Saturday, March 27, 2010

And the beat goes on

Last night was so much fun. Spy was jammed, we're talking any closer and you'd need lube close. Went in Foran and met up with Jana and Coby who I havent seen in ages, and we all got good and messy. I lost my cloakroom ticket but the guy who does the cloakroom was so sound, remembered who I was and what bag I had and handed it right back to me. I like thses nights in spy, i'm not the go-every-week type of person but when i do decide to go its always a brilliant night.

So after waking up this morning, or being woken up by some person who thought they were Kevin McCloud with an electric saw, with aformentioned bag still on my shoulder, coat, jeans and tshirts from the night before STILL on me, got showered and went back to spy for a photoshoot as part of Nokia Young Fashion Designers Exhibition. They were showing us how photo shoots are done, and it was really informative! I didnt take any pictures though, i'm sure i'll find some floating around though. It was styled by Corina Gaffey and shot by Lili Froberg. They'll probably have the pictures up on facebook but i'll stick them up here when they have them ready so you can have a look.

I'm supposed to be cleaning my room and doing some assignments but i'm heading to the Oak with Leila and Grace instead. Sans vino tonight though, i've to be up early for church tomorrow. I'm going to my aunty's house after so i cant be stinking of gin and wine...surely thats not a good look!

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Running on empty



I just printed the cover sheet for my first assignment for this semester. I'm 1600 words over the limit and frankly I dont give a shit! My lecturer will have it read in about 10 mins so what harm will an extra 1600 words do? As hard as I tried it looks as if i'm a night before type of person, which is ok because I dont really sleep that much any so pulling an all nighter, but actually doing something productive seems like a nice trade-off. I've another 2 assignments and that lovely 10,000 word business plan to look forward to for the next 3 or 4 weeks.....don't even think i'm doing the business plan the night before its due in. I know i'm an idiot but that would just be PHYSICALLY impossible!

Friday, March 19, 2010

UNE

I just realised this blog is a YEAR old. Time flys when you're talking bullshit, and boy do I talk some shit. I was looking back at my older posts and it hit I really dont have that much to say. Honestly though, majority of my posts consist of random pointless shit thats happened to me, or decisions on where i'll go out for the weekend. There arent many pictures because I HATE pictures of myself but wont hesitate to look at someone else's...think i'll change that though. Think its time for a change in direction, "variety is the spice of life" (at least that's what they tell you!) So to those of you who visit this blog thank you, i'm not sure if I can pay back all the time you wasted reading what i've been saying all this time but it's much appreciated and here's to another year!

Monday, March 15, 2010

And there goes 3 hours of sleep...

As i sit here typing this its 02:40am 15-03-2010. The French Lieutenants Woman is on tv, but its on for background noise(you know the one i'm talking about, that sound that lets you know its on even when you're not paying attention). Anyway, the tv is on but i'm not watching it. My laptop's on and i'm trying to convince myself that watching Sade videos, looking at digital issues of V and VMAN, and looking at how much flights to New York are will some how inspire me to finish my Business Plan!

I've said it before so I wont bother saying it again but i'm actually fed up at this stage. Every single time I switch this laptop on to do it i end up doing something COMPLETELY unrelated and that pisses me off. I told myself I wouldn't let this be one of those last minute assignments because its the most important this year but alas it looks like it is. I still have about a month to really get my finger out and knock this out of the ball park, but then there's another 3 assignments to do with a combined word count of like 10,000 words yet all i can think about is what i'm doing for Paddy's Day.

Or whether i'll be going to WAR on friday.

Or what theme the next Partie Monster will be.

Or whether i'll get my business plan developed in time for the presentation.

Or if anyone will actually help me with developing the fecking thing.

Or if i'm doing a masters come October, or if i'll have to do some shitty little course so i get a stamp to say I can stay somewhere I practically grew up in,

Or some other random thought like that.

You see every single time i see that white light with the blue one beside it telling me i'm connected to the internet i'm a million miles away from what i'm supposed to be doing, a million miles away from what lies ahead of me. A million miles away from the €17,000 that has been spent on college so far. A million miles away of what i'll do once i have that silly little piece of paper that says i'm Bachelor of the Arts. And to be honest I like going on those little adventures. I think we all need those moments during the day to clear our heads or at least get the fuck away from the shit we know we have to do but really couldnt be arsed doing

I think i'll go to bed now...i've to be up for like 7am or some ungodly hour like that

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Well there's 24 hours of my life I wont get back!

And now I can stop with all the movie award predictions, well until Cannes anyway. I was happy overall with the results, well in an ideal world Avatar would have walked away with 0 oscars and i'd be €510 richer...but you cant have it all now can you. I was delighted for Kathryn Bigelow and Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock was good in The Blind Side but that should have been a tie between her Carey, Meryl and Gabourey! Congratulations to everyone else who won and to Zoe Saldana who made me fall in love with her even more



I didnt bother going to college today because I was way too tired after staying up watching the Oscars. I also tried my best to do something with this business plan but depsite my best efforts i'm still stuck with what I had 2 days ago and now the course coordinator is telling me i've missed out on all the journals and i could lose 13% (on a double weighted module) which is news to me because i've sent him every last journal I was supposed to. Yes they didn't have any work included in them but I said that and I explained why they had no work in them. So he can hardly say i'm lying can he?

