Confidant, confidante, and the sad fates of leonard and pang
Okay I was getting pretty amused by the different pronunciations:
Isn't it funny that
CONFIDANT is pronounced as
confidant while
CONFIDANTE (the female version apparently) is pronounced as confi
dante I MEAN WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DIFFERENT EMPHASIS! Like uh emphasizing on the last syllable gives a more feminine sound? Like a trail-off effect? While emphasizing on the first syllable gives a stronger effect (and therefore more "masculine"?) OKAY DON'T MIND ME
Anyway like they say, there are always new things to be experienced in life and I ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE BROKEN MY OWN PERSONAL RECORD OF KBOXING-- TWICE IN FIVE DAYS, BEAT THAT!
Yesterday pang and leonard were quite amusing, they waited two hours for me to finish watching the TSD performance (more about that later) so that they can go some salon near my house which apparently charges three bucks for a haircut. What happened was, me being me had no idea such a place existed so I brought them to the only salon I know near my house. Except that at that exact moment we stepped outside the salon, the hairdresser stepped out of the salon having just shut it for the day. Uh. So I led them to the market to the place I normally cut my hair, and written in marker ink on the locked metal doors was: CLOSED ON TUESDAYS.
Desperation threatened to overwhelm us with its potent waves. We trawled the place hoping for some salvation. At our most hopeless moments Ruiyong was not there to pick up his phone and tell us where the hell this miracle salon was. Defeat was in every step we took. Was this trip really going to be fruitless after such anticipation?
BUT WAIT, there was a salon right ahead! Gingerly we stepped inside. Smoke floated into our nostrils, origins unknown. Because pang and leonard were at their lowest point of desperation they had to make do, and guess how much the salon charged:
TEN BUCKS.
Well I did tell them they should have gone home first to cut at pasir ris. Or go to the salon near sudana's house. I felt such pity for them I offered my house for after their haircut and even volunteered to cook noodles for them. Unfortunately my kind offer wasn't taken and they only ended up reaching home at 8 plus. SUCH SAD PEOPLE THEY ARE.
Anyway TSD rehearsals were quite fabulous :D MY FAVOURITE WAS NABIL AND YIKAI'S MUSICAL AND NOT BECAUSE THEY KISSED ON THE LIPS -glares at anyone who dares say otherwise- OH YEAH AND I LIKED THE SIAMESE TWINS ONE TOOOO. Nabil and Yikai sang a musical complete with exaggerated flourishing and it was hilarious. The kiss at the back was rather abrupt though like what someone commented; everyone expected it to end on that note and they suddenly did some weird jerking thing and planted their lips on each other's. But Mr Lyon is seriously a damn cool teacher, he demonstrated how to do the lead-up to the kiss all the while holding the note perfectly 0.o
Gan's play was fascinating because it had a BIG SCARY TALKING WARDROBE with a clothes thingum on top that looked like a face and an arm that was made up of a broomstick. My favourite part's the praying mantis catching the butterfly, IT WAS WRITTEN TOTALLY IN THE GAN STYLE HAHA. I found the characterization of the mum and the maid rather typical though because it seems that every mum is a bossy unreasonable mdm while every maid is a meek, mistreated woman who doesn't dare speak out. Speaking of which I just read that characterization in suchen christin lim's prose in CAP's Roots and Wings! Still like the puppets anyway, although I was in rather much of a rush to go off by then seeing that the two poor guys above were held up by me. What a blessed girl I am, imagine making two guys wait for you for two hours :D
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Wednesday, July 8
10:53 PM
PANG HAS A THEORY
He says, guys walk around when they're talking to someone they like.
IS THAT TRUE IS THAT
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So today we broke a record, we had a total of EIGHT people for "class" lunch! This is an amazing statistic ladies and gentlemen; we have never had such a successful class outing before! The numbers diminished rather exponentially as we tried to decide what to do before kboxing at four; Leonard suggested Sentosa because "YOU GET TO LOOK AT HOT CHICKS PLAY VOLLEYBALL!" I suggested ice-skating while kevy suggested LET'S GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO THE AIRCON LAB. Let's just say we loitered outside bishan mrt for rather long in the hot weather before deciding on the final course of action: MY HOUSE. Because rita sucked and refused to give up her house which has every godly electronic delight in the world.
