Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. It is for this reason that I should be in bed. Unfortunately, I’m not. I’m very much awake, and my mind is still mulling over what I need to do tomorrow. The list so far:

• wake up early
• buy a monthly metcard
• print out the halloween information I have on my USB
• cut up said information and paste onto sheet of paper
• colour paper with pencils
• go shopping at lunchtime
• go to the bookshop at lunchtime
• check if I fixed the site’s design for larger screens/resolutions
  (also at lunchtime)
• actually eat during lunchtime
• attend Frances’ Halloween party
• return book to library on way home
• pay fine at the library

So.. let’s look at this piece by piece shall we?

Wake Up Early: If I can get to sleep..

Buy a Monthly Metcard: Gentil was right, they are cheaper.

Print Information: The information is to make a poster, for our Halloween party. I also have a guide on how to carve pumpkins.

Paste Information: In Maths class. I’m sure Rosemary will be amused. Tee hee.

Colour with Pencils: I’m actually taking my Derwents to TAFE for this one.

Go Shopping: I need to get Coke and Doritos for the Halloween party, plus some essential stuff for myself.

Go to the Bookshop: New stationery! For NaNoWriMo! Which is only a day away! I still have no idea what I’m going to write, but I’m sure I’ll think of something.

Check Site Design: When I saw the site in a larger browser/resolution, the content was pushed down beneath the menu. I’m hoping I’ve fixed that now. *crosses fingers*

Actually Eat: We’ll see.

Attend Frances’ Halloween party: Oh, lord. Carving Jack O’lanterns, bobbing for apples, candles, etc. And she wonders why we think she’s insane?

Return Book: I found the book! That’s right, the one I thought was lost forever. The one that was worth $35. Thank god.

Pay Fine: I owe them $7.20, which I was fine about. I returned the books late, and to be honest I was expecting it to be worse.

I -think- that’s all I need to remember. I pray that’s all I need to remember. I need to put music on my MP3 player aswell, but I’m going to do that soon, since it’s charging. I want to put “London Bridge” on it, specifically. Damn chorus.

I had reservations about putting it on my MP3 player at first; the song makes me want to dance, and I’m likely to make a fool out of myself by randomly dancing to what appears to be no music. Mind you, I make a fool of myself when I dance anyway.. but dancing to no music would be even worse. Still, I wanted to listen to it today, so I decided to put it on there.

I love having music on when I’m going places. Has anyone else ever been walking down the street with their earphones in, music blasting, and looked around and thought to themselves, “This is like having a soundtrack for my life. Like a movie montage. How freaking awesome.” or is it just me?

Mmkay. More preparation for tomorrow: clothes.

Ciao.

Today I have lots to write about. Not because a lot has happened, necessarily. Just because I feel like writing, and I’m sleep deprived. I seem to be getting into the habit of not sleeping one night, then sleeping the next. That’s not necessarily a bad thing; I get lots more done when I stay up all night. I’m actually kind of liking the whole 48 hour day thing. But anywho.

I -finally- finished the PostSecret gallery. Finally. And amazingly… it uses JavaScript! OMFG! WTF? TILSTAD!!!1*!!# Yes, that’s right, I am now the JavaScript master! *coughs* Okay, not really. It was really easy, but I figured it out on my own and so I’m proud. It’s a step towards actually understanding JavaScript. A tiny, teensy, baby step, but a step nonetheless. And understanding JavaScript is what I’m aiming for. =)

In other news, I have signed up for NaNoWriMo. That’s National Novel Writing Month for the uninitiated, and the aim is to write a 50,000 word novel (or novella, technically) in one month, starting on the 1st of November. I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to write about, and I’m not particularly interested in “winning” (that’s not the focus, anyway), I just thought it would be an interesting experience, and a challenge. There are actually people in Melbourne who do this, also.. so hoping to meet some like-minded people, perhaps. *crosses fingers* Gentil has signed up, too. As has Chris, and possibly Dana.

