This LJ is semi-closed. I live at Tumblr instead, you should too.

Hello, livejournal friends, you have been missed, and I hope you sweeties are doing well. A special shout-out to ihatecamera, whom I dearly miss and wish I had met a few more times before she left for India.

In about two weeks, I will be packing my bags and leaving for Melbourne, Australia, where I will spend the next two years in University. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited about all the exploring I'll get to do. I've spent the last twenty years in a country so small that a fifth of it is man-made - and now I will be in a country (heck - a continent!) that could contain a thousand copies of my country. 8 million square kilometres means plenty of new people to meet, and wonderful, magical places to find. I absolutely can't wait.


(watch this pretty video if you have a few minutes free, it will make your day)

OH HAI LJ. We used to be friends.

Unfortunately, my habit of neglecting my Livejournal has increased significantly the passed year, and I sincerely apologize for that. Here is this pretty picture as an apology:



I still go through my f-list every day though, but everything else has been left stagnant. Thankfully, I end school for good in a few weeks, and can move to bigger and better things, and have a not-so muddled mind to make actual posts. That said though, I hope none of you mind that extra-long-hiatuses that much, but if you prefer your LJ friends to update frequently, I hold no grudges should you choose to unfriend me.

But in the effort of making a post that consists of more than a few sentences, and as a way of re-introducing myself, here is that Facts About Yourself meme thing that seems to be going around Facebook now. (Note: There were too many variations on the number of facts you're supposed to give, from 15 to 16 to 25, so I decided on an average of about 19.)

( PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR SOME SERIOUS OVER-SHARING )

Have a great week you guys! <3

YES WE DID!!! Let the internet go crazyyyyyyyyyy!

Hello Livejournal. My name's Stef! We used to know each other really well, but we haven't seen each other in ages! Sorry about the last few months or so, I got unfortunately caught up in real life, and I don't like it one bit.

1. I started my internship 2 weeks ago. Basically, I work from 9am to 8pm everyday for roughly less than $2 an hour, and I don't even have a proper desk to sit at. (Yeah, being an intern is totally AWESOME!!`1!) I am running errands half the time. Working in a television studio is definitely not as cool as Liz Lemon makes it out to be. It has become a little bit more tolerable, but I'm still very disappointed in the lack of walk/talks and random discussions of what happened on Lost. It's absolutely exhausting though, and by the time I reach home after an hour long bus ride, I can't think or eat or understand the English language. I think it's time I got addicted to something called CAFFEINE.

2. With every new bag I have, I go through a Great Spilling Accident, usually involving uncapped water bottles, huge ink blots from pens and other small disasters. This time, it was bad. Very very bad. My iPod was completely soaked, to the point I could see water in the LCD screen. I'm not sure if I can get it replaced under the warranty scheme, which sucks, cause I got it less than a year ago. What's even worse though, is that I lost a TON of music: entire discographies of artistes that I love dearly. Life without music hurts my parts.

3. It is very hard to have an actual life when you're completely consumed by work. I don't even have time to think about stuff anymore, and I anxiously await next year when I can go on an extended holiday with my friends. Somewhere with a beach, I think, as far away from here as possible. Maybe space? Have you guys heard good things about it?

4. AT LEAST TELEVISION IS BACK. Thank you life and thank you love! 30 Rock and HIMYM are keeping me sane. OH LIZ LEMON WITH YOUR CORPORATE HAIR AND PUTTING SPLENDA IN YOUR WHISKEY (which is something I would totally do too). Robin and Barney MAKING OUT WHAT.

5. Here is some good music:
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
M83 - Graveyard Girl
Miss Li - Why Don't You Love Me

Have a good weekend, you guys!

Oh hi people of the interwebs! I have been missing for quite a while.

I just came back from the MOST AMAZING CONCERT EVER.



Broken Social Scene - I know this is oft said, but they are 10 times greater live. Plus, it wasn't an outdoor performance thing, it was in this crazy concert hall which had really good acoustics and everything. It was probably why they played almost an hour more than the thing was supposed to last.

I should say more but I don't think I can form a lot of words right now. Also, Happy belated Birthday to the ever lovely sadaffair. Sorry I couldn't find time to make a proper post for it! I hope you've had a great week hun.

