Picture of the Day

turns out

A few days ago i was viewing my blog from a different computer and i found out that there are people out there who can not see the third column of my blog. Lame. But i figured that i will not change anything, because after all i write for myself not for people with old computers!

But really, if You are one of them, i am very sorry, but i can assure You that You are not missing out on much!

This morning i woke up coughing and i still feel sick. I will be drinking tea all day and i shall be ready to party when the sun will go down! God dammit, i brought a new dress just so i can go.

My bro has been writing an essay for his science class proving that global warming is not affected by people. He then states that the planet earth is in a cycle (well i love cycles, i do believe that everything in bigger and smaller scale is just repeating, i mean now i am here, again..) where it gets colder, then hot again. Of course this is big time scale like millions of years. And now we are in the warm part of the cycle. He says that what human species does affects very little, that there are natural gasses that form the greenhouse effect and that how much we drive our cars and how much we burn fossil fuels will not affect anything on the bigger scale.
Just something to think about. I mean the cycle part! I think about it a lot. That's why i love the book Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

Esmu kolosāli satriekta par to kā izrīkojies ir mans teātra skolotājs. Nepietiek ar to vien, ka viņš mani pirmajā grupu darbā ievietoja grupā ar cilvēkiem kuriem iepriekš nekad mūžā nebiju runājusi. Tagad viņš mani salika kopā ar augstprātīgāko būtni pasaulē. Nu bļins. Goda vārds. Es mierinu sevi, pēc nedēļas viss būs cauri!

Rakstīšu šodien par smaržām, jo prātā tas vien virmo. Rakstīšanas klasē tagad mācāmies par memuāriem un to rakstīšanu. Nodaļas galā mums būs jāraksta savs izcilais memuārus, bet līdz tam mēs rakstām par smaržām, smakām un visu citu, kas spēj iekāpt nāsīs (nē, to nu gan es muldu). Viss šis pasākums dzen atmiņas kā nelabu dūšu, kāpj un kāpj. Kas zin cik tālu spēj uzkāpt? Man nepatīk atcerēties to kas bijis, man nepatīk atminēties bērnību. Lielākā daļa bērnības smakas man atgādina Straupi, kas man atgādina vecotēti, kurš nomira astotā gada decembrī. Vēl joprojām esmu liekulīga un nespēju tā pilnībā to pārdzīvot. Bet tā ir ar mani, es nekad neko līdz galam nepārdzīvoju, vienmēr kaut kas paliek sēžam, kāda rūgta lāse tup. Tāpēc jau paliek grūtāk. Un kurš gan var pilnībā palaist vaļā, lai mūk? Un varbūt, ka tomēr ir labāk paglabāt tos mīļos, nav jau tā, ka es tikai nelāgo glabāju. Pamatā jau mostas veci smaidi, tā kā viss jau ir labi.

"Shhh" said the cannibal

Viena no manām visu laiku mīļākajām filmām ir "Jēru klusēšana" (jeb The Silence of the Lambs"). Ģeniāla filma. Teksts ir vienkārši biedējošs, bet tik ārprātīgi ideāls. Ir bez maz vai tā, ka katra nākamā rindiņa nonāvē iepriekšējo, jo ir vismaz desmit reizes labāka. Man kā skatītājai tas liek justies tā it kā esmu nagla, kas ar vārdiem tiek dzīta dziļāk un dziļāk zeme (līdz ar to, kad filma ir galā esmu pilnībā zemē iedzīta). Tas tāpēc, ka katra lieta, kas tiek pasacīta ir tik ārprātīga un negaidīta, ka sirds sāk trīcēt.

Hannibal Lecter: Tell me, Senator: did you nurse Catherine yourself?
Senator Ruth Martin: What?
Hannibal Lecter: Did you breast-feed her?
Paul Krendler: Now wait a minute...
Senator Ruth Martin: Yes, I did.
Hannibal Lecter: Toughened your nipples, didn't it?
Paul Krendler: You son of a *****!
Hannibal Lecter: Amputate a man's leg and he can still feel it tickling. Tell me, mum, when your little girl is on the slab, where will it tickle you?

Vot šīs rindas gluži vienkārši sakož, nē saplosa kā izsalcis suns.
Es ļoti ceru, ka es kaut kad sameklēšu laiku un gribas spēku, lai atrastu grāmatu pēc kuras filma veidota un to izlasītu.

