http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:LordEdy&section=today deviantART RSS for by:LordEdy en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:31:26 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/27704502/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/27704502/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:54:15 PDT
13 months . . . hmmm lotsa stuff's happened since then . . .

So anyway, I'm at Swansea University (got my A levels :3 ) doing my first year of Electrical Engineering with German on the side.

Yeah, I've become interested in Languages and TF2 since the last journal, though TF2 is on hold untill I go home for christmass. (Though still feel free to look up Smither5er; nom-nom-nom.us and half-brain.fr where my favourit servers, whose forums I continue to lurk on.)

Also, there's an Anime & Mango club here, which is kinda cool, and a University Aikido club, which involves a lot of being thrown on the floor, but I goes theres anyways. Also, maybe going to Austria in 2 years, sweet.

I might start updating this regularly again.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/20420229/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/20420229/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:36:31 PDT
They're turning on the LHC!

They're actually doing it :]

(For the benefit of others, I'm a science nut doing A-level physics, and there's a lot of hype about this 'cause they're looking into a very important & exiting piece physics about why stuff make does stuff ~ )
____________________________

In other news:

My life at for the past few weeks has been peachy, I've dropped the Engineering course I was doing, instead I've kept chem~

So my A-levels stand:

- Phys [weak B in AS]
- Maths [weak A in AS]
- Chem [strong B in AS]

(didn't get the Tech AS, but I'm moving on ~ )

Now I feel much better for the decision (the whole 4 subjects with too much work and unsure of which I'd drop, do badly in, fail REALLY got me down for about 5 months)

Alos, I've fallen in love with CaramellDansen [link]
And a my Swedish friend in Sweden is gonna teach me C++ with CodeBlocks ^~^

(O-o-oa-oa~ )

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/19820352/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/19820352/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:34:34 PDT
We (me & family) are leaving for France in a few minutes, we'll be in the Dordogne province for 11 days.

BRB people

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/19336749/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/19336749/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:17:33 PDT I've got migraine at the moment, so I'll wait before I explore, but I do like the preview system. :]

Also I've been going to a few University Open Days (don't ask), but long story short:
Liquid nitrogen is the most awesome liquid/substance/material there is (to play with.) =]

Also, ytmnd is still cool, but season 5 of voyager is starting to take a dip half-way through. =[

Still, found some new songs to listen to.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/19255422/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/19255422/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:36:38 PDT
I just seen I hit 2,000 hits which is enough to write a journal about.

There's some other stuff to. . . .
- I had a nasty cold over the weekend, which made me feel like living crap, feeling better now . . .
- Our 6th form common room is now awesome (we managed to get tea-making facilities with a fridge for the milk, and a TV with a playstation!)
- Started going to Uni open days, we'll be sending our applications & personal statements in a few months :{

Also, ytmnd is still awesome [link]

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18869036/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18869036/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:37:03 PDT too old!

School's coming on fine now, I've even managed to get our chem teacher to spend 10 minutes checking textbooks after I nearly proved her wrong

Oh yeah, and nights are getting rough, don't know why . . .
I still wake up every morning with blood on my pillow from a midnight nose bleed, and being unable to open my eyes

But it's summer, and I don't care, maybe I'll do some stuff later . . .

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18663365/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18663365/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:04:48 PDT
So, my last exam's on Friday (maths), after that, I'm free.

Not much else to say . . .

Oh-yeah, my cold's all but gone, I still have a bit of a sore, bleeding, dripping nose, and the odd, err, odd dream, but I'm fine otherwise, yay!

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18496497/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18496497/ Sun, 25 May 2008 14:46:05 PDT Or, I was, very ill, with a cold. Caught it on Thurseday.
I'm feeling better now, but my nose still drips like a broken tap.

I had loads of stuff to say, but I can't remember most of it.

Oh, oh!
Half-Term next week!

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18240975/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18240975/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:45:36 PDT
Alls that's left is the exams
There's 8 of them over the next month

Anyway, I'm just glad it's over.
I have a bit more time now, which I have constructively used to find some cool music, start watching Star Trek, find a interesting russian comedy called Maski [link] and sketch a bit.

I had a lot more to, but I forgot.
I'm off for a bath now, as the stress hit me quite hard.
Laterzzzzzzzz . . . .

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18135384/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/18135384/ Fri, 02 May 2008 15:28:21 PDT Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me, :music
I've missed all my deadlines,
Happy birthday to me.

Yep, uber swamped at the moment, but I have until Tuesday.
Exams still coming up, but I'll be clear to get on with that after coursework finally over.

