6 random things

[bop_radar]

A little while ago I got tagged by someone (was it chimosa?) for the 'six things' meme. So here are six things you may not know about me (for some reason all of these are of the embarrassing admission variety).

1. I have a really loud laugh. I rarely think about it but every so often someone reminds me just how loud it is.
Guys in design department at the opposite side of the building: Oh, yes, we always know when it's Friday! We hear you giggling.
Friend at uni: Were you outside X building on Thursday at 10? I thought so. I was in a fifth floor classroom and heard you.
*blush*

2. I have approximately 5 floor-ceiling bookshelves worth of books and consider this my bare minimum required library. (I actually sell/lend/get rid of a lot of books--there's a high turnover.)

3. I'm not very neat. I'm also not very coordinated. Put them together and you get: sprained ankle from hurdling a pile of papers beside my desk at work. Apparently I yelped like a cow in labour. Flattering, huh?!

4. I faint a lot. Consequently I have an array of embarrassing fainting stories. Unlike Lana Lang I don't bounce back like rubber. In fact, I remember a mortifying time when I was around 11 or 12, and we'd just reached that school stage of 'omg! boys are boys!' when I fainted on a boy. I woke with my head in his lap. He was staring determinedly at the ceiling and I've no idea who was more mortified--me or him.

5. I have absolutely no ability to flirt. I am the anti-flirt. Recently a cute boy in glasses tried to (I think) pick me up as we crossed the road at some traffic lights. I was reading, as usual.
Cute-glasses-boy: *popping right up in my face* Hey! how do you do that? I'd get so many bruises if I tried to read and walk at the same time!'
Me: *blank stare of doom* Um. I've always been able to do it.
Cute-glasses-boy: *persisting* What you readin'?
Me: *turning Vietnam War memoir over* This.
Cute-glasses-boy: *obviously nowhere to go* Ok. Any good?
Me: Yup.
Lights change, I move to cross road reading, out of the corner of my eye I see him head in a different direction... at least I thought so. Except thirty seconds later I look behind me and he's trailing me.
Cute-glasses-boy: *a bit embarrassed* Oh, I'm just trying to see how you do that! How do you not run into things?
Me: Peripheral vision.
Cute-glasses-boy: Oh... ok... *finally runs away*
I've thought back on this, and you know what? It's not that I was trying to shrug him off. I actually thought he was quite lovely. And ok, I have a boyfriend, but flirting is flattering, right? No, it wasn't a lack of willingness... it was COMPLETE AND UTTER INABILITY TO FLIRT.


6. Recently I got supacat to teach me the basics (absolute basics) of Final Cut Pro and I've been obsessed ever since. It's all terribly tricky still, but I am having SO much fun! :-)

I made a practice vidlet if anyone would like to see it. I had to find a very short song and only had Season 6 Smallville eps to work with, so I was seriously limited creatively. But it turned into a study of Clark's relationships early season 6.

Situations
7.4 MB, MP4
Smallville: Clark character/relationship study
Spoilers: 6.01-6.06
Song: Situations, Jack Johnson
Feedback: If you do dl, 'twould be awesome!

I have heaps more to learn! 'Tis very exciting! \o/

ETA: And also now the link actually works. Btw, vid quality is not high because I haven't got the hang of exporting yet.

Comments

[arianstarr.livejournal.com]

Yes! I am not the only one who reads and walks at the same time! *feels like less of a weirdo*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yay! There are more of us! THANK GOD! *clings*

[arianstarr.livejournal.com]

*g*
*clings back*

[kristiinthedark.livejournal.com]

Whoa. I had no idea that you're a fainter! You don't seem like the fainting type (and no, I have no idea what 'the fainting type' is like ;P)!

We are both untidy and uncoordinated. *high-fives you*

Ok, so I dl'ed, and... am I supposed to change the last three letters to something else? Because my computer doesn't recognize that file type :(

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Nope. My bad! I am fixing linky now... (I uploaded wrong file. Doh!)

[kristiinthedark.livejournal.com]

Yay! And your vid is so much fun! Love the theme. Yay again!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-) It is just my baby practice vidlet. But it was fun to do a Clarky thing (he's so pretty!). Practice, little k! It's all practice... The Kara/Leoben is a huge step up from this for me, but it's a great challenge.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Not the fainting type?! I think this is flattering. But yes, I'm a kind of 'ambush fainter'. People don't expect it and then I crash to the ground...

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

i can't it to give me anything but an .fcp file that my computer can't open. what am i doing wrong? i'd love to see it!

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

urk, can't GET it to etc.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

My bad. I uploaded wrong file.
*is an idiot*
Am fixing up linky now. Will ETA it.

[blisstasteful.livejournal.com]

three cheers for the clumsy as hell girls who totally fail at flirting when they try to (I've been told I'm exceptionally good at it when I don't try but that's not so much flirting as being unable to be friendly to men without them thinking I'm easy'

*bonds*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Heee! I think I'm just not friendly to guys at all. Unless I meet them through friends or work or some established setting, I eye them with a fair degree of suspicion even when I like 'em.

[blisstasteful.livejournal.com]

I thing I could use a little more suspicion! I am you grasshopper!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Heeeee!! I recommend cultivating an unimpressed expression to hide behind!

[blisstasteful.livejournal.com]

I totally suck. Turns out a girl can't enjoy the company of male friends (I generally prefer them to girls, fangirls aside) without wanting whats in their pants.

