Guillaume

Sheridan reminder!

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:35:24 GMT

Just a reminder to everyone on my friends list who might have missed the original message, I have partially migrated to an other LJ account for the current school year, in order to document my experience as an Animation Student at Sheridan College. View and add to friends list here: gweesheridan . Peace out!

Sheridan starts!

Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:04:56 GMT

Just dropping a note to everyone that I'm starting a Journal for my stay at Sheridan College, in which I'll post records of my life on campus, class experiences, assignements, pictures, and a bunch of other fun stuff! You can view it at gweesheridan.

Attention computer-savy people : HELP!!!!

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:19:49 GMT

I've just gone through the most boring, irritating and frustrating computer shopping outing X_X;. I went to this place which I thought was pretty good, since I got my last 2 computers there. It's pretty cool because they let you build your computer from scratch. But the salesman I got was HORRIBLE.

Imagine the most nervous, disfonctionnal nerd. That's him. I took AT LEAST an hour for him to select all the parts for the computer I asked for (verry vaguely, since I'm not very litterate about computer parts and whatnot). Basically I told him I needed a computer tower (no periferals whatsoever) for student work and high level graphic applications such as Photoshop and Maya. No need for game-enhancing stuff, as I never play games on my computer. I had to repeat this several times as he was always raving about this power-supply or video card that did such and such, ugh.

But the worst part: he REALLY didn't seem to know what he was talking about. He just kept telling me about a bunch of motherboards or hard drives or RAM or whatever, which I knew absolutly nothing about, and when I asked him to explain the difference beetween the models or brands, and why I should pick one over the other, his answers were consistently evasive and unsatisfactory. That incompetant son of a gun.

Anyway, I finally got a computer out of him (strictly on paper, of course, I would've never bought the real thing right away), but I have no idea if it's either crap, decent, or too advanced and expensive for what I really need. I'm on a tight budget so I really don't need any expansive bling bling that won't do such a differenec for what I need. I'll do my own investigation, but if you guys have any advice, I'd really apreciate. Here are the specs:

- processor: Intel P4 HT 2.8G/800/512K/S478
- mother board: P4 S478 ASUS P4P800-SE 865PE 4D5P1A
- HardDrive: 80.0 MAXTOR 7200 8MB 6Y080P0
- RAM: Kingston KVR 400 MHZ DDR NO-ECC 512MB C3A
- Video card: ATI AGP Radeon 9600 XT 128M BOX
- Network card: Linksys 10/100 PCI Etherfast LNE100TX *
- casing (...)
- floppy drive (...)

and I already have a Yamaha CD-R/RW drive, so I shouldn't need to buy one, I think.

* is this all you need, hardware-wise, to get online?

Oh and the cost come around to 1200$ canadian.

I'm actually gonna do it!

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 01:14:16 GMT

MY OTAKON REPORT! .. sorta

#Day -02# Tuesday
Preparation for Otakon this year was beyond last minute for me. Basically, I did everything, from packing to making prints, on Tuesday night. I ended up making low-ish amounts of every prints (all from previous years, nothing new) because I had big time printer problems (the lesson learned : don't get ink refills on non-refill cartridges more than once, it just randomly stops working after a while). Anyway, finally went to bed around 3 PM.

#Day -01# Wednesday
Woke up at 5:30 AM, kinda half-conscious, but excited to leave! :D Met up with eaglemaina at the bus station in Montreal. We were actually pretty lucky because we got an express bus to NYC, and the bus was only half filled with passengers, so we could nap on 2 seats if we were tired, and we had a lot of room to move around ^^. Arrived in NYC around 3:30 PM, went to buy a cake for lorelai and dormando, since it was Lore's b-day and both were so kind to have us over at their temporary hotel residence before and after the con ^^. They were supposed to pick us up at the station, but since they were busy with some stuff at their old apt in Staten island, we went on to the hotel on our own. It was quite a ordeal but we made it alive and waited for Lorm in the lobby. Finally met up, went to get some dinner, ran some errands to get gamecube cables for our GBAs, and spent the evening playing FFCC. Good times! :D

#Day 00# Thursday
While Dorm had to go to work that day, the rest of us got up around 9:00 and went to pick up shax at the airport, while et and Ying arrived at the hotel after their bus trip from Toronto. The pre-Otakon N-Y party was complete! After meeting up at the hotel, we all went to get lunch at this nice chinese restaurant across the street, which was cool. Later on, catched up with Dorm at Penn station and finally headed to Baltimore by train. It was my first time travelling by train, it was pretty fun ^^.

