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Saturday, April 29th, 2006
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11:31 am - LJs and travel plans
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I conformed and got an LJ a couple weeks ago, primarily for Silent Hill purposes.
http://gaiafaye.livejournal.com
This whole China thing is pretty nuts. A few days ago they finally decided to try and send someone with us at least on the plane, but it might not happen. I mean, the other girl who's going can speak Mandarin, so we've got that on our side, but none of us have been to China before (or even overseas, I don't think), so we're all a little nervous. But I'm sure we'll be alright.
Pretty sure.
Wah. x_x
current music: "Finale" from Pippin
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| Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
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10:52 pm
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Me: I have an envelope on my desk.
Me: From the Office of International Programs.
Me: It's ripped open, but I haven't read it yet.
JP: now's the best time
Me: I'm all nervous.
JP: you're nervous because you haven't read it yet
JP: and you're making me nervous ;-)
Me: It's right there... but I dont' wanna read it... but I doooo....
JP: i swear to god, if you make me go all the way over to poyda to open your damn letter, i'ma kill you
Me: XD
Me: I'm just stewing in anticipation.
Me: 'Cause, like, what if I go, and I'm miserable? I don't know anyone else who was at that meeting.
Me: And what if I don't go? And it turns out I can't apply next year?
Me: Omg.
Me: Okay......
Me: I'm opening...
Me: NOW.
JP: ..well?
Me: ;x
JP: you didn't make it?!
Me: What?
JP: well?
JP: did you make it?
Me: ::kills JP with waiting::
JP is away at 10:22:03 PM.
Me: XD
Auto response from JP: i'm totally disinterested now
Me: LMAO
Me: I'll tell you when you come back.
JP returned at 10:22:15 PM.
JP: i'm BAAACKKKKK
JP: but you made it, i'm sure
Me: Yes.
Me: x_X
So I'm going to China.
To quote Sam Beckett: "Oh, boy."
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| Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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2:33 pm - Oblivious? Me?
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Well, I'm stupid.
I managed to forget that the teach-in-China program needs references, and I already turned in the application which specifies how many you need, etc.
(I coulda sworn I double-checked the app to make sure I had everything right. Grah.)
So I emailed the secretary of the department rather than the head of the department, 'cause I'd rather look like an ass to someone who isn't likely to affect the outcome of my application.
Now here's hoping she gets back to me and I can get the references in ASAP.
*headdesk*
ETA: And the secretary lady forwarded it to the guy who I didn't want to read it! YAY! *dies*
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| Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
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12:34 am
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I could be finishing my review of V for Vendetta for reviewing, or doing the Excel tutorial for my computer class, but eh. Just finished reading a horror story about some crazy soulbonding chick, so randomly adding interests to this thing was a nice, easy, thinking-less change of pace. =P
Turned twenty-one at the beginning of Spring Break. Got some little bottles of flavored vodka, but holy shit is that stuff nasty. I'll probably never finish them, but I feel bad about giving them away. I'll probably hold onto them for a while. I always do, with my packratness.
Start running with JP again tomorrow. Two days a week isn't doing much, I don't think, especially since the sports teams are taking over the tracks now and we have less time for our late-sleeping asses. There's the inside track, but he refuses to use it. I prefer the outside one too, though.
I'm gonna mess with the layout of this thing some more.
current music: The Moody Blues- "I Know You're Out There Somewhere"
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| Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
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12:53 am - Return of the Late-Night IMs
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Me: http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/discover/d111a.htm
Me: Never going into the ocean again.
Me: never never never never never
JP: hey man, i ain't afeard of that
JP: i'd just give him a punch in the nose
Me: Yeah, if you can reach it WHILE YOU'RE IN HIS MOUTH.
JP: it's easier to reach his nose from inside his mouth than from up here on dry land
Me: Not when his jaw has snapped down and severed your spinal cord.
Me: Seriously, imagine being EATEN ALIVE by a shark.
