I'll tell you what - do yourself a favour and marathon these episodes because it'll be the best week of you life




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Within each segment for the movie there are a few quotes and images that personify why that movie was so incredible. I tried to keep it short and sweet because honestly nobody really wants to read thought 100 pages of my babbling :P




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Remember how I mentioned at the beginning of the first part of this picspam that I didn't think it would be possible to post the whole thing at at once? Well this photographic segment is too big for three posts.




( photography pt. 1 )

So to celebrate the new decade, I've decided to make a picspam of all of the best things from 2000-2009 (otherwise known as the 'noughties' for those unaware). Although it's pretty much a rundown of the best things of all time because lets face it nothing all that great happened before January 1st 2000 ;)
Unfortunately the post would be so big I'm worried it would break livejournal if I posted it all at once so instead I'm going to release it in eleven amazing installments. This brings us to...



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Tags: noughties, picspam, recs

1. I've been watching Modern Family recently and I like it! It's really funny and somehow manages to have strong family themes and messages without feeling like it's been worn to death. Characters-wise, it's definitely one of those shows where you kind of love everyone equally (except the annoying little boy from the big family, damn him! It would be flawless without him!). Julie Bowen continues to prove herself after being amazing on Boston Legal and I'm really glad Sofía Vergara's finally got a show after The Knights of Prosperity crashed and burned all those many (three) years ago. Although I have to say if you've got some spare time on your hands and you're looking for a new half-hour comedy; Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock and The Office should definitely be higher on your list.

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1. Okay so wow, talk about the longest death scene of all time. Good lord RTD, that went on for a good fifteen minutes! Honestly, it was just another one of his episodes full of complete gibberish to add to the pile but I'm so glad we're one step closer to 11/Moffat because after rewatching Coupling recently (and this) I'm more convinced than ever that it's going to be amazing.

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3. why not check out my favourite icons this year at iconwhoa? There were some amazing ones!

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This is the last photo I took in 2009 and I'll tell ya what, I couldn't be happier. Lord knows it could be better but I think it's my strongest so far and it's pretty much exactly the kind of photo I want to take. Actually lately I've been putting photos I wish I'd taken into a folder and browsing it in my spare time and I think the brilliance of those photos is rubbing off on me! Check out these three LotS caps (all in that magical folder) and look at how weirdly similar style-wise they are to what I took - completely unintentional!

Anyway, I'm really glad to have ended the year on a high. And it has been a fantastic year (well, for me at least. And from the sounds of things I'm the only one who liked it :P) I've been focusing a lot more on graphics and I feel like I've reached a whole other level because of that. Speaking of which, another resolution of mine is to continue doing the a graphic per day thing because I think that's really helped me, I can't recommend doing it enough!

1. Oh Fox, what's going on with you? First you let Dollhouse live when it clearly should've been axed (thereby killing t:tscc in all of its homicidal robotic brilliance) and now you go and cancel it just when it starts to get good? Come on now!

2. The Icon Makers' Favorite Icons Meme! // My Thread

I'm so proud that the bulk of them are recent :D I'm improving! And don't you forget it ;)

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1. Before I say anything else I just want you all to know that I thought I'd sent gifty cookies to all of you, but then they took them away and I realised they hadn't sent properly! So add my one onto your accumulative tally because swear I didn't forget you! I know that whenever somebody says something like this I assume that they're not talking about me, but YOU, reading this right now, you were remembered!

...probably

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1. I'm insanely hooked on Legend of the Seeker this season, it's incredible how much it's improved since season 1. I think the addition of Cara was excactly what they needed; she's so sexy (right on par with Richard and Kahlen) and provides some really exciting tension in the group along with a much-needed immoral point of view. The writing feels like it's been kicked up a knotch; in season 1 I drifted off to sleep every other minute but I can't keep myself away from these latest batch of episodes. The stories are progressing a lot faster and it feels like they've removed all of the boring characters and plot devises and replaced them with significantly more interesting ones. Also this is still Legend of the Seeker so it should go without saying but aesthetically it's flawless; definitely my prime photographic inspiration right now. (Now lovers of pretty things, I'm looking at you; this show will make you cry yourself to sleep with glee)

2. Another show that should definitely be on your watch list this season: Dexter. Season 3 was a bit dry but 4 is bringing it like you wouln't believe. The plot twists continue to keep coming and knocking me square off my seat. Also I can't remember season 1 and 2 very well, but it's been really creepy, which I think is fun and appropriate given it's the story of a serial killer. :D

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5. Okay, I have seven Google Wave invites so roll up, roll up and I'll send you one! :D

1. So this latest season of antm has been brilliant, I'm really liking the direction they're going, especially in regards to how they're putting the effort in to becoming a legitemate modelling competition again! They now have guest judges who are actually significant people in the world of fashion (Chanel Iman this cycle and next cycle they're going to have a permanent judge who is/was a Vogue editor), they're elimentating the right girls (the ones who did badly in photoshoots over the ones who aren't making drama) and they're actually giving really helpful critiques!
However, above all of this... Nicole. Talk about the best winner they've ever had. Flawless head to toe, amazing personality, she really had it and I hope that she doesn't fade off into the sunset like 99% of the girls who came before her.

2. I finished tafe for the year! It's been so crazy recently, I didn't even know how much stress I was under until I woke up yesterday morning and breathed a sigh of relief for the first time in about 8 months XD
Anyway, I've got a week left of feeling like this before I start at my new job! It's at Santa's Cave and I'm going to be a photographer (or elf? I must admit I'm not entirely sure) so it'll be a lot of getting little kids to smile when they don't want to, which I see as good training for getting emotions out of people that they don't want to give as a fashion photographer.

