| I'm feeling a little bit like Bill, but everything will not be ok |
[Aug. 23rd, 2009|01:19 am] |
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I almost was killed or horribly mangled 4 times today. By cars. People are idiots. Even driving home I saw a car that had run into a tree in the middle of the median. That could have been lucky number 5. Good thing I took the time to light my pipe before I left the parking lot outside of Barnies.
I've lost the ability to have opinions, i just argue for the side that seems to have more points i can make against the other side. Always a winner!
But really, a loser.
Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar,
William Craig
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[Jun. 28th, 2009|10:25 pm] |
I once told someone that crying is masturbation for the mind.(I believe i said that to Stephanie Martin?). I believe that now more than ever.
Unfortunately crying isn't as easy to accomplish, no matter how many sad films I watch. Not that I have anything to cry about, but I feel like its something I need. I find it easier to turn off the computer and read, or try to write, or listen to music and think. Music and books were my best friends once. I haven't been that blissful since. I can't willingly numb myself to reality in lieu of a fantastic voyage.
I saw a Vermont quarter in the cash register this morning, and had a strong urge(a physical urge, i think my body jerked toward the door,to the uncomfortable glances of my coworkers) to run out and drive there. I'm sure after 15 minutes of driving north, it would seem like a waste of gas not to drive the whole way, and I wouldn't stop. I haven't been thinking math-concept-logically in a while. It's all just dreams and feelings. I want to start over from the very beginning.
Make me young, make me young, make me young!
I forgot what i used to fight for, but it's probably gone now. I think it was innocence.
Sincerely,
William |
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| Excitement is coursing through my veins like adrenaline! |
[May. 3rd, 2009|07:00 pm] |
It's that time of year again. The time where I go on a cruise for the first time in my life. I'm afraid I'll jump overboard because there will be TOO MUCH FUN. Laying around, under the stars, drinking Bahama Mamas with my Rockledge Mama, and just relaxing. My brain feels crippled, and I haven't had a decent worry-free break to recuperate. Michelle too, we both got snappy, it was not fun, but leave it up to the Wonder Couple to fix things fast and head full speed for the Caribbean to seal the deal! This week I'll be working on my base tan, and thus, having more people realize how odd I look when I'm not deathly white. We have a room with a window, but I don't even know if I'll be in the room to sleep. Midnight buffets! Don't even get me started on the food.
Oh, the food. I will eat the ships weight for dinner, and maybe move on the the ship itself for dessert.
We will upload pictures and videos galore when we get back, documenting almost (what's appropriate for you, the viewer) everything.
Stay tuned for Romance, Adventure, Relaxation!
For now though, courage.
-William |
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| Time is of the essence.. |
[Apr. 19th, 2009|01:54 pm] |
and right now I have a lot of essence. Finally wrapped on that film, and now I have time to work, lounge, lounge with Michelle, and sleep. Also I can go back to being productive, or at least feeling like i could be doing something more productive. Papers to write this week though...not out of the woods yet.
Tonight we dine, in Texas Steakhouse!
Love Ya! Mean it!,
William |
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| Boom Operator |
[Mar. 30th, 2009|11:33 pm] |
is a tiring job and I'm burnt but happy. See you all in three weeks when I rediscover what free time is. At least I'll get some time to sleep next to a warm body on the weekends during my brief furlough.
Now to sleep the sleep of the dead. |
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| Results: |
[Mar. 7th, 2009|11:43 pm] |
I shall be donning my blue shirts once more(Not literally, figuratively. It seems they've changed they don't care about the color as much). But I'm back at Barnies. In Baldwin Park! My favorite place in Orlando, in my favorite weird little village in Orlando!
And I'll be making damned good money, and dealing with people who know that a latte isn't a cold drink.
From what I hear, I'll be making over $10/hour after tips.
Also, I'm the boom operator in a hip hop film that I'm helping film through the school.
It has two of the guys from "The Wire" on it and the black guy who played DL(the guy who could phase through walls) in it.
I also hear there's a cameo by Busta Rhymes. And I get to record his voice!
And tomorrow I get to continue my new plan of regular beach visits with Michelle, and getting some sun.(Get this, my dad tells me I need to get some sun when he saw me, after the first time I've gone outside shirtless in a couple years).
Well, I love you guys a bunchy bunch, and not just an itty-bitty bit, so i'll talk to you later
MACGRUBER! |
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[Mar. 3rd, 2009|12:56 pm] |
I might be back at Barnies soon! and one of the most awesome locations, to boot!
