finished? Gimme a day or two...
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Art Nouvea
I hate symmetry, I hate mirror images left matching right perfectly...why? Becuase its a pain in the ass to draw.
case in point...
my newest picture...
I'm about half way done. I'm putting in script underneath her and the bg of her circle is going to be purely pencil crayon landscape...yes I plan on colouring this. :P
UGH
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
ART!!
Finished my sketchbook yesterday morning, decided I was going to FINISH the sketchbook by finishing as much of the pictures as I could...
so I got to colouring with my pencils again. I love my pencils.
I miss my scanner. The pile of art that needs to be scanned is getting mountainous. :S
The colours are all off because the gamma on my webcam is deadly jaundise, but you can rest assured, that they are up to yvil's snuff of bright bold and beautiful.
Dread girl has been a challenge and a half for me, I could not for the life of me figure out what I wanted to do with her hair for at least three pictures and then her flowers came out shitious in the forth, so I had to revert to using 'artistic freedom' and flubbing it up HAAARD.
I LOVE my buddha, I mean I lovelovelove my buddha, I was inspired by one of my many faves on dA and I I have this awesome little jade buddha at home that I wanted to draw but his angles and shape didn't transfer to paper well so I adjusted him and I'm still stupid in love with him. YAY buddha!!!
I hope you guys like. I have SOO much more I want to scan and show you.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Music Maker
DJ Nishi
I've known this man for years, and I think since day two of our friendship, he's been influencing my music tastes all too much. Trust me, I'm not complaining! With out him throwing the best stuff around at me, its easy to clue in and pay attention to what he's saying. Be it that he's also one of the great loves of my life, I can help but pass his skillz around.
He has two sets up, but there is more in the works, and this is just a taste of this man's awesome edge.
I don't care who you are, or what you're into, this is good shit.
so. go listen. see the insanity that molded my kind of insanity and see if it starts to make sense.
YAY BISHCAKES!!!
this is real love.
I've known this man for years, and I think since day two of our friendship, he's been influencing my music tastes all too much. Trust me, I'm not complaining! With out him throwing the best stuff around at me, its easy to clue in and pay attention to what he's saying. Be it that he's also one of the great loves of my life, I can help but pass his skillz around.
He has two sets up, but there is more in the works, and this is just a taste of this man's awesome edge.
I don't care who you are, or what you're into, this is good shit.
so. go listen. see the insanity that molded my kind of insanity and see if it starts to make sense.
YAY BISHCAKES!!!
this is real love.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Why O.C. Transpo Sucks II
Again, the 2 route, heading to Blair, this morning around 11:30 - 12ish, corner of Bank and Nepean (?) the Tim Hortons, there is a cop car parked in spot for the buses to pull over so the bus is forced to stay in the center lane.
A little old lady hobbles up and knocks on the door, the bus driver ignores her and sits through the red light. The lady knocks louder on the door and he yells THROUGH the door, 'I DON'T LET ANYONE ON ON THE FUCKING STREET!' then drives away as the light turns green.
I turn to the driver and say, 'you know there was a stop there and you could have let her on, since there was a cop in your way' he looks at me and goes 'do you want me to call security and have you banned from this route? I can you know, if you don't mind your own fucking business.'
I was so pissed off at him, I mean for fucks sake, its not like its a trying effort to open the doors and let the lady on. Its February, its cold, and wet out, let the fucking woman on the fucking bus.
One of these days I'm going to bring a camera on the bus and catch these assholes being rude, HAH! That'll be fun.
A little old lady hobbles up and knocks on the door, the bus driver ignores her and sits through the red light. The lady knocks louder on the door and he yells THROUGH the door, 'I DON'T LET ANYONE ON ON THE FUCKING STREET!' then drives away as the light turns green.
I turn to the driver and say, 'you know there was a stop there and you could have let her on, since there was a cop in your way' he looks at me and goes 'do you want me to call security and have you banned from this route? I can you know, if you don't mind your own fucking business.'
I was so pissed off at him, I mean for fucks sake, its not like its a trying effort to open the doors and let the lady on. Its February, its cold, and wet out, let the fucking woman on the fucking bus.
One of these days I'm going to bring a camera on the bus and catch these assholes being rude, HAH! That'll be fun.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Gypsy dreams with wild garlic flowers
Me and Damen had a conversation today, mostly revolving around my rekindling love affair with garlic. I made pasta today, extra garlic, I made a cream cheese dip for a snack, extra extra garlic. I am rank with garlic. Which made me slightly inspired because I was listening to Fleetwood Mac's Gypsy at the time and the idea for a picture came a gypsy girl with wild garlic flowers, saucy, savoury and so pretty!! Anyway...the entire time Damen and I were laughing about my garlic obsession...this is the conversation that follows when I was looking up images of garlic flowers
Yve Starr: garlic is pretty!