Dana is Chris’ co-worker, the one whom I had good feelings about. And I was right. Yep, yep. I was. *grin* And, signing up for NaNoWriMo (pronounced Nan - oh - ryhme - oh) offers some great perks. Like.. *drum roll* new stationery! I’m seriously uploading photos of my new stationery when I buy it. Muahaha. I love stationery. Especially new stationery. Mmm. And I get paid the day before the 1st. Fate, I tell you. *nod*

I saw Brokeback Mountain, finally. I’ve been wanting to for ages. I loved it, and since I saw it, I have been thinking about it constantly. Turns out I’m not alone, judging from the reviews on IMDB. Reading the bad reviews (the well worded ones) gave me a new insight into how I interpreted the film and why, however. While I think the film was wonderfully done, and the acting was incredible, and the scenery was amazing, and so forth, a few of the reviews made me stop and ask myself the question, “If this had been about a straight couple, would you have enjoyed the movie as much?” Truth be told, I probably wouldn’t have.

People defended Brokeback Mountain against critics, claiming it wasn’t “just a gay cowboy movie”, and they are partly right. It isn’t -just- a gay cowboy movie -but- that is a main theme. If it weren’t for the struggle between Ennis and Jack over their relationship, and each of their personal struggles with their feelings for one another, the movie would be, quite frankly, boring. That’s the point though; it was a movie (based on a short story) about two cowboys and their forbidden love. It was only forbidden because they were both male; therefore homosexuality is a main theme of Brokeback Mountain.

That aside, I found Brokeback Mountain to be a deep, thoughtful movie that was tastefully done and allowed plenty of time or character development. I enjoyed not being slapped in the face with the plot; much of Brokeback Mountain is left open to the viewer’s imagination. I especially liked the feeling of the story not being “explained” to me, but of having the story presented for me to interpret in several different ways.

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal were amazing in their representation of Ennis and Jack, and I applaud them for not shying away from the affectionate and intimate aspects of their roles. Anne Hathaway actually played something other than the nice girl, which was a refreshing change (and we got to see her topless! *perve*), and Michelle Williams was a complete surprise, though most definitely a good one.

Bottom line though: If you don’t like the idea of two (very hot) guys going at it in a tent, or kissing (yes, passionately), then Brokeback Mountain probably isn’t for you. You know, I can’t believe I managed to write nearly four paragraphs and not spoil the ending. Go me. *cheer*

As far as TAFE goes, things are pretty sucky. Work, work and more work. Bleh. I need to choose a topic for my end of year assignment.. I think I’ll teach the class how to make a basic webpage. Really basic. Like, barebones basic. Otherwise it will take me an age, and no one will learn anything because I’ll go off on a tangent about web standards in the middle of my speech, and finish up with a rant about Internet Explorer. That would be embarassing.. surely someone would stop me before I humiliated myself? I would hope, anyway.

Hmm, well I will probably find myself posting again tonight, but for now, that is all.

List of Things To Do:

• washing
• charge MP3 player
• upload new music to MP3 player
• buy Brokeback Mountain on DVD
• buy Million Dollar Baby on DVD
• homework (*collapses on the ground laughing* Ah, I’m funny.)
• make a Brokeback Mountain layout

List of Things to Buy for NaNoWriMo:

• pencils
• eraser
• pencil sharpener
• spiral notebook (large)
• spiral notebook (small)
• coke
• mentos
• easymac

Ciao. *wave*

* Yes, the one is there on purpose. I am teh 1337 skriptor. *eye roll*
# OMFG (Oh My F***ing God), WTF (What The F***), TILSTAD (That Is Like So Totally Awesome, Dude)

I have been in the process of updating my webpages so they all work, and deciding exactly how to create my gallery, but I am going to take a moment to post about the crap I had to go through this evening, just to rent some lousy DVD’s.

First of all, my brother begged (and bribed) me to walk up to the nearest VideoEzy to hire some DVD’s. After much begging (and the promise of bribes) I relented. Before we left I called the store, and told them that I was an old customer, and that I had no idea about my password or anything. The guy I spoke to said I needed my license to verify that I was the actual person, and then they could give me all the information.

So. I walked up there, in the freezing oh-my-god-every-part-of-my-body-is-numb cold, and howling winds (I am NOT exaggerating here, I’m probably going to have an ear infection because of this fiasco), we spent ages picking out DVD’s (there’s a reason it’s called ‘picking’ - because when you’re picking stuff out, you’re picky.), and then we went to the front counter.

I told the chick what had happened, and she informed me that my card wasn’t for that store and I was going to have to join there. Now, I wasn’t exactly unhappy with that idea. The last store I joined with gave me crap about a DVD I -know- was returned, and besides I had like $15 of late fees. =D So re-joining was good. However. They need a bankcard as well as your license, for I.D.

