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Of hamster balls, confetti and crowdsurfing horses.
Posted 15 years agoThe other night, my dear roommate, several of his friends, myself and my boyfriend took a once in a lifetime trip to see The Flaming Lips, live in concert at the Edmonton Events Centre. Now, normally I don't post detailed recollections of my concert experiences, BUT...
This concert was OUT OF THIS WORLD. Quote from the fantastic Mr. Wayne Coyne: 'You are the greatest audience! You treat the balloons like they're giant balls from outer space, and the confetti like it just was shot out of a dragon's ass or something!' (Paraphrasing!)
The concert started with a psychedelic background screen of a naked women with the colours inverted and warped, dancing until she finally leaned back and her vagina became a GLOWING SPACE PORTAL. OUT OF WHICH THE BAND MEMBERS WALKED THROUGH. Other images onscreen included a women eating toast and poking eggs while in a swimming pool, a woman in glasses singing to Do You Realize?? with colourful orange glowing spheres passing across her face. There was not a single sober person in our group, so the concert is not going to be well described. I remember every inch of it, but could not possibly put everything into words.
There were GIANT colourful balloons and confetti and streamers; the audience bouncing the balloons around the crowd. A streamer somehow wrapped itself around my hand and I still have no real recollection of how it got there. The lead singer climbed into an inflatable hamster ball and rolled around on top of the audience!! At another point he was on the shoulders of someone in a bear costume. There were two people with horse heads on who were crowdsurfing for most of the show (there were SO many people dressed up; two of the people in our group had Cinco du Mayo/Day of the Dead style facepaint on, my roommate had a pink feather boa, his friend had a fluffy turquoise feathery hair...thingy), there was someone dressed in a pink bunny costume (and I went up to him after the show and hugged him! it was the fuzziest, warmest hug I have ever received! <3), during the song Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, two people in pure white outfits, sunglasses, fuzzy white hats (one with pink glowing fuzzy deelyboppers), just walked through the crowd past us. I was mesmerized by the last two especially; I spent a long time staring after them. I even talked to the guy with the pink bouncy headband for awhile after the show!
Afterwards, we all made our way to Blues on Whyte (skeezy looking little place with AMAZING music), and danced and listed to Sonny Rhodes; all of us got a CD signed by him. :D
Disclaimer: Skip if you hate mushy stuff.
One last thing, because for the first time in my life, I have no reason to be self-conscious, no reason to worry about anything, and something amazing happened near the end of the concert that changed my life; even changed the core of my being. They tell you about when you're with someone, and everything else around you just...disappears? Well, it's true.
When the song Do You Realize?? came on, I turned to Drae and we danced. Slowly dancing across the floor, with confetti in our hair, and everything, except for the music and ourselves, melted away. People moved slower and slower until they finally came to a stop. The only ones in the world were Drae and I. Nothing else in the world mattered except to sing that song to the man that has come into my life and changed everything. To look into his beautiful blue eyes and sing from the bottom of my heart and soul, 'do you realize, you have the most beautiful face?', and to be held, really HELD. Our souls leapt from our bodies and joined in the most blissful dance possible.
GOODNIGHT.
This concert was OUT OF THIS WORLD. Quote from the fantastic Mr. Wayne Coyne: 'You are the greatest audience! You treat the balloons like they're giant balls from outer space, and the confetti like it just was shot out of a dragon's ass or something!' (Paraphrasing!)
The concert started with a psychedelic background screen of a naked women with the colours inverted and warped, dancing until she finally leaned back and her vagina became a GLOWING SPACE PORTAL. OUT OF WHICH THE BAND MEMBERS WALKED THROUGH. Other images onscreen included a women eating toast and poking eggs while in a swimming pool, a woman in glasses singing to Do You Realize?? with colourful orange glowing spheres passing across her face. There was not a single sober person in our group, so the concert is not going to be well described. I remember every inch of it, but could not possibly put everything into words.
