Jaywalking

Hungry Visitor

Jay — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:58:23 +0000

A hungry cockatoo dropped by this morning – It eats our left over rabbit seed mix. Wasn’t scared of us at all.

I was blown away by the image quality. No fancy DSLR cameras here, just a simple Sony point and shoot. Check out the larger version.

Wonderspam

Jay — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:47:50 +0000

Of all the usernames I’ve collected over the years, there’s none that I’m more proud of than my gmail name.

jasonn.

Simple huh?

The flipside of having such a generic username is the copious amounts of spam I get and misdirected emails. I once even got access to someone’s myspace page (I assume they mistyped their email address when registering).

Usually I find myself registered with strange newsletters, sent emails about group outings or even sent receipts from purchases I never made. I try to discern between the ones truly misdirected and those that are spammers trying to covertly get me to reply. I have to admit, they’re getting pretty creative with their hooks.

Then I got this:

Spam or real? I don’t think I’ll be inviting her to chat.

Life drawing 2009

Jay — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:32:50 +0000

A selection of 5, 10 and 15 minute pen sketches from throughout the year. I can feel slight improvements, but still heaps to learn!

Scribbly

Jay — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:33:03 +0000

Lately finding a balance between learning web skills, improving as an illustrator, exercise, social life and of course, my job is getting more difficult, but I managed to scribble out a few things.

I have a tonne of life-drawing in my sketchbook waiting to be scanned. Save that for the weekend.

TeeVee

Jay — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:17:23 +0000

Chuck! My new favourite show. It’s lighthearted (and farfetched) fun. Complete escapism for a Thursday night on foxtel.

Of course, HIMYM. The greatest show ever! It’s into season 5 and has only gotten better and better.

Ryu in 10 minutes

Jay — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:29:33 +0000

Music by Reuben Kee

Cultivate Your Mind

Jay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:45:24 +0000

A picture speaks a thousand words…

Jay — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:04:52 +0000

Or one.

Black Eyed Peas

Jay — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:47:46 +0000

I admit I’m not a fan of theirs, but Acer Arena, 24,000 people, some amazing stage lights and massive beats = So awesome.

On other music related news, I’m loving this and this song has been on repeat for days.

Up

Jay — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:06:08 +0000

I saw Up tonight. One of Pixar’s best films so far.

There was a surreal silence during certain moments. It was almost profound, as if you could sense the film speaking to every single heart sitting there.

Up is a film about innocence, youth, our dreams, goals and aspirations. The obstacles life throws in the way of those dreams and how our lives skew unexpectedly off course.

It touched on the idea that sometimes our greatest adventures aren’t the grand gestures we imagine would radically change our lives, but rather take a more subtle form. Emerging slowly, through an almost unnoticeable culmination of average days – Seemingly invisible on a micro level, only apparent in retrospect.

The moments where the main character Carl reflects on his life – what he wanted to do with it compared to what he actually did do are the real heart of the film. That’s where those profound, resonating moments with the audience really stood out.

Definitely worth seeing.