So, we got them to hold the DVD’s for us, trekked all the way home, and got my bankcard, then trekked ALL the way back and -finally- hired the DVD’s.

I hate Video Ezy. Although, I will say.. they suck at keeping track of their customer accounts and goods.. which can be rather helpful, at times. Still, don’t you think that joining at one store within a suburb where there are -three- stores in total should grant you access to all three? I do. *mutter*

My ear hurts, my chest hurts, and so do my knees and ankles. And now I have a sniffle. On the plus side, there were these guys walking around in scary Halloween masks. They were awesome. =) Oh, and the lady at the milk bar gave us a free lolly! I felt like, eight, again. Hehe.

Well, I’m sick of TAFE already. Not really a surprise, I suppose. Thank god there’s only one term left. I only have five pages of the story for France written, and I’ve hit a complete block. Stupid story. *mutters* On the other hand, we now have Penny taking our Wednesday class, which is awesome. She just explains stuff in a way that I get. I’m rapt that she’ll be handling the Cert III work. Even though a lot of it has to be done in our own time. ‘Studying’ at Gentil’s sounds good to me. ;)

It was a beautiful day today, sunny and warm, and blue skies with not a cloud in sight. Absolutely fantastic.

I’m currently addicted to Hinder, more specifically their songs ‘By the Way’ and ‘Lips of an Angel’. I can sense a new category coming.. *loves lyrics* Oh, and I’m also loving Hayley Westenra, ‘Never Saw Blue’. She has an amazing voice. And I’m listening to Sublime, also. ‘Smoke Two Joints’, ‘Santaria’, ‘Date Rape’, ‘Wrong Way’.. yeah okay, the list goes on. Of course I still have my usual music mixed in: Rascal Flatts ‘Words I Couldn’t Say’, SheDAISY ‘In Terms of Love’, and Julie Roberts ‘If You Had Called Yesterday’. Plus the Rogue Traders. I love the Rogue Traders. And the Pussy Cat Dolls. Plus a little Michael Buble. Yeah, I need a new category.

Ohh, and I picked out the PostSecret cards for my gallery! I have.. *counts* ..54, total. Not including this week’s, of which I think I will choose 2 or 3. Or 5. Tee hee. I want to change the look of this site, too. Pink for October, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So yep, off I go to do that. Instead of homework.. meh. *shrugs*

I should ideally be doing homework right now… but I seem to have come across a stop sign, so I figured that maybe writing a blog entry would unstop me, so to speak.

Katie made me laugh when I got home from Gentil’s yesterday (after staying there Friday night). She ran up and hugged me, then looked up at me, glaring, and said “You’ve been kissing Gentil!” I was like, “What makes you say that?” Her response? “You smell like him!” *dies laughing* So funny.

Erm, I accomplished abolutely nothing I wanted to these holidays, except for spending time with Gentil. That goal was well and truly accomplished. =) In regards to school work, I should possibly have done some. Yeah. Oh well. I’ll catch up, I just got a bit lazy last term. For some reason it seemed both long and short. Maybe it just seemed long because of all the work we were doing. It stretched on forever while I was at TAFE, anyway, but the rest of the time flew by. Odd.

I was reading an article on A List Apart just before, and I must say, it surprises me that people DON’T want to conform to standards, or use CSS. I love CSS. Seriously, when I was first learning HTML, when I was about 13 or 14, I QUIT because I thought the nested tables and font tags everywhere were absolutely ridiculous, and completely inefficient. Then I discovered CSS. It makes everything so much easier. Sure, it has limitations, and IE only provides somewhat crappy support (what else is new?) and can also produce crazy behaviour at random times (WTF have you done to my beautiful list that renders so beautfully in EVERY other “main” browser, IE6! *shakes fist*)… but honestly, CSS is fantastic.

Standards are fantastic, too. When I do eventually get a hand-held device with wireless internet access (*dreams*) so I can surf the ‘net on the train (and the tram, and the bus, and while I should be doing schoolwork, and..) I want to be able to browse any site I like, and at the very least have the unstyled content available. And I don’t want it full of images (which of course will show their alt titles, because to save on ridiculously high bandwidth costs I will have turned images off) called “spacer.gif”. Ugh. *shudders* Spacer images.. bleh.

Ahem. Anyway. Just ignore that little rant. Good news, I’m unstopped! (Hence the title.. yes, I know, I’m funny. =P)

Ciao for now.