Just got a Mac (well a few weeks ago actually, but been busy setting it up and others). It’s pretty awesome, loads in <10 seconds, very fast, and looks a lot cooler than Vista and XP. Also has Final Cut which kicks Premiere’s ass in video editing. Here are some snapshots of the OS X. (and yes, that is a legal version of Photoshop (finally)). Oh, and the image on Photoshop is a working version of our history project xD Forgot to mention, Photoshop CS4 loads in ~5seconds compared to ~1 minute on my XP.
Here’s a piece I kinda started while working on my creative part for an application. I kinda changed my mind, but it was fun messing around with different photoshop effects. I somewhat finished it by adding in the birds today. Sun photoshopped in. Basically nothing special, but kinda cool.
I’m back from an eternity of work (and some fun tournaments). Expect more music updates soon. Working on getting a new battery for my pedal so that I can record some songs. Frederick and I won the Thornhill Debate Tournament. Talha came in first place in terms of speaker scores (which is unusual… because normally the top teams have the top scores, but w/e, the tournament was unusual).
Sched
Stairway to Heaven cover ~November 16
F - - - H - L - - - O - G - - cover ~November 30 (guess which song…)
I actually recieved an comment posted here (deleted) “informing” me that Serb-Croatian is no longer considered a language, but rather separate languages. Well to them I say - bite me, I don’t give a crap. I shall always consider Serbo-Croatian to be a language, no matter what any country or organization in the world will say.
Putin the victor. While on a break, Putin went out and saved a TV crew filming a Siberian Tiger (which attacked them) with a tranquilizer gun. Supposedly a trapped tiger escaped and made a charge for the camera crew, while Putin reached for the gun and stopped the tiger from injuring anyone (maybe not psychologically though, but phisically). ”Vladimir Putin not only managed to see the giant predator up close but also saved our television crew too,” a person on Rossiya television mentioned. So now, my question is, Putin VS George Bush? I wanna see that very badly… Just give Putin a semi-automatic gun.
Well, because there is still summer (thus no school), I wish to recommend a excellent novel to those who actually read during the summer (a.k.a. 1 in 30 =/)! I speak of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (guy who wrote The Three Musketeers) - a novel of deception, revenge, and justice (and humanity for those of you who are interested in that stuff instead of the revenge). You can well see why its my favourite novel (erherm revenge, deception). I’ll give a short plot summary so if you want to read it, stop here. Also for those who wish to see how complicated and interesting the novel is check out this link!
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One last chance!
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Alright, so you’re the lazy bastards who decided to either not read the book or decided to skip to the most interesting part of this post. The novel opens with Edward Dantes, a promising sailor meeting up with Napoleon on the island of Elba, recieving a letter, then sailing back to Mersailles, leaving his dead captain behind. He is then promptly promoted to the rank of captain of his ship, Pharon, to the distaste of Danglars (the first mate), and his “friend” Fernand Mondego (who doesn’t like him keeping the secret of the letter from him). They then reveal that Dantes has commited treason (via the letter from Napolean), and they convict him. Gerard de Villefort, a prosecuter, initially sets Dantes free, but upon discovring that he was supposed to deliver the message to his father (although Dantes knew none of this), Villefort quickly changes his mind and sends Dantes to Chateau d’If (a prison). Meanwhile, this all occured on the day of his wedding with Dantes’ love, Mercedes (and no, not the car =/). After a long while in prison Dantes loses hope, attempts suicide, and finally meets the Abbe Faria (and for all you historical freaks, NOT the historical one, a fictional one). The Abbe teaches Dantes philosophy, economics, languages, mathamathics, and so on and so forth. Abbe then confides in Dantes of a hidden treasure on the island of Monte Cristo, and eventually dies. Dantes then escapes in what the prison guards believe to be the Abbe’s body bag. *pause* Why does it feel like the stuff that I’m writing is longer than the 1000+ page novel? Oh well, I’ll shorten the rest. Dantes escapes to a smuggling ship, meets up with a new-found friend. Buys a ship, reclaims his treasure, and persues revenge (and I’m not going to elaborate because this part is REALLY complicated and interesting, so for those who are going to read it, I won’t kill the most interesting part).
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OK, for those who didn’t read the synopsis, read the novel, its magnificent. Have a great summer!
Congratulations to Milorad Cavic who in the summer olympics set a new Olympic record in the 100m butterfly for men with 50.76 seconds. He also holds the European record for 50m butterfly. He is second in the world in the 100m butterfly, behind Crocker who holds the world record, and ahead of Phelps who won the Olympic 100m butterfly, beating Cavic by 0.01 seconds.
Congratulations Cavic on the silver, and your accomplishments! Live long, continue training, and bring back the gold for Serbia in 2012! One more thing, yes “Kosovo is Serbia“!
As soon as you’re born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you’re clever and they despise a fool
Till you’re so fucking crazy you can’t follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
When they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can’t really function you’re so full of fear
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you’re so clever and class less and free
But you’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
There’s room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
Posted on January 1st, 2009 by nikola