And yes, today is my birthday; I am now 17, and eligible for a provisional driver's license. But I don't intend to start until after my exams.

(Oh, I got 2 DVDs (Hot Fuzz, Mr Bean), a sony walkman, a book, and 2 big bars of dairy milk)
(Oh, and £50)

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17944862/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17944862/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:24:45 PDT
Um, Bye!

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17826575/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17826575/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:36:40 PDT Bumping off the last journal.
I still think the Orphan Works act is gay. Not all bad, just mostly.
That's my opinion at least (and I know many people agree with me).
====== endit ======

I've recently rediscovered ytmnd, I'd forgotten how funny that sight was!

Yesterday, I spent an hour alone staring at the blue ball machine . . . (so confusing! O_O )
. . . . though my favorites are "uelaeuluela" and "picard"

Also, after 2 hours of the original worms, I'm out of breath from laughing (that game is funnier than any cartoon)

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17807210/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17807210/ Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:30:52 PDT [link]

Can anyone fill me in on some more?

(basically, you will have to pay to copy write your works, else it's not protected)
(USA is passing it, UK is considering it, Australia is therefore considering it, & it's against international law)

[edit1] Here's a more active & informative article: [link]

Petition: [link]

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17443604/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17443604/ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:58:53 PDT If there's something thing you want, either a print request or a particular shot, feel free!

I'd also be glad to hear any advice on prints (store looks, prices, print availability, gloss matte or laminate, etc).

Also, why, why, why dA? Why do you always have to be under maintenance whenever I'm trying to upload stuff?

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17423928/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17423928/ Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:17:50 PDT
Tomorrow perhaps.

Anyway, it's now the easter holidays. I should have been handing work today, but most of it isn't done, now I have way too much too do! XD

I might find the time to finally post a few more deviations after half a year of inactivity, but maybe not. I've got loads of stuff from my Sweden trip I want to put up, plus the last bit of my cycling adventures (even though that was back in October).

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17408777/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17408777/ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:03:11 PDT
I've slipped back into 'normal' life pretty quickly, & the days are now flying past.

I have to go now and get on with my physics coursework now.
I was meaning to get on with it as soon as I got back, but I've been putting it off because I only have untill tomorrow and I've lots the notes, joy!

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17342368/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17342368/ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:26:11 PDT
Last night, we were wandering around and it was totally awesome 'cause it was all lit up with groovy colours (I'll post photos when I get back 'cause in an internet cafe at the hostel we're staying with) we went to a Pizza Hut where the waitresses were nice & there were cartoons on the walls. I want into this building where there were art galleries & cafes with swinging jazz!
Then today, asside from seeing the royal buildings & the Vasa ship museum, we went to a Burger King in the central square, and when we came out, there was an Iraqi rock band playing rock/jazz and there were banners spreading anti-americanism, peace & criticism of the Iraq war! Then near by, there were some Indian dudes (as in american indians) playing their music in the street!

I wanna live in Stockholm!

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17327653/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17327653/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:12:29 PDT
Anyway, I'm now in Stockholm city hostel, it's been great, & I'll update later.

Got to go now! (Food, n' stuff)

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17194540/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/17194540/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:27:35 PST I leave midnight (btw Wed & Thurs) from my school on a coach for Heathrow. Then we catch a plane to Stockholm in time for breakfast. After a long wait, we catch another plane to near Kalix (just inside to arctic circle), then it's a bus journey through the snow to the town of Kalix.

It's an exchange trip, 21 of us go over there for 10 days, then our hosts come over here some time in the autumn.

As expected, I'm hyped & packed (mostly), just a case of waiting for midnight now.
Yay!

* Turns out "Till Sverige och rygg" (original title) means "to sweden & back", back as in spine, or behind.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16963458/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16963458/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:34:47 PST
1) My computer's back. Woo!
I thought it would never be fixed.
All the programs we've installed over the years are gone, but our documents have remained! (Deian, you're a genius)

Also, I now use Firefox (much better than IE).

2) We went to Salisbury over the weekend to see a friend who moved there to take a new, better job.

3) I still have piles of work to do, but I feel better about it & myself now, so I can get on with it rather than panicking & doubting.

4) The EESW team have finally pulled together and our assignment is really getting along. The deadline for the portfolio is the first but I think we can get it done, and our assigned customer has been informed of our progress.

5) And at last, most of the arrangements for Sweden (including who stays with who) have been made, so I'm all exited about going again.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16788546/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16788546/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:00:29 PST It's now half-term and I have piles of work, but I don't have to get up today, so yay!