So the six of us (michelle went to meet her parents and sudana went home) took 59 and trudged through ugly construction work before getting to my bright and big house where we proceeded to rape my dreamcast and PS2. Let's just say kevy and leonard had The Experience Of Their Lives beating an invisible boss monster in level one of House of the Dead 2. Not that my sister and I haven't done so before, but HEY it's not everyday that you get to do that!
Anyway today I felt very lucky to have such a great bunch of friends to go out and have fun with; it's like in the middle of kboxing session I suddenly had this very MUSHY feeling just looking at kevy pang and leonard singing. I'M SURE YOU WILL TOO LOOKING AT THIS:
FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ
That's basically all the post-exam celebration up till now AND IT IS GLORIOUS
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Anyway here's the present I made for rita, I forgot to upload it!
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Thursday, July 2
9:46 PM
YAY LIT QUIZ
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Because I'm so poor it takes only pang's gift of seven books by the Brönte sisters to make Charlotte Brönte the author I own the most books by. Except that I fell asleep trying to read two out of her four books.
Besides that, among the admirable three I bought for myself (not counting lit books, of which Shakespeare is a clear winner), it has to be Cyril Wong with his two books. The last one belongs to Neruda.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Because I have two copies of every lit text I have it's Pride and Prejudice, two copies for lit and one bought a long while back.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Nope; WHY, DOES ANYONE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PREPOSITIONS? Do you hear them crying about the unfairness of being discriminated against? I mean for all you know they could be lovers with question marks and those evul prejudiced people are preventing these star-crossed lovers from being together!
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
For secretly it'll be Roarke from J.D. Robb's In Death series (yes my romance novel phase in sec two) Otherwise it'll be FITZWILLIAM DARCY~
Dream of every girl who takes lit. I swear Ms Lye has a crush on him. Although Ms Veera does seem to be the exception; quote, "I'm not so in love with darcy to do him for ten years!"
Aww poor Darcy feels like his sexual prowess just got insulted.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Um. Does reading them for lit count :D Pride and Prejudice and A Handmaid's Tale (HEART HEART HEART)
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Let's see I can't remember if that was my Sweet Valley phase or my Babysitters' Club phase. EITHER WAY.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Mr Darcy Takes A Wife -smacks head- I seriously solemnly swear that I had high hopes of it being more than a fanfic of some author's deepest fantasies. Although it was quite entertaining for the first few pages; let's just say that I had a rather fascinating preview into the author's fantasies of Darcy's sexual prowess. I think I can say it's better than Twilight. Not that I've read any of those. Or for that matter I didn't finish Mr Darcy Takes a Wife either. I'm rather allergic to wasting my time.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Uh, that's a hard one. Because I feel rather attached to idealistic love stories it'd be a struggle between Time Traveller's Wife and Everything is Illuminated. And for something not so idealistic, Glen Duncan's Love Remains. Although I know the title sounds idealistic.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
Handmaid's Tale.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
I'm not sure, the "most outstanding work in an ideal direction" seems like a rather heavy burden.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
WELLLL
Flowers for algernon? Is there a movie already? And actually I'd like a better Everything is Illuminated, the movie left out the whole backstory which is basically the best part of it 0.o
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
I'll tell you when I stumble upon it.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
My dreams pretty much get forgotten unfortunately, I'd love to dream about darcy :D
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Not an adult yet :D
But books that are considered "lowbrow" like the chick lit books are quite funny actually. I mean, CAN YOU READ TWILIGHT WITHOUT LAUGHING?
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
I think I basically give up if they're difficult. Uh, Hamlet? -tries to wax lyrical on the poetic complexities of Hamlet's mind-
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Considering I've only seen one shakespare play being acted on (midsummer night's dream and that's hardly obscure) I don't think I can be a great judge on this. The most obscure plays I've read though, uh I think it still comes down to Hamlet? Since I don't think Merchant of Venice, Macbeth and Othello can be considered great contenders for that title.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
FRENCH
That's only because I don't read the Russians.
18) Edwin Thumboo or Arthur Yap?
