is my Shrimp-Flavoured Ramen Omelet. OH. EM. GEE. It's amazing. I'll post a picture of it later, but here's what you do!
- Break up your Ramen, cover in water, and put in the microwave for 2 minutes.
- Break 2 or 3 eggs into a cup, mix with a fork, add Shrimp flavouring (or any flavouring), mix and stir in pepper if you like.
- Oil a frying pan well and set the heat to high, pour in the mix so that it fills the pan then...
- Pour out the water using a colander (strainer) and toss around your noodles for a bit, then pour them onto one side of the omelet
- Make sure you've nudged the sides of the omelet to keep it neat!
- Then use the spatula to fold the omelet over the noodles and let heat for a little longer
- And then wah-lah, whenever you think its cooked or your stomach grumbles louder, means it time to slide it on to a plate.
- Add veges if you have them and then munch!
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
The Attack On Mac Fat
Not only have you unleashed millions of people onto the world with all their talent, lack of talent and quirks, but you have launched successful companies and challenged others to almost breaking point.
You are reshaping the world as we know it, and for something so remarkable you belong almost entirely in cords and frustrating devices.
I own many of these devices, and I am only just working off the damage they have caused me... or, to be more precise, the damage I have caused myself by not engaging with them appropriately.
I quit ballet, to pursue theatre, and then discovered the Internet, and then discovered 19 year old narcissism and all it's passion and fury, and then discovered "bird neck" (peering into the screen as if I was trying to fall through), and the "Mac Fat Slouch" (where one deflates as hate-comments suck your self-respect out of your body) and other such things as "WTF Eye Syndrome" (where one forgets to turn on the lights as it gets dark because they are too busy peering incredulously at someone's or ones own obnoxious tweets/videos/blogs/photos/tumblr posts etc) and "Unhappy Heart Arm" (in which one experiences terrible pain that makes them feel that they are having a heart attack, when it is really just the Text Message inducing repetitive-stress injury...thing. Ahem.)
Before I Continue: I am not trying to offend anyone with my own goals and dislike of these devices, some people are gorgeous and use the Internet more than me. It is all up to the user, this just happens to be my personal problem. But maybe you share a similar issue? Let me know.
I am now trying to train myself to sit upright, to rescue the skin from "Bird Neck".
I try to rest my eyes or exercise them as much as possible, and try to spend plenty of time away from the computer.
And the Ears! I almost forgot the "iPod Ears", from listening to music too loud, constantly, to avoid truly facing the real world/people/life at that moment in time. I no longer listen to my iPod. A fairly easy habit to break out of. Since then I see more, I bite my lip more out of awkwardness, and I can greet the people who say, "How you doing, sexy?" It is refreshing and I feel less alone.
I have developed an odd habit of listening to my music alphabetically every morning in the bathroom. I started at 'J', I am now on to 'L' and I am happy.
And then there is Mac Fat, my main issue, from almost 3 years of deflation. I no longer spend every day in a studio "pulling up" and spend most of it sitting down, which I detest, but it is necessary for the time being. So, for the last four weeks I have been working out with a trainer.
I decided I needed a trainer when I went to the gym and started pedaling and realized that I didn't know what the fuck I was doing.
So I got a trainer, and thought I was working out for an hour a week, and I thanked my trainer for always letting me off 15 minutes early, even though it was my money I was wasting (I am rather weak). However, the training sessions are actually supposed to last for half an hour and he's been working with me for 15 minutes extra. Half an hour. A week. That does almost exactly nothing for my Mac Fat.
So, on my way to Whole Foods with Brooke to get the required "brown rice and grilled chicken" (though I fried mine out of habit - argh) I realized that I had to create a new habit.
They say (They being Old Guys) that the minimum amount of time that you need to exercise for to stay healthy is 30 minutes... and my training session is for 30 minutes at 7:30pm.
So if I get into the habit of changing for training on my own every evening (when events like movies and dinners are not getting in the way, as they rightly should) and begin at 7:30pm every evening, I will start to see some improvement.
After a week or two of this, I will most likely be comfortable with going to the Yoga classes at the gym and also going to Dance classes somewhere appropriate for an ex-ballet student who hasn't worked at the 'barre' for 3 years with Mac Fat and then... and then... well, oh gee whiz golly, I'm sure I'll be healthier, leaner and happier with my appearance and therefore all I have to work on is the deflated self-confidence on the inside.
It is a long journey, but as I've said before, and I'll say again, I'm a Thursday's Child and I have far to go.
Love The Stereotypical Work Out Then Go To Whole Foods Girl and The Blind Love for Lean.
Thursday, 28 May 2009
All the websites dedicated to organization say the same thing: start small to work to that something big and it all seems fairly simple. It just comes down to your own will power.
I know that I want to be more active, get more projects done, work towards those little goals that lie under the large umbrella that is my dreams, and write more. Write, write, write.
I'm so concerned with forgetting my memories that I start to get really depressed when I say to myself, 'You need rest, it's 2am, you can't write tonight.'
I also had to make a video for work today and I just looked awful. I had applied light makeup, brushed my hair and seemed fairly pleasant looking in the mirror, but the lens was picking up puffiness and lines and dark circles. With a turn of my head, I instantly saw myself at 40 years old and was horrified.
"What is happening to my face?" I asked out loud, in horror.
"Stress, tiredness," Jake replied simply.
Stress. Feeling tired. Well that seems fairly accurate. The last couple of weeks have been quite stressful, dramatic and uncomfortable. I wasn't able to get to sleep before 2am on most nights. And though for the past 2 days I've been getting out of bed around 7 and 8, I still haven't gotten to bed early enough.
Emma Watson, who I simply adore, goes to bed at 9pm when she is working. I would like to try this. I doubt I'll even be able to do it. If I did decide to try it, that would mean that I have less than 3 hours to get home, have dinner, do something creative and fulfilling (other than constantly loading tumbles) or just watch some content. That's nutso. NUTSO.
Oh lordy. Now it's 7pm! I got caught tumbling again. I'd have to go to bed in TWO HOURS! The sun will have barely set.