We've been playing Risk all evening (a board game) and yesterday, my school technitian came over to take my computer away to see if he can fix it. He says it'll be now by monday, I hope.

Anyway, Stolen from:

1 . YOUR REAL NAME:

Edmund

2 . YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)

Edmizzle

3 . YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal)

Yellow Fox

4. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)

Mered

5. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink)

Red Water

6. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name)

Dr. Lindith

7.YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (both parents middle name)

Antoney Margret

8. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets)

Black Billy

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16708331/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16708331/ Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:01:52 PST
In brief:
I've re-descovered the world of Rayman after I got it Rayman Gold working on my old computer (doesn't have the music though ) so I'm re-playing Rayman Revolution & Rayman 3.

I was shoked to find my brother's got into Mario, and was playing Super Mario64 on my old N64 (he hates poor graphics & old stuff)

I've got my Genius Tablet running on my old computer, yay! (haven't done much with it as the included programs suck more than MSpaint & it's too old for Photoshop & Corel Elements)

I've got lots of work I should have done a while ago & I'm now in trouble for it (shh!) but it's the Eisteddfod next week, (don't ask) and half-term after that, so I should have some time then. ('course, I won't, but what the hell)

Also, [link] I took a test to see what Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (personality type) I was, and I have to say, I found it quite helpfull.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16575662/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16575662/ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:08:55 PST It's out brand new wonder drug we think you'll find enticing,
Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddly-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddly-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddly-ay

We tested it on animals and none of them survived,
But that’s OK cos when we wrote the paper up we lied.
It first choice for MI, MS and even for ME and COPD, HIV, PE and DVT

Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddly-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddly-ay
Um-diddle-iddle-iddle-um-diddly-ay

Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin,
We sell lots in Japan cos it’s the antidote to ricin.
The minister of health we hear will shortly be advising
Take Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin!
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Yeah, I heard a band called Amateur Transplants other day, and I've been listening to their hilariouse songs since. (find them on YouTube)

Anyway, things are feeling a bit easier now it's the weekend, I haven't touched my computer since last friday, so I'm still on my dad's 11-year-old laptop, but we're getting a technitian in next week.

My family's been busy with stuff for the past few weeks, so I've pretty much be left to myself (which is cool) and I'm feeling a bit better about my school work.

Other cool stuff includes my Dad's new laptop arriving (this one's waring out). It's awsome and it has Vista & it's just cool cuz it's high spec & it means we'll have an extra computer free so there'll be less fights for it's use.

Also, I've paid all £600 to pay for my Sweden trip, and next week I'll have enough to but the Kroners & Euros, and I all hyped aout going.

Err . . . that's it, bye. I'm off to do . . . other stuff.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16300042/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16300042/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:03:16 PST
Firstly, I haven't had internet at my computer for over a week, which explains my inactivity (I still got to stuff from my dad's laptop for 5 minutes every-now-and-then).

Right, keeping it brief.
- Holiday feeling died on the 28th when I started planning my homework around variouse stuff, spent the day doing maths.
- We (family) leave for London to inspect the flat my mum rents out after some renovation work.
- We return from London on the 30th for New Year's Eve (an awsome 2 nights).
- I have some connection problems next morning, but fix them. Spent the day finnishing my math. Catch my dad fiddling on the computer (which he never normaly touches) and says that the internet isn't working. Spend the evening trying to fix it.
- New Year's Eve Spend all day trying to fix the £"%$*@# thing! Phone BT, they can't help. I try a system re-store, but whilst waiting for confermation of the restore, I realise I need to plug a mouse in the computer (the tablet didn't work because it was set to before christmass). I my atempt to pull the tablet wire out, I knock the loose power cable out, now a system start-up file is "missing or corrupt" so on computer.
- I was doing the same peice of work for the rest of the week, but I finaly got all 4 pages done today, and the other 23 page task done (well, sort of).

Now it's school tommorow (Teacher's training today), and I have untill thursday afternoon to get a major project done . . .

Oh-yeah, one final thing, it's 2008, and I'm misssing 07 already (that year just rocked so much.)