Damen: And so tastey
Yve Starr: lol
Yve Starr: minion is basted in garlic
Damen: I shall put you on a crust with maranira sauce and cheese and have minion pizza.
Yve Starr: thats vaguely erotic.
LAWLZ
you had to be there.
Yve Starr: garlic is pretty!
Damen: And so tastey
Yve Starr: lol
Yve Starr: minion is basted in garlic
Damen: I shall put you on a crust with maranira sauce and cheese and have minion pizza.
Yve Starr: thats vaguely erotic.
LAWLZ
you had to be there.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Home Made Moccacino's
I'm addicted to the moccacino's at second cup. I love them, I swear their steamed milk has crack in them. I try to get one once a week when I'm working and just sit back and say 'hey, I deserve this five dollar drink mmmm'
Well, it turns out with a little creative inginuity, I can make them at home!!
1 tbsp cocoa-powder
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup milk
mix in large coffee mug.
brew half cup coffee (I have a personal 1 cup brewer so I brew a full cup so I can have two cups of moccacino)
warm / steam 3/4 cup milk
stir in coffee to cocoa mix, then stir in milk to coffee/cocoa mix.
Taste.
sweeten to your preference (I use unsweetened cocoa so it's always got that dark chocolate bite to it.)
Enjoy!!
Well, it turns out with a little creative inginuity, I can make them at home!!
1 tbsp cocoa-powder
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup milk
mix in large coffee mug.
brew half cup coffee (I have a personal 1 cup brewer so I brew a full cup so I can have two cups of moccacino)
warm / steam 3/4 cup milk
stir in coffee to cocoa mix, then stir in milk to coffee/cocoa mix.
Taste.
sweeten to your preference (I use unsweetened cocoa so it's always got that dark chocolate bite to it.)
Enjoy!!
Only 12th Place?!?
but I snagged this off the Ottawa Citizen Website while looking at & for Ottawa's snow fall records.
At 273.9 centimetres, this winter is currently 12th on the snowfall chart.
that was from Tuesday's paper...and its Friday and its snowing again, and on reviewing The Weather Network, they haven't even bothered listing how much snow we're getting today, and that fact that it's stating 'Light Snow' makes me want to punch them in the face...it is not lightly snowing. Its full on snowing. If this was rain it would just fall short of torrential (trying to convert snow volume to rain volume with 6 hours of sleep....HAH!)
At least its not brutally cold anymore. That was a fun couple of days. If you didn't blink frequently you're eyes began to freeze. Don't even get me started on noses and cold-sensitive teeth...-groans- I'm going back to bed.
At 273.9 centimetres, this winter is currently 12th on the snowfall chart.
that was from Tuesday's paper...and its Friday and its snowing again, and on reviewing The Weather Network, they haven't even bothered listing how much snow we're getting today, and that fact that it's stating 'Light Snow' makes me want to punch them in the face...it is not lightly snowing. Its full on snowing. If this was rain it would just fall short of torrential (trying to convert snow volume to rain volume with 6 hours of sleep....HAH!)
At least its not brutally cold anymore. That was a fun couple of days. If you didn't blink frequently you're eyes began to freeze. Don't even get me started on noses and cold-sensitive teeth...-groans- I'm going back to bed.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Its that day again folks,
The day all couples are glad they are couple, and the day all singles laugh in the face of couples because they don't have to spend any false sense of endearment on another person.
Thats right folks, its Saint Valentines Day.
The man with the soft touch and..wait a second, who exactly was Saint Valentine and why do we hold a day in his honour?
Well there wasn't just one sanctified man called Valentine but several and the Valentine that we all pay homage too, well nothing is known about him except that he was buried on the fourteenth day of february. And the feast of Saint Valentine didn't start to be celebrated until Pope Gelasius I, 'who included Valentine among those "... whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God." As Gelasius implied, nothing was known, even then, about the lives of any of these martyrs.' --> as per wiki.
So why do we celebrate a day to a bunch of guys no-one really knows about? We can thank Chaucer for that. Oh that deliciously fiesty poet of old, lacing our hearts and minds with the foul lies of true love.
'For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [choose] his make [mate]. ' from Parlenment of Foules (Geoffrey Chaucer)
It was written in honour of the first aniversary of Richard II and Anne of Bohemia in 1381, twenty years later, in France they used the courts of law to establish a High Court of Love on Valentines day, and it was established to deal with adultery, abuse against women and love contracts. Oh Yah, the french had that shit down. You know how the judges got the job?? Women judged them on poetry readings. Thats some pretty fantastic shit!
