Ubuntu Now

I recently made my choice about the OS issue. I will migrate to Ubuntu at my home PC and sync my zune at work (which was the main restriction in doing so). Maybe I'll have to double boot (two OS) my home PC, i haven't decided on that yet. I'll let you know soon how it went...

10,222 days since Day 0

I'm now 28 years old, plus 2 days as of today. It's amazing how time goes by faster when you're getting older than when we were little kids. 28 sounds a lot, of course it depends on the perspective. To many, 28 is at the beginning of life; to me, yeah, it's a lot too.

This last few days have been very dramatic to every extent of my life. I have had revelations to the point of being overwhelmed no matter if it's for good or bad. I won't get into details, it's too confusing even for me.

Anyway, on the bright side I spent my birthday party at a friend's apartment. Just friends, kind of boring to some party animals but to me, it works great. I'll post some pictures afterwards.

I don't remember if I posted this, but my car became a subject of vandalism, as somebody (may his body be eternally ripped apart over and over for all eternity in hell, along with the moroccan who.... you know who) stole my favorite backpack with my zune's sync cable, a wall charger (also for the Zune) and a pair of passive speakers. Anyway, I was given the sync cable so finally I can charge my zune and listen to it again!!!

Anyway, congrats to everybody who turned something at July 22nd.

Cheers,

Giovana and Said

Manuel and Pupa

Said and Molko

Neill Blomkamp and the Halo movie

Hello IR, it's been a while since I wrote anything here, been very busy completing my objectives at work and writing my dog's (Molko) blog, so I sort of left mine on the side. I was checking out the "Halo: Arms Race" video released at the E3 and realized it was being directed by Blomkamp who, if you happen to know, is the chosen director for the upcoming Halo movie.

According to what I've read, Neill was chosen by Jackson after he watched "Alive in Joburg" which is pretty good and would be very interesting to find out how Neill will work in this project. After all, he will be crucified if the movie doesn't live up to Halo fans expectations. Of course many of them will be disappointed, there will always be fanboys who will never be pleased unless they get something exactly as they imagined it.

Anyway, here's the short film that got NB to direct Halo, followed by two more of his projects, named Tetra Vaal and Yellow, and the directed short film Halo: Arms Race. Happy Viewing.

Alive in Joburg

Tetra Vaal

Yellow

Halo: Arms Race

Molko Day One Videos

Well, finally some videos of Molko, my boxer. Here he's about 1 month old and he's cute as hell! You can check out his blog (in Spanish) where "he" writes about important events in his life, the main goal is having his life documented and see how he grows!

Throne of Tragedy

By: John Henrik Svaren "Tragediens Trone"

Hear! From this day forth,
Are the heights of Ho'reb broken,
And the sea of sulphur - ice.

And Blasphemy!
In Heaven's chambers,
Souls have fled their halls,
And closed was the Book of Life.

And behold!!
The great, white Throne,
Black with sacred blood...

Alone

By Edgar Allan Poe

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were — I have not seen
As others saw — I could not bring
My passions from a common spring —
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow — I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone —
And all I lov'd — I lov'd alone —
Then — in my childhood — in the dawn
Of a most stormy life — was drawn
From ev'ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still —
From the torrent, or the fountain —
From the red cliff of the mountain —
From the sun that 'round me roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold —
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass'd me flying by —
From the thunder, and the storm —
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view —

This poem by Poe, was introduced to me by the song of the same name by the Black/Avantgarde metal band Arcturus. The lyrics intrigued me, as they were beautiful and expressed clearly how I felt at the moment. I can still relate to the feeling to this day, and i think I always will...

Now, for the musical side of the poem, I tried to search for a video by Arcturus, and while it's not what I tried to find, this live act was all I could find. I prefer the 'studio' song but this will do, specially for all of you Hellhammer fans around the world.

Father's Day

Yesterday I was offered a project. I always wanted the opportunity, so now I got it. The opportunity for a real jump, I will not let him down!! Now the ball is on my side, I cannot falter or I'll fail. I cannot fail....

I love you dad!!!

From Render to Reality

I received this past Monday a picture, taken by Hugo Gutierrez, of a group of houses that were built from a project I was involved in since its very beginning. The project was full of changes, adaptations and tweaks. I even made a couple of renders, one of which I'll be posting here besides the one with the actual houses.

It's rewarding to know that such a project, specially one you worked in very hard gets materialized.

...The Real Deal...

...The Renders...
I want to thank Hugo for the opportunity he gave me in working with him. I gathered a lot of experience in project development. ThNX!!

PD.- By the way, I added a link to Molko's Blog in the Sharp Minded Link Center, my (and GVS) new doggie!

His Name is Molko...

A new best friend came into the family this Sunday the 10th (the day the Halo beta multiplayer went away) and, damn!! he's cute. He's a 4 weeks-old boxer and named after Placebo's singer, Brian Molko. I'll take frequent pictures of him so I have a record of him growing. I'm sure time will pass on by really really quickly, so I'll try to get the most of this puppy stage. I shot a couple of videos but danmed youtube is having problems uploading 3gp videos, as soon as I manage to upload them I'll post'em.

Welcome Molko!!

Haiku.008

A bird sings at dawn,
The echoes answer its song.
A bird flies* alone...