Showing posts with label mindlessmonday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mindlessmonday. Show all posts
Monday, October 24, 2011
Little piece of Brisbane
Geckos (yes, they make that sound!) and crickets, chirruping up a storm at dusk. Of course they went quiet soon after I started recording, but you get the idea.
Gecko Sounds by Julia Michelle 1
Monday, July 11, 2011
Silly Lyrics
I've written poetry and lyrics in the past, but it's been awhile. This past weekend I got a little silly - for a good cause - and reworked the first two minutes of Don McLean's American Pie into a contest entry. I'm hoping to win my registration to ALIA's fifth New Librarians Symposium, NLS5.
At first I wished there had not been a two-minute restriction for audio/visual entries because that's only a quarter of the length of the original song - but by Sunday's end, after singing the same two minutes over and over, then cutting different videos together in iMovie, then messing with transitions and tracks...I was glad it was only two minutes. The lyrics are meant to tell the story of my metamorphosis (it's the conference theme) from girl to undergrad to library student, and make my case for why I should win a conference pass.
Unfortunately, some of my better audio runs had blurry or poorly lit video accompaniment. I considered doing a full track of my voice and laying it on top of the muted video, with a third track of music underneath, but heavens, I'd already been singing and watching myself sing all day! I'm a bit of a shy one when it comes to singing, and this is my first-ever YouTube video. Here's hoping it will be good for my professional development (at least until my husband leaks the bloopers reel). Jody recorded my performances and we stitched together the movies as a team. Here is the result:
If you click on 360p and choose 720p, you can even watch it in HD :) The lyrics are under "show more."
Good luck if you've entered the contest too! And I hope to see you in Perth.
At first I wished there had not been a two-minute restriction for audio/visual entries because that's only a quarter of the length of the original song - but by Sunday's end, after singing the same two minutes over and over, then cutting different videos together in iMovie, then messing with transitions and tracks...I was glad it was only two minutes. The lyrics are meant to tell the story of my metamorphosis (it's the conference theme) from girl to undergrad to library student, and make my case for why I should win a conference pass.
Unfortunately, some of my better audio runs had blurry or poorly lit video accompaniment. I considered doing a full track of my voice and laying it on top of the muted video, with a third track of music underneath, but heavens, I'd already been singing and watching myself sing all day! I'm a bit of a shy one when it comes to singing, and this is my first-ever YouTube video. Here's hoping it will be good for my professional development (at least until my husband leaks the bloopers reel). Jody recorded my performances and we stitched together the movies as a team. Here is the result:
If you click on 360p and choose 720p, you can even watch it in HD :) The lyrics are under "show more."
Good luck if you've entered the contest too! And I hope to see you in Perth.
Monday, June 27, 2011
In Which I Am Out-Geeked
Jody came home today and, with a look of glee, announced, "You are doooooomed!" He then unzipped his laptop bag and extracted a PS3 disc - Portal 2.
He claims I started it by showing him the XKCD and Portal-inspired wedding cakes on Sunday Sweets edition of this week's Cake Wrecks.
We watched the opening cut scenes, then tried to play co-op mode - one of the reasons Jody was so excited to play Portal 2. He handed me a controller and we tried to run through the training but I kept looking at the ceiling, trying to walk up a wall or getting stuck in a corner, or falling in the water and needing a rebuild. I can't seem to operate both sticks at the same time (one lets you look around, the other moves you). Basically I made myself dizzy and frustrated.
Jody is now laughing because I told him I was trying to find a YouTube video to introduce Portal 2 to non-geeks. This is the best I can do, for the uninitiated.
Also in Jody's bag was a flyer from JB Hi-Fi which announced the upcoming release of a Blu-Ray edition of the Lord of the Rings trilogy - the extended edition. There are 15 discs. That's a lot of hobbits.
Jody figures you could finish Portal before you watched all 26 HOURS of bonus features in the LOTR trilogy. Well - maybe he could, but I think I'd have to choose multiple hours of Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom. And I'm not one of those fangirls who sighed over Legolas.
