I have found that in english, it is not my native language, you can use many words as verbs. The new words, are not new because they have not existed before but the meaning, are used now as actions and the funniest thing is that everybody understands what they are saying. I will post some of them, probably are lots more, that take you out of problems when you dont know how to say something.
Instant Message- IM-IMing, IMed.. means that you are doing the action of chatting with someone by chat.
Email- emailing.. means that you are sending electronic mails.
Blog- blogging- act of post in a blog
Bug- bugging- Sending viruses, bothering people with programms
Hole- holing- doing a hole (i've heard this only once)
For me this means that languages are alive, that they change with the people, uses and customs. In spanish is the same but if we could read our own languages and do a comparison between the old and modern ones we will find that we dont understand too many ways to say or to express ideas. I tried to read Shakespeare in old english but wow.. i spent a lot of time reading one paragraph!!!! lol, of course not my native one but I bet I am not alone in this case =) .
Period
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
My Vases!!
Many of you know that I like to build in SL, for me is relaxing and a way to create things!!. When I came to the first time to Second Life I had no idea how to build, shapes for me were confusing and how to match them to each other was like to mix oil and water. With the time I met a girl who was a great builder and watching her how she did wonderful things and for my side practicing here and there I learned a lil bit. Yes it is funny but at the same time you need patience, precision, some artistic view and to know how to move your camera!. Cally my friend has a great fight with it LOL.
A few weeks ago I was thinking if I could build a vase to decorate houses. Honestly it was not easy because I had no idea how to do it. First of all you visualize the entire vase but when you go to your edit display and see your shapes the first phrase is 'and now? what the heck?' hahaha, yeah!!, there are only a few basic shapes!!!: a cube, sphere, cylinder, ring and tore. You can see more there but they come from the past 5 shapes (I wont talk about sculpts). When you build it is necessary to play with shapes at the beginning, that is when you are learning and seeing what each thing is, and later with a lil bit of imagination you spend hours doing your stuff.
Here is the first vase with mexican texture. I took an old picture from a mural and set it on it. It looks cute, with color and it could be in any house who likes this kind of designs. Mexican stuff is warm, friendly and gives a great sensation of home, your own home.
This one is with stucco. It is a lovely one and you can set tropical plants on it. Looks great in beaches, tikki houses, gardens or folklorics ones. If you click on it you will appreciate the texture it is really great!!.
The next two vases are mexican styles too but the difference is the design. One is in pink the other in blue. They look really great where you have a chimney, flowers, plants, in one word: with the nature. They are my first vases and I love them.
If anyone has an idea of any other texture that is cute or could go fine with these vases you can tell me. I like to learn about other cultures too so I would love to try it!!.
I will build more designs soon, probably with a japanese texture and other with a middle age one. It is great to do decorations so you need to ask!!.
That's all folks!!
A few weeks ago I was thinking if I could build a vase to decorate houses. Honestly it was not easy because I had no idea how to do it. First of all you visualize the entire vase but when you go to your edit display and see your shapes the first phrase is 'and now? what the heck?' hahaha, yeah!!, there are only a few basic shapes!!!: a cube, sphere, cylinder, ring and tore. You can see more there but they come from the past 5 shapes (I wont talk about sculpts). When you build it is necessary to play with shapes at the beginning, that is when you are learning and seeing what each thing is, and later with a lil bit of imagination you spend hours doing your stuff.
Here is the first vase with mexican texture. I took an old picture from a mural and set it on it. It looks cute, with color and it could be in any house who likes this kind of designs. Mexican stuff is warm, friendly and gives a great sensation of home, your own home.
This one is with stucco. It is a lovely one and you can set tropical plants on it. Looks great in beaches, tikki houses, gardens or folklorics ones. If you click on it you will appreciate the texture it is really great!!.
The next two vases are mexican styles too but the difference is the design. One is in pink the other in blue. They look really great where you have a chimney, flowers, plants, in one word: with the nature. They are my first vases and I love them.
If anyone has an idea of any other texture that is cute or could go fine with these vases you can tell me. I like to learn about other cultures too so I would love to try it!!.
I will build more designs soon, probably with a japanese texture and other with a middle age one. It is great to do decorations so you need to ask!!.
That's all folks!!
Monday, March 7, 2011
The John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio!!!
Lets talk about a great band that I have discovered a few years a ago reading an online newspaper in Mexico. I was looking for a video about dont know what when I saw the latest releases in CDs and saw this guy with a guitar. I should say that in the first instance I said 'he looks cute' LOL, yes and decided to hear the song that it was there: Zebra. From the first sound I thought 'wow sounds good, the kind of music I like' and it was true a real funky sound!!!. I should say that all of them are great in their instruments but John Butler is really, really great in his guitar, if he was not a 'peace and love' guy I think I could fell in love of him!! LOL.
Mr. John Butler!!
The JBT was formed in 1998 in Australia and it is a jam band. If you like to hear an eclectic band you should hear this one, obviously, some are not so good but the most, at least for me, have a strong sound, rythm, make you dance and sing. For your information I will include a board that was found in wikipedia:
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[18]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Zebra" | Song of the Year[19] | Won |
| 2006 | "Somethings Gotta Give" | Most Performed Blues & Roots Work[20] | Won |
| "What You Want" | Most Performed Blues & Roots Work[21] | Nominated | |
| 2008 | "Better Than" | Song of the Year[22] | Nominated |
| "Funky Tonight" | Blues & Roots Work of the Year[23] | Nominated | |
| "Good Excuse" | Blues & Roots Work of the Year[23] | Won |
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ARIA Awards
The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The John Butler Trio have won five awards from twenty-one nominations.[6][24]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Three | Best Blues & Roots Album | Nominated |
| Three | Best Independent Release | Won | |
| Three | Breakthrough Artist - Album | Nominated | |
| John Butler Trio EP | Breakthrough Artist - Single | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Living 2001-2002 | Best Blues & Roots Album | Nominated |
| Living 2001-2002 | Best Independent Release | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Sunrise Over Sea | Best Cover Art | Nominated |
| Sunrise Over Sea | Engineer Of The Year | Nominated | |
| Sunrise Over Sea | Producer Of The Year | Nominated | |
| Sunrise Over Sea | Best Blues & Roots Album | Won | |
| Sunrise Over Sea | Best Independent Release | Won | |
| "Zebra" | Single of the Year | Nominated | |
| Sunrise Over Sea | Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2005 | "Somethings Gotta Give" | Best Video | Nominated |
| 2006 | Live at St. Gallen | Best Independent Release | Nominated |
| 2007 | Grand National | Best Independent Release | Won |
| Grand National | Best Blues & Roots Album | Won | |
| "Funky Tonight" | Single of the Year | Nominated | |
| Grand National | Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2010 | April Uprising | Best Independent Release | Nominated |
| April Uprising | Best Blues & Roots Album | Nominated |
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J Awards
The J Awards are presented annually from 2005 by the Australian national youth radio broadcasting station, Triple J.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Grand National | Album[25] | Nominated |
My favorite songs from them are:
a) Funky tonight
b) Better man
c) Hello
d) Zebra
e) Good excuse
Period. =)
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