ARTHUR YAP
Except I think that's due to that leeetle bias I have against edwin thumboo ever since I fell asleep in his talk in rgs. And also because of that I haven't really read his poetry.
19) Cyril Wong or Alfian Saat?
Cyril Wong! As seen by the 66 percent hefty proportion of his books in my collection.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare, duh
(haven't really read the others, I guiltily admit. Especially Chaucer. At least for Milton I can remember he's blind.)
21) Austen or Eliot?
WELL LOOK ABOVE, WHO WROTE DARCY INTO LIFE HUHUHUH
Haven't read Eliot!
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Uh, basically all the literary classics like PARADISE LOST, INFERNO, Petrach's dunno how many million love sonnets, etc and etc--
ACTUALLY THERE ARE PLENTY OF EMBARRASSING GAPS IN MY READING. OH DEAR.
23) What is your favourite novel?
Tug-of-war between Everything is Illuminated and Time Traveller's Wife. Told you I indulge in these romantic ideals too much for my health.
24) Play?
An Inspector Calls, even though we did the discrimination theme to death. And Pygmalion!
25) Poem?
Are you sure you want me to list them???
At the moment, Linda Gregg's Marriage and Midsummer's Night
26) Essay?
Let's just say I'm not interested enough in them to have a proper decision, but uh yeah A Modest Proposal for being actually read by me.
27) Short story?
Does Flowers for Algernon count as one?
I'M READING A SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY NOW, TELL YOU WHEN ONE STRIKES ME EXTREMELY HARD
28) Work of nonfiction?
Seductress by Betsy Priouleau
29) Who is your favourite writer?
Jonathan Safran Foerrrrr
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Whats-her-name who wrote twilight OH YEAH STEPHANIE MEYERS
I guess she has to be acknowledged for creating much-needed cheer in today's gloomy world.
31) What is your desert island book?
Honestly I can't have ONE book to read only?? Especially on a desert island??
Maybe my poetry book so that I can whine about how sad my life is being stuck on a desert island.
32) And... what are you reading right now?
My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead (anthology edited by Jeffrey Eugenides), Paper Towns (John Green), Girl with a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier), The Unswept Room (Sharon Olds), Selected Poems (Carl Sandburg), Advertising by Design and a rather suspicious NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler).
Honestly if there are any books I don't trust they are the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER etc etc. Must be the repercussions of reading too many romance novels at the tender age of fourteen, every one of them proclaiming themselves to be BESTSELLER everywhere.
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Wednesday, June 24
12:59 AM
THINKERS LEADERS PIONEERS
Okay, so Andrea and I have done something possibly no Rafflesian has ever done before!
YOU'VE HEARD OF CLIMBING THE GATE TO GET INTO SCHOOL. BUT HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF CRAWLING UNDERNEATH IT?
Because the fates were telling us that it was not the ideal time to take our mock lit test, we forgot to press the bus bell and thus the bus went over to the next stop. In calculating the shortest way to rj we decided to go by the GONG WAI SIEW PEK SUN TENG okay whatever name it has-- that RI side gate that leads to the place where you pray to your ancestor's ashes. The name of which, incidentally, I have also forgotten. ANYWAY. So we trekked our way there only to find the gate paddocked, which is what it is most of the time. We estimated the height of the grills in the gate and calculated that it was too tall for us to climb past (the grill was, what, my height away from the top of the gate?). Being the, uh, exquisite ladies that we are, we (did not whine) dwelled briefly on the tediousness of walking one round all the way to the RI bus stop gate. And because we are thinkers, leaders and pioneers, we decided to be enterprising and look for other ways into the school.
It was just then a Moment of Brilliance struck pang, and he saw the gap underneath the gate. "I THINK YOU CAN FIT IN!" he says, being the thinker that he is.
The pioneer that I was couldn't resist the opportunity, and thus squirmed through that narrow opening AND FOUND THAT, INDEED, I COULD FIT IN! Andrea followed suit happily while our thinker remained behind the gate dubiously. Yes, he tried to fit in. He got his head in. He got his shoulders in. Just when he was trying to get his chest in his self doubt dominated and exclaimed, "I CAN'T LAHHH" and squirmed back out.
AND THEN A CRITICAL MOMENT: we got caught.
