A Fresh Start
Life, Site Related January 2nd, 2004Listening to: “Ganz Oder Gar Nicht” by Letzte Instanz.
Yeah I know, I’m a day late but I got everything ready yesterday but my connection screwed up the whole freaking day. But anyway.
Happy new year!!!! Wow already 2004. Doesn’t that sound rather futuristic? We’re already 5 years past the apocalyse foretold by X/1999, 4 years past the End of the World as predicted by Nostradamus and 11 years till huge metallic angels from the heavens come to wreck havoc on our little planet as warned by Neon Genesis. 2003, disappeared in an agonisingly slow flash, the last big hurdle known as high school finally behind us, and an even bigger hurdle known as University before us.
But enough reminiscing, Que Sera, Sera, what will be, will be! ^^ Anyhow, reoccuring visitors might have noticed a little difference in this blog. Namely the layout. At the last stages of implementing the layout into Movabletype, I realised that the little shapes in the top right corner looks kinda like the MT logo. That’s purely a coincidence. Kudos goes to Fiona for helping me with the coding and things. The coding and conversion to MT took the longest time and now IT’S FINALLY DONE! *smiles satisfiedly*
[30 seconds later]
Gah!!!!! I don’t like the layout! >< The colours are pissing me off. And to think that I was actually content with it… that is, before having to stare at it for 6+ hours. Anyhow, I’ve gotten used to the font (Georgia), but I would prefer Verdana, as sans serif fonts are easier to read onscreen. Does anyone have problems with reading it? Are the link colours ok?
In other news, my friends and I saw LotR, RotK! AWESOME MOVIE!!!!!! That was a really good, dramatic end to the trilogy (although the ending was a bit draggy). I didn’t feel the 3 1/2 hours go by, I was totally glued to the screen. The massive setting and the sheer amount of people and detail… it’s mind boggling. I’d love to see the rest of the scenes they cut out. There’s so much dedication flowing from the movie, that in itself deserves praise. The trilogy is definitely THE best movies I’ve seen, and definitely the best book adaption. I think I’ll read the books again. *minor spoiler* One scene that struck me was when Denethor committed suicide by running over the cliff side. Different from the book, but no less dramatic. That one scene seemed so ironic to me, as he hurdles to his death, he must have seen the valiant aid from Rohan, the very people whom he had so bitterly said wouldn’t come. In his last moments, he might have realised the foolishness of his despair, a bit too late. Anyhow, Gollum kicked ass, stole every scene he appeared in. I’d love to start collecting the movies on DVD (when I get the money).
15 Responses to “A Fresh Start”
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WAAAHHH BELINDA I LOVE IT!! *applauds* You’ve managed to achieve a feeling of crisp simplicity without venturing anywhere near “bland”, and IMO a lot of people fall into the “bland” trap when doing simpler layouts. Incredible stuff! I find this new style of yours (I can sort of recognise the work as yours, but it’s quite different from your previous works) very fascinating. *stares* BTW, what’s the small text on the left say? I’m very curious.
Denethor, if that’s his name, is so bloody amusing. But Gollum always steals the spotlight ^^ Excellent MPD thing going throughout the movies.
I don’t think I’ll buy the DVD’s ’cause (1) no money and (2) I can’t sit for that long without my ass going numb when I’ve already seen 2 of the movies twice. The length of the movie really gets to me when I already know what’ll happen.
It’s an exciting new year. We’re going to be doing a lot of new things (finally escaped the clutches of high school!!! and of course we should get used to being swamped with work. We might end up at different uni’s, but I hope that doesn’t change the way things are right now!
Well you know… it’s still January 1 where I live, so don’t worry about being late. ^_~
well i personally LOVE the colors!!! it’s very lovely!!! ^^
Belinda, I hate you! You make me want to die in envy!!! Oh my God, this is HANDS DOWN the best damn layout I’ve seen in MONTHS. It’s so simple, yet not at all boring, as Fiona said. The colors are excellent. So much imagination! I like the set-up, the layout itself, not just the design.
Can I eat your brains, please??? No, wait…You don’t have CJD do you?
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Just surfed in. Nice site. I especially love your domain’s layout.
=) The colours are beautiful, don’t worry! You did a great job ^_^
yes, RotK was brilliant ^^
Happy new year!
the linkcolor could maybe be just a tad darker. i don’t have problems seeing it, but it’s slightly annoying. Other then that, it looks fine =)
Huzzah, you’re back! ^0^ I love the new blog layout, it’s very pretty. *___*
You don’t like the colors?? Belinda, it looks wonderful! I love the design. It’s clean but classy. Ah, *envy*.
But yeah, a very merry new year’s to you! It’s been a while. ^^;; Sowwie. We’ve all been disgustingly busy.
Well, hope 2004 will be great for you. Ja ne!
brilliant layout! u deserve an award! happy neew year :D
I love the layout :) It’s very original. Never seen the newspaper theme before :P Good job!
Wow, the new layout is brilliant! It’s simple, but really neat at the same time. :) ROTK was indeed amazing; I just saw it today.
No! Not MT! The nightmare never ends! (Don’t mind me, I just an irrational, intense loathing for MT.)
The link colors are kind of light, but I don’t think the layout is bad. Uh, well, I’m not good at saying nice thing about stuff, but I do like the layout. Pretend that’s a good compliment and not lame.
I think the Nostradamus thing was a hoax. Happy New Christmas and have fun with University.
Wow, this is such an awesome place you have here. The layout is very nice =) Um, wondering if you would like to link exchange with me? Please respond on my blog =)
Beautiful new layout =) I think though that I agree with other comments. The link colour is a little light. But otherwise it’s a very nice clean, simple yet complex layout. Happy new year!