Hey guys,
Just in case you’re wondering,
I’m listening to some really good music right now so if you’re interested you
should definitely check out some of The XX or Dire Straits. They both make some
really good music so have a listen and let me know what you think. Oh and also,
Maroon 5 has this new album out called ‘V’. You should definitely go check out
the song ‘Unkiss Me’ from them, it’s awesome.
Other than that, in the world of
CAS, we had the first week of activities so I’m pretty excited to talk about
everything that happened. So, let us start with…
Creativity
So ummm yeah. Let’s be real here,
there’s little to no chance that my artwork is going to be politically
oriented, that was completely and utterly whack so let’s ignore that I ever
said that. Sound good? ‘Kay, great then. I actually came up with a better plan
for what I’d like to do during drawing club; I’ll work on making a full cyber-punk
cosplay outfit for Halloween!
If you don't know what Cosplay is, here's a link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay. And FYI, cyberpunk is a futuristic movement that focuses on "a genre of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology" or in other words is part of a lawless, dehumanized society where everyone is oppressed by their higher ups or the ultimate power. The costumes are very Judge Dredd reminiscent.
Anyways, I’m hoping that it’ll work since
I’ve already got a lot of the gear I need to pull it off, I just need to adjust
them. For example, I have some plastic weaponry that I need to papier-mâché
into shape and paint which should be pretty easy. I’m hoping to get that done
quickly because it’s something I’m good at, I should be able to finish it
quickly and further myself in areas of
strengths whilst working on it. As for the actual costume, I need to make a
lot of armour which means that I need to find my old knee and arm guards and
papier-mâché those into something useful, a more realistic shape for the
costume I’m going for. This should help me develop
areas of weakness in my cosplay endeavors. I also have the chaps and boots
needed to make some proper cyber-gear but I’ll need to get some help to make
them into footwear that looks like it’s made up of buckles and strips of cloth.
These are the short sword and staff that I've already made, mostly out of paper-mache and cardboard and a bit of painting.
My next piece of work will have to be the actual sword seen here. I need to add some details to this, change the shape a bit and make it look more futuristic.
And of course the ciggy.
(Not real of course, just rolled up paper and tape.)
Somewhat related to actual art,
I’ve been looking at ways to paint my face into a cyber-punk design which means
a lot of kohl in very intricate designs. I have yet to find a style I like so
I’ll try a few and then put up pics, especially of the one I chose in the end.
The cyber-punk look also entails a lot of funky coloured hair. I’m working on
making coloured gel and in case that doesn’t work there is an alternative chalk
colouring method I can use. Hopefully I’ll be able to get that done quickly as
seen from the tutorial here : http://www.wikihow.com/Chalk-Dye-Your-Hair
There’s also this other tutorial where they also show you how to do chalk dye
here: http://www.littlepinkmonster.com/2012/03/20/how-to-dye-hair-with-chalk-pastels/
. The hair deal is actually something that is completely new to me so I fear
I’ll be out of my depth but oh well, I will survive. After all, I’m learning a new skill and it’ll be
something I can use in the future!
I’ve already made myself a fake
cigarette as well to go along with the costume so now I’m getting really
excited that it’s coming together. Here’s the picture of the cig and this is a
staff I’ve already made (from a cosplay the previous year). I still need to
change the stem colour to black though and I’m going to try and do some special
goggles if I can so yayayayay I’m really excited if you can’ already tell XD
Ehem. Anyway, I need to discuss
Action now so…
Action
So I’m doing fun footy which is,
as its name suggests, much fun! I realized though, how bad I’ve gotten since I haven’t
played for over a year now. That’s really sad but I’m getting back into the
groove of things and hopefully by the next few sessions I should be able to get
back on track. It’s also so strange playing on a team again. I find myself
forgetting that I have team mates that are helping me play defense and it’s
just a strange feeling. I have to keep in mind that the point of the team is to
collaborate with others, something I
tend to forget.
You know how when you haven’t done
something in a while and you have the opportunity to do it but because you
haven’t done it in a while you feel really sluggish and unsure about what you’re
doing? Yeah, that was my second session playing. I have to admit I thought about
not playing after the second session because I felt utterly useless since I’d
forgotten how to even trap a ball and I started panicking when I couldn’t pass
the ball to my teammate. But then of course I had to consider that this was a
minor setback, I simply had to persevere
and stay committed and my skills
will come back eventually.
It was really scary though,
forgetting the basics, so I’m just going to keep at it till I get somewhere and
re-remember how to play my game.
Talking about memory and remembering,
I should talk about my service activity….
Service
I’m going to do a solely Service
based post later but for now I thought it’d be nice for you guys to know what
we’ve been doing. We only had two sessions so far and the first session was dedicated
to planning for the year ahead. Since we don’t have a permanent supervisor, we
have to plan everything ourselves so we decided to get the younger grades
involved in our Alzheimer’s service. We figured we could get the Grade 6 kids
to come along for our visits to the Alzheimer’s Society and help us out.
Along those lines, this Thursday
we went and spoke to the Grade 6’s about memory and had them make some posters
about an episode in their lives that they were forgetting. I was surprised by
some of their comments, how when we asked them why memories are selective they
said that ‘it’s because only the important things are remembered’. I was also
speaking to the kids individually and they seemed fairly interested in service
but we couldn’t really talk specifically about Alzheimers.
Here are some of the posters they
made though.
Welp, I’ve gotta go; work to do, places to be. Catch you guys next
time J
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