More on the results, later. |
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| Outlook: tomorrow! |
[Feb. 28th, 2009|05:21 pm] |
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Going to Animal Kingdom tomorrow with Michelle tomorrow for her birthday. The excitement hit me all of a sudden today. I haven't been to a Disney park in years! And I've never been to Animal Kingdom! Dinosaurs and Giraffes living side by side*! As long as it's not a downpour, I'm sure we'll have too much fun for those animals safety.
This week was also much fun working on Systems, Overload, and I can't wait to see the finished product. School starts on monday...then Spring Break!I think I might end up getting a tan. Or a constant sunburn.
I hope dates in future start corresponding better. At this point I'll never make it northward...
and for my birthday Michelle got me a "Sound Guy" shirt with a boom-op on the front. Just in time to work as the namesake while filming on Monday afternoon.
Too bad she knows what I got her...Maybe I'll surprise her by baking it into her cake and she'll have to eat her way to it!(Michelle, don't read the aforementioned statement).
I also missed out on the adventurous night that was Jenny's birthday. There future always holds more adventures!
Now I must go job hunting so I can stop being a mooch and start saving for many future travels, and other things.
*may be exaggerated |
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| What a jip |
[Feb. 25th, 2009|08:16 pm] |
What luck. Losing Naivety, Self-Reliance, and Religion within the same year.
Ralph Waldo Emerson would be ashamed.
I'm in love in a chaotic universe and my mind has nothing to stake it's feet in.
But I'm in love, still, and I can ask for nothing more.
In other news, I've been working on an awesome short for class involving a robot, scientist, cardboard computer, and lasers. Bodacious! |
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| Hello world, Goodbye Earth |
[Feb. 17th, 2009|01:11 am] |
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Action and motivation. I'm beginning to link myself to everyone else, and the realization is seeing the same coin from opposite sides.
Everyone thinks they're a Lincoln, and everyone else is a building.
I'm having an "I <3 Huckabees" moment.
Previously, in life:
Our group("Everyone, but you") placed 5th in the Orlando 24-hour film festival. Out of about 50. It was enough to give me some confidence that I'm heading in the right direction with my life. Now to keeping it up.
Here is where I would normally rant about life and make-up circumstances to be annoyed and frustrated at, but I think Michelle was at the pointy-end of that spear and I should stop while the fatalities are low. You all owe her your thanks for taking that bullet for you.(I know what you're thinking...spear-bullets don't exist...yet).
Oh god, I'm delirious. This and a paycheck are why I miss having a job.
Which leads me to my next point, I partially worked a job that I may have in the future. As for now I'm an on-call Barista for Roho downtown, at the City Arts Factory. If that sounds too close a synonym for "Coffee Whore" there is a good reason for it.
Which brings me to today. In two weeks or more we'll look back and see how my two weeks of working sound for all three short films in class went. Till then!
Keeping up with the Jones',
-William |
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| One week to go! |
[Jan. 27th, 2009|12:42 am] |
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This weekend I get to participate in my first 24 hour film festival, and my first film festival, ever. 24 hours to write/ shoot/ and edit a short film, and I am so ready to blow Orlando away. I plan on stocking up on energy drinks(or maybe five 5-hour energy's?)
I never noticed before how I can feel every spring in my bed digging into my back. I think there's a lynch mob down there.
Every day is a great day for one reason or another, and I have so many goals to look forward to. So brain, please, stop trying to screw over my good mood. You've had your fun. Remember senior year? I think you've done enough. Let me be happy when I have every reason to be.
And now I've stayed up too late without a warm body by my side to lull me to sleep.
Goodnight world. See you in the morning. |
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[Jan. 6th, 2009|07:13 pm] |
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Jemaine: Oh, I remember exactly what we did at the look out. We just looked out' across the city from our little spot on the hilltop. Oh, It is so pretty from way up there. We talked about how the lights from the buildings and cars seemed like reflections of the stars that shined out so pretty and bright, that night.
Bret: It was daytime.
