Deadlines not approaching...

My new goal is to have The Norse Myths finished by tomorrow. Then I can write a bit about The Vagrant as death and throw my Loki quips in there like I wanted to. And then, perhaps, I'll move onto Grimm or Le Morte D'Arthur.

Oh, and I finally took a photo of the King of Nothingness painting. Hurrah.
My professor didn't quite know what to think and then got mad at me when I wouldn't explain the character--don't ask me an open-ended question like "What is it?" and expect a pretentious five-minute answer. If you want one of those, ask a better question.

Ooh, and if I get some writing done and the reading that had better be done, I will probably reward myself with some Prince Caspian. That is, if I can even get into the movie this weekend.

So, I must go finish reading up on Odin and Loki, and I'll HOPEFULLY do some writing before bed. Perhaps I'll join Novel in 90 again this summer--it helped fantastically for the first part of last year...

Crazy people lead hectic lives.

It's been pretty hectic lately. I dropped my Japanese Media thesis, as it just flopped on every end. I think I'll still write it, but perhaps more as an independent study project than my thesis. Instead, I'm now working on a project called The Suits, which takes "The King of Nothingness" mythos, and turns it into a gradiose, full-fledged mythology. And the gods are based on face cards.

I don't know how it works either, but I'm jumping on the ride anyway.

Let's see. I've finished a painting since the last post, which is based upon some stationary I remember seeing in Powells once.
The poem on it reads:
Can you fit my soul
Into a sheet of paper?
Caged in thin white fury,
and bleeding
Inky whispers of sincerity.

Also, I went to a Gerard Way comic-book signing this week, as the Portland Mayor has deemed April "Comic Book Month," which is pretty much rad. I live in a city that dedicates a month to nerddom. WIN AT LIFE.
For those of you who don't know, Gerard Way wrote a comic called the Umbrella Academy. Oh, and he sings for a little band called My Chemical Romance. Y'know, just to put this in context. BTW: Those roses were for his birthday (which was the next day/yesterday), and were being given to him by the first 24 people in line (I feel special for sitting in line all day).

And the school dance was pretty rad, unless, of course, the music and the VJ are taken into context. Some days, I swear I should drop my English major, and go into deejaying. I'd be much better at it than some of these people. I don't care if he has music videos to accompany the song--I cannot dance to rap for 3 hours straight. *sigh* But watching a group of 50 people flailing around, trying to dance to "Thriller" was fantastic.

Does this mean we're just too young, and wish we weren't? How sad it that?

We March in the Rain, Sun, and Hail?

The peace rally on the 15th went rather well--except for the hail storm. There was 20 minutes of sun, to which Zach said, "This is a sign that God wants us to march." Either he was spited, or he didn't beware the Ides of March, for the sun didn't last. But it went well, and we giggled at the onlookers, like the Scientologists. The marchers didn't respond well to the well-wishes of the Scientologists, actually. I didn't mind, as the more people who agree with us the better--who cares what their religion is?


Me, Maria, and Christina do the "Hippie." This was taken right before the march, and the rain.

It was a pretty awesome day. Afterward, we got Zach plastered, as it was his 21st birthday, and we went to see Funny Games which was just...special. Zach called it "torture porn" at first, but then decided against it, as he overanalyzed, and stated then that it was "postmodernism." *Eyeroll*

I finished a new painting too. I think I've been favoring abstract, but despite that, I think this one turned out pretty damn well. It's edging a little on Hellsing fanart, but really, any other color of eye would have clashed badly with the maroon "Rising Sun." I think I'll do a typewriter for the next project. XD


I got to do my FIRST PUBLIC READING on Thursday too. And it went rather well. Reception was pretty damn good for such a dark piece (and on a "conservative Christian campus" to boot. I must seem like the Antichrist sometimes...). I read "King of Nothingness." Woot. People laughed at the gag, so at least I did something right. WOOHOO!

Unproductive!

Today, I planned to go downtown and take a trip around Powells to work on my thesis. Instead I had to sit around and wait to go grocery shopping (which I abhore). I got home around 4, and was left with my day gone. Crap.

I have a ton of homework to get to, so I don't have tomorrow to take a trip. I may anyway. *sigh* I have that paper on my field trip from last weekend...and that paper on the Exxon Valdez. UGH. This science class usurps all of my time, and it blows.

OH GOD, and that painting...I should probably work on that now, actually....

Now that it's midnight. Fun.

And the Nerd-of-the-Week Award Goes To...

40,000 WORDS. Nocturnal Melee is now 10,000 words ahead of its last draft, and I still haven't gotten to the end fight scene. OMG I'm so happy!!

I've been quite the little busy nerdling these last few days. I went to painting today, hoping to be able to finish the dice painting, only to find out we were doing critiques today. *sigh* At least it was mostly done. I tried to put some finishing thouches on it when I got home, but the table needs to be redone. However, despite this, it still looks DAMN good.

Oh, and for those of you who care, I found a trailer for Coraline. I didn't know this was even in production, but I am very excited. OMG TRAILER (2). Oh, Neil, how I adore your writing. Speaking of, I FINALLY got the right edition of Sandman: The Wake. I have officially finished the series, though I am ashamed it took so long. AND it made me hate my Shakespeare class, because this "Shakespeare was Edward de Vere" ruined the effect of the last arc in the TPB. ARG.

And I've been listening to basically nothing but Katie Gray, Sufjan Stevens, and Regina Spektor for the last week. The indie-feel-good rock is taking over my life. And Ms. Gray (who voices Seras for Hellsing) was awesome enough to reply to me on MySpace. Life is a win, if I don't involve outside drama. And we won't go there right now. I want to feel happy and inspired.