The legends of Valentines Day are really unbelievable, if you have a beating heart in your chest, and have ever been given chocolate or woo'd especially on this day, you should read up on it. If anything it'll remind you why humans are meant to be polyamorous...love is breif, love is fleeting but when it happens it sure is nice.
((on a personal note, as a pagan, valentines day means very little to me religiously but I don't think very many people see this day as a true holy day anymore and as a woman who likes to be pampered occasionally, its nice to be blessed with happy thoughts on a day dedicated to love, as misconstrued as it is. ))
Thats right folks, its Saint Valentines Day.
The man with the soft touch and..wait a second, who exactly was Saint Valentine and why do we hold a day in his honour?
Well there wasn't just one sanctified man called Valentine but several and the Valentine that we all pay homage too, well nothing is known about him except that he was buried on the fourteenth day of february. And the feast of Saint Valentine didn't start to be celebrated until Pope Gelasius I, 'who included Valentine among those "... whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God." As Gelasius implied, nothing was known, even then, about the lives of any of these martyrs.' --> as per wiki.
So why do we celebrate a day to a bunch of guys no-one really knows about? We can thank Chaucer for that. Oh that deliciously fiesty poet of old, lacing our hearts and minds with the foul lies of true love.
'For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [choose] his make [mate]. ' from Parlenment of Foules (Geoffrey Chaucer)
It was written in honour of the first aniversary of Richard II and Anne of Bohemia in 1381, twenty years later, in France they used the courts of law to establish a High Court of Love on Valentines day, and it was established to deal with adultery, abuse against women and love contracts. Oh Yah, the french had that shit down. You know how the judges got the job?? Women judged them on poetry readings. Thats some pretty fantastic shit!
The legends of Valentines Day are really unbelievable, if you have a beating heart in your chest, and have ever been given chocolate or woo'd especially on this day, you should read up on it. If anything it'll remind you why humans are meant to be polyamorous...love is breif, love is fleeting but when it happens it sure is nice.
((on a personal note, as a pagan, valentines day means very little to me religiously but I don't think very many people see this day as a true holy day anymore and as a woman who likes to be pampered occasionally, its nice to be blessed with happy thoughts on a day dedicated to love, as misconstrued as it is. ))
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Why O.C. Transpo Sucks
I've been considering writing this blog for a few weeks now, I've been putting it off because one of the many things I said I would adjust about myself was my negative opinions on various subject but I find, day by day, bus trip by bus trip many reasons why public transportation in this city sucks.
I think it all came about when the Metro ( a free daily newspaper) put out an article that said that customer service complaints were on the rise, but oc transpo didn't know why because when ever they monitored drivers they always seemed to run on time and be pictures of civility. They don't know why customers complain about the service they recieve?
Well as a person who relies on the bus to get her anywhere in the city she can't bike in the summer, or anywhere at all in the winter, I can list MANY reasons why people complain.
Most commonly is the frequency of the buses, and how often they don't run on time. If a schedule says the bus is going to be there at 4:30 you can bet you frozen little tooshy it's already gone by, or you'll be waiting an extrat ten to fifteen minutes for it.
Today's reason why OC Transpo sucks-->
The infamous 2 Route.
It never runs on time. Even when it's running late, you can lay good odds that you'll be waiting a half hour at least for it, even though its a high-traffic route with scheduled stops every 10 to 15 minutes you KNOW not to bother running to the stop cause it WILL be late. When it does come, the first bus is JAM packed full of people, and the second bus that just breezes by is emptier then a zombie-crawled grave.
Whilst standing, waiting for the 2, it arrives, late and full of people, this time...no second empty bus and I'm freezing so I get on. I fight to the back of the bus through the ignorami standing at the doors and I get to a place where I can stand, when the bell rings and the people shuttling off the bus fight to the door. The bus goes on through, passing the requested stop with out even slowing down.
This incites irrate people who'd probably been waiting as long as I had for the bus to start yelling. The driver ignores them and carries on to the next stop, three blocks away, leaving little old ladies, mothers with kids to BACK-TRACK to their stop to carry on home. I shrug and figure new driver doesn't know the route. It happens.
Next stop. Same thing. MORE irrate people. I start to wonder. This happens every other stop, including ignoring the people WAITING at the stops for the bus, leaving them in the blustery cold day for another bus, which being the 2 route, WILL BE LATE.
Now, I'm pissed because this is just plain ignorance on the bus-drivers behave and I'm starting to wonder if it's gonna happen to me. SHOCK and AWE it didn't, but I couldn't believe the unbelievable actions of the driver. WHO DOES THAT.
