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Early Mornings | September 6th, 2010

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I’ve never really been a morning person, but I’ve been waking up earlier and earlier recently and it feels SO GOOD. It’s pretty bad because when I’m NOT working, I don’t really have a set routine. I go to sleep pretty late, and wake up late-ish. I’m pretty determined to make an effort to eat, sleep and exercise healthier though, and perhaps I’ll take it a bit slow but I really do want to get a bit healthier by the end of this year. That means less desserts and less cake for me (hah).

I actually was listening to the radio before, and heard Little Red’s new song ‘Rock It’. Umm. yeah. It’s harmless fluffy catchy and kinda like bubblegum MGMT but I CAN’T STOP PLAYING IT.

Okay so the band and people in the video look a bit hipster-y. And the lyrics are kinda lame. But cmon, doesn’t it make you feel really happy and fuzzy inside? It reminds me of high school actually. Like a high school dance, or just hanging out with friends at lunch or something. Ahhh memories.

Anyway, I’ve pretty much finished all my designs for dotdotdash. I might do one more, just coz. This issue’s theme is FOOD, which is very exciting, because I LOVE food. Deadline is in a week so gotta get cracking on to that!

Other things I want to do this week:

  • Research used cars
  • Make Red Velvet cake
  • Edit IKEA’s video for the Catalogue Party
  • Finish some sketches and work on new ones
  • Sell some stuff on ebay
  • Play the Sims 3 (I haven’t played this in ages. I want to build a cool house.)
  • Make some posters for D3
  • Buy more nail polish remover and yoghurt covered sultanas!
  • Paint something pretty
  • CLEAN MY ROOM

I’m starting with the cleaning bit today. :roll: Woo!


Jakki posted @ 12:06 pm

Urban Decay | August 30th, 2010

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I used to be hell into Ghost in the Shell, which is an old-ish Japanese cyberpunk anime set in the future. I recently came across this amv on youtube:

….and I totally want to watch the movie again. Is it not the most awesomest video ever? Even after this long, I don’t think I’ve come across an anime as good as GitS. I haven’t even seen much of the tv series but I think I’ll start watching all that now since I’ve kinda stopped watching True Blood and Dexter!

Some of the imagery in GitS actually really reminds me of the walled city in Hong Kong, which is something I find incredibly fascinating. When I see photos and videos of the place, it’s like watching something out of a post apocalyptic sci fi movie, and it’s kinda amazing how recent the place was before it was torn down. I’m sure if it were still there today, it would be incredibly scary to go in:

When we were forced to play Second Life for uni, I think the only thing I was interested in doing in the game was visiting the walled city this guy had created. I went in, and it was cool, but simulating something as amazing as that just isn’t possible. The feel of the place is really intriguing though, and I really wish it were still here today as like a preserved historical monument or something so you could walk around in it and take a look at how they got lighting and the rooftop gardens and stuff like that. It’s so dystopian like and CREEPY inside i think that’s what’s so fascinating about it.

I was also looking at macabre japanese kids art earlier, and as much as I hate stupid/morbid takes on kids fairytales and such, I thought these were pretty cool.

I just really love stuff like THIS- urban decay and grungey imagery especially.

 

Jakki posted @ 4:46 pm

Random things | August 26th, 2010

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Things that have been interested/inspired me lately:

Yeah.

I’m off to work now to see more beauty in greasy chips and cheapskate customers :nod:

Toodles.

Jakki posted @ 2:18 pm

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