There were GIANT colourful balloons and confetti and streamers; the audience bouncing the balloons around the crowd. A streamer somehow wrapped itself around my hand and I still have no real recollection of how it got there. The lead singer climbed into an inflatable hamster ball and rolled around on top of the audience!! At another point he was on the shoulders of someone in a bear costume. There were two people with horse heads on who were crowdsurfing for most of the show (there were SO many people dressed up; two of the people in our group had Cinco du Mayo/Day of the Dead style facepaint on, my roommate had a pink feather boa, his friend had a fluffy turquoise feathery hair...thingy), there was someone dressed in a pink bunny costume (and I went up to him after the show and hugged him! it was the fuzziest, warmest hug I have ever received! <3), during the song Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, two people in pure white outfits, sunglasses, fuzzy white hats (one with pink glowing fuzzy deelyboppers), just walked through the crowd past us. I was mesmerized by the last two especially; I spent a long time staring after them. I even talked to the guy with the pink bouncy headband for awhile after the show!
Afterwards, we all made our way to Blues on Whyte (skeezy looking little place with AMAZING music), and danced and listed to Sonny Rhodes; all of us got a CD signed by him. :D
Disclaimer: Skip if you hate mushy stuff.
One last thing, because for the first time in my life, I have no reason to be self-conscious, no reason to worry about anything, and something amazing happened near the end of the concert that changed my life; even changed the core of my being. They tell you about when you're with someone, and everything else around you just...disappears? Well, it's true.
When the song Do You Realize?? came on, I turned to Drae and we danced. Slowly dancing across the floor, with confetti in our hair, and everything, except for the music and ourselves, melted away. People moved slower and slower until they finally came to a stop. The only ones in the world were Drae and I. Nothing else in the world mattered except to sing that song to the man that has come into my life and changed everything. To look into his beautiful blue eyes and sing from the bottom of my heart and soul, 'do you realize, you have the most beautiful face?', and to be held, really HELD. Our souls leapt from our bodies and joined in the most blissful dance possible.
GOODNIGHT.
UTTERLY SHAMELESS PLUG - AKA - REASONABLY PRICED ARTWORK!!!!
Posted 15 years agoSo 
glitterpills is open for commissions! They're super reasonably priced, and the sheer amount of detail that goes into these is phenomenal! I highly recommend checking it out!
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glitterpills is open for commissions! They're super reasonably priced, and the sheer amount of detail that goes into these is phenomenal! I highly recommend checking it out! glitterpills glitterpills glitterpills glitterpills glitterpillsThe Etchy is actually sketching?!?!
Posted 15 years agoI just want to quickly make an apologetic post about this recent flood of uploads (mostly into my scraps); most of these images were drawn either at Kappy's place or with Kappy in general, so naturally, I really don't remember drawing most of them!
Ta da!
Hopefully this proves that despite my hermiting ways, I actually CAN be productive. C:
Ta da!
Hopefully this proves that despite my hermiting ways, I actually CAN be productive. C:
Watercolour question!
Posted 15 years agoThis journal will be hastily written, because there is homemade pasta sauce, quinoa pasta and fresh green salad (homemade vinaigrette!) waiting for me at the table. being Home and with three wonderful cats around (although one is out hunting the angriest squirrel in the universe in the backyard).
ON TO BUSINESS.
I haven't picked up watercolours in quite a long time, and was wondering if anybody had any tips, tutorials, recommendations for working with them. I know the basics, but I'm hoping to at least get one full painting and a few teeny practice ones out today and would like some tips on refining and honing my skills. C:
& thank you!
ON TO BUSINESS.
I haven't picked up watercolours in quite a long time, and was wondering if anybody had any tips, tutorials, recommendations for working with them. I know the basics, but I'm hoping to at least get one full painting and a few teeny practice ones out today and would like some tips on refining and honing my skills. C:
& thank you!
Devo, Leonard Cohen and the black plague.
Posted 15 years agoAll of these things have been included in my day thus far. Do you know how it feels when you stub your toe when you have the flu?
I have basically theorized that my foot is broken, and I am going to console myself with Bioshock, Tylenol3s, and whimpering in the corner with a popsicle.
GOOD DAY FURRIES.
I have basically theorized that my foot is broken, and I am going to console myself with Bioshock, Tylenol3s, and whimpering in the corner with a popsicle.