Needless to say, three white slips came our way and from then on we learnt a lesson never to dive underneath the gates On the contrary, this funny guy here gave us a half-hearted rebuke before OFFERING TIPS TO PANG ON HOW TO SCALE THE GATE.
In any case his well-meant advice wasn't taken and pang was not prepared to do NS exercises before he got into NS. Which means that pang had to run all the way to the side gate like he was running for the olympics and got himself all stinky and smelly. Ew.
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So I came back from Malaysia after a four-day trip, and this is the best thing we saw hanging over one of the coffee shops there:
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Thursday, June 11
12:02 AM
I'M A VIP~
So today I'm going to confer one of the greatest honours anyone can receive: I met the first gentleman I've known in my life!
This great honour goes to Alex Chan; the rest of you guys SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES, etc. IT IS TRULY HEARTENING TO KNOW THAT CHIVARY IS NOT COMPLETELY DEAD.
Some of the little things he did:
1. opened doors for people
2. helped E-Lynn to throw her food container away even though she volunteered to do so first
3. bought my drink from me because I wanted soya bean and out came chysanthemum tea which I hate
and just generally be considerate for the people around him. OKAY BEFORE I MAKE HIM BLUSH :D
Besides that, today I officially acquired VIP status!
This is how you know you've truly gone past a milestone of your life:
First you ask for the CAP books that are laid outside the performing arts centre, and the people there reject you because "these books are reserved for the VIPs" and tells you that you'll get your books later. So you go in, a bit disappointed at not being able to see what works of yours they've printed, and then you see people holding onto these precious books. "HOW DID YOU GET THEM!" you exclaim. They tell you to just go out and grab one of the two, which you do. Then you see the other book, the more prestigious 20th year anthology, that someone is holding. You repeat your question.
"If your works are inside, you can just go out there and write your name and get one!"
And this is how you officially acquire VIP status. Because they're "reserved for VIP" and now you get one for free just by writing your name. VIP, BABY! NO SMALL THING.
AND YOU ARE OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED.
And of course today has been rather enjoyable, hanging out with fellow CAP mentees and generally getting high through talking to them. High points of the day:
1. MACBETH RAP
Man we couldn't stop laughing. Lyn insists it sounds like the MDA rap and I agree, it even has a refrain/chorus of "IT SOUNDS SO SWEET, AND IT FEELS SO GOOD" and something about the smoke and the wood. There were also other rhymes like "MACBETH, AMBITION AND DEATH, TAKE A DEEP BREATH", uh-uh yeah-yeah -makes devil/i love you signs- with lots of smoke trying to make some sort of forboding atmostphwere. Lyn says it smells like marshmallows but I think it smells more like plasticine. Which is totally not how I smell like as pang likes to claim. Anyway we all agree it was the most memorable part of the evening! Especially how Ephraim, gasps, CAN LOOK LIKE A PAIKIA WITH RED HAIR AND BLINGBLING.
2. Sexual innuendos in Angeline Yap's work?!?
Don't ask me, ask gan and yaoguang who burst out into silent laughter while she was reading it which was badly concealed. Gan said he had to bite his hand to stop laughing. No offence meant from them I'm sure, it's just their overtly dirty and greek-polluted (for gan) minds at work. This is how the poem goes:
On a park bench
Angeline Yap
On a park bench
a turbaned grandfather
sits in a circle of light
allowing his grandson to ride on his legs.
He remembers his own grandfather
carrying him shoulder high
He remembers how he would sometimes play
with the old man's beard.
He thinks to himself
how he laughed aloud
those long-ago days;
how golden the air had been,
and how the sun seemed to glint
in the corner of his grandfather's eye.
He thinks to himself now
how happy they were
- grandfather and he.
(Why had he not known it then?)
And he leans towards the child
as if he wants to say to him
something very important;
something he must remember
and guard with his life.
But just then, the boy laughs
so the old man checks himself.
Grandfather
with his splendid Sikh beard,
sits on a park bench smiling
giving his young grandson a ride.
Now gan and yaoguang can explain what dirty dirty things their minds came out with. Possibly with the word "ride" I suspect.
