Mmm...talking food....

I've been into drawing birthday cards lately. It started with my roommate, and I've managed to continue it up until this point. It's fun, and even if they look a lil' shi'y, it's the thought that counts. It's also made me want to be a greeting card designer over at Sunrise but I doubt that'll happen.

So what does a typical Wallaby card look like? Well, if I had thought of scanning the images I would have a better example. Instead, you get to look at these mildly blurry pictures from my camera!

As you can see I have a thing for drawing anthropomorphic food in various states. I'm not sure why the hedgehogs are on acid, nor why there's a worm in the cupcake's hat, nor why the peanut butter cups don't have arms. I don't even know why there's a strawberry spa. I'm an amateur genius, so I will pretend they are my artistic vision and you just don't understand.

They're all on regular computer paper, start as pencil drawings, and finally copied using a smooth-writing pen on my make-shift light box (ahem, a window). The color's come from a sweet box of gel-ish crayons. They write on ALL colors of paper, EVEN BLACK! For preservation's sake, I glue them onto some colorful card stock and trim the excess. Ta-dah!

And they all have this cupcake on the back as my signature. Goodness, I'm obese.

I think I'm going to keep this up, though I'll scan them next time (I finally know where the school's scanner is). It gives me a reason to draw various baked goods in my notebook during philosophy class.

My one fear is that this will deepen my desire for a super-duper scanner and tablet, and Illustrator and/or Photoshop. Realistically, that will not happen since Adobe likes-ah dah monies I don't have. Christmas is going to be more and more disappointing from now on.

Lator.


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This is overdue

So I made these over the summer, but forgot to post them. They're from Mom's Big Book of Cookies. I really like them. I unfortunately only had the little non-pareils, not the jimmies the recipe called for, so they had a mildly crunchy texture. It was a little awkward. I would definitely have to get the sprinkles for the next time I make them. O yes, there will be a next time. Bask in its deliciousness:

Lator.

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Oh, er, hey there.

So, I swear I haven't forgotten about you fantabulous Juicebox readers. (Really, there are two drafts from me on our list, I promise.) It's just been one hellz of a semester. But here's me getting you up to snuff on what elderly crafts I've been doing since the new year, unless this becomes another incomplete draft! Please excuse the horrendous blurry pictures; I haven't figured out the whole capturing completed projects thing yet.

JANUARY

A Sad-looking Bear, a birthday gift for The Cuteness. I just realized that I never took a picture of him with arms. Woopsies. This was actually my first completed crochet project. WOAH! I find crochet faster in the satisfaction department, but lacking in the neatness department. Maybe I just crochet to loosely, but knitting just looks better in my opinion. Here's the pattern.



Birds and Worms. Birthday gift for a friend for my roommate (the model in the next pics actually). The yarn is 100% Baby Alpaca so they're the softest birds in existence. The bird is my modified version of this pattern. I use my modified version more than the original now.

Sweater/shrug, chevron pattern. This was a birthday gift for my aunt. It's a little small. It's this pattern but I added a button (hence why it's too small...). I kind of want one for myself. However, this was the small size and it took forever, and goodness knows I'm not a small. I started this last summer and worked on it little by little and I still didn't have it done one time for her birthday. It's sad; I fear I won't have the patience to make sweater vests.

FEBRUARY

Uh, an unfinished glove. I am very very ashamed. I WILL finish these by next winter though. They're smoking gloves with a beer opening palm, so I might have to smoke a cig or two to legitimize my creation. Actually, they're a mix of Cigar from Knitty, and the beer gloves from Son of Stitch N' Bitch. I'm really excited to (eventually) finish them.

MARCH

Birds and Cocoa. Yet another birthday bird gift.
The Cocoa is this pattern, my second attempt at crochet. A bit tighter than the bear. Maybe I'm getting better at it? Probably not because mine came out a lot leaner than the one in the pattern. I can't count stitches in crochet. Sshh, don't tell!

And that leaves us to now. I'm in the middle of another crochet gift, so I'll post it when it's done (and not six months from now). But for now, I have a few papers to write and an apartment to find.

Lator.

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Why I Love...

...Incredibad.

Besides it being an awesome word it is also an awesome comedy CD by an awesome musical group...The Lonely Island. You may know The Lonely Island mostly through their collaborations with SNL and the fact that Andy Samberg is a SNL cast member.

But we're not really talking about The Lonely Island here. We're talking about their recent musical debut Incredibad (which actually came out in February, but, whatever). The first great thing about Incredibad is the fact that it's actually funny. Crazy, I know. At first, I debated whether or not to add Incredibad to the holy sanctuary that is my iTunes library. So I did a little research. I knew 7 of the 19 songs on the CD from SNL Digital Shorts. To make this crucial decision I did what every other smart person would do. No...I didn't listen to all the songs that had been uploaded to YouTube.
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I listened to the 30 second preview on the iTunes Store of "Who Said We're Wack." Because that 30 second clip made me laugh I decided right then & there that I wanted to own Incredibad. The rest of the CD also offers a plethora of satisfying laughs. This post would be too long if I went through every song so we'll just leave it at that.

