In-Effigie

Blur

One of my presents this Christmas was the Canon Vixia HF100 HD camcorder. It’s an excellent little machine, and I’ve been really happy with the results… however, finding a decent program to edit and convert the files (AVCHD / *.m2ts) has been a hassle. The included software is minimal, and I really want to be able to convert the files so I can share them on Vimeo. If anyone has any suggestions (the least number of programs used, the better), please let me know!

Also, I think between the videos and my pictures, I need to invest in an external hard drive soon.

So, moving along… I was tagged by the awesome Chrissy and Mike! My task is as follows:

1) List five of your favorite bands/artists.
2) Choose three songs from each band/artist.
3) If you can find a link to listen to the song at Last.fm or YouTube, post it!
4) Tag five people.

TV on the Radio
“Ambulance” (live)
“DLZ”
“Dirtywhirl”

Led Zeppelin
“Ten Years Gone”
“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”
“Heartbreaker”

Queens of the Stone Age
“The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret”
“Avon” (live)
“Suture Up Your Future” (acoustic)

The White Stripes
“We’re Going To Be Friends”
“Sugar Never Tasted So Good”
“The Hardest Button To Button”

… and for a more recent addition to my “Best of the Best” list:
Nico Vega
“Bang Bang”
“Medicine Man”
“Rabbit in the Bag“

Tagging:
Angela
Kelley
Sara
Alicia
Katy

Street Lights

Goings-on:

- Carolina lost to Clemson last weekend. Badly. It was horrible. The only thing that made it tolerable was winning two quarters in the football pool for the game - hello, extra $250! (It’s already been spent, haha)

- Four finals to go next week - one is a take-home exam, and another is half take-home. Heck yes. But, today was the last day of regular classes. Two semesters remaining!

- Next weekend is my sister’s wedding!

- I need to finish up with a few presents, but I’m nearly done with Christmas shopping.

- I *still* need to do the alterations on my dress.

- I’ve been playing a lot of Fallout 3.

- I’m awesome.

- You’re awesome.

- All the street lights, glowin’ / Happen to be just like moments, passin’ in front of me / So, I hopped in the cab and I paid my fare / See, I know my destination, but I’m just not there

Swept Away

One class down, four to go! Since Astronomy is self-paced with no final exam, I was able to get it out of the way a bit early. Which is great, considering the crazy Monday coming on the horizon. Luckily, since I’m already done with school this week, I have time to get my papers out of the way and study for an exam. The rest of it I’m hoping I can put off for a bit. I do want to enjoy this time off, after all.

Other randomness:

I need to pick up some Christmas cards and get them in the mail.

I need to make a list of people who we’re buying presents for and get a general idea what we’re buying them.

I have a few things for my sister’s wedding that I need to plan for and get done (OMG, December 14th is right around the corner!). I still need to do the alterations on my dress, for one. And buy shoes.

I guess I can go ahead and get the tree down (yup, going artificial again this year) and go through the ornaments and decide what’s going up this year. My collection is such that I have to pick and choose… there’s just not enough room for them all. I’m very much like my mother in that regard.

I should get a new wallet.

Is PS3 Home ever going to go into open beta??