It is your job to STOP the BUS at the BUSSTOP when the STOP IS REQUESTED. Not carry on through to the next stop. You get OVERPAID to stop at peoples requests. And Its not like they waited to the very last second to ring the bell, no they gave AMPLE time for the bus driver to pull aside to the curb and let them off. Like they are OVERPAID to do.
What slayed me, is not two days after it was reported a car driver was killed for driving on the roads because talking on cell phone, the 2 route in the opposite direction goes FLYING by, ignoring the people at the stop, and the bus driver is on his cell, looking for the life of him like he was having the time of his life. Guess what...his bus was nearly empty and there was no bus behind him in sight.
Yah. Way to fucking go OCT and not knowing why you have so many customer complaints. TRY OPENING YOUR EYES AND ACTUALLY WATCHING WHAT YOUR DRIVERS ARE DOING!!!
idiots.
I think it all came about when the Metro ( a free daily newspaper) put out an article that said that customer service complaints were on the rise, but oc transpo didn't know why because when ever they monitored drivers they always seemed to run on time and be pictures of civility. They don't know why customers complain about the service they recieve?
Well as a person who relies on the bus to get her anywhere in the city she can't bike in the summer, or anywhere at all in the winter, I can list MANY reasons why people complain.
Most commonly is the frequency of the buses, and how often they don't run on time. If a schedule says the bus is going to be there at 4:30 you can bet you frozen little tooshy it's already gone by, or you'll be waiting an extrat ten to fifteen minutes for it.
Today's reason why OC Transpo sucks-->
The infamous 2 Route.
It never runs on time. Even when it's running late, you can lay good odds that you'll be waiting a half hour at least for it, even though its a high-traffic route with scheduled stops every 10 to 15 minutes you KNOW not to bother running to the stop cause it WILL be late. When it does come, the first bus is JAM packed full of people, and the second bus that just breezes by is emptier then a zombie-crawled grave.
Whilst standing, waiting for the 2, it arrives, late and full of people, this time...no second empty bus and I'm freezing so I get on. I fight to the back of the bus through the ignorami standing at the doors and I get to a place where I can stand, when the bell rings and the people shuttling off the bus fight to the door. The bus goes on through, passing the requested stop with out even slowing down.
This incites irrate people who'd probably been waiting as long as I had for the bus to start yelling. The driver ignores them and carries on to the next stop, three blocks away, leaving little old ladies, mothers with kids to BACK-TRACK to their stop to carry on home. I shrug and figure new driver doesn't know the route. It happens.
Next stop. Same thing. MORE irrate people. I start to wonder. This happens every other stop, including ignoring the people WAITING at the stops for the bus, leaving them in the blustery cold day for another bus, which being the 2 route, WILL BE LATE.
Now, I'm pissed because this is just plain ignorance on the bus-drivers behave and I'm starting to wonder if it's gonna happen to me. SHOCK and AWE it didn't, but I couldn't believe the unbelievable actions of the driver. WHO DOES THAT.
It is your job to STOP the BUS at the BUSSTOP when the STOP IS REQUESTED. Not carry on through to the next stop. You get OVERPAID to stop at peoples requests. And Its not like they waited to the very last second to ring the bell, no they gave AMPLE time for the bus driver to pull aside to the curb and let them off. Like they are OVERPAID to do.
What slayed me, is not two days after it was reported a car driver was killed for driving on the roads because talking on cell phone, the 2 route in the opposite direction goes FLYING by, ignoring the people at the stop, and the bus driver is on his cell, looking for the life of him like he was having the time of his life. Guess what...his bus was nearly empty and there was no bus behind him in sight.
Yah. Way to fucking go OCT and not knowing why you have so many customer complaints. TRY OPENING YOUR EYES AND ACTUALLY WATCHING WHAT YOUR DRIVERS ARE DOING!!!
idiots.
Sometimes, its good to go back to you roots.
Gods, I haven't listened to Korn in ages, I mean it I can barely remember the last time I listened to them. I'm kinda ashamed. I honestly don't even know where all my albums are!! I will have to look for them soon...:P
Anyway the purpose of this blog today ladies and gents is so I can have a comprehensive list of all my art projects I have on the go, ones I need to finish, and ones I need to start.
Obviously the ones I need to finish take top notch on the list for completion wise but a couple have priority
---
NEED TO FINISH
---
Chinese Dragon - an acrylic rendering of a watercolour I did. About half-way done
She - an acrylic painting of a curiscurio-style nude, obviously of a woman
DSG- an acrylic rendering of a photograph of Teh DSG. About two-thirds done.
