A sunny Sunday after much of a dreadful rainy week, we decided to hed to Rainbow's End for some thrills. Gawd lets not start on the queues for the rides. Somehow it seemed worse than the time at a theme park in China, which is physically impossible. But still.
So imagine me, standing impatiently at the coaster ride, and after 3 minutes of silence I decided to check the guy infront of me out; it was this guy in a suit with two little kids. Seriously? Suit at Rainbow's End? This is one hell of a rich sophisticated guy. It was hillarious cuz I don't usually watch Campbell Live but I do recognize him. So when he turned around I thought the face was really familiar, like I knew him. I tapped him on the shoulder and I was like "so..do I know you?" Man thinking about what happened now makes me feel even more like a retard. The awkwardness somehow managed to fade away. After the photos and laughing at my stupidity, we had some pretty serious talk. I'm not sure what we really talked about much but we went all over the place. Campbell is an AMAZING speaker, not to mention his SEXY voice. The voice I would imagine GOD would have.
Honestly though, he was an amazing person to talk to. I could see when I was talking to him heaps of people around me started to realise there was a celebrity around but I didn't give them a chance and kept him talking to me for the entire time. I honestly feel pretty proud =).
What was really adorable was when we were coming to the end of the queue, the one time I regretted the waiting to end, I asked him whether he was going on or not. And he said in his extremely passionate voice "no, I'm not going on. I would seriously vomit if I did." He was hillarious and made me laugh like a mad man. It was really cute when he got his white Iphone (I think it was an IPhone) out and started taking a video of his kids on the coaster.
I was so glad of my stupidity today, going up to one of the first celebrities I have met in my life (other than Stan Walker, John Key, this dude who got fired on The Apprentice and some mayor of auckland) and thought I some how knew them in real life. I am retarded, but I love it SO MUCH!
Oh p.s. Come back later cuz I'll post some photos that I took =)
Recently I've been really interested in a range of hyper realistic paintings. These paintings resemble a high resolution photograph which developed in the early 2000s in America and Europe. These are AMAZING and I was completely shocked to even believe that some of these ar just oil or acrylic on canvas! I reckon eventhough I can never bring myself to be a perfectionist in the art room, these paintings have inspired me that take an ordinary day to day object and to have a drawing that exactly represents the object itself is an amazing skill. Hopefully this can help me with developing my art theme for IB at school!
Pedro Campos - Crystal Clear Effect
He creates such crystal clear images it's hard to believe they're made by oil on canvas. Taking everyday objects like Coke cans, marbles and fruit, and transforming them into interesting pieces of art, Pedro's a hyperrealist painter with an extraordinary eye for detail.
Hey all, on some days you really need so heartwarming quotes to lighten your day:
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do."
~ Dale Carnegie
"There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking"
~Alfred Korzybski
"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician; he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale."
Three days into year 13 and I can barely stand it. My Wednesday's timetable is full on, and I move emotionlessly class to class, without any accomplishment.
Starting off with Economics and recieving a marked commentary from last term. Reading through the essay, I could hardly follow or understand the letters I have composed, GREAT.
English was slightly better cause, lemme put it this way, our English teacher isn't exactly hot, but would be one of the hottest compared to every one else at my school. I need not say more and you'll know what goes on in my head while I stare at his lips forming strange words with a slight british accent, and that sexy loose way he wears his shirt and tie, and the grin appearing on his soft cheeks when he makes a joke that successfully crakes up the class. I enjoy English lessons, and I can almost say it's on of the things I will miss the most when I leave school.
The two free periods I had after were spent in the art room helping the teacher tidy the artroom. Yea we have a new art teacher this year. It's funny how shes one of the only blondes at school. Anyways this new teacher of ours is pretty damn strict with everything. On the first day she gave us a bunch of research hw and told us to prepare for more homework next lesson. But generally she seemed very organised so maybe it's a good change.
Lunch time was hilarious. I went out to get lunch with a guy friend. On the way we were just chatting about how he's almost failing IB. He's the sort of person that sleeps during class and is given 20 extra minutes during exam, but just satisfies himself with sleep in that time as well. I honestly admire him! Anyways we were walking right, and I was like dude I believe in you I'm sure you can do it, yea being all encouraging and shit. Then this guy from behind this truck pops out and goes, Yea YOU CAN DO IT! I almost laughed my ass off. And it didn't end there. After around 10 more steps he shouted at my friend, oi dude you ought to ask her ouut man. Now that was awkward.
