I’ve been in Malaysia for the past 11 days, but it’s time to return home tomorrow. It’s flown by so quickly – I had a fantastic time though, especially since it was my first time being here for Chinese New Year. It was great to experience it “properly,” although lots of the food stores close during the period which means I didn’t get to eat as much as I usually do!

I still managed to keep up with Skins whilst away, which thank god, I might have gone insane otherwise. I adored both episodes 3 and 4, especially 4. Katie’s ep was just amazing, and whilst not as intense as eps 2 and 3, it was a welcomed change. I love the last few scenes more than I can say.

Oh and the song used in the final scene – oh my word. It’s so beautifully heartbreaking and uprising all in the one. I haven’t stopped listening to it on repeat for ages. Skins music is always so spot on.
Broken Records – A Promise

The job hunt officially starts when I get home.

I guess I better just put my LFW (looking for work) hat on and actually start.

OH. I’ve also discovered  a new music artist to adore. Ellie Goulding. Apparently she’s relatively new and welsh.
Check out her myspace page!

AND. Skins promos. Okay, I’m already excited about the new season of skins, but these new trailer-type things that they’ve released are pretty awesome too. If not, exactly the type of work I want to get into.

Last minute preparations tomorrow for Thailand! I’m pretty damn excited now. I just went and looked at the places we’re staying, and they look awesome! I hope I pack all the essentials, but should be okay. I’m sure I can find anything I need if I forget something…not planning to pack a whole lot of clothes either. BUY BUY BUY!!!

Hum hum.

Even though I’m only going away for 16 days, I think it’s possibly the longest I’d have been away from any family. I’ve never travelled overseas with just friends before, and I honestly cannot believe it has taken this long to do it. But thank god that I am, not that I’m sick of home, but it’ll be so refreshing to just get away. And a nice ending to uni. ‘Uni’s’ as a friend pointed out, the old old version of schoolies. Hah. Anyway, must stock up on medical supplies, electronic supplies and cosmetic supplies. I think those are the necessities of travel.

I must say, TV has been a bit of a let down. All my shows aren’t up to par… SPEAKING OF PARS. TIGER WOODS. What the hell. He was like, my idol. And I’m not even kidding. I started to adore him from a young age (being into golf and such), and it really is just disappointing. I can’t even see anything funny about it, and it annoys me when people crack jokes about it. If there was one shiny figure in sports, it was him, and now he’s ruined. Sigh. He’s really let himself and his family down. One day, maybe, I can go back to screaming out his name whilst watching him on tv, but that’s not happening anytime soon. I hope I can though.

Well, that came out of nowhere Moving on. I think I am seeing Where The Wild Things Are tomorrow and I have no been more psyched for a movie in so long! As soon as the trailer came out, I have been jonesing to see it. I think I even made an entry saying that back then. Anyway, the wild things look utterly amazing and it’s just such a beloved book that I hope it lives up to its expectations. Which I have faith it will. It can’t not be good. It also has, um, I forget her name at the moment. But the actress from Into The Wild, whom I love. And the type is really hot for the film.

Anyway, got a busy couple days coming up, I haven’t even begun to pack. I should go to bed, but I’ll probably drop by before I fly away.

nb. added more things to portfolio. Still need to do more though, eep.

Bottom left, green check = ME!

I can’t even describe the moment I turned the page and saw the photo. It was 2am, and I screamed out loud. My heart raced. ffs. It was all so surreal. I’m going to exist, forever, in a Tegan and Sara book. Now I know it’s just a random picture and it’s not that big of a deal, but hey, let me have my moment okay?

Album. Books. Inkblot. Peg.

So I picked up the books from the post office, after the postman left one of those COMEPICKMEUP cards in letterbox. After I got home, I ripped it open and instantly started drooling. I think my inkblot is really cute! And the first thing I thought of when I saw it, was that it’s a crab. Like a front on view, see it?? SEE IT?? I don’t know what this says, I think it means I’m self-involved because my star sign is Cancer. Ohhhhh deep. Anyway. I listened to the album immediately, and after all the negative feedback I had been reading from fans, I was quite anxious. So much so that I hadn’t even listened to the live stream off their myspace beforehand etc. etc. I wanted the CD listening experience, all to myself. As soon as Arrow started playing I had NFI why fans were complaining. Arrow’s intro is fucking epic. I was instantly hooked, and then Don’t Rush came on….and I wasn’t thrilled. I think it was something about Tegans vocals, I was so used to The Con Tegan, that I was taken aback. I stated to get antsy about it, could it be possible that I won’t like this album? I already liked Hell which is catchy as, and then I really liked On Directing, Red Belt, then The Cure and then I wasn’t scared anymore. I knew I would like this album. And I haven’t stopped listening since.

It’s not The Con, which is still my favourite album ever from anyone, and it’s not So Jealous or any of the older ones. It’s different and new and current. I think that’s the best part about it. I’m dying to see them live for this album, I think it would be amazing.

THIS is going to be a long post.

So now we’ll move on toooo… SKINS. I am obsesssssssed with this show. I don’t even know what possessed me to start watching, maybe the fact that I had so much off-peak usage to use up and that there was a Skins torrent with all 3 seasons, wrapped up in a neat little package. It just had to be done! And I watched all 3 seasons within a week or so. Ha. To say the least, I was hooked. I was kind of aware of the fact that they change the entire cast after 2 seasons, but that didn’t really deter me in any way, because I knew there were going to be prettier people in the second generation. Shallow, that’s me. I loved Gen1, to bits. Chris, Sid, Cassie, Maxxie, Anwar etc. etc. broken Tony, etc etc. I loved them. But Gen2…oh dear lord. All I have to say is Naomily. There, said. End.

Sign off and move on.

My Major Project is due on Friday. In a weeks time, I cannot believe it. And then I have my big presentation the following Wednesday, and then it’s goodbye university. It’ll all be over and I won’t know what to do with myself, it’s quite scary. My film is almost near completion, and then there are some other elements that I want to do as a bit of ‘extra’ stuff, incl. turning this place into a portfolio of types with a section for my film. So I shall endeavor to do that in the next couple of days, and then a whole bunch of things like make the DVD titles, burn the dvd etc. Today I got my cover printed and the discs printed, it was quite exciting and I made a mockup of it today. PICKCHAS.

Stand for me plzkthx

Inside DVD cover, and booklet

I’m really happy with how it turned out. I now want to make my own digipaks for errrrrything. They’re just so much prettier than the jewel cases, srsly. I am not yet sure how I’m going to make the booklet stay in the dvd cover, that was a slight oversight…but I’m sure it’ll figure itself out. I’m struggling quite a bit with the music for the film though, as I was so vigilant that I make the music myself – but 7 minutes is a long time for purely instrumental music. Like, fierce. It’s not like a normal song where I can just strum out a rhythm and create a fun melody, no no no, this needs so much more structure. It’s ridiculous. I swear I’m just going to end up mimicking Sainthood and hoping that nobody knows.

Anyway, I think that’s all the uninteresting things I have to say. I think I only resorted to blogging because it’s Friday night and I’m at home, like I have been for the past few months, trying to get my damn project done. I have never spent so much time on a single thing, ever. If it doesn’t make me rich and famous, some heads will roll.