Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Makes me sad I'm on the 8 year graduating plan :(
Congrats on graduating dude...S#*t's gonna get real now...you have fun with that :)..
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
We're Nazis, Not Jedis - best 2009 Internet memes
All you Armageddon fanatics forget about 2012! I’ve seen the future, and it’s pretty much in videos online (hereafter referred to as “le meme du l’ internet”. Videos of babies laughing and cats playing pianos are pretty much what I’m sticking around for!
Ditch that tube your with and come hang out with the nerds-because YouTube.com clocked in last year at 6,427,623 independent video streams. That’s a lot of video streams, and I would know because 6,427,622 of them were from that one time we all got super stoned and just kept hitting refresh again and again and again and again and again…….and again and again and again…….
If you want to be reminded of how strange and quirky the world can be, look no further. Here are a look at my personal top 5 internet memes from 2009:
(depending on the country you are in, some of these videos may or may not work for you.)
(cant watch it? sucks huh..don't you wish you had moved here instead so you could watch these videos..)
(cant watch it? sucks huh..don't you wish you had moved here instead so you could watch these videos..)
Hitlers iPhone Broken:
Best quote ever “were Nazis, not Jedis”
JK Wedding Entrance Dance
J and K’s interpretive spin on the wedding march began to sound strangely like Chris Brown’s: One night. Take a listen for yourself. This internet meme will have you humming “ For-ev-ev-ev-ver” all day long.
Keyboard cat: the mercy kill of the internet, saving countless fails from further embarrassment.
Streeter Theeter: Overgrown Guy Girlfriend 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eA1WkzAeRQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=TRDdtZTRZZA
embedding was disabled by collegehumor.com...baahhh copyrights..
O-Rly
It’s funny because it’s an owl. But owls don’t talk. Silly owl, he sounds like the fun type of person I should be hanging out with, not these “people”. That’s it, from now on; I’m only friends with silly talking owls. Done!
Congrats
Lest we ever forget,the important people in our lives...
Congrats Meryl Borak and Olga Sapozhnikova On graduating today
Alanna, since you graduate on Sunday, Your just gonna have to wait :p
Don't forget that I <3 you guys lol..
Congrats Meryl Borak and Olga Sapozhnikova On graduating today
Alanna, since you graduate on Sunday, Your just gonna have to wait :p
Don't forget that I <3 you guys lol..
Thursday, May 6, 2010
A look back : a passionate tale
Freshman Derek had no idea what he was doingWhen I left high school and Dubai for my new life abroad, my career plans were nonexistent. I wanted to bridge my love for Audio into a career, and could find no way to do that.
No idea at all..
When at University in Buffalo NY, One evening in Jan ’07, a drunken conversation was struck up with a stranger at a party I was at. I told him about my love for Audio and music and he exploded saying “that’s crazy, I work doing live sound for the university- there’s 5 of us and we need people”. I got in touch with Jessie Almeter the next day and he told his boss, Matt Rubinstein about me.
Jessie and Niam
Chilling with Tyson from the All American Rejects after a show we worked
Doing my Radio show '07When I moved to UBC and Vancouver, the knowledge of these previous jobs gave me a jist of where to find them. As they aren’t usually posted jobs and are highly niche, it was tough, but I was able to score a well paying gig with UBC AMS as a tech for their live shows. Unsatisfied with my level of involvement however, I kept searching until I got the private number of the Director of Recording and Audio at UBC. I camped outside his office and proved to him why I would be a great candidate for his team of 4 student audio engineers. He hired me in September ’09 and I’m currently working here as an Audio engineer in training. David Simpson is, to me, more of a mentor than a boss. He is a prominent name in the Canadian Audio industry and one of the ‘chilliest’ guys I know. I currently get paid fantastically to do something I absolutely love to do and am able to do it whilst studying no sweat.
Mr Party Pants Vancouver
In the spring of ’08, I took a class called Comm 299 which is all about job hunting. It’s a class that helps you polish up everything about yourself for a business setting. The final for passing this course is to apply for a job and get an acceptance or rejection letter and submit the cover letter, professional resume etc. It was great because I used all the information I learned from Philippe Desrochers (the man with the plan) to find out exactly what I want to do with my life and how to get there.
The suitI’m now certain that I want to be the marketing manager of a professional grade Audio design and development company either in Canada or in the US such as Energy audio, Meyer Sound, Definitive audio etc or abroad: Trace Elliot (London), Focal Audio (France) etc. I am currently doing everything I can to make sure I’m sitting in an office of one of these companies within the next 5 years.
The studio I work at I know it may seem like a lot, but I believe this is just the beginning for me and my professional career. Although these plans are the focal point of my life, who knows, something may come along tomorrow that’s even better and I’m ready and excited to hit it head on!
The Family
Swati and I
Amanda and ITo all the people in my life (mentioned above) who have helped me get where I want to be, I thank you immensely from the bottom of my heart. To Rachana Sippy: all your career advice all those years ago still resonate today.
To the most special people in my life: my folks: Donald Mascarenhas and Patricia Mascarenhas, my closest friends, Swati Kumar and Amanda Thompson: Thanks for supporting me through all of this and through everything to come.
Without each and every one of you, I’d never have found my passion. Thank you!
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