I don't feeling like writing too much else today but everything after lunch was a blur. Math then art then math again. Stupid timetable. The day ended with physics which was dreadful since our teach was still not back from his holidays and the reliever didn't make any sense at all. Time flies fast when your having fun, well the lesson felt like a fucking decade.
It's amazing what humans are capable of. Of love. Of hate. Of giving birth. Of enduring life. Do we have a purpose in life? Probably, the purpose is for us to find a suitable purpose for us to spend the rest of our lives as and happy individual and beneficial to the society.
It's amazing when you find someone in another country has read your post, whether they accidentally clicked on it or the stats is not working, I'm like super happy atm =)
Germany, Japan, Indonesia, Aussie and ofcourse New Zealand ahahahahahahahahhaa
Education:Polytechnic Institute - Russia
Multimedia College - Auckland, New Zealand
Work:
Artist, Musician, Composer - Russia
Advertising Specialist - Russia, New Zealand
Artist - New Zealand
"I am a musician, performer and an artist. For a period of time in my life I was more of a musician than a performer and more of a performer than an artist. Today I am much more of an artist than ever before! The most important thing is that people are buying my paintings! I paint a lot. It feels like there is a huge stream of energy running through my head and sticking onto canvas. I practice art by doing solo exhibition, illustrating books, running art classes for beginners and am also involved in a few art-projects. Mostly I paint figures, but a better definition would be - I paint stories - The themes of relationships, men, women and love. My work is colourful, vibrant and dynamic with a quirky edge and sense of humour. "
Summer Time, Nick Fedaeff,
"Inspiration can come from many sources - dreams, observing life, other painters or the esoteric creative seed randomly appearing at will" says New Zealand Russian born artist Nick Fedaeff.
And certainly these rich sources of influence provide Nick with elements that he translates to canvas with a touch of fantasy and humor.
We see reality but exaggerated. We see lies but with hidden truth. This soft surrealist style depicted in Nick's paintings pulls audiences by the balls and say "LOOK AT ME". AMAZING.
Rating: 92/100
2. Sofia Minson
Education: 2005 - Bachelor of Art and Design, Auckland University of Technology Awards:
2010 - 1st Prize, ART Auckland Awards, Auckland East Arts Council, NZ
2010 - Finalist, Adam Portraiture Awards, Wellington, NZ
2008 - Finalist, Adam Portraiture Awards, Wellington, NZ
2007 - Diploma of Excellence, Artoteque's online global art annual
2005 - 1st Prize, Auckland East Arts Council Art Competition, NZ
2005 - 1st Prize, Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Awards, Whakatane, NZ
2004 - Merit Award, Auckland East Arts Council Art Competition, NZ
"From her studio in Auckland, New Zealand, Sofia Minson creates soulful, finely detailed portrait, landscape and surreal oil paintings. She is inspired by the land, myths and people of New Zealand and the unity she sees amongst richly diverse cultures from around the world.
Born in Auckland in 1984, Sofia spent much of her childhood in Samoa, Sri Lanka and China due to her father's civil engineering work. On returning to New Zealand as a teenager she discovered her sister's 10-year-old discarded set of 'deliciously blendable' oil paints. Sofia's love affair with this medium began. Painting enabled her to reconnect with her homeland, her Ngati Porou Maori, Swedish and Irish heritage and all that she had experienced overseas. "
Not only did I love what she did for Leukaemia and Blood Foundation of NZ in 2009 for "Shave an Artist" Charity Art Auction, Sofia is an inspirational NZ Oil Painter. The work on the left, Sabire, Woman with Patience (2008). Inspiration for this work came from an old woman Sofia met and photographed in Turkey in June 2008. On a walk through the beautiful Kapadokyan landscape, Sofia briefly encountered the woman waiting patiently with her collection of scarves to display and sell to passers-by.
Unconsciously the ancient history of the land and civilization of Asia Minor weaved its way into this portrait. As Sofia painted the piece, layer-by-layer, the woman's wrinkles deepened and her character strengthened. Her immense whakapapa (genealogy) is suggested in her old yet glowing skin. The vastness of the region's history shows in the seriousness and wisdom of her eyes. The grooves of her face and the dark folds of her headscarf represent the weaving, bending and cyclical nature of life. Meanwhile the flower-patterned scarf with its ornamental pearl edge brings a balancing prettiness and intricately decorative quality to the painting.
