This week has been nuts. Saint Mary’s is a sea of humanity. Sometimes it’s instructive just to watch the people stream by. Most folks are young and hyper-conscious about appearances and fitting in. People rarely speak up in my classes. I miss this summer’s dynamic of learning when a large percentage of the classes were other adults ( Read more... )

I just discovered the keyboard cat meme today. Inspiration struck, and instead of going to sleep or working on precal, I mashed and uploaded this new epic, high-resolution masterpiece ( Read more... )

We had the girls over here last night. They were quite a handful! Ila's a little bit unhinged, and Rae gets scared and upset about the slightest things. But they're nine and seven respectively, so I suppose it's to be expected. Probably what really gets me is when I see in them behaviour that I used to exhibit as a child. Seeing what other people ( Read more... )

Artifact is now fully deployed on willmatheson.com and YouTube.

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I had hoped to get it up on Google Video too, but Google Video was belligerent. The in-browser upload form wouldn't work at all, and the uploading program would work sometimes - but when it did work (about 50% of the time), the uploaded videos wouldn't appear in my account. I even ( Read more... )

I've just switched web hosts, so if you notice something wonky, drop me a line and let me know. I've gotten the e-mail accounts going, but only me and w_matheson and not the catch-all, so don't try to get too creative about contacting me until I sort that out. Like don't try heyithinkimetyoulastsummeratuniversitesainte-anneupinclareremember@ ( Read more... )

Okay, Christmas is over. Time to sit back with a glass of Rickard’s and take stock of things ( Read more... )

Man. It’s only been twelve hours since I sent my computer away for a new screen and a new optical drive, and I miss it already. I have everything backed up onto my external hard drive, but having that is still not the same as having your own computer. I’m totally raring to edit Artifact now, but it’ll have to wait at least a week ( Read more... )

So yes, this is the last day of my undergraduate career. You may now call me William Matheson, B.A. (Hons.) Actually, strictly speaking I can’t be called that, because I have a B.A. from 2004 and what I will be getting now is simply an Honours Equivalency Certificate in Arts (English). Taken together with my 3-year / 90-credit B.A., it means the ( Read more... )

In case anyone's interested, the "epic" 2000 masterpiece thing then dubbed "William Matheson's 'The Artifact'" is now available on both willmatheson.com (where you can even save it and keep it, if you like) and on YouTube (in the director's account)It shows its age and it needs to have about 45 minutes cut out of it, but recent advances in both ( Read more... )

I found this tonight while cleaning my room. I think I’ll share it with everyone, but please keep in mind that I wrote it a few years ago, definitely before I was whisked off to Eastern Europe and grew a mature personality.

If you think some of these are selfish, small, and harsh, you should see the ones I’m leaving off! =) But I’m keeping a few ( Read more... )