I will try to post something more enlightening each day from now. But I'm sure all who follow me know me well enough now, to rip out my promises and let the wind carry them away.
The Beaded Bracelet and the Fizzing Can of Sprite.
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Boom Goes The Rocket!
I, like many of you, was shocked to hear that Joanne was leaving and was even more shocked when Andrew asked me if I would like to help.
Trust me, I suggested every one to fill that lone seat before me, but I do enjoy the show and think every one that works at the Rocketboom office is amazingly talented, clever and intelligent and do hope that some of that rubs off of me while I can still hang around.
The last thing I ever said to Joanne was while she was in between shooting interviews at ROFLThing. I was like, "Hey, it's professional Joanne!" and she was like, "Ha, professional Joanne? I kind of like that" and then I was like, "She spoke to me!" and ran away and cried into my screen-printed Joanne pillow.
And it was beautiful.
If I don't remain Rocketboom host, hopefully I'll still be able to talk about Space & Science every now and again. Honestly, when I read those stories and scripts I'm always gasping and am amazed at the discoveries. I wouldn't really get to learn about what was happening in those fields if it wasn't for Rocketboom and I did oh-so-love learning about Space in Primary School :P and deeply regretted opting out of Science in Year 10 at High School (when my favourite teacher left to be an artist, all my faith in learning about it died).
Some of the constructive criticism I already knew:
- Enunciate each word - I've had that problem forever. Maybe I should see a speech coach or something. I'm fairly sure it has to do something with having a lazy Aussie-accent type mouth, but I know I can change that
- Make over - I've never been a fan of make up (wore it all the time for concerts and dance competitions and theatre since I was 3 years old) or ever cared about my hair (use to just wear it in a bun for ballet all day), but if I keep getting Melissa Joan Hart comments I will have to either decide to care about it or kill myself. Honestly, there is no alternative road. Look different or die. I do NOT want to be MJH at all. It's such a terrible curse... Don't worry, even I can't tell if I'm joking or not.
- Be yourself - I don't even know who that is. But I will try to develop my own flavour. But I'm pretty boring. I love to be dreadfully serious or a class-clown prat. Let's see if I can actually learn some grace, hmm?
- Lose weight - I'm not sure if this is actually constructive. I am surprised by how many people think I am fat. It's quite shocking, actually, because it just goes to show you how the definition of fat has changed in people's mind over the years. I'll aim to be healthier and stronger anyway.
Tweet at us at rocketboom and thatgirlonline
And here are the episodes in case you did not see them or just want to watch them again because that map is just so bloody fabulous.
Love, Caitlin.
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Plane Thoughts: JFK to LAX to BNE*
- This is the nicest Frequent Flyers Club I've seen in a while; apple juice and portobello mushrooms and roasted pepper wraps with shrimp curry sandwiches and apple juice.
- Usually these "clubs" are just a "big toilet and musty armchair club", but the British Airways/One World club at JFK was finally worth that gold QANTAS frequent flyer card.
- Song: Quasimodo's Dream by The Reels - Dad use to play this song a lot and when it came onto the earphones of the QANTAS radio I freaked out as all the childhood memories rushed forward to play behind my eyes.
- Happy-Go-Lucky reminds me of my friend Emily. I admire those traits she possesses but also know that I am no where near as compassionate enough as this unusual lady is. I possess one of personality quirks they show in the film, and it was interesting to watch it and go, "I know that...oh, oh dear... I really shouldn't do that anymore." I wont tell you what it is.
- Like the QANTAS HQ person said, there are many seats available on this flight, but she said there were none from LAX to BNE, so how in the world did the Gate Master (as I am calling him now) get me on this flight?
- I don't mind sitting at the very back of the plane; more leg room... but there are far too many off-putting smells...and the nice girl sitting next to me (she really is nice) just spilt balsamic vinegar all over me and my new UNIQLO top.
- Well, we all just made it. I love flying but a large part of the LAX airport sucks. And hey, look, a spare seat between me and a young girl; leg room!
- Wait a minute... Someone at the ticketing office tried to squeeze over $1500 out for me for a "booked-out" flight but there are empty seats everywhere! There are even a few rows of four occupied by only one person... and look, that guy is lying down! Thank goodness the Gate Master let me on.
- While watching Revolutionary Road (what a crime to watch films on a tiny square screen!) I was filled with hope instead of sadness**.
- iPhones or anything with a Bitten Apple on it seem to be the fashion icon that cigarettes were then*** Just like one would constantly light up anywhere at anytime to take the edge off real life, we too light up our screens and thumb away at our day or plug up our ears instead of constantly facing the moment; the dullness of everyday life. Why do we try to speed up time? Shouldn't we be always trying to wind the clock back on anything and everything but our faces? See each second tick? Or is it easier to make things go faster when you feel like you are a part of the "hopeless emptiness" of life?
- Song: Blue Note Trip by Various on In The Winelight.
- What a beautiful descent into Australia. Often you hear the engines revving up and down as it the humongous aircraft tries to hit its mark so that all the passengers and crew do not perish upon landing, but this pilot was able to get it spot on. For miles we simply glided down towards the run way, we didn't tilt, we didn't shake... the air was so still and calm and it was the most marvelous landing I have ever been a part of. I wanted to clap to congratulate the pilot. If anyone else wanted to do the same thing or realized the amazing achievement he had just pulled off, they didn't show it.
"Christ! $16.40!? For a single!?"
"It's gotten worse..."
"Excuse me?" I could tell the train station attendant was pissed at my muffled comment.
"The fair gets worse every time I come back,"
"Hm. Oh." She said shortly in a high pitched voice that I could tell translated into: Fuck. You.
I didn't mean any offense, it just made me nostalgic for the days when they use to boast about the fair only being $9. $13 if you were traveling from Beenleigh.
"From the city to the airport
In 20 minutes flat,
From the city to the airport
For 9 bucks max!
Air Train, woo woo!"
Oh, those were days.