3. The lack of ties
Somehow there's something about the blazer that makes one forget the existence of a tie. "Huh, what tie?" and there you have it. I arrived there, late by 10 or 15 minutes but still earlier than the rest of the raffles delegation and promptly was acutely aware of my lack of ties. Coupled with leaving my handphone at home, this was, to say the least, disastrous.
Alex to the rescue! He helps me sms yaoguang who's coming late at 6 because of H3 chem, and dear yaoguang realizes he's missing a tie too. "I'll go borrow two from the RI library!" he says. And for the moment, all is peaceful and life is great.
A couple of hours later, Nicholas strolls in without a tie looking all professional in his long-sleeved shirt. Except for one thing, which I broke to him: "DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA TIE?" You can guess the reaction. So another express sms goes to yaoguang asking for a third tie.
IN THE END, yaoguang was frightened by the ANGRY RI LIBRARIANS and said he could only borrow a tie, ie, for himself. DAMN YOU YAOGUANG. Later Nicholas miraculously gets a tie through god knows where, and after receiving his cert, we did a quick operation where he rushes back to the queue in one whole round and I wear the tie he has in a few nifty seconds. Tada, a job well done indeed.
4. Lyn's rigorous washing procedures
I forgot what her keychain's called, isit a modo? Domo? ANYWAY it's this stuffed toy keychain thing which she washes lovingly every weekend 0.o It has a split seam at its leg part which she stuffs her earsticks in when she wants to listen to her MP3. Talk about unusual and unhygienic usage. But ohwell, she washes her domo every weekend so I guess that's more hygienic than I'm ever going to get LOL.
5. Gan's sexual innundoes
I told you his mind has been overtly polluted by greek classics. The last one he made goes something like this:
Me (in response to me being the only one sitting down on a bus seat): Maan I feel like a pampered kid!
Gan: The kid part is right -sniggers-
Me: -kicks- MY FOOT IS AT YOUR GROIN LEVEL.
Gan: Someone getting aggressive huh?
Me: -tries to look menacing- I can attack!
Gan: With your foot or your hand?
TSK, what a thing to say to a maiden.
Anyway this is our group shot, gan's not inside because HAH he took off his blazer and changed into a pe shirt exceedingly fast.
Don't ask me about the white dots surrounding us (OMG SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS). Yaoguang looks like a blushing maiden :D
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Tuesday, June 2
12:35 AM
Much lub
There are friends who are great company.
And there are friends who are great company and who are willing to be there for you whether you ask or not.
YEAH.
Thanks yoggi pang and zhihua for coming down and pang for the sunflower, the huge box of after eight mint chocolates (0.o!) and a leo doll keychain without shorts LOL. DIDN'T GET TO TAKE PHOTO WITH ZHIHUA.
For the rest of harmoc ensemble (especially weiling and sandra): WE WERE AWESOME.
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Friday, May 29
10:56 PM
What you wonder that the X-men could have done but didn't do
1. Why couldn't have Jean grey stayed onboard the Xmen ship or whatever you called it in Xmen 2? I mean I'm sure there would have been less things for her to control, for example random people who wanted to stop the ship/rush out of the ship to save her. Unless of course the ship has some disruptive influence for their powers. Which would be quite stupid seeing that HEY, THEY'RE XMEN AND THEIR GREATEST ASSETS ARE THEIR POWERS NOT THE SHIP.
2. WARNING: SPOILER HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY WATCHED WOLVERINE. Since Silverfox is so amazing to be able to make Striker walk on till his feet bled at the end of Xmen origins: Wolverine, you wonder why she couldn't have used her amazing powers earlier to get him to release her sister. Who happens to be Emma Frost in the movie, which doesn't make sense because if it were really Emma Frost I'm sure she would have put her fantastic telepathic powers to great use and escaped very early on. After all, she is just one level short of omega.
Oh yeah, and even if she couldn't have done that to Striker, you wonder why Striker didn't make her do something more to Wolverine earlier on like manipulate him to be Striker's slave instead of making him fall for her and telling him repeatedly he's not a beast. But uh let's give them the suspension of disbelief here and attribute it to LUV though you would think that with so much luv silverfox wouldn't have submitted to letting wolverine think she was dead.