Now Jody says he can make one of our Macbooks run Portal and the other person can play on the TV so we don't have to share the screen. I am officially out-geeked. And that's not even counting the number of hard drive, SSD drive and DVD drive caddy combinations he has suggested to modify my mac. In truth he is trying to help me, and make my computer faster so I won't freak out during assignments next semester... Anyone have any useful suggestions or comments about how you use your laptop for uni? How do you store or organise your media files?
He claims I started it by showing him the XKCD and Portal-inspired wedding cakes on Sunday Sweets edition of this week's Cake Wrecks.
We watched the opening cut scenes, then tried to play co-op mode - one of the reasons Jody was so excited to play Portal 2. He handed me a controller and we tried to run through the training but I kept looking at the ceiling, trying to walk up a wall or getting stuck in a corner, or falling in the water and needing a rebuild. I can't seem to operate both sticks at the same time (one lets you look around, the other moves you). Basically I made myself dizzy and frustrated.
Jody is now laughing because I told him I was trying to find a YouTube video to introduce Portal 2 to non-geeks. This is the best I can do, for the uninitiated.
Also in Jody's bag was a flyer from JB Hi-Fi which announced the upcoming release of a Blu-Ray edition of the Lord of the Rings trilogy - the extended edition. There are 15 discs. That's a lot of hobbits.
Jody figures you could finish Portal before you watched all 26 HOURS of bonus features in the LOTR trilogy. Well - maybe he could, but I think I'd have to choose multiple hours of Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom. And I'm not one of those fangirls who sighed over Legolas.
Now Jody says he can make one of our Macbooks run Portal and the other person can play on the TV so we don't have to share the screen. I am officially out-geeked. And that's not even counting the number of hard drive, SSD drive and DVD drive caddy combinations he has suggested to modify my mac. In truth he is trying to help me, and make my computer faster so I won't freak out during assignments next semester... Anyone have any useful suggestions or comments about how you use your laptop for uni? How do you store or organise your media files?
Monday, June 6, 2011
Waiting for...
Season 2 of The Vampire Diaries
Season 4 of True Blood
The last episode of Doctor Who before the series takes a 2-month hiatus
Book 4 of The Parasol Protectorate, Heartless, by Gail Carriger
HARRY POTTER 7 PART TWO
Jane Eyre
Even though the above point to a preference for vampire stories, under no circumstances will I be watching Breaking Dawn. Nope, not gonna happen. Also, I saw a trailer today on Youtube for a Rachel McAdams flick that comes out in February of 2012. What's up with that? Why make us wait so long?
I don't watch much TV because I can't stand all the ad breaks, but lately I have been enjoying Sunday nights - Downton Abbey at 8:30, followed directly by Castle. Maggie Smith is fantastic as Lady Grantham, and although the show has haters who say it's boring, I say they just don't appreciate period drama. I quite enjoyed the first two episodes - they're like a comedy of manners, but with blackmail.
With final assignments due over the course of the coming week, today you get a relatively mindless post from me - I thought Mindless Monday sounded like a perfect tag. Bonus post, though, if you're intrigued by the sound of the Parasol Protectorate - it's a clever and fun steampunk+supernatural series, and you can check out my (mostly spoiler-free) review here.
Season 4 of True Blood
The last episode of Doctor Who before the series takes a 2-month hiatus
Book 4 of The Parasol Protectorate, Heartless, by Gail Carriger
HARRY POTTER 7 PART TWO
Jane Eyre
Even though the above point to a preference for vampire stories, under no circumstances will I be watching Breaking Dawn. Nope, not gonna happen. Also, I saw a trailer today on Youtube for a Rachel McAdams flick that comes out in February of 2012. What's up with that? Why make us wait so long?
I don't watch much TV because I can't stand all the ad breaks, but lately I have been enjoying Sunday nights - Downton Abbey at 8:30, followed directly by Castle. Maggie Smith is fantastic as Lady Grantham, and although the show has haters who say it's boring, I say they just don't appreciate period drama. I quite enjoyed the first two episodes - they're like a comedy of manners, but with blackmail.
With final assignments due over the course of the coming week, today you get a relatively mindless post from me - I thought Mindless Monday sounded like a perfect tag. Bonus post, though, if you're intrigued by the sound of the Parasol Protectorate - it's a clever and fun steampunk+supernatural series, and you can check out my (mostly spoiler-free) review here.
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