The weather here feels like... nothing. In New York it's always some kind of weather; something to talk about it. It's either a hot bath or very cold. I wouldn't mind the cold if it were not for the winds... This weather this morning simply feels like...nothing; very little breeze, little humidity; it's 7:30am in the morning.
There is a little sweat condensed on my back, but mainly from wearing too many layers and carrying heavy bags. I kind of like the feeling though. It's making my bra itch a little bit, but it reminds me of school or something; that comfortable discomfort.
At one point, while writing this down, I suddenly felt pressed down. As if my body knew, which I'm sure it did, that it was no longer flying.
From then on, the trip was a whirlwind and I knew I wouldn't breath until I returned to New York City... which is a pity, because the air isn't always exactly pleasant...
I can't believe I actually typed all this into my iPhone. What silly, unnecessary thoughts. This is what happens when you fly alone. Which makes me wonder what it would be like to simply travel alone and put all your comments and thoughts into a tape recorder... I wonder if I could ever be bold enough to do that?
**The sadness came later and is lasting.
***I'm referring to the time period in which the movie is set, 1950-something, and wow, Caitlin! What an unoriginal, uninspired thought!
Missed Flights and 50-Dollar Taxis
...after this tweet we arrived at the airport and I hurriedly, with heavy bags in each hand, walked into the terminal to check in to QF 108.
The day had been "blah" due to work assignments (aka a video) needing to be created, edited and exported that day and I also had to pack.
This usually wouldn't be a problem except my love for video making has dwindled terribly into a chore and I could not find any inspiration for the task at hand.
I quickly edited it, shrugged over the fact that the sound levels were awful, and sent it off and continued packing until after 5pm.
Any normal person with a flight leaving at 7pm, would probably be worried by now. But not I! I had arrived at the same terminal months before at 6:30pm and was allowed to board (forgetting that it was most likely only still open due to the plane being delayed for 20 minutes). I had also conveniently forgotten about the holiday traffic, so instead of the usual 40 minutes to JFK, the cab driver mumbled that it would be an hour.
That's when I started to get nervous...and started to tweet.
"Are you here for QANTAS!?" A blonde, scary looking woman barked at me.
"The flight's closed. You can't check in."
"You'll have to go to the Ticketing Desk and get another ticket!"
The shrill twang of her voice and my own disappointment in myself (and disbelief that there was still an empty seat on a plane that wouldn't fly for another 40 minutes - add an extra 20 for taxing on the runway) made me simply stare along the counter looking for someone nice. When there were no nice people, I turned around, looked up, looked down and started to cry.
In my peripheral vision, I could see a sweetly plump lady greet the scraggly blonde woman and through the voice in my head yelling, "You're an idiot, Caitlin!" heard "Oh no!"
Aha! Someone with compassion! The pigtail plaits had worked!*
The lady came over to me and asked me if I would like to come with her and see what she could do, I just blubbered and followed her.
"Take it from me, never cry over a missed flight!" A lady at the desk offered... but all her wisdom made me think of was that maybe tomorrow's flight was meant to crash and then all I heard were lines from Hook.
About half an hour later of crying deeply (the sort of cries you made as a 7 year old when you accidentally left your party invitation in your desk at school and now didn't know where to go or who to call to partake in the "partying"), a swapping over of people to take care of me (I made no trouble apart from needing a tissue to stem the flow of miserable mucus), a call to QANTAS HQ; "$1500.00, why? Because the flight is full and she'd have to upgrade? Hmm", and a fairly flirty call between my helper and the "Gate Guy" at the QANTAS Boarding Gate; I was able to get on tomorrows flight free of charge.
"How did he do that?"
"Don't ask! Don't think about it!"
I thanked the lovely people and hailed a taxi cab home, relieved that the flight would not cost any extra money, but disappointed that I would have to change plans with my friends and would now be arriving on the day of Tamika and Dan's wedding, which was the reason I was returning to Oz.
I did tweet that I missed my flight, but quickly deleted it realizing that I didn't really want too many people to know and @reply me with "Awws" and "Solutions", instead I texted my friends to change plans, then my roommates with 2 requirements only: pizza and some sort of alcohol.
That night turned out to be fun, there was pizza, my own favourite concoction of inappropriate drink - like the NYUers below our apartment don't dabble in inappropriateness every night anyway - then there was Hitch (shh, Will Smith is The Word!) and dancing and then well...yeah, it was fun.
I woke up the next day, my fairly tidy room glowing from the morning sun, and felt good about things. And left for the airport at 3pm.
*I always wear pigtail plaits when traveling internationally because not only does it keep your hair fairly appropriate looking and lacks the need to pack a brush, it also (and most importantly) makes you look much younger than you actually are. So instead of being a 20 year old idiot, I become a 16 year old idiot. People treat 16 year old idiots a lot nicer...well, at least those who have a vagina anyway.
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
My Mum Thinks I Swear Too Much Online...
(this is an old forgotten post)
The last time I spoke with my Mother, a day after her birthday, she told me that she had noticed an uprising of vulgar language surrounding my good name... so I told her to fuck off.
; )"oh, how original"
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
The First Page...
The first page of a journal is often a disappointment for me. This lovely lady took a different approach for battling Page One jitters and created something great.
Sometimes, I'll look back through my journal and be disappointed. I'll wish that I had made more entries or drawn more or wrote more clearly, and sometimes I often find myself filling up the pages of my journal just so I can start a new one and start again.
I think that is why I enjoy stationery shops so much. There is so much hope within blank pages, and something magical about how it is all put together.
Maybe its ancient tree magic? Hmm... All I know is that a blank page can contain so much beauty, and I will hopefully spend my entire life aiming for that sweet satisfaction of a relieving journal entry or twinkle of pride for a good drawing... just little, simple things... perhaps with a veranda bathed in morning sunshine and nice cup of tea...
Friday, 20 March 2009
Internet People (Who Are You?) and Little Cat Lost
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Cool Spring Air, Opinions and A Quiet Night In
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Liquid Meditation and Avoiding The Cannibals
Showers happen every day. Yes. There is always that one shower though that does more than clean your tootsies, it cleans your soul.
