It's been a pretty good first half of Monday. Which makes me super hesitant about being happy for the rest of the day. Who knows what disaster awaits? Or maybe the disasters are waiting for later in the week. Prolly.
I am feeling today:
content
accomplished
slightly stupid
cold
28 geese floated across the golf course lake yesterday at once.
Much shopping with different shopping buddies took place. Lots of deals. OMG deals, deals, deals. I get like, metaphoric, simultaneous hearts and dollar signs in my eyes. Swoontastically happy.
Things to do outside of work this week:
exercise...duh
get coat altered...and while I'm at it, 2 or 3 suits
sew hems on 3 pairs of pants
sew loose buttons. I hate sewing.
iron
hang painting and feather masks
dinner with Esa at Bento
finish my painting
oil change (whine, whine, whine)
check and refill tires
thank you card
see Eclipse (ahem...yeah ok)
Bachelorette Monday Night
I can't believe I watch that stupid show. I *know* it's stupid and rigged and horrid and I can't....stop...watching it! I can't wait for her to get rid of the guy that got that stupid tattoo. I think she should go with the guy that looks like Fry. He seems pretty genuinely sweet. I'm glad I don't have much going on socially this week b/c I really do have to make progress with these chores.
I have 100% decided to buy a pet pig. I will have a 1-2 year plan. I must save up for him, and get a big living space. Ok, if it's a house...that'll be more than a 2 year plan. And I'd like to have kids someday...so I hope pigs get along with children. I was looking through that giant coffee table zodiac book to see who Tauruses are compatible with (answer: no one except Picses apparently. Well that's the "most ideal" match. Who the heck is a Picses? No one! I don't want to date a Picses!) when I found this thing saying the ideal pet for a Taurus is: a pot bellied pig!!!
OMG! Not as good as a tea cup pig...but close. How true is this!!! Meant to be....
And then I'm going to take a week (yes a full week!) off of work to travel to those random exits no one goes to in Florida with my pig, my camera, and a gun (to be safe) and just photo-document the entire area. Maybe I'll buy it little shoes.
Quarantine wasn't a great movie. Everyone says REC is better...I disagree. I think it just got there first. But then, I may be biased...Jay Hernandez is in it. He is so good looking and likable; I'm surprised he doesn't find more work. Although Jennifer Carpenter's in it too..and she got terrible in the last 15 minutes.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Bad Sketch Dump
Woke up at 9 today after 15 hours of sleep. Didn't even eat dinner. *sigh* Just when I think I'm getting better, I realize, I'm probably still dying or something. Or it could be just the stress. 
Did some messy sketches a week or so ago one morning when I was B.O.R.E.D. I keep thinking sometime soon I'll be capable of drawing something real. This is a doodle >
Doodles happen when you're on the phone. Then I tried sketching from some internet picz. That's different than sketching from photos, because you can't see anything clearly. This is Show Luo and Rainie from Hi My Sweetheart, which is either cute or stupid; not sure. I love Show Luo's wig...I went to middle school with a boy with mushroom hair.
It's terrible though because Rainie ended up looking REALLY off. So then I did this one, with Nai Nai and Anson from FTLY, and both look o.k. separately, but together the sizes are off. This is because I was too lazy to do figure mapping. I started with the right side of Nai Nai and ended with the left side of Anson. If you don't do at least a general map before you start, one side of a pic almost always ends up the wrong size (or squished or running off the page.)
The only one I did a proper job with is this one with Rainie and Wil Pan. I love them in Miss No Good! :) Anyhow, crappy unfinished sketches like this are wastes of time. I have a canvas ready to go, but I've been too tired/obsessed with finding Slovakian disco music lately to focus. Luckily I finally found a file of Pravda Vit'azi! :)
Did some messy sketches a week or so ago one morning when I was B.O.R.E.D. I keep thinking sometime soon I'll be capable of drawing something real. This is a doodle >
Doodles happen when you're on the phone. Then I tried sketching from some internet picz. That's different than sketching from photos, because you can't see anything clearly. This is Show Luo and Rainie from Hi My Sweetheart, which is either cute or stupid; not sure. I love Show Luo's wig...I went to middle school with a boy with mushroom hair.
It's terrible though because Rainie ended up looking REALLY off. So then I did this one, with Nai Nai and Anson from FTLY, and both look o.k. separately, but together the sizes are off. This is because I was too lazy to do figure mapping. I started with the right side of Nai Nai and ended with the left side of Anson. If you don't do at least a general map before you start, one side of a pic almost always ends up the wrong size (or squished or running off the page.)
The only one I did a proper job with is this one with Rainie and Wil Pan. I love them in Miss No Good! :) Anyhow, crappy unfinished sketches like this are wastes of time. I have a canvas ready to go, but I've been too tired/obsessed with finding Slovakian disco music lately to focus. Luckily I finally found a file of Pravda Vit'azi! :)
The best sketch by far though is this one. This personifies how I feel at any given moment. 
Well, if it doesn't rain, I have a Hare Krishna (spelling?) festival to get to and a new wardrobe to buy. If I feel like jumping the gun, that is.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
the third galaxy
I look ridiculously forward to very small, insignificant events. It's because I don't have enough fun in my life. I'm super excited art walk is tomorrow, omgz.