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16125809/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16125809/ Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:13:47 PST

Anyway, a family friend had booked her family and ours, tickets to go see The Golden Compass in the Odeon after lunch in Swansea, but I was still grumpy all morning (arguments with my dad, dreading the film, dreading the work I have to do).
I perked up after we pick them up, and the rest of the day went smoothly, I had an Americano pizza (peporani & pork) which was delisious, we saw the film, before returning to the friend's house for an hour-or-two. _{(They have a Wii!!)}

Anyway here's a few words about the 2 highlights of my day:

====Very long after here=====

The Golden Compass
- Before I start on the film, I have to say that I read all 3 of the books 4 times when I was 13 & 14, and I absolutly loved them. They inspired several of my views on many topics and are prehaps the single most influential peices of litrature I've ever read.
Now, the film itself I first read about in a forum on a fan-site. It was mainly speculation, but it was enough for me to decide that I wouldn't like it. When I saw an advert for it on the Television two years later, my fears were prooved correct, and as I saw more trailers, posters & previews, I hated it more and more. I nearly saw it last week with the EESW team, but we saw Beowulf instead.
When the credits started to roll earlier today, I wasn't wollowing in dissapointment, or shouting at any blatent miss-interpritations, but I hadn't been transported back to the book, I felt the film didn't live up to the story, the book, or writer it was all based on.

The major failiure for the film was that it didn't have the same sense of atmosphere and character the book did. I didn't feel the same sense of magic from the deamons, the same feeling of fear of the goblers & the majerterium, the same sense of childhood, anger, excitment, or the same sense of tragedy & adventure.

There was also the issue of the characters. Lyra was too much of a hero; in the book she's a snoty, arrogent, lying, cowardly, inoccent, troublemaking child. Lyra is a lier, she cheats & misbehavesm and there was non of that. The Gyptians were too unified & proffesional, too organised; there wern't the arguments, the trechery, the mistakes that plauged them in the book.

And lastly, it went too fast. The first book was slow & dull; it started off quite normal and gradually it became weirder, got less realistic, and more fantastic. The film skiped whole settings & important scenes like the fire drill, the shooting of the gyptian spies, the scholar's scemetry, Lord Asril's lab in the arctic, the Armoured Bear's prison and Roger's death!!
All-in-all, it's a good film and I would recomend it to anyone who didn't like, or will never read the books, but if you loved the books, be warned: it's your standard male fan-fic, with a masive budget.

Now, the Nintendo Wii
- When I was told that the friend had got a Wii for chrismass, I was amazed, but it didn't truly matter to me, I was happy for them, but it was just another person on the long list of people I know who own a Wii. (along with [link], [link] & darkjak.deviantart.com)
But when I saw it in their living room, I was awstruck. There was Nintendo's masterpiece, right in front of me, beside the plasma TV, nunchucks 'n' all. I couldn't believe how small it was! It was about the same size a Gameboy classic (but probably a bit bigger than) which was about the same as 3 controlers (wich were about as bit as a TV remote).

After one of the owners gave us a game of Guitar Hero on the PS2 (which I couldn't see what all the fuss was about) before he set up Wii sports for the household todler, who got bored after a while, leaving me & my brother to it. Playing it was awsome, it's a little difficult to work out what the controler's doing & use it, but that didn't deter me.

In general, the Wii was brilliant, and I saw from the main menu that you could do lots of amazing stuff on it (watch TV, internet, online play, ect) and for once, I think I've used a product that is twice as good in real life as it is on the ads. I can only imagine what the games are like on it.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16103635/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16103635/ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:27:41 PST - One 'Complete guide to cartoons' and
- One Graphics tablet.
Woooooooo!!!!!

I was practicing all day, and I even have the beginings of a short comic.

I'm probably going to be more active now

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16087861/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16087861/ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:40:45 PST [link]

Yep, this was the view out of my bedroom window this morning.
As you can see, the white is above the road rather that on it.

Anyway, presents . . . chrismass . . . humbug to the lot of them.
Everyone's excited but me, my dad's nagging me to do this & that, and everyone's bought me stuff but non of mine to anyone have arrived.

Anyway, Happy Holidays everyone.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16002184/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/16002184/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:00:48 PST
Back in september, me, 4 other pupiles, our D&T teacher, the tech-block technitian formed a team for the EESW (Engineering Education Scheme Wales) and we took off on a project that last year's team couldn't finnish.

On Monday we went to stay in Swansea to use the facilities at the University to help with out project. Once we'd arrived & set up, we gathered what we had to do, and fiddled with the equipment to get our heads round the task in hand.
After a free lunch, we got down to work and we all found a niche that we worked on (I was given the mannuals for the 2 programs that were used to create the program for last year's project) and it carried on like this during Tuesday at the Uni as well.
By Wednesday, we'd eventually got the whole machine working, although it doesn't seem like much, but we should have enough to write about in our report, and were not done yet.

