My god, Tumblr is a horrible, horrible place! *claws weakly*

( Various arts, in order, something fiery, something funny, something in which Erik is a Disney Princess )

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So I started watching Teen Wolf, I'm up to episode eight, and I have do ask: does Allison develop a personality? Anything? Ever? Because thus far she exists and that's the most you can say about her. You could replace her with a blowup doll and the emotional impact would be about the same. Everybody else is reasonably well-rounded! That, quite literally, everyone. The teachers. The vet. That guy we see for thirty seconds before he gets horribly murdered. The girlfriend though, she has the emotional range of a dying lobster. Sigh. It's even worse than Bella Swann in Twilight, she at least was a horrible person, topped the list of people I would never want to hang out with, ever, never contributed an opinion that wasn't "he was bee-ay-yuutiful" and she still has more personality. Can't they cut Allison's screen time and give it to Stiles instead? Or anybody, really - give it to Lydia, I like Lydia.

Don't let me get started on the "romance" part. It's laughable.

Finally, Stiles needs better friends, as he is awesome and Scott is a complete asshole.

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Gravity Falls is very enjoyable. :)

I've seen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The credits were AWESOME. They almost made the wholly unnecessary movie worthwhile (because as I understand it there already is a perfectly good Swedish adaptation). The rest of the film was okay, aside from the massive, brightly coloured idiot ball Daniel Craig picked up at the end.

( Picture underneath )

Alright, I admit, I love the ponies, so I am biased, but seriously, if this doesn't make you smile, you either had no childhood and/or you have no soul. Also, as katikat pointed out, this is Charles Xavier on speed and possibly LSD. :D

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Important notice of importance: I need a beta for a couple of XMFC fics (possibly more, I can't seem to shut up). One is a Buffy AU (a prequel to the one I posted recently), about 20k, the other is a Hunger Games AU, 40+k. Would any one of you like to help out, please, please, please? *hopeful face*

Crud. I was supposed to be writing fics, wasn't I? XD

Because I strongly suspect I will always regret not seeing the Guardians of Gahoole in the cinema. :( And I just might love owls as much as I love piggies, which is a whole lot. ( OWLS )

After the brief reprieve the temperature is back to haunting us all. Paaaaain.

( Master Thesis Sample, NSFW )

I started typing the thesis in earnest, and so far I have altogether, let me check. Finished chapter 3 will have 30 pages, the start of chapter 4 has 6, but less than 20% of the material has been included, so we're looking at another 20, say, then there is the "what I'm gonna say here" chapter, which is 9, the obligatory "scholars of the world had this to say" beginning, which has to have no less than 10 pages, which brings us up to 69ish. And that's discounting the final analysis chappie, which will probably be less than 10. Altogether 75ish.

Now, the original plan had chapters 5 and 6 be on par with 3 and 4. So, potentially, that's another 40 pages. I don't think it should be this long (we're talking 130 pages, and that's without the appendix, which is 70 pages).

*ponders*

*ponders*

*ponders*

In other news, chapter 10 of Balloons is halfway there.

So, in no particular order:

• I have official confirmation that 5075% of my exams are behind me (that would be chemistry and elements of probability theory and math - B and A and B, respectively). Yay!


• I have a good feeling about the math exam, as in I expect a pass.Got a B. YAY! Taking physics on Friday. It is worrying, as it's an oral exam and my knowledge of physics is sketchy, at best, and here I am updating LJ instead of cramming.


• Balloons is at 23k, or 7.5 out of (what I think will be) 12 chapters. I might be wrong.

( Some random plagiarised art )

( this time there be zombies )

My throat aches. Bummer. :( Might have something to do with the two days spent lugging through a knee-deep snow. Yes, I am slightly insane, going against my deep-seated fear of doing anything remotely resembling physical exertion. XD

Okay! Painting time. ^____^ This is the summer, time is plentiful, so as I mentioned I am painting. And since I've plenty of time to spare (painting is best done in natural light, so considering my schedule I have several+ hours to spare) I will document the process.

( painting process, post 1 )

Aaaand it is 8 pm, so not much daylight left, so I clean the brush (v. important - acrylics are only soluble in water once. :)

Thank you everyone for the wishes and the gifts! I had a really nice birthday, with happycake and foodie and everything. ^_______^

( Corsets have been following me awhile ) With this piece I tried to focus on not making her look as plastic as may usual attempts at realism, hence the slightly masculine features. :) Larger version available on smokescapes. I might also post a detail shot later.

I'm enamoured with realistic art, yes I know. XD

( Warning: ... none actually )

Watched Bones season 4 and either it got old, or something is off. It might be the lack of Zack, since he and Hodgins were my favourite characters. *sigh* Still, the episode with dogs was okay, so maybe there is still hope.

clarediva asked for realistic sketches for her book a while back, so I did one. And then it turned out she liked it and wants me to finish it. And now it turns out the book is getting published, with my cover! :) That's on a wholly another level of surreal for me.

The book is available here.



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