Clumsy fairies

I must apologise for not having posted ANYTHING in such a ridiculously long amount of time. I would like to believe it was because I was terribly busy but truthfully...Hmm, yes *strokes imaginary beard*.

It's summer here, which is supposed to mean blue skies and hot wind but instead we are receiving bountiful rain! I love rain, I really do, but NOW? It just means we're going to have a longer summer. An African summer. A scorching summer. A summer of...okay, I'll stop my melo-dramaticNizz there.

Thumbelina :3

Hear thee hear thee! I have at last completed my first year of tertiary education! My mark for my major leaves much to be desired and I am also desirous of much better marks for Ancient Cultures but it seems that was a case of pollice verso. Damn you Romans and your Hannibal ad portas! Why can I only remember the trivial things!?  Spartaaaa!

On a brighter note I went ice skating today with some good old friends and a few new ones i.e. their boyfriends. It was chilled (excuse the unintended pun there) and I enjoyed myself immensely even though I do not possess such skillzz as those that whizzed past me in their shiny nonhired skates.

I have decided to go to Afrika Burn next year, extremely amped! I hope it's worth it and as glorious as the infamous tales make it out to be.

 Also, I have been majorly inspired by many artists, including a close friend of mine and I finally got down to it and painted just for myself. Not for someone else, for University work. Nada. Just moi. I will try finding that blasted camera again to take a few pictures...

Fairies by Josephine Wall 

Until later again my fine feathered friends, cheerios!

Poisonous nails

 Ola!

I'm back from Mozambique and...did I ever say I was going away? (laughs uncomfortably and averts eyes) Sorry, I can't believe that such a big thing would slip my mind. Anyhoos, my laptop has finally succumbed to a multitude of viruses thanks to its hopeless owner who had this (stupid) idea that it was indestructable. Now I'm on my padre's laptop and I'm without the use of my tablet BUT I did locate my very old camera, installed some batteries and have here a few awful pictures for your pain enjoyment.

I've started a journal/diary for the first time in my life but I'm considering just to use da little bookie for story ideas and poetry.

(NAILPOLISH!!!!)

My room is in a state

So is my hair.

Both are messy, unkempt, and need some life.

So I'm considering to decopauge my cupboards with pwetti pictures, throwing away useless shtuff and putting on some new bright and cheery bed linen. My hair problem, on the other hand, is not so easily solved. I bought blue hair dye that doesn't do damage (supposedly) but I've tested it on a lock of hair and well...on my dark hair it hardly shows. The intructions say I have to dye it blonde first (eye twitches).

 More room pictures done with my sucky camera and camera skillzzz (or lack thereof)

My favourite thing in my room:

My house of useless but cute things! Thanks to my camera it's a bit blurred...err

I don't have much  more to say. I'm going ice skating tomorrow and my horrible camera is coming with so expect more pictures! And last but not least (drumroll) I present my wooden dollhouse!

 I did stain the roof darker but the colour seems to have faded and I'll try taking a picture of the inside next time to show you. It's quite plain and my mark for it is understandably plain as well. The door handle took me really long and I had to ask a second year jewellry student to help me drill tiny holes for the joining.

Toodlepip

Cats and Kung Fu

Yesterday I had a great time with a friend who introduced me to the action packed, weird, wacky and wonderful world of Kung Fu Hustle. It's gory, ridiculous, exaggerated, at times freaky and it's now one of my favourite films of all time. The dance scene at the beginning is to die for.

Today I finally walked into a cheap R5 store I've been eyeing since it opened but just never had the guts to go into. They sell everything from glow in the dark bracelets to baby powder and, sucker for cute cheap things that I am, I happily bought this umbrella. Isn't it adorable?!

I drew the first concept for this comic (below) about 2 years ago for my design class when I was in grade 11...Or was it earlier? I can't remember but we had to come up with a short cartoon. This one didn't become the final but it's still my favourite.

And before I go, a quick sampling of some really awesome YouTube (YOUUUUTUUUUBE!) videos:

Here's an animated version of my favourite blogger's hilarious comic : shower products




Oh Antony



Next, check out the videos of the amazing Improv Everywhere. 

Their YouTube site 

Their official site: http://improveverywhere.com/

And an advertisement from my home country that I found really awesome: 

Chicken Licken Antony 



~Over and out~

The colourful post

And welcome to another installment of Tea & and All things Posh! AKA TAP! No, I'm joking...really. But I'm considering it... 0__0

I've really run out of good options. Firstly my camera has mysteriously disappeared and I'm being blamed for it, secondly, our scanner has been busted for almost a year now and thirdly, I don't have photoshop so I have to resort to using....you guessed it, paint.

