| * My job could be in trouble once again, they are doing restructuring at the company and have called us all in for a staff meeting (which they almost never do). My sources tell me that some corporate American asshole has come in and said that they should move all the long term staff to different centers to help liven us up. I won't bog this post down with all the problems with that idea, but if it goes ahead I'll most likely move to another job (if I can). Mainly because any other center means commuting will take twice as long and I'll lose any bonus time I already have being the 1IC/2IC, also because I've gotten really attached to some of the kids at my center and the job just isn't worth it without them. I find out tomorrow.
* I converted to Buddhism on Sunday. Don't worry, I won't be converting anyone, wearing robes, selling all my possessions or learning Kung-fu (though that is an idea). I've been researching Buddhism for a while now and to be honest I was already following most of the truths and paths, the only thing I've had to change is not killing cockroaches when I see them (even I really, really want to).
* I've now sprayed paint sealant in my eyes, I both hate and love this costume.
* Odo is starting to get some steam behind it, I should probably start doing something. EDIT: We now have a Co-Producer, whatever the hell that means, Yay!
* I may or may not get to play a hero, who is not a ninja, in an upcoming short-film. It's about time.
* I really want to watch the Rocketeer for some reason. | comments: Leave a comment   |
| * I'm considering doing some sort of film course (probably through TAFE), it wouldn't be to get a job or anything it would just be so I could do more to help the ninja series and because I think it would be fun. Any suggestions/ideas?
* I'm also considering buying a webcam and doing some sort of Videoblogging, not to become famous or get lots of views or anything, just for the hell of it really. I'd probably do it as Odo and just blog about my/his day.
* Burned the fuck out of my fingers putting my costume together for the previously mentioned costume party. Speaking of the costume do I go "full blown/unable to move/but awesome looking" or "looks vaguely good/but not fantastic/but you'll be able to sit down".
* Fuck I love Transformers, I've actually bought a handful of them. Probably the most I've spent on toys in years. I don't know why I'm suddenly into it again, it's not the movie either as I didn't like the movie that much and I think the figures (for the most part) are ugly.
* Been watching alot of CommunityChannel on Youtube, seriously fuck you guys, I'm hooked on this shit now. | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| * Went to one of the most boring parties I've been to in years. I was just sitting there twiddling my thumbs when I began thinking back to how boring all the parties I've been to in the last year have been (there have been a couple of fun ones). In the last year I've stopped drinking alcohol. So, now I'm wondering if most of my enjoyment at parties was based on my consumption of alcohol. Also I miss booze.
* Speaking of parties, I've been invited to one that involves costumes and I'm not going as a ninja...zomg. I've also been invited to another one for a girl I haven't spoken to in a year, that turned me down, where I'll get to hang with a bunch of people I don't know, in a club where I can't drink...fun.
* I'm finding myself very mellow lately; I'm drinking tea, exercising, not eating red meat, training in a martial art, not fighting, not drinking and doing breathing exercises. Me from a year ago would call me a pussy.
* A friend of mine is marrying a guy that cheated on her twice...I'm officially back in the dating scene, because that shit is retarded.
* Transformers 2 was meh, I still love Transformers as a franchise but dear god that movie was long and had a lot of pointless shit in it. Michael Bay seriously needs to just cut the humans out of the next movie, you would lose an hour and a half of useless scenes. Well except Megan Foxx she can stay. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | odoroki | | Current Music: | Rammstein - Bang, Bang | | Subject: | Ninja S.O.S. | | Time: | 06:59 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/shy.gif) hopeful |
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| As you may have read on Screams' journal, we had the first Ninja production meeting. Nobody came apart from Craig, Sylph (our fight choreographer) and me, but still first production meet, huzzah. I'm taking it better then Craig, mainly because without other people Craig is stuck doing all the work and he's got enough shit to deal with outside of the series.
Speaking of the series, I don't know much about film work. I've been in a couple of shorts and the Polcheck series, but short of standing in front of the camera and occasionally holding a light I honestly don't know much about what's going on. I do know we're at an important point right now, if we don't get help from people we're not getting this off the ground. We've pretty much got the got the scripts done, once that's complete though well that's almost all we can do without help.
