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crankyoldmanIf it's not obvious to everyone, something that has always brought me joy is being able to make things. Sure, they're not always good or beautiful, but being able to say, "I made that" is like, basically what brings me joy in life. This extends to hacks and various other things that I consider on the creative side. And as much as I bitch about math, I'm in a very "making things" career field. And I do love science. It's hard sometimes, but the second joy of my life is to be able to point at something and be like, "I understand why that works".
That said, it should be obvious I'm somewhat addicted to "making things" type of reality television. Sure, there's drama and hell, sometimes I like that, but the bottom line to the things that I watch on TV is there's a level of... creativity I like. I really don't like watching people be idiots. I don't really like Desperate Housewives, or House, or Dr. Who. House can be clever sometimes, but... hrm. I want to like it. But I have way more fun watching people trying to put clothes together (or a room, goddamn you Top Design). I mean, there are other shows I like (Battlestar Galactica and Mad Men are at the top right now) but those are almost like movies to me, and fall heavily into my obsession with tragedy thing.
Anyway, that whole babble was to preface the fact I watched the Project Runway finale. AND I WAS FUCKING EXCITED.
I'll take that one in the front and the dress, for sure. A skinny girl like me could use a little help in the hip department. XD
Leanne was my favorite, other than Stella, because she totally thinks like an engineer. Ha, no, really. Her methodology was very reminiscent of things I learned in class, and admittedly, it was kind of refreshing. Not that creative types are all willy-nilly (quite the contrary) it's just kind of fun to watch someone parse things in a familiar manner. One of my favorite things about "high fashion" is that really, it's wearable art, and Leanne is very obviously a sculptor. When she said her inspiration was waves? I can see it.
It's so girly but in a smart not so hoochie way. God, I hope she does well because I'm so buying the knockoffs (as I'll never be able to afford originals, let's be honest).
I've come to appreciate girly for girly's sake (I don't find it un-feminist to dress pretty, it's certainly not for anyone else, it's for myself). There's no shame in a little flounce. XD I can appreciate utility too (it's too damn COLD up here to be wearing pretty dresses most of the time). And when the two intersect, it's neat.
Conclusion, yay the dorky girl won!
I've also been watching Metalocalypse. Omg, hilarious. It reminds me of Minion J's stories about his Dragonforce fixation. I've watched all the episodes I've been able to find online. It's kind of nice they're ADD short, because I don't have to devote much time. Toki's my favorite. I kind of want to hug him. So I found this nifty cover of the Metalocalypse theme song. I have an obsession with classical instrument covers of metal songs. >.>
OH, andtijuana_pirate! I HAVE HACKED MY SEASON 1 PROJECT RUNWAY DVD. NOW ALL I NEED TO DO IS BUY SOME BLANK DVDs!
And check outphoenixmonthly if you haven't yet, kids.
~Cendri
That said, it should be obvious I'm somewhat addicted to "making things" type of reality television. Sure, there's drama and hell, sometimes I like that, but the bottom line to the things that I watch on TV is there's a level of... creativity I like. I really don't like watching people be idiots. I don't really like Desperate Housewives, or House, or Dr. Who. House can be clever sometimes, but... hrm. I want to like it. But I have way more fun watching people trying to put clothes together (or a room, goddamn you Top Design). I mean, there are other shows I like (Battlestar Galactica and Mad Men are at the top right now) but those are almost like movies to me, and fall heavily into my obsession with tragedy thing.
Anyway, that whole babble was to preface the fact I watched the Project Runway finale. AND I WAS FUCKING EXCITED.
I'll take that one in the front and the dress, for sure. A skinny girl like me could use a little help in the hip department. XD
Leanne was my favorite, other than Stella, because she totally thinks like an engineer. Ha, no, really. Her methodology was very reminiscent of things I learned in class, and admittedly, it was kind of refreshing. Not that creative types are all willy-nilly (quite the contrary) it's just kind of fun to watch someone parse things in a familiar manner. One of my favorite things about "high fashion" is that really, it's wearable art, and Leanne is very obviously a sculptor. When she said her inspiration was waves? I can see it.
It's so girly but in a smart not so hoochie way. God, I hope she does well because I'm so buying the knockoffs (as I'll never be able to afford originals, let's be honest).
I've come to appreciate girly for girly's sake (I don't find it un-feminist to dress pretty, it's certainly not for anyone else, it's for myself). There's no shame in a little flounce. XD I can appreciate utility too (it's too damn COLD up here to be wearing pretty dresses most of the time). And when the two intersect, it's neat.
Conclusion, yay the dorky girl won!
I've also been watching Metalocalypse. Omg, hilarious. It reminds me of Minion J's stories about his Dragonforce fixation. I've watched all the episodes I've been able to find online. It's kind of nice they're ADD short, because I don't have to devote much time. Toki's my favorite. I kind of want to hug him. So I found this nifty cover of the Metalocalypse theme song. I have an obsession with classical instrument covers of metal songs. >.>
OH, and
tijuana_pirate! I HAVE HACKED MY SEASON 1 PROJECT RUNWAY DVD. NOW ALL I NEED TO DO IS BUY SOME BLANK DVDs!And check out
phoenixmonthly if you haven't yet, kids. ~Cendri
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Date: 2008-10-16 11:59 pm (UTC)XD, Dragonforce. All of my friends' "metalhead" friends bitch about how they make their riffs sound more epic by having two guitarists play like they're one guitarist or speed their stuff up or something like that. The Metalheads do a lot of bitching.
I clearly need to watch Metalocalypse. I've been figuring I'll need to for a while now.