So here's another sucky picture:

And here's a slightly better one, just to make myself feel better:

 I really want to upload some (TONNNES!) of my hand drawn sketches but as explained above I am unable to digitize them thanks to my lack of input devices. I have also already had my exam exhibition for this semester and I'm pretty nervous about my mark.

I AM SO changing the layout and banner of this blog. My eyes! AHHHHH! Study study study. One more exam to go! (dies of boredom)
 


Note: This is not mine



Quote/question of the day(yes...this is new):



“Happy memories are invincible, protected and protecting, no one can destroy them.” Marcus Sedgwick~ from 'White Crow'

 Website/page of the day(this is also new):
Origami twitter bird  

WARNING Anger levels may rise (if you're an incompetent and impatient bafoon...like me for example)

Does anyone have a request for something they'd like to see appear in this blog that I either haven't done before or have (e.g. comics) but you want more? Then request away! I might just deign to answer (glues eyes to screen and waits).

Safe Mode and other movies

Does your life sometimes feel like a movie? When an emotion just swamps you and no one seems to notice or care and you already know of the perfect song as a soundtrack to that emotion and it feels so much like a movie you're surprised when no one jumps out and yells, "CUT!"

Actually, you're disappointed when it turns out to be real life and more importantly, boring old you merely having another rage at life. Reality seeps in like water into a sinking boat and BAM! Your safety switch is flicked and your brain reboots  in "Safe Mode" allowing you to come to terms with what has just happened to you by viewing yourself as a character in a story or a movie. You feel pity for this character. You feel sympathy. But the connection has been broken. And that is what safe mode is all about. Protecting you from reality...and most importantly yourself

I'm in  a panic because I can't use my graphite tablet to its full potential. I don't have photoshop.

I don't have photoshop

I don't have photoshop

I don't have photoshop!

So I end up drawing stick men. For crying out loud! I'm an art student at a prestigious university and I'm drawing stick men!

Tomorrow I will post up a picture of my dollhouse I promise.

Please comment. Please?

Anybody there!?

RAAAAWR! Deshtrooooi aaall!

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<reboot in 'Safe Mode?> /

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Bonjour

I feel I must apologise for the girly layout but I don't want to. I'll probably get sick of it in a few weeks and change it again but for now it's staying.

Well, I'm supposed to be studying for an Info skills (general computer shtuff like word, excel, etc) test right now, but I have no idea what document retreival is since I missed my last lecture seeing as I was cursing myself at that time about having just failed my drivers so I had a valid excuse. Or so I like to believe. Actually my eyes were just really red from pathetic bouts of almost nonstop sniveling and I didn't want anyone to see. Compromise! Yay!

On a happier note, I am now the proud owner of more anime. Yesh!

I am also supposed to construct a dollhouse out of wood for my wood carving workshop. Those machines for cutting, and sawing and dismembering...I mean drilling and other stuff give me the creative heebie jeebies; I hate working with machines to create art, I either mess up, hurt myself or both. *twitch*

Buuuuuut, if the dollhouse turns out alright I will definitely post up pictures of it. :D 

Check out THIS dollhouse but don't expect mine to look ANYTHING like it. :( Are those hand painted minature paintings I see?! Who had so much time?! And skills.... Why is the world so cruel and mocking?!

More dollhouses: antiquedaisy

Check out this blogger: pretty things she has cute shiny things for you to look at :3

Long time no posting

Yo! It's been a while since I last posted but I have valid reasons for my negligence. Since I last posted I have had...hmmm...150+170...about 320 sketches to do for art and I kid you not. Most were five minute contour sketches done on an A5 piece of paper while some are slow contour...or even worse blind contour. x__x
Contour sketches are done by not lifting your pencil/pen from the paper to create a drawing made from one continuous line and blind is that plus not being allowed to look at your paper while you draw

See what I mean?

Oh! I have this awesome joke to tell! It was first told in Afrikaans so excuse the bad translation:
George Bush and Mandela meet up and Mandela notices Bush is chewing gum which really starts to annoy him.
Bush: (suddenly) Do you have jelly in South Africa?
Mandela: Of course, we call it jam
Bush: Well, we make our jam from cast off fruit peels and export it to South Africa
Mandela: :I
I can't remember how the rest goes but basically bush keeps on tuning Mandela about how South Africa gets America's cast off products.And all this time Bush is still chewing on his gum, chewing chewing chewing. Suddenly Mandela can't take it anymore.
Mandela: Do you use condoms in America?
Bush: Of course!
Mandela: Well we use ours twice, clean them off and then make them into chewing gum which we export to America.
Bush: :I

Ah! A bit of a rude joke but it's still funny :D Way to go Mandela!