I personally just want to tell this story, I love Odo, he's my favourite character and I would love more people to see who he is. I can't do this on my own though, I need guys like Craig and Sylph, they have done this before, they know what to do, but I need other people. I'm not asking for donations (though that would be nice), what I need is peoples time and their experience. All I can offer you is that at the end of all of this, if we do well, you'll have helped me achieve a dream. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Well I went for a long ride today, as opposed to my normal up the road and back again I've been doing. I gotta be honest, I was crapping my pants for like 60% of the ride. I don't know whether it's a lack of practice or I'm just not cut out for riding anymore. I stalled it 3 times, almost dropped it once and I mounted at least 2 dividers (which is one of the worst things you can do on a bike). I'm thinking I should put the bike into storage and go for a car, learn how to handle the road properly first. When I first got on the bike ohh so many years ago I was a fucking moron, I'd pull in front of people, I'd speed, I'd ride up the middle of the lanes, I'd overtake for no real reason, I'd drag people at the lights. As stupid as I was back then I wasn't afraid, now I'm wiser and alot more of a chicken.
Sorry if this is a bit disjointed, it's 6:30am, I'm freezing and the adrenaline is pumping. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | alcohol, bike, rta | | Current Music: | Ishida Yoko - Siawase no Iro | | Subject: | Yawn... | | Time: | 10:18 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/yawn.gif) tired |
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| I'll try and keep this in chronological order,
* After much fucking around, the RTA finally gave me my license.
* Went to Supanova, was very meh about the whole thing, nothing I wanted to buy or do. I didn't have much time to work on Odo's costume so it was really simple and dull. Was fun meeting up with my peeps though, I gotta do that more often.
* Not drinking alcohol sucks balls.
* I went out and got my bike, I tooled around with it for about a day, setting things up, attaching plates and gear. Then proceded to drop it on the 5km mark (a drop for those not in the know is basically when the bike just falls over because you're not going fast enough, it's nowhere near as serious as a crash, it's more embarrassing then anything). Cracked the fairings (fancy plastic on the front), so I'm moderately pissed, I'll keep riding and try to learn from it.
* Feeling really down, don't know why, dropping the bike isn't that big a deal, I wasn't hurt or anything, just feeling bummed out for some reason. Now that I think about it I'm gonna blame Franky, no more D&M talks.
* Surprised that anyone still uses LJ, I'll continue to though. Facebook and Twitter aren't exactly the best journals ever. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| This is a direct continuation of my previous post; it's been almost a month since the RTA fucked me over, but I'm reasonable, rather then getting a cheap gun and murdering everyone in there and doing the test and printing my own license, I went through all the hassle of applying for a passport. For those that haven't done it, this involves trips to the doctor, photo places, filling in multiple fucking forms and around about $400 because I need it done in a hurry. As I said before almost a month has passed, I happily take my shiney new passport from the courier and head into the RTA. I stand in line for half an hour and get to the counter only to be told that my proof of address isn't valid either.
I then reached through the small gap inbetween the plastic security screen and crushed the womans' windpipe, a large man tried to stop me so I broke his nose and then hammer punched him in the same spot sending shards of bone into his eyes...
Then I woke up from the beautiful daydream, because the stupidity of not recognizing a letter from the Office of Fair Trading (a department of the same Government that runs the RTA) witnessed by multiple real estate agents, that clearly states that I'm paying rent on a property that I'm living in...well it was too much for my mind to handle. The counter bitch kept talking I just packed up my stuff and left. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I'm so use to things sucking balls that I'm not even shocked by this shit anymore; first I passed my motorcycle tests and requested additional training before I went in to get the license, did that got through and got my green piece of paper saying I passed. Went into the RTA today to do my computer knowledge test, after doing that I'm licensed, nope, not happening. My proof of age card is no longer valid, apparently they switched to new proof of age cards a year ago and didn't tell anyone, which is odd because it's the same ID I used to get into the training course and no-one batted an eyelid. Because I'm a New Zealand citizen/Australia resident my birth certificate doesn't work either I need a new passport from New Zealand for some god awful reason, this is going to take longer then my green slip of paper lasts (3 months unless I get it fast tracked which will cost $800), if I don't get it sorted in 3 months I need to re-do the training which in turn puts me on a 3-4 month waiting list.
And it turns out with hemochromatosis, I can't drink alcohol anymore. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| Re-learning has been interesting, I admit I freaked out a bit when I got on the bike. After an hour or so I calmed down. I'm good on straights, corners are okay not great, gear changes need a ton of work though. I'm sort of worried the next 3.5 hours aren't going to make me road ready. I'll look into doing some more courses if I pass. Main problem is I'm having trouble relaxing and I keep thinking about hitting things, both are no-no's while you're riding. Just gotta relax.
