Back to work, you lazy bum!
Yep.
I am back. Back again.
And tentatively learning how to nuke things. And arranging jellybeans (which is far more pleasant).
Nuke being a compositing programme, and jellybeans being CG ones, for a little documentary.
Work seems relaxed (certainly compared to the point at which I left to take a break, and apparantly I missed the "really" crazy stuff. For which I am truly grateful!)
So yar. Nuke. Jellybeans. Day one down.
Also, I have received some cherry tomato plants which are now in a dazed state in one of the vacant potplant lots on the spare staircase. And the day was nice. Long may nice days continue.
:)
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Well if November was the month of drawing, December seems to be the month of cooking. Currently in the oven is the second attempt at Delicious Lemon Pudding (the first was indeed delicious but I shared it. So I have to make sure... right? ;D )
For those of a dessert shaped nature, the recipe is as follows:
1 cup Sugar (I used the organicky version rather than the pure white stuff)
1 tbsp Butter (or margarine)
2 tbsp Flour
2 Eggs
1 cup of milk
1 lemon.
Cream butter & sugar then add egg yolks.
Add flour, juice and grated rind of lemon, and lastly the milk.
Beat the whites stiffly (so they form peaks), and stir in LIGHTLY (i.e. barely folded in)
Pour into dish, then place dish in a larger dish partly filled with hot water, and bake slowly for an hour.
(the recipe didn't say the exact temperature, but in my oven I'm trying around 320 °F - which is around 160 °C)
When done, there should be a fluffy soufflé on top, and a creamy lemony custard underneath.
NOM!
For those of a dessert shaped nature, the recipe is as follows:
1 cup Sugar (I used the organicky version rather than the pure white stuff)
1 tbsp Butter (or margarine)
2 tbsp Flour
2 Eggs
1 cup of milk
1 lemon.
Cream butter & sugar then add egg yolks.
Add flour, juice and grated rind of lemon, and lastly the milk.
Beat the whites stiffly (so they form peaks), and stir in LIGHTLY (i.e. barely folded in)
Pour into dish, then place dish in a larger dish partly filled with hot water, and bake slowly for an hour.
(the recipe didn't say the exact temperature, but in my oven I'm trying around 320 °F - which is around 160 °C)
When done, there should be a fluffy soufflé on top, and a creamy lemony custard underneath.
NOM!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Netritus...
We hates it!
But November has kidnapped me over to Livejournal for the purpose of a drawing daily exercise.
(http://metheglin.livejournal.com) - Nothing special, nothing fancy, just a challenge to myself. :)
I hate all this twitter blogger journal space fluffer (there should be one called fluffer, no?) myspacebookfacepage bollocks. Only because I can barely manage ONE place of being!
It's like having 27 different mailboxes, and having to write for several publications. Can't I have JUST ONE? Well, yes I can. All I have to do is... maintain it.
Heh!
Quick, look over there! *points*...
Well. Where have I been? I've been elbow deep in Gore, NZ. I love it here. It's peace and quiet, and tea, coffee, crossword puzzles and Grandma. Been raiding her cookbook this evening - Delicious Lemon Pudding it says, (among the recipes), so I must try that. For it does look delicious, and lemony, and pudding. All good in my book!
Discoveries this trip - hitherto unseen photographs of my grandparents in younger days.
Old collections of cards from cigarette packets. I've photographed some, but bloody Vista isn't talking to that particular camera card...
I have only one more full day left with G'ma. I don't want to go.
What is it in my brain that goes "is this the last time?" (better not be!!)
Bloody stupid humanity and its inability to let us choose who we wish to grow old alongside with. Of course, that's the whole point of Grandma-ism. They're supposed to be older.
There are people I wish I could have met, just somehow - like her own grandfather. Like her Aunty May. They sounded like fantastic people. Who invented this one directional time business, eh?
I love my grandmother dearly dearly dearly.
We hates it!
But November has kidnapped me over to Livejournal for the purpose of a drawing daily exercise.
