http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:elvish-fiend&section=today deviantART RSS for by:elvish-fiend en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:42:55 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/23500217/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/23500217/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:33:37 PST D D
only problem is that its got a 1/2" shank and my drill can only take 3/8" or less oh well, time to get a better drill i guess, the one i have only cost me $30 anyway, oh, and i gotta get some slitting saw blades...
but lookout for some new chainmaille pieces coming soon, everythings gonna be much quicker with a motorised saw!

i also got a new car last week, its a secondhand '88 laser
i already managed to flatten the battery O_o
it cost me $1000, but i had to get new tyres, which was $300, and i'm gonna have to get some new driveshafts and a new windscreen...
there goes another $700
and then i have to get it roadworthied and registered, and theres another $500
something i thought would cost me $1500 all up has gone way over budget, might get a credit card to pay for it all, and slowly pay it back
the aussie govt is hopefully gonna give me $900, just as a stooopid 'rescue package', which really wont do crap except pay off peoples mortgages and credit card bills, but if its free for me, i'll gladly take it! but thats not gonna start going out until next month sometime at the earliest

ciao for now

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/20559030/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/20559030/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:24:50 PDT
well, since i first found out that i had the smiths on my computer, i've listened to almost nothing since, even on my mp3 player. there's just something about the amazing music, the driving drums, the rocking bass guitar, the mellow voice and the lyrics that i can relate to, that just attract me so much to it.

i know it's over, it never really began...

me and my girlfriend broke up, a relationship i thought was kinda serious, especially compared to my laughable previous 'relationships', but in the end it became too stressful, there were some issues we just couldn't resolve.

there is a light and it never goes out...

well, the much awaited show, In His Own Write, has started, the show that i'm doing lighting for. opening night was last night, we have 10 more shows to go before we finish our run. The costumes are absolutely amazing, the set is tremendously versatile, and the lights are a monstrous beast...in a good way.

coyness is nice and coyness can stop you from saying all the things in life you'd like to...

i finally quit my shit old job in fast food, and considering i needed to take time off for my show, i thought that was the best thing to do. but i haven't found a new job yet. the parents think that after a few months i'll still be without a job, and will have dwindled my savings...i think they could be right. i'm still also without a car, so its public transport home at 10pm, which is a fairly new experience for me.

i was only joking when i said by right you should be bludgeoned in your bed - bigmouth strikes again

on a side note, it seems that all the spare time i have after uni, show and sleep is spent absolutely wasted, on anything from facebook to failblog. screw doing homework. and really, i should be getting more sleep.
oh yeah, and i've been to only 2 classes all week. fuck.

one more smiths quote for the road:
nothings changed, i still love you oh i still love you, only slightly, only slightly less than i used to, my love

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/18796839/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/18796839/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:24:59 PDT
For one, a whole semester of Uni.
Currently studying Bachelor of Engineering, I don't really think that it's my forte, I seem to find it quite dull and sleep through a lot of lectures, but whether thats due to the 8am lectures, 21 contact hours and 1 hour minimum travel time or the lack of interesting-ness due to lectures that can't speak real English, I really couldn't decide... I'll most likely change into a Science major next year, but I might do Science/Engineering, that might be more profitable.
It's currently exam period, I've had three exams in the past four days, and another one next week. May have failed a couple of subjects *pensive look*

Which brings me to something else...I have a girlfriend now! Her name is Zoe, she's equally as crazy as me and I guess, most importantly, she loves chainmaille, oh, and me of course She plays the trumpet, likes Jazz music, and loves medieval things as much as I do. I might have to keep her away from sharp pointy things. She's doing a bachelor of Science. I met her on one of the first days of uni, it was the 21st of Feb, and we've been dating since the 27th of April. When we met, she immediately declared me to be her new best friend, on account of the maille that I was making and just happened to be carrying around. She will be my hot, gorgeous model for all things maille She lives up in Mount Waverley, which is a bit of a distance with just public transport, but exams means that we don't get to hang out together at uni. Oh well, that just means more sleepovers.

