BLUEGREY

I've been working working working on an online portfolio/website. It's so nearly done!

EYES AND A MOUTH

It's amazing how much character is added to an inanimate object (or in this case, an MS Paint) with just two eyes and a mouth. Today's a bit gloomy in Cape Town. I think I might be getting a cold.

BIRD COLUMNS

Piet showed me this book filled with beautiful hand drawn architectural drawings from the days before modernism. No architect can draw like that anymore but, I decided to try. With obvious inadequacies. I've entitled the work 'Bird Columns in Lime Green Room'.  And to be honest, I think they could look awesome in real life - skwonky sides and all. In other news, my boyfriend has his first crush on another girl. Maybe I need to find a crush now too, as a 'counter defence'. I'm picturing a mini gameboy game called 'Attack of the Counter Crushes'. It'll be fun to draw that too sometime.

END OF THE WORLD

Watch this video first: ASK LENA #10: Death.

I wouldn't say my biggest fear is about death, it's rather about the end of the world. I fear the end of the world almost every day whenever I hear a noise that could signify a massive meteor / giant military robots / a world-ending natural disaster. [Fighter jets zooming past are the worst.] It probably sounds totally illogical and ridiculous (especially the movie-drama images that pop into my head). But, as Lena explains, she also considers potential 'last moments alive' and feels cool about it. I agree. It's an exhilarating and heart-pumping sensation. I've always hated high adrenalin sports/activities like roller-coasters, so my 'end of the world' moments are as close as I'll get. And, imagine acutally witnessing the end of the world?! Unless it's an instant explosion that lasts less than a second, it could be cool watching massive balls of fire blast through our atmosphere (or NOT!!!!). 

GRADE 6

Click here: Remembering MS Paint.


In honour of the past:

LOVE TALK

I had a busy weekend. I like busy weekends but I also don't because by the time Sunday evening comes around, I feel unprepared for the working week. But besides feeling tired and sunburnt and just generally over today, the weekend was a good one. I enjoyed dancing like a total weirdo and getting my knees burnt (before I knew they were burning) at Patrick's farm. I enjoyed catching up with B and work working with Sylvan Aztok. I enjoyed drinking champagne and eating almost a whole plate of smoked salmon at the 12 Apostles hotel. I enjoyed birthday Kathryn's tipsy love talk and Jonny's karaoke. Oh, and I even fitted in watching 12 Years a Slave. That movie is filled with some of the most powerful scenes I have ever seen [except for co-producer Brad Pitt's out-of-place cameo].

COOL

I'm busy writing an article about afripedia. They have such a cool website, go check it out. And then go check out my other articles on Between 10 and 5.