Elrond, take 32.

Posted in Painting on June 24th, 2009 by Zordana – Be the first to comment

I managed to get about five minutes painting in before it went all overcast outside and I couldn’t see what I was doing.

baby got back

baby got back

Again, sorry about the photo. I need to work this camera out and not edit the photos on my laptop cos the contrast is all wiggedy whack on there.

I fixed up a few things and ruined a few others. Still have to fix that stupid sword. I’m not sure whether to leave the cloak as it is or to paint inside the black pattern… if that makes sense. Highlight it if you will.

I really hate swords. I meant to get a photo of my photo-setup for someone on the One Ring forums and I totally forgot. Forgiveness please. I’ll do it next time. :)

$10,000

Posted in Random Musings on June 22nd, 2009 by Zordana – 1 Comment

I’m very slowly downloading IE8 so I can try and solve the Microsoft Ten Grand competition that is currently running.

Stupidly went over my peak quota so it’s slow as buggery. Thankfully it ticks over at 2am so at least tomorrow will be quick. I wanna search for this 10k page though because I have some ideas in my head about it.

IE is currently downloading updates and I have no idea how long it is going to take. Sigh.

Going to try and do some painting tomorrow, I really want to finish Elrond because he is taking way too long.

Last night on Twitter one of the peeps I follow mentioned fathers day so I, rather idiotically, sms Michael to say Happy Fathers Day. As soon as I hit send I remembered that Fathers Day is in September. Dear me.

It’s funny, that image verification screenie I took? I’ve had a few people mention that it was probably shopped because the photoshop tab is in the taskbar. *facepalm*
Honestly, people, if I was to go to all the effort of creating that image I wouldn’t be retarded enough to leave photoshop in the picture.  Photoshop was open so I could crop the bloody thing. Actually I think it may have been open from editing screenshots of my bandwidth usage for a forum. Never the less, it was not shopped. I’m too lazy to do that kinda crap.

Anyway this post is boring as fuck so I’m leaving. Goddamn it, IE still hasn’t downloaded it’s updates. Blah.

Account Verification EPIC WIN

Posted in Random Musings on June 21st, 2009 by Zordana – Be the first to comment

This just happened to me. I shit you not.

win

win

Rofl. Best account verification. Ever.

Oh no, oh Poh.

Posted in Masterchef on June 18th, 2009 by Zordana – Be the first to comment

Well tonights episode of Masterchef was quite enjoyable to watch despite the fact not much happened.

I have to say it included the best quote in the history of masterchef. I had to replay it a few times and have a good chuckle because it just kept getting better and better. Without further ado I give you the best quote in masterchef history:

Best. Quote. Ever.

Best. Quote. Ever.

What made it funnier, well for me and my immature mind anyway, was that moments later George starts going on about how the pot contains their fates whilst making what appeared to be wanking gestures. I shit you not.

I guess Poh couldn’t handle the heat because she screwed up and was eliminated.

Oh no you didn't *attitude hand gesture*

Oh no you didn't *attitude hand gesture*

Oh, the amount of dirty captions I could have given that screen cap. ;)

Anyway, the second best quote of the episode goes to Julie. This gem was in regards to Sam’s return to the house.

Girly Sam

Girly Sam

Lol. Gold.

What a great episode.

Excuse me? I did no such thing.

Posted in Random Musings on June 17th, 2009 by Zordana – 4 Comments

So ages ago when Sims 3 was announced and stores started allowing preorders I searched the net and found the cheapest preorder I could for the Collectors Edition. Turns out it was Harvey Norman. They were selling it for $99. Bonus.

So I preordered and received an email letting me know someone would contact me around June 3rd to let me know my copy had come in.

June 3rd came and passed. I didn’t have any money at the time so I was conflicted as to whether or not I still wanted to pay that much for it anyway – I could get the regular edition for $70 from Big W etc.

I decided I still wanted it because I really wanted that funky 2gig usb drive shaped like the sims green diamond. I know, i’m retarded.