Well, not completely, but you walk feeling squeaky clean inside and out and chipper enough to get bruised up and bullied again before the next shower.
These magical showers usually happen for me in the evening, when the purpose is not to be clean for something, but just to feel clean. You put on some music, turn off the lights, and the gray light of winter comes in and says, "What up, girl. You are all alone. This is your moment. Now dance."
And I do. I move in the semi-darkness and feel happy and scrub-a-dub-dub. Feels good.
I love being clean. And as Summer approaches Cleanliness and Getting Fit are moving to the Top of my never ending: Needs Improvement List.
Summer in the City can be awful if don't know how to work it. I need the right products to keep me feeling good, because there is nothing worse then feeling like shit on a hot, stinky day.
I also can't bare to have this little bit of Mac Flab around my hips and stomach, it just does not feel right.
I don't mean to alarm anyone, but I would like to go back to when I was a ballet dancer and working hard. My dancer teacher grabbed me by the arm mid-plie and said, "Stop losing weight." And I loved it.
I was still eating and lazing about, but the daily exercise was enough to shrink any of the holiday weight I had to simply skin and bones. I like skin. And bones. And eating. Never fear, I love eating. I just need to work out more. I don't want to be a rake, I just don't want any of this extra meat.
I do not plan to be eaten.
Love The Necessity of Light, Loose Clothing and a Fruit Cup.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Found This. It's Old. Might As Well Post It.
Interactivity @ Mon 11:15am
This year for me, as much as I didn't want it to be, is all about Interaction.
As my subscribers on YouTube grow and grow, views on my actual videos (not that I would expect anything different at the moment) are receiving some of the lowest views I've had for a while, and it is all very interesting.
Last week, for reasons I cannot share with you, I went and looked at other peoples Subscribers and had a peek at some of mine too.
How often have you done this? Well, please do so now, as you will find it incredibly interesting.
The most interesting thing about some of my subscribers and other "Top" people is that most of them don't even exist. A lot of the accounts have been closed or suspended and yet the count does not differ, I'm sure when YouTube wants to, the subscriber base will dramatically change when these people disappear.
The other question is how many of these subscribers are actually real? There were a lot of people subscribed to some top people and some for me too, that had no details on their account and yet they were all subscribed to the same two people, which I found very curious.
I know that about 2000 of my subscribers are fake, due to their being a massive surge amongst a whole bunch of YouTubers suddenly went up the "Charts" very quickly, I asked Damien, and he showed me that some company had subscribed to a whole bunch of the same people, though we are still not sure who it was.
So, I don't have 60,000 subscribers, I have somewhere around 58,000 or do I even have that? 56,000? 50,000? 20,000? Or are the views not even real? That's the hard thing about this Online World, the anonymity of it all paints a thick layer of black paint over this virtual glass, so that, even after you've peeled it all off, the glass is still left dirty and nothing is ever clear.
All I know is that I have a dear base of "followers" who are always there, my lucky stars, who watch over me constantly. Most of them have been with me since the dawn of the plague (otherwise known as the day I logged in to YouTube) and have had to endure a lot of disappointments, but hopefully some good times too. To those people, I thank you! You're lovely.
So, real subscribers or not, this year is still about Interactivity. I find myself up late (5am sometimes) on the computer, gazing into this pixilated world, and finding myself incredibly fascinated! Look at all these amazing people, look at all these tools for communication and look at all these delightful Neopets! Well, that's me mainly trying to relive my childhood. Since other than MSN and that awful Slipnot Chatroom, Neopets was my introduction to the internet.
Yes sir, I have rediscovered Neopets for the 15th time. Neopets is probably the reason I'm here today. If I had not discovered that site and become obsessed with it, I may never have returned to the library or turned on the computer and discovered my outlet to the world.
So, now YOU, the viewer, have many ways to interact with me and also have your voices and opinions heard.
We have YouTube, and soon I will be releasing my crazy blonde brain onto every video platform that exists, I do not expect to dominate any of these areas or be successful at all, I just want to make sure, that one day, when I can finally sigh and say goodbye, that I have covered every area.
I also have a podcast coming out very soon, and I will be linking you up to that in a Blog very soon – its not going to just be a talk show, but music will be featured until I receive a cease and desist letter ☺
Tommy of Valpocade fame has been hard at work creating a new TheHill88 site, this is a personal project of his, all I've done is given him my "blessing", I am looking forward to seeing what he comes up with and will announce it by creating a video.
I am most excited about launching my Mac site; this site will be purely for photos and random videos, that aren't even worth uploading. I wanted to create this picture site because as "handy" (and yes, I realize I'm using a lot of sarcastic quotations for this Blog) as sites like MySpace, Facebook and Flickr are for sharing photos, I just end up feeling overwhelmed by the amount of pictures that are uploaded and my Flickr account is not interesting for its just used to get a link to place a background on my YouTube homepage. With this site I'll be able to post all my photos so its like a digital album, and I will Blog, Twitter, maybe Vlog when new pictures are up for you all to check out.
Why all the effort? Because I want to make sure I don't disappoint the foolish 17 year old Caitlin, who wanted to be the first Caitlin Hill that came up after googling. I know it's pointless, but as much as I'm tired of it all, I still love the Internet, just different sides of it.
However, none of this will be worthwhile unless there is some sort of interaction, so here are the sites I'm intrigued by right now, so that maybe we can connect.
Caitlin xox
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Looking Back, Always... - VOX
Thursday, 12 February 2009
The Internet Makes Me Mean!
I present you with this: <3 ...Yes, its exactly what you think it is... a Lower Than Three.
(I actually have no idea what I'm talking about... I was never a good Math student. Was I wrong?)
Onwards and Upwards!
I awoke Sunday in a frightened state, there was much to do and I did not feel like I was ready. I found something I didn't like, which delayed my packing for Los Angeles, when I was actually meant to be conversing with great people, like John Noble and Joshua Jackson.
When ready, I pack surprisingly efficiently these days, (but my suitcases are never suitable and macs can be dreadful things to carry, so heavy!) I rushed out and got a cab, and then I happened to see my face on Taxi TV, which was very funny for me!
