Summing it up
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Og la meg sitte i fred
For varmen er på en måte litt varmere
På Børs café
People are running all around me preparing for the prince's arrival, and there's many hours left (six, to be excact) before the guy comes. So far I've taken a shower for His Royal Highness, and later I plan to put on a bit of makeup for His Royal Highness, and then perhaps my black hoodie for His Royal Highness. I will not wear a skirt. Since we're supposed to have a fake class meeting where he'll conveniently pass by at the exact time of my poetry reading, I see no reason to tart myself up.
I've actually been losing sleep over this (not the prince arriving and me reading some poetry, but what I'm supposed to feel about all this) and last night I think I figured it out. I have no dear feelings about the royal family. They've never done me any good. They're just a family, like any other, but with less work and more pretty clothes. But; I reckon this might be my closest proximity to a history book in my lifespan, so why not use it?
So yeah, the reading is on.
Actually, I'm equally excited about Snooky coming down today. Marie pointed out when she saw my daily planner, that I had written "Crown prince arrives at 16.00" and then "Snooky arrives at 20.00" in much bigger letters. That sums it up, I think.
Actually, me and Snooky had a bit of a tiff last weekend, and I hate arguing over the phone. We sorted it out eventually, but since we're both feeling a bit shaky and raw I decided to invite him up over the weekend to get back to our status quo.
Talking about doing things this week, I've been toying around with this new drawing program I stumbled upon, ArtRage. It's nice to work with since the colours act like real paint, but a bit of a bother when you have to use a mouse. You can get some nice work done, though, if you've just got an assload of hours to spare. And I did.
After abusing the "trace" feature mercilessly, I did a painted rendition of everybody's favourite OH SHI- picture:
It isn't finished yet (those daleks looks way too wonky) but I guess I'll never be. I finally got the heavyness on the scarf right (not too difficult with a trace tool - duh) and fabrics are a real joy to work with. Faces I hate. All the faces I've attempted to use in ArtRage looks like papier maché masks. Ugh.
You got the swing of things done in a few hours - my first attempt pn his trousers looked horrible, but when I redid them in the end I was much more pleased ("redid his trousers", gigglesnort).
Fabrics are wheee! And yes, I'm developing an obsession with drawing Tom Baker, let's not mention that.
Og la meg sitte i fred
For varmen er på en måte litt varmere
På Børs café
People are running all around me preparing for the prince's arrival, and there's many hours left (six, to be excact) before the guy comes. So far I've taken a shower for His Royal Highness, and later I plan to put on a bit of makeup for His Royal Highness, and then perhaps my black hoodie for His Royal Highness. I will not wear a skirt. Since we're supposed to have a fake class meeting where he'll conveniently pass by at the exact time of my poetry reading, I see no reason to tart myself up.
I've actually been losing sleep over this (not the prince arriving and me reading some poetry, but what I'm supposed to feel about all this) and last night I think I figured it out. I have no dear feelings about the royal family. They've never done me any good. They're just a family, like any other, but with less work and more pretty clothes. But; I reckon this might be my closest proximity to a history book in my lifespan, so why not use it?
So yeah, the reading is on.
Actually, I'm equally excited about Snooky coming down today. Marie pointed out when she saw my daily planner, that I had written "Crown prince arrives at 16.00" and then "Snooky arrives at 20.00" in much bigger letters. That sums it up, I think.
Actually, me and Snooky had a bit of a tiff last weekend, and I hate arguing over the phone. We sorted it out eventually, but since we're both feeling a bit shaky and raw I decided to invite him up over the weekend to get back to our status quo.
Talking about doing things this week, I've been toying around with this new drawing program I stumbled upon, ArtRage. It's nice to work with since the colours act like real paint, but a bit of a bother when you have to use a mouse. You can get some nice work done, though, if you've just got an assload of hours to spare. And I did.
After abusing the "trace" feature mercilessly, I did a painted rendition of everybody's favourite OH SHI- picture:
It isn't finished yet (those daleks looks way too wonky) but I guess I'll never be. I finally got the heavyness on the scarf right (not too difficult with a trace tool - duh) and fabrics are a real joy to work with. Faces I hate. All the faces I've attempted to use in ArtRage looks like papier maché masks. Ugh.
You got the swing of things done in a few hours - my first attempt pn his trousers looked horrible, but when I redid them in the end I was much more pleased ("redid his trousers", gigglesnort).
Fabrics are wheee! And yes, I'm developing an obsession with drawing Tom Baker, let's not mention that.