Pano-galaxy in purple - see title - half finished.
Phoenixes in flight - watercolour - still in the base colours stage, half way through that.
---
NEED TO START
---
Multi-medium cherry blossooms- Sharpie and origami on white gloss cardboard.
three-frames - I have no idea but I want to use them.
...LOL apparently I am a procrastinator.
LOL speaking of procrastinating, I should go get ready for rehersals. :P
Anyway the purpose of this blog today ladies and gents is so I can have a comprehensive list of all my art projects I have on the go, ones I need to finish, and ones I need to start.
Obviously the ones I need to finish take top notch on the list for completion wise but a couple have priority
---
NEED TO FINISH
---
Chinese Dragon - an acrylic rendering of a watercolour I did. About half-way done
She - an acrylic painting of a curiscurio-style nude, obviously of a woman
DSG- an acrylic rendering of a photograph of Teh DSG. About two-thirds done.
Pano-galaxy in purple - see title - half finished.
Phoenixes in flight - watercolour - still in the base colours stage, half way through that.
---
NEED TO START
---
Multi-medium cherry blossooms- Sharpie and origami on white gloss cardboard.
three-frames - I have no idea but I want to use them.
...LOL apparently I am a procrastinator.
LOL speaking of procrastinating, I should go get ready for rehersals. :P
Friday, February 8, 2008
All You Need Is Love
I woke up this morning in a decidedly shitty mood and I said to myself lying in bed 'Yve Baby, you need Love. Beatles Love. Get your ass out of bed and remember, All You Need Is Love.'
So, I thought I'd pass that message on you lot and remember this. To every single one of my friends, my readers (I know you are out there) and anyone who happens across this blog, I love you!
-blows kisses-
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Crochet Lessons of Life
Spend hours toiling over new skill, finish pattern perfectly, try it on. Too Small.
FUCK!!
Beautiful red slouchy hats are not for Yve.
poop.
FUCK!!
Beautiful red slouchy hats are not for Yve.
poop.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Inspiration, Fuck You
I've been toying with the idea of doing a different sort of picture the last couple of days, and as I get everything ready to do it....THIS is what comes out...
Because its for Basinhold, and Vade is a whore for progress pictures, I snapped this tonight for him...
Fucking inspiration.
btw its suppose to be Wren. I like her cheeky smile.
its way dark sorry guys I am still without scanner.
_SIIIIGHS_
Friday, February 1, 2008
Since
Ottawa is under an impending snow storm watch (as in we're all watching the skies waiting) I figured I'd give you guys something interesting to do today...
one check out
Neat-o-Rama
probably the most awesomest, geekiest blog ever invented. And I found before Ren did.
and
Blackle
When google is challenged, google doesn't back down. I recieved this in an email and I had to check it out!
If Google had a black screen, taking in account the huge number of page views, according to calculations, 750 mega watts/hour per year would be saved.
In response, Google created a black version of its search engine, called Blackle, with the exact same functions as the white version, but with lower energy consumption: spread the word-
Blackle
AWW yah bitches!!
-*-*-*-*-
Oh and the snow has started to fall. The storm itself stretches from Windsor to Quebec City, thats over 1,150 kilometers and is populated by about 57% of Canada's total population, as it goes through 3 of the countries 4 largest cities, and it will dump anywhere from 10 to 35 centimeters of snow on us today and tonight, thats roughgly 13 inches of snow. Or just to give you one last idea, a fucking foot of snow.
But its staying warm with light winds. Tomorrow we may even get sun!! Nice and blinding for the first weekend of winterlude eh??
Ahh its good to be back...
one check out
Neat-o-Rama
probably the most awesomest, geekiest blog ever invented. And I found before Ren did.
and
Blackle
When google is challenged, google doesn't back down. I recieved this in an email and I had to check it out!
If Google had a black screen, taking in account the huge number of page views, according to calculations, 750 mega watts/hour per year would be saved.
In response, Google created a black version of its search engine, called Blackle, with the exact same functions as the white version, but with lower energy consumption: spread the word-
Blackle
AWW yah bitches!!
-*-*-*-*-
Oh and the snow has started to fall. The storm itself stretches from Windsor to Quebec City, thats over 1,150 kilometers and is populated by about 57% of Canada's total population, as it goes through 3 of the countries 4 largest cities, and it will dump anywhere from 10 to 35 centimeters of snow on us today and tonight, thats roughgly 13 inches of snow. Or just to give you one last idea, a fucking foot of snow.
But its staying warm with light winds. Tomorrow we may even get sun!! Nice and blinding for the first weekend of winterlude eh??
Ahh its good to be back...
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