"Look, I'm on the TV!" I said to the cab driver.
"You?" He said, craning his neck recklessly around to look at me, while driving down a busy narrow street.
"Yeah, look! I'm on!"
Quite silly, really. I usually try to keep my cool. I don't know why I'm so caught up on appearing jaded. I think I mix excitement with big "headedness"...and show disinterest because I believe it makes me look modest, when it actually makes one look rude and arrogant.
Anyway, I filmed the moment with my flip cam while lamenting over the texts I was receiving from Kevin and Jake about how cool and relaxed this junket-like press room was. I thought it was going to be busy and that people would be mean, but apparently everyone was joking and carrying on and that it was surprisingly quiet.
If you haven't seen it yet, see now what I missed out on, all because of my poor organization skills.
I still had fun at the Fringe Panel at Comic Con. Met up some lovely Virginian friends. Saw DavidJR.com play with Anna Torv from Fringe and then got Anna and John Noble to chant: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! with me.
Rushed outside. Ignored another Virginian person. Found David. Got in car. Went to airport.
Plane: long and boring.
Spent far too much time staring at the back of seat.
Lady from India got sick, she didn't look well before she boarded.
She threw up like a champ.
Didn't even make me feel sick.
The attendants were ever so considerate. We were flying American.
SFO is...SFO. San Jose is only cool because it's mentioned once or twice in the Youth in Revolt.
Stayed at Marriot. Marriott. No bathrobes. This simple luxury makes me sad. No minibar. Sadder.
UGX Conference breakfast was embarrassing. Face on two boards and it was funny. So tired. Couldn't speak until I had coffee.
Got on Local NBC news. Thought the lady didn't like me, but found out the next day that I was the only person - out those she interviewed, that she used. Funny. Very funny. If anyone can find it for me, I'll probably kiss you on your forehead one day.
Not really. But I'll pretend. In my sleep. Naked. WHOA!
Good conferences, saw Craig from Craigslist... all I remembers is this:
"Lead, follow
or get out of
the way!"
Left in the afternoon to go the Radio Ink Convergence Panel.
Met Mr. Kawasaki - lovely man.
Got really nervous before the panel. Started worrying that maybe I was developing that sympton that happens when people get nervous. Which would be ironic. Because now when I do want to do things that make me nervous, my body might not let me. We'll see how that develops...
"INTRIGUE, DANGER AND ROMANCE!" - that song is playing at the moment.
The panel went well. Mics didn't work. I tweeted the video, so check out my twitter. But it was funny and nearly everyone, and now me seeing this is weird, so you know I'm not being a dick, was talking about it afterwards.
So we went out for American Food. I had a hamburger with fries, peanutbutter, banana, chocolate milkshake and a banana split. Twas beautiful.
Next day, woke up late, met Mr. Kawasaki again, got a photo and a promise of a book - they had run out. Saw his panel.
And then took part in my crazily-titled panel and that went well. Had long conversations with advertisers and youtubers alike after it was over. Got nervous before that too. Interesting.
Got on a flight straight afterward and went to LA.
Took ages to check in to The Standard. I was quite surprised when my card actually was able to pay for the first night of my room. It took me into the negative, but at least I had actually saved like I planned to...and it will be reversed. Yay, I'm learning.
I got up late, it's so cold in the room. Did some work, ran late to go to The Waffle House, but at least I looked decent. Stared at the Nickelodeon studios across the road rather wistfully. If I had grown up here, I would have been all over that place... not in the shows, just trying to get in them hahahaah. I wanted to be Amanda Bynes when I was 13. Hahaha. God. I was 13. How weird.
Really enjoyed the Standard's Diner...
Gosh, this blog is so boring.
Anyway, The Internet Makes Me Mean. Almost everyone does not get along with everyone and the Internet makes it so much easier for comments to be misinterpreted, hurt more and the instancy of it all, allows or a lot of mistakes and hastily written hate messages/texts/blogs/tumbles ; )
Luckily, I come to my senses. But I no longer want to be mean. I no longer want to look at to feel the intense burning of anger that knowing so many people on the Internet creates. It's awful. I just want to be nice, earnest and friendly.
So here we go. Hi. I like you shiny metal hat.
Love, The Nice Pony and The Meat Lasagne with Sweet Potato Fries and a Diet Coke.
Sunday, 8 February 2009
1. Go to the Wikipedia home page and click random article. That is your band's name.
2. Click random article again; that is your album name.
3. Click random article 15 more times; those are the tracks on your album.
4. Post a review of the resultant album.
Band Name: Hydrophis melanocephalus
Album Name: Kuru, Nigeria
1. Creepshow III
2. International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
3. North Dumpling Light
4. The Drouth
5. Arthur Olszyk
6. Alcocer de Planes
7. Richard Durst
8. The First Law
9. Bullers Green
10. Grande-Rivière
11. Western Coal Fields
12. K'lee
13. Surinder Amarnath
14. Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, 1st Baronet
15. George Anson (1797–1857)
"Collected Thoughts" Number One:
Hydrophis melanocephalus is a type of a Sea Snake. I enjoy not being able to pronounce my bands name properly. Can you imagine the concert?
"We are HAI-DROE-FIS MELL-AN-OCE-...ANO-SEH-PHALUS! WOO!"
Ah, melanocephalus...snake...phalus...phallus...snake...phallus...penis.
"Collected Thoughts" Number Two:
Keru, Nigeria... I guess our Album is tackling the issues? Trying to do a Bono? Full of trouble?
Cool! I bet we're hardcore!
"Collected Thoughts" Number Three:
Wow, the album starts off with a bang! I love tracks 1 to 4. It sounds like a fairly typical mainstream album though. 4 good songs, and then it sort of fades into a mix of pop-rock/alternative (think Vampire Weekend), kimya dawson-folk (Richard Durst was a good man, la la la), and simple sounding (think, Stone Temple Pilots) rock songs to try to bring up the pace.