Between that, we stayed at a Premiere Inn with annother team, where there was all-you-can-eat meals (I felt sick for most of the trip because of it) an did some planned activities in the evenings.
On Tuesday night, we had planned to go bowling with the other team team we were staying with, but it was full. So we booked for Wednesday evening, and headed for town for a look around.
It was freezing and the fair that was in town was too expensive, so we went to the cinema, but had to wait an hour for the film.
We wandered around, freezing, when we went to look at the LaserQuest and decided to book 2 games.
After that, we went to see our film, Beowulf, which was pretty good. It was a brilliant story, easy to follow and it was over-all a pleasure to watch. But there were a few parts that, to me, were screeming errors or bad decisions. (i.e. the bad editing and animation in some places, and they had Grendle's Mother (a norse deamon) played by Lara Croft!)

The Bowling on Wednesday was fun. I did get a spare but I was crap compared to the one who hit 2 stikes.
The LaserQuest was very fun. We were split into 3 teams, Red Blue & Green, and we were given a coloured jacket with a "gun". The idea was to score as many points for your team. You got 200 if you hit a enemy's front, 100 for the back & 50 for the sholders & gun.
Anyway, we all piled in, us as the Blues, and a large group split into Greens & Reds. It was a converted cinema, sloping down, with 2 floors, and a 3rd that connected them.
There was chaos for the first 5 minutes, but then I found a bridge that was the only entrance to a small maze behind it, and I decided to stay there with a team membre who was already there.
The second game was different, I explained about the bridge whilst another group got ready, and we decided to rush it and stay there.
There were 2 mad girls on the Green team who kept running around screeming, despite out defensive hold, and there was a short, podgey Korean kid on the Red team (who were harder to hit due to dimer lights on their pannels) who was annoyingly good. He managed to run out in front of us several times and hit most of us before we got him.
We still won.

Anyway, it is now 11 at night, and it's frosty outside.
I havn't managed to buy any presents yet, and my PayPal account isn't active untill the 24th, so that sucks.

Bye for now.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15932029/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15932029/ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:28:29 PST
. . . 500 . . .

. . . woo . . .

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15864314/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15864314/ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:31:56 PST
Monday & Tuesday: Worked my ass off to get phys coursework in on time.

Wednesday: Celebrations

Thursday: Celebrations slowly draw quiet; I ignore sone work; Re-descover an old web site. [link] (nice little comunity)

Friday: v1.4 is released for Stronghold 2, I spend all night playing.

Saturday: Played "Portal: the flash version" all day whilst listening to Swedish lessons linked in her jornal

Sunday: Helping my sister play Majora's Mask but also knowing I should be doing homework. Then watched Back to the Future part II, then Star Wars Ep.II (Attack of the clones) had Sunday rost, and watched Top Gear (one of the best I've seen)

Now, 'tis 10:30pm, and I havn't done my homework for tommorow, Merry Christmassisintwoweeks

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15693971/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15693971/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:45:32 PST absolute worst weeks of my life.

I don't realy want to go into detail, but basicly I've been delt a fierce cocktail of:
- High workloads
- Stress
- Peer pressure
- Fear of failiure
- Lack of self esteme
- Family troubles
- And a lack of support

Well, I can sort of see a this stopping on monday, there is a high chance that this is false hope, but I'm trying not to think about that.

Despite all this, I've stayed active (and still am) amazingly.

Not much more to say, other than I'm doing this because I got board writing coursework.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15446283/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15446283/ Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:54:16 PST
Umm . . .
Yeah, I'm trying to write two pages of tech stuff, but I'm finding it hard to concentrate (hence me writing this).

I'm about to get drowned in more work than I've ever seen in my life (I know because I can feel my chest geting heavier) yet I'm feeling strangly calm.
I supose it's due to a fatalism of sorts, or something . . .

But on the plus side, the second paper in my English exam went without too much trouble on Thursday.

And for the weather, it's five o'clock and it's dark outside, so it feel much later than it realy is . . .
Oh, and there's a smell of wood, wind and fresh tree bark in the air, making it feel like winter. *shivers at the cold*

Anyway, back to work.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15374476/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15374476/ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:45:08 PST But it turned out that the other half (the half I worked Friday, Saturady and Sunday on, staying up 'till 10:30pm every night), didn't have tobe in by the start of this week, but by next week!
So, yeah. Although I'm relived I've got more time, I am ticked off that I worked my socks off for nothing.

In other news: I did my first English exam today (I didn't do well enough the first time) which went well!