3. Striker's aim is amazing: it manages to penetrate straight to the precise section of Wolverine's brain that contains only his memories and nothing else. So much that Wolverine follows his intended plans and forgets his past but not english and how to walk.
I shall not even mention Xmen 3 where Wolverine's pants stay intact with everything else atomizing since everyone knows that. Hey, they've to keep things PG.
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Saturday, May 9
7:57 PM
Innovation to new heights
LOL I swear virus-makers are getting more and more innovative from the typical "Check out this website!" to "Omg I just lost a few million pounds of weight!" "I just uploaded our pictures here!" AND ULTIMATELY TODAY "omgomg I can't believe you're so cheap -insert puking smiley- lol... -insert website infested with viruses-"
Not only are they making their topics more interesting than ever, they're learning our slang! IT IS JUST AMAZING HOW SMART VIRUS-MAKERS ARE GETTING. At this rate they'll get a PHD in sociology!
Incidentally Sudana just told me a damn intriguing theory of Christianity and paganism, check out this youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZB2EsPqGE . I won't guarantee it's not infested with viruses, YOU NEVER KNOW IF THIS IS A VIRUS MAKER WHO IS TRYING VERY HARD TO PERSONALIZE THEIR MESSAGES.
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Friday, May 8
12:33 AM
What is installation art?
Let's face it: nobody does proper art and calls it art nowadays anymore. If they do proper art it appears as illustration or webcomics or your coursework for the year. Right now the fad is all for INSTALLATION ART, breaking out of boundaries, having fluid perspectives etc. The point of all installation art is to make people think about things like The Transient Nature of Beauty or The Ever-Changing World or Everything Ultimately Ends In Destruction or -inserts one of those utterly deep one-liner themes-.
Let's explore the ways they break out of boundaries.
An apparent way is that of breaking into the realm of video-making, except you don't call it a film because it isn't. It's Art. And because it's Art, you cannot criticize it for the following:
1. Maan, the quality of the filming totally sucks! The camera shakes, the panning is unnatural and too fast and the video is pixellated! Plus did I just see the cameraman's hand at the side of the screen?
2. Uh, what did I just watch? I believe it was some guy filming himself in the mirror and zooming in and out on his mole.
3. Did the guy just plonk the video camera in the middle of the street and go off to have some lunch?
This is because it is all carefully thought out and the artist intended everything that you wanted to criticize about it. The feeling of discomfort is natural. You're supposed to break out of your boundaries and conventions and not judge this film according to conventional filming standards, because it is not meant to be a film. It is just in the format of a video but it's Art.
Another way of breaking out of conventional art boundaries: performance art! Now we're talking about the highest level of art attainable, the kind of art that alters with the performance setting. This means that every time the art is performed, it is different! That makes it totally original and hard-to-think-of because the artist has to improvise at every setting!
And what are you made to see at performance art pieces? Let's see. At the Singapore Art Museum, something we saw was a video of a guy stacking glasses at his performance art piece. We were riveted as it seemed like he was going to do an amazing thing like stack the glasses to the ceiling and we all know that with a high centre of gravity, the thing is extremely precarious. So I observed that "he's getting somewhere!" at his seventh glass. Unfortunately immediately after that the whole stack fell. The camera zoomed in and out on the shards. Later, he stacked his chair on top of four glasses and poured water from a water bottle onto the ground. The camera zoomed in and out on the water flowing. I suppose we were meant to examine the, uh, mix of water and glass and its transcendental and broken beauty. And that is Art.
Another way to have installation art is to Make Use of the Space. If you kope any random thing, say, a phone, and put it in the middle of a white room, and maybe like tie telephone coils all around the room or even not do anything, you're making use of the space. Because of your obstrusive telephone in the middle of the white room people are made to think about say The Vast Emptiness of Communication. Tada, your space is effectively made use of.
Art is sure growing its roots in all of us, because as long as we think of something that will make people Think, we are making installation art. Surely that is not difficult! I'm sure you can go to a performance venue, burst a few balloons and call it Art. Because you totally took it seriously and spent about eighty hundred days thinking of what to do which will communicate the vast well of thought inside you. If you took a video camera and videotaped a piece of book with its pages getting ruffled that