...

at this point in my report I'm getting kinda bored ^^;. I think relating the events is kinda bland for me, because the whole trip wasn't really about doing stuff or buying goodies, but really about people. So I'm gonna skip the week-end events and just talk about people I met and fun stuff that happened with them!

So, first night in Baltimore, met up with a bunch of fun people ^o^. Aside from the NYC party, there was nemissa, naruto_nerd, kyubikitsy, yoseshiro, junosama, isamu1916, pmbq, nunuu, jlunar, phr00tie, ladyfox and mentalguy. I hope I didn't forget anyone ^^;. Anyway, all I can say is that EVERYONE was awesome, we had tons of fun, chatted, goofed around and enjoyed our MAGNIFIQUE 3 BEDROOM SUITE, where most of us were staying.

...

getting sleepy here ^^;

#Day 01# Friday

Met up with a bunch of other great people on the first day of the con, namely Julie, Mary, tsukikoushi and her boyfriend, and fluffyduck. It's the first year I really spent some time with Tsukikoushi and bf, and all I can say is that they're some quite pleasant, funny people to hang out with. Pirochan is also such a cool person, I never spoke to her online before, yet she kinda knew who I was and I really had fun chatting with her in the artist alley, and later on in the hotel room, while she was waiting for a tipsy Isamu to pick her up to head for her hotel XD;. Also had a great chat with Ladyfox about mormon culture later that evening. It's so cool to get to know people and learn about their personnality and cultures, especially when they're such interesting and fun people as they all are.

Anyway, also had fun that night, etc etc

#Day 02# Saturday

Headed to the artist alley around noon, hung out and doodled, sold prints, etc. It's always fun and boring sitting in the artist alley, mostly fun though, and I always keep good memories of it ^^. Later that evening I met a bunch of new people after the alley closed down. Juno, Mai and I went to check out the Otakon Rave, but the stench was so unbearable that we just passed and headed to team California's (Kitsy, Kon, Juno, Mai and Jimmy) room to have a little pinsel-engine meeting kinda thing. That's where I met Lanzer and the VuduBerry crew (CP, Patara and Pailin) for the first time. Cool people they are! :D Laine, ET and Isamu were also there, we ate some cheese cake and talked for a good while. At some point the conversation turned to MMORPGs talk, which I'm totally illeterate at, so I just sat there and tried to learn some stuff about the obscure world of online gaming. It was pretty fun, actually, but around 2PM I got pretty sleepy and headed back to the suite where people were still up playing GBA and whatnot. Got to meet rebeccai too, which was a fun surprise! ^o^ I fell dead asleep pretty fast though XD;.

#Day 03# Sunday

...

now I'm really bored, so I'm gonna cut this short. We hung out, people left gradually, good-byes were exchanged, we hung out and ate food, and now I'm back here in NYC with the original party plus Jen Chan. Lore wants to get online and is getting really annoying about it anyway (keheheheheheh ;B), so she's encouraging me to get over with this entry XD;. All in all, I'm really thankful I got to meet and hang out with all those cool people, this week in NYC should be pretty darn fun too. REPORT OVER, OMG I ACTUALLY DID IT, EVEN IT I HALFASSED IT TO DEATH. I hope I can keep in tough with everyone even with School next year ^^;.

PS. I'm too lazy to spell-check this entry, sorry for any writing errors ^^;

OTAKONNNN

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 05:37:27 GMT

WAS AWESOME!!! More to come later, I guess, if I ever get my lazy bum ass to writing a decent report ^^;. AWESOME I SAY!!!

Deadline delirium BIG TIME

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:07:19 GMT

In support of my fellow co-workers

Spirited Away

Sun, 20 Jun 2004 16:14:59 GMT

I went out to buy the DVD yesterday morning and finally watched Spirited Away for the first time yesterday night. I am truly and thoroughly astounded, moved and enchanted, this is by far the best animation movie I've ever seen, EVAR!!!!!!!! I mean, I'm speachless, this movie is the epitome of beauty in all aspects, the story, the animation, the CHARACTERS, the GODLY BACKGROUNDS, everything about this true work of art is polished, original and profound to an incredible degree. YET it keeps a level of simplicity, humor and lightheartedness that makes it truly magical. SOOOOO INSPIRING *O* I hadn't enjoyed a movie so much in a long time, seriously, WOW.

X-Men bloblabloblurb

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:22:37 GMT

Continuing Juno's posts of X-Men Deadline Delirium, I present you, today's insane X-Men blabber!

