In my love for taking pictures of amusing signs, I assumed that the hardest part of this week's theme would be narrowing down the choices. However, I quickly stumbled across the perfect picture. I presume from the disappearance of this product's availability, this was a very successful advertisement.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Photo Hunter: Advertisement
In my love for taking pictures of amusing signs, I assumed that the hardest part of this week's theme would be narrowing down the choices. However, I quickly stumbled across the perfect picture. I presume from the disappearance of this product's availability, this was a very successful advertisement.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
sarahneedsajob.com
It all started in portfolio class. Our final project was to make significant progress on a website for ourselves. I had the hardest time finding a website builder that I liked so I ended up choosing a random one and throwing stuff in at the last minute. I finished the class convinced that the kind of website I wanted to make with slideshows and side bars, etc. would be ridiculously expensive. Yesterday, I picked it up again, trying to make some headway to my pathetic site which led me to two places.
1) I downloaded a random new web server called Opera. It's actually quite a bit awesome.
2) I became convinced that the builder I was using (webs.com) was useless. After only a few minutes of searching I found wix.com and my life was changed. I have spent a large part of the day working on my website and it is in very useable condition.
My brother jokingly called it "sarahneedsajob.com," which is a fairly accurate description. I would like to invite you to visit the real site wix.com/sarahchanis/portfolio. If you need to make a website or if you're looking for a new browser, I would recommend either program.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tidbits
Some more thoughts:
When you go to the store looking for something specific you can find everything except the one thing you're looking for. Sometimes this leads you to try a new product. Sometimes this leads you to walk up and down the same four aisles for twenty minutes.
Blue hair doesn't lose it's charm.
Every mafia family has a member named "Sal;" a statisic that is clearly proven in cop shows. Furthermore, the same guy who played a mafia leader on two seperate shows was also the voice for Hercules' trainer in the Disney movie. No wonder Phil always seemed so commanding. And Italian.
Ice cream trucks are freaky.
Whenever there is feedback in an auditorium most people look to the speakers; I look to the sound guy.
When you go to the library, be sure to pick up all of the books in a series at once. This will prevent you from making numerous trips to the library in a single week.
I have no confidence when operating miniblinds.
Chili's really has the best chips.
When you go to the store looking for something specific you can find everything except the one thing you're looking for. Sometimes this leads you to try a new product. Sometimes this leads you to walk up and down the same four aisles for twenty minutes.
Blue hair doesn't lose it's charm.
Every mafia family has a member named "Sal;" a statisic that is clearly proven in cop shows. Furthermore, the same guy who played a mafia leader on two seperate shows was also the voice for Hercules' trainer in the Disney movie. No wonder Phil always seemed so commanding. And Italian.
Ice cream trucks are freaky.
Whenever there is feedback in an auditorium most people look to the speakers; I look to the sound guy.
When you go to the library, be sure to pick up all of the books in a series at once. This will prevent you from making numerous trips to the library in a single week.
I have no confidence when operating miniblinds.
Chili's really has the best chips.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Photo Hunter: Book(s)
I wish I was at home for this one so that I could take a picture of our bookshelf, which is double stacked in many places and creatively squeezed to fit everything in, except for my top shelf which has a lot of blank spaces from me shoving books into the hands of my friends with (and some without) free time. And I certainly don't have enough books.However, since my shelves live about two hours away, I have an older picture to present. Last year we were about to recieve a new, large screen, incredibly heavy TV. Christina was not certain that our TV cabinet would support the weight, so we started piling on objects until she was satisfied. One of our other roommates, Rachel, was actually asleep on the couch when this all happened. With two science majors, we found that the easiest thing we could use to add weight was the collection of all our textbook(s).
Friday, May 29, 2009
Blood Wedding Documentation
Finally got the pictures narrowed down. A quick plot synopsis:
The Mother has lost both her husband and oldest son, each murdered by a member of the Felix family. Her youngest son, the Bridegroom, wants to marry the Bride. The Mother is hesitant but agrees. The Bride lives four hours away from the town with only her Father and Maid. No one really knows much about her mother nor about her previous engagement to Leonardo of the Felix family.
As it turns out, Leonardo and the Bride were unable to get married because he was too poor and he married the Bride’s cousin (the Wife) and they live with Leonardo’s Mother-in-Law. They have one child with another on the way.
The wedding goes as planned, but at the reception the Bride’s nerve fails and she runs away with Leonardo. The Bridegroom chases them into the woods where the rules are different. The woods are ruled by the lonely Moon and three Spirits that do his bidding. Death appears and leads the Bridegroom to Leonardo and the Bride. There are screams as Death and the Moon celebrate but it is unclear who has died.
The last scene consists mostly of sobbing women as the Bride seeks out the Mother to accept responsibility for the deaths of the Bridegroom and Leonardo and to explain that she could not have made any other choice.
