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Windows 7

Thelnie — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:44 +0000

So I signed up for the Windows 7 Party that comes with “what, a free copy for Windows 7 Ultimate?!”. Yes. And apparently not everyone that signed up was able to get in on the party pack action. Anyway, I did end up having a party. It was a small one though. I’ve finished the puzzle they sent me. It’s cute. Maybe I’ll frame it up. Maybe not.

I also have some nice napkins that say Windows 7 on them.

I’ve been running Windows 7 for awhile now and last night I had to sign over to my other partition with Vista on it. Wow. I didn’t think there was a big difference going from Vista to 7, but last night I could actually feel it was slower. Granted it’s a bit more stuffy in there from 2 years of accumulated crud, but I’m pretty sure I can’t go back. I love the new taskbar that peeks at windows if you hover over them. I love the new snap that displays two equally sized windows side-by-side. And the middle “un-maximize the maximized window” button on the top right is pretty redundant now since you can just drag the topbar off from the edge of the screen and it’ll automatically become a smaller window, and fully maximize again if you snap it to the top of your screen.

Anyway, all is good in the world of my computer.

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One Silver Astronaut

Thelnie — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:43:03 +0000

My friend, Wyatt (the one on the very right), is a member of the band, One Silver Astronaut. He plays the violin! How kooky is that, right? Someone find me a band where I can play cello. And is close to me.

Anyway, they have an album out, called The Research and you can check it out on iTunes here. And their myspace page as well.

One of their songs, Band-aid For a Fracture is going to be on Gossip Girl on March 23rd on the CW. I really like this song too and you can totally hear my friend playing the violin! Ch-ch-ch-check it out!

Download audio file (osabandaidforafracture.mp3)

(Oh gosh I just noticed the UNIQLOCK is auto playing music so be sure to scroll down and kill it)

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Running

Thelnie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:08:26 +0000

No Doubt is going on tour! Maybe this year I’ll finally go see them. They’ll be in Irvine on the 7/31 and 8/1! The video I posted is one of my favorites because it has a lot of candid pictures of the band when they were young. Official website here.

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Sarah Brightman

Thelnie — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:32:51 +0000

I went to a Sarah Brightman concert yesterday at the Honda Center. It was sooooooo good. Better than I expected and so much more. It’s up there with Cirque de Soleil for me because of how beautiful everything was. The set, the clothing, the stuff projected on the screen, the creative aspects, and the music…she’s wonderful. She can still sing Phantom of the Opera. I can only imagine how sad she and I would be, that one day, when she can’t hit that high note at the end.

It was just half of the stadium for a more “intimate” setting.

Chandeliers!

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This is how she came in…so dramatic. Her dress was really flowy, and they constantly had a fan blowing her dress up, similar to her album cover art of her album “Symphony”. She really swung her dress around a lot. A lot. A lot. But I don’t blame her; if I were wearing that dress, I’d do it too.

I am…Darkwing Duck!

Here is a short video of this first song. I love the colors! Notice the billowing dress. One day I want to wear a huge dress with a long heavy train, and stand on top of a cliff on a windy day. Like in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, during the montage scene where the British defeat the Spanish Armada.

Can anyone tell me the name of the song being played? To me, I know it’s been made into a techno/trance song, but I never knew what the original was. I love at the end how the lights turned off one by one.

I absolutely loved this song. She sang “What a Wonderful World” while plants bloomed in the background. If you look at the set, she’s actually standing behind the glass. I still can’t decide if the images are being projected onto the floor, and the reflective glass is picked up on it, or both. The glass is bordered by white screen material. She stands behind the screen so that her shadow isn’t cast on I think?

A darker image so you can see her dress. I want!

Here is the video of the song. Love love love.

This is what really weirded me out. I’ve never been to a concert, so I don’t know if this is like..totally normal, but I was pretty amazed. If you look at the left gap, there is a dancer there, but that isn’t part of the reflective glass. It’s that opaque white screen stuff….so if it’s not being reflective, how does the image get on there?

See for yourself. Mesmerizing.

I want her dresses. All of them. My battery ran out later (stupid me…I really didn’t think I’d take so much) but they added an extra long train to her dress and lifted her up on a swing while she sang.

Princess and the Pea-like

I reeeeally love this song too. He came out when the male’s part started. His light wasn’t was big as Sarah’s.

That didn’t do it justice.

Noooow, after the intermission, she sang Phantom of the Opera…bless her…and when she left the stage, Alice came on, and the rabbit, mad hatter, the deck of cards, and Little Red Riding Hood. what?! Yeah. And then, eerie music plays while the familiar sounds of Dance of the Superplum Fairie tinkled its way in (That’s from the Nutcracker for you uncultured, jK). You have to see it for yourself. I managed to find it on youtube. I was blown away. It’s so different from what she’s usually sung but I welcome it wholeheartedly. It’s very Nightmare Before Christmas. Doesn’t it sound like something Gwen Stefani would sing??

The left and right screens scrolled through a forest of trees like she was actually moving. So twisted. The next song on this video afterward is reeeeally good too.

If you poke around youtube you’ll find more. I am totally enchanted by her now. I am now digging through my cd collection to find all my old cds of hers. I hope this tour is made into a dvd, or even better Blu-ray.

Here is a good review with nice pictures. Totally digging that weird song also: http://voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.com/2008/12/sarah-brightman-symphony-tour-2008.html

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

Thelnie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:48:05 +0000

Well, it did for me. Keanu Reeves walking down a hallway with a suit on. Oh Em Gee. I know time stopped for me. I didn’t want it to end.

Could he be any hotter over 40? Could he?? And look at that rain…and Jennifer Connelly is soooooo cute in this movie too.

Anyhow, Keanu is pretty good in this movie because he gets to talk choppy and be all “awkward human” like.

The movie itself was reeeally pretty, special effects are great, the plot wasn’t boring and wasn’t too long. The ending was a little abrupt though. Could have used more Keanu.

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New Media

Thelnie — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:49:42 +0000

I’ve put up new media up on the media player~. There is one mistake with the first one, the comment I put was copy pasted. Whoops! I’m too lazy to change it because I have to upload a new .xml because for some reason they don’t refresh on sites. Enjoy! Related posts:Whatcha saaaaay I’m pretty [...] Related posts:

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Killer…..QueeEEEEeeen!

Thelnie — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:09:05 +0000

This song is pretty awesome. I thank my buddy Paco for introducing it to me. I know I like Queen, but I never really got around to listening to everything. I like the beginning of this song more than the end.

Originally my favorite line was “Well trained in alley cat”. But it turned out to actually be “well trained in etiquette” <: / Oops. I liked alley cat better. I wish I was well trained in alley cat. Sneaky and street smart-ish or something...that's how I interpreted it. Sigh.

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