Hey guys ^_^ So if you didn't already know, I'm doing my sitting this week on Saturday (tomorrow). So here's the link again: http://www.facebook.com/events/268130343261909/
So I'll be there from 12-6pm, just sitting there, twiddling my fingers. So if you're in the city, or if you love me very much and are willing to make the trip there to visit me, I would love to see you ^_____^ If you're busy that's fine. I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing there, if I'm really just sitting there watching people go into the gallery, or am I meant to explain the pieces to them..? (hope not because I have no fricking clue what they mean >.>) I figure I'll just bring my ds, maybe a book to read, and if I can find any homework I can do that doesn't require any programs or internet that'd be good. I really need a laptop that works =/ It's really inconvenient not having a laptop to work on sometimes.. And I really do miss using Windows :( Wonder when was the last time I used it..? And I was such a big Windows supporter too.... Definitely need to fix this when I have some money to burn.
But yes, please visit me tomorrow if you can! ^_____^

Busy Busy

So the last few days have been interesting. Yesterday, I had my first exhibition! Just to clarify, this is not just for me xD It's just a selected few works that my film teacher and some fine arts teacher chose to exhibit. So the short clip that me and my friends did got the opportunity to show it to the public! ><" So around 6pm we went into Screen Space (the place where the exhibit is held) and watched the few works on display. In total, there are 6 works? Plus one live performance work. A lot of these works are really out there, to be honest, I still don't really get them. I watched them all at least three times, but still doesn't make much sense. A lot of people turned up, a lot more than I expected. Which was pretty awesome =D=D My friend's families came along, which felt a bit awkward because I had no one with me. That was my own decision though I guess, I never told my parents about it, and even if they did come, they wouldn't understand any of it. But anyway, at the start I got interrogated by my friend's dad o.O He literally kept asking me questions about the video, and I'm looking at my other friend to help me out ><" I mean, for our piece, we really didn't really have much of a purpose- we just wanted to make a film that was..funny? But eventually that ended and we ended up watching all the vids again. Lol this might sound a tad obnoxious, but I felt kind of popular that night ><" I wore a dress yesterday, thinking that I should at least look nice for my first( and probably last) exhibition. Guys are so superficial like that >.> At uni we don't really talk that much, but suddenly you have a lot to say? =.=" It was kind of nice though because I've been feeling so low, so it was nice to have a confidence boost.
Unfortunately I still have to commit to the exhibition, which we found out on the night =/ They want us to do 3 six hour sittings, preferably separate till the end of the exhibit. Really inconvenient seeing as I have 4/5 days I'm at uni. And I would prefer to have the whole weekend to do homework. So at the moment it looks like I'll have to do the Saturday shifts, which I'll have to confirm with the rest of my group. If anyone is free, please visit me! :D:D Here's the event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/268130343261909/
After that we went to the pancake parlour for dinner, although more like dessert for me><" In the end I couldn't finish it, only eating about 1/3 of the Bavarian apple pancake. I think I was a little put off by one of the videos ^^" Overall it ended on a good note, despite the crazy rain. \

TODAY> FEELING WEIRD. Today I had anatomical drawing. During the first half hour, we watched this guy torture himself. Some of it was rather cringe worthy. There was him, half naked, crawling across a floor of glass because it looked like "stars". Him getting shot by his friend in the arm. Another video of him, trying to breathe water for several minutes. These videos are like something you'd watch in an art film or something (which I guess it essentially is), but I've always thought of it as acting- that it isn't real, just a show. It kind of scares me what people are willing to do for the sake of art. Like killing animals just to take pictures of it for example. I don't know if that's true, but I wouldn't be too surprised :/
After that, we proceeded to draw. After half an hour of that, we had a chance to see a cadaver. I had a quick think about it, wondering if I should go or not. I decided to go because it would be a good chance to take a look. I don't know if I regret it or not. It all felt quite surreal until you could smell the stench. The smell. I can still imagine that rancid smell unfortunately. I did my best to not inhale too much, else I think it would have gotten to me. The cadavers are apparently stored for 6 months or so before they're allowed to be dissected. The skin looked quite yellow, tad withered away. Like I said, it felt quite surreal. I sort of imagined it as a plastic life like model of the body. Or maybe something like Ron Mueck. But not really real. This also got me thinking about if I died, what would I want to do with my body? It's not the first time I've thought about it though. Donate it? Bury it? Cremate it? I don't suppose a lot of people our age really think about stuff like this. Honestly, it kind of creeps me out too.
But yes, last few days have been..interesting.