Unfortunately, the slideshow window is as big as it can get. If you want to see larger pictures, hover over the bottom left corner and click where it says "Bodas de Sangre." Then click "Slideshow" at the top left. Either way, enjoy!
The Mother has lost both her husband and oldest son, each murdered by a member of the Felix family. Her youngest son, the Bridegroom, wants to marry the Bride. The Mother is hesitant but agrees. The Bride lives four hours away from the town with only her Father and Maid. No one really knows much about her mother nor about her previous engagement to Leonardo of the Felix family.
As it turns out, Leonardo and the Bride were unable to get married because he was too poor and he married the Bride’s cousin (the Wife) and they live with Leonardo’s Mother-in-Law. They have one child with another on the way.
The wedding goes as planned, but at the reception the Bride’s nerve fails and she runs away with Leonardo. The Bridegroom chases them into the woods where the rules are different. The woods are ruled by the lonely Moon and three Spirits that do his bidding. Death appears and leads the Bridegroom to Leonardo and the Bride. There are screams as Death and the Moon celebrate but it is unclear who has died.
The last scene consists mostly of sobbing women as the Bride seeks out the Mother to accept responsibility for the deaths of the Bridegroom and Leonardo and to explain that she could not have made any other choice.
Unfortunately, the slideshow window is as big as it can get. If you want to see larger pictures, hover over the bottom left corner and click where it says "Bodas de Sangre." Then click "Slideshow" at the top left. Either way, enjoy!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Observations
Not a lot has been going on. I spent three days filling out applications and I've been able to schedule a few interviews so I'm mostly just waiting. This means reading and getting caught up on TV shows and working on the next play mostly. Here are some observations I have made recently.
The nephews will play with anything. It's amazing what joy light switches and cat toys can provide. Also, the trebuchet is always a party favorite.
There's nothing better than turning on the radio and hearing the song that's stuck in your head.
I saw a boy today that had a monster truck toy on a leash.
I heard a man on the radio that had recently broken off an engagement because his fiancé wanted him to get a job and help support them financially. He was heartbroken because they already had everything planned -- a ceremony at Mr. Gatti's Pizza Buffet.
Parking lots designed by enviromentalists are difficult to navigate.
In a strange way, I have missed having cat hair on my computer. Cat hair in my mouth, however, not as endearing.
In Austin, there are not seperate radio stations for seperate genres of rock. As a result, the single station consistently plays terrible music. However, I am convinced that there is a sensor that enables them to play Pink Floyd only if I'm about to get out of the car. Tragic really.
There's not much purpose to having a "right lane ends" sign six yards after the merge.
Jason's Deli is an ideal place for five hour lunches. I would also like to report that I only had one bowl of ice cream during that time.
Maybe I've listened to a radio station too long when I can identify the songs by the first chord.
NCIS has progressively worse lighting, progressively worse sound, not much character development, and a strange new way to cap commercial breaks, yet it is the most successful and/or accessible series I like. The others have beyond brilliant designs and characters but are canceled, facing cancellation, or are impossible to find on DVD. Also, it is very difficult to find a good show these days that is not some kind of cop show.
This is my 100th post!
Well, I think that's enough for now. I'll probably have more substance (or pictures) soon. Catch ya later.
The nephews will play with anything. It's amazing what joy light switches and cat toys can provide. Also, the trebuchet is always a party favorite.
There's nothing better than turning on the radio and hearing the song that's stuck in your head.
I saw a boy today that had a monster truck toy on a leash.
I heard a man on the radio that had recently broken off an engagement because his fiancé wanted him to get a job and help support them financially. He was heartbroken because they already had everything planned -- a ceremony at Mr. Gatti's Pizza Buffet.
Parking lots designed by enviromentalists are difficult to navigate.
In a strange way, I have missed having cat hair on my computer. Cat hair in my mouth, however, not as endearing.
In Austin, there are not seperate radio stations for seperate genres of rock. As a result, the single station consistently plays terrible music. However, I am convinced that there is a sensor that enables them to play Pink Floyd only if I'm about to get out of the car. Tragic really.
There's not much purpose to having a "right lane ends" sign six yards after the merge.
Jason's Deli is an ideal place for five hour lunches. I would also like to report that I only had one bowl of ice cream during that time.
Maybe I've listened to a radio station too long when I can identify the songs by the first chord.
NCIS has progressively worse lighting, progressively worse sound, not much character development, and a strange new way to cap commercial breaks, yet it is the most successful and/or accessible series I like. The others have beyond brilliant designs and characters but are canceled, facing cancellation, or are impossible to find on DVD. Also, it is very difficult to find a good show these days that is not some kind of cop show.
This is my 100th post!
Well, I think that's enough for now. I'll probably have more substance (or pictures) soon. Catch ya later.
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