| Flatmate wanted! |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|01:01 pm] |
FLATMATE WANTED! $120/w incl. expenses
Where: Chez Homer, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch
Current flatmates: Matt, John and I. You know us. We're cool. We do our own thing but like to hang out and be social in the lounge. I bake sometimes.
When: Available from early December, when Stephanie returns to France.
What we're looking for: Someone cool, mature (ie. able to deal with things in a mature fashion), sociable, responsible (ie. able to pay rent on time and not be a dick about cleaning), and who doesn't mind having the occasional party!
- It's a 4 bedroom house with 1 bathroom. The bathroom has two sinks!
- $120 per week covers the rent, phone, power, internet. Pay for your own food. Cooking is done indiviually.
- Chez Homer is a sunny, warm house. The bedroom is at the far end of the house, it's quiet, away from the kitchen and lounge. It has a built-in wardrobe!
- Communally, there is a TV, washing machine, drier, microwave, and kitchen things.
- The bedroom can have a desk and bookshelf provided.
- Church corner is about 5 mins walk. Church corner has supermarket, shops, bus stops, etc. Bush Inn is also nearby. Uni is about 15-20 mins walk away.
What more could you want! Come live with us! If you have enquiries or want to move in, contact by emailing Rosie, alienorchid at gmail dot com, or texting 021 153 2006, or calling 960 8652.
Check out the trademe listing here for info and photos. (Click here)
x-posted to kaosians and my own LJ. |
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| Wedding magazines |
[Oct. 28th, 2009|02:11 am] |
I don't think many of my friends are into buying wedding magazines, but if you happen to have a few wedding magazines you don't really want anymore, I'm looking to add to my collection of magazines.
While they kinda repulse me, they are great for inspiration and I realise that I'm probably going to need more skills with taking photos of special occasions such as weddings and engagement parties :)
(Note that you'll never get them back, as I tend to cut them up for collages as well as just look at the pictures). |
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| Stefan! |
[Oct. 9th, 2009|04:03 am] |
| [ | Feeling quite |
| |  thoughtful | ] |
Just watched Stefan Sagmeister on Ted Talks, talking about the sabbatical he takes every 7 years. Practically speaking I highly doubt I'd ever be in a financial position to do something like that, but OTOH just watching him speak made me write down some of the ideas I've been meaning to do during my current period or therapy and recuperation.
I have such a massive crush on him. His accent is so sexy. Drool...
*goes to dream of the mighty Stefan* |
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| Flatmate Wanted in Christchurch! |
[Aug. 31st, 2009|06:41 pm] |
As most of you will already know, Chez Homer is looking for a new flatmate since ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) confusiontempst is moving to China (!!).
Click here! for the trademe classified, and please send the link on to anyone you know who may be looking for a new place to live.
Will leaves on the 18th, but he could move out earlier if needed. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 15th, 2009|08:16 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | some internetcafe | ] |
| [ | Feeling quite |
| |  indescribable | ] |
| [ | What's that sound? |
| | whatever shit is on the radio | ] |
writing from this shitty slow computer in an internet cafe. SP jsut finished. im totally ... i just can't even begin to explain how just totally ... omg ... brain .. cannot.. ARG! I just totally can't explain how awesome the last few days have been so i'm working on some pictures to sorta get the picture across.
I'm so inspired I have all these crazy ideas and projects that i've been jotting and drawing in my notebook. some involve squares. some involve nekkid and fairylights. a lot is working on my personal design identity stuff. dinner now! kebab time. and a drink athte afterparty. i don't know anyone there!! WHEEEEE~~~~~ *falls over*
home tomorrow evening. kinda cant wait to sleep. |
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| Auckland crashspace! |
[Aug. 4th, 2009|01:12 am] |
I will *definitely* be in Auckland on the 13th, leaving on the 16th. Can I get crash space? Central city would be preferable. :) |
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| Photography awesomeness |
[Jul. 28th, 2009|05:14 pm] |
Mitch Dobrowner
Mitch Dobrowner is an amazing landscape photographer who works in black and white to capture the dramatic contrast present in natural and urban landscapes. I jizzed in my pants. |
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| LOVE AND ROCKETS TRIBUTE OMG! |
[Jul. 21st, 2009|01:57 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home, Chez Homer | ] |
| [ | Feeling quite |
| |  excited | ] |
| [ | What's that sound? |
| | Death from Above 1979 - Pull Out | ] |
New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets. This is coming out in August and features The Dandy Warhols, Black Francis, Pucsifier, Dub Fire and more!!!!