Tidal wave of homework

Sheesh... currently just finished second week of uni, and I've already gotten heaps of work =/ I was seriously disappointed when I showed my storyboards to the class on Monday, to get a less than enthusiastic response. That is not to say my ideas were amazing or anything, but no one really got what I was trying to do. I think one of the problems was that people did not read my storyboard, and the fact that what I'm trying to do is more visual so people could not visualize how I intended it to be. That is the fault of the teacher if you ask me, he did say black and white >.> So he asked me to redo my storyboards with colours, which I just finished one -.-" My procrastinating ways will never end. But anyway, on top of that, I have to create animatics, basically the storyboard in time with the music. I'm supposed to only choose one, but I think I'll have to do it for all three of my storyboards because I don't know which idea to choose for my final. I didn't really get constructive feedback besides people not getting how my storyboards related to my moodboards. Grrrrrrr.
Besides feeling pissed off for that subject, I'm a little worried for my anatomical drawing class. I did not realise this actually involved a project, I just assumed we'd be drawing for the whole semester. Apparently not =/ Let's see... have to come up with an idea about the anatomy and body based on philosophy, history, spiritually, culturally and scientific knowledge. The final outcome can be anything- painting, video, performance etc. Damn it. I thought this subject was going to be more technical, learn body parts and how they work etc. I didn't think it'd be this wish washy art crap. I wanted to get away from trying to be creative and coming up with ideas for once =.= But no, now I have to create some sort of folio on some idea possibly on some topic I won't like. Like looking up some morbid images of decapitated heads or something >.>
Ok ok.. I think I've procrastinated enough. Finish those damn storyboards/animatics Mei!!

Game of Thrones

I just finished watching the first season of Game of Thrones. It is good as everyone else says. At first I couldn't really get into it, but a few episodes in, it gradually got better. Ending was good ^^ It had a lot of sex in it though, so if any of you guys plan to watch it, avoid parentals x'D I had to lower my volume to avoid family hearing certain sounds ><" But yes, go watch it if you can!

You know when you spot your own habits, but can't change them? I've known a few of my habits for quite a while, but still have not been able to stop them. Which is why I we call them habits I guess. I often bite my lips, which is a very bad habit, cos my lips get all dried =/ Do you guys have bad habits?

So, recently everyone has been talking about Joesph Kony. Sorry to bring it up again to all those who are sick of it already. Admittedly, I kind of fell on the bandwagon with sharing the viral video. I wasn't doing it because of the craze, but I was just supporting the idea. I admit I should have done my research beforehand, without mindlessly sharing the video. I first saw the video on this dA artist I follow, who is known to be an environmental activist, and I generally love what she has to say^__^ But later she posted saying that she hadn't done her research which led me to new info on the whole Invisible Children. Ok, so maybe the whole organisation is a bit screwed. Fair enough for those who are against the organisation. But I still think it's amazing how far this one idea has spread. It's nice to see when people fight for a cause on such a global scale. Although, a lot of these people are probably like me who have been misinformed about certain facts eg. where the money goes, the fact that invisible children support Uganda's army who also commit crimes such as rape etc. I guess generally, it's a sham. However, the fact that people are trying to be less ignorant of issues such as this is a start.

Yesterday's class was interesting. I had anatomical drawing at Clayton, not my usual campus. So I decided to travel a different route rather than getting to Caulfield and taking a bus to Clayton, which would take an extra half hour or so. Didn't realise I should have taken a bus to shoppo, so I missed the bus that was right in front of me, which I could have taken. Ended up waiting in the cold for a while. Eventually managed to catch a bus to shoppo, then Box hill, which ended in the longest waiting I've ever done (since the intro of the smartbuses) in a bloody wind tunnel. It's not even supposed to be that cold, but waiting at the bus stop there sucks. Eventually arrived at Clayton on a packed bus, didn't realise it was such a long bus ride :/ Frantically texting to other friends saying I wouldn't be on time, but turns out I was the first to arrive there. Already 5 min late to lecture. Decide to go try looking for class in Clayton. Ultimately get confused so I head back to the bus stop to wait for friends. Eventually when they both arrive, we're already half an hour late. We go looking for our room to find it empty. So we decide to wait for the next class, trying to peek in and see if it was our class. We walked around a few times unsure if we were in the right place, so we checked the other side. Then we overhear a convo with another girl who is lost, and it just so happens that the class was in the room we were initially at the first time round. =.=" I think they were looking around the other room which we'll be in for drawing. But yes. Tutor/lecturer is interesting. I'm sort of thinking psychopath at the moment, and perhaps the rest of the class because this class seems a lot more morbid than I thought it would be. When people start to say how some organ is beautiful or whatever, kind of creeps me out a bit. I honestly thought this class would involve just drawing, but apparently not. Some reason there will be a more philosophical approach? I dunno.
*disclaimer- don't continue reading if you feel squeamish about body parts and stuff

So eventually we go to the other room, which is filled with parts of bodies in 'pots'. For obvious reasons, photography is not allowed. So far, the class was not really what I expected, but it's still kind of interesting. The room is shared with med students, so it'll be interesting to see what they get up to. This class also gives the chance for us to see the med students dissecting cadavers (if we want), which would be a great opportunity to examine the structure of the body, but it's definitely more confronting. I'm still tossing up on whether or not I could do it. Like the teacher said, seeing separate body parts is different to seeing the whole thing. It's already morbid enough to see parts of the body contained (like this hand my friend was drawing.. either side of the hand was cut, so on the side view, with the little skin left, you could see the hairs on it...D:) but seeing a whole body, dealing with the smell... I'm not sure if I could do it. It's amazing how media has constantly bombard us with images of death/blood etc, yet it's totally different in real life. But I think this class will be a real eye opener (no pun intended), and I could learn lots from it.