< insanity >
isamu1916: oh yeah i though we can all combine and do a collab drawing xmen each one of us doing 1 character XD
juno3183: OOOH hahhah that's awesome
ixquic2001: We should do PARODY X-men
juno3183: HELL YEAH
juno3183: we gotta put up all those evil parodies we did hhahahha
legwee: We should do a collab of us... KILLING THE X-MEN|||
legwee: !!!
isamu1916: yeah!
ixquic2001: Or getting sucked into Xorn's head!
juno3183: we can be the Pinsel Force in it... with the colorful Power Ranger costumes hhahaha
ixquic2001: AHAHAHAHHAA
juno3183: OMG and Shaz was like
isamu1916: XD
ixquic2001: I'll BE THE PINK RANGER!!!!!!
juno3183: PINSEL MAN! So I was like OMFG
legwee: Audra OMG YESSSSSS!!!! XD
ixquic2001: AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
juno3183: When all of our powers combine.. PINSEL MAN!!!!!!
isamu1916: nooo shaz is ODORANGER!
juno3183: AHAHAHAH!! actually, he said he was the LemonRanger Purple
ixquic2001: ahahahahahahaa
legwee: OMFG. I want to be, SAILOR BARF!
juno3183: I WANNA BE THE GREEN RANGER!!!! OR THE BLACK RANGER!!!!
ixquic2001: "I'll FORM THE HEAD!"
juno3183: I WANNA BE SAILOR DESTRUCTION!!!
juno3183: AHHAHAHAHA
legwee: Oh wait, wrong story XD;
ixquic2001: I WANNA BE SAILOR INSANITY!!!
juno3183: I'll form the pecs, OF COURSE!!
legwee: And I'll form THE CROTCH
ixquic2001: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
isamu1916: XDXD
legwee: head, pecs and crotch, what a sucky useless robot we'll be XD;;;;
isamu1916: but we'll satisfy the ladies XD
ixquic2001: But we got all the imporant parts. XD
legwee: Ohhh man XD; ... should we post this on LJ? XD;;;
ixquic2001: WE SHOULD!
legwee: Ok I'll do it! XD
juno3183: HHAHAHAHHAHA
juno3183: OF COURSE HAHAHAHHAHA

< /insanity >

What an awesome team XD;

The never-ending Meme

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:21:38 GMT

I'm out of X-Men pages to render for the moment, so here's the gigantic Meme some people have been doing lately.

x. What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?

- Studio Ghibli's Grave of the Fireflies. I think it's the only movie that ever made me really cry, and that does everytime I watch it ^^;;;.

x. If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?

- Liposuction =P

x. Do you have a completely irrational fear?

- Not that I know of. Used to be really scared of spiders, but that's gone.

x. What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moment?

- I tend to say random words to fill in silences, like "yup" or "ok" or "sooo...", stupid stuff like that.

x. Are you a pyromaniac?

- I really like looking at flames, and I used to boost ligthers with my bro when I was a kid, but nothing more than that.

x. Do you have too many love interests?

- Too many interests, yes, love, no XD;.

x. Do you know anyone famous?

- My uncle is a virtuoso at Flamenco Guitar and has a couple CDs out in stores, but that doesn't really qualify XD; I once shook the hand and posed for an official picture with the mayor of Taipei, ooooooh.

x. Describe your bed.

- Single bed with three drawers in the bottom section. One drawer contains all the books and novels I read when I was a kid, the second drawer contains all my anime and manga collection, and the third contains all my small souvenirs, programs and newspaper clipings from the many trips, shows and festivals I attended with my folk dance company.

x. Spontaneous or planned?

- Very planned for big stuff, like trips or long-term projects, very spontaneous for smaller stuff.

x. Do you know how to play poker?

- A little ^^;

x. What do you carry with you at all times?

- My gigantic wallet which contains a bagillion things, keys, small change and bus pass.

x. What do you miss most about being little?

- Always being excited about something, waking up at 5:30 AM to litteraly jump out of bed and go play videogames with my dad and bro. Having no worries or responsabilities.

x. Are you happy with your given name?

- I'm ok with it, been liking it more since I started reading more french litterature and seeing it used in many classic novels. There's even a minor character in Notre-Dame de Paris (the "hunchback story" by Victor Hugo) who is named Guillaume Chartier, my exact complete name ^o^. I also like that my name has different translations in almost all of the european languages, Guillermo, Guillerm, William, Whilhelm, etc.

x. How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year?