I love that it starts off with a "Horror" movie, then something to do with the Internet, then a Lighthouse in New York, then we go to Scotland and then start talking about people...all revolving around England and India.
Cool game... I just like that that I learned all this stuff in a matter of minutes. A good game to play maybe once a month to get some random knowledge!
Why don't you play the game and either link me to your own blog or whatever in the comments or just play it in the comments!
The Guitar String and The Lost Pick.


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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATION – rarities
I love these guys — they remain one of my favorite UK prog bands. As a follow-up to my post many moons ago of a '71 set of theirs, erectile here's some more stuff: 1) their first LP, "The Aerosol Grey Machine" (1969), which has been out-of-print for a while now; 2) some deleted tracks from the "Pawn Hearts" sessions from '71, which were to have made up the second half of the proposed double-album version; and 3) a collection of live BBC radio appearances.
Van Der Graaf Generator – "The Aerosol Grey Machine" LP, 1969 (ZIP file)
Van Der Graaf Generator – "Pawn Hearts" 2xLP version deleted tracks, 1971 (ZIP file)
Van Der Graaf Generator – "Vision-Erg: BBC 1969-1971″ (ZIP file)

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Q: How old were you when you figured out that you loved basketball? (And how did it happen?)
A: I first figured out I loved basketball at 3. I was with my daddy and brother at Memorial Park court (in Melrose Park). My daddy had to raise me up to dunk the ball and I've been playing it every since.
Q: What part of your game did you work on most last summer coming into high school?
A: I rode my bike to my local X-Sport Fitness everyday. For 2-3 hours, I'd work on my shot, both mid-range and 3-pointers.
Q: Which sport do you watch on TV other than basketball?
A: I watch Football sometimes, but other than that, I don't watch any other sports.
Q: Fill in the blanks: Z would like to pursue _________________.
A: a Masters Degree in Law at Kentucky University.
Q: What is the hardest thing you've had to learn being a freshman playing on varsity?
A: The hardest thing so far has been the work. The work is harder, and nothing will be handed to you. Everything is earned, and I had to learn how to build my confidence up.
Q: What is your most memorable moment on the court?
A: In 7th grade, I played in the championship game. The score was close in the final minutes, and I came down the court and hit a huge 3-pointer and a foul which gave us the lead and the win.
Q: Who/What has been your inspiration while on the court & off the court?
A: My mother has been my inspiration on and off the court because she always pushes me to go further and always reminds me to allow GOD to lead.
Q: Ok. The game is tied up in overtime with TEN seconds left, you're driving to the basket to score but the double-teams comes; Name One person you'd want to pass to for the game winner? (Anybody male or female)
A: I would want to pass to Lauren Lee. She is one of my Varsity teammates and has a killer jump shot and wouldn't be afraid to use it!
Favorite Subject in School: English
Favorite song you know by heart: The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – "Closer"
Favorite Female Basketball Player: Maya Moore
Favorite Male Basketball Player: Russell Westbrook
Favorite Dish You Want To Cook Exactly Like Your Mom: Tacos
Resilient, confident, and ambitious are a few words to describe 14-year old Zyerra Stafford. Since the age of 3, Zyerra has loved and practiced the game of basketball. Her first b-ball experiences were with her father as a young girl, and she was quickly smitten with the game's equal emphasis on speed and strategy.
Playing on both school and AAU teams throughout elementary school, Zyerra entered River Forest's Trinity High School ready to learn as much as she could and become a further master of the game. A freshman, Zyerra plays on the school's varsity squad, and views it as "an honor and a privilege", and a great opportunity to learn from other, more experienced players.
As a straight-A student, Zyerra puts equal importance on both the court and the classroom. After high school graduation, Zyerra has plans to attend Kentucky University's College Of Law. When asked what she plans to do with a lawyer's education, she's known to reply: "FBI agent; I want to be the next Dr. Reed!"


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Ted Wright recently gave an illustration demo at Washington University in St. Louis. The result of the demo was two variations of a new image titled "Cockadoodledoo... The Mighty Flood in Waterloo." Ted created the piece out of concern for the recent flood damage to friend and colleague Gary Kelley's hometown of Waterloo, Iowa.
Putting the finishing touches on the images, Ted had the idea to use the art as a fundraiser for families living in the flood affected farm communities of Iowa.
Buyers can choose from two versions of the 17"x36" image, shown below. Each poster is $30.00 and can be ordered by emailing email@example.com. All proceeds go to the Iowa Red Cross.
For those who expressed concern, Gary Kelley's second floor studio remained unaffected by the floods in Cedar Falls. The tight knit community rallied together to protect the historic downtown and managed to save it, and Gary's studio as a result, from certain disaster. We shudder to think of what would have been lost if not for the determined citizens of Cedar Falls.


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Kids in Distress (KID) offers a wide variety of clinical programs to help children and families and that variety means diverse opportunities for individuals with a passion to help others. Whether you have years of experience in family support services or child and family therapy/counseling or you are just getting started in your career, KID offers a supportive, caring and professional environment for you to do what you do best!
At KID we're not only focused on the growth and development of our clients, we're also invested in helping our employees grow. We provide training and support to help individuals become the best they can be in whichever career path they choose. Personal and professional development help us all to support the children and their families in the best way we can as individuals so that together we can make KID the best organization it can be.
We offer a wide variety of family therapy jobs at KID. From clinical positions to professional support and administrative opportunities, we look to hire the most dedicated individuals who exhibit a passion for our mission and for providing the best in child care services to our community.
Although we do hire for many positions at KID, we're always looking for Family Support Counselors and Child & Family Therapists to assist us in expanding our services so that we can reach and support more children and families every year.


