I was thinking exactly that as I skip watched The Shawshank Redemption. There is a part where Red says “To me, that’s just a made up word”. Now that got me thinking, what is a made up word? Every word is a made up word. Who was the person that made up the word ‘the’ or ‘and’? There are no words that aren’t made up by my reasoning, just words that aren’t familiar. Just think, humans have been on this world for over 50,00 years. At one point or another, humans have said every possible word and made every possible sound.

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I’m not much of a movie person, but I do enjoy a good soundtrack. I recently (a few months ago, so maybe not so recently) watched Moon. And I loved it so much I got the soundtrack which was done by Clint Mansell. It was an excellent addition to my collection. Now much more recently I was watching Topgear, in particular the Polar Special and me being me, I was caught by this piece of music which was often played during those, for lack of a better word, ‘epic’ moments. This song was called Lux Aeterna.

Upon listening on YouTube I was amazed by how good it was in full as the Topgear Special only played parts when it needed. Soon there after I had the whole album from which it came from which, funnily enough was actually the soundtrack to an old movie (10 years now) called Requiem for a Dream. Surprise, surprise, the music was composed by Clint Mansell. Now I still haven’t listened to that fully since I thought “Hey, this song is awesome, perhaps the movie will be too!” And I was watching it within a day of hearing that first song.

The movie was… how should I say this… screwed up! Not that it was bad, as it gets its message across quite well. It was just so riveting in the way it animated some key elements. Now I don’t want to write a book review (My attempt at humour. Context; it is based on a book) but I am merely telling of the coincidence of me finding another good soundtrack (from the songs I have heard) which was by the same guy who made another one of my favourite soundtracks! I will, however, say this; Requiem for a Dream has reminded me why I have not and will not ever take drugs. If you haven’t seen it, go ahead, it gives a nice insight into the drug world and how it is so… bad.

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Well I am someone who is always open to change. Nothing is more easy to change than a website, whether it’s a new feature or just a complete redesign. I tend to just start over (not really, but I heavily modify my old theme) which is why I have made a new theme. I thought my previous theme, Blank, was the minimal as it gets however this new theme is just so basic and simple, something I like yet so easy to look at if that makes sense.

I don’t know if I am gonna make it a free download anytime soon but  I am gonna create a portfolio page, showcasing my themes and sites I have developed over the last 2 years. Why the sudden change from a video oriented site to a portfolio you might ask? Well I want to become a freelance web designer on the holidays to make some fast cash which will hopefully ease my study load during Uni and I think a site like what I am thinking will seal the deal when it comes to getting some clients.

So perhaps in a few months I’ll release all my themes for download. Stay tuned!

P.S. The new theme is called Turbo which, by the way, means ‘fast’ in latin.

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So the other day, at University, I was walking to the bar I think. Not to drink though since I would like to keep my license and get home safely. The friend who I was with reconized one of his friends so of course they started talking while I waited; you know, the awkward wait thing you sort of have to do because if you leave you’ll look like an idiot and you don’t really want to say anything since you haven’t been introduced.

While I was waiting however, I had one of those moments where you think you see someone, but it’s not them. This person was sitting on a nearby bench and I did the classic look once, shake head, look again maneuver. I awkwardly did this about 4 more times and I think this person got creeped out since they walked to some shop and then looked at me. In any case, if I had talked to either the person I thought it was or the actual person, it probably wouldn’t have been welcomed.

Today I was walking to a study area and the same thing happened. Except I didn’t look at the person a billion times, only once. This usually never happens to me, perhaps it is just because I’m looking out for someone and not minding my own business with my face to the ground like usual. Either that, or I’m going insane. Hopefully the former.

Do you ever think about something and think you know the answer, and you do, but you can’t put your finger on it? Well I was like that for a moment. I was trying to define love. I could easily go to Google and enter define:love and get a wonderful display of web results but I wanted to see what I would come up with.

When you go out with someone, it is because you like them, right? Well how does like turn into love? Does the likeness meter hit its peak? Well it has to be it. When you like someone a lot you want to be around them, talk with them, get to know them. When you’re in love it would be a safe assumption that you would know a lot about someone thus you have done all prior activities in getting to know them and reached the maximum amount of likeness.

So all love is, is that you like someone a lot. Once again, something so complicated in real life has been made oh-so simple by yours truly.