Šodien klasē iegāju tieši pirms zvana. YES(!), paspēju!
Semestra statistika līdz šim:
Skolas dienas bijušas: 15
Skolas dienas apmeklētas: 14
Neierašanās iemesls: Ķīmijā apmeklējām Univ. laboratoriju
Klases, kad ierados kavējot: 2
Kavēšanas iemesli: Palaidu autobusu gar ausīm & gluži vienkārši izgāju no mājas par vēlu.
Uzskatu, ka līdz šim viss ir diezgan pieņemami.

Getting it Back

Trieka smilšu pulkstenim, nav kas glābj, aiztek projām laiks.

Atmodusies es atkal par vēlu. Nē, atmodusies nav pareizais vārds. Neesmu normāli gulējusi nu jau pārāk ilgi. Kļūst jau par zināmu pataloģiju, jo normāli cilvēki taču tā nedarot. Bet pasaki man, vai kāds maz ir normāls? Tas ir gluži kā sacīt, ka esi dzirdējis kā adata nokrita zālē. Protams.

Vakar rakstīju eseju priekš rakstīšanas klases. Izvēlējos skribelēt par to, ka jāizvēlas vietējas preces. Brīdī, kad rakstīju melnrakstu man blakus šķīvītī stāvēja skaisti sagriezts apelsīns ievests no ASV. Tā nu viņš ir.

Tagad es tipa rakstu gala eseju. Aha, kā tad es rakstu!

Bloga jaunais izskats ir tīri apmierinošs. Esmu priecīga. Visai noteikti ir labāks par iepriekšējo, lai gan nebija jau tas tik slikts.

Skolā. Kā man skolā klājas? Vienā teikumā: parasti izdodās neaizmigt. Nopietni. Ķīmijas klase ir nāve. Es zvēru. Kā var neaizmigt? Visu klasi to vien kā daram kā rakstam, man smadzenes automātiski ieiet autopilotā. Un ko dara autopilots, ja benzīna nav? Uzpildās. Es gan ne, es tik turpinu braukt. Jūtu ka tas tā būs līdz es vienkārši sabrukšu, tobiš butriski sabrukšu. Tas noteikti būs iespaidīgs skats! Nē, bet es mācos. Man par pārsteigumu es tiešām cenšos pievērt klasēs uzmanību. Ar mājas darbiem,.. ir tā kā ir, bet nu ir labāk kā pagājušajā semestrī, kad vārdu savienojums 'mājas darbi' pat nēksistēja. Tas ir cits stāsts, tad man nekādi darbi nēksistēja. Biznesā vienīgi grūti, jo man tā skolotāja pilnīgi nagus liek asināt stundu laikā. Es nevaru viņu ciest. Skumji ir tas, ka nav jau viņa slikta skolotāja, bet laba ar nav. Nu bet nemāca viņa labi. Teiksim šodien (nu jau vakar) mēs pavadījam pusi no stundas atzīmējot 15 valstis kartē, un ar to viņa mums vēlējās iemācīt, ka jāzin pasaules ģeogrāfija. Paldies, es to nezināju. Un tad atlikušo stundu mums nācās vienkārši norakstīt pierakstus vai nu no tāfeles, vai no PowerPoint prezentācijas. Viņa allaž tā skrien, ka visi viņai lūdz paiet uz iepriekšējo slaidu. Nu gan sieviete.
Un teātrī. Šogad pirmā nodaļa ir par režiju, sadala grupās pa 3-4 kur ir 2-3 aktieri un viens režisors. Sākumā mēs apguvām kas un kā jādara (bija arī kontroldarbs) un tagad jārāda ko esam iemācījušies. Es tagad esmu režisora lomā un saku, ka ir tieši tas pats, kas bija kad režisēju priekš Backstage to lugu tikai tagad ir jāstrādā ar mazāk cilvēkiem un tikai nedēļas laikā ir jābūt gatavam priekšnesumam.
Labi. Man laikam tomēr tā eseja jānobeidz. Tagad drīz būs četri no rīta. Atkal neizgulēta nakts. Fui!

"Good Morning"

No, of course it is not the morning! Fooled You didn't i? No? Oh well.
As You can see, i did as i said i would, changed the template of this sad little blog. The poll went very sadly and i received only 3 responses. Thank You, if You did vote! Really appreciated it. Aside form the poll, i asked in person to some of my fellow people which they thought was the pretties one. The flower template got the most votes in total, so that is the one i chose.