1. I have to visit the hospital for a check-up again tomorrow, which makes it the 4th visit in 3 weeks. At least I feel relatively better - I am sick of taking antibiotics though.

2. It is weird how two weeks away from school sort of made me drift away from everyone. It feels like I have been away a year or something like that. I miss some people very much.

3. Did anyone have a completely uneventful Valentine's Day? I had totally forgotten about it until my friend texted me, and then I realised 90% of the people I was on the bus with were couples partaking in some heavy PDA, which really annoys me.

4. My internship will be starting soon (April to Oct). It'll be 6 months of being a slave to a company that I do not respect. I'll be writing/editing trailers for local/acquired television shows. Let's hope that it'll be around the time they acquire Pushing Daisies so I get to watch it for work.

5.Movie Meme!
1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

( 1-15 )

I am totally, absolutely sick. My entire family is down with the flu, so everyone is just lying in their beds groaning. I had to use a nasal spray just so I could breathe like a normal person, which was gross, and now I have an insane earache. Worst week ever.

So yeah, sorry if I don't comment/update.

Dreams from Stefanie W on Vimeo.

I have been working on this animation for weeeeeks. Drawings, coloring (in photoshop), animation, audio all done by me for my Multimedia and Radio Production modules. It's pretty simple, but I'm super proud.

And because I'm going to see them in two months, here's The Bird and the Bee's cover of How Deep is Your Love

Will be in Hong Kong for a week.

Happy Holidays/ Merry Christmas/ Happy New Year.

I'm procrastinating, as usual.

1. Bold the names of guys you'd definitely shag.
2. Italicize the names of guys you might shag after a little persuasion.
3. Leave the guys who don't do anything for you alone.
4. Put a question mark after the guys you've never heard of.
5. Strike the guys you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
6. ADD THREE OF YOUR OWN AT THE END.

( meme )

That was a terrfic waste of time. And Target just released another line for GO international, this time by Erin Fetherston. So effing cute!

Things I liked about that day's episode of Pushing Daisies... in pictures!



( Picspam! )

Icons


( All 17 behind the cut )

Again, I apologize for the lack of commenting! Mostly my life now consists of work, coming home, downloading and watching the shows for the day, sleep.

ANYWAY, boy am I glad TV season has started again. I'm withholding comments on FNL until the second/third ep, but I have faith that the writers will handle the whole Landry/Tyra storyline better than some other particular show writers. The sitcoms (The Office, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother) haven't disappointed so far - TINA FEY, HOW I HAVE MISSED HAVING YOU ON MY TV COMPUTER SCREEN. The dramas, however, were really underwhelming, especially the Supernatural premiere, and um, all the new Heroes eps.

However, one show I'm really happy about is Pushing Daisies, pretty much the only new Fall show I've picked up. I was afraid that the second episode would be mediocre, but YAY for the mystery-of-the-week episode format. PD WRITERS, PLEASE NEVER STOP BEING QUIRKY and thinking of all sorts of ways for Ned and Chuck to be all cute and heart-bursting-amounts-of-happiness-inducing.

So, I have to make icons everytime I get into a new show. Honestly, the show itself is so bright and colorful and the shots are prettily cropped, the icons kinda make themselves.



( You love secrets! You want to marry secrets and have little half-secrets, half-human babies )

Also, Lee Pace! And his faces!


( A tiny picspam for the second episode )

So I haven't really updated for weeks (months?), i've just been busy and tired and i'm not the kind of person who can randomly write my personal feelings down, and my daily life is really not that exciting to be blogged about, soooo yeah. I'm getting really bad at keeping up with my flist too, so I might cut some people soon, I guess.

Basically, things that have happened in the past few months:

1. School. Filming uninspiring stuff for projects. Etcetra. I did horribly this semester. I was kinda feeling okay about my results, but now I just feel terribly crappy and depressed about it.

