http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/ Simon's Journal en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:12:39 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss journals.jevon.org widget phantom_thirteen@hotmail.com support@jevon.org http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/16102 Last night, while watching biggest Loser (I haven't watched it all the way through, I like to cheat and just watch the finale) and being amazed at the transformations these people go through, I got to thinking - where are the celebrities encouraging "healthy lifestyles"? We have celebrities endorsing PETA, celebrities endorsing Peace, endorsing this, endorsing that - but what about endorsing people improving themselves?! Now, as mentioned last night when I was rambling about this, there are a few that do "exercise programs", yoga, pilates, or whatever, and of course Chuck Norris with his Bowflex, or whatever it is? But they aren't endorsing healthy lifestyle, just trying to make a few dollars. Why is this? Is that because there aren't organisations out there seeking celebrity endorsement? Or because these organisations don't exist? Or what? I'd guess that if organisations like this did exist, that they'd be more government-funded style ones, so maybe the endorsements ar... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:57:14 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=16102#16102 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/16102 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/16082 In advance for the day that will soon come to pass, I ponder what I will do this evening, now that I won't have to spend it lamenting. That sentence seems rather circular in retrospect. Why am I writing? That's a good question, but don't ask it, I have no answer. I sit here, at this desk, surrounded by my work-"mates" who so constantly seem to get on my nerves. The two people whose company I actually enjoy are distanced by the fact one works down the other end of our floor area and the other is very casual part-time. (Bec's and Dan, respectively, for those of you who may know any of the people I work with... i.e. ) Every day, I come to work, dreading the day that will follow the relatively ambivalent first half hour (read: I have nothing I need to do, and those things I should do I neglect in favour of savouring the few moments of having nothing I need to do). When I sit at my desk, it re-encourages me to write my screenplays, to animate my webisodes, to do anything and everything on my wri... Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:24:44 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=16082#16082 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/16082 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15973 I thought 's entry led on quite nicely to an entry I'd been meaning to do for several days regarding musings on the use of the english language. As Leash alluded to in her entry, people have a knack for stating the obvious in an exciting, thoughtful way, despite the fact you obviously (and that's an understatement) know the answer already. As well as her example of "It's your last day!", I have recently been subject to the "You had a hair cut!" treatment. This got me to thinking. Now, the manner in which it is stated would in reality require greater than the single exclamation mark I have used for illustrative purposes in the above two examples. Yet all the person is doing is making a statement, and a boring and obvious one at that. It is for that reason I have decided to in future refer to all such remarks as "exclements" - the 'excla-mation' of something which requires none, and should indeed just be a 'state-ment'. If you can't see where I got exclament from the ab... Fri, 02 May 2008 09:07:45 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15973#15973 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15973 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15931 I is lamenting over the sad state of the Journals... Join me! How be it so differing from a time not so long passeth? *Reminisces back a few years* (That's a few years back that I was reminiscing about, not reminsicing about an undefined time, for a few years...) Now, admittedly, I did indeed miss a large era in the world of the Journals, but I still did see a lot more interesting times than this site now doth offer. Not to detract from those of us that do write entries (although, I find my entries both infrequent and uninteresting on the whole) but I think the main cause of the lack of journal-tastic goodness is... well... the fact that those of us that do write entries, can be defined as such. That all those who once wrote, no longer leave evidence of their real-world lives on this pseudo social network for the others of us to enjoy. If you get what I mean. Not that you would; hell, I don't. I guess what I'm getting at, is that I'm lamenting the old-agedness that many of our journals, once so youthful an... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:21:10 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15931#15931 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15931 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15895 1- Where is your cell phone? Pocket 2- Your hair? Grey 3- Work?  Necessary 4- Your father?  Teacher 5- your favourite thing? Creativity 6- your dream last night?  Forgotten 7- your favourite drink?  Juice 8- your dream car?  Automated 9- The room you are in? Office 10- your fears?  Mediocrity 11- What do you want to be in 10 years? Screenwriter 12- Who did you hang out with last night?  Leashy 13- What you are not good at? Sports 14- Muffin? Chocolate 15- One of your wish list items?  Camcorder 16- Where did you grow up? Palmy 17- Last thing you did? Work 18- What are you wearing?  Clothes 19- What aren't you wearing? Stilettos 20- Your pets? Nonexistent 21- your computer?  Writing 22- Your life? Leashy :D 23- Your mood?  Tired 24- Missing? Leashy 25- what are you thinking about right now?  Leashy 26- Your car?  Toy 27- Your summer?  Busy 28- your relationship status? **huggles** :D 29-... Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:21:50 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15895#15895 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15895 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15854 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:30:07 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15854#15854 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15854 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15697 Is it me, or when you see a lone capital 'P', do you think to yourself "Huh, that emoticon has no eyes... oh... wait... it's just a P."???? Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:59:00 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15697#15697 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15697 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15696 Well, after a little deliberation I have 'slightly altered' my goals for the year - they have not changed, and I do not need to change them, they still stand, however, in respect to finishing Dixon Court, this has become lower priority than writing spec screenplays and submitting them to potential agents. After careful consideration and (finally) thinking logically, I have realised how obvious it is that the path of least resistance to getting into the movie industry will be to write, write, and write some more. Now, when I say least resistance, I obviously mean comparatively to my initial idea of making the first episode of Dixon Court to completion just to try and get my foot in the door... it will still be ridiculously hard, but I have full confidence that I will make it, be it this year, next year, or the year after! I will continue to write, continue to develop ideas (I currently have 20+ ideas, of which around 4 are close to being ready to write the first draft of the screen play, half a dozen have th... Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:31:31 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15696#15696 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15696 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15685 Go SEE it! Leash and I saw this at the cinema on Friday night, and I have to agree that the reviews are right... I hate that. Okay, a little contradictory, I know, but don't you hate when someone is good at something from the get-go? Diablo Cody was a stripper. She enjoyed writing, so had a blog somewhere, which had a lot of fans, and then some movie producer asked her if she had any scripts he could look at... She didn't. For a while, at least. Then she thought of Juno... her first script, she writes it and they make it into a movie. (Virtually shooting from her first draft! Almost unheard of in "the biz", or so I've read.) It gets awesome reviews and then, to top it all off, she gets nominated for an Oscar. Whether she wins or not, it's the sort of success story that makes people who have been, and will be, trying for ages to break into screenwriting, Extremely Annoyed. Granted, I haven't actually written any screenplays (just many, many ideas jotted down), so it could still happen for me - a... Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:00:14 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15685#15685 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15685 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15664 On my new toy that is! Leash and I had been talking about getting me a Nintendo Wii, cause both my brothers have one and I enjoy playing them, so without telling me, she went and got one! ;D! Comes default with Wii Sports, and I'm looking now for more games to get (there's a mini golf-based one released in Feb sometime I might save up for - looks like fun! And maybe a Tiger Woods golf game (I have an older one for PS2, but probably a sight better for me to play it on the Wii :P) Cheerios! Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:00:59 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15664#15664 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15664 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15659 I'm sure most of you have heard about Heath Ledger by now. At first it seemed it was a suicide, but apparently it appears more likely it was a combination of sleeping pills to deal with insomnia (caused by how screwed up his character was in the new Batman film), strong pain killers to help with his chronic back pain, and apparently he was also suffering from pnemonia at the time. I admired him as an actor, and he always seemed like a "decent guy" as far as what the media showed. But most of all, I feel extremely sorry for his family. His parents found out through the internet (or it might have been tv) that he was dead. The news was bouncing around the globe within an hour and a half of his body being discovered. Disgraceful. And for his little girl to grow up with this sort of shroud over her life, as if growing up without her Dad wasn't bad enough. ... And on a side note, not to detract from the above, can Terry Gilliam ever catch a break? Heath was filming a movie with Terry at the time (ap... Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:22:50 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15659#15659 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15659 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15657 Well, as Chrissy has mentioned - that's 5 years ago today I first created my profile here at Jubby's! and 2 hours ago (and five years) I made my first entry! Wowsa! So yeah, anyhoo... Other stuff... Going to see Sweeney Todd on Friday! Uber-excited! I soo can't wait for to see it! Anyways, gotta go - back to doing dishes and animation. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:13:55 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15657#15657 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15657 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15644 Maybe I'm not in the running for Journal Whore '08 anymore... but it's been a pretty hectic couple of weeks. I'll give y'all a quick overview (it's long... but I coulda made it a damn site longer, believe you me) because I always say (mostly to myself) that the reason I don't write many entries is that I don't have a lot to share... so now that I've actually had a busy couple of weeks, I should do one. My Mum and little sister Hannah came down to Wellington for an overnight stay at a hotel (parent-children weekends away for the school holidays - wish they'd done stuff like that when I was little...) and so I had lunch with them on Thursday 3rd. (This is pre my last entry, but anyways...) Then, on the Monday, Mum was coming back with my other sister, Nicola. Monday morning, I get to work and find I have a response to an email I sent Dad on late Friday (I currently can't check work emails from home, although that should be changing in the near future). In the email, aside from replying to what I had asked, D... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:12:50 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15644#15644 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15644 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15624 Well, in an effort to get myself an early lead for this title... Just thought I'd share my New Years "ResoGoals". That's the word I've coined to mean Resolutions in the form of Specific Goals - I've never been a fan of the "I will eat better and exercise more" rubbishy type of resolutions - I need a specific goal that I can focus on in order to acheive anything of significance. So without further ado, here are my ResoGoals - not because I'm deluded enough to think y'all want to read them, but because sharing them and knowing other people know what they are is a good motivator for me, personally. In no real order (although it falls pretty much in the order I'd select if I was doing order of Importance for me): Finish the first episode of Dixon Court - the People vs. Harry Dong. I was a little disappointed with the audio I had to work with, so naughty y went and bought me one of the ones I was looking at on trademe! So I can't wait for that, and then I'll be able to record the voices ... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:44:14 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15624#15624 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15624 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15617 You know the ones where you stop and think "why do I want to do what I want to do?" and "what if I do it, but I'm no good? What if I suck?". I hate those days. I'm just thankful I have my y to hug and make me happy! Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:28:42 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15617#15617 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15617 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15615 As with the similar entry I did a couple of years ago, this is based on the movies which I saw in 2007 for the first time. That is, the "awards" are not restricted only to movies released in 2007. Lists are in descending order. Top 10 Movies http://www.ilovesubstance.com/images/movies/transformers_movie_poster_optimus_prime.jpg Transformers Without a doubt my favourite Movie experience of 2007... the feeling of wonder and excitement took me right back to my childhood and the seamless merging of CGI and live action made it so easy to forget you were in a cinema. Any guys out there who used to watch transformers cartoons, or even if you didn't, GO SEE THIS MOVIE! Pursuit of Happyness One of the best, if not the best, drama I have ever seen. Entirely new found respect for Will Smith. I have not, to my recollection, ever felt the pain and emotion of a character in a movie as much as I did for Chris Gardner, nor the pure 'happyness' felt at the climax. Blades of Glory Have you ever watched a movie... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:59:09 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15615#15615 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15615 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15614 Kinda puts a damper on the start to the new year. The world can be depressing sometimes... Ah well, more upbeat entries to follow later today! Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:34:23 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15614#15614 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15614 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15579 I also copied this from Things that are making me Grumpy right now: Work. My number one Gripe. (More specifically, though, the fact some people I work with are downright annoying, and the fact that management suck and are taking forever to sort out the official positions, after which I should get the 2IC role, which I'm basically doing as it is.)My lack of dedication to Dixon Court - I have a goal, I have time to do it, yet I never feel I do enough on it. Watching movies should NOT be more important that working on Dixon Court!The way I get annoyed with silly little things and blow them out of proportion.The dishes. I never manage to keep up to date with them, and if I do catch up, it only takes a couple of days for them to pile up again.The gym! Being a University gym they are, to say the least, very unprofessional. The latest annoyance - they were closed yesterday, without any warning, because they had a Christmas party - after we finally managed to talk ourselves into going (we've been a little slack on... Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:52:23 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15579#15579 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15579 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15356 A is for Age 22... for another 4 days B is for Beer of choice: I guess I'd have to go corona with a slice of lemon/lime C is for Career right now: Payments and Settlements officer (emphasis on the right now) D is for your Dog's name? Wowsa, I have a dog?! E is for Essential item you use everyday: Do body parts count? I'd say my brain is pretty essential... I'm constantly coming up with ideas and what not... otherwise I guess, erm, shoes? (I walk everywhere.) F is for Favourite TV show at the moment: Well, that'd be the same show that's been my favourite for the last, oh I dunno, about 5 years? FRIENDS!!! Having the ten season box set really does make it easy to keep it at that "number one spot"... G is for favourite Game: Computer: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3; PS2: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (cause I don't have a more recent one yet); Board: toss up between Settlers of Catan and Cranium H is for Hidden talent: Finishing projects I start... Problem is, it's hidden from me as well... Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:24:59 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15356#15356 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15356 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15260 Well well, what's this you say? TWO recent entries from Simon? What could have prompted this most unusual event? Alright, so I haven't been on here a lot lately... well, that's not true, more "so I haven't been posting on here a lot lately." The previous entry (the quiz thingy) owes itself to the fact that I am working lates this week (midday 'til 8pm) and there's very little work to do, so I was looking for anything to occupy myself. (In addition to the entry I also read a dozen pages of the first Sherlock Holmes book online.) This entry, however, is the result of the exact opposite phenomenon - that of having too much to do! I'll explain... but it feels like the right place to start a new paragraph... If you cast your mind back about 7 months (or about 4 entries... god I'm a useless journal-er) you may recall me mentioning an animated series and myself were going to make. (Well, to be honest, and I'm sure he'll agree; we came up with and I was going to make.) Now, don't get all excited, I have... Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:01:43 +0800 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/?showid=15260#15260 http://journals.jevon.org/users/simon/entry/15260