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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
6:32 am	Pleasant way to wake up I just got flamed. Anonymously, the coward. Fortunately I have the new Johnny journal entry with which to cheer myself up. I laughed out loud twice while reading it last night. Glad to hear, too, that he's dropped the starvation diet; it might just be what he needs to finally land that quad clean. Seeing another opera in concert tonight. Candide this time, at Wolf Trap, where my parents and I saw Lyle Lovett last Wednesday, and were disappointed by him. Of course, they seem to be disappointed at Wolf Trap in general, while I don't remember if I've been there before or not(I have the vaguest memories of possibly buying tickets at the place when I was about seven or eight or so) so we'll see what happens tonight. A completed application for a job in California is currently sitting in an envelope in front of my printer, but today I'm applying for another job in Canada. Seeing Obama abandon all his principles to get votes makes me hope more it will be successful. If that's a sign of anything, it's that this country is irretrievable; the rot has gone too far. (Comment on this)
Friday, July 4th, 2008
6:09 am	Eeek! That explains the high rate of video tossing lately. Of course, everyone knows nowadays we have no right to privacy in this country any longer anyway. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
2:01 pm	Happy birthday, Johnny! Though I am getting seriously worried about the sheer amount of videos that are getting tossed off of YouTube right now. Part of it's obviously due to Japanese TV, but I fear the website itself is getting more zealous. (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
3:49 pm	What now? Already I had endured more from Pinnacle Studio than I should have. Already I had faced complications that would make any sensible person give up and concede that the software was unusable. But no, I told myself, as long as it saved me a video file...and then it didn't do that. And I don't have the will to fix the problem at this point. Days of work gone down the drain, and my next move I can't think of. Meanwhile, I did end up uploading a montage I made months ago, that was supposed to start a series that may well be canceled. Though YouTube took its sweet time in uploading it. I'm going to try to embed it here, but I don't expect to succeed. ETA: Nope. Just watch it here. (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
3:46 pm	Eventful Day Went to the Farmer's Market this morning, then dad managed to damage one of the tires while pulling out and it was spent halfway home. We had a spare tire and apparatus for changing tires in the trunk, but no memory as to the procedure. My dad fumbled for a bit, we considered trying to walk home to call the insurance people, but thankfully a pair of passers-by offered some sorely needed help. We got the new tire installed, only to discover it was leaky. Still, it lasted until we were nearly home and we could very easily walk the rest of the way. Turned out to be the easiest walking of the day. Fortunately there was no walking required when an envelope arrived from a job I'd applied for in British Columbia. Thought to be a rejection slip, it was instead a request for a slight amount of supplemental information, which I now have to mail back to them. The envelope is filled and addressed, and we'll have to go to the post office Monday, at which time I hope to also mail off an application I'm currently filling out for a job in California. On the other hand, my volunteer work for the Democratic general campaign this afternoon involved walking door to door and knocking to ask political questions to people where the campaign didn't have record of their affiliation. Most of them were not at home; I did the questionnaire only once out of forty subjects! There was a slight rain shower at one point, but by the time I was done it was sweltering out, and while I had water it had turned warm. I met with the other guy in the area and took out my phone to call another guy to pick us up and take us back to the assembly point at the local library. Then I discovered my phone wouldn't work. Then the number turned out to be faulty as well, and with our brains turned by the heat we forgot about the list of contact numbers we'd been provided in and saw no choice but to walk back. It was about a twenty minute walk in the heat of the day with my shoes giving me blisters. Filling out the day's final bit of paperwork was more or less done by the people who gave it to us; we were overheated and shut down by that point. Home now, the tire has been replaced again while I was out, and Dreams on Ice broadcasts tomorrow. Over the net, though I doubt the bandwidth will be able to handle it, so I'll be reloading YouTube a lot. Current Mood: hot Current Music: Jason Mraz-I'm Yours (Comment on this)
Friday, June 27th, 2008
4:16 pm	Walked through the heat today to see WALL-E, because it had been getting rave reviews. Prices at the Hoffman have gone up again, and now they have screens in the lobby that show commercials. Plus they had a kiddie version of the pre-show going on in the theater, so I had to sit through a preview of a kiddie cartoon and too many trailers(though it amused me to see the Goodfeathers from Animaniacs apparently making a cameo in some Disney Thanksgiving movie). But the movie was completely worth all of it; Pixar has topped itself once again. It came with a hysterical short in front too. The daily thunderstorm came and went while the movie was going on; unfortunately its ability to help the heat any was limited. Current Mood: content Current Music: U2-Where the Streets Have No Name (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
