end of semester

[atomicduck]

Finished my last class today! I am SO ready to go home for the holidays and excited to see everyone. I am in a great mood today-- prof liked our presentation. We decided to forego Powerpoint, and did ours with this nifty new flash-based presentation program: Prezi. It is REALLY vivid and dynamic compared to what PPT was capable of. I am totally

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[bloodymarry]

I think I died a little inside at the thought of walking 30mins in -18 degree.... shiver! Here in London it barely has minus degrees and I'm freezing my ass off.

I love love love the first doodle! It has a great feeling to it :)

[atomicduck]

well, it hasn't been very windy, and we have pretty decent indoor heating :) I don't know if England has that, because sitting around in the house at 0 degrees is pretty terrible.

thank you! :D

[adarutoshoppu]

i must say the alien thing there totally stole my heart xD

[atomicduck]

it's my favourite, too. XD
psst, that icon is hilarious.

[threedee]

I can't wait for you to be here too!

Hehe not to disregard the more serious sketches but my favourite part is the cheery "death!" :D

The eyes of the left version of the first one remind me strangely of my cousin in Winnipeg. Who is 1/4 Japanese. The hair is the second is amazing ... although again the happy reaper steals the show :) And the Pieta one lovely. Although after I went and found out what the Pieta is and checked out a picture of it, it seems like Mary in your version looks a little too content... although in the Pieta she is still quite serene looking, even though her son was crucified.

Also I was just majorly disturbed my the avatar of the person above me. lol.

[atomicduck]

Haha, cheery death is cute, but my favourite is the cartoon Alien. (I find actual Aliens fairly cute in their own right!)

Yeah, I guess I wasn't trying to copy the Pieta outright, and the Mary in this one is not necessarily anguished or anything. Maybe it's her face at the time of her son's birth. But you're right, I've always thought the Pieta Mary was very stoic in her grief. (Isn't it crazy that Michelangelo completed that statue when he was younger than us???)

[threedee]

Omg. He did??? I hate that guy.

[harmlessbondage]

loooooolll at your little alien dude. do you read http://alienlovespredator.com/ by any chance?

[atomicduck]

I love my Alien dude, haha ♥. I have not read that, btw, but I am definitely going to right now. :DDD

[ext_218338]

I just watched the quick introduction to Prezi. It definitely does seem very dynamic... lots of eye-candy. I think I can use it for some stuff for school. At the very least, it shouldn't bore the kids. They'll be too busy with their EHHHH's and すごい！

Nice pics! Personally, I love the happy death drawing. If only death were so inviting... hmm.. don't show it to any depressed people. =P

Oh, and to answer your question from before, I'll be in school on Christmas day. It's okay though. I'll be going to Hong Kong next week for 10 days. My Cantonese sucks big time now. =/ Luckily, I'll be with family, so I don't have to embarrass myself too much. I imagine you've gotten back to par with your Chinese. What are your plans for Christmas? Do you get a month off or only a couple of weeks?

WOO for Disney! You should see "The Princess and the Frog." My sisters said it was SOOOOO good, though they say a lot of films are good... =)

[atomicduck]

My Chinese has improved a little since I got back to Toronto to spend 2 weeks at home. Having parents/sibling to talk to staves off the tide of language loss, haha. I have to go back to Ottawa on the 5th though.

I hope you're having fun in Hong Kong and doing lots of shopping!

I will find some time to see the Princess and the Frog. I'm excited about Disney going back to cel animation!