On finishing the work Sofia chose the name Sabire for the lady, which is a Turkish name meaning "woman with patience". She felt that it encapsulated her own layered, lengthy painting process as well as the breadth of the old woman's spirit, which had revealed itself over the three months it took to create the portrait.
Rating: 89/100
3. Dick Frizzel
Education
1964 Ilam Art School, Canterbury, New Zealand, Birth 1943, Auckland, New Zealand Lives and works in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
"Dick Frizzell initially worked as a commercial artist after graduating from the University of Canterbury in 1964. This introduced him to the notion of art making as a profession. It also placed him within the environment from which much of his imagery has evolved. Frizzell’s art is humourous yet touching, with a love for the advertisements, billboards and posters from the 1950s and 1960s, such as the Four-Square Man, that are familiar to many New Zealanders.
Charlie on The Great NZ Song Book, Dick Frizzell.
This was later followed with an exhibition based upon his appropriation of the Tiki in paintings that reinvented this symbol in Cubist and Art Deco style. Although humorous, these works raised questions about ownership of a culture and who has the right to utilise its icons and symbols. Frizzell has received considerable recognition from the art institutions in New Zealand and in 1997 was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition toured by the City Gallery Wellington."
As New Zealanders, we all know the "The Great New Zealand Song Book", and the iconic front cover of Charlie 'The Four Square Man' holding a guitar is an original work by Dick Frizzell and was commissioned specifically for the release of the NZ Song book. It's simple colours and sophisticated design has made it so iconic.
This amazing expressionist pop artist depicts kiwiana icons into his often cartoon-like paintings and lithographs. The painting below, "Micky to Tiki" is a wonderful print by one of NZ's favourite artists. He has humourously morphed Mickey Mouse into the tiki, a NZ icon:
Micky to Tiki, Dick Frizzell
People sometimes say "nothing every goes on in New Zealand", well today I have proven these people wrong. The three excellent individuals has done NZ proud. We should follow in their footsteps, whether you want to be an artist, musician, singer, drummer, bus driver, doctor, librarian, there's always a place for you in this world and NZ is the place to be!
Hey guys I found this AMAZING trick last month in Wellington! We were at this conference and there was a ball right after. We only had one hour(YES IKR 1 HOURS ONLY!) to dress up for the ball. And we desperately needed to have curly hair <3
So here's the trick we found:
Step 1: In the morning before the event take a shower and wet your hair completely. Try to leave your conditioning on for longer for a silky effect
Step 2: Use your hairdrier and dry your hair for about 30 seconds so it's damp not dribbling with water
Step 3: Put your clothes on. (unless you feel like spending the day out nude)
Step 4: Use a thick strong hair tie and tie your hair in a tight bun
( If you don't know how to tie a bun, watch the video below:)
Step 5: Go out and have a FUUNN AS DAYY and forget about the ball or event cuz you know you got a bun on your head <3
Step 6: Come home at the end of the day, get into your sleek as cocktail dress and do all your make up
Step 7: Just before you step out into the cab waiting outside, RELEASE THE HAIR
And your good to go =) IM NOT EVEN JOKING, ITS AMAZING!
I missed my bus, it rained like crazy, it hailed, wore the wrong shoes, have heaps of hw to catch up, had NO IDEA what the physics teacher went on about and stared at a piece of fruit in between his front teeth for one and a half hour, yup the most excellent day!
What was funny was the bus ride home. A friend wrote a letter to me during math and chucked it in my pencil case but I didn't realise till she found me on the bus and asked about it. It was hilarious! She thought one of my guy friends on fb was my boyfriend and accused me of using online dating?! like wtf? I met this guy at Rowing training ahahaha. Great..that was the highlight of my day, I'm not even joking.
Oh and our new time tables are ****ed up cuz on Wednesdays I have one period of math and then art then I have to go back to one more period of math. Like seriously? Why do timetables exist when they're ****ed up like this?
On the good note however, I have one more year to go until university =) YAY! Gawd I will start a countdown starting from today!
Seriously I'm really not good with directions but I don't blame me when I dont have a map or iphone. I read an article by Mike's Ramblings and basically this is what I go out of it:
Do you ever get directions which sound like this?