10:16 am	*Yawn* Another day, another coaching change. But neither yesterday nor today's announcement is all that surprising. There were rumors already that Ashley had moved to Priscilla, and most agree it's a change that should improve her. And we all so Mao going to Tarasova coming from a mile away. The only remaining question is will either coach be able to fix their students' flutzes. I hope Tarasova will try at least; her attitude towards has seemed much like Arutanian. I assume Priscilla will try, if only because it's been doing Ashley a *lot* of damage, but there's much more there to fix. Coming up in the next round of this summer's game of Musical Coaches, all we have to do is see if the rumours of Melissa and Denis running off to Platov are true. It's almost too logical not to be; they really need a proper ice dancing coach, and Platov is about the last guy left! Current Mood: amused Current Music: Dave Matthews-Where Are You Going (Comment on this)
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
7:19 pm	Second New Year's Resolution Done! Title: A New Kind of Mid-Life Crisis Part: 4: Back to Work (Prologue, 1, 2, 3) Fandom: The Cutting Edge/Jane Austen(sort of) Characters: characters channeling Edmund, Edward, Elinor, Darcy, and Marianne Musical Accompaniment: Sheila and Diamond's short program music: Dario Marianelli-Arrival at Netherfield/Liz on Top of the World Disclaimer: Kate belongs to Fox, Austen is out of copyright Warning: Early 19th-century Views Note: This started out as a simple straightforward sequel to The Cutting Edge, but I waited too long to start it and it went a little...awry. ( The past is a foreign country, and so is the world of elite skaters. ) (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
6:44 pm	Mom and I went to the local AMC/Loews for the first time in ages and ages today. Parking there has gone from easy to impossible in the past two years, which has kept us away, but there was nothing to see at our usual place, so we went in for a very arty and clever film called Roman de Gare. Easily the best film I've seen so far this year, not that I've seen very many at all but still...unfortunately we made the error of arriving early, which meant we had to sit through the pre-show. Which mom minds a lot. Though I didn't at all this time, because I meant I saw the Clone Wars preview(though OMGWTFwhathavetheydonetoDooku?). (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
2:58 pm	Okay, I've officially had enough The news of the latest coaching change has just ruined my week. One person actually speculated, when Stephane changed coaches, that he went to Viktor in order to damage Johnny. I don't think he did. But Domnina and Shabalin going to Linichuk when they were doing just fine with Groshkov, at just the time when Tanith and Ben are having their skating picked apart so that they couldn't leave even if there was anyone left to go to? To think I felt sorry for them, thinking them pawns of an aggressive federation, but no, they're complicit in their giftings, and should Shabalin's knee give out permanently, I for one will not be grieved for their getting no more than they deserve. Current Mood: crushed Current Music: Softcell-Tainted Love (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
7:33 pm	In Memoriam I got dosed with Cyd Charisse one spring weekend my first year at Sweet Briar, when I needed to do a research paper on two linked films, and grabbed two Freed unit musicals: Singing in the Rain, as the most successful one, and Brigadoon, as a more generic sample. Watching the former after the latter, I was pretty surprised to discover the dancing femme in the long Broadway sequence was the same actress who'd played the heroine. Dancing opposite Gene Kelly in both, and tagged with a note that her singing was dubbed, she was left overlooked by most viewers, which is a pity, because her multiple dancing skills were put on full display, and as an actress she wasn't half-bad, even if only Brigadoon gave her much to do there, and it wasn't a very good movie(which wasn't her fault at all; Mr. Minelli was directing and he simply didn't know how much was too much). She stalked towards Kelly in that flapper skirt and you knew immediately you were in the presence of greatness. Forget backwards in heels, she could go sideways in stilettos, I imagine. Perhaps more depressingly, her IMDB biography read like she was dead already. Now that she really is. RIP, Cyd. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
8:49 am	Big power outage yesterday; hit at about half past four with yet another wild thunderstorm raging, an hour and a half before we gave up on having dinner at home and went out to the Kennedy Center, where by a stroke of luck we had half-price tickets to see Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in concert, and paid too much money to eats fancy looking but ultimately just overpriced food on the terrace. The opera itself had the opposite problem: good content, less than desirable showcasing. Fortunately Tchaikovsky music never fails you; I've seen far worse staging for him. Woke up this morning to the news that IceNetwork has posted its long anticipated Johnny vid. But the bandwidth here at home couldn't handle the video properly, so instead I ended up listening to the vid while using the slideshow of frozen images to help decipher who was talking when. At least my subscription is still there, but if this goes on I'm not likely to renew it. Times like this you notice how animated people are: Johnny and Brooke Castile are very animated, while Tanith and Meryl are very calm and composed. Kim Navarro is somewhere in between. (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
4:03 pm	At least the Grand Prix assignments were posted nice and quick this year. A few hours later, and I'm left wondering why everyone's so surprised at Johnny being assigned to Skate America alongside Evan. It was friggin obvious they were going to do that. I'm only surprised they succeeded so well in eliminating anyone who might spoil their battle from the competition. I would think the USFSA must've drawn the lucky straw this year and gotten first choice, except their ladies field choices are kind of strange(NBC wanted a strong competition? They've got the federation on leash, I fear), and Tanith and Ben are stuck dealing with Delobel and Schoenfelder, not to mention the field at Cup of China. Not a lucky spread for them. Tessa and Scott, on the other hand, got real lucky; both their events'll be easy wins for them. Delobel and Schoenfelder get an easy win in Paris too, where I really hope the Kerrs medal. I admit it feels wrong Johnny not getting Russia, but I think they drew a shorter straw, and Japan just chose before them. Wind going a little crazy outside, but no thunder or rain yet. There should be soon. Current Music: Smashing Pumpkins-Disarm (Comment on this)
