Good evening!

Hello people of the Internet! I had no news until I looked at that little news thing on MSN messenger.... Some guy swallowed a lit cigarette.... Tasty?

It has just hit me that being 18 actually means that you're technically an 'adult' and therefore are expected to act like one... From one day to the next.. (I know, my birthday was almost 3 months ago.. Still.) I keep forgetting this and often find myself in situations where I'm not exactly sure how to act anymore.. Or rather, how I am supposed to act... Man, this should come with a user manual or something! I'm kidding. Whatever, maybe I'll get used to this 'adult' business, maybe I wont... I actually hope I wont. I don't need to become more cynical than I already am, and I certainly don't need (nor do I want) to become the boring, lifeless 'individual' (by which I mean sheep) I have seen almost everyone else become.

Here's another question.. Should I get back into AIM? I haven't used it in years and don't remember my password, or user name for that matter...nor am I any longer acquainted with the people I used to speak to on there. It's almost a crying shame, but when I really think about it, I guess that it isn't.

I think I will leave it at that for now. That shift I had this morning really drained me, or perhaps it was that 15 minute walk in the sun on the way home from the bus stop. Warm weather really tires me out.

Peace. Unity.

News

Not really. I do have an exam tomorrow.. and two assignments due in the day after that. Perhaps I should be doing some homework...Or perhaps I already am. My hands feel really uncoordinated today, does anyone else ever get that? Fingers are just going in all the wrong places. I tried playing some basic guitar scales earlier today, and it just did not happen. It's not to say that I haven't practiced in a while, because I've been practicing every day (or second day..depending on how late I get home from classes/work on certain days)... Strange day I'm having. I did paint a relatively good picture today, so I guess that's still working. I tried taking a picture without using the flash, but it came out worse than it did with the flash, so until I have some daylight to work with (and can take a slightly better photograph), I shall share this with you.

Oh look!

I haven't blogged at all this month. Word?

I'd say it is because I have nothing worth while to share. Then again, do I ever?

Currently eating oatmeal... A useless piece of information I could have just as easily posted on twitter...Where it would appear to have been more relevant.

Anyhow, I must leave now before I am late for work.

Peace.

A touch of expression

Here are some (not so good) photos of a few paintings I've done lately.. In fact, one of them I did last night..The other two, the night before last. One of these I believe is the best thing I have ever painted...In a sense. Perhaps not 'technically' but just in the way that it ended up...I can't explain what I mean, but I just love it... I also did all of these 'free hand' or whatever you will call it. Basically, just painted it straight onto the canvas, without having drawn it on in pencil (or whatever) first...So that was somewhat surprising.. In that it worked that well.. Anyway, enough babble.

Damn, am I going to be tired

I have a lecture in Ten hours.. Meaning I have to get up in about 8 hours in order to get there on time... So I should really be in bed already, in order to catch up on the sleep I have missed during the past 4 nights. Oh well. Such is life, I suppose. Does anyone want to trade places with me? I think the class is called Visual Art and Culture in the Modern Age (I hope it's not anything like Representing Visual Culture from last semester, but with a name like that....) After that I need to go to a hardware store (again!?) and buy 5 linear metres of timber for Sculpture on Tuesday. Like they couldn't have told us this in advance? (The email with this information got sent out on Friday... I don't check my University email that often, but I did on Thursday; nothing important then)... They give us 4 days to get these materials? They've had six weeks to inform us of what crap we need to bring with us. My drawing instructor (or whatever you call them?) did the same thing, but luckily I already have (most of) the supplies for that class. We need gouache though. I hate gouache, with a passion. Kill me now. No, don't. I'm going to bed. Let us hope I will get a reasonable amount of sleep. Good night.

P.S. Who else doesn't want to go back to school? Haha...

Here it is.

A slightly better photograph.

Insert witty title here.

Just like I said, here's a photo of the painting I've been working on. I think it's finished, by which I mean that I'm 90% sure I'm happy with it. It's still wet, so I'll take a better photo of it when it is dry and I can put it somewhere that will allow me to take a photo of it without all of the shine...And perhaps also when it isn't dusk and I have some natural light to work with, rather than flash.