JP: i can always depend on you for pleasant, non-disturbing conversation
JP: but please, continue
Me: You're underwater, you can't breathe, and BAM the jaws snap down and you try to scream, but you CAN'T because you're fucking underwater and you get water in your lungs instead and your blood is just flowing out and you can probably see it if there's enough light, but sharks get all happy with the smell of blood so he probably starts chewing on you harder and his tongue pulls your body parts into his throat.
Me: Hopefully his teeth smash your head for a quick death or you pass out or something.
JP: hopefully
Me: So... uh.. yeah. Wikipedia eventually led me to this. XD
JP: wikipedia
JP: if ever there was a source of violent imagery, it's an open-source encyclopedia
Me: lol
Me: Seriously, though, just thinking about being eaten by a shark...
JP: i'd rather not
JP: however, you've now convinced me to avoid the ocean
current music: Deftones- Pink Maggit
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| Monday, February 6th, 2006
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12:09 am
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Note to self:
Make sure you close your room door all the way when you come back in. Next time, the drunk idiots might open your door at a more inconvenient time, like when you're sleeping.
I hate stereotypical college boys.
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| Friday, January 13th, 2006
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12:16 am - A little bored, perhaps?
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Late-night AIM:
S: wow
S: i can't believe tastykake is spelled like that
S: i totally thought it was "tasty cake"
Me: Is it? o_O Huh.
S: yep
Me: I knew it was "kake" but I didn't know it was one word.
S: yep
Me: yuuuuuuuuup
S: yuuuuup yuuuuup
I think it's time for bed now. Gotta be up in six hours! Yay! :D
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| Saturday, January 7th, 2006
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7:22 pm
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And the poster contest saga winds down with the realization that it is truly a popularity contest. Entrants were given links to their posters to beg their friends and relatives for votes instead of having an open vote on the main site. Oh, Sony, what fools you be.
Since I apparently have no life, I looked at all 2000+ entries (though some numbers were just blank-- rejected entries, perhaps) in last night's wee hours and marked down the numbers of those I liked. Today I narrowed it down to sixteen posters.
#165-- I only saw a few like this, with just the fog, but I really, really like this one in particular. I think it's ideal for Silent Hill: spooky, empty, fog you can't see past, the rubble. It's probably not the right kind of mysterious for marketing, though.
#228-- Gritty, with a disheveled Rose looking apprehensively up into the darkness. It bothers me that she looks like she's looking at the title, though.
#502-- True, a LOT of posters were like this. I like this one in particular, though, because the title wasn't so huge that it took over the poster, and the stacked title as opposed to the straight one gives it... a balance? Or something.
#676-- This one was more unique than the others, and had a different way of dealing with a picture that didn't match the dimensions of the poster size. A limited view on Rose's terrified face surrounded by black... decay? That word's too strong. Plus the colors were tweaked to match those of the title image. So many posters had colors that didn't go well together.
#705-- Creepy, mysterious, with the white touches around the edges. The image itself isn't very hi-res, though, but I heard that a lot of the images supplied were like that, and that some submissions got compressed.
#971-- The first poster using the girl behind the tarp that I actually really liked. Not sure about the tagline, but it's dark and creepy and I love the effect on the eyes.
#1305-- Quite a few people added Lisa. Even though she probably won't be a big character (maybe she will?) I really liked the gross liquid look of the title. The release date is wrong, but I'm sure that could be changed.
#1341-- This one I think really emphasizes how Silent Hill is deserted. With Sharon running away, it gives the idea that her disappearance will be a focus of the movie. Er, to me anyhow. I saw another pic like this with the center being on an old shoe, but the title just looked wrong on it.
#1414-- You immediately know that there's something up with that little girl. Creepier and more subtle than the pic where she looked like a psycho who took a roll in the mud.
#1456-- The colors give it a ghostly look. I don't like the "Welcome to" at the top. Could've used a different font, or been removed entirely.
#1494-- What is she looking at? What's so scary? Darkness surrounding her. And again, matching colors = good.