The next great thing about Incredibad is the fact that the music is pretty catchy despite the fact that the lyrics are totally ridiculous. Like, if "I'm On a Boat" was a legit song, I think it would get pretty high on the hip-hop charts. And if "Jizz In My Pants" was more appropriate it would definitely be heard at your local E-laced rave. And I wouldn't mind being serenaded with "Dick in a Box." It's got a nice 90s R&B beat. (Listen to those horns in the beginning of the song and before the chorus! lol. They just make the song great.)

The only thing that disappoints me about Incredibad is the fact that "Iran So Far" isn't on there. :( But that couldn't really be helped.

Despite that, I have mad love for Incredibad and The Lonely Island. Can't wait to see what they come up with next.

Hope you get the chance to enjoy a nice sip of Santana DVX while eating some yummy boiled goose.
And remember...YOU'RE A WINNER!


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Why I Love...Bonus Round!

So, faithful reader, last month I neglected to tell you what I loved so I'm making up for it by giving you more of a "Why I Was Amused By..." post. Only thing is I didn't allow myself to watch this crap last month. Instead, I finally gave myself permission to watch it, like, 4 minutes ago. Anyway, here it is!
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Why I Was Amused By...
...the Hoedown Throwdown




The Hoedown Throwdown is NOT the title of a business manual for inner-city pimps. It is actually the name of a fancy little dance number by Miley Cyrus & Co. for her new epic film masterpiece. Now, I want you to take a quick glimpse at that cute little dance. I'll give you a minute...
...did you watch it? Did you learn it? No! Of course you didn't! There are 5,000 steps! My understanding is that this is from one of those scenes in the movie were our cute and clever protagonist shows his/her audience a dance about 2 times and 10 seconds later everyone is on their feet doing each step perfectly. Normally I believe it. I mean, that "Beat It" dance was simple. (Yes, I know that's a music video. Same difference.) But this dance? I feel like I might need to take a couple years of intense dance lessons before I can even begin to learn it. Not to mention that horrendous song. Is it still possible to learn the dance steps if you wear ear plugs and hum a different tune?

Anywayz, I just wanted to share that piece of gold. I hope you all are learning the Hoedown Throwdown before the movie comes out next month.
Seriously though Miley, you could've just slapped a bitch and called it the same thing. Way easier.
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Disney Stars Throughout History

Well, looks like it's time for a history lesson involving Disney Stars. I don't know if this is one of many of this kind or if it's just a one time thing. We'll see. But ehre we go.

Children, it looks like NICK JONAS has taken the Elvis (you know, that fat guy in the white suit) route and joined the armed Forces. Don't believe me? Well, here's the picture to prove it:

He's a cutie in his uniform, ain't he? I don't mean to be a pedo, but the squinty eyes, the shy smile, the...wait a minute....that's NOT Nick Jonas! Then who is it?

Actually, it's one of the most hated men in American history: Lee Harvey Oswald.

Lee Harvey either shot and killed John F. Kennedy, or helped kill him by taking part in a conspiracy and becoming a scapegoat. Your choice on which, I won't argue which one it is. Both arguments are interesting and give the History Channel a lot of material. Either way, bitch was guilty of something.

Anway, I was watching something about Lee Harvey on the History Channel and this picture comes up. The only thing that came to mind was Nick Jonas. It's kind of astounding I think and really random. I'm not saying little Nicky is a Communist President Murderer. That boy is much too good to do such things; he's got music to write.

That's my schpele (is that how you spell that?) and the end of this post. I wonder if I can find other Disney stars who look like murderers...

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Real Talk: This Blog is Slackin

So. I honestly don't have enough cohesive thoughts to make a post focusing on one topic so all just sum up this past month for you. Let's go!

Sonny with a Chance. Real talk: It sucked. So I only watched the first episode and I think I only laughed once. It just wasn't funny. At least my idol's show makes me giggle a little. I mean, Demi's adorable but her obnoxious smile did nothing to save that snore fest. According to the tweenies on IMDb, the second episode is better. Because I have better things to do (not really) I'll have to wait to see whether not this is true.

The Grammys. Real talk: I didn't watch. But, Kanye's weird mohawk thing? Not cute. And M.I.A. torturing her unborn baby? Not cool. Me missing the JoBros and Stevie Wonder? Just not right.

The Oscars. Real talk: Twilight and HSM 3? Really? The Oscars have been loosing credibility in my book for a while now and they almost completely lost me by including Twilight and HSM 3 in their little 2008 romantic movies marathon. Like, for reals? First of all, Twilight should've been included in the comedy montage. And HSM 3? I don't even know. Then...then! they made things even worse by having Zac Efron and Baby V "singing" on stage. AND! they had the audacity to bring Beyonce out there. Really? Beyonce? Really?

It's Not Me, It's You [Lily Allen]. Real talk: I love it. Now, I'm no music critic so I'm not even gonna try to critique it. I find it fun to listen to and I like the retro sound she was going for. Besides "The Fear" I have to say some of my faves are "Everybody's At It" and "I Could Say." But all of them are good.

Heroes, Vol. 3. Real talk: I just don't know. Heroes has been sucking really hard for a while. Season 2 was a mistake and the first half of season 3 didn't do much to redeem it. The second half (Vol. 3) is really iffy for me. I'm kinda behind right now and, of course, I can't give a proper assessment until the whole volume is done. See, the thing is that while it's going back to some of the things that made it good, it's keeping some of the stuff that make it suck (Just drop the future painting already!). Who knows? We'll see.

Real talk: I have a paper to start.

ciao.


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