James' Journal

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2006-08-11T08:09:41Z

Yup, my b-day today :D I got some snazzy stuff. A DAB clock radio with cd and remote - much better than the rubbish i had b4 :P A Logitech joystick which rocks, a cd (Gavin DeGraw), belgium chocolates, Prey and Serious Sam 2 (free, dont blame me on taste :P), and a mini moo (miniture cow, a replica of one of the 200 odd full size ones that were round edinburgh for an art festival.

jamesrr @ 2006-08-09T08:30:00

2006-08-09T07:40:20Z

I've had a busy week so far, last thursday (6 days ago) I went to see my first festival fringe thing - One Man star wars trilogy (http://www.onemanstarwars.com) (1 guy acting out all 3 original films in 1 hour, doing every part and vehicle/explosion) Which was really cool and funny - also saw 2 stormtroopers outside which i wasnt expecting. On monday I went to see chanbara (http://www.chanbara.net) (Tumakto Drummers and Samurai swordsmen (from the sword masters of kill bill)) Which was loud but also very good. Last night I went to see a late night performance of 1984 by amatuer actors which was decent but doesnt compare to the others.

Onto Exam results :P Here is how they are done

//Credit//
1
2
//General//
3
4
//Foundation//
5
6
//Fail//
7

I was sitting Credit and General in all subjects, I thought I had failed maths but turns out I didn't.

I got :

Histroy : 1
Computing : 2
Biology : 2
Drama : 2
English : 2
German : 2
Maths : 2

So I'm really happy with that - and I got everything I need to do higher next year in History, Computing, Biology, English and Maths as you need a credit grade to do Higher.

jamesrr @ 2006-07-21T18:17:00

2006-07-21T17:20:18Z

Well i've been doing a fencing course this week, 2 and a half hours of pure fencing madness every day :P ended up having 2 showers a day and still being boiling and sore etc lol. Had fun though, was using foil, and did loads of footwork, sword work and exercise.

Water of leith walk

2006-07-11T15:31:55Z

jamesrr @ 2006-07-06T11:30:00

2006-07-06T10:32:13Z

Spent some of this morning mucking around with photoshop, and I came up with my first succesful border work :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/James2004/clone.jpg

jamesrr @ 2006-07-05T09:08:00

2006-07-05T08:09:54Z

My street seems to be pretty unlucky for car crashes... ages ago, a truck went through a front window of a house up abit, looked really weird it sticking out of the house.

A few years ago I was standing right next to a car crash when it happened right across the street. (kinda made it happen - oops, was standing in the drive way, not knowing the car wanted in.)

A few months ago a car crash happened a few metres away from the last one.

Last night I heard a bang, like a door slamming really loudly, looked out the window, saw 2 cars there, and something at the front of the car. Thought it was debris from the car or something, then I heard the groaning in pain :? Maybe it's just me that's unlucky.

jamesrr @ 2006-07-01T11:27:00

2006-07-01T10:38:54Z

Well i've been doing some re-decorating of my desktop with theme xp and yahoo widgets. I'll post screenshots and say what everything does.

Screenshot 1 : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/James2004/desktop1.jpg

My desktop,

Top black line : Ctrl + Alt Del comic strip that doesnt work.

Beside that : I-tunes remote control.

Large recycle bin: just what it looks like, larger bin.

Program sorter : Nifty little tool that has let me tidy up my desktop considerably.

Right click on that and you get the menu above it, select the category etc.

Black box at the bottom is just a sidebar to make your widgets look more organised.

First left at bottom : Local weather widget, gives week forecast and current temperature plus the location of your choice. Easy to switch between locations.

Beside that is the babel fish translator widget, connects with the online site and translates, faster, easier and very nice.

Beside that is the latest trailers from apple trailers - click on it to view the trailer.

Say it : Little utility, type in text and click say it and the computer says it.

Below that : Google search bar.

Beside that : Bandwidth monitor - shows info on how your connection is, shows a graph, how much you have downloaded and uploaded.

Above that is a system clock thing, telling me how long my computer has been on.

The dragon background and appearance theme are from themexp.

