She Came from Planet Z

warmer weather wardrobe water wednesday? no... it's friday

Well, I'm finally doing something good with my clothing catalog obsession. 

I quickly sketch some of the models on the pages, and leave the outfits blank.  Then, when I feel like coloring, I um... color!  It is amazingly fun and I am just as obsessed with it as I am with clothing catalogs right now.

I only draw girls... and that annoys me.  But then again, I always only draw girls.  I guess, in today's world, they're the only ones wearing pretty much any color or design. 

  Yeah, this one is a little crazy.  As you can see I am yearning for a modest two-piece swim suit (does not exist) 

Weather is warmer.  Much warmer.  Our P.E. flag football unit makes me want to write descriptive sentences of our 7th period:

We, in two teams, form lines.  We squint across at each other on the line of Scrimmage, forgetting the next step as the white light deepens the red of our sweaty foreheads.  When our eyes aren't glued to the coveted football, they hang low, soaking in every neon blade of grass as our tongues become ever more dry. 

get over your fears of running with zombies! (no, I mean use the zombies to get over your fear)

How to get over your fear of passing people while out for a run:

Pretend everyone else has turned into a zombie and that they can't see you if you're running.  However, the second you stop to walk, they'll pick up your scent and be on you in a second.  Meanwhile, you are on a quest to find the special zombie key to the gravestone that turns off the zombie curse.  You have to run to it.  Run!  Run!

the trip

Hi all!  Here are some Prague sketches (click to enlarge):

(at Cafe Calma... that was very calm.  Probably one of my favorite bits of the trip)

(documenting people)

(documenting drinks)

(at Cukrakava Limonada... or as dad says "supercofee lemonade)

(and the last night out... at an italian restaurant on a boat.  Woo hoo!)

Oh!  Oh!  Here was a neat part of the trip - this is an elevator.

Scary, huh?  Very fun, too.  Find many more pictures on my mom's blog here.  It was truly an exciting trip.  Thank you, Aunt B, Uncle P, and little O! 

hello again, spring!

And hello all!  I have crazy vacation tales and pictures, which will come up in the future.  But now, cherry blossoms!  Woo!

closer...

closer...

too close!  Back up!

Ahhh... there we go.  A shockingly blue sky.  But yesterday, that actually was the color of the sky.  And I was going to have a very happy photo of the pretty pink and green and blue, but then my friend and I had to have a cherry blossom petal fight.  And that is very important.  (OH, the wholesomeness)  I actually wanted to paint this, with acrylics or something, but we do not have those.  First painting urge, here.  Either way,

cherry blossoms!

spring!

happiness!

goodbye for now

Tata for the week everyone, as I am off to spring vacation!  I am going to visit Aunt B in Praha... fun fun fun!

hello spring

more style quest thoughts

Once again I find myself yearning for a style of my own.  Or something with clothes.  Something about clothes.  I want to own clothes maybe?  I don't count the clothes I own as clothes.  They're just sorta... shirts and pants.  Not style.  Why do I want style?  Is it that I want to accomplish that clean, crisp "I've got my style down pat so there" appearance?  Maybe one just has to really care about clothes and really search for every last little detail.  Or am I just rambling on too much?  Yes I think so.

These girls are supposed to be modeling clothes for a clothing magazine.  I'm slightly against clothing magazines and specific companies because I like the idea of finding clothes in weird, small independent shops or thrift stores like all cool people on the internet do.  Still, I have a small obsession with catalogs.

About the catalogs.  Every morning while I eat breakfast I re-read clothing catalogs that were sent to us in the mail.  Some were sent months ago, and some I've read every single morning for a couple weeks now.  My favorites change.  I don't know... I like how the clothes are described in detail.  I like reading all the phrases used like, "Jump into spring" or "stretch your legs".  And now, whenever I look at a catalog not in the morning, I get hungry for cereal.  

Though "I get hungry for cereal" is such a wonderful ending, I can't help but mention a few of my style inspirations. 

Angela Chase from the TV series My So-Called Life.  This series, by the way, is one of my favorites.

April Ludgate from another TV series called Parks and Recreation.  Also another ultimate favorite.  For some reason the characters make me like the clothes even more...

To you, Pete

Hi, all. 

Well... I've got some late news.

Our poor Petey is gone. 

He had cancer.  He got sick.  We had to go put him down.

We miss him a lot.  Life seems a lot different.  It's been a couple days now, so we all feel more regular.  We feel okay now.  But he is definitely missed. 

To you, Pete.  You were the most wonderful cat I have ever seen on this earth.  Have a good next life, whichever one you are on now.

strawberry milk Saturday

Today is Saturday.  So far, I have taken a very long shower, drunk strawberry milk, and actually read the articles in our local magazine thingy.

I want to actually DO something today.  I'm stuck between the sorta-kinda-maybe ideas of (1) cleaning the bathroom, or (2) going on some sort of adventure.  I suppose the two could be counted as the same thing, but they could also be completely different in satisfaction.

Wanna see some more observation drawings?  I'm branching out to people.

I'm learning how it is, drawing people who are deliberately posing for you.

First, they get really excited and have no doubt that they are capable of staying in the same position for five minutes.

Then, they get into postition.  It takes a long time to pick a position, as this requires some thought.  Apparently.

It isn't long before you start hearing, "I'm just gonna adjust my leg a little.  Just a little.  Can you tell me when you're done drawing my arms so that I can rest them?"

And finally, before you know it, BEEEP!!  Five minutes is up.  Yayy!  Come see your sketchy self!  Wanna do another?

So it was a new experience, but definately fun.  I intend on doing more.

And, on a totally un-related topic, guess what?  The "when will school finally end I hate this place" vibe is finally kicking in, as we're about to reach the home stretch: fourth quarter.  This is, of course, the longest-lasting quarter of the year before school, and middle school, will be OVER.  I'm already planning comfortable things to do to celebrate the SURVIVAL of 8th grade, when it ends.  And that does not include going on the end-of-year trip to Kings Dominion.  I really am a wimp when it comes to rides and crazy amusement park surroundings.

fashion thoughts

Hello there!  I am here to rant about fashion!

I have just had a moment of realization.  About fashion.  (in case you didn't already know that by now)

There is so much of it, fashion.  And, I feel that it has exploded so much in this world and has been explored in such a hyper manner that there's nothing new to try.  Everything that's being done is being repeated somehow.  I know what your thinking, fashion enthusiasts.  Yes of course that's how it is just be yourself that's all that matters. 

True.  But I, at this moment, am new to fashion and am making some sort of un-obvious attempt to try it out.  It mildly fascinates me.  It seems like a mild obligation for me to try out in my life.  And so, I have been rummaging through mega-popular fashion blogs open for something to click.  But it all reflects this cartoon/picture I drew about Forever 21:

It's all the same!  I have that problem of not being able to tell one trend apart from another.

Maybe if I travel to another country?  Is it the source that bothers me?  What if I saw all this style featured in some really un-expected place?  Or what if I only think of myself?  Is this blog only for me?  To just work things out?  Such as fashion?  And, like, our universe is just one speck of dust on a marble that a giant is playing in on a planet in an alternate universe besides ours that's just a speck of dust?

?

???

OK, I think I got it.  Just be yourself.  Thanks everybody!!

Oh I forgot!  One more thing.  Just look on this mega-popular fashion blog and watch the video at the very bottom of the page.  She words it much better.

The State of Fashion Blogging