(http://metheglin.livejournal.com) - Nothing special, nothing fancy, just a challenge to myself. :)
I hate all this twitter blogger journal space fluffer (there should be one called fluffer, no?) myspacebookfacepage bollocks. Only because I can barely manage ONE place of being!
It's like having 27 different mailboxes, and having to write for several publications. Can't I have JUST ONE? Well, yes I can. All I have to do is... maintain it.
Heh!
Quick, look over there! *points*...
Well. Where have I been? I've been elbow deep in Gore, NZ. I love it here. It's peace and quiet, and tea, coffee, crossword puzzles and Grandma. Been raiding her cookbook this evening - Delicious Lemon Pudding it says, (among the recipes), so I must try that. For it does look delicious, and lemony, and pudding. All good in my book!
Discoveries this trip - hitherto unseen photographs of my grandparents in younger days.
Old collections of cards from cigarette packets. I've photographed some, but bloody Vista isn't talking to that particular camera card...
I have only one more full day left with G'ma. I don't want to go.
What is it in my brain that goes "is this the last time?" (better not be!!)
Bloody stupid humanity and its inability to let us choose who we wish to grow old alongside with. Of course, that's the whole point of Grandma-ism. They're supposed to be older.
There are people I wish I could have met, just somehow - like her own grandfather. Like her Aunty May. They sounded like fantastic people. Who invented this one directional time business, eh?
I love my grandmother dearly dearly dearly.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
And another whole month...
Has nearly ended.
My head has just about recovered from the joys of a lot of work in a short space of time, and can I have a "Hell Yeah!" for this sacred thing that is "time off" ? I think I can!
The taxes have duly been done and filed, the illustration competition entered unto, and the Grandfather has finally decided to stop driving.
The latter is somewhat sad, but the wandering mind was beginning to cause a bit of concern - certainly if he was knocking on the door near 11 at night, as he did on a couple of occasions - fortunatly Mum was staying at the time, so she could see first hand.
It's heartbreaking to watch someone that one has known all one's life, start to decline. His scans revealed that there was some slow dysfunction happening in the brain, and it is suspected that he has had a couple of tiny strokes that exacerbated this.
Gods know I'm looking forward to visiting my other grandparent - Grandma - though.
She's the oldest of all, and still (fingers crossed) as on to it as ever she was. Will be staying with her for a few weeks very soon, I love her with all my heart.
And the prospect of a month of nothing to do but scribble, drink tea, and do cryptic crosswords with the G'ma - truly does make me a happy chicken.
Has nearly ended.
My head has just about recovered from the joys of a lot of work in a short space of time, and can I have a "Hell Yeah!" for this sacred thing that is "time off" ? I think I can!
The taxes have duly been done and filed, the illustration competition entered unto, and the Grandfather has finally decided to stop driving.
The latter is somewhat sad, but the wandering mind was beginning to cause a bit of concern - certainly if he was knocking on the door near 11 at night, as he did on a couple of occasions - fortunatly Mum was staying at the time, so she could see first hand.
It's heartbreaking to watch someone that one has known all one's life, start to decline. His scans revealed that there was some slow dysfunction happening in the brain, and it is suspected that he has had a couple of tiny strokes that exacerbated this.
Gods know I'm looking forward to visiting my other grandparent - Grandma - though.
She's the oldest of all, and still (fingers crossed) as on to it as ever she was. Will be staying with her for a few weeks very soon, I love her with all my heart.
And the prospect of a month of nothing to do but scribble, drink tea, and do cryptic crosswords with the G'ma - truly does make me a happy chicken.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Hooray for portable modems!
Yes. For the first time in years I can access the net at work....
Not that there's much time! Lots of animating to do for the first ep. of Seeker, thank the gods I'm not doing all of it, but it sure feels that way >.<
The angel film is out now (Vintner's) - a bit hammered by the critics, which is a pity. I expect though, it will have a niche audience who will like it very much.
