Tattoo progress: rough sketchlings.

My baby is being born. Well, it's currently forming in the womb, "but I'm guessing it looks probably like a sea monkey right now and we should let it get a little cuter." Still, isn't it just gorgeous?

Watermarked like crazy, to fend off thieves! This idea is copyright of me, and all artwork is created by the ever wonderful shishah ♥

I would like a pet fox

That I can take for walks and wear as a scarf:

Newest Facebook alteration

'Become a Fan' has been changed to 'Like', and well.. I like it. It allowed me to do this:

Groovin' the Moo 2010

I am officially going to Groovin' the Moo in Townsville! My friend Kahl called and asked if I wanted his free ticket, 'cause all bands that are playing get a free ticket each. So yeah, obviously The Medics are playing, along with Vampire Weekend, British India, Kisschasy, Silverchair, Empire of the Sun, Tegan and Sara, Miami Horror, and a few other bands I don't really care about..

I'M SO EXCITED!

Parcels in the post

"MINCE PIE!!
CHECK YOUR MAIL!
CLOSE YOUR BLINDS!
BUY HOT CHOCOLATE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE OUR FRANKIE SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE HERE!!"

 This is the message I received from my friend Kayla that forced me to go and check my letter box. Inside, I found two parcels and one letter addressed to me. 

 The letter was from the government ("Congratulations on your completion of grade 12, have you considered your options for university?") and the two parcels contained..

 A) The first of my frankie subscriptions, that I'll be receiving upon my doorstep for the rest of the year, free of charge:

  B) My copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:

Later tonight, after I've showered and made myself a cup of chai tea, I'll settle down and get stuck into reading a bit of both ♥

 Oh, and I just wanted to share this photo! On Sunday I went up to Kuranda to visit my aunt, uncle and cousin, and we popped in to mother bear's friend's place to hang out, and she has this enormous dog (quite appropriately) named Bear. He's the sweetest thing in the world and loves a good head scratch, but smells like wet dog. Anyway, yeah. He's gigantic and fluffy, and makes their other dog Barney looks quite small and pathetic in comparison, but Barney makes up for Bear's lack of spasticity by being a mental little mutt. I love them both.

 

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Last night was hectic, and I'll write it up when it's not 2:14 in the morning.

*edit.


Last Friday was insane, to say the least. 

8 - The number of buses we caught that day.
4 - The number of bands we saw live that night.
21 - The number of hours I went without sleep.
3 - The number of lollipops I consumed that night.
83 - The number of dollars I spent that day.

Went op shopping in the afternoon with Kylie and Sailor, and we checked out Kaotika and Crackerbox Palace. 

 At Crackerbox I saw the most amazing portrait of The Beatles in their Sargent Pepper uniforms, and I would have bought it right then and there, if it wasn't priced at $120. What a rip off. Then we made our way out to The Tanks to see if we could buy our tickets to Yves Klein Blue now, and come back later. We weren't allowed, so we went to The Medics gig and stayed just long enough to see Beware Wolf play, then it was time to leave for Yves Klein! They played such an amazing show, I can't believe how excellent they are live. We stuck around to meet them and get some stuff signed, but I was far too nervous to really say anything to Michael Tomlinson. I'm so disappointed with myself! Anyway, Kylie sticker slapped Michael with a Skeg sticker, and we got a photo of him holding up a card. I'll have to upload the video I took of it soon.

I'm crazy in love with that man, which I'm sure isn't normal.

Anyway, after that we ran to the bus stop and caught a bus back to The Medics gig, and caught the end of their show. Waited for everyone to pack up, hung around, organized a lift and went back to Will's place for some drinks. It was fun while it lasted, till he ordered us all to leave, probably 'cause we were so loud. Anyway, the rest of the night was crazy, but here it is in photo form:

The End.

Gakkin

Browsing through flickr, and stumbled across probably my favourite tattoo artist of all time; Gakkin. His work with flowers are some of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, and the colours are so amazing. I'd love to have my tattoo done by him.

He lives in Japan, but I've emailed him asking if he travels. A couple of his paintings have been inspired by Tropical North Queensland, so I'm hoping he's been to Cairns before, and wants to come back .. ? Hopefully. To get a Gakkin tattoo would be an absolute dream ♥

Esty Addicts Anonymous

Could jewelery reach any higher heights of cool, after this?

 

I don't know whether to buy it, or make my own version.. I have all the materials after all.