GOOD DAY FURRIES.
Let's all run away and join the circus!
Posted 15 years ago[DISCLAIMER: Some drug content, skip over if disinterested; butthurt is not needed here.]
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Saturday night was quite possibly one of the most magical nights of my life, and I don't say that lightly. The boy and I got our hands on some delicious Moroccan hash, and tickets to Cirque du Soleil's Alegria. And ohhh, the show that proceeded thereafter! I've never seen such things; my mind was blown and by the end of the show my hands were stinging from vigorous, well-deserved applause and I had tears in my eyes!
Now, I've rented just about every DVD of Cirque performances and watched them at least a dozen times. I am the proverbial kid that wanted to run away and join the circus (but was too scared to do so!..and there's no good circuses in Alberta), and have been fascinated by them for years upon years. So the fact that my love made a point of remembering this, and picking up tickets as a surprise for me was, well...another reason I'm willing to swallow my pride and learn to grow with this man. :)
Chicken ladies! Girlfriend-stealing ringmasters! Contortionists (<3!)! Clowns with goggles! Trapeze artists (8 man troupe!)! People swinging through the air and doing things that almost made me poop!
All I can say is....BRAVA! ENCORE!
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Saturday night was quite possibly one of the most magical nights of my life, and I don't say that lightly. The boy and I got our hands on some delicious Moroccan hash, and tickets to Cirque du Soleil's Alegria. And ohhh, the show that proceeded thereafter! I've never seen such things; my mind was blown and by the end of the show my hands were stinging from vigorous, well-deserved applause and I had tears in my eyes!
Now, I've rented just about every DVD of Cirque performances and watched them at least a dozen times. I am the proverbial kid that wanted to run away and join the circus (but was too scared to do so!..and there's no good circuses in Alberta), and have been fascinated by them for years upon years. So the fact that my love made a point of remembering this, and picking up tickets as a surprise for me was, well...another reason I'm willing to swallow my pride and learn to grow with this man. :)
Chicken ladies! Girlfriend-stealing ringmasters! Contortionists (<3!)! Clowns with goggles! Trapeze artists (8 man troupe!)! People swinging through the air and doing things that almost made me poop!
All I can say is....BRAVA! ENCORE!
Her morning elegance.
Posted 15 years agoAlbeit I am far, far from elegant first thing in the morning; more to the point is that my dear character Etchy, whom I have loved, hated, put on a pedastal, dropped from a great height, used and abused throughout the years, is going through some fundamental changes.
Nothing so drastic as a species change, never fear; I am a raccoon, distracted by shiny things, through and through. However, in looking back I have come to realize that the Etchy of yesteryear is no longer the Etchy of current days. More self confident, more elegant, more acceptance, still experimenting. Delved into the depths of her psyche, came out with new realizations and let go of old fears.
Lacking in a scanner, currently, but hopefully will get a chance to change that within the next few weeks (if my job doesn't cause me to pull an Office Space on it). There are copious amounts of art lying in wait, just begging to be posted, critiqued and looked upon, but that have no viable way to travel to your visual cortex. Devastating!
And now, plants are to be watered and also imbibed in before worktime. Cheers, one and all.
Nothing so drastic as a species change, never fear; I am a raccoon, distracted by shiny things, through and through. However, in looking back I have come to realize that the Etchy of yesteryear is no longer the Etchy of current days. More self confident, more elegant, more acceptance, still experimenting. Delved into the depths of her psyche, came out with new realizations and let go of old fears.
Lacking in a scanner, currently, but hopefully will get a chance to change that within the next few weeks (if my job doesn't cause me to pull an Office Space on it). There are copious amounts of art lying in wait, just begging to be posted, critiqued and looked upon, but that have no viable way to travel to your visual cortex. Devastating!
And now, plants are to be watered and also imbibed in before worktime. Cheers, one and all.
Sing a song on how you feel (ganked meme).
Posted 15 years agoRules "Post a link to a music video on how you feel or your attitude and post lyrics on the journal! Tag 3 people after you're done!