I used a few stock pictures on Deviantart to do these with my wacom tablet. :3 They didn't come out too shabbily if I must say so myself.

Well, tonight a friend of mine is picking me after she's done with her lifesaving at the beach then we're going to this one street near campus where the whole street will be closed off since bands are going to play there till late FOR FREE and then we might go dancing at one of the clubs nearby. My friend and I are both nondrinkers so when I say dancing I mean it. I want to be like that police man in that movie Hot Fuzz who walks into a bar.

Barman: (looks up cheerfully) What can I get you?

Policeman (he's wearing casual clothes by the way) Cranberry juice please.

I also went to the entomology department on campus to get a specimen to draw for my final art project of the term. There were moths and butterflies bigger than my hand! Beautiful scarab beetles, huuuge prey mantis's (how do you spell that?) and really really creepy bugs with spikes and wings. I was so relived that they had pins through them. I took a common brown moth which the lady told me I could keep while my friend took this rare species of moth with the shape of a skull on its back and it's one of the most poisonous moths in the world! I also learned that some are found not only in South America but here as well! :0 But what scared me more was the fact that my friend knew exactly what it was and what its called!

Anyhoo's we passed a few rooms on the way and in this display cabinet were stick insects half my size and a scorpion longer than my hand. Erp! Another girl in my class went to the zoology department and got the skeleton of a kiwi bird that is apparently hundreds of years old. Now she's so paranoid about it getting harmed that she can't relax and get down to drawing.

Something funny to check out: crazy things parents say

Have a nice weekend dear readers!

I want a Merlino dagger!

Procrastination

On Friday I went to costume party in the quad of my Arts building. The dress code was SUPER VILLIAN! and I went as Sweeney Todd as he was the only character I could pull off. I've done him three times now and I'm getting a bit sick of it... But he's ze only von I have ze clothes for!

Anyway. This afternoon I finished up this 1500 word essay due for Monday's Visual Studies class and for the past three hours I was supposed to study for my Ancient Cultures test also for Monday. But I didn't. (I did do the essay though. phew!) And here I am, highly regretting it. I also just had a fight with my brother so I don't want to go downstairs and procrastinate there by stuffing my face. :(

Did you know that the Ancient Near East is that Orient nearest to the Europe? And the Ancient world is catergorised as the time period circa 3000 BC to 650 AD before the rise of Islam. Circa means approximately. And the first writing systems were developed in Egypt and Mesopotamia (sort of the area where Iraq is now) which marks the advent of recorded history. Before that it was just pictures. PICTURES! Sorry, I've been in front of the PC too long and I should probably go study...

I must apologise for this deathly boring post. Next week I'll hopefully be in better spirits. I'm also looking for a place to stay on campus (not res! I refuse!) and the pure hoplessness of it drains me...Places are so expensive the closer they are to campus. It's like prime real estate in New York or something even if the rooms are cages made from brick.

Well cheerios! Off to studying! Yay...

FRRRRRRREEEEEDOM!

"Turpentine induced headache, stained hands, tired of seeing my bad linocut, nauseous, but at least it's almost weekend! Yay weekend!"  (R. Hugo 2011 Feb)

That quote is my facebook update for today. I'm in fact qouting myself. Which is of course stupid. Which is of course why I don't want to learn the damned Harvard referencing method because it tells us that using our own opinions/ and reasoning twice for different essays means we are in fact commiting the heinous crime of plagarism...against ourselves. I have never heard of anything stupider.

Anyhoo's. The new art project I was so excited about? Yeah, not so excited anymore. I might sound contradictive by saying this but I hate getting my hands dirty when I do art. And not in the figurative sense of asking someone else to kill off your competition (which I have a lot of) but in the literal cat shaking it's paws when it gets wet sense. We basically have a tile of linoleum(linoneum?) which we carve an image into. We then roll on this special linocut printing ink, sandwich it between two sheets of paper, put it through this big roller press and voila! Instant print! Now that's the fun part.
Cleaning up takes more than double the tme it takes to print; we have to use turpentine to clean our roller, our tile, our board, ourselves...The ink sticks to everything and thus my prints have monkey paw smudges on the edges. My prints were also coming out either too dappled, too dark, or had these little marks because specks of dust got into the grooves. And my etching/carving itself sucks. This project sucks. My fingers are still stained after at least several washes. I'm a bit high on turpentine (if that's even possible) and you could've had the whole gist of this story by just reading the first paragraph at the top! la la di doo di da. Screw this! I'm not doing another print even if I get the worst marks in the class for it! (triumphant laughter)

The graphic arts peoplez are doing self portraits a la traditional. I finally talked with one of them after a spout of jealous staring. The girl laughed and said our roles should be switched. I want to draw and paint! I...I...