Gotta say learning ninjitsu and re-learning to ride a motorbike at the same time is just stupid, old dog and new tricks as they say. Wish me luck. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | fuck | | Current Music: | silence | | Subject: | Betrayal... | | Time: | 09:27 am | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/grr.gif) angry |
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| Things were going too well; I had a job I'm comfortable with, within a couple of weeks transport will be sorted for the first time in years, the ninja series is finally standing on it's feet and I'm training to become a ninja. Shit don't go well for me, it never has, this was just some way to lift me up before I get dropped on the pavement again. First my Mom has decided to marry her boyfriend, good for her, she's decided to move to America and leave her handicapped son here for me to look after, wait what? Don't get me wrong I love my Brother, but I'm no way in any position to care for another person, I work just enough to get myself by how am I meant to carry him as well? But fine I can deal with it when I get to it.
Then my crazy old lady boss stabbed me in the back. I bend over backwards for this senile bitch, I cover up her horrible behavior toward the children, I make excuses for her, at one point we were giving her lifts to her house and back. I find out today that she has reported me to the office for some violation of the rules and has requested I get moved to another center. If I get moved I'm going to lose my hours and the job will become pointless and we're in the middle of recession who the fuck is going to hire me for anything? I can't even think of what I did wrong, I'm out of uniform occasionally but thats not grounds for moving someone, I'm great with the kids, I clean the room as best I can and I run my ass off for the old bat.
Fucking bitch, I'm going to destroy her, I'm going to end her career and send her bankrupt. I'm going to make sure her deadbeat sons are out on the street with her so she realizes what a failure she is. You don't fuck with me, not anymore I'm Doctor Doom motherfucker. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| * And I'm back, losing the net wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, mainly just missed having e-mail.
* Ohh shit, my Sensei, my Sensei' Sensei and my fight choreographer all in one video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_zixOpo-Go I start training this Thursday. I'm sure he was lying about the invisibility, I bet I learn that in like the second lesson.
* I'll post something more substantial later, sleep now. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| Well so begins the final stages of the move, I write this to say goodbye to you internet. I do not know when I shall return, it may be a day, it may be a month, but know this; you have served me well over these past several years. Sure, we had our run-ins with viruses and goatse, but they only made us stronger. I swear to you internet, I will return one day.
Yours Faithfully,
Nikki Stoupe. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Things I like about moving:
* Destroying things so they fit in the skip we ordered. "Think you're tough do you BBQ? Meet Sledgehammer!". I honestly think I should get a job in demolition that or I just go around randomly breaking things with a sledgehammer, hell that can be my new name "Sledgehammer".
Things I don't like about moving:
* Everything else. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | moving | | Current Music: | Call of Duty (Main Theme) - Michael Giacchino | | Subject: | Hi-ho, hi-ho... | | Time: | 11:58 am | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/mely/lemonfaces/mad.gif) annoyed |
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| | I'm moving at the end of the week, technically I'm just moving a few streets down but this of course means I have to pack. I fucking hate packing, I've had to move so many times in my life. I'm finding unopened boxes from the last time we moved, I just couldn't be fucked opening them and then repacking them when we moved 6 months later. I think I hate the cleanup afterwards more then I hate the actual move. The other big problem is that I'll be losing the internet for god knows how long, depends how long my service provider wants to fuck me around I guess. I've started downloading single player PC games to tide me over. I hate packing, I hate cleaning, I hate not having the interwebs, I'm going to start living in a caravan from now on. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| Blood test came back turns out I might have Haemchromatosis, which is like the lamest disease ever, basically I produce too much Iron and the cure is simply to give blood once a month. How does that even count as a disease?
Got the blood test because my doctor and I were curious as to why I haven't really lost any weight over the past 4 and a half months. I've been exercising, dieting, I've gone off sugar and caffeine and I've neither gained nor lost any weight. Personally I'm fine with not losing any weight, it was more of a curiosity thing. Results were surprising, I'm exceptionally healthy. I've got insanely low cholesterol and high counts for all my vitamins and minerals, platelets and white blood cells, if anything I'm almost too healthy. Once the Haemchromatosis test comes back I'm going to see a dietian, frankly I don't see what they could possibly recommend other then what I'm already doing. | | comments: 8 comments or Leave a comment |
| * Finally getting off Caffeine, going through withdrawl symptons; headaches, sweats, mood swings. Overall though not as bad as when I went off the high end painkillers. Funny thing though, Doctor gave me some high-end sleeping pills so I could just doze through the worst of it. I ended up taking double what he recommended based on my weight and history with drugs, it knocked me out for about 3 hours. I think I'm immune to drugs.
