EVERYTHING'S COMING UP MILHOUSE

ALTERNATIVE TITLE: IT'S THE SUMMER OF GEORGE

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Did you know Soryi is 1/8th Chinese? Well, she is! We celebrated the arrival of the year of the pig by eating pork buns and moon cakes and being lazy. That last point isn't a pig attribute, but we did it anyway. The year of the pig is the year for people born in 1983 (as well as 1995, 1971 and 1959) and apparently it's gonna be a good year for us. Also it's 2007 (obviously) which is my lucky number (7) so that's a double whammy.

So far it hasn't been great luck, but nothing too bad either. I am going to New York in 10 days, so that's a good thing. And my job, although sort of boring is a pleasant environment with potential for good work, personal and professional growth and generally positive. Also me and Soryi are getting on very well too. Better than 2005,4,3 and 2.... 6 was okay though.

Anyway, Happy New Years*!

IESSO

* Chinese style that is. 新年好

DON'T LOOK! WE'RE EXPOSED!

LAST NIGHT was the end of year exhibition 'Friends and Family' night. I thought it was WAY better than the previous night for several reasons:

1. I got nicely drunkened.
2. I saw more folios than last time
3. I had more fun
4. I GOT THE TOP MARK!

That's right peoples who aren't in the know, young Elliott here got the award for Best Graphic Design Folio. What does that entail? Not much I guess, but I now have bragging rights over my friends, a fancy paper certificate and a $1000 prize! I also apparently will be the talk of the town for a few weeks amoungst the graphic design industry of Brisbane and will allegedly be much sought after. Which is kind of unbelievable, but that's what the head of design and the head of QCA South Bank told me... I'm not sure it's true, but hey, it might be.

Overall the night was pretty good. A few minor disasters, but overall a success. FOR ME anyway.
Just to do what you expect and dwell on the bad, here it is:

1. My parents got in a huge fight and didn't want to go, so they weren't there. It wasn't so bad, except people kept asking where my parents and were and I just kept sighing saying they weren't coming...
2. UNG and another girl had been clashing for a few weeks and I sort of got in the middle of it, trying to help out, but probably making it worse...
3. I was kind of crazy and eratic in my behaviour being very breif with my interactions between people. Sorry if I seemed rude, it was all a kind of a blur.

So basically it was good. I got a prize, some money, drunk, had fun and took photos.

This morning I was woken at 7.00 by someone installing a new doorknob on our house so I wasn't feeling to crash hot. Not much sleep and a nice hangover. Fun times.

Then when I told my mom the good news she got really mad at me about my father being nice to me but not her and started crying. So that wasn't fun. Nice and awkward. I felt guilty but also angry at my mom for being so unsupportive. I think she would've been happier if I didn't get the award. Which isn't that cool. Not cool at all actually.

Anyway I bought some new toys like a Powerbook and iPod and some other bits and peices and went to town spending loads of money! I spent $6000 in less than 2 hours! HUZZAH! But yeah the PB should be good and the iPod is crazy cool. Its funny, the screen is tiny but the movies look AWESOME! The quality is freakishly exceptional. I was expecting mobile phone quality but no! It's really nice. I watched the King Kong trailer and you can tell the gorilla is CG. That's pretty good. Not a pixel in sight. And it runs at 30fps.... But the funny thing is because the screen is so small it seems natural that the sound is small, or tinny or something but it's perfect. Ha ha! Mis-matching senses!


Anyway I'm gonna go now. Sorry to be such a bummer with the good news, but that's the Elliott way!
IESSO