part 1 of 8

Day three of post-wisdom teeth removal and I'm hungry all the damn time. I can't wait to eat something that's actually substantial, like a burger. This dentist is amazing, I tell you; the work he did was so minimal I really only needed to take painkillers twice.
Oh, and Christmas turned out to kind of a downer as predicted, but at least there was booze.

Anddd~ so begins my actual painting of my thesis. I got gessobord that was wayyy too smooth (and sadly, 5/8 came damaged at the corners) and I noticed this when I laid down some flat colors.

My instructor suggested I buy Grumbacher painting medium #1 and mix it with a tsp of this cobalt dryer. Unfortunately I only found Copal painting medium since the other one on the shelf was #3. I only bought a small one in case it doesn't work out but this mixture is meant to speed up drying time.
I've never worked with any other painting solevent; it was always just liquin + paint. But my instructor is a professional at oil paint, and I should take her advice no?

This is how it looks. More to come of course. I'm meant to finish two more by the end of the holidays, eeek! I hate how slanted the lines are ):

Eluveitie @ Gramercy Theater 12/20/2012

Yes, I am still alive after the concert ww~ Of course this is in no way a professional report or anything. This show comes with two opening acts, Varg and Wintersun.

I wanted a new top for this show since I don't want to wear out my usual striped tank and the leopard one is too tight as it's meant to be worn for sleepwear..

Been wanting a shirt with that kind of print forever so I scooped it up, quick. The 34th St H&M has so many cute things now! Skulls, crosses, galaxy prints... and leggings with built-in mesh over star-shaped cutouts- eee! H&M's sub-brand Divided is so awesome♡

The day started out nicely. It was the calmest I've ever been on a live day. While I applied most of my makeup at home, I went to Sephora to slather on even moar makeups and to douse my face in setting spray.

I've actually never been inside Gramercy before so I was pretty certain it was a tiny venue,but once inside it was much larger than I expected. I'd come one hour before the doors so I got worried when I saw a decently lengthy line but the line had grown wayyy longer by 7PM. Even with coat check and all, I still got center third row.

First of all was Varg. I was digging the red/black corpsepaint but honestly I don't think I will be remembering their music.. or getting into it unfortunately. It seemed like many came to see Wintersun because it got I-can't-beathe/move!!-crowded and extremely hot for their whole set. The energy was just so great, it spread to me and I rocked out despite very,very squished and near-passing out. I'm definitely getting into Wintersun now, haha. I also have a pic of them performing but I'll spare you as this post already pretty long.

By Eluveitie I was center front row! Again, I am blown away by the generousness of metal fans. Eluveitie said they'd play most/all the songs off their Helvetios album and thats they did. I loved how Pade got down between the barricade and stage while playing his whistle during the encore and walked down while hands lunged at him.

SETLIST: 

Prologue
Helvetios 
Luxtos 
Home
Santonian Shores 
Scorched Earth 
Meet the Enemy 
Neverland 
A Rose for Epona 
Havoc 
The Uprising 
Hope 
The Siege 
Alesia 
Tullianum 
Uxellodunon 
Epilogue 

-EN-
Otherworld 
Everything Remains as It Never Was 
Divico 
Inis Mona 
Tegernakô

Anna was amazing while singing Scorched Earth. It was just her alone on stage and a single light was shining on her, and it was casting a shadow of her silhouette on one of the side banners. While I would have liked it if the audience stopped screaming at the top of their lungs whilst she sang, she was still phenomenal and her voice was perfect.

At some point Chrigel made a comment to say that the Canadian crowd sucked at rocking out compared to New Yorkers. He also made a funny after during A Rose for Epona, Anna threw roses into the crowd and saved the last one for Kay. The new guitarist Rafael was pretty cool too.

I didn't think they would play Everything Remains as It Never Was but they DID and did I go crazy at that point. It's technically my first song I heard from them. While I would love it also if they played Grey Sublime Archon or Quoth the Raven, this was still a pretty good show. Chrigel made the audience sing to Inis Mona which was super-fun for everyone.

I got two tops this time... I was only planning to get the Eluveitie one only but the Wintersun top with the image off their new album, Time I was so beautiful I had to get it. I'm so weak. ;A;

Of course I got my usual post-live 清涼剤 drink and before the show, Pret. This seems to be a live-day routine I almost follow religiously. The bonus of the day would be the こんぺいとう ofc.

glub glub

Still not out of the Sea of Finals yet but I'm paddling to shore. Christmas is around the corner but for some reason I really am not feeling any Christmas spirit, when I have been for the past couple years. It's not any depressive mood but more like a lack of motivation for anything, even eating and sleeping. It's similar to not getting that seasonal depression because I'm just too busy to realize time passing.
 I very much would like to decorate the apartment Christmas-y but it's more important I buy shit for me first there's no room for a tree and my mom is likely to whine that I'm wasting my time doing that. But I'll see what I can do anyways.

BUT to the point of this post, I drew something. For those who don't know, I love playing Poupee-Girl and every December, stockings are for sale on the shop. I really loved the design for this year's; it looked very forest-like yet kept the sparkles and glitz of the holiday.

 Just look at that!!

Unfortunately you only get accessories from the stockings but I drew a full outfit with the theme because I liked it enough. As usual, click for full-size and if that doesn't work, open a new tab.

It's pretty lolita-ish, with the full dress, rocking horse shoes and frilly blouse but I figured why not. It's been a while since I drew such oufits. I wanted to draw this before I opened the stockings too. They ended up being disappointing but they were cheap, so it's cool.

My last class is on Tuesday if I remember correctly. Best of all, no more 9AM and 6-10PM classes~(ﾉﾟοﾟ)ﾉ

What Christmas?

Haaaaahh~!!!!