- I would readily do it for free. Internet is kinda like, an addictive drug for me ^^;. I really wish I could completely hook off anything related to computers for a while, so that my arms can completely heal, but what makes it the most difficult is that I have many friends online, whom I don't want to lose touch with. Although, friendships don't disapear because you lose touch for a few months ^^;;;. I gotta ponder it over

x. Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?

- Mostly. I don't like some things about me, but I have good confidence and have a firm belief that I can achieve absolutly anything I put my mind to.

x. Do transient, homeless, or starving people bother you?

- Not really, I always end up giving them money when I go out downtown ^^;. Even had small conversations with a few of them, which was pretty cool.

x. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?

- I've been told by many irl friends that I'm way too nice ^^;.

x. Do you spend more time with your boyfriend/girlfriend or your friends?

- Don't have a gf, so friends!

x. What's one thing you wish you could do but can't?

- Play a musical instrument with ease.

x. What is your ideal marriage location?

- ...

x. Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?

- Violin.

x. Favorite fabric?

- Flanellette sheets, so comfy during winter *o*.

x. Something you love and hate?

- The X-Men? XD

x. Do you tell your friends about your sex life?

- Not really. I have some friends who talk about it extensively though XD;.

x. What's the one language you want to learn?

- Japanese, especially the written language.

x. What do you order at a bar?

- When I do order something, it's either Heineken beer or a Bloody Ceasar.

x. Have you ever pierced your body parts?

- Nope. I don't think it'd fit my style so well.

x. Do you have tattoos?

- Nope, too expensive anyway XD;

x. Do you drive stick?

- Currently learning ^^.

x. What's one trait you hate in a person?

- The innability to really think and rationnalize.

x. What kind of watch(es) do you wear?

- A nifty Skin Swatch I got from Keiiii ^o^

x. Most frivolous purchase?

- Hummm, video-games?

x. Do you consider yourself materialistic?

- Absolutly not.

x. What do you cook the best?

- Home-made mac and cheese.

x. Favorite writing instrument?

- Mechanical pencil.

x. Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?

- Really depends on my mood and situation.

x. What kind of books do you like to read?

- French realism and romantism, contemporary internationnal litterature, manga.

x. If you won the lottery, what would you do?

- Pay my parent's remaining debts, give a lot to all my friends who need it for studies or other stuff, and save for projects and easy-living ^^.

x. What's one thing you're a sore loser at?

- Games or contests requiring intelligence.

x. If you don't like a person, how do you show it?

- I still answer them, but I don't encourage or nurture the conversation. That's how mean I am XD;.

x. Do you cry in front of friends?

- Nope.

x. What's one thing you like to do alone?

- Turn the music on very loud and act out the songs or lipsynch XD;;.

x. Are you a giver or a taker?

- I think I'm more of a taker for material stuff, but I give a lot of myself to others, to help out and stuff.

x. When's the last time you cried?

- I think it was last summer, when I watched episode 22 (or 23, 24, I dunno) of the Naruto anime where Haku and Zabuza die XD;;;. THE MUSIC in this episode is incredible.

x. Favorite communication method?

- Talking face to face.

x. How many drinks before you're tipsy?

- Two glasses of wine, or something.

x. Favorite kind of porn?

- No one's really answered this one so far, so I'll be bold XD; and say, I can enjoy a bit of tasteful softcore ^^;.

x. Do you ever have to beg?

- I'm too lazy to beg, or I find alternatives.

x. Have you ever done any illegal drugs?

- A bit on rare occasions, nothing too hard though.

x. Do you think you're cute?

- I have no idea ^^;.

x. Do you have problems changing clothes in front of friends?

- Not really, but I try to do it quickly.

x. What's the most painful experience you've ever had?

- Getting flushed by all my elementary school friends at the beginning of highschool and becoming somewhat of a reject for two years.

Radio

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:25:40 GMT

I've been listening to the radio a lot lately, to keep my energy up when working on the X-Men pages. I just realized, something like 50% of the songs playing either talk about new found love, or mostly, some girl or guy finding out their loved one cheated on them, and how they took their revenge. How boring ^^;;

Resurfacing, for a sec ^^;

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 02:50:16 GMT

Even though the semester's been over for over 2 weeks now (HOLY COW HURRA!!!), some of you may have noticed I haven't been online a lot, which is what this entry is about, partialy. Been doing coloring gigs for Marvel comics with Juno, Kitsy and Isamu for the past 2 months, which has 1)been taking a lot of my free time and 2)been killing my arms and drawing hand, when combined with tons of schoolwork ^^;. My hand and arms are fine-ish now, but I gotta give them time to recover if I want this to not be a long term problem, which would suck more than anything. So, aside from coloring gigs, I won't be getting online a lot for the next few weeks. It sucks but it's necessary :/ . LUCKILY OMG, sketching doesn't hurt my arm or hand, so I still have that left. Thing is, I discovered that today, after 3 weeks of restraining myself from drawing ^^;.