Also today, I asked around, and it turns out that hardly anyone in my year knows about NewGrounds! So I drew the logo on the common-room black-board to teach them a lesson.

On a lighter note, it's bonfire night tonight, but I still have too much work to do . . .

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15268742/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15268742/ Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:20:29 PDT
So, I'm gonna be pretty inactive for a while.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15245638/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15245638/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:32:38 PDT [link]

Last Saturday I went for a half-hour cycling trip up a local drovers road. It follows a glacial valley and leads past 2 waterfalls, 2 bridges and a up towards the springs of the valley's river in the pine forests.

I found some picturesqe locations and though that they might make some good photos.
But I have no experience with photography, and I didn't have a camera anyway.

I regreted not having a camera, so earlier today, whilst the weater was (resionably) good, I took our best digi-camera (a FinePix A500) and set out on my sister's bike (it's the only decent one).

I was going to upload them today, but the time quickly disapeared once I got home, and some of the shots didn't come out as well as I'd hoped.
But, I descovered that you can "improve" them in our photo editor. So tomorrow I'll play about with them and upload a few, and maybe I'll do it again next week.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15216705/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15216705/ Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:05:47 PDT I plan to stay up, talking randomly to other dA locals whilst finnishing a piece of work I plan to submit.

The coming week is looking to be hell with the amount of school-work I have to do, but for tonight, all my worries are in my untouched school-bag on the floor of my room.
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Beyond that: I havn't been taking enough fluids recently, multiplied by my flu, means I've now got quite a head-ache.
So I've taken to having a glass of water every 10 minutes to cure this, but I does mean that I will be in almost constant need of the loo untill I get used to the extra fluids.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15200319/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15200319/ Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:43:00 PDT Well, maybe not friday, but tomorrow is the last day before half-term starts.

I have tonnes of work to do :busy: but tomorrow I have lots of free lessons which I can use to make the work not-so-hard.

Ah-yes, and a family friend is staying and he's taking my parents out friday & saturday, so the next 3 days are looking up.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15174055/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15174055/ Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:55:23 PDT

Yeah, I'm felling EMO at the moment.
I've got quite a tailback of work that I can't remember how to do and I'm stuggling with Chemestry.

I don't understand, I got an A* in my mocks, and an A for my GCSEs, yet half of what the teacher says makes no sense!

This is not helped by a failing computer; (the 'solution' to the problem I mentioned on wednesday has screwed the sound) the cold I've had for a while; (making it dificult enough to stand let alone work with a pen) and the fact that the plan I sent off on saturday came back with the general message "Good, now do the bit that you couldn't do and asked for help with, without help".

Anyway, life sucks at the moment, so I'm off to fall asleep infront of some homework.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15138900/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15138900/ Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:41:01 PDT If we do well enough, we get £250 for our trip to Sweden.

I'm releaved to have E-mailed the final (ish) draft to the Teacher who's organising our entry. It's not the best when you compere it to what was required, but given the situation I was in (no comunication between the other membres and two important papers missing) I thing did quite well.
I'm still relieved to have sent it off because the deadline isn't 'till next Friday, and the Teacher said she would look over it herself.
So, yay for me!

In other news, it's the weekend, these's not a cloud in the sky and a freind's over for the day.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15086933/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15086933/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:21:33 PDT :)" title=">:) (Devil)" />

My brother bought The Sims 2 about half a year ago, but it crashes in a veriety of manners after 20min or so, and he's been bugging me to sort it out for a couple of months now.

Long story, short: I tried and failed this evening and it's left me I a very unwelcome bitter mood. :rave:

Basicly, the error message that's displayed after most crashes (crash to desktop and all display settings are set to minimul untill restart) states that we need to up-date our Display driver (now 6.14.10.4410) but I'm reluctant to because of past experiences with buggy games.

Eventually I gave it a go, now, after 1 hour and 5 arguments (over checking which drivers work or just randomly picking a number) later, I have 2 drivers I want, but my brother has stormed off, saying that he can't help me search for them because he refuses to understand.

*Ergh* I feel like murder now.

*Sigh* My extreemly dull day at school didn't help either.

I doupt funny flash movies will help now so I'm off to carry of Surfing for StarFox Command stuff . . .

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15075152/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15075152/ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:08:34 PDT We went on a school trip today to Cardiff, not that it was much fun.

Basicly it was a gallery of last year's prized D&T projects.
Coupled with the lectures & speeches made it pretty boring.

After that, we went to a shopping and I bought 500g of wine gums.
Needless to say, there are still 450g left and I feel sick!