Could put wings on Bu, suspect he would not be amused (scratchiness!), and would attempt to ditch them at the first opportunity... Heh.
Today's chocolate is brought to you by Whittaker's - 62% Cocoa, Dark Mocha. Coffee infused deliciousness!
Now, back to work...
Yes. For the first time in years I can access the net at work....
Not that there's much time! Lots of animating to do for the first ep. of Seeker, thank the gods I'm not doing all of it, but it sure feels that way >.<
The angel film is out now (Vintner's) - a bit hammered by the critics, which is a pity. I expect though, it will have a niche audience who will like it very much.
Could put wings on Bu, suspect he would not be amused (scratchiness!), and would attempt to ditch them at the first opportunity... Heh.
Today's chocolate is brought to you by Whittaker's - 62% Cocoa, Dark Mocha. Coffee infused deliciousness!
Now, back to work...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
This past weekend was the weekend of the NZ 48 hours film-making competition - I pitched in to help with the team of a friend :) - we drew musical...
I've yet to see the end result, so looking forward to that this coming weekend.
At the same time, my sister was having multiple panic attacks - not so much fun.
She accidentally poisoned herself a couple of months ago when she got some de-fleaing liquid on her skin - it dehydrated her, and affected her vision and gave her a pretty big scare - she was afraid to fall asleep in case she didnt wake up.
Subsequently, she started having panic attacks whenever she became aware of "dryness in her mouth" - not an uncommon thing at this time of year.
I've never seen her reacting like this before, but because I had some experience of my own with such things, I could at least talk her through it.
For her, it's an alien experience.
It was for me, when I first had them too.
So we're getting through that patch! But yes, on top of the 48hours competition, it was a very busy and tiring weekend, with not much sleep!
On other random notes, more stereographs have been acquired, as of a couple of weeks ago, (via the friend whose team I was part of) - of Brit'colonial India. Some of the descriptions are splendidly anachronistic. Also there's a couple of shots of the coronation of King Edward, in Canada.
They're in pretty good condition overall, with only slight fading, and markedly better than my first acquisitions!
However, I still covet the wonderful ones acquired by a workmate, of documentation of the Boer war. I think those ones will be my benchmark! They are excellent.
Second random note - biscuits. Yay me. I made them a couple of days ago, and felt very domestic about it all. They're even edible.
The weather is turning here, it's definitly getting colder as NZ slides towards winter.
Going outside is like playing Frogger with the weather. It may rain at any moment...!
I've yet to see the end result, so looking forward to that this coming weekend.
At the same time, my sister was having multiple panic attacks - not so much fun.
She accidentally poisoned herself a couple of months ago when she got some de-fleaing liquid on her skin - it dehydrated her, and affected her vision and gave her a pretty big scare - she was afraid to fall asleep in case she didnt wake up.
Subsequently, she started having panic attacks whenever she became aware of "dryness in her mouth" - not an uncommon thing at this time of year.
I've never seen her reacting like this before, but because I had some experience of my own with such things, I could at least talk her through it.
For her, it's an alien experience.
It was for me, when I first had them too.
So we're getting through that patch! But yes, on top of the 48hours competition, it was a very busy and tiring weekend, with not much sleep!
On other random notes, more stereographs have been acquired, as of a couple of weeks ago, (via the friend whose team I was part of) - of Brit'colonial India. Some of the descriptions are splendidly anachronistic. Also there's a couple of shots of the coronation of King Edward, in Canada.
They're in pretty good condition overall, with only slight fading, and markedly better than my first acquisitions!
However, I still covet the wonderful ones acquired by a workmate, of documentation of the Boer war. I think those ones will be my benchmark! They are excellent.
Second random note - biscuits. Yay me. I made them a couple of days ago, and felt very domestic about it all. They're even edible.
The weather is turning here, it's definitly getting colder as NZ slides towards winter.
Going outside is like playing Frogger with the weather. It may rain at any moment...!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
New stereographs acquired! (Or rather, old stereographs acquired.)