Which brings me to another thing: I got, and killed, a car. It's a pity, since she was a pretty good car, as far as old bombs can go, she was a white auto 1988 Toyota Corolla Seca, the benefit is that I no longer have to pay for petrol, which is good considering work is screwing me around, not giving me any shifts, therefore not being able to afford petrol...
Anyway, I was driving home from an afterparty, it was 5am-ish, I'd been up on minimal sleep for the past 2 weeks, and hadn't slept in 24 hours. Fell asleep...drifted into the side barrier on the freeway, and spun out across the road. I'm told that I'm very lucky that I hit where I did, or I could have been very, very injured. Luckily, I walked away without a scratch, but the car had chassis damage and a broken axle. Written off, the first of what will most likely, though unfortunately, be many.

The reason I'd been up so late for so long was because for the preceding 2 weeks I had been doing lighting (I was the assistant lighting designer/operator) for Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange - a play with music" performed by the Monash Uni Student Theatre. The show was a great success, but unfortunately the late nights and 8am lectures played havoc with my sleeping, and it was the Closing Night afterparty that I was driving from.
Fleur, one of the awesome chicks from MUST is directing "In His Own Write - The Lennon Play", and she has nabbed me to be the lighting operator for that show. It should be lots of fun, its running sometime next semester.

Anyway, that's the main points of my life in the last four months...hard to think that its only been 4 months with all thats been going on, but it's been fun for the majority, despite the huge hectic-ness of it.

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/16940931/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/16940931/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:54:05 PST
to put it bluntly, no beating around the bush, today was my first day at uni. that would be monash uni, clayton campus. just orientation though, classes don't start until next week. doing a bachelor of engineering

today was quite compulsory, even though there was nothing 'life or death' that happened, really.
the only real main reason we had to go was because of the 'campus welcome', which i guess wasn't so bad. it was the 'first vice-chancellors welcome with no vice chancellor', because he was coming back from the monash campus in south africa.

anyways, way before that even happened, i had a fair bit of time to kill...say, 90 minutes...and there were some posters/flyers whatever here and there about sign-ups and auditions for...the Monash University Student Theatre, both backstage crew, and for roles. so i head over to their office, sign up for backstage, and just as i finish, a girl comes walking out, spots me signing up, exclaims 'awesome!' introduces herself and drags me around, through to their performance hall, introducing me to everyone as 'a new tech' which they were all pretty excited about. Their hall is this wonderful little place, only room for maybe about 50 or so people on the seats, with lighting racks all across the roof, in a squarish criss-cross, and a balcony over one side, from where they run all the equipment. so it appears that this club, that i wasn't really too sure what would happen about, has already taken me under their wing . anyways, this semester/term they're performing the picture of dorian grey, clockwork orange, and a few other things, so i'll HAVE to get involved somewhere...

then after that, and after i started talking in long, dull sentences...was the welcome, and after that was the very limited 'faculty related' tour...there was only 3 stops, and most people should have known them already.

after that i just sorta bummed around a bit, got some lunch, logged on to the uni network, did some other dull things...you know, being under 18, i'm not allowed to access the internet? well, at least not without a parental permission form! how stupid, old enough to go to uni, but not old enough to use the net? and it seems to suck even more, because my 18th is just 7 days away!

on another note (geez, how many ways can there be to change topic? not enough!) i just received my timetable...it's customizable, to a point, and its arranged so that i have monday completely off! but then i have to start at 8am, wed-fri. might do a little bit of swapping and stuff...no one will notice/care!

umm...okay, after that long, dull post, i think it's time to say goodnight to everybody, and that at this time, my ramblings might be a little confuzzled, so i may be back to change things later

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/16578450/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/16578450/ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:02:39 PST What otherwise was just another thing can inspire you, or fill you with hopelessness, emotions travel wildly, happy, sad, dread, for whats happened, what will happen, what may happen, knowing something has to change to maintain sanity, health. Knowing some things will happen, that will cause grief.
Love, anger, frustration, distant for family, friends.
Surreal moments, is it a dream? Would that make it better, worse?
Comfort, complacence, regret, insecure, for the situation that you're in
Losing touch
Inspiration comes at the strangest times, the strangest forms.