Anyway, stuff happening tomorrow, and I'm in a Si-Fi mood.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15054622/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15054622/ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:42:15 PDT It's that feeling you get when you know you should be doing work for tommorow, yet can't be asked because it's your last few hours of freedom from the week's schedule.
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Now, enough emo-talk!
I was writing the above when I decided to cheer my-self (one of my favourite talents) by watching some funny flashes. (Thank-you roger!)

Anyway, Saturday was cool.
We raised at-least £75 (£50 of that during my shift) by stitting around at the entrance of the local CO-OP. The money is for our trip to Kalix-Sweden.

Anyway, I'm board with writing now, and I smell rost pork!

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15031546/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15031546/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:45:29 PDT Blaaaarrrggh . . .
It's 11:30 during my customary Friday night stay-up.
I'm a bit tired, my eyes are watering, and my concentration is sliping so bear with me please.
(i.e. it took my 5 tries to write concken- , comcen- , con-cen-tra-tion)

Anyway. (Do I say that too much)(?)
My mind is screeming for bed.
I had a fun late night last night going to a council grant . . . thing.
Main points only because my grammer iz sliping:
- Fun 30 min ride on the bus with others who went.
- Went cause we all thought we stould a chance at rise cash for our variouse stuffs that are happening.
- After long 1 hour presentation, turns out we had no chace. (It wz 4 businesses only, no charityies, expeditions, investments, ect.ect.)
- There was free food and CAKE!
- Got a sheet for my group bak at scool to fill in, and larked about.
- Saw freind do AceVentura impression (I'm gonna ARSE you some questions) just as judge walks over to our table.
- You should'a seen their expressions.

Boring day today ( but I managed a good Chem prak without breakin anythink)
Have to be in the local CO-OP by 11:00, so I leave at 10:00.

Bed now. Bye

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15000828/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/15000828/ Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:41:17 PDT All my life I've devoted all my attention to a bit of work and alot of lazyness.
It was always 10 or 12 in my class that took part in the school show, nutty trips around the world ect. ect.
I now know how they feel.
Today I had to:
- See the head of year about my absence on tuesday.
- See my Pys teacher about cousework.
- Discus my many-times-failed practicals with my Chem Teacher.
- Find out the date of a Re-sit and hand in some work.
- Have lunch before finding a certyain teacher who I couldn't find.
- Get some money out of the bank (on the other side of town)
- Rush back to arrange a meeting tomorrow with annother student and forementioned teacher.
- Quikly copy some homework before passing it off to Maths teacher.
- Plan Phys experiment & coursework.

Half of that in my free time (1.5 hours 'cause I had a full day to-day)

Anyway. Board now (see mood below) off to read webcomics.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14985191/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14985191/ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:59:19 PDT We did some stuff about learning everything we already kinda' knew about the EESW project me and four others have signed.
Mainly, we discused who would do what in the team (each of the 70-odd participating schools has a 'team' and most of all, there was a buffet.

Then we went to the see where the 'company who will set us the project task' was based.

Aaaaannnnd,
it turns out that the day we present our project to the judges is the day after I and two other members get back from Sweden.

Anyway, I'm all geared up and ready to start the project which we should have started . . but . . . haven't . . . . .

Umm . . . coursework to catch up on tomorrow, yay!

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14969213/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14969213/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:06:45 PDT (Pro-Desktop is a 3D model generating program)

But other than that, I've got quite a week infront of me.

-Tuesday I'm off galabanting over S. Wales to a Engineering presentation, a buffet, and a factory, all by 3:30.

-Wednesday I'm sure there's something I've forgotten, but I'll probably be catching up on the Chem & Phys practical coursework I'll miss on Tuesday.

-Thursday I'll be off to a competition type thing with a grant of up to £250 for our trip to Sweden. If we did our preparation on Wednesday.

-Friday will just be mad, trust me.

-Saturday I'm sitting in the Lampeter CO-OP on and off shifts selling raffle placements for our 'luk-a-duck' competition to raise money for the trip to Sweden.

In other news, I'm now a fan of Michel Jackson and have started listening to his music like mad, and it's got to that time of year when it gets gloomy at 3:30.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14950767/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14950767/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:30:23 PDT We went to a goodbye party last night for my dad's freind who is going back to Thailand after a visit to his to check of house that he rents.
It was a late night last night, and after leaving rather early, well, 1/2 an hour after the party 'finished' but 2 hours before everyone left.
After compleating Sonic R earlier that day, I looked into the Tails Doll.
I tried wikipedia, but there was only a small reference in the character listing.