More about it here.
Also the album art is done by Shepard Fairey, who rules so much (famous for the Obama 'Hope' poster). |
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| XD Lyrics.. |
[May. 20th, 2009|10:30 pm] |
The song kinda sucks, but still...
Electric Six - Graphic Designer
She's a nine-to-fiver
Got evil up inside her
She's a- she's a graphic designer
Nobody does it finer
Photoshopping tiger
Simplification messiah
Cropping suicider
She's even redesigned in China
Taking your shit higher
Running something by her
She's a- she's a graphic designer
And she knows her designs of me are graphic
And she goes into work early to avoid traffic
And she don't need prose and she don't need pride
And she don't need your feedback to know where it's at
And she don't need a resume to get through my door
You better bring your A-game when you wage your war
A designer, designer!
She's a nine-to-fiver
Got evil up inside her
She's a- she's a graphic designer
Taking your shit higher
Running something by her
She's a- she's a graphic designer |
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| Procrastination, my old friend... |
[May. 19th, 2009|12:39 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | home | ] |
| [ | Feeling quite |
| |  creative | ] |
Well I have 3 essays to write, all of them are due ASAP.
So of course I'm procrastinating. I have to go into town to buy some paint for Una, but instead of spending an hour writing my essay, I've been sloowwwllyyy drinking a cup of tea.
The best thing that procrastination is good for, is making me do other things I keep putting off. For example, I was avoiding my two other mini-branding type projects (one for my mothers' chocolates, one for my craft things) but now that I have essays to write, my brain is coming up with heaps of sweet ideas for both of them. Packaging for both projects will make me jizz in my pants.
Anyway. Shower time. |
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| Money Love |
[May. 10th, 2009|07:09 pm] |
Bontrust banking advertisment. Not really safe for work. Fucking awesome. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 6th, 2009|02:50 pm] |
EXHIBITION TONIGHT!!~
Omg! I set up and then everything fell down so somethings have creases and crumpled corners but then i stapled their asses to the wall! BITCH!
Now i'm all set up and heading out to mums to make cupcakes. then i will pass out.
love from roisin. |
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| I love you all, you know that, right? |
[May. 4th, 2009|05:30 pm] |
Hey people!
I got a table for my exhibition. Turns out my parents had an ideal one and my dad dropped it in to college for me today.
I have another request, though...
Does anyone in Chch have a cupcake stand/tier/tower.. thing? You know, they have different tiers and they hold little cakes or cupcakes or whatever?
I only need it for the afternoon/evening of this Wednesday, 6th May. (Although if you'd be willing, I'd probably like to keep it in my display until the 20th or so, just for the look).
I can pick it up/drop it off. Any help would be awesome!
x-posted to kaosians |
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| Veni Vidi Vici |
[Apr. 30th, 2009|07:57 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | design hell | ] |
| [ | Feeling quite |
| |  accomplished | ] |
You are cordially invited to Veni Vidi Vici, the Stage 3 Fine Arts graduate exhibition.
We came. We Saw. We Conquered.
We also worked really hard, sweated and stressed all year for this, so come celebrate our success at our awesome exhibition opening.
6 May, 5.30pm.
Ground Floor Gallery, Design and Arts College of NZ (116 Worcester St, Christchurch)
Drinks and nibbles provided.
(I didn't design the invitation, it's not my fault.) |
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| Print statistics |
[Apr. 30th, 2009|02:17 pm] |
My print statistics for the period of time since Jan 28, 2007.