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Perceiving other people on the basis of categorical multisensory data: towards a unified theory of person perception
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Book chapter
Publication details
Gaetano, JM, van der Zwan, R & Brooks, A 2012, 'Perceiving other people on the basis of categorical multisensory data: towards a unified theory of person perception', in R van der Zwan (ed.), Current trends in experimental and applied psychology, Primrose Hall, Brisbane, Qld., vol. 1, pp. 105-115. ISBN: 9781471604461
Perceiving others as distinct agents is a skill crucial to human social interaction, yet no widely accepted unifying theory explaining person perception phenomena currently exists. Focussing on just one of the primary person-distinguishing categories – sex – the purpose of this chapter is to provide a synthesis of stimulus-level, multisensory person perception research. Also discussed is the existence of pan-stimulus effects, and their bearing on recent attempts to unify related theories. Two key themes emerge from this review: Firstly, person perception appears to depend on the availability of multisensory face and body cues (both whole and partial), plus the ability to distinguish those cues in terms of social category membership. Secondly, pan-stimulus effects such as the male bias and other-race effect suggest that the fundamental categories of personhood are governed by common neural mechanisms. Whilst this article bridges two lower-level literatures on person perception (i.e., cue and category processing), it is hoped that in future those literatures will combine with higher-level person perception research (e.g., stereotypes and demand characteristics) to inform a robust and dynamic unified theory.


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Beng Mealea is a temple quietly surrendering into the surrounding jungle about 75 km from Siem Reap. If you happen to be anywhere nearby, it's worth the effort and expense (about $40 RT by taxi from SR) to see, though I would advise going either very early or late in the day. I arrived about 8:30 am and had only about 20 minutes on the narrow wooden scaffolding winding through the complex before the parking area was overrun by a seemingly never-ending stream of tour busses bearing Chinese groups.
Even so, this complex, shaded and settling into the deep forest, is as compelling as any of the other larger temples of the Angkor complex. Its artistry is familiar, but the setting is breathtaking as light and shadow play through the trees upon the sandstone walls and carved lintels. The way the walls have fallen away from plumb, the huge piles of stones lying dormant, the giant roots rising through everything in their path all lend an eerie silence to the place. It's hard to imagine all this occurred solely by the hand of nature.
It was built mostly of sandstone: Beng Mealea is only 7 km from the angkorian sandstone quarries of Phnom Kulen, as the crow flies. Presumably sandstone blocks used for Angkor were transported along artificial water canals and passed from here.[1]
If Phnom (Mt) Kulen was the source of all the sandstone that built Angkor, we're talking about 5-10 million stones cut into blocks about 2x1x1 meters each (or larger), weighing up to 1000kg. They were most likely transported some 20 miles by a series of canals to the Angkor complex.
At its height, the Khmar kingdom spread across Cambodia, parts of Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and all the way to Malaysia. For periods of time it was one of the more enlightened monarchies of Asia. But like the rest of history, ecological failure and war decimated its descendants in murderous conflicts all the way into the 18th C. This was followed, of course, by the genocidal Khmer rouge of the 20th C. Some Cambodians today will tell you that the reason the population of Cambodia is relatively small (15M) is because of its bloody history. For all I know, they are exactly right.


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If I'm not mistaken, this is the first EP released by Ayzee, the land of Arabia's own RnB/Soul singer. With the intention to prove to the world that the Middle East is home to a bunch of high quality artists & musicians, he brought us six tracks featuring Hip Hop heavyweight Freeway, UAE's own DJ Bliss & MH.
Produced by AyProductions, the EP introduces a new level of fresh I, personally, haven't heard much of from the Middle East. Point proven Ayzee, you've definitely shown the world that Hip Hop & RnB music in the region is not a bunch of closet recorders or kids with loads of money looking for free studio time because they'd rather spend it on big brand names & what-not! Ok, back to the point, passion: check! Sound: check! Style: check! Great project: check! I'd have to say "Spaceship" is my fave track off this EP!
Peep the EP, available for free download! & if you hate, I must congratulate you on being a (in the infamous words of character Red Forman from "That '70s Show") dumbass!
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She says she is excited to show Milton Keynes the production, but it is hopefully not the last we will be seeing of the popular singer as she is returning for Sister Act at the end of September.
"I'm really excited about The Bodyguard as it's such an iconic role," said Alexandra.
"It's a real honour and a privilege but it's a hard show and that's what I like about it.
"It's been great taking it on tour and the reaction has been very positive, which makes it even more enjoyable.
"I think it's a genius production."
Alexandra added that while she saw the film when she was younger, she hasn't wanted to watch it since she got the part.
"I've just tried to make it my own to a degree and I've put my own little spin on it so hopefully people will enjoy my take."
The Bodyguard is on at MK Theatre from April 12 to 23 and tickets cost between £18.50 and £52.50. You can buy them by going to atgtickets.com.


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This card has a nice surprise. You pull the ribbon on the left and the tree comes through the opening. It's a fancy fold card. Bev Derringer made this at our July Stamp Camp North at the Westminster Elks Lodge. The next Stamp Camp North will be in September and we will also have a garage sale with lots of finished cards and 3D projects to sell....as well as our camp where you make 10 cards with envelopes for $25. It's a great deal and all the demonstrators do such a nice job.
CS: So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Real Red
Ink: So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Tip Top Taupe
Punch: Itty Bitty Accents Punch - Heart
Stamping Hugs! Judy :)


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Is a flat text file or a database right for an app?
I've been busily coding away on my final project for my data visualization independent study. I'm looking at data that I've been slowly acquiring on the life of art galleries that were in Chicago in 1990. Back then, the Chicago Artists' Coalition had a complete listing in a pamphlet (more like a book) they put out for artists. It included galleries within the city, in the metro Chicago area, and even downstate. I'm choosing to focus on ones that were within Chicago's city limits in 1990, and I'm looking into what happened to them. Ideally, the visualization will use the principle of a bubble chart to show how many galleries, of those 96, existed in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010. You will also be able to filter by zip code, which sheds light on what neighborhood housed galleries that have lasted the longest, and perhaps more interestingly, by medium, showing how these statistics change if you look at galleries only specializing in paintings, or only in sculptures.
One part I've been slowly conquering is connecting my SQLite databse to the Processing application. My current issue is closing the database, the query just runs and runs and runs and…you get the point. I'm using a database because these counts need to be able to adjust depending on where you click, and I figure that SQL statements are the best way to filter and aggregate the various information.
