UH HUH THAT'S RIGHT ... SHIT

Facebook is becoming less and less about personal expression and more and more about the convenience of online connection. Statuses used to be fun, commenting lighthearted and your 'friends' were actually your friends. Now I log on to check upcoming events (that I probably won't attend), forgotten birthdays and admin related notifications (group work, group work and more group work). If I want to "express" myself it's censored according to what a potential employer might think or how all my non-friend friends might misinterpret my sarcasm. I wonder if it's even possible for a social media platform (that includes your name and face) to be without unwanted peeping, prying and stalking.

Also, I'd like to learn French. When I went to Paris (I wonder how Arnaud / 'Arnu' is doing...), Marin was better at grasping the language than I was. But I managed to perfect 'oui', 'merde' and counting up to 6. At least it's a start.   

Current procrastination (besides paint): watching Melissa A. Fabello YouTube videos. I'm not big into YouTube channels let alone people babbling on about their personal perspectives to an imaginary audience [although this is obviously ironic and hypocritical] but Melissa is well articulated and effortlessly debunks media myths. 

   

YES

Brand Challenge has officially begun. Oh, and I'm studying at Vega this year. (google it, they've recently relaunched their website)

WHY DO I ALWAYS LET MYSELF FALL...

... in love? 

Here is a selection of teenage Rebecca's paint collection (as previously promised). They make me giggle. It is funny how I haven't changed much. Right now I should be doing "my homework". 

FRUITY

Sometimes there are times when I get annoyed. And it is an overwhelming emotion. But luckily it's not all the time. 

WOMAN

The http://pixlr.com/editor/ is pretty cool. It is a bit of a cheat because it is more like photoshop than ms paint but I'd call it a fantastic mashup between the two. The brush options are awesome. I drew a naked woman because drawing boobs and curves with a sketchy tool is a lot of fun.  I made another rather depressing one (of a woman's body) with thick dark "ink". It became fairly intense after I blacked out her face and emphasized her boobs. The "paint" included in this post may or may not be better but I like it more. Speaking of "artistic" responses to feminism, I had a good chuckle at this confusedcatsagainstfeminism tumblr. 

SILVER

My internet connection at home is still unreliable and inconsistent. Besides needing to post a new post for my trusty followers (which, I'm sorry, I do not care much about because this blog is more for me than it is for you and I scribble only when I truly want to) ... I was craving to PAINT! But my varsity computers are all Macs so unfortunately (but fortunately) there is no MS Paint application. This lead to a very successful and speedy Google investigation which discovered THIS AMAZING ONLINE PAINT EQUIVALENT and subsequently I produced this cool semi-psychedelic pic for today! [side note: why are all 'psy' or 'phy' words so difficult to spell?! There is always a silent and confusing 'h', or 'ae' or 'qxfgyyjiii'.]

BEDTIME

slow / non-existent internet = posts aren't uploaded when they're made [This post is about 2 weeks old but I think it's one of my favourites]. 

I've been making paints since I was a preteen. I found endless folders on my external hard drive that were filled with bright ms paint doodles. I'll upload a selection the next time the internet behaves so there's something you can look forward to.

But for now, good night.