Impressionism is a movement in French painting, sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light and movement on appearance of objects. Impressionist paintings are balanced, use colored shadows, use pure color, broken brushstrokes, thick paint, and scenes from everyday life or nature.
People that like Impressionist paintings may not alway be what is deemed socially acceptable. They tend to move on their own path without always worrying that it may be offensive to others. They value friendships but because they also value honesty tend to have a few really good friends. They do not, however, like people that are rude and do not appreciate the ideas of others. They are secure enough in themselves that they can listen to the ideas of other people without it affecting their own final decisions. The world for them is not black and white but more in shades of grey and muted colors. They like things to be aestically pleasing, not stark and sharp. There are many ways to view things, and the impresssionist personality views the world from many different aspects. They enjoy life and try to keep a realistic viewpoint of things, but are not very open to new experiences. If they are content in their live they will be more than likely pleased to keep things just the way they are.
Nice Happy Feet press conference article... Seems like every other email I get right now is a news alert about Elijah related to Happy Feet. I just read this nice article about the press conference and thought you all might enjoy it. In particular, there's this wonderful quote from George Miller about Elijah:
"There's a sweetness to Elijah," Miller says, "but at the same time a steely strength and a basic sense of self-worth, and I thought, 'Ah! That's Mumble.' "
Another one of those weird online quiz/test/things... Saw this on someone's lj, sorry to not give credit but I can't remember where and I closed the window afterward without thinking. I'm such a dork! *smacks head*
Anyway, I checked it out, and it's weird, because all my life people have thought I sound like I'm from the northern US, even asking my parents when I was small if I was born there. But nope... and how can I get pretty much equal results for Philly and The South? Go figure.
Life is strange. Or maybe it's just me. ;-)
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Northeast
Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
My bit for world peace... I know we all have our differences in regard to philosophy and faith, but I cannot see how anyone could fail to find this inspiring and beautiful...
You scored as Frodo. You would be happiest living with Frodo Baggins! He may be brooding and withdrawn, but his sudden outbursts of love and child-like dependence melt your heart.
ELF 2006 - Billy video I'm finally getting my ELF pics and videos online! Here's the first of them, showing Billy's elaborately polite farewell to a fan - erm, innocent bystander. The poor girl never knew what hit her! :-)
Edit: Drats! I was going to upload my HAZARD! video (those of you who were there will know exactly what I am talking about) to YouTube as well, but it's a bit over 100mb. I tried YouSendIt, but they have the same limitation. Any ideas, friends, how I can get this online? :-/
Edit 8/14: Thanks to primula_baggins and easterlily41482, I now have the HAZARD! video uploaded to both rapidshare and megaupload. I warn you (especially if you have dialup) that the download takes several minutes. But if you want to see what everyone on LJ is talking about re HAZARD!, this is the clip to let you experience Billeh in all his comedic glory. :-)
Links and instructions...
Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EUXSQVVT Look for the prompt near the top right of the page that says "Please enter ___ here". Type in the large letters that appear, and then follow the prompts.
Rapidshare: http://rapidshare.de/files/29325204/BillyELF2006_HAZARD_.AVI.html Scroll down and choose FREE download (unless you have a Premium account with them). When the next page pops up, you may need to scroll again to see a line that says "Download ticket reserved" and tells you how many seconds you have to wait. Then follow the prompts.
I am not possessive of my vids, but if you post them elsewhere, please give credit. Just the hassle of uploading these things and making them available to the fandom is worth something, lol! :-)
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