On a different note, MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I tricked my brother into buying volume 1 of Naruto, in french. The translation ROCKS, btw. And of course, what had to happen happened, HE BOUGHT THE WHOLE SERIE, MWUAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAH MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH etc. SO I don't have to feel guilty for reading the scans anymore, AND I get to re-read this oh so beyond awesome work of manga, in delightful french! To celebrate, here's a sketch of some random ninja, with cool Hyuuga eyes! :D

Ah it's that time of year again, fufufufu :3

Crack

Sun, 16 May 2004 18:02:47 GMT

I broke a bone in my foot yesterday during a dance practice ^^;. It didn't really hurt that much since it's a minor fracture, but I can't do much activity for the next four weeks. Luckily I won't have to get a full-leg cast, but rather some sort of rigid boot which I can remove when sleeping or relaxing. Now watch the rest of my dance group go crazy when they learn about that. Our final mega dance show is in two weeks ^o^;

In other news, I only have two days of school left! ^O^ With a math exam and three semester projects to hand in tommorow (which are really not done as of right now ^^; ), I think I won't get much sleep tonight :/. Can't wait 'till it's over x_x;

Sheridan: VICTOLY!

Wed, 12 May 2004 20:40:10 GMT

So like, yeah, I GOT MY OFFER OF ADMISSION TODAY!!$/£#@&(!!!! So happy ;;;;O;;;; And it only took four phone calls, unbelievable eh? =D;; So yeah, I'll be living in Ontario next year, first time living away from home, how exciting =D. I hope I like the actual animation program too ^^;;; BUT I'll see that in time, although honnestly I'd be pretty surprised if I hated it, from what I've read about animation so far, it all looks pretty darn fun ^o^.

Ahhhhh it's such a relief, I've been thinking about that darn admission every single day since February 20th, now I'm finaly on to something firm. Anyhoo, now I'm off to send my acceptance of admission and residence application, hopefuly the residence people are a bit more punctual and responsible than the admission crowd ^^;. Weeee~

Sheridan: the struggle goes on

Mon, 10 May 2004 20:46:51 GMT

Still haven't received a letter from Sheridan ^^;. HOWEVER, I've started to take matters into my own hands, and I've been harassing them over the phone for the past 2 weeks. Here's a rundown of my phone corespondence so far:

First call: I'm told that verything in my file looks complete and dandy and I should be receiving a decision letter by next Wednesday, May 5th. If not, please call back on the 5th.

No letter received by Wednesday, of course.

Second call: After a very unsatisfying conversation with a somewhat incompetent agent, I ask to get transfered to the admission office. Still, I'm told that everything looks fine in my file... *Gwee insists*... WELL well, apparently my english requirements information (which I included in my original file, mind you) wasn't transfered to them for some obscure reason, and I need to fax it over. *THANKS FOR INFORMING ME THAT SOON, SHERIDUNG* So I decide to include a recommendation letter from my english teacher along, just for good luck. The lady at the office then assures me that she'll call me back on Friday to give me an answer. Yay!

No call back from the lady on Friday. x_x;

Third call: Today! The aforementioned lady I spoke to last Wednesday, and who should have my faxed information, ins't there until Wednesday x_x;. And of course, no one else can help me. THANK YOU SHERIDANG

The main problem here, aside from annoyance, is that application for residence on campus has a limit date of May 15, which means REAL SOON. The lady better dang well have a clear answer for me when I call back in two days, or I'll have to go there personnaly and make them see my point... figuratively speaking of course ^^;.

Thankfuly the student ressources at my current college aren't as incoherent, and I went to see my student adviser today. She's super cool and assured me that Sheridan wouldn't get away with that kind of crap. I'll go see her again tommorow and we should be able to work out something, hopefuly.

