C'est La Vie

So, I'm off to Québec City in like 2 days. I'm gonna be in a French-speaking city, 10 hours away by car from my hometown, on my own (well technically I'm staying with family friends but you know what I mean) and it's only now starting to register. Hmm. The reason I'm going... to brush up on my extremely (emphasis on the extremely) poor french. I'll be studying at Laval University, apparently it's quite a popular school. My feelings at the moment are a mix of excitement and anxiousness with a smidge of fear which makes sense considering it'll be my first time experiencing this kind of independence. To be honest, it's kind of another reason why I made my decision to go, as much as I love my mommy and will really miss her (I'll admit-- guilty of being a mama's girl), I need to do this for my own good. I've lived at home my whole life, I need to get out there and see the world from a different perspective. It'll be an adventure! And hopefully a beneficial one lol. This is one bird about to leave the mama nest.
Random fun facts:

• The word Québec means 'Where the river narrows'.
•  Québec contains more than 3% of the world’s fresh water reserves.

 
With that I leave you with an amazing song from one of my all-time favourite bands...

Some Kind of Magic

I'll let the lyrics of the following song speak for me..

I Caught Myself lyrics by Paramore 

Down to you
You're pushing and pulling me down to
But I don't know what I
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
I'm saying something that I should have never thought
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
I'm saying something that I should have never thought of you

You're pushing and pulling me down too
But I don't know what I want
No I don't know what I want

You got it, you got it
Some kind of magic
Hypnotic, hypnotic
You're leaving me breathless
I hate this, I hate this
You're not the one I believe in
With God as my witness

Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
I'm saying something that I should have never thought
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
I'm saying something that I should have never thought of you

You're pushing and pulling me down too
But I don't know what I want
No I don't know what I want

Don't know what I want
But I know it's not you
Keep pushing and pulling me down
But I know in my heart it's not you

Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
I'm saying something that I should have never thought
Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself
I'm saying something that I should have never thought of you
I knew, I know in my heart it's not you
I never know what I want, I want, I want
Oh no, I should have never thought

Dear X,

 What are you doing to me? Tell me what exactly is it that you want? Don't you realize how much this hurts? You suck me in then you push me out, you tell me one thing, then tell me the contrary. I feel like a ragdoll just being played around with. Precisely what you're doing, playing and screwing with my feelings. I just can't take this emotional rollercoaster. You're a jerk. You're sweet.You don't want me. You want me. It drives me crazy! So why can't I just let you go, why do you make this so difficult? I'm weak and I don't want to be. This is so bad.. this.. me desiring you despite me knowing that you're bad news. Just an unhealthy, endless cycle. How can I handle someone who is emotionally and psychologically unstable? I wish you would stop having such a negative outlook on life, but who am I to say that, I haven't been through all the crap you've been through. Okay so you may have your issues, but you're not the only one! Frig! I can't get you out of my head. Am I suppose to continue putting up with your stubborness, stupidity, cruelty and constant apologies? Your bittersweet nature that doesn't cease to allure me?
You know what's fascinating? How certain songs you listen to seem to hit you the hardest when you are in a present situation in which the lyrics seem to be so much more relevant because you can earnestly relate. It seemed like every song I listened to was speaking directly of you. Of us.
The song hot n cold by Katy Perry totally expresses what I'm feeling at this very moment. Honestly, I don't know what to do with you.

-- Signed,
Hopelessly in love

Party Timeee!!

Haha, 80s music rocks my socks.
 
Can I just for a moment foolishly revel and express my happiness and relief to be finally done with school?! GHAAAAHHJGKJFKFDSLHOI!!! 
ok, I'm done expressing my joy. Although I'm still in zombie mode from pulling two almost all-nighters (not in a row but still in a week). Omg, last week was a killer week, 4 papers due and 1 artist statement, no mercy. No mercy. I had my last crit (final) today and am now completely done. Oh how I was looking forward to this day, but I don't know, for some reason apart from being glad, I feel kind of weird, like, it still hasn't clicked in yet that this school term is over. That and perhaps it's the lack of sleep. 
So now that I have more time on my hands you can expect more blog posts =D
Ok, that's all I have to say for now, and for all those of you who are still in deep seas of exams and finals, good luck! A celebration awaits you! Cheers.

Art Attack!

I love how I'm writing this blog when I should really be working on my school papers given that I only have a few weeks left before the semester ends. Ah, the beauty of procrastination, gotta love it!

So I'm going to follow through with what I said in my previous blog, I promised I would show you the marvelous workings of a contemporary artist. His name? Nathan DeYoung.
I don't know, there's just something about his art that speaks to me, it's very evocative, the use of colour (I'm a colour fiend!), the smooth, loose yet conscious brush strokes, the washes and intentional running of paint. Very impressionist. But it's also the way he integrates images of women's faces for his subject matter that fascinates me, he really captures feminine beauty, elegance and grace quite successfully. I like that they don't look like magazine cut-outs collaged onto the canvas, be blends the faces into the work really well. In some works, he paints only a section of a woman's face which is neat, it adds an air of mystery and seduction. Although he may get criticism for glamorizing these women, I deprecate that because I think it suits his style! I thought it was oil he used but it's in fact acrylic, acrylic on wood. Personally, I prefer the quality that acrylic on wood produces. Love it! All in all he's a genius in my book, I'm so captivated by his work it drives me crazy. Other opinions?
Cheers,
an artsy fartsy freak.

Chocolate To My Peanut Butter

So originally I was going to share an artist that I recently discovered and whose work I was very awestruck by but that will just have to be postponed due to a sudden burst of giddy emotions as a result of reading something inspiring from a very special someone in my life :-) You know who you are! So as an expression of my gratitude and love, I will dedicate this very amazing song to you. I just want to you to know that you my dear are freakin amazing and I wouldn't trade you for a thousand suns. Hope you like it!

All Fall Down lyrics found at elyricsworld.com

At the movies...

Going to the movies can be a fun experience, especially when you're in the company of friends or family. But there are a couple of things about being in a theatre that can really get on your nerves, for instance, annoying people! Allow me to elaborate...

1. Sticky floors - you finally find some seats in a packed theatre only to realize some clumsy boob spilled their drink all over the floor!
2. Seat kickers (these are the WORST, I get them all the time!) - the movie finally starts, excited and happy--that is until you feel someone kicking the back of your seat. Talk about frustrating! You just want to turn around and strangle them.
3. Giggling girlies - I'm speaking of those prepubescent girls who burst out giggling in the middle of a serious/suspenseful scene.
4. Babblers and people who yell out stupid, meaningless nonsense - Usually it's teens, immature much? you're not funny, so shut up.
5. Lazer losers - then there are those annoying fools who decide to make the scene more interesting by pointing their lazers at the middle of Ben Affleck's forehead.
6. Full house - you're late for the movie, you walk in to your displeasure to find the theatre full, thus giving you no choice but to sit in the seats at the very front.
7. Uncomfy seats - "Argh! why do I feel a lump under my butt!"
8. Ring-a-dingers - people, please put your phones on silent or vibrate at least, this part is just getting interesting! The most irritating is during a deeply moving/sad scene, you're crying and all of the sudden out of nowhere some tropical islands/salsa ringtone breaks out. Way to ruin the moment.
9. Popcorn dilemma - you're eating popcorn and your friend asks for some, passing it down to them, they take some and pass it back to you. You go to reach it but miscalculate the distcance because you're so absorbed in the scene that you accidentally knock it out of their hands. There goes your $ 7.
10. Tall people - ok if you're tall and you know it, please sit near the back of the theatre where your big head won't be blocking my view.

 This movie looks really good! :-D