“OK, you come up towards us, and then you make a left at the Burger King just before county road five. After that, go through four stop lights, and then make a right turn at the street with the red brick house on the corner. Now, go two stop signs, jog left, and it will be the fourth house on your right, with the white garage door.”
For all you kids who love to give directions like that, that was not a set of directions! No, that was a prescription for migraines, lost time, and marital strife.
It is incredibly easy to mess up directions like that (was it three lights, or four?), and it is also easy to make a mistake when trying to follow them. Moreover, once you get lost, it’s hard as hell to correct.
If you want somebody to get to your house, here's what you do:
If it’s at night, turn on all of your damned exterior AND INTERIOR lights! The last thing you want to do is have your friend at night is looking for the house number instead of the house. OR GIVE THEM A ******* LIFT!
Yea it took me 3 hours to find my way tonight. YOU probably won't read this but the hopefully YOU GUYS will learn from this =)
This is the thing that pisses me off. How no matter what site I'm on, English NEVER is the default language. I dont know if it's just me but it's really getting on my nerves.
I went on google to find ways to change the language but just got http://www.blogger.com/language.g. I changed it to English but the dates and stuff on the blog still wasn't English. I think the link above only changes the systematic language where as I need to change the actual settings of my blog. For example a french person living in NZ would like to view his blog in French but want others to see the blog in English. I dont know WHY but it just is.
Well if your having the same problem, I HAVE THE SOLUTION! Gawd I spent like 10 minutes hunting around JUST to change the f ing language.
Mwahahaha dont you just love it when you find something that took you a while to find and share it with the world? Thanks blog x
HEY WORLD! Yea I'm pretty new to this blogging thang so kinda had so pretty much wanted to write about anything. Well lately I've been like totally in love with Aaron Johnson. When I say "lately", it's actually been going on for quite some time. Last week I was watching The Illusionist with friends cuz I remembered it was a pretty good movie and the little boy starring in it was pretty cute. So we got the dvd out and stuff and I almost jumped when I realised the little boy was little Aaron. So I guess the 'period' I went through in love with Aaron Johnson is back. Ahaha..yea and today is the last day of my holidays so I want to talk about him and end my feelings for this hottie today, on this blog, so I don't have to think about him in my final year of highschool.
Aaron Perry Johnson, 21, an English actor we all love. Couple of the movie he's in includes The Illusionist, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, The Greatest, Nowhere Boy (JOHN LENNON!) AND KICK-ASS:
ROBBIE and Georgia
HIIPPSSTTTUUURR <3
Kick-Ass
He actually sings in two of the movies, that I know of. Below is the final ending of Angus Tongs and Perfect Snogging
..and in Nowhere Boy as John Lennon:
I just genuinely think he's adorable and inspires me from head to soul. I reckon I can almost say I love him. WITHOUT facial hair =). But the one thing I really cannot get over is that he's married a couple of days before my 15th birthday and I was depressed for almost a month. Haha seriously, Aaron? Marry your director Sam Taylor-Wood? She's like what way passed 40 right? Gawd some times I really wonder what goes inside guy's heads! But to be honest I have nothing against this woman, just he fact she married HIM and has a daugher really gets me sometimes. You really don't want to know how many conversations I've had with him in my head on sleepless nights or when I procrastinate homework and just stare blankly at the screen.
Aaron Johnson Poses Nude with Pregnant Fiancee
But I mean really, I now come to realise that i DON'T know Aaron Johnson at all, I only know the Robbie, the John Lennon, the Dave Lizewski and the young Eisenheim in the movies he stars in. Its retarded how the audience all leave the cinema thinking oh wow he's an amazing person, or crap he's so awsome how he saved so many people. But in reality he is just a good actor. At the end of the day, we DON'T know him.
Oh yea just on the lighter side of things, I recently realised Aaron Johnson has heaps of similarities with Logan Lerman from The Butterfly Effect, The Lightning Thief and The Three Musketeers that's coming out this year. What do you guys think?
=O maybe it's time to move on to the next hottie on the right aye x
A sunny Sunday after much of a dreadful rainy week, we decided to hed to Rainbow's End for some thrills. Gawd lets not start on the queues for the rides. Somehow it seemed worse than the time at a theme park in China, which is physically impossible. But still.
A sunny Sunday after much of a dreadful rainy week, we decided to hed to Rainbow's End for some thrills. Gawd lets not start on the queues for the rides. Somehow it seemed worse than the time at a theme park in China, which is physically impossible. But still.