So I called up the local Harvey Norman’s yesterday and inform the guy that I was chasing up the collector’s edition that I had preordered on the net. He asked for my phone number, which I gave him, he then asked me if I have an answering machine on my phone. I informed him that no, I did not have an answering machine on my phone. He then told me, “Oh, that explains it. It says here that someone called you and noone answered”.

I said, “Okaaay. When did they call exactly? I’m a stay-at-home-mum I’m pretty much here all the time and I don’t recall getting any phone calls”.

Seriously I’ve had, like, one call in the last couple of months and that was a charity.

Anyway, long story short, he tells me they have some of the collector’s editions in there and that he has put one aside for me. I made him reiterate that fact and the fact it was the collector’s edition and he stressed that yes he had put one aside with my name.

So.

I go into Harvey Norman today. I find a guy down at the games section, we shall call him ‘Wayne’ (not his real name, but close). He seemed friendly enough. I tell him that I am there to pick up my preorder copy of the collectors edition of sims 3. He gave me a strange look and I immediately thought, “Uh oh here we go.”

He starts tapping away on his computer, asks me for my name and number and informs me that I had cancelled my order.

Excuse me?

I did no such thing.

I tell him that I spoke to someone on the phone (now I’m wishing i’d taken down the guys name) and filled him in on what had happened.  He repeats the fact that I had been called and had cancelled the preorder. Uh, repeating yourself isn’t going to make it true.

So he says that he only has two out the back and they have names on them. He is going to have to take one from someone else to give it to me. I don’t say anything. He goes and grabs a copy, rips some sticker off the front and hands it to me. By this stage Wayne is looking a little flustered and rather unhappy. To be honest I don’t really care.

As we are walking to the counter, Michael says “I thought it was supposed to be $99″. I look at the box, it has the regular non-preorder price sticker on it of $119.

I get to the counter and tell the checkout girl that I preordered so the price should be $99. She says, “that’s ok, I just need your name and number”. I give them to her and she taps away on her keyboard. Then she looks confused and tells me that my order had been cancelled.

Sigh.

I fill her in on what had happened. She tells me “oh but it says you ordered the regular version”. I said, no, I ordered the collectors edition. She tells me to hold on a moment and that she would go speak with someone. I assume she is speaking with Wayne.

She comes back and tells me that she’s sorry but the best they can do is give it to me for the ticket price. I tell her “But I preordered it. The listed preorder price was $99″ she tells me once again that my order was cancelled. I calmly tell her that it wasn’t cancelled. That I preordered online for $99, received the confirmation email then had to chase it up because HN never called me.

She apologises and tells me that the manager said I should go back and speak to him and he will explain a few things to me. Those were her words, he would explain a few things to me. Rofl.

I took the box and went back to the games section where I found ‘Wayne’ again. He was still looking flustered and unhappy.

I tell him I would like the game at the price I preordered it at. He asked what price that was, I tell him this piece of information which he should really know already. He does the computer tappy thing with a shitful look on his face. I guess he was trying to figure out what had happened or trying to come up with some bullshit to feed me.

Anyway he ends up turning around quickly and muttering “Let’s just get this done” and walks off rather briskly. Michael and I stand there for a moment then realise that he is going to the checkouts… without us. So we follow.

We pass him on his way back from the checkouts, he was walking that quickly, and he says “Have a nice day” to which I reply, “thank you” and continue on. It was funny, his words were pretty calm and controlled the whole time, it was only really his facial expressions that gave away the fact he was unhappy about the situation.

We get to the counter, the checkout girl says “That will be $98 thanks”. I think ‘what the fuck?’ then shrug internally and give her my c note. She tells me to have a lovely day, I thank her and we leave.

Man. What a pain in my rectum.

But I got a dollar discount for some bizarre fucking reason. Man they are disorganised in there.

Anyway we were in the car and I was looking at the sticker on the box with the name printed on it. It’s really messy but it almost looks like “Irime”. It’d be funny if it was the box the guy on the phone put away for me and he’s just retarded and can’t spell Irene.

Moral of the story?

Don’t preorder games with Harvey Norman. Ever. Srsly.