But if You could even imagine how much trouble i went through to Upload it! At first, when i uploaded it Blogger asked me if i wanted to keep my previous gadgets, to which i obviously clicked to keep them, but then to my surprise i got some things in double. Such as the blog title field, the posting field.. And i was unable to remove the double, it didn't even offer such an option. I was unsure what to do. For one second i actually thought to just choose a different template. But, no, no, no, i am not that kind a girl that gives up easily. And so i copied all the HTML codes of all my gadgets, so that when i try to re-upload the template i would choose not to keep the gadgets. This was a pain in the ass. I totally forgot that i had gadgets not only on the sidebar, so now i don't have pages at the bottom, but i think i might be able to live without them. What do You think? Should i renew them? I don't remember where i found it. I probably forgot some other gadget, but at the moment i can not recall.

I changed some stuff here and there. Not perfect, but i sorta like it.

School was dreadful. I spent up the whole night writing my essay for writers craft and answering questions on yahoo.com answers. I swear, it is addictive.

I had a nice nap once i got home from school. Now i just gotta do my homework.

Oh, not sure You noticed, but i created Badges for my blogs. I feel really proud of that, since i have been willing to do this for a very long time now.

And, news that are on the top of the list (not sure why i'm putting them in as last..). I created a new blog! Yes! I did! It is called Song of the Day. (Well the "title is ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪", but really...not) Any who, the title is self explanatory. Yes? No? Every day i will be posting up a new song. I will try to pick songs that are of a different kind and not very popular. The goal really is to explore world music, to see what is out there. As for here, i will use the tag music dose if i am ever to mention it again.
Go ahead, visit it and listen to the first songs and You are more than welcome to be a follower, then You will get a new song for every day! Cool, don't You think?

3-column templates - help?

Knowing me You would have probably expected this: i want to change the template of my blog, again. This time the trigger was that the new template does not match my title. So i had to (well, have to) change either one. Since the title is like a part of me already i decided that the new template has no chance of winning over. So i decided to find the perfect template. I had done this before, but i was searching with key words, esp. dragonfly, and since now i am an adorer of three-columns i took the advantage and typed that beside the dragonfly. Nothing pretty, extraordinary would show up. So i just searched, websites one by one. But i couldn't find anything that smelled like the best one. Then i came across this website: BTemlpates and fell in love. It has such a choice, a variety of themes, and of course templates for more column lovers. (And it turns out that this template, that i have now, comes from the same template master!) I clicked on the 3 columns in the sidebar and continued my groovy search. As i scrolled down to the bottom of the page i couldn't believe it: 'Page 1 of 50'. I got in the mood that this is where i WILL find my template. For those who plan to jump and run and go and search for a new template of their own, the first pages show newer templates and the last pages contain older ones. All in one, the recent ones where better, but there were some good ones in the last pages too. So, if You are a person who likes to leave the best for the last, then start with the last page.
I was looking for something that would fit blog title, my personality and the kind of posts i put up here. In general i write about my life and that is all, but i do tend to put in some movie reviews, blog related things and other jazz (such as a song now and then). Also, i wanted the new template to be simple, but not too much. I was looking for something new that would be pleasant to look at every day.
As i was searching instantly noticed several that i liked more, they were so adorable that i felt like putting them right up, but then i came across more and more of the ones that seemed like a perfect fit. So i came down to about fifteen. I put on my critical eye and eliminated one by one hoping that i would end up with a single template. I failed. There are six that i can't decide on. I like them all and every one of them has something about it that just didn't let me to cancel it out.

And this is where You, my dears, come in! I NEED YOUR HELP to choose which template to pick. You see that nice purple box on the sidebar? Yes, that one! Please take a second to view the templates and then choose the best one (..or two, if You are as indecisive as i am). I will leave the poll up there for a few days, maybe a week (that depends on how many votes i receive), so don't be shy and let me know what You think.

Here is the list of the six templates, if You fall in love, like i did, i added a link where You can download them, so You can put it in Your Blog!
1.Flower Blog
Download flower blog template
2.Worn Wall
Download worn wall template
3.Cumulus  
Download cumulus template
4.Simple Pleasure
Download simple pleasure template
5.Dusky
Download dusky template
6.Tired Girl
Download tired girl template

Thank You for voting and reading! Kisses!