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/16155586/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/16155586/ Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:01:34 PST and theres nothing i can do to stop it *sigh*

its like banging your head against a wall...it hurts but it feels so good*



*the above statement is hugely subjective, whats good for me may not be good for you

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/16078593/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/16078593/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:07:33 PST
just to wish you all a very merry Christmas!
Here's hoping that Santa brings you everything you want, and that if he doesn't, he at least brings you stuff that you are happy with.

Happy Holidays!!!!

-Zac

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/15994914/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/15994914/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:49:23 PST
anyway, riding my bike, listening to my music (can't for the life of me remember what song ) riding along cranbourne road, happens to be mostly downhill, so i've got just a little bit of speed. riding past a house, a ute just sorta pulls out, not enough time to miss it, so i collide, right into the tailgate of the ute...his entire right tail light is smashed, which i feel pretty bad about, but i came off just a little worse...when we hit, it was the handlebar, that had my hand on it, that went through the tail light, so my hand is all cut up, mostly small superficial cuts, got a real ripper to my palm, even though its mostly just the skin that was sliced off. also, my face smashed into the tailgate, but...really, it was my tooth! that poor tooth got pretty nastily broke...got photos of it luckily my bike is still all in one piece...just a few minor things to fix on it.

so I'm pretty sore, but nothing majorly bad happened, other than my tooth is broken, and i didn't get to spend $100 at JB really i sorta feel more guilty about hitting the ute, and the damage i did, and honestly, the first thing i did was apologize to him also, i feel pretty bad about how much its gonna cost to fix my tooth, but...oh well "merry christmas" huh? *sigh*

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/15788305/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/15788305/ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:43:33 PST
friday night was zappa plays zappa.
dweezil zappa, ray white, steve vai...awesome band. bought a zappa shirt. tour de frank. need to get more music. crappy internet.
3 hour concert. music that's brand new to me. impossible guitar solos. seeing the legend himself. long ride back.

spent the night at a friends house

saturday night, draculas. jenny's birthday. with chris, megan, elliott, zoe and belinda. show was vampirates. comedy galore. hot costumes, awesome waiters and waitresses. needs more chainmaille. not nearly enough vampires, or pirates. good food. not nearly drunk enough very impressive place, great, mindbending layout. cheesy ghost train. somewhat awkward ride back, a bit of excitement with car trouble.

spent the night again

watched harvey birdman, useless lawyer. watched allegro non troppo, somewhat crazy italian take-off of fantasia(?)...interesting though. watched some of a zappa documentary. yes, humor does belong in music. not enough of it, all sex, commercialism, angst etc. pretty warm. a bit awkward. sweaty. sorry.

sunday night - christmas carols at church. got there a little late.

monday, awkward revelation. felt like an ass.

too many short sentences...otherwise, i'm sure this would be long and rambling and...here i go again.
bye

]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/15660129/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/15660129/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:21:49 PST
umm...hmmm i really dont know where to start
most people have some thing or other to complain about, or wonderful exciting news to share...me, i never seem to have either, but whether that's due to my boring life or complete indifference, only others can tell.
[edit] can't believe i forgot about this, but i'm seeing zappa plays zappa on the 30th nov...promises to be wonderful, and the company will be excellent
addition to edit... 1st dec is jenny's 18th...which promises to be a 'smashing' good time...those who know will get the pun (hopefully) and now this post is even longer *sighs* [/edit]

exams are finally over (as of last wednesday, which was french, a rather enjoyable exam by the way! (SHOCK)) which means it is time for a few well needed and often longed-for-but-never-practised resolutions