This song has been a staple on the record player since I've known my beloved roommate, but I've known it for most of my life. I have my parents' musical tastes and a bit of fate to thank for the fact that my head belongs somewhere between the 60s and the 70s. Music just hasn't had the same passion to it since about the end of the 80s; not to say that there aren't some amazing bands between then and now, however.
AFTERTHOUGHT: My other song choice, now that I've had time to think about it, would be Tom Waits' I Don't Wanna Grow Up.
THE CHOSEN THREE
kappy glitterpills 
dillydwagoness
Billy Joel: Captain Jack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVcKj1rF0PI
Saturday night and you're still hangin' around
Tired of livin' in your one-horse town
Like to find a little hole in the ground
For a while
So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans
And you stare at the junkies and the closet queens
It's just like some pornographic magazine
And you smile
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push and you'll be smilin'
Your sister's gone out. She's on a date
You just sit at home and masturbate
The phone is gonna ring soon but you just can't wait
For that call
So you stand on the corner in you New English clothes
And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes
But still your finger's gonna pick your nose
After all
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'
La da da, Oh yeah, yeah
So you decide to take a holiday
You got your tape deck and your brand new Chevrolet
Ah but there's no place to go anyway
And what for...
You've got everything, but nothing's cool
They've just found your father in the swimming pool
And you guess you won't be going back to school
Anymore...
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'
La da da, Oh yeah, yeah
So you play your albums and you smoke your pot
And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot
Oh, but still you're aching for the things you have not got
What went wrong...
And if you can't understand why your world is so dead
And why you've got to keep in style and feed your head
Well, you're twenty-one and still your mother makes your bed
And that's too long...
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'
Yeah, Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Yeah, Captain Jack will get you by tonight
This song has been a staple on the record player since I've known my beloved roommate, but I've known it for most of my life. I have my parents' musical tastes and a bit of fate to thank for the fact that my head belongs somewhere between the 60s and the 70s. Music just hasn't had the same passion to it since about the end of the 80s; not to say that there aren't some amazing bands between then and now, however.
AFTERTHOUGHT: My other song choice, now that I've had time to think about it, would be Tom Waits' I Don't Wanna Grow Up.
THE CHOSEN THREE
kappy glitterpills 
dillydwagoness Billy Joel: Captain Jack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVcKj1rF0PI
Saturday night and you're still hangin' around
Tired of livin' in your one-horse town
Like to find a little hole in the ground
For a while
So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans
And you stare at the junkies and the closet queens
It's just like some pornographic magazine
And you smile
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push and you'll be smilin'
Your sister's gone out. She's on a date
You just sit at home and masturbate
The phone is gonna ring soon but you just can't wait
For that call
So you stand on the corner in you New English clothes
And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes
But still your finger's gonna pick your nose
After all
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'
La da da, Oh yeah, yeah
So you decide to take a holiday
You got your tape deck and your brand new Chevrolet
Ah but there's no place to go anyway
And what for...
You've got everything, but nothing's cool
They've just found your father in the swimming pool
And you guess you won't be going back to school
Anymore...
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'
La da da, Oh yeah, yeah
So you play your albums and you smoke your pot
And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot
Oh, but still you're aching for the things you have not got
What went wrong...
And if you can't understand why your world is so dead
And why you've got to keep in style and feed your head
Well, you're twenty-one and still your mother makes your bed
And that's too long...
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'
Yeah, Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Yeah, Captain Jack will get you by tonight
We're sleeping long and far too late....
Posted 15 years ago....and so it's time to change our ways.
Keeping only one of my journals from my entire time spent on FA, because really, comments involving the Deep Ones, cookies and tea is too good to remove, even if the pair of people who started it all have drifted to different seas for the time being. That being said, in times of turmoil I will always, always have a spare lifeboat for you.
Currently in the midst of reading PIHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved): A Chemical Love Story, and just finished with the book Shades of Grey. In fact, I've been doing a lot more reading as of late; in these past 6 months alone I have already completed the Dune Trilogy, The Left Hand of Darkness, Solaris, and am halfway through Destination: Void. Getting back to my old bookworm roots has really prevented me from remaining online as much as I used to, and I can't say I'm complaining.