This wouldn't be an awesome start for my stay at Sheridan, but I've heard the horror stories already. I don't expect too much from the college, actualy, I just want to get there and live the experience. I've kinda been rethinking weither I'd be better off going to Calarts instead, but the money factor is a lot more significant over there ^^;. And besides, I guess that ultimately, no matter what school you go to, you're the one who makes your own success or not. I'll just wait and see.

In other news, only a week left of Cegep, and then I'm FREEEE. I can't believe I might never do any maths ever again after that ^^;.

I've also been working with Juno, Kitsy and Isamu lately for X-men coloring gigs under Udon Comics, it's been pretty fun and crazy so far XD;. My hand is slowly recuperating the damage induced from deadline over-work, thankfuly the pay makes up for the pain, somehow XD;;.

Hope you guys are all doing good, can't wait for summer to come ToT!

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:42:56 GMT

OMFG I can't take this anymore, Sheridan is taking such an eternity to send me an answer, it's been almost 3 friggin months since I applied, and two whole months since they evaluated the portfolios, WHAT THE HELL COULD BE TAKING SO LONG!!!? I have so many stresses these days, with the end of semester and Marvel coloring gig, if only I knew weither I was accepted would be SUCH a relief. RAAAAAAHHHHH

Anyway, sorry for this little rant, I just had to let it out x_x;

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 03:30:58 GMT

You are a STUDENT of the English language!

You are on your way to becoming
gramatically sound; however, you must keep
studying if you ever want to be a master. You
do manage to speak better than most Americans,
but then again, that's not really saying too
much...

How grammatically sound are you?
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Disapointing, but acurate I guess ^^;

Meme =B

Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:22:05 GMT

Eh, why not, taken from Price~

I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less. Ask me anything you want. Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you any.

Do Re MEEEE

Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:37:27 GMT

It's the screenname Meme thing!

If you call me Guillaume you're family, or we used to chat in irc channel #artorner a few years ago and haven't talked since ^^;.

If you call me Gwee we're friends online and have probably met sometime irl. Or you're just plain english and can't figure out how to pronounce my name XD;

If you call me Guigui, Gigz, Guiguiliguidi, etc you're one of my irl friends and possibly tend to have too much imagination when it comes to finding nicknames.

If you call me GRAPHICS you're JenZee! =D

If you call me Ma chère (my dear, feminine form) you're my grandmother and confuse apelations when you're talking too fast under the influence of half and half aperitive.

If you call me David you're one of the many confused children I teach at the Academy.

If you call me Wilhelm you're my german teacher.

If you call me The Celebrity or Mon Chameau (my camel) you're Ninette the funny old lady who's been taking art classes with me for the past 3 years.

If you call me Guigui le Crapet you've witnessed my black mass immolation of a dead fish found on shore during the national holiday in 1998.

And if you call me anything else, well then, I'm more popular than I thought I was XD;

Public announcement

Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:32:10 GMT

For everybody's information, yes, the funky dude on my LJ icon is ME! XD I always thought it was obvious, but I've been getting the question more and more lately, so there you go. The picture was taken in Hungary in some sort of costumed carnival, no I wasn't drunk or anything :P.

More ART!

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 05:14:44 GMT

Lj cut for your convenience~

I finished a hard week at school today, and since the academy where I work was closed this evening, I took advantage of this rare work-free friday to relax and draw draw draw, just for the simple fun of it :D. This here actualy started out with only the leftmost girl, but then I thought she looked kinda cool, so I decided to go ahead and make a serie of girls making music (I honnestly think this is the first serie I ever draw ^^;... if you don't count the 2 FFX flower pics ^^;). Then scanned the 3 and put 'em together in photoshop, I gotta admit I'm pretty happy with how it came out ^o^. Might color it someday (someday... ;o;). I'm particularly happy with the violin girl, I had a really hard time pulling her off, but it's the very first violin playing character I succeed at drawing. I had tried to draw that subject times and times before, but it always came out as crap, but now, this looks natural enough, me thinks ^^ (despite the violin handle being a tad long ^^;). Anyway, I hope you guys like it :D

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:50:28 GMT

OMg my french teacher is SO COOL. I'm discoverin more and more that he's a total geek. He reads mangas, takes japanese classes, has a website of his own with litterature stuff in it, and he's an Ebay freak XD;. Plus he consistantly plugs those really subtle jokes during classes that most people don't get, and he keeps such a straight face when he does, it's HILARIOUS XD. And he wants to invite this Japanese writer who lives in Montreal at the end of the semester to give us a lecture, COOL!!