Screenshot 2 : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/James2004/desktop2.jpg

A picture of a website (wonder what one it is :P) that has come under attack by "ShootIt" widget, you can see the ammo belt up in the top right, select your weapon and click on the screen, it works on any surface, so you can shoot your least favourite person's picture if you so desire :P Also along with the default missle, knife, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, you can download ammo packs with banana splats, flamethrowers, water pistols etc.

jamesrr @ 2006-06-30T14:08:00

2006-06-30T13:09:15Z

Today was my last day of school untill mid august :D

jamesrr @ 2006-06-28T16:59:00

2006-06-28T16:00:24Z

Boring week so far, had a school rock concert this afternoon, only 2 bands as it was really badly organised, mics wernt picking up vocals. Went to a friends house after, had some fun, im off for my sausages now tho :P

jamesrr @ 2006-06-26T17:18:00

2006-06-26T16:38:19Z

Here are the interesting contents of eloise's letter :

She said how the plane journey was long but they watched films. New York was scary, but she survived "woohoo!"
Pheonix was boiling, even hotter than prescott. Times got messed up so she missed half the staff training but everyone is freindly so she is coping. She has played paintball and shot a councellor in his "bottom". She did a week of hiking and arts and crafts which was quite boring. Theme of a week was super-heroes so she was "Super-Scot" and she wore her scotland flag as a cape. Once a week she has to stay up till 12 to make sure the kids dont escape. She hasn't seen any snakes or scorpions, but alot of lizards. They have huge bees, bout 2 times the size of ours. They had to run through a forest for a mile to get away from a thunder storm. One week she had 4 councellors and 28 7-8 year olds, sometimes only her against 28 of them :P Enough for now, il write more later.

jamesrr @ 2006-06-24T10:52:00

2006-06-24T09:55:52Z

WOW! interesting day and its only just started. Went to the HMV sale today, got an aerosmith cd for £6.99 with 34 songs on it! Also got a Jet li film "Hero", my dad got a cd, and I got a game thats £20 off the normal price called "Boilling Point" On the way uptown the bus got stopped by a "orange parade" with loads of drums etc going out in front of traffic with huge police escort. Bus diverted down a cobblestone road with a speed bump lol, bumpy ride and a half in a big double decker bus while being upstairs :P Came home and there was a letter from eloise, 4 sides long, took her 1 and a half hours to write! I'll tell you some of the contents of the letter later.

jamesrr @ 2006-06-23T16:01:00

2006-06-23T15:08:48Z

Wow, simply wow. I just played the Prey demo for PC and it is amazing :O I'm lost for words.... Graphics are great, ideas are great (gravity defiying etc.), weapons are great (multiple uses, one shoots energy bolts, then u charge off a blue thing and it goes to ice etc) Well if your a fan of games, you might want to check this out :P

jamesrr @ 2006-06-23T14:11:00

2006-06-23T13:13:45Z

Well today I had to choose 3 books for a personal study in english, I chose On the Road, 1984, and Portrait of Dorian Grey. Back-up ones are Dan brown or Tom Clancy. I've only got to choose 1 to study, but should be interesting as i wouldnt usually read them.

jamesrr @ 2006-06-21T19:01:00

2006-06-21T18:04:56Z

Well its a knockout was cancelled due to bad weather today, might have it some other time though :D I'm really enjoying english at the moment, the teacher does things an interesting way, he puts everything into examples and physical representations, like hes had someone act by improvising, hes had a story when a classmate was shot, and today he was talking about newton and friction (he went off on a tangent), and also today I was a word, and i had to hold hands with 2 connotations which was weird. But it does help you remember when you have a picture to put it to.

jamesrr @ 2006-06-19T16:01:00

2006-06-19T15:07:46Z

Fire-alarm went off last period today... just started the first topic in maths and it went, waited out in the field for half an hour, then got told we had to go back into class... my tie was messed up so i re-did that, did a question and we got to go home.... what a waste of time. Got a book out of the library to try, called on the road or something like that. Half day tommorow, its a knock out wednesday afternoon(fun stuff), half day on thursday and friday :D (Half days on tues and thurs cos college hasnt started up yet.)

Happy Fathers Day!

2006-06-18T09:22:09Z

I ended up getting my Dad to buy Orson - Bright Idea, it's a great album, I especially like Track no. 4 - Already Over.
My family continue to send food (surprising that the chocolate doesnt melt in Arizona) and letters, it's going to be my turn to write again soon. Fathers day today, I gave my dad a cd and card. School tommorow, usual subjects, boring last few periods though as it is a study period and college (college hasnt started up yet, so its double study period), and seeing as I don't have much to study yet, it ends up being really boring. I woke up at half 3 this morning, didn't get back to sleep, im sure I will feel tired later on. Oh well, untill my next entry.

Orson

2006-06-17T08:03:55Z

I'm thinking of buying Orsons album "Bright Idea" if morrisons have it, all the USA'rs arn't going to know who they are so :

http://www.orsonband.com/

I'm still waiting on a 2.35 gb download to finish that I started yesterday afternoon :S Stupid slow downloads. It's the fileplanet trial of City of Villians (A massively Multiplayer Roleplaying Game)

First entry

2006-06-16T17:52:58Z

Ello, First entry after reading My sister's entry and her friends entries (Eloise and Kar). This is mostly a test to see how this looks, but il post a proper entry soon :D