I might make one with one of my filigree settings ♥

Cute and Creepy

Today was so lovely, I could feel it first thing this morning. As soon as I got to the bus stop, I looked up and saw the bus pulling in. The bus driver was super nice, made a joke about pocketing my change (it's a joke if he says it with a smile and a laugh, right?) and told me to have a good day. Later on, he saw a lady running down her road towards the main road, waving her hands at the bus, and the bus driver saw so he pulled over to wait for her. It was so lovely, and put me in such a great mood, I love nice bus drivers. Work was really good, and I spent the afternoon talking to Naomi about good films and Etsy and weird stalker pedos and control Nazi's. Karen (the manager) said something like "Can you both clean up this counter a little bit? You're spreading stuff everywhere-" (we were pricing stock) "-Sorry I'm being such a counter Nazi.." and Naomi said "Well if she's a counter Nazi, I'm a freaking Jew." Hahahahaha I don't know if it was a 'You-had-to-be-there' kind of thing, or if it's 'cause it was the end of the day, but it was probably the most hilarious thing I've ever heard someone say at work.. Aside from Adrian talking to an 11 year old girl (who was wearing a Twilight shirt) about Edward and Jacob, then saying "Oh, I feel like a 15 year old girl again!" Haha! We have a fair few 'Why-the-heck-did-I-say-that!?!' moments, it's great.

After work I went to town to meet up with Kahl and Arruna, and we saw Kick-Ass, and it was great! Seriously, I really liked it. From the trailer it looked like a teen comedy, like Role Models or Hot Rod or something, but it was brutal and bloody, and there were so many head shots.
 

Plus, the lead guy was a super cutie, so even though I paid full price for a ticket (We all thought it was cheap Monday), I didn't complain, 'cause it was well worth it. I'd like to see it again when it comes out on dvd.

When I got home, I found another wonderful Etsy purchase waiting for me! It only cost me $5 something in total. I bought this cute little Dia de los Muertos themed hair bow, and it arrived with a whole extra packet of unexpected treats! I got a magnet, 2 little badges, a sticker and some cards for other Etsy shops, not to mention this rad Zombie Attack Warning postcard (which I will never actually send to anyone. It's mine forever). This day has been so wonderful, and this just topped it off. Thank you, Cute and Creepy!

Thank you, April 12th. You were so lovely to me xx.

Fun soap would make showering a lot more fun!

I actually don't care if it's not even scented, I just really want some of these amazing soaps! They're reasonably priced as well, for an average of about $4 a piece. I really need to sort out my spendings and budget, otherwise I'm not going to be able to afford university.. Etsy keeps me broke.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LoveLeeSoaps

"Budgie, going cheep!"

I love dad jokes, I really do. Even though at the time I groan and usually say something along the lines of "oh, how could you!", secretly, deep down, I'm rubbing my hands together and savoring the sense of humor my dad (thinks he) has. This morning he dropped me off at the bus stop, and he shared with me, this little delight. 

*Note, I didn't know he was telling a joke at the time. This is how the game is usually played.

"I ahh.. read an ad in the paper this morning. A guy is selling a budgie, "Cage and all, going cheep". "

"Was that a joke?"

*Dad chuckles to himself.

"Budgies don't even go 'cheep', they go 'scraww!' .. When did you make up this little joke?"

"When I was eating breakfast."

I've also been talking to this beautiful artist, who has agreed to draw up my tattoo design, for a relativly decent price! I'm so ecstatic, check out her lovely work:

http://shishah.deviantart.com

I also started tie-dying my shirt today. I did it black, but it turned out grey-purple 'cause I had already dyed another piece of clothing before it. Oh well, I'm sure the pink, green and blue dye I'll be using tomorrow will turn out better on it now. I'll have to take a photo of it, I love the patterns so much ♥

I'm glad the weather has started to cool down. Spending days outside is actually quite enjoyable now.

Listography!

Discovered a very neat little website today:
http://listography.com/rubytuesday

I've always loved writing lists, and now there's a whole website about it! I'm very happy with this progression in technology.

I found this on my friend Emily's page. It was under the list 'People: What They've Taught Me'

I miss her a lot.

I finally got it!

Yeaaah! A year's subscription to frankie magazine :3 That's a saving of $4.50 a month, rock on!

Thank you Janelle, and Kayla ♥

Painting with Fireworks

People will never cease to surprise me with their innovative ways of creating new art. This seems really risky, but has the potential to create some mind blowing paintings (paintings? I don't really know what you'd call them..), and these ones here just seem like the beginning of a wonderful portfolio, which I will definitely be following. Painting with fireworks, by Rosemarie Fiore:

The colours are so amazing! I wish I could create blends like that without fireworks.. I'm afraid I'll blow my arm off if I come within one meter of a box of fireworks..