Trees: 1.155% of a tree
Carbon: 8.0 kg of carbon dioxide
Energy: Equivalent to running a 60W bulb for 263.5 hours.
Total print jobs: 506
Total pages: 930
Can anyone tell me whether that is a lot carbon or not very much? Is that a lot of energy, or not very much?
I'm not worried about the tree... since I'm very economical about paper and always try to fit in as many things as I can on one page. |
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| Table request |
[Apr. 28th, 2009|04:11 pm] |
My graduation exhibition is on the 6th of May and I was wondering if anyone in Christchurch had a round table I could borrow between the 5th and 21st May. It won't be damaged, I can arrange picking up/dropping off, and it will be covered with a table cloth.
The kind of table is a round table you might see in or outside a cafe, or on your deck, or in your garden, or sitting in the corner of your room with a vase on top of it.
Something like this:
or
Something like that... doesn't have to look exactly like that.
Any help with this would be AWESOME! |
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| Trimming.. |
[Apr. 25th, 2009|08:48 pm] |
Trimming by eye is always never a good idea. |
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| Print babies! |
[Apr. 25th, 2009|06:49 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | white room, college | ] |
| [ | Feeling quite |
| |  silly | ] |
| [ | What's that sound? |
| | throw it in the fire - the whip | ] |
Printing is like having a baby (not that I know what having a baby is like.)... You work so hard on developing your ideas for days.. weeks.. months.
You know it's there. You can see it on the screen, you can see it in your head, but it's never truly, really there until you have it in your hands.
You hand your baby to the midwife/tutor and they say "It's a healthy baby! It will grow up to be successful and healthy all it's life!" - this is the equivalent of getting an A
they might say "It's a healthy baby! It will be moderately successful, but has some flaws, such as having a huge nose that prevents it from ever getting laid" which is the equivalent of getting a B
you're hoping they won't say "Your baby is pretty healthy, but I'm sorry to say that it was born blind/deaf... it'll get along okay but it will always need help" which is the equivalent of getting a C
and you dread them saying "I'm sorry, but your baby is stillborn" D/FAIL!
I have a special relationship with the printer at college. I have always taken care of it - canceling the files that are too big for the server to deal with, clearing paper jams, yelling at other people for feeding it the wrong types of paper or kicking it. I know if you set the mood, and stroke it the right way, it'll give you exactly what you want. One of the best things about it is that you have absolute control over it, you can manipulate it to your will. I hate the idea of prostituting my design to a commercial printer because they always get the colour wrong or fuck up the trimming.
Our relationship has always been tumultuous... I've been having an on-going affair with the tudor smooth ivory 340gsm paper, and I've always had a thing for the silk coated 220gsm paper downstairs. However, the printer is always there for me when I need it, with it's steady whirring and stacks of regular paper... tudor smooth ivory 340gsm and silk coated 220gsm sometimes run out on me. :(
The most beautiful thing in the world is when my steady, always-ready printer and my flirty, flighty paper get together. Paper is so white and smooth... like a virgin maiden ready for the taking. Printer is big and strong, wanting to take you in it's arms and have it's inky way with you. When paper and printer get together, paper's innocence is torn from it. Paper is bereft of it's whiteness by the harsh, unyielding printer!
Printer takes it in, processes those 0s and 1s into colour information and jizzes on paper's smooth white surface! The printer then throws paper aside to dry off and moves on to the next job...
I then take those fresh new creations and cut them and mount them!! Borne out of this horrifying process, fraught with stress and emotion is something new, something fresh: Printer babies... ready to be handed to the midwife of judgement, ready to be shown to the world, and to be cradled in my arms, and coo-ed over by friends and family.
*goes off to hump the printer* |
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| ARGGGHHH!! |
[Apr. 16th, 2009|06:11 pm] |
On another note:
WHAAAT! Whoever decided it was a good idea to have Overprint automatically turned ON in Illustrator is fucking retarded. |
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