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*

[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 :(

[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!

[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*

[blisstasteful.livejournal.com]

And hell, Jack Johnson is made of win!

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

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

*twirls you*

[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.

[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.

[talitha78.livejournal.com]

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

[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. :)

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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*