2. I got another haircut, which I hate. I should have known it was a bad idea when the hairstylist asked me "you should put blue streaks in your hair". (not like I actually did that.) It'll probably grow out in a few weeks though. Is it weird I have never grown my hair past my shoulders? Which is bad because this doesn't give me a lot to work with. Speaking of haircuts, this is a little alte, but Joie looks freaking gorgeous in those new pictures. Seriously, she can pull off anything.

3. I'm working right now as a temporary telemarketer, which is as boring as it sounds. Worse still, my computer doesn't have internet access so I can't pretend to be doing work while secretly putting together outfits at polyvore. I'm pretty much falling asleep every 3 minutes. I have no idea how people survive 9-5 jobs, it's driving me crazy. Real-world office life is nothing like tv office life - There's no cute guy who carries messenger bags and rolls up his shirt sleeves and plans elaborate pranks and makes fun of all the other workers and falls in love with the receptionist. (That's Jim btw, for you non-Office-watchers)

4. I think... I kinda forgot how to use Photoshop cause the last time I made icons was.. early July. Um.

My life is kinda boring, Y/N?

A few of my favourite songs right now.


Begin Again by California Snow Story.
This song is so breezy and mellow, and the two singers harmonize perfectly.

Skinny Fists by Christians and Lions.
They remind me of Wilco and a mellow Sufjan Stevens with less instruments. Lovely, meaningful lyrics and the trumpet solo in the middle of this song is amazing.

Looks Like Rain by The Postmarks.
Bliss in a song and very french-pop. I love listening to this song when it's raining and the bus I'm on is empty. "Lightning flashes when you glance, i'm thunderstruck" is one of my favourite lyrics on this album.

Birds and the Bees and I Hate Camera by The Bird and The Bee.
I love EVERY single song on their album - every one of them is unique but are still consistent with the sound of the album. Inara George is the lead singer, and I really like what she's done here more than her solo work.


33 Supernatural Icons
(Uhm, I'm posting these despite the fact that 90% of my f-list don't watch Supernatural. Really, you guys, give it a chance. The writing in terms of plotting, pacing, character development, etc has significantly improved so much from the first few eps of season 1 and the boys aren't just pretty faces. They act their freaking hearts out and have grown into their characters. It's beautifully filmed - the cinematography is subtle and beautiful, and there's an amazing use of shadows. Also, it has one of the best and most fun fandoms ever.)



( Why, oh why do the birds do all the flying? It could be me. )

I'm really sick of people going on about how Transformers is the Greatest Movie Ever. I guess it's one of the more successful movies this summer, and kinda fun if I wasn't being all movie-snobby, but it had no substance, the worst dialogue ever, and I kinda wanted to kick most of the cast members in the face (Especially Megan Fox. Her delivery of lines is painful to watch sometimes.) I appreciated the car/ CGI porn though. 38 hours to render one frame of CGI animation is insane.

I watched Schindler's List in Film class yesterday. Now that's an amazing and incredibly powerful movie.

Happy Birthday to the lovely inpoetry! Have a great day celebrating hun - You're an incredibly sweet person and I love reading your poetic journal entries.

This is one of the most cruel, heartbreaking things I've ever watched in my life. This is how fucked up our world is. *I don't know how old this video is, but you can sign a petition here.



*Graphic scenes.

So, a few weeks ago my picspam options were either a season-finales-picspam OR another FNL picspam. Instead I went to catch up on both seasons of Supernatural (Really glad I gave this show a second chance after giving up on it mid-s1. It's really improved plot-wise, and it has an awesome fandom. Seriously, this show has the best fanfics around.), both seasons of How I Met Your Mother (I'm surprised at how much I like this show. Lesson: Don't judge it just because it's on CBS and has a laugh track!) and 30 Rock, which is made of complete awesomeness. Which led me to this, a 30 Rock picspam/pimp-post thing. Picspam because the show is all bright and pretty, and pimp-post because more people need to watch this. It is one of the best comedies out there right now, and I think I honestly loved the whole season more than the latest season of The Office (although both are made of WIN.)

This could be sort of spoilery for extreme spoiler-phobes, but mostly I only included my favourite moments/quotes from the first few episodes. You can catch up on the episodes when NBC reruns them from July 5th (or, I might upload them soon, if I have the time).



( Why you should be watching 30 Rock )