Men suck (and not in a good way)

I'm in such a mood with my male friends right now (could have something to do with the brandy, possibly I should be mad at the, anyhow, the feckers! I won't even start on the time they met a band in a club and when they asked if they knew any game women they called me! At 2 fucking 30 in the morning)

OK, possibly I'll rant more when it isn't after midnight and I havn't had 2 bottles of wine.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

I won't even start on the time they met a band in a club and when they asked if they knew any game women they called me! At 2 fucking 30 in the morning
OMG! That is so out of line!! Heh. Ok, yes, that warrants being in a mood with them. And yes, men can suck. Though I think they get better as they get older--at least that's what I found.

[blisstasteful.livejournal.com]

And hell, Jack Johnson is made of win!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yup! His lyrics give me lots to work with in vidding.

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

You are great. I remember we did a lot of loud laughing when you were here.

*twirls you*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Heee! Yes, yes, we did. We were rather animated!

[darenothope.livejournal.com]

I was laughing about number 5. Just so funny! I can't flirt either. I don't get it and I can't tell if anyone flirts with me. I just talk to them as if they were anyone and consequently talk to them about Smallville or Tom Welling or comic books or something not very attractive.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Yup, I do that too. The number of times that I just get the 'huh, o... k...' response from boys is ridiculous. And then I realise that I've said something rather non-interesting to boys. Doh!

[darenothope.livejournal.com]

I remember who you remind me of. Belle from Beauty and the Beast. The Disney cartoon version!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Awwww! Thank you! That's cute!

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

As far as I'm concerned, having a loud laugh is a GOOD thing. And I'm excited that you decided to upload the vid, though I got the same error as myownghost. I'll wait a bit and try again once you re-upload.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Ach, yes, I uploaded wrong file but believe it is fixed now. It's just the version you've seen already. But I figured a couple of peeps might like it.

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

It is still wonderful! Once you figure out how to get the image quality sorted out, you'll be vidding like a pro.

Oh, and I've been known to read and walk at the same time all the time.

[talitha78.livejournal.com]

Yay, you posted it! I'm so glad you're having fun with vidding. That's the best news ever. :)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm having a ball! Don't tell anyone, but I took today off work because my storage unit came and I can start ripping Smallville DVDs. YAY! Soon I'll have SO MUCH PRETTY to work with!

And thanks for the encouragement with this one--I had a mini crisis after it was over, so posting it is part of me coming to terms with where I'm at right now and not expecting the world of myself! :-)

[mahaliem.livejournal.com]

I downloaded your vid and watched it. Twice. I really liked it.

As for flirting, is it an inability to flirt or an inability to realize it's a flirting situation?

I have problems with the second one, but there are some situations when I now recognize that the guy is trying to flirt with me. For instance, guys will compliment a girl's car in order to flirt with her. This confused me when I was young and drove a beige Ford Escort. Now that I'm older, when a man compliments my ten-year old, beat up mini-van, I actually realize what's going on. :)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Aw, wow! Thanks! I'm so thrilled you liked it.

when a man compliments my ten-year old, beat up mini-van, I actually realize what's going on. :)
HA! Yes, I see what you're saying... I think I have that problem a little. Though I also tend to be rather suspicious of guys and therefore assume there is flirting when there's not sometimes. However, I think I'm getting better. With the guy in the example in my post I knew there was flirting, I just ... didn't respond.

[immal0serbaby.livejournal.com]

haha I love your story with the guy in glasses. It reminded me of an awkward Clark Kent trying to flirt with a random girl on the street.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Heee. He was rather Clark Kenty, yes! Really quite charming, in a hopeless way. If I'd been less Lois-like, I would have actually flirted back...

[immal0serbaby.livejournal.com]

I am very Chloe. I always like the boys. They never like me back!

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

Your vidlet was very cute! Isn't it fun to do? I enjoyed the different situations you pulled together.

I had to use my video converter to change it to something my computer could play--maybe that's what some people have been having a problem with--my converter had to change it from a WMPFile to a video clip (.avi).

Does Final Cut Pro work on IBM compatible machines? I got to see the program on one of our work computers and I loved all the audio options, but it's an Apple program so I don't know if it would work on my computer.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! I'm sorry it put you to so much trouble. Did you download when I still had the wrong file up? The FCP file? I thought MP4 played on VLC and Quicktime, but I must say the exporting technicalities are the hardest part for me so far!

I think you can get Final Cut Pro for PCs as well, but I'm not sure.

And yes, it is SO much fun!! I'm incredibly addicted even though I'm only just starting. I need to get another lesson from supacat!

[skuf.livejournal.com]

I used to be able to walk and read as a teenager, but I seemed to have lost the ability - or I just don't do it anymore.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

I reckon you'd be able to pick it up again then. I think it's like riding a bike...

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

Every time I've ever fainted I peed on myself (*embarrassed*), so whenever I see someone faint on TV, I always wonder if they peed on themselves a little.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, that does happen sometimes! Fainting on TV is so glamorous, but the reality is really horrid. You usually look terrible and yes, lose control of yourself in various ways.

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

I have a really loud laugh. That's so cute. I think I laugh like a hyena.

Oi, vid, will download when I get home. Frakken school.

Speaking of the evilness that is school I really wanna do that little trailer thing for the plan but this damn slot machine animation is kicking my ass. Which sounds kind of sad actually. Anyway I might be able to get it done Sunday since by then I'll hopefully be just rendering my animation piece. *is still totally devoted to the plan*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Hee! I am totally devoted to plan too. Though it is now Sunday my time and I haven't got very far myself, so don't worry. It will happen... (hey the Cylons are pretty slow with their Plan too!) I did find some good sites for Tahmoh pics the other day so looking forward to getting on to them.