Anyway, I present you, the first survey I'll have ever answered in english ^^;

1. Your name spelled backwards.
Emualliug. Sounds like some kind of sci-fi deity XD;
2. Where were your parents born?
Montreal, Canada
3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
an mp3 of Moon Dance by Van Morrison
4. What's your favourite restaurant?
Cheesecake factory!! Or that noodlery called Zing where you can power-customize your meal =D
5. Last time you swam in a pool?
Last summer in my backyard =B~
6. Have you ever been in a school play?
Bobby Watson? Oh, you mean Bobby Watson, the husband of Bobby Watson, the daughter of Bobby Watson, the postman? (La Cantatrice Chauve by Eugene Ionesco in 10th grade, absurd plays rock!!! XD)
7. How many kids do you want?
If I ever have some, at least 3
8. Type of music you dislike most?
hyper repetitive rap, really hardcore heavy metal.
9. Are you registered to vote?
Oui!
10. Do you have cable?
Sadly yes ToT
11. Have you ever ridden on a moped?
No, but it looks fun :D
12. Ever prank call anybody?
I've tried when I was a kid but I'm too lame to ever have made it work XD;
13. Ever get a parking ticket?
Don't drive
14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?
If it was free, probably XD;
15. What is the desktop picture on your computer?
HAHAHAHAHA in all honnesty it's the needle point pattern that comes with Windows 98 XD;; SO BORING
16. Do you have a garden?
Yes! :D My parents used to grow all sorts of vegetables and berries in it but now it mostly contains flowers and cooking herbs/spices.
17. What's your favourite comic strip?
Charlie Brown
18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem?
Nope
19. Bath or shower, morning or night?
Shower, usualy afternoon ^^;
20. Best movie you've seen in the past month?
Alexandra's project
21. Favourite pizza topping?
Good ol' all-dressed
22. Chips or popcorn?
Why not put both together for a nice party mix? XD
23. What colour lipstick do you usually wear?
HAHAHAHAHAHA ultra-gloss passion peach
24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells?
No but sounds interesting XD;;
25. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?
Why the hell did they include this question in this survey!? They should KNOW that mostly geeks answer those, and geeks don't participate in beauty pagents, sheesh.
26. Orange juice or apple?
I love them both ToT
27. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with and where did you dine?
Hmmm, I think it was with some highschool friends at some japanese place.
28. Favourite type of chocolate bar?
Bounty, mmmmmm coconut
29. When was the last time you voted at the polls?
About a year ago
30. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
We used to have a lot of those when I was a kid but I didn't like tomatoes back then ^^;, so never!
31. Have you ever won a trophy?
nope
32. Are you a good cook?
I think I'm alright, I like to try things and never really spoiled any food... except kraft dinner once ^^;;;
33. Do you know how to pump your own gas?
Kinda ^^;
34. Ever order an article from an infomercial?
OF COURSE, I mean, who could live without a revolutionnary hot-diggidi-dogger? =P
35. Sprite or 7-up?
7-up
36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? How about school?
Oh man, when I worked at the theatre we had to wear those CHEESY uniforms which looked way too much like they were taken from the old Star Trek TV set ^^;;.
37. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy?
an elephant
38. Ever thrown up in public?
Not that I remember
39. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love?
true love, although it's not essential for me being happy
40. Do you believe in love at first sight?
As Juno said, no, but yes for Lust at first sight XD;
41. Ever call a 1-900 number?
I think I did, for one of those shows on TV where you can vote for your favorite whatever in a contest.
42. Can ex's be friends?
Depends I guess
43. Who was the last person you visited in a hospital?
My granpa
44. Did you have a lot of hair when you were a baby?
Yes, and it was blond and curly o_o;
45. What did you eat today?
Toasts with mapple syrup, ramen, coconut chocolate =3~~
46. What's your all time favorite Saturday Night Live Character?
I don't know the names, but I love that show!!
47. What was the name of your first pet?
Pludou, which originates from "plus"=more and "doux"=soft. You come up with crazy names when you're a kid XD;
48. What is in your purse/handbag?
Don't got none of that
49. Favourite thing to do before bedtime?
pee!!!
50. What is one thing you are grateful for today?
everything, my life rocks! XD