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4. ( the final batch of tafe photos for the year )

5. Now finally, can somebody help me find (preferably HQ) caps for Get Smart? I have no doubt they exist but I have no idea where to begin looking, usually I just make my own... :/

For helping me, I offer up a referral to this hilarious failblog_rss spinoff: odlyspecific
For those of you who won't help me, you're hereby banned from any and all failblog associates and affiliates. Nah, I'm just joshin' ya, I don't have nearly that much internet pull. But... just help me, ok

1. So I entered a professional photography compeition the other week and a I won an award with this:
I was hoping to get better scores overall for the four prints I entered (knowing what I do now about what they're looking for I would've entered an entirely different set) but watching the judging I learned a lot about industry standards and was reminded that I have a good technical eye but I just need to trust myself more.

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5. ( wallpapers )

1. I've been rewatching it and decided that everybody should go and get a copy of We Can Be Heroes right now (GO! HURRY!). It's essentially the Ausrtalian version of the Office season 2; very cute, eerily realistic but with a hint of crazy. The characters are delightfully well-rounded considering how many there are and that it got a six episode span total. But seriously, if you want to know what it's like to live in Australia just watch that. I mean, It's not like that for me personally because I live on the internet, but you get what I mean :P

I suspect that Chris Lilley didn't have as much creative input (or was perhaps given too much) for Summer Heights High, because I think quality-wise it's a SIGNIFICANTLY worse show. It's fun, but it misses a lot of the depth that We Can Be Heroes had. I'm excited for his new show with the American funding though :D

2. Community is kind of rocking my comedy world at the moment! Every week is really hitting it out of the park and despite having about four seasons less episodes, it's already above How I Met Your Mother and American Dad. Bravo Joel McHale! I am now a fan (he's also really funny on The Soup).

3. So I've slept about eight hours in the past four days and it's kind of working for me! I'm getting a lot more done and I suspect it's because I'm too tired to care about what people think of me but I've started being able to function like a normal human being in conversations and not like a weirdo robot person! :D
And see, I probably would keep it up, but I kind of worry I'm going to kill a whole bunch of people in a car accident falling asleep at the wheel.

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1. I can't believe it Joss is going to direct an episode of Glee and he said he's been watching every episode multiple times. I kind of feel like he's blessing Glee for me :P I've obsessed with the Jossverse for so long and now it's time for the reign of Glee.

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5. ( surprise photoshoot )

1. New York happened, it was awesome. A post is it's half-written, it's just taking ages to edit the photos and convert my random jibberish scribblings I wrote while I was there into legible English :P

2. So it kind of seems like Supernatural doesn't known how to make a wrong turn. Since season 3 it's been getting better and better with each passing week and so far this season is no exception

3. My mum got married this last Sunday (yes, on daylight savings day, what a foolproof plan ;))

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1. Well well well Glee, it looks like you weren't six months of worthless hype over nothing like I suspected you would be. I'm not quite ready to put you on my favourite shows list yet, you've only had three episodes after all, but GOD they were fantastic weren't they? To hell with every other show coming back, I just want to watch those three episodes again and again.

2. In less than 24 hours I'm going to be in New York. I plan on documenting my travels this time so that I don't just come back with a few halfbaked memories or -worse yet- nothing. I'm currently not that excited because I've heard a lot of hype but I don't really know what I'm supposed to be excited about. However we're going on a tour of NBC studios so I'm definitely looking forward to that :D

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1. I finally getting around to watching ANTM cycle 2 last week. I'm so sad I didn't do it earlier because it's brilliant. I'm in love April and her journey to become romantic because she reminds me a lot of myself (because I'm a sexy Asian model obviously ;)) in the sense that I'm very analytical about art. Also I find her determination is admirable.

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5. ( a long overdue spam of pics )

1. I made a mathbook-style layout for one of the challenges that have been running recently at theskilltester if anybody wants to use it :)


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2. I've shown you my favourite 25 icons by me (which is already out of date :P) and now here are my current 25 from everybody else

( be warned, extreme undiluted awesome can be found beneath this cut )

3. I've been rewatching The Inside and thank god it's just as good as I remember it being. I first watched it four years ago when I was young and naive and fell in love with how incredibly dark and sinister it was. It was definitely one of the shows that has changed me from who I was to who I am.

For those of you who are persuaded to watch shows based off of the prettiness, it is INSANELY pretty. The lead actress is Rachel Nichols and she's pretty much flawless. The lighting is really fantastic and much like the overall style of the show, very dark. It reminds me of something Joss Whedon said in the audio commentary about whoever lit Serenity and how they don't just light the scenes with light, they also light with shadows.

Also it's written like a dream. Everything is so psychological and the writers are always thinking a step ahead. And while it's very dark (I know I sound like a broken record, but I can't emphasise it enough. Blood and gore everywhere, but it's not traumatic at all if you're not into that kind of thing) it still has ingenious little flashes of humor that somehow don't break the mood at all. Jane Espenson and Tim Minear are behind the writing of it and you can tell. Neither of them has ever failed to deliver.

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5. I just found some very fantastic textures here. They're very similar style-wise to elli's infamous paint/grungey textures (if you use the paint/grunge/wood tags), but they're a lot bigger and a few of them are seamless so you can use them for large and unusually sized wallpapers without any problems :D