If you're interested check out my other blog fragile eternities where I rave about my favourite artists and books.

I've also been on a popcorn spree. I'm the ultimate popcorn maker extradonaire if I must say so myself. I must; it's my blog.

 My vision:

 

My other vision:

Don't laugh! Girls either want to be fairy princesses or leather wearing tough girls who look good in skinny jeans. I want to be both. Guess I'm going to have a problem.

Sushi

I didn't know University would be keeping me this busy and we haven't even started proper work yet!

I already have a test/quiz on Monday for Ancient Studies and although it's very fascinating I couldn't give a damn who Sargon the Great was. Get to the good stuff! Mythology is the only reason I took this class!
I've also received my first Art project brief which I'm really excited about. We're doing printing! Booja!

I'm putting off studying for that quiz but I'm too lazy to even make this post halfway presentable and I can't upload those photo's like I promised either because I can't find the usb cables for the camera. >__<

Last night I ate sushi...My parentals ate prawns...

Prawns are also bottom feeders i.e. They feed on waste. So choose the ethical...and healthier option when eating seafood.
PS I eat sushi without the fish, just FYI. Nori counts as seafood right? Right???

GLOOOOOSH! Taking pets to vet! About time.

Ciao!

Faery posh

I'm going to show off some of my spectacular art today because it's really the only thing I can brag about.
But that would only take a long time for your PC, and mine, to load on blogger so here's the link:

lunaticllama

I said on Monday that I would post up that recipe. Well, something came up i.e. mental breakdown. I kind of have these regularly but usually in the comfort of my own home. Something small usually starts it off as explained in: hyperboleandahalf. Basically I was tired, sunburnt and angry at myself for forgetting my ID at home(minor details but it added up). So when my friend, who's also tired, sunburnt and angry, raised her voice only slightly at me I unreasonably flipped, taking offence. Now when I flip it's usually very quiet and very pathetic.

So I walked on ahead like an angry snot nosed brat not promised her deluxe sugar coned ice cream, sniffling and hoping to be heard though at the same time deeply mortified. I almost walked into a car as well and later, when we went to sit down under a tree tears streaming down my face, with a red nose and looking more than usually unattractive I sulked more than I have ever done before yet in the full knowledge that I had screwed up royally and needed to apologise.

I did though very half heartedly but she and my other friend joked about random things to cover it up making me feel like more of an ass because I had been so despicably horrible. I have never acted so immaturely before in my life and hope to never do so again. Good thing only the occasional motorist saw my shame, and one cyclist gave me look of disgust or at least that's what I thought in my pity induced daze. o__O

 Anyhoo's...Tomorrow is Vensters, the yearly street theatre day on campus where every hostel, PSO group shows off their stuff and have fun. I will post up one or two cool photo's on the weekend to show you guys just how much fun.

Check out:

 ElectricFaerieDust 

'Nuff said

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!

PS I promise I will post something less boring next time. Super sulk mode is officially over! Yay!

Hot

It's been another deep pan fry day. My friend and I stood in a relatively short queue to get our mugshots...I mean our pictures taken for our student cards.My mugshot...yes, let's face it; that's what it really looked like. Add another fish to the fruit smoothie: I looked like a druggie...or a drug dealer. I think I prefer drug dealer but I can't deny the truth when it's staring right at me, literally.

Anyway, on the way to a meeting for all 1st year Visual Arts students I got lost...actually I was misdirected so it's not my fault. But at least I got lost with another 1st year artist...a handsome one so that made my day. He's also very nice and one of about 2 guys amongst 70 girls. So booja!


We spent the rest of the day watching youtube videos. It was hot okay, and when it's hot (36 degrees C) and windy you DO NOT go outside. You suffocate inside.

Check out elmify


Elmify



She's even funnier than meekakitty (usually) and really deserves more followers. She brings the 'talking to oneself' to whole new level...she talks to herself but past hers.