I've also made a point to remove my FaceBook account, so for politeness sake I halfheartedly apologize to those of you who may have had me added as a 'friend'. I say 'friend' because if you ask me, I'd prefer it if those of you who want to know me, get to know me. I am not a profile with pretty pictures and witty quotes. I am a tangible human being who loves, laughs and cries. I hold a fondness for sappy movies (shhhh), zombies and Pink Floyd. Note me, talk to me, ask me for my email address. I may not always respond right away, but I will always respond. Who knows? Maybe you might actually like me.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go back to reading, and tomorrow morning I am going to be up bright and early with the love of my life picking saskatoon berries across the street from his house. And we do not care if our fingers are stained, if our hair is entangled with twigs and leaves, and if our clothing and mannerisms are not to your liking. Loving life and loving nature are entwined within our being, and together we will make a start at saving this world from the virus of machinery and apathy.
My art has a purpose again.
For those of you who understand, come to me. Let's start a revolution.
Keeping only one of my journals from my entire time spent on FA, because really, comments involving the Deep Ones, cookies and tea is too good to remove, even if the pair of people who started it all have drifted to different seas for the time being. That being said, in times of turmoil I will always, always have a spare lifeboat for you.
Currently in the midst of reading PIHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved): A Chemical Love Story, and just finished with the book Shades of Grey. In fact, I've been doing a lot more reading as of late; in these past 6 months alone I have already completed the Dune Trilogy, The Left Hand of Darkness, Solaris, and am halfway through Destination: Void. Getting back to my old bookworm roots has really prevented me from remaining online as much as I used to, and I can't say I'm complaining.
I've also made a point to remove my FaceBook account, so for politeness sake I halfheartedly apologize to those of you who may have had me added as a 'friend'. I say 'friend' because if you ask me, I'd prefer it if those of you who want to know me, get to know me. I am not a profile with pretty pictures and witty quotes. I am a tangible human being who loves, laughs and cries. I hold a fondness for sappy movies (shhhh), zombies and Pink Floyd. Note me, talk to me, ask me for my email address. I may not always respond right away, but I will always respond. Who knows? Maybe you might actually like me.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go back to reading, and tomorrow morning I am going to be up bright and early with the love of my life picking saskatoon berries across the street from his house. And we do not care if our fingers are stained, if our hair is entangled with twigs and leaves, and if our clothing and mannerisms are not to your liking. Loving life and loving nature are entwined within our being, and together we will make a start at saving this world from the virus of machinery and apathy.
My art has a purpose again.
For those of you who understand, come to me. Let's start a revolution.
Cthulu tea
Posted 16 years agoWell Mr. Cthulhu, if you want a cookie you have to be polite about it.
"Foolish fox, you need not these cookies, for they were mine before the beginning of time, before your pathetic race crawled from the primordial ooze."
Now now sir, you need not be so rude. Would you like some tea with that? *puts a cookie in his tentacle*
"Yes please, with a pinch of human souls if you don't mind."
I'm afraid we're all out old one, but perhaps a sugar cube or a spot of honey?
"Hrm, perhaps the honey if you don't mind. I am a bit parched. Being underwater isn't that good for slaking one's thirst if it's all salt water eh?"
I suppose not. Well sir, here you go. I hope you enjoy it, it's my special blend.
Hurp de durp, this is what happens when foxes, raccoons and Cthulu Mythos combines. :D
"Foolish fox, you need not these cookies, for they were mine before the beginning of time, before your pathetic race crawled from the primordial ooze."
Now now sir, you need not be so rude. Would you like some tea with that? *puts a cookie in his tentacle*
"Yes please, with a pinch of human souls if you don't mind."
I'm afraid we're all out old one, but perhaps a sugar cube or a spot of honey?
"Hrm, perhaps the honey if you don't mind. I am a bit parched. Being underwater isn't that good for slaking one's thirst if it's all salt water eh?"
I suppose not. Well sir, here you go. I hope you enjoy it, it's my special blend.
Hurp de durp, this is what happens when foxes, raccoons and Cthulu Mythos combines. :D
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