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...
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
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.
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.
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.
Friday, February 4, 2011
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!
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...
PS I eat sushi without the fish, just FYI. Nori counts as seafood right? Right???
GLOOOOOSH! Taking pets to vet! About time.
Ciao!
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