I really cant wait for this to all be over and hang my degree on my wall to use a dart board or something. The sun has been out the past few days so I guess this means we're in for a warm summer, and as per usual I might not be here for it. For once i'm excited about going to New York but I dont want to go for too long or too little and feel I missed out on an opportunity. Then again I don't want to be stuck in Dublin for 4 months with nothing to do now do I. Decisions people, D.E.C.I.S.I.O.N.S!!!



picture: http://x17online.com/Oscars/zoeoscarredcarpet.jpg

Sunday, March 7, 2010

And the Oscar goes to

Tonight's the night. All that promoting, all those premieres, all those great performances during the past year, all those fittings, all those speeches, come down to this. The 82nd Academy Awards are on tonight and to say the competition is fierce is an understatement. There so many long over due nominations, some new faces, some sad, some funny, some absolutely faultless and the mother of all battles between the exes- Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron. I've vested interest in tonight's results but I also want to see how many can I get right.


Best Motion Picture of the Year

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): James Cameron, Jon Landau

The Blind Side (2009): Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson

District 9 (2009): Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham

An Education (2009): Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

The Hurt Locker (2008): Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro *2nd Place

Inglourious Basterds (2009): Lawrence Bender

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness

A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Up (2009): Jonas Rivera

Up in the Air (2009/I): Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)

Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)* 2nd Place

Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)

Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)*2nd Place

Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)*3rd Place

Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)

Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)

Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)

Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)

Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)

Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)

Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Best Achievement in Directing

Nominees:

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)

James Cameron for Avatar (2009)

Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)*2nd Place

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Nominees:

The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal

Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino

The Messenger (2009/I): Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman

A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Nominees:

District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

An Education (2009): Nick Hornby

In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher

Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): Mauro Fiore

Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel

The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd

Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert Richardson *2nd Place

Best Achievement in Editing

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron

District 9 (2009): Julian Clarke

The Hurt Locker (2008): Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

Inglourious Basterds (2009): Sally Menke

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Joe Klotz

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith

Nine (2009): John Myhre, Gordon Sim

Sherlock Holmes (2009): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

The Young Victoria (2009): Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Nominees:

Bright Star (2009): Janet Patterson

Coco avant Chanel (2009): Catherine Leterrier

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): Monique Prudhomme *2nd Place

Nine (2009): Colleen Atwood

The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell

Best Achievement in Makeup

Nominees:

Il divo (2008): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano

Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow *2nd Place

The Young Victoria (2009): John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore *3rd Place

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): James Horner

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat

The Hurt Locker (2008): Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders

Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer

Up (2009): Michael Giacchino

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Nominees:

Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")

Faubourg 36 (2008): Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas("Loin de Paname")

Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Take It All")

The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Almost There")*2nd Place

The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Down in New Orleans") *3rd Place

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson

The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett

Inglourious Basterds (2009): Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano

Star Trek (2009): Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin *2nd Place

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson

Inglourious Basterds (2009): Wylie Stateman

Star Trek (2009): Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin

Up (2009): Michael Silvers, Tom Myers *2nd Place

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones

District 9 (2009): Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken

Star Trek (2009): Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton *2nd Place

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Nominees:

Coraline (2009): Henry Selick

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Wes Anderson

The Princess and the Frog (2009): John Musker, Ron Clements

The Secret of Kells (2009): Tomm Moore

Up (2009): Pete Docter*2nd Place

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Nominees:

Ajami (2009)(Israel)

Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)(Germany)*2nd Place

El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)

Un prophète (2009)(France)

La teta asustada (2009)(Peru)

Best Documentary, Features

Nominees:

Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller

The Cove (2009): Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens

Food, Inc. (2008): Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009): Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith

Which Way Home (2009): Rebecca Cammisa

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Nominees:

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009) (TV): Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009): Daniel Junge, Henry Ansbacher

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert

Królik po berlinsku (2009): Bartosz Konopka, Anna Wydra

Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett

Best Short Film, Animated

Nominees:

French Roast (2008): Fabrice Joubert

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008): Nicky Phelan, Darragh O'Connell

La dama y la muerte (2009): Javier Recio Gracia

Logorama (2009): Nicolas Schmerkin

Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV): Nick Park

Best Short Film, Live Action

Nominees:

The Door (2008): Juanita Wilson, James Flynn

Istället för abrakadabra (2008): Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjällström

Kavi (2009): Gregg Helvey

Miracle Fish (2009): Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey

The New Tenants (2009): Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson

Ahahahaha

"All my life i've been waiting to top you"....from Operation Pacific. And they wonder why people think the navy is full of gays



picture: http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_03_img0966.jpg

Friday, March 5, 2010

I need a pick me up

Or i need to start going to bed earlier and sort out my time management. This business plan is so much harder than i first thought, even though i've known how hard it would be all along, i think the realisation of what's ahead of me is really starting to come down on me. Plus I really need to start sleeping and eating properly, and get some fooking excercise! My friend said March and April would be the worst months of my life and i'm starting to see the wisdom in his comment!

In other news, i dropped a CV into counter propeganda in stephens green and the guy in the shop was like 'we already have 300 CV's but good luck anyway' so I guess I shouldn't plan anything that involves money around that until I hear from them. It's my friend Lola's birthday on saturday and so is PARTIE MONSTER so that's going to be a messy night, just hope I recover enough to watch the oscars on sunday night. Plus I found out my college ball is on the same night as the Trinity Ball which sucks major donkey balls because Uffie, Digitalism, Mr Hudson, The Mystery Jets and Mr Hudson are all playing. Maybe I can clone myself and teach the clone three phrases, like Sabrina did that time, before then and get the clone to take a handycam and film everything that he did at the ball. Yeah that could work.....

I think its bed time now

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Sweet mother of PEARL! I said I wouldnt post anything for a few days but then I saw this



i'm in love with alice delall again =]

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