Weird Day

Well, this is post number two of today, which I don't normally do, but I just feel like blogging.

Today was...weird. As I mentioned this morning, I was dead tired from my night last night, but I didn't think it would throw my whole day off like it did. I couldn't quite pick out what went wrong, but I think I just had one of those days where I'm a little off which makes me paranoid and frustrated. As soon as I got to work everything just felt tense, or something, I don't know.

Sometimes I feel like everyone is mad or annoyed with me, for some reason that I can't figure out. I'm sure that's not the case, but it's just that feeling of isolation that I hate. If I get the slightest hint of this sinking feeling, I start to blow it way out of proportion and I myself am the worst for putting myself down. It's so bad, and I know I shouldn't do it, but it's just the way I react to things. I start feeling shitty about myself, and it makes things worse. It doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it sucks.

I'm feeling a bit better now that I just ranted a bit. Thank you blog, I can always count on you! I think I might take a quick nap just to get that extra bit of sleep in there. Tomorrow is another day, and it will be a better day.

The Photo Shoot

I did it! I did my first photo shoot! And it was so much fun, but sooo tiring. I don't know how people do it everyday. I even had the whole sha-bang: make-up artist, stylist, and photographer. I brought my own dress, it was the whitest thing I own (after all, this was a bridal shoot).

After the formal bridal look, which took 5 minutes to shoot, we did something a bit more fun. Ben made my make-up a little crazier, and Jeannette (I hope thats her name?) made my hair bigger and zig-zagier (yes, zig zags!), and we went to town! Well, actually this was all in Ben's living room, but he had the coolest props to work with. I posed with a guitar, a skull (while sitting in a fuzzy red fabric covered chair), a taxidermy rat, 'wine' (we didn't have actual wine, so it was food coloured water), antlers, a full body skeleton, and more with the red fuzzy fabric (which we called a dead Elmo skin). It was exactly what I had hoped! There were so many awesome shots, and some shots were just silly. I laughed a lot, so I'd say the majority were of me, well, laughing, or making strange faces. But it was all in good fun, and they were happy with the result, so yay!

Hopefully Ben will be sending me a good chunk of pictures, (there were over 600 I think, and they only choose 30!), so I will post those when I get them! I did take a picture of the make-up and hair (or what was left of it) last night before taking it off, so you will get to see that now. Just a fair warning; I was dead tired and some of the make-up smudged and the hair mostly fell out when I took the picture, so the actual photos look much better!

Well, now after a very short night's sleep, I have to get ready for work! I really hope I get to do this again! It was so much fun!

Shots and Milk Tiger

Today I did pretty much a whole lot of nothing, but I slept in due to a late night of karaoke. Yes, karaoke again. And this time I even sang-by myself. I know! Crazy! But we went to a random little bar far out on the other side of the city called Shots, and it was a bunch of older (but very talented) karaoke-rs, so I mustered up some courage to sing in front of people I will probably never see again. It felt great! Once you do it a couple times, it gets less scary. And I used to be one of those people who refused to sing, even with other people! Although, I won't sing by myself at a bar where I know a lot of people. Nooo way! It's just so much more nerve racking, people judge you (or at least it feels like it), and if you do screw up they are more likely to make fun of you. That's just how I feel about it anyway. But, you know, baby steps. But I really wish I had a video of me singing, that would be something. Ha!

And tonight I went to a little cozy lounge/bar called Milk Tiger with Gwen. I have never been there before, and I have to say, I really enjoyed it! It is so small, but very inviting, and they have excellent food. Like, the Belgian waffle with vanilla ice cream and syrup that I had! Yum! Seriously, the fluffiest, and tastiest thing I have ever had. It was well worth the $6! I also drank so much water, I feel like I might explode. But that's good, right? Lots of water? Maybe not the exploding part. Very messy.