Friday, June 13th, 2008
7:42 pm	Today came the installation of the new memory. Dad and I boggled at how to open up the computer, finally figured it out, got covered in dust, and finally got the chip in. I finally was able to run my new video editing program, and discovered the basic version doesn't have moving titles, and because my computer can't handle some 3D something-or-other the preview lag is even worse than it was in Windows Movie Maker. There is something wrong when the software you pay for isn't as advanced at the thing that came with the computer! Still trying to figure out how the effects work; may save that for a montage I make much later; working on one now that requires a *lot* of different videos and little else. Well, actually, I wanted moving titles for it, but I'd hate to thing what those would do the preview. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
12:42 pm	Just had a phone interview, now need to recuperate. Fortunately the Grand Prix selections are coming up, and apparently secret pre-selection deals have started-word is the Russian federation is helping get Anastasia G get two events, though I'm not sure why, since she skates for Uzbekistan, and is pretty much in direction competition with their own ladies; she and they are pretty much at the same level. If I were the Korean federation, I might try to swap a deal with China to invite Jeff Buttle into as easy a field as possible; as if either Stephane or Daisuke end up at Skate Canada(they'll get Kevin van der Perran if they can, but so will three other federations, and only two of them can have him) it may be hard for him to win that one, and they'll want him at the Grand Prix Finale. Him and Yu-Na, but she doesn't really need their help, and they might just sell the place out. I suspect, however, that Japan will want Jeff for the same reason Korea wants him(ESPN's commentator's were mystified as to his popularity in Korea, wondering if his first 4CC victory caused it, but it's really his looks; he and Johnny both looking like they stepped off the pages of a shojo manga). It'll certainly be an awkward situation though, if you assume Jeff'll be in Canada, Brian in France, and Johnny in America and Russia(he will be at Skate America. So will Evan. NBC wants The Rivalry(tm), and federation officials want NBC's money and coverage, so they'll cross their fingers that both make the Finale even competing against each other in one event), because whichever of Jeff or Brian gets Cup of China will have to do it back to back with another event. Brian's done that before, but he only had to go from Paris to Moscow; this would be Beijing to Paris. Though given for two years in a row the Skate Canada champion hasn't made it to his other event, and the goings-on at the event itself indicate a very possible curse(someone blamed Elvis Stokjo), perhaps Jeff would prefer to do his other event as quickly as possible! (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
7:21 pm	And the lesson of the day is: Sex and the City is like Fanny Burney! I was worried about how exactly mom would react to the movie, but she reacted very well indeed. I understand why the series appealed so much; it's fun and frothy and melodramatic and there are too few female friendships on television. We got home and discovered, much to our dismay, that there is still no air conditioning, so we will not be able to cook tonight. I think we're sending out for pizza, since going out for it would be a long wait in the restaurant. A long wait in the air-conditioned restaurant, mind you, but a long wait in the restaurant still. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
11:48 am	Today I gave mom instructions on using YouTube so she could watch part of Hillary's concession speech. I read the Salon article my sister sent me, but I wasn't in the mood for it when I read a fic this morning which managed to make me sob hysterically at the end. I downloaded a bunch of Jeffrey Buttle instead to cheer myself up. The air conditioning needs repairing; I've currently got all the lights turned off in my room to keep from sweating. Mom and I will flee the house this afternoon to see Sex and the City; since it turns out the {male} critics are not to be trusted on this one we're going to have a look for ourselves. Current Mood: listless Current Music: Papa Roach-Forever (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
11:45 am	And then another thing Went out with dad and got my video editing software this morning, before the heat became unbearable.(It's going to push 100 today.) Came home. The program installed fine-until the end of the installation, when I was informed I had insufficient memory on the computer to run the damn thing! These programs just about all require 512 MB, and it turns out this computer only has 256 MB. Thankfully it also has an empty memory slot, and I determined some investigating later that I could buy more memory for it. So that shall have to be done some other day; it's too hot for the rest of this one. (Comment on this)
Friday, June 6th, 2008
7:28 pm	First New Year's Resolution Done! I was getting worried about completing anything this year, but I've been writing much more this summer than in the earlier months, and I just finished this one. Title: Cinderella's Journey Part: 2: At the Train Station (1) Warning: Feminine Issues Note: Second version of this; I lost the first in a computer crash! ( Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away ) Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
8:36 am	And I thought the Morozov kerfluffle was crazy.... To be fair, Stephane searching out a hard-ass Russian coach isn't too surprising; like Johnny last summer, he does seem to be in need of one. But actually getting Johnny's coaches? I can hear Johnny now.... "These two are mine! Get your own damn hard-ass Russian coaches!" Unless they really are having sex... Current Mood: giggly (2 Comments |Comment on this)