Why do I keep on talking about people who talk to themselves?
O__o
Anyhoo's, have you ever wondered what kind of person you'll be when you're finally old and wrinkled? Married with lots of grandchildren and with a successful career as a pastry chef behind you or... single? Living alone, in a house too big for you chasing children off of your lawn with a rake while your half dozens cats watch lazely from inside? And one day the neighbours will complain about the smell and the police will casually stroll up to your front door only to see the several newspapers collecting on the "Keep off!" mat. They get worried when you don't answer after three rings and decide to force entry only to find you're decimated corpse in the entrance hall and your cats swarming all over the place. And they wonder, poor old lady. She died and no one even knew. Where were her friends and family in her time of need?

As you can clearly see I'm thinking too much into this, and really underestimating my future self.

Tallyho!

PS Ma mere made sweet sticky rice today (amazingly delicious) and I'm going to post up the recipe tomorrow.

Birds and other whimsical things

"And then the pigoen walked in and said..."

I was recently inspired into doing this (above) by some wonderful art I viewed at:

Creature Comforts

Now I feel a bit more serious(a bit) as my mother has guilt tripped me into cleaning up my room, which in fact involves moving around furniture, unpacking out toys from eons ago, and cleaning out all my cupboards. On the surface my room is spotless but what hides behind closed doors (shivers)...

To get my mind off of it I did another picture with my awesome wacom tablet.

Foooood

Beautiful whimsical art I also found to my delight: From Orchards, fields and gardens
                                                                          Etsy

I hope none of you have to clean up your rooms today. I just can't wait to do mine...

Bacon

Well, this whole orientation business at my University is getting on my nerves...I think most people's nerves. I don't even live on campus and those that do went about today with glazed eyes, hungry for rest, not surprising seeing as they were herded around on a 'treasure hunt' in small groups on a blistering hot day where the raods are so hot you could fry bacon on them...mmm...bacon.

Near the end of the day I met up with my friend, who's also my lift back home, while we waited for our other friend to finish up at her faculty meeting. I had a splitting headache from way too much sun and she was just annoyed at having to wait...and tired, very tired. I was a bit nervous when we climbed into her car later on...

During our hour wait, our conversation pretty much went as follows:

Amy: I'm sooooo tired...
Me: (hysterically giggling) Braaaaaaains...
Amy: Braaaaains....
Me: (coughing till it feels as if my spleen will jump out of my throat) Gah!
Amy: (looking mildly worried) Do you still have that weird asian flu?
Me: :3 (estatic) Yay! You're finally calling it that! (high pitched giggle)

Amy: (edging away)

Me: I can't help it! When I'm really tired I become really weird

Amy: T__T

Me: Okay, more than normally. I'm like a drunk pers...Ack! My eyes! It burrrrrnssss...(I finally collapse into silence...which unfortunately for her doesn't last long)



Braaaaains



On a more interesting note: Check out meekakitty 

who has a..err strange but funny take on vblogging...

She talks to herself 

Not that that's a new thing in my experience. I seem to be my best friend and arch nemesis at the same time...my cat's my sidekick but refuses to take sides. But I'm pretty sure she doesn't even know what's up and down anymore, not after she sort of frothed at the mouth the other day...Hmm...I almost forgot about that.

I had an appointment with Mr Tea today. He promised to take away my headache. He lied

LIES! IT'S ALL LIIIIES!

PS Thank you for subscribing, Anneline. I neeeeed more subscribers! More!

Impatient

I've just realised that by only introducing myself in the previous blog I haven't really given anyone ANY reason much to follow me. Who would follow someone with only one (pretty useless) post? Or maybe I'm just being impatient...I mean I only started this blog today so I should wait my turn (nervous eye twitch)

Now these are bloggers to follow. I've had the imponderable joy of watching charlieissocoollike. So, this (above) is my favourite blogger(vblogger?) in the world, Charlie. Here's his youtube site with all his quirky videos about the random/fun stuff he does and says: charlieissocoollike

Another blogger everyone should get to know. She's hilarious and will get you hooked at the first read:
http://www.hyperboleandahalf.com/

For anyone who has the time to spare this is my deviantart page where I post some of my art:
My art
And this is my mibba page where I post some of my writing:
stories!


Now there are four extradordinary links for you to click on and enjoy. So, enjoy!

Posh introductions

Yay! I have introduced myself!  

On this blog I will post random snippets of UF(AKA Useless Facts), rant and rave about life in general, talk about art and books, show you some of my fabulous(halfway decent) art and try to amuse or entertain you in mystical ways I'm as yet uncertain of.

This is Mr Tea, he's my favourite friend:

He's usually not all there, if you know what I mean, so his appearances will be rare.

Please say hello!