1. Get a decent, or at least new, job. the hungry jacks i work at is useless, being always understaffed due to annoying management and the fact that people get so pissed off about being stressed by the lack of crew on a busy saturday night because the rest are too busy partying to give a shit about the poor crew that are left...HAH! yesterday, it was just me, 2 other crew, and 2 managers, at night. after the other manager left, it was just me on my lonesome, out the back, 'engineering' burgers! absolute pain in the ass, considering we were supposed to have 2 extra crew, we never got our breaks coz we were always busy and we closed 15 minutes late, regardless of the fact that we hadnt had breaks and finally walked out at 12:45, instead of the less than generous 11:30...heh, what do you know, a rant! yay!

2. Get more involved/passionate. This includes spending more time with friends, becoming more interesting, getting some hobbies that i can share with people that wont bore them to tears... this indifference does annoy the hell out of me, but how do i stop? any suggestions?

3. Get in shape. whether this involves hitting the gym with some mates, coworkers or solo, knowing my friends are not the 'gymmie' type much like myself, taking the dog for a walk, or simply harassing the friends to all go to the beach until my back is constantly red, sore and peeling (not a pleasant image) in order to beat last years record of...once? twice? i'm going with once

4. Take better care of myself. Won't go into detail, most of you wouldnt like to know anyway. umm...late addition would be to get some sleep and not to go to bed when i am past tired and on the verge of 'sleeping awake' (love that POD song!)

5. Drive more. this is so that i can actually rack up enough experience so that next year, when i go to uni, i can actually transport myself and therefore not fail through lack of attendance. on the bright side, a medieval re-enactment group operates out of monash uni, clayton, which gives me a good reason to go, and also visit my dad and step mom in glen waverley. ARGH damn american spelling SHIT!!! which sort of leads into 6 and 7... also it means i can go to concerts!

6. Save up money. so that i can buy a car that isnt a "Rolls Canhardly"...sorry, bad joke, if you dont get it or dont know, i might add an explanation, but its pretty lame...also might wanna get a house eventually... i've been working for 2 whole years at my shit job and sadly have only...$700 out of $10,000 to show! man, how depressing but i dont really feel depressed cos i'm too apathetic...cursed indifference

7. Join a medieval re-enactment group. may sound lame, but i like this idea. always had a passion for the "good old-er days"...i wanted to be a blacksmith and make swords and armor and kill/fake kill people with trebuchets and arrows....this could tie in with point 1 and 3, and could lead to a relationship? but i dunno if i'm looking for one there yet. personally, i'd love to just meet another local human that has any sort of creative interest in chainmaille...ah, if only, yes?

8. ...become more creative? this includes creating a personality that not only others will like, but i will rather enjoy too, whether extreme goth or...maybe not overly happy, but someone that doesn't piss people off and get bashed a lot by the *snigger* POPULAR people...although in the case of goth and other like sub-genres i'm willing to make an exception...i'd like to see them beat through my steel-plate armor! hum...this also includes maybe drawing? though i cant see it...also, 3D artwork, and maybe actually having inspiration and software tools to make that a reality. so far, pretty dull on that front.

9. Post more (or less) rants/posts like this, hoping to become more vocal and therefore more popular? i dunno... ]]> ~elvish-fiend http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/12465968/ http://elvish-fiend.deviantart.com/journal/12465968/ Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:12:38 PDT
anyways, stayed up late last night working out bugs in a window macro i made, should greatly aid in the rendering of my buildings...as yet only makes rectangular windows, but might possibly add more as the need arises

so, anyway, i've almost finished a building for my city-scape, will show it when its all textured and finished and so on and i'm rambling but what else is new...

anyway, i must sleep...not too much sleep these past nights, with an early morning/late night tomorrow

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