But today, in my reading from Ben Fry's Visualizing Data, which I'm approaching the end of, Fry was discussing acquiring data. Many of the methods I'd come across before in my own research, they focused on how to hook up the database to my interface. Fry suggested to reconsider whether you need a database, or can use programming to manipulate a flat text file. With the way I've designed this application, I need to count up the number of records where a column meets a certain condition. I was trying to do that with a count in SQL. But I can just have the program do a loop, and count it programatically.
Perhaps using a database is a better fit when doing joins or complicated queries, or if one has millions, or even thousands, of records. But if performing counts, and pulling records that meet certain conditions, is all that's necessary, right now I'm thinking that a flat text file is best.


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World first market-ready, variable compression ratio engine
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Nissan's premium arm Infiniti has released initial details of its new variable compression-turbocharged (VC-T) engine, ahead of the unit's public debut at the Paris motor show on September 29.
Touted as the world's first production-ready variable compression ratio engine, the Infiniti VC-T is not limited by a fixed compression ratio, allowing it to raise or lower the height that the pistons reach.
In a statement that appears to take aim at the ongoing Dieselgate saga and the questions it has raised over the future of diesel engines, the company says the new 2-litre powerplant "combines the power of a high-performance 2-litre turbo gasoline [petrol] engine with the torque and advanced efficiency of an advanced turbo-diesel – without the equivalent emissions".
An engine's compression ratio refers to the ratio of maximum to minimum volume in the cylinders of an internal combustion engine.
Infiniti's new engine has been two decades in the making and is able to vary its compression ratio anywhere in between 8:1 for high performance and 14:1 for high efficiency.
The technology is able to determine the optimum ratio depending on what the driving conditions demand.
Benefits of the variable compression engine technology include "significantly reduced" fuel consumption and emissions, reduced noise and vibration levels (NVH), along with being lighter and more compact than comparable conventional engines.
Roland Krueger, president of Infiniti, said: "VC-T technology is a step change for Infiniti. It is a revolutionary next step in optimising the efficiency of the internal combustion engine. This technological breakthrough delivers the power of a high-performance 2-litre turbo gasoline [petrol] engine with a high level of efficiency at the same time."
Reports out of Europe say the new engine will debut in Infiniti's next-generation QX50 SUV – the company's BMW X3 rival – which was previewed by the QX Sport Inspiration concept at the Beijing motor show this year.
The UK's Auto Express adds the VC-T unit claims outputs of about 200kW/390Nm, and is expected to replace the company's ageing 3.5-litre naturally-aspirated V6 engine – which features across numerous models in the Infiniti and Nissan line-ups.
The new engine is currently Infiniti-branded but the technology could soon spread into Nissan and Renault models as well, thanks to the Renault-Nissan Alliance.


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Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society - Lambda Tau Chapter
Public Profile
About This Organization
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- Purpose:
- 1. To honor those who attain excellence in the study of the Spanish language and in the study of the literature and culture of the Spanish speaking world. 2. To foster friendly relations and mutual respect between the nations of Spanish speech and those of English speech. 3. To encourage university students to acquire a greater interest and a deeper understanding of the Hispanic language and culture. 4. To honor those who have made the Hispanic contribution to modern world, better known and appreciated in the English speaking world. 5. To serve its membership in ways which will contribute to the attainment of the goals and ideals of the society.
- Year Founded:
- 1973
- Membership Dues:
- 29.00
- Admits Members:
- December and May
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- Public Contact Name:
- Zaida F. Aguilar
- Public Contact E-mail Address:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Public Contact Phone Number:
- 979-845-2521
Group Contact Information
- Organization Web Site:
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Organization Associations
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- College of Liberal Arts
- Non-Academic Department:
- None
- Approximate membership of the organization:
- 1-30
- Membership policies:
- Our organization accepts undergraduate students as members
- Our organization accepts graduate students as members
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- Our organization membership will be contingent on membership in another organization (i.e. Corps of Cadets, etc.)
- Weekly time committment required of organization members:
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- Open
- Community Service Projects:
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- Hosting Conferences:
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- Sponsoring Special Events (Concerts, one-time events, etc.):
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- Events with Alcohol:
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CCE Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
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Doctor of Philosophy in Computing Technology in Education (DCTE)
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences
Gertrude W Abramson
Committee Member
Timothy J Ellis
Committee Member
Martha M Snyder
Blended learning has sometimes been calledthe best of both worlds, combining the advantages of face-to-face instruction with the advantages of online learning. It has been in existence for over a decade, and more research needed to be done to determine its efficacy and desirability for community colleges. The goal of this dissertation was to document the ways in which blended learning has changed the community college learning experience.
The investigation took place at Ulster County Community College, a small rural college in upstate New York. A mixed method, triangulation design was used. Quantitative data were collected from the college's student database regarding final grades in each of the three delivery modes (face-to-face, blended, and fully online). An analysis of variance looked at difference in achievement among the three modalities. No statistically significant difference was found. Archival end-of-semester student questionnaires were analyzed and it was found that even in the early years of blended learning, students were generally satisfied and appreciated the convenience of the blended modality.
Qualitative data were collected through a student focus group and faculty interviews. Student priorities were teacher presence, faculty skill at teaching blended classes, and the support that was available to them from the faculty and administration. Faculty voiced concerns with transitioning from teaching face-to-face or online to teaching blended.
The results suggest that it is not the modality of the course that determines whether or not a student is successful; teacher presence, whether online or in person, is a strong indicator of student success and satisfaction. An instructor who is well-versed in the pedagogy of blended learning, a course with skillfully designed and integrated online components, and an administration that provides channels for technical support, combine to provide students with a successful blended learning experience.
NSUWorks Citation
Anita Bleffert-Schmidt. 2011. The Blended Learning Experience of Community College Students. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences. (94)


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We are experienced thinkers and strategists. We are problem-solvers and risk-takers. We are creators and ideation specialists who focus on driving audiences to act.
And we are clever.
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