And another "viewer", this one with the wire support for the cards. 'Tis made of wood.
(Wooden lenses :D ? Hmm...)
Subjects range from fancy French hotel dining room, to somewhere in Ireland, to the botanical gardens in Dunedin (NZ), to a couple of spiffing young chaps posing on a bridge in laconic fashion.
Other subjects as well, it was a mixed lot.
Most of the images are in less than stellar condition, but still cool nonetheless, and all are over 50 years old - in the case of the French hotel dining room, around 100.
And another "viewer", this one with the wire support for the cards. 'Tis made of wood.
(Wooden lenses :D ? Hmm...)
Subjects range from fancy French hotel dining room, to somewhere in Ireland, to the botanical gardens in Dunedin (NZ), to a couple of spiffing young chaps posing on a bridge in laconic fashion.
Other subjects as well, it was a mixed lot.
Most of the images are in less than stellar condition, but still cool nonetheless, and all are over 50 years old - in the case of the French hotel dining room, around 100.
Friday, March 20, 2009
What luck! Today, I had a hunch that I should go to a small out of the way antiquey type shop on the quest for brass cogs, for Nich's birthday (him being very much into Steam-punky things).
Whilst mulling over a couple of choice pieces of dysfunctional clockery, I spied a pair of farrier's tongs, and seized them at once. (Nich also does blacksmithing).
They went down well.
:)
BUT, also while I was there, I enquired about things stereographic as I usually do, and there happened to be an old stereograph hand-held viewer, from the Versailles Exposition, 1900!
Alas the wire support from the end is missing, but it is still quite functional.
I bought it at once!
And a friend whom I've just dropped home from the birthday doings, said that he'd come across a biscuit tin of stereographs, in a (now closed - Agh!) second hand store. Said store is apparantly sending its stock to auction. I will find out when and where, if I can.
The other purchase was a lovely Air New Zealand plastic hei-tiki, which is wonderfully kitschy cool.
And yay me, for making this second posting in 2009, in such short order!
I'd like to thank the saké from the birthday place-of-dining, for that.
Domo arigato, gozaimasu!
Whilst mulling over a couple of choice pieces of dysfunctional clockery, I spied a pair of farrier's tongs, and seized them at once. (Nich also does blacksmithing).
They went down well.
:)
BUT, also while I was there, I enquired about things stereographic as I usually do, and there happened to be an old stereograph hand-held viewer, from the Versailles Exposition, 1900!
Alas the wire support from the end is missing, but it is still quite functional.
I bought it at once!
And a friend whom I've just dropped home from the birthday doings, said that he'd come across a biscuit tin of stereographs, in a (now closed - Agh!) second hand store. Said store is apparantly sending its stock to auction. I will find out when and where, if I can.
The other purchase was a lovely Air New Zealand plastic hei-tiki, which is wonderfully kitschy cool.
And yay me, for making this second posting in 2009, in such short order!
I'd like to thank the saké from the birthday place-of-dining, for that.
Domo arigato, gozaimasu!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Woohoo! Alas my seriously neglected blog!
Ahwell.
Only 8 or 9 guesses before I managed to hit my email and my password AT THE SAME TIME!
So, back from the Viva La Vida Coldplay concert (thursday, Auckland) - FUN.
Funfunfunfunfun.
And why music makes the world seem better sometimes.
I have a t-shirt and tour poster, not that I need more sentimental detritus in my life, but it was such an awesome and win event, that it required me to spend more money on it.
Plus I have my souvenir cutout butterflies, woooo!
:D
Ahwell.
Only 8 or 9 guesses before I managed to hit my email and my password AT THE SAME TIME!
So, back from the Viva La Vida Coldplay concert (thursday, Auckland) - FUN.
Funfunfunfunfun.
And why music makes the world seem better sometimes.
I have a t-shirt and tour poster, not that I need more sentimental detritus in my life, but it was such an awesome and win event, that it required me to spend more money on it.
Plus I have my souvenir cutout butterflies, woooo!
:D
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