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.

Did my presentation last Wednesday, spent the next few days celebrating, and now here we are. Doing nothing, but still feeling anxious. I like being scheduled and knowing when I’m going to do things before I have to do them, but now it’s like… OYSTER WORLD. WORLD AS OYSTER. And I have no idea how to go about things, like you know, getting employed and stuffz. Yes, with a z. I’m also going to Thailand pretty damn soon, Dec 6th, and that’s for 2 weeks. I should go trip shopping, albeit I don’t think there will be a whole lot of shopping I’ll have to do for it. I will hopefully be able to buy a lot of stuff over there But I also have no job (ha, and now I sound like a complete bum) so I can’t spend all of my money otherwise my NY fund will dwindle faster than I’d like, even before getting to NY! /breathes.

I still need to make this place more ‘portfolio-y’ but I’ve gotten a bit lazy. From all of the nothing. I should perhaps start thinking about all the things I will need to make my exhibition space in the graduates show something that will stand out and get people to pay attention. /waves hand. Another day, another day. I have no idea what I want to put up, and the only things I can think of is that I need to design a new business card for myself, that being step one. Anyhoo, this is rather non-exciting.

SKINS MARATHON, however, is very exciting. Friends and I are going to have one this week and I’m a bit over-excited for it. It’ll be my 2nd watch-through of the first generation, as opposed to my gazillion viewings of the 3rd seasons. Oops. So I’m ready to get back into seasons 1 and 2 and give them the lovin’ that they need.

I wonder if I’ll have internet in Thailand/Laos – or if I’ll even have time to use them. But since I’ve never been before, I’d quite like to document the trip and such. We’ll see. I also think I should be getting some injections to protect me from diseases, and that I should have gotten them like 2 weeks ago. Oops.

Distraction Cake.

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.