I tried Google and DeviantART all whilst listening to Sonic R music.

DO NOT LOOK UP THE TAILS DOLL LATE AT NIGHT WHILST LISTENING TO SONIC R MUSIC!!!!!

By god, it shook me up.
I'm still recovering the next day.
Michel Jackson's Smooth Criminal is still ringing around my head after I tried to distract myself last night. So, by the laws of psycology, I now have to listen to it to stop myself going nuts.

I'm about to be off for my mom's freind's 'Open House' day.
Have a better sunday than me.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14897004/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14897004/ Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:05:29 PDT
I thought I was in trouble several times (forgoten homework, ect.) but nothing turned out as bad as they seemed.

- Trashed my chemestry practical; turns out we're repeating tomorow

- Very boring maths lesson, yet somehow managed to understand it all

- Forgot to do my Phys homework; opened the file to find it already done

- Was about to be set a test next week but those practicing for the school show (which is wrecking everyone's timetable ) are too busy (that's 1/2 the class) so no test.

- Got my EESW form in, thanks to my pursuasion (and luck) managed to the other 2 members to stay AND 2 more to chip in as backups. :^^:

- And now I have the computer to myself (everyone else is busy)

I love days like today.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14883059/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14883059/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:09:15 PDT I'm still felling sleepy etc but my heads stoped throbbing.

Umm, can't think of anything else much to say . . .
Bye.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14867992/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14867992/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:21:26 PDT I've felt ill all day
Forgot about variouse weekend homeworks
Now have more

Generaly not a good day

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14826446/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14826446/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:05:31 PDT IT'S THE WEEKEND!!!

wwwwOOOOOOOOtttttttt!!!!!!!

Woo . . .

. . . woo . . . *sigh*

Yeah, this has been a l-o-o-o-o-n-n-g week, so I'm feeling a bit high! XD

I'ed given in to my brother's nagging for his turn on the computer, but 10 minuts later he declares himself board O_o

In those 10 minuits (damn-it I can never spell minit) I played a few of the better songs I can play on the piano, (which I play) and have resolved to record myself on youtube and post the links from here.
I'll probably have forgotten by tomorrow.
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Anyway, parents are out, sister's at a sleep-over, brother's watching tele, the mood's a bit deflated, so I'm off to play RTR till the early hours of the morning 'cause I can and don't have to get up tomorrow! (Very long sentance O_O )

Weekend . . .
woo . . .
c'ya . . .

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14811037/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14811037/ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:06:43 PDT I used that time to start a little flash project featuring some sea-gulls flying over the sea.
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In other news, the weather was freeeeeezing this morning!
And I read an artile in the Sun protesting against Brown's intentions to sign the UK up for an EU constitution that will abolish the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Ireland, etc. and create a "United States of Europe".
They were demanding a referendum, but despite all the propaganda and pursuasion in the article, I'd still say YES.

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14772754/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14772754/ Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:24:38 PDT THEY HAVE ADOBE FLASH INSTALLED ON THE SCHOOL COMPUTERS!!!!
Now I can start practicing for when I get a copy myself!

When will this be? you wonder . . .

*Emo voice*
. . . not very soon.
The price on the adobe site of CS3 pro, was £550+ !!!! 0_0

So, I'm currently in desprate need of advise on where to buy, what to but, what prices to expect, etc.

So, umm, HELP! before I give up . . .

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14659970/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14659970/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:06:46 PDT
But it's not to difficult, at the moment, and I've found out what goes on in the common room; cricket, ping pong, and texas hold'em! O_o

I've been watching Outlaw Star (a japanise (sp?) manga about the future) after I looked for the original song to Bogswallop's 'Throught the night' flash collecton (which is awsome)!

So, for this weekend at-least, life is good . . .

]]> ~LordEdy http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14469992/ http://LordEdy.deviantart.com/journal/14469992/ Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:45:40 PDT I've been thinking for 3 months on how I could spend my time doing something.
After some research, I found I needed adobe flash, a decent drawing application, and a tablet pen.
Then it suddenly struck me!
I still need more help on the right pen, drawing applet, etc. so it'll be months before I get any of it organised, let alone bought.
So now, with school tomorow (6th form-WEE!!) and holidays over (Err . . . woo?) I've taken it upon myself to learn to draw on MSpaint with and everyday mouse!

I'll start with the Sonic cast, then Link etc. (cartoon characters are easier than real people) . . . and then, if I get enought publicity, maybe I'll do commisions.

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