#1536-- Same pic used, but very worn away, in a good way. Simple, you're not really sure what's going on, and "Welcome to Silent Hill" tells you that Rose's expression is commonplace. I'm pretty sure "Welcome to Silent Hill" IS the tagline, by the by.
#1861-- Running is what you should be doing in Silent Hill. I like the grittiness. Grittiness is good. Grittiness is Silent Hill.
#1863-- Another good use of the "what? what is it?" method. I like how it's angled. Kind of throws you off.
#1921-- This is the only poster that did this effect, and I think it's damn spiffy. I'm not so sure about how they made it vertical, though.
#1945-- Ah, the scratchy look with a subtle ghost effect. And again, Sharon looking scared/bewildered is good for a movie that's supposed to be mysterious and scary.
Which one to vote for.. hmm... At least I have this all laid out for myself to help decide.
... I think I'm gonna change my journal colors.
And I've been mistyping things during this whole entry. Grr.
current music: The Postal Service
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12:59 am
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I decided, hey, might as well make an entry. And what better for my first than a disbelieving rant (read: series of random thoughts) at the SH poster contest entries? (Thanks to whoever made this: http://dekonstruktiv.org/temp/shposter/)
Seeing as it's late and I'm lazy, we'll being doing this in point-by-point form! Woo!
-- So many posters have the "Welcome to Silent Hill" sign and then the "SILENT HILL" title. Welcome to the Redundant Department of Redundancy.
-- Slapping together a bunch of stills =/= good movie poster. As does taking one picture and just sticking the title on.
-- What is with the gas mask guys??
-- Okay, that "dare you dare you double dare you" thing is not a damn tagline. I don't know why it's the focus of so many posters. It's just supposed to be creepy graffiti, that's it. The story line has nothing to do with being dared to go to Silent Hill. (And so help me God, if they use that as the tagline...)
-- A lot of you should've just not put a tagline. They're all bad. Plus I'm sure Sony already has one made up, if they want one.
-- Speaking again of taglines, what is with all the SH2-esque ones? This movie is NOT about going to Silent Hill to be punished for past sins. It's about Rose looking for her daughter. It's derived from the Silent Hill 1 storyline, not the Silent Hill 2 storyline.
-- I am so tired of the pictures of Rose running in the fog and the creepy eyes behind the tarp that I'm pretty sure I'm not voting for a poster with those in them. Not necessarily out of spite, but because most of them were all the same.
-- I'm not voting for the posters of Rose in her nifty jacket just walking to Silent Hill either, but that's just because I don't think it gives the right impression of a horror movie. Though, most of those kinds of posters looked exactly the same too.
-- The picture of Rose being attacked by the totally not impressive monster hands? Yecch. So lame. No vote for you. Of course, that's not your fault that it looks so cheesy. I'm hoping that scene is one of those quick ones where the action jumps around and you're not really sure what's going on.
-- And, oh God, the picture of Demonic!Sharon in front of the... fan... or whatever it is... Yeah, it's creepy, but in the overdone OMG A SCARY KID way. I'd rather have people not think this is a Ring ripoff.
-- So many posters would have been pretty good if it weren't for one thing or another: a crappy tagline, a picture randomly added in the corner, the wrong colors, etc. It just made me kinda sad.
What really depresses me is that the first round of voting is basically a popularity contest, not to mention that people have already figured out how to vote for their friends a billion times. I hope good ones make it through, 'cause I will be very annoyed if we get some lame poster for what I desperately want to be the best video game adaptation evar. Of course, I guess I should be more worried about the movie than the poster.
To end: BLARGH ARGHAGARG GLARGABLERGHA!!!
ETA: And WHY do some of you think that they'll actually put Pyramid Head on a movie poster? At least I hope they don't. That would ruin the surprise for newcomers. And this is all assuming, of course, that they actually do use the winner's poster...
current music: Pippin (Original Soundtrack)
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