OMGGGGGG

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 02:52:42 GMT

I've just done one of the boldest things I've ever done, imo. I have applied for classical animation at Sheridan for the Fall 2004 semester, the processing fees are paid, now all I have to do is send in my grade transcripts and I'm on O_O;;;. This is a VERY BIG DEAL for me, I'm very excited, worried, scared, uncertain and anxious towards this, but DAMMIT if I always stay on the safe road and never kick my ass to try scary but exciting stuff, I feel like I'll have missed a lot of stuff in my life. Me going to Sheridan is such an abstract/impossible concept in my brain that my rationality can't seem to accept it, so for this I'm just switching to instinct mode until (or if ^^;) I do get there and can actualy realise it. I'm pretty confident that I can get accepted (don't want to sound too full of myself ^^;), but the whole process of going to study in frikkin' Oakvile Ontario and leaving Montreal is WEIRD. But I want to try it, no matter what! And if stuff doesn't work out, well there's always industrial Design in Montreal University! XD;

Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:47:55 GMT

It's the second day of the semester and I'm here in the computer lab, BORED OUT OF MY MIND x_x;. Had physics at 8:00 but since it's the first class of the semester it lasted only an hour instead of three, so for the last hour and a half I've been fruitlessly looking around for pals (they must all be in class ^^;) and vedgetating around in here. I ALMOST wish I had homework to occupy myself XD;.

Yesterday was kind of a rough start, I had 6 hours of art classes total, which could've been fun, but it was a bit boring to be honnest :/. Watching projections on a screen for 2 hours isn't exactly my definition of fun, and it surely wasn't a good way to get me started for the rest of the day. In the aftrenoon we all went dowtown to the Museum of Contemporary Arts and other galleries, which was kinda fun.

In other news, I have to send in my application for university in no more than a month! (for those of you wondering, university does come in a bit later in Quebec, since we have to go through Cegep, or college/pre-university, beforehand, which takes 2 to 3 years) I'm considering applying for industrial design, I met this dude in the plane coming back from Puerto Rico who had his own company, we chatted a bit and it really interested me towards this particular field of study. I'm not 100% sure about that choice though. Other possibilities would include 2D or 3D animation, translation (really not sure about this one though ^^;), and that's about it. I'm always open to other possibilities but the problem is, I have no idea what those other choices could be. Augh hard decisions >_

Back~

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 04:04:41 GMT

Heyyy just came back from Puerto Rico this afternoon. The trip was so GREAT TTToTTT I'm so post-partumy right now ._. The weather was perfect, the place my group and I stayed at was awesome (we had a really comfy small apartment complex for the 30 of us, it was like living as a big family ;O;), the group atmosphere was very pleasant and harmonious, I had a BLAST living in the same apt with 3 of my very good friends for 2 weeks. LE SIGH OF NOSTALGY.

But aside from that, I have to admit it was pretty nice to get away from all the stuff revolving around my everyday life. Not really for the sake of taking a break and forgetting about stressful stuff, but more for the pleasure of only concentrating on ONE thing for a while, in this case, my folk company. I mean, I'm always looking to get involved with new and interesting stuff, and I always take on new projects for my own enjoyment, but sometimes I feel like I have so many things to keep up with that it's frustrating. And the thing is, all those things that keep me busy (friends, hobbies, work, etc) are really important to me, so I can't just say "screw that" or "forget about this gang" because I just don't want to ^^;;. But for the last two weeks, I was literaly FORCED to give everything a break and just concentrate on one of the things I hold dearly. I feel like I was able to savour it a lot more because it was isolated too.

Maybe I've been taking on a bit more than I can handle lately, at least for my own good. I wish I'd be able to cram all the stuff I want in my schedules, I guess we all do ^^;, but maybe this year I should make a resolution to sacrifice some of the less important things in my life in order to enjoy the more important ones more fully.

Actualy, this pretty much comes back to what my philosophy teacher was telling us last year, which was more like an example of a general concept: student these days are going crazy because they can't get themselves to only being students; they gotta have a job, a car, go clubbing, (or less stereotypical activities ^^;), etc. I mean, I don't think you really have to live like a nun to keep your sanity, but maybe an inbetween would be better. Now excuse me while I go hammer my brains out trying to figure out how to reorganise my priorities x_x;

Oh and btw, I didn't really get a tan during my trip, and BOOHOOHOO I want summer weather again TOT

LEAVIN

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:28:33 GMT

So, I'm leaving for Puerto Rico in *checks clock* 6 hours and 43 minutes, OMFG this came so fast O_O;;;. Just dropping a quick line to tell you all I'll be gone for the next 2 weeks (getting back on the 12th) so Have a nice end of holidays, Happy New Year, and HAVE FUN FREEZING YOUR ASSES UP NORTH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Kidding XD; I'll miss my computer and reading all your LJ entries, see you guys soon!