You know how everyone flocks to see the Mona Lisa? And it's such a small and not particularly interesting painting. Not especially unique. A lot of paintings had small hints of smiles. I don't see what the big deal is. I look at all those people and deem them art fools, but then, if I was there, I'd crowd around to see it too, just because OMG it's the Mona Lisa (!!!) and it's so famous, you just have to lay your eyes on it (!!!). But seriously. People just hear enough that something is great and they perpetuate that idea, regardless of how they really feel about it. I think academically, art discussion should be about measurable elements: composition, color, expression, era, popularity, etc. Not greatness. I wish more people opened up their minds. Close-mindedness is a total dream killer.
I've been getting a lot of conflicting advice from people over an issue that I shouldn't even be talking/thinking about. Because, apparently with the other party concerned, it's a non-issue. Which is...fair. In my defense, I'm a girl. I'm pretty sure all girls have this focus sometimes. Especially me, because I lack the ability to separate an event from its complete historical context, which makes for drive-you-mad ruminations. (Ruminations = psychology's kiss of death (mental wellness-wise.) And then there's my emotions, oh geez. Latest advice, pull a literary "On second thought....wtf?" But I don't think I'm going there.
Sigh. I was in physical pain for all of Thursday through Sunday, so the weekend wasn't *fantastic*, per say. I did grab some fabulous Express shirts and dumplings from Bentos. Someone suggested a model for my summer shoot that's a blonde. I really didn't want to go in that direction. I wanted dark skin and hair...but I could find a way to make blonde work. I want to use the new car (spitfire) as a prop. I think her hair might clash. :/
Tarantino, and possibly Eli Roth, have awesome taste in music. Everyone knows how great the Kill Bill soundtracks are. I'm upset that the Hostel soundtrack, at least on ITunes, is crap. Well, orchestrated pieces only, which isn't crap, it's just that I wanted the foreign disco music. Treti Galaxie (aka Stella Stai) is the best song to dance around your room to. So happy happy happy, unlike Hostel itself. I love Hostel! Or Jay Hernandez and disco music..I'm not really clear on which.
ITunes is finally getting some world music, but they're super slow about it. Like, wtf? And raising some prices, to $1.29. Um, nooo. :(
Don't like.
I'm going to redo my whole Itunes library, and I need to buy a lot.
I have this canvas waiting to be gessoed and I kind of know what I want to paint, but then I stare at it for a while, and find a way to avoid it. Someone needs to lock me in my room so I have no choice.
Busy week. Tomorrow's almost here!
You know how everyone flocks to see the Mona Lisa? And it's such a small and not particularly interesting painting. Not especially unique. A lot of paintings had small hints of smiles. I don't see what the big deal is. I look at all those people and deem them art fools, but then, if I was there, I'd crowd around to see it too, just because OMG it's the Mona Lisa (!!!) and it's so famous, you just have to lay your eyes on it (!!!). But seriously. People just hear enough that something is great and they perpetuate that idea, regardless of how they really feel about it. I think academically, art discussion should be about measurable elements: composition, color, expression, era, popularity, etc. Not greatness. I wish more people opened up their minds. Close-mindedness is a total dream killer.
I've been getting a lot of conflicting advice from people over an issue that I shouldn't even be talking/thinking about. Because, apparently with the other party concerned, it's a non-issue. Which is...fair. In my defense, I'm a girl. I'm pretty sure all girls have this focus sometimes. Especially me, because I lack the ability to separate an event from its complete historical context, which makes for drive-you-mad ruminations. (Ruminations = psychology's kiss of death (mental wellness-wise.) And then there's my emotions, oh geez. Latest advice, pull a literary "On second thought....wtf?" But I don't think I'm going there.
Sigh. I was in physical pain for all of Thursday through Sunday, so the weekend wasn't *fantastic*, per say. I did grab some fabulous Express shirts and dumplings from Bentos. Someone suggested a model for my summer shoot that's a blonde. I really didn't want to go in that direction. I wanted dark skin and hair...but I could find a way to make blonde work. I want to use the new car (spitfire) as a prop. I think her hair might clash. :/
Tarantino, and possibly Eli Roth, have awesome taste in music. Everyone knows how great the Kill Bill soundtracks are. I'm upset that the Hostel soundtrack, at least on ITunes, is crap. Well, orchestrated pieces only, which isn't crap, it's just that I wanted the foreign disco music. Treti Galaxie (aka Stella Stai) is the best song to dance around your room to. So happy happy happy, unlike Hostel itself. I love Hostel! Or Jay Hernandez and disco music..I'm not really clear on which.
ITunes is finally getting some world music, but they're super slow about it. Like, wtf? And raising some prices, to $1.29. Um, nooo. :(
Don't like.
I'm going to redo my whole Itunes library, and I need to buy a lot.
I have this canvas waiting to be gessoed and I kind of know what I want to paint, but then I stare at it for a while, and find a way to avoid it. Someone needs to lock me in my room so I have no choice.
Busy week. Tomorrow's almost here!
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