Jemaine: The daytime of the night. |
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| How can I measure my day? Let me count the ways.. |
[Jan. 4th, 2009|12:26 pm] |
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Smoot
Main article: Smoot
The smoot is a unit of length, defined as the height of Oliver R. Smoot who, fittingly, is a former president of the ISO. The unit is used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge. Canonically, and originally, in 1958 when Smoot was a Lambda Chi Alpha pledge at MIT (class of 1962), the bridge was measured to be 364.4 smoots, plus or minus one ear, using Mr. Smoot himself as a ruler. At the time, Smoot was 5 feet, 7 inches, or 170 cm, tall.[2] Google Earth software includes the smoot as a unit of measurement.
Sheppey
A measure of distance equal to about 7/8 of a mile, defined as the closest distance at which sheep remain picturesque.
The Sheppey is the creation of Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, included in The Meaning of Liff, their dictionary of objects for which no name exists. [3] It is named after the Isle of Sheppey in the UK
Bottlesworth
This unit is approximately equal to a standard bottle of Champagne (0.75 litres), and is designed to allow the use of wine in scientific experiments in the science comedy Look Around You.
Helen
Helen of Troy (from the Iliad) is widely known as "the face that launched a thousand ships." Thus, 1 millihelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship.
MegaFonzie
A MegaFonzie is a fictional unit of measurement of an object's coolness invented by Professor Farnsworth in the Futurama episode, Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV. A 'Fonzie' is about the amount of coolness inherent in the Happy Days character Fonzie.
Hedon
Philosophers talking about Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism sometimes use the conceptual unit of the Hedon to describe the amount of pleasure, equivalent to the amount of pleasure a person receives from gaining one util of utility. |
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| Hey, Mr. 2009 |
[Jan. 3rd, 2009|11:34 am] |
2008, you were a mixed bag of gold bars and dung.
This year however, is off to a great start. I'm back in Orlando, but now with the addition of Kevin and Linsey boredom will be gone(at least lonely boredom).
Orlando still feels the same, despite. Back to routine.
I've spent practically every day this break with Michelle, and it almost seems surreal(in retrospect) being back here where everything is so uneventful.
The only thing I can relate it to is Grease. I just hope I can see her enough without daydreaming my life away at school(*dream bubbles not included).
I find it easy to say I'm the happiest I've been in quite a while, and I don't see that fading anytime soon. Even as a jobless bum.
I was never a fan of the number 8, anyway.
To St. Augustine, and beyond! |
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[Dec. 9th, 2008|12:32 pm] |
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The on-demand fireplace is on Bright House!
They should just leave it on all year. |
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| Things are great/ Things suck |
[Dec. 6th, 2008|04:15 pm] |
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I'm extremely happy right now, though I'll be more extremely happy in a week or two.
I'm sorry to everyone that's disappointed in me right now. I can't blame you and i wouldn't want to.
This week is going to eat away at me, but i finally get to work on a movie set, and that makes everything worth it.
I still don't have a job, and everyone elses are dropping like flies.
Tomorrows going to be my last good day for a while, so it better hold over. |
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[Nov. 20th, 2008|07:31 pm] |
I have everything it takes to be artistic save for confidence. and a brain.
This cold weather and (hopefully) a new job should help give me a change of setting.
I'm seriously thinking of saying goodbye to the internet. I blame it nearly fully for my short attention span and inability to think. |
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| Good job, me |
[Nov. 20th, 2008|12:10 am] |
Good job, pride
I just never believe that I've made the right choice but sometimes I have to stand by it. Now where can I find a complete stranger to vent to? |
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[Nov. 18th, 2008|12:12 am] |
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If I could get paid to bite my tongue, maybe I wouldn't need to find a new job. Too bad I lack the ability to just walk away. I always talk myself out of it.
Just break the wrist, and walk away.
I did get a neat call from Katie, unfortunately cell phones aren't cd quality, but that was probably the closest I'll get to seeing Lemuria live.
And Laura! I have officially tried to hang out with you multiple times! It's now your turn to just close your eyes and drive on the highway to come visit me.
Note to Self: Thanksgiving is not this week. Don't go to Melbourne Wednesday night. |
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[Nov. 14th, 2008|05:43 pm] |
Brittany's party and shuttle launch tonight! I think I'm going to document the whole party to attempt editing drunken craziness. Then Melbourne for some Laundry and probably seeing Quantum of Solace.
Then I finally get to hang out with Laura, and I hope it's cold out because that is the most adventurous time.
But serious guys:
First optical light photo of an extra-solar planet! It's name is Fomalhaut b(revolves around the star Fomalhaut) and it is about 3 times the size of Jupiter, and it's about 10 times the distance from our sun to Saturn away from it's star.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/39/full/ |
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