Well, tomorrow is my first photo shoot type thing! A friend of mine is in school to become a make-up artist, and he needs someone (moi) to pose for a bridal look. So, wish me luck! I'm sure it will be fun, I have aways wanted to try it. I just hope I can do a good job!

Most delicious thing. Ever. Nom!

Adventures in Paper Folding

So tonight was step one in the experimental 'bucket list' that my friends and I have created. (By the way, this isn't something that really pertains to us dying someday, these are just things that we want to do in general. I call it a bucket list because I'm not sure what else to call it! Got it? Good. Ok, let's carry on.)

The first thing on our list was to learn some origami. And let me tell you off the bat, it's not as easy as it seems, and it makes you really really tired after a while. And sometimes, things just don't make any sense, and suddenly your rabbit looks more like a llama. But, it's all a part of the experience, and in good fun. So here are a few pictures of the things we made, with the descriptions of what they are to follow (and trust me, you might need to read the descriptions!)...

Gwen and her fox.

My rabbit and I.

Kelsey, her squid and friends.

Rabbits!

A dog...box. The hardest thing to make.

Giraffes!

The whole gang!

Squid and clams!

Foxes! And I made a nine tail fox for kicks.

Crows!

Um. Cacti! Yes, I know..

Jumping frogs! Kelsey's kept doing a head stand,

and Gwen's didn't even jump.

And that was our origami experience! And if you asked me to re-make any of these, I probably wouldn't remember how. Too many folds, too many lines. But it was fun! I'm not sure what's next on our list, but Gwen is going on tour for awhile so we might not get back to it until she's back. So until then, buenas noches!

One Hundred

I just realized, or rather, my dashboard informed me, that this is my 100th post! My little blog, all grown up. How exciting! Quite frankly, I wasn't to sure if it would even get this far. Turns out, it did. I really like blogging, even if I have nothing interesting to say, it still feels nice to write/type something down. Plus, if there are any people out there that read this, I like to share my little life with you. It will get very exciting one day, I swear!

The aforementioned 'bucket list' actually is a go! We're getting together tomorrow to commence our mass knowledge journey. And what better way to do so other than learning Origami? I don't know! But it will be fun! There will be pictures and posts to follow, so don't worry your pretty little heads.

There really wasn't much point to this post other than to announce this wonderful milestone. So, I've decided to take an honorary picture of, what else, another mug! Yup, that's right, one more mug to add to the collection. Only, this one is much cooler. See, the Cheshire Cat disappears-yes, disappears-when you add anything hot. Because it's an Alice in Wonderland mug! I love it! Genius.

Curiouser and curiouser!

Our Sort-of-bucket-list

While sitting around with my two good friends last night, we have decided to make a list of things that we didn't know how to do, but wanted to learn how. We thought it would be cool if we got together once a week and tried something new, just for the sake of trying things out. So we compiled all of our ideas (from the simple to the outrageous) into one list, and oh boy is it ever a long list. Just think of how knowledgeable we will be after learning so may things!

Unfortunately, I do not have the list, my friend Kelsey does, but I would like to try to remember some of the things that I came up with, so bare with me here. Let's see...

Origami, bake a delicious cake from scratch, build a robot (yes, a real one! sort of!), velvet paintings, organize an art show, cross country ski, make a quilt, sew clothes from scratch, learn another language (not sure which one..), magic tricks, archery, and much much more.

There are endless possibilities, but we were thinking more of crafty things that are either free or inexpensive. But there are definitely some things that are a long-term commitment, but could be worth a shot! I actually really hope we try some of these things, if not all. It's time we start living life to the fullest and not just focus on one thing our whole lives.

Riblits

I worked on two rib pieces this week, and both clients were huge troopers. They sat through a few hours, although the end was a little tough, they got through it without too much squirming!

I'm supposed to draw some flash for the studio, just for something for those undecisive customers I guess. I don't 100% agree with displaying flash, but if it will give people some ideas then sure why not. I'm going to try to make them somewhat original and easy to change to keep them unique to every person. At least it will brighten up the place!