* Went in for a massive blood test on Thursday, hopefully nothing serious, find out when I get the results back. Honestly nothing to worry about.
* The ninja series now has a website; www.odotheninja.com there is nothing on it, but it's there. Should have a welcome/coming soon page up by June.
* Officially spent over $300 on the ninja series so far and we haven't even shot anything, my wallet is scared.
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* Thread on Something Awful, where you use MS paint to draw what you were going to be when you were young compared to now. I realized I've lost my posting privlages at SA (through lack of use) and can't be fucked getting them back, so here is my masterpiece, when I was little I wanted to be an Airforce Pilot who cloned superanimals (like the Scorpiturtle) and played basketball for the Chicago Bulls. Now I'm an overweight part-time ninja, part-time child care worker. I don't know what that says about me.
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| * Was all ready to go to Ninjitsu training and I go and reread the sensei's e-mail and he's got me heading out to Avalon (I'm on one side of Sydney, Avalon is on the other) easily an hour trip if there is no traffic. Ring him up to find out why it was moved, council took his permisson the day before he opened the dojo. So, I gotta wait till he gets that sorted out before I can begin my training...or so I thought, clearly this is his first assignment, I must pass the test before I can begin my ninja training. I must assassinate the North Ryde Council!
* Mother returned from America, she's now engaged, good for her I guess. I feel meh on the subject.
* No internet for two days was interesting, I only ever seem to lose the net on days when I have important shit to do. Never when I'm just looking for pictures of cats doing people things.
* Girl at the After School Care has a full blown crush on me, clearly she has low standards or she wants me to go to prison. | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| | You Are An ENTJ |  The Executive
You are a natural leader - with confidence and strength that inspires others.
Driven to succeed, you are always looking for ways to gain, power, knowledge, and expertise.
Sometimes you aren't the most considerate person, especially to those who are a bit slow.
You are not easily intimidated - and you have a commanding, awe-inspiring presence.
In love, you hold high standards... for yourself, for your relationship, and for your significant other.
While it's easy for you to impress others, it's hard for you to find someone who impresses you.
At work, you are organized and good at delegating. You understand how to achieve goals.
You would make a great CEO, entrepreneur, or consultant.
How you see yourself: Rational, calm, and objective
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Inflexible, controlling, and overbearing |
Wow, creepily accurate, especially the "awe-inspiring presence" part. People jizz in their pants when they see me coming.
* Officially have a webmaster now. So far that's director/editor, script writer, fight choreographer and webmaster, now I just need actors, henchmen, second in command, brutal enforcer, cowering lackey, and mad scientist and my criminal empire shall be complete! Tremble world!
* Want to do more on the ninja series but I'm running out of things to do, can't really do much without consulting with Craig constantly and he's got this stupid thing known as a life thats holding him down. Love, family and work are all lies Craig, all you need is Ninja to sustain you!
* Going in for my motorcycle riding training and testing on May 18th, may god have mercy on us all. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| * First, big thanks to Weedy, we may have found our web designer because of her efforts. Even if it doesn't come together she's come in and given a helping hand and I really appreciate it.
* I hadn't even thought about it until Scream brought it up tonight (last night technically), I should be attempting to document this whole process, sort of a behind the scenes if you will. I'll let him handle filming stuff, I'll try and keep this updated (and eventually transcribe it into a proper diary format) and post pictures and sketches as they come along.
* I swear if I could work on this series full time I totally would, I'm having so much fun doing this. Far more exciting then just watching porn all day, well sort of.
* I found out today that the RTA closes at noon on a Saturday, thats just fucking stupid, I work during the week. This is a government run agency it should be open almost all the goddamn time. I have no problem going out and grabbing a bike and hoping on it, the only reason I'm not is because the government has laws in place to stop me doing that. They want me to follow their laws, but they go out of their way to make it hard for me to follow them. I know people have been dealing with the RTA and their shit for as long as there have been cars, but I'm relatively new to this. So fuck you RTA.
* Had to pay Microsoft $169 to get my Xbox repaired because the warranty is expired. Shit sucks. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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