http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:13:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Second batch of stats from the 30D. Prior stats from the 30D here; old stats from the 20D here, here, and here. Days with 30D: 497 (25 July, 20007 to 2 December, 2008) Months with 30D: 16 months, 8 days Photos taken: 10,016 First photo taken: IMG_1293 (thanks to not formatting the card at ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/12/01/30d-stats-part-ii/ I never post to this blog anymore. I am studying in London right now, so I have been keeping a blog of all my experiences here. I also use tumblr for those random things I find on the internet and as a log of research I do for projects. Other ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/11/22/blogging-etc/ Interesting little piece of controversy here: “Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” while periodically taking abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriages.” http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24513 However, “According to a statement released by the University today, Aliza ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/04/17/interesting-happening-at-ale/ When I was looking at my portfolio page earlier tonight, I could not help but think "Dependent" seems out of place among my other projects. Or, out of place in "Art". Conceptual art. Serious art. Pretentious art. I feel like I would not see something like it in a gallery ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/04/14/two-things-at-once/ For the second workshop in my design class we had to make videos/short films. I went through several ideas and filmed a couple of them before I came to something I thought was good. It took me about an hour in my dorm room to think of the concept, film ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/04/04/dependent/ http://www.oliverlaric.com/5050.htm I thought this was hilarious, sad, and amazing all at the same time. Originally from Montage: Unmonumental Online at http://rhizome.org/art/exhibition/montage/. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/03/23/50-50/ ...and what I think of them: Pierrot le Fou (9/10) Thumbsucker (7/10) Rocket Science (7/10) Margot at the Wedding (8/10) F for Fake (9.5/10) Punch-drunk Love (8/10) Pretty in Pink (6/10) Broken Flowers (7.6/10) Sydney (Hard Eight) (8/10) There Will Be Blood (10/10) http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/03/16/movies-i-have-seen-recently/ I am so relieved that I do not have to go to class for the next week. Yes, I will be working on multiple projects the entire time, but the removal of class from my day makes life much more simple. On Thursday or Friday I will probably be going ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/03/16/spring-break-2/ I finally uploaded the Lamp Posts project. There are 36 lamp posts total. Today I dropped off the film for Out the Window and I get it back tomorrow. The series should be up then, as well. Several other new projects are in the works, as well. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/02/19/lamp-posts/ theDeadArtists.com a work in progress http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2008/01/24/the-dead-artists/ Like always around this time of year, I present to you my favourite music and movies from the past year. I am posting this a little early because I will not be home on New Years day, nor have access to a computer where I am. In music it looks ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/12/19/top-of-the-year-2007/ Some more animated gifs for you. This time they're from sophomore year of college. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/12/12/more-animated-gifs/ Yesterday (November 2), all of the first year art students went on a field trip to SOFA - an international exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art. While we didn't see any sofa's, there was a lot of cool stuff on display, mostly very expensive ($10,000+). The piece you see hanging ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/11/03/the-sleeping-man/ July 24, 2006 to October 25, 2007 1848 Total Calls: 48 hours, 42 minutes, 44 seconds 604 Received Calls: 19 hours, 20 minutes, 16 seconds 1243 Dialed Calls: 29 hours, 21 minutes, 36 seconds Don't ask me why it doesn't add up correctly. Old stats here. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/10/25/cell-stats-pt-ii/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/10/24/hanging-out/ First batch of stats from the 30D. Old stats from the 20D here, here, and here. Days with 30D: 84 (July 25, 2007 to October 16, 2007) Months with 30D: 2 months, 23 days Photos taken: 4281 First photo taken: IMG_1293 (thanks to not formatting the card at the beginning) Latest photo taken: IMG_4265 Average photos ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/10/16/30d-stats-part-i/ I've been saying the same thing for the past three hundred entries: I don't have time to post, I'm so busy with school. That trend is not going to end with this post. I dropped a class [I can't remember if I mentioned that earlier, and I'm too lazy to ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/10/16/monotony/ I really should be working on my drawing homework, but I am posting here instead. I haven't been able to post in a while. I have very little time these days to do such things as post here. All my classes are going well. I think I may drop one ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/09/23/no-time/ School has taken over my life completely. Eighteen hours of pure art. I live art, for the most part. Hardly anything I do is outside of the art realm. I love it. Once I have some projects finished, I'll be posting them here for the world to see. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/09/12/school-3/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/08/16/move-in-2007/ I bought two new cameras at an estate sale last weekend. The first is a Mamiya RZ67, and the second a Mamiya C330. I shot two rolls with the RZ67, but I haven't tried out the C330 yet. I put in a large order of film on Saturday, but ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/08/09/new-cameras/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/08/07/animated-gifs-from-korea/ I am attempting to strip away distractions and focus on photography even more than I have before. I deactivated my Facebook. I would delete it if I could, but Facebook doesn't give you the option. I left my myspace open because I never use it anyway. I am going to ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/08/02/focus/ I updated the design tonight. Sort of the same as the last one, but with a few tweaks. I also moved my blog to a new folder and will now be posting my photography on the main website. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/07/29/photoblogportfolio/ The 30D came on Wednesday. I took it out that afternoon and shot some things on campus. Nothing good came out of it, though. Really, the camera isn't very different from the 20D I had been using. The only major things are a larger screen and spot-metering. I cannot decide ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/07/27/30d/ Final 20D stats. Old stats here and here. Days with 20D: 175 (December 12, 2006 to July 18, 2007) Months with 20D: 7 months, 6 days Photos taken: 12682 First photo taken: IMG_8609 Latest photo taken: IMG_1292 Average photos taken per day: 64 Average photos taken per month: 1761 Gigabytes of photos taken: -- GB Number of times the ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/07/23/20d-stats-part-iii/ Back from Seattle. When I was there my boss called and wanted either $700 or his 20D back. I chose to give it back. Bought a 30D yesterday; comes tomorrow. I work everyday this week to pay for the 30D. I'm also working on scanning every photograph my family has. Not ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/07/23/seattle-2/ My family leaves for Seattle next week. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/29/seattle/ July 2007: Seattle/Portland November 2007: New York City December 2007 - January 2008: Spain June - July 2008: Switzerland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Denmark; or Korea Summer 2009: Wherever my internship is Summer 2010/2011:Korea, if I didn't go in 2008; year depends on when friends leave military Whenever it is safe: Lebanon Other places to ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/14/places-to-visit-in-the-next-five-years/ My drive to work, at 480%. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/12/the-drive-to-work/ First, read the Auteur theory article. Then, head over to Fellini, followed by Italian neorealism. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/11/wikipedia-readings-part-one/ It was yesterday that the first of my friends got married. Not even a year older than me, Jason Allison, not quite six months engaged to Catherine Nelson, embarked on the biggest adventure of his life to date. I do not imagine there will be another wedding among my crowd ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/10/the-marriage-of-jason-allison/ My life during my senior year of high school, in video form. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/06/life-with-friends/ In the five weeks I've been living in my parent's home, my activities have consisted of only seven things: eating, sleeping, working, reading, writing, watching movies, and taking photographs. I haven't been doing much, and that is precisely the way I want it. Lately I have been writing a script for ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/05/lazy-summer-travel/ Here are some updated stats on the 20D. Old stats here. Days with 20D: 175 (December 12, 2006 to June 4, 2007) Months with 20D: 8 days shy of 6 months Photos taken: 10211 First photo taken: IMG_8609 Latest photo taken: IMG_8820 Average photos taken per day: 58 Average photos taken per month: 1702 Gigabytes of photos taken: ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/04/20d-stats-part-ii/ I have reached the point in photography where I feel strange if I go a few days without taking a picture. I've been trying to keep myself busy, but it is so easy to vegetate in summer. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/06/02/photography-2/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/05/28/mitch/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/05/24/dizzle/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/05/20/chicago-again/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/05/18/chicago-2007/ I sort of completely forgot about this website until approximately five seconds ago. Don't ask me why. I don't know why. One would think that of all websites I am a member of, this one would be the last I would forget to post on. Oh, well. School is almost out for ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/05/08/forgetfulness/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/04/27/daniel-lee/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/04/24/brothers/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/04/21/day-by-day/ I am in the preliminary stages of writing my latest screen play. I have been writing down ideas for scenes and characters for the past week, but no real plot has emerged yet. After school lets out I plan on gathering all of my ideas together and attempting to create ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/04/20/new-project/ It's my birthday month and I haven't even blogged yet. I figure I should do that. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/04/08/april/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/30/photo-class-project-three/ I have had a Canon 20D for about four months now. Here are some statistics about the photos I have taken: Days with 20D: 109 (December 12, 2006 to March 30, 2007) Months with 20D: approximately 4 Photos taken: 6489 First photo taken: IMG_8609 Latest photo taken: IMG_5099 Average photos taken per day: 60 Average photos taken ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/30/canon-20d-stats/ On 3/26/07, Jason Bradley Ploof Mierek wrote: Paul, The College office has approved your curriculum acceptance form. You will be dropping the Actuarial Science program and beginning the Art Foundation program effective fall 2007. Cheers, Jason http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/26/inter-college-transfer/ Your Type is INTJ Introverted (78%) Intuitive (62%) Thinking (38%) Judging (1%) Myers-Briggs test here. "Of the four aspects of strategic analysis and definition, it is the contingency planning or entailment organizing role that reaches the highest development in Masterminds. Entailing or contingency planning is not an ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/25/intj/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/25/florida-avenue-residence-halls/ This almost makes me want to be a woman. Some women may see 100 million colors, thanks to their genes A tetrachromat is a woman who can see four distinct ranges of color, instead of the three that most of us live with ... A true tetrachromat has another type ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/25/four-colours-not-three/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/24/taking-a-photo/ "Remember your first everything." Your first breath. Your first day of school. Your first crush. Your first family reunion. Your first car. Your first concert. Your first kiss. Your first detention. Your first vacation. Your first heartbreak. Your first experience out in the real world, by yourself. Your first time hearing your favourite band. Your first visit to another country. The first death of ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/24/from-a-dove-chocolate-wrapper/ Every now and then I take this quiz to see how I've changed. Past results can be found here and here. Disorder | Rating Paranoid: Moderate Schizoid: High Schizotypal: High Antisocial: Low Borderline: Moderate Histrionic: Low Narcissistic: Moderate Avoidant: High Dependent: Moderate Obsessive-Compulsive: High URL of the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv URL for more info: http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/index.html http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/21/personality-again/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/18/p0016/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/16/arts-260-project-two/ While avoiding doing a paper tonight, I googled myself and stumbled upon this website which has a piece of art that incorporated one of my photographs (see below). I thought it was extremely cool and original, and would not mind seeing similar things done with more of my photos. Also, ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/15/interesting/ "Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them." http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/15/from-the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time/ Around this time last year I started listening to The Beatles for the first time in my life. Before then, I had only heard a few tracks here and there, and my guess is that even those were covers. The first album I heard was The White Album, and after ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/14/the-beatles/ Tonight I realised that colour is a crutch. Photographs need no colour, and many times photographers simply rely on it because they cannot make good images otherwise. Think of it as using distortion to mask a bad guitar player's mistakes. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/13/thoughts-on-colour/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/12/playground/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/11/margot/ "Photographs really are experience captured, and the camera is the ideal arm of consciousness in its acquisitive mood." -from Susan Sontag's On Photography http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/07/on-photography/ July 24, 2006 to March 2, 2007 1016 Total Calls: 31 hours, 15 minutes, 36 seconds 316 Received Calls: 12 hours, 40 minutes, 6 seconds 699 Dialed Calls: 18 hours, 34 minutes, 38 seconds Don't ask me why it doesn't add up correctly. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/03/02/phone-data/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/02/27/pre-cut/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/02/26/bright-eyes/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/02/23/light-kit/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/02/22/movie-star/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/02/20/off-centre/ http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/02/15/taking-the-bus/ I've decided that instead of writing what I did eachday, I'm going to start taking photos of what I do and posting them here. So, here's to that: http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/02/15/photography/ I didn't do recommendations last week. Oh well, I'm doing them this week. The Dust of Retreat by Margot & the Nuclear So and So's O by Damien Rice Dog Problems by The Format The Question by Emery http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/02/11/oops/ I got the new Epik High cd today. It's a lot different than their previous album, but different is definitely good in this case. The album is a double disc with one being produced by Tukutz and the other by Tablo. Everything on this cd is just better than Swang ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/01/31/remapping-the-human-soul/ Alas, I did not post at all last week. That, however, does not excuse me from posting my musical recommendations for this week. And here they are: Fevers and Mirrors by Bright Eyes On the Strength of All Convinced by Daphne Loves Derby Stay What You Are by Saves the Day Elevator by Hot ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/01/28/more-music/ Each Sunday I'm going to post a list of my recommendations of bands and albums to listen to. There is no real point to this, but I want to do it so I am going to. Here are this week's: Anything by Brand New Soviet Kitsch Regina Spektor The Black Parade My Chemical ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/01/21/music-recommendations/ Stephen Colbert on the O'Reilly Factor Bill O'Reilly on The Colbert Report EDIT: Looks like they both got a boost in their ratings. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/01/19/oreilly-vs-colbert/ I moved back into my dorm today. It was more pleasant than I expected it to be. It took me about an hour and a half to get settled, but since I knew how everything was supposed to be arranged it was easier than the first time in August. There's ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/01/15/moved/ This week I've done nothing but sit on the computer Yesterday I watched Ghost World and loved it Last night I figured out a good way to get ideas for scripts Today I'm brainstorming ideas for scripts Tomorrow I move back into the dorms Tuesday I start class This semester I'm taking Elementary Korean II, Art ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/01/13/%ea%b7%b8%eb%83%a5-%ec%9e%88%ec%96%b4/ For the majority of the day I've been adding posts to the archive. As of now I only have March and April 2004 left. Instead of only going back to September 2005, now the archive stretches back to February 2004 and includes posts from three of my blogs. I hope ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/01/02/archives/ The year 2006 in photos (click to enlarge): http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2007/01/02/2006-in-photos/ For the third year in a row, I present to you my top albums and movies of the year. As I was preparing these lists, I looked back on the previous two year's lists and I must say that I am embarrassed by some of my choices for previous year's ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/12/31/top-of-the-year/ I haven't written for about a week. We did a lot of things after my last post - too much to talk about now that I am back in the USA. I really enjoyed Korea and I wish I was still there. I hope to go back soon, maybe this upcoming ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/12/29/back/ Tuesday we went to Seoul. We got there around 1 pm and made our way to Gyeongbok Palace only to find out that it is closed on Tuesday and only Tuesday. I took some photos of the outside and we moved on. Our next stop was a McDonald's in Myeongdong. We ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/12/21/seoul/ Today and yesterday were do-nothing days. Yesterday I went to church with Daniel and his family. It was the same as American church except it was in Korean. Nothing unexpected happened and I felt very comfortable there. The church was actually on the 7th floor of some building, and at the ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/12/18/seoul-tomorrow/ This morning I woke up to find that it had snowed overnight. It just started coming down again, and I haven't been outside yet, so I am not sure how much we got. I'm pretty excited about it, though! http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/12/16/snow/ Today I woke up around 10 am. My sleep was pretty good and I felt quite rested when I woke up. Somehow I avoided a big case of jet lag as I only feel a little tired today. Maybe it'll catch up with me tomorrow. I guess we will just ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/12/15/daejeon-fo-sho/ Well, it finally happened - I am in South Korea. It all started on Tuesday when my dad took Daniel and I to O'Hare for our 8 am flight on Wednesday. We flew to San Fransisco where we changed planes and began the horrendous thirteen hour flight from California to ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/12/14/ord-to-icn/ My plane leaves for Korea in a little less than 17 hours. I start the journey to the airport in a little less than 11. More updates when I'm there. Also, photographs on flickr when I'm there. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/12/12/korea/ It was long ago that I gave up on my novel for this year's NaNoWriMo. I really should have finished it, but I was too discouraged about the entire thing. Even writing more than five thousand words would have been a nice accomplishment. I plan to post what I did ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/11/25/failure/ Disorder | Rating Paranoid: Very High Schizoid: High Schizotypal: High Antisocial: Low Borderline: Low Histrionic: Moderate Narcissistic: Moderate Avoidant: High Dependent: Low Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate URL of the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/11/20/personality/ The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me Musically, probably better than Deja Entendu Lyrically, not as good as Deja Production-wise, sometimes it is better than Deja, but sometimes it is a lot worse Two instrumental tracks? What is up with that? The titles are a little obvious for me (I'd rather titles that aren't ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/11/20/first-impressions/ The floor is loud. The Bears beat the Giants. I'm seeing My American Heart tomorrow. It should be great. One month until I'm on a plane to Korea. One week until I'm listening to The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. I've been blogging somewhat consistently as of late. Good for me. It's ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/11/13/102/ Apparently the new Brand New album leaked tonight. If only I had a copy. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/11/12/the-devil-and-god-are-raging-inside-me/ One learns many things while in college, some more useful than others, so I have compiled a list of the practical things I have learned in the first three months here. Living on a loud floor is fun because there is always something happening - even when you're trying to sleep Not ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/11/09/100/ I promise, the post about the Brand New show is coming quite soon. The only thing holding me back is myself, as I haven't felt like exerting the effort that the post requires. Soon, though, soon. The past few days I've been feeling sick. Just the sore throat thing, but my ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/11/05/i-dont-feel-like-waiting-this-out/ As of late I have taken to staying up to the most dreadful hours of the night, wasting my life away with video games such as Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the block game. While this may seem atypical behaviour for me, I can guarantee you the addictive nature of ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/10/30/life-in-general/ I'm sitting here, waiting for a mp3 of a friend's song to finish transferring. I'm being told that there are 31 seconds remaining, but I doubt the accuracy of whatever is counting that. I'll be happy if it comes in under five minutes. On to the weekend. Actually I don't really ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/10/30/never-ever-do-these/ My life has suddenly been upgraded, and now includes 100% more business! Here's a taste of the things that now take up my schedule: Mafia Murder Mystery on Thursday, October 26, 2006 Brand New concert on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Trip to South Korea from Wednesday, December 13, 2006 to Wenesday, December 27, ... http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/10/25/a-busy-life/ So that thing about this being a Korean culture related blog - forget that. This is still my personal blog and will be forever. http://paulhabeeb.com/weblog/2006/10/20/anyway/