Hot Stones.

Posted in Random Musings on June 16th, 2009 by Zordana – Be the first to comment

Tomorrow morning I am going for an hour hot stone massage. I am looking forward to it because my upper back and neck are totally rooted at the moment. *dances with glee*

I will let you know how it goes. I’ve never had a hot stone massage before. This lady lives around the corner and has a little pamphlett and everything, she does quite a few different types of massage so it will be fun to try them all. I think she will be my new masseuse. Apologies to my old one, who was a lovely lady, but she had to drive here and it was expensive because of the extra cost to cover that. *kisses to her wherever she is*

This new masseuse does clay massage too. I think she covers you in it then removes it after it dries and rubs you. Sounds fab but, to be honest, I just like the rubbing.

Sounds hot.

xo

Elrond. Take 3. I think.

Posted in Painting on June 16th, 2009 by Zordana – Be the first to comment

I did a tiny bit of painting today, just highlighted his hair, touched up the material because I stuffed up the hemming. I tried to fix his cheek but upon blowing him up in the photo I realise I didn’t haha. Screw it.

Oh and I dotted his eyes. Lol. I hardly did a damn thing!

It's me again and I've hardly changed!

It's me again and I've hardly changed!

Cheek is still borked.

Cheek is still borked.

His cloak is still the same. I need to highlight the back of his hair some more.

Dodgy blending. Hopefully the freehand will distract people from it ;)

Dodgy blending. Hopefully the freehand will distract people from it ;)

I took a photo with my hand in the shot to show the size and to show you how pink my hands are after I have a shower. Heh just kidding. I think the colours look better when I have something reddish in the shot.

She's behind me isn't she?

She's behind me isn't she?

Actually it probably just looks better because it’s smaller. Glee.

How you like them apples?

Posted in Rock Band on June 15th, 2009 by Zordana – Be the first to comment
BAM.

BAM.

A little more Elrond

Posted in Painting on June 15th, 2009 by Zordana – Be the first to comment

I managed to paint a tiny bit more today. When I say tiny, I really mean tiny. I hardly got anything done. :)

Arrr it's me again.

Arrr it's me again.

His cheek really needs to be fixed, the blending is a bit rough. I don’t know what I think of him. I’m kinda over him to be honest but I need the practise.

He has a little speck of gold on his neck. Whoops.

I also have to fix the green bit on his leg, I accidentally made the brown line of the hem too thick. I can’t for the life of me locate my green colour that I used for the material though. It was that Olive Green or whatever it’s called. The dark olive-ish one. No idea where it is. I wish Ava could speak, she’s probably put it somewhere ridiculous. I’ll find it in the fridge in a weeks time.

Thickest sword handle ever.  I was so tempted to convert it to be a flesh sword. rofl. The facials would have suited too.

I have a photo this time of the back of the cloak. It’s horrible!! I need to practise blending. Sigh. I think I am impatient because Ava doesn’t give me much painting time. I need to slow the fuck down.

I’m gonna do some freehand on the back somehow. We’ll see if I can pull it off. Badom ching.

I’m just going to do a flat base for this guy because he is still attached to the base thing.

Anyway without further ado, the crappy cloak:

Arrr you hate to see me go but you love to watch me leave.

Arrr you hate to see me go but you love to watch me leave.

Again sorry for the shitful photos.  I repainted his hair dark brown. Need to highlight it.  That’s all for the painting update.

I’ve been watching In Treatment lately. It’s a good show.

Uh…

Posted in Random Musings on June 14th, 2009 by Zordana – Be the first to comment

Why the fuck did I think my parents were visiting tonight? I spent the entire day cleaning and got all excited then sms’d my dad. He called me back to tell me I had the wrong date. Apparently they are visiting next month.

Why the fuck did noone explain this to me every time I said, “Not long until you visit!”. I am pretty sure I mentioned the date at least once too. I even booked a car for the 14th June, which I had to ring up and change the date for. Thankfully there is no charge for being a fucking moron.

Gah I’m so depressed now. I have a whole fucking month to wait before they visit. What a downer. :(