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Wishing everyone all the best!


 

We took junior to see The Owls of Ga'Hoole Friday night as a reward for making A's in conduct. It was a pretty good movie, clssic good vs evil thing. But what was spectacular, imho, was the computer graphics. I was blown away by the CGI. The feathers, the downy softness, raindrops hitting and sliding off the owls as they flew, the expressions on their faces that perfectly conveyed whatever emotion was going on at the time....it was totally awesome. I always wished I had a talent for computer graphics that way. I would have loved to have had a career in that field. Alas, a programmer I am not, and art talent I have not. But oh well, it was great to see it on the big screen.

One day, I imagine we'll be watching movies that seem like they have real actors but are totally computer generated. Maybe the price of movie tickets will come down by then. LOL I have to imagine it doesn't cost nearly as much to generate a CGI character as it does to pay an actor multi-millions to play a part, and special effects - I have to imagine that cost less (and are much safer) when generated solely by computer. Then again, maybe not? Dunno. It's just a lot of cool, in my opinion. I remember seeing the Final Fantasy: Spirits Within movie on the big screen with it's total CGI, and thought that was awesome at the time. We've come a long way since then.

So, I was trying to relax on this chilly afternoon, and my 5yo decides to have a meltdown over something he was working on. I look up and he's all "AAAARRGGH". Well, being the big nerd I am, my mind immediately flashes back to the time my hubby and I watched Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, and the infamous "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN" scene.



Suddenly, an idea came up, which sent me in a bout of giggles. I called the boy over and {it took me a few minutes to coach him because I couldn't stop laughing} told him to run into the den where daddy was, hold up both fists, grit his teeth and yell "KHAAAAAAAN". As it played out, I could hear my husband burst out laughing in the other room.

Well, not to be out-geeked, he immediately coached the boy to run back into me and yell "I NEED WARP SPEED NOW SCOTTIE". *grins*

But, I got the final word in, by sending him back to yell "I'M GIVIN' IT ALL SHE'S GOT, CAPTAIN".

I crack my own self up. :D

Want to wish everyone all the best in the New Year!

May this next decade be a good one for everyone. :)

I can't think of any pic better to post than the commission T-Shirt1x2 did for me last year, so I'll just post it again *grins*

Heero, Duo, Hot Tub, Champagne, and Fireworks, oh my!

And because Australia had the most awesome fireworks show this year, I can't help but post the Youtube video. Enjoy and welcome to 2010!
( Ooooh Wow! So Shiny!! )

*chuckles* gothabilly13 tagged me for this meme, so I thought I'd give it a whirl :)

( On to the questions )

Snagged from evilkat_meow.

( And they say too much TV rots the brain. Uh, what are we talking about again? )

I made a cake for my niece's 6th birthday.  I'm so very proud of the way it turned out that I could just cry!   It took me 3 tries, (for a grand total of 6 boxes of cake mix), before I could get it to cook right.  The first two attempts - well, let's just say the cakes were done on the outside and raw on the inside LOL.  I actually had to use a toilet paper roll wrapped in aluminum foil to leave enough 'air space' for the center to cook.

 


And here's the cake I made for my baby for his 3rd birthday (there are two versions).



 

So this was fun to do too, and lo I am a regional genius *puffs out chest*. Lifted from Kracken

( Test Your IQ )