Oh, the crazy at Haven, it burns us. Every now and then some random person will try to jump in with the Troika+2, and they think they're just as funny as us, but of course they have no idea what we're talking about. This funfest started when said random person (RP) started a new thread asking Maya why she was upset. Maya was not upset. We were all like, what? Then she proceeded to say that we all seemed irritated, then expressed great shock at the fact that I was not a boy, then decided I was gay, and then disparaged Dom. It was totally, totally bizarre. Maya, Alyssa and I were on MSN just boggling. Like...first of all, if you think some stranger on a message board is upset and you want to counsel them or whatever, don't post a public thread. Private message them or something. Second of all, don't jump in all chummy. We don't know you, and it's weird.

Bah. I have no idea.

current mood: bitchy
listening to: Rufus Wainwright, "Chocolate Milk and Cigarettes"

People have to sign up and do this with me. Let me know as soon as possible if you want to start nations in the same region, because I want to sign up soon. Hokay? Hokay.

I just posted fifteen separate icons from the "Ciao." scene in last night's Angel, which was one of the greatest things I've ever seen in the whole world, and that includes things like sunrises and babies. Oh, the love I have for that flashback, I don't think I can express in words.

current mood: productive
listening to: British Sea Power, "Fear of Drowning"

Friends has ended, and I didn't think I would be as upset about it as I am. I didn't start watching the show until the end of the fourth season; we caught the last few episodes, and then Laura, my dad and I watched everything else that summer in syndication. I've missed quite a bit of the episodes this season, and a few from last season, and I do think that the quality had declined a bit, but it was still a great show. And I'm definitely going to miss it; it's amazing how many jokes and lines of dialogue and words I've incorporated into my own lexicon. I mean, I don't even realize I'm doing a Friends quote when I tell someone that it's a moo point, could they be any louder? that what they just said isn't even a word! that after they've said something strange, I tell them that they're so pretty. And so on. Maya said earlier tonight that it was sad seeing the apartment empty, because it felt so familiar, and it's true. Friends was one of those things that was always there. You can turn on the TV at almost any time of the day and catch an episode, and I suppose that you will be able to for a long time yet, but there will be nothing new. Which is sad.

I'd like to commemorate with my top five favorite Friends moments, which are all fresh in my mind thanks to the special beforehand.

5) The Routine.

4) "What's not to like? Custard? Good. Jam? Good. Meat? Gooooood."

3) The leather pants. "The lotion and powder have combined to make some kind of paste!"

2) Ross's bleached teeth. I honestly don't know that I've ever laughed harder in my life than when she turned the black light on.

1) "The One With the Embryos." There's too much to cut it down to one moment. Definitely my favorite episode of the series. "Actually, it's Miss Chanandelor Bong." "I majored in lightning rounds, all right? We're gonna destroy you." "Standard shotgun rules: I'm in sight of the room and I call it." "What was Monica's nickname when she was a field-hockey goalie?" "Big fat goalie!"

Sniff.

current mood: satisfied
listening to: "Requiem"

Mixing for Undergraduates versus Mixing for Graduates: A Comprehensive Analysis by Shannon

1. Undergrads respect your authoritah as a mixer, and ask your opinion on scenes, and understand that perhaps you have a better idea of how to design sound so to make the scene work. Graduates tell you what to do.

2. Undergrads sit quietly and watch while you work, making comments when they have something specific they want changed, usually in a brief, informed manner. Graduates yammer incessantly and want everything changed.

3. If undergrads don't understand a particular concept but know they want something specific, they will talk to you until you are both on the same page. Graduates use the word "reverb" when they mean "equalization" and say things like, "But I want this scene to be different."

4. Undergrads make good cue sheets, where the regions are clearly labeled, and where like sounds are on the same track. Graduates don't show up with time sheets, don't relabel their regions so everything is "BG_Day_1133_02" and put music, effects, foley and ambience on the same track.

5. Undergrads bring pizza and beer. Grads bring fruit and bagels.

Needless to say, I mixed two graduate films today. I was supposed to mix from 1:30 to 5:30, two hours per film. I left at 8:00pm, spending over three hours per film. We spent an hour trying to layback a five and a half minute film to mini-DV because the director insisted one effect was two frames early. Two frames. That's imperceptible. For a hard effect, maybe. Something like a door slam that is clearly in frame, maybe. But generally, anything less than three to four frames simply can't be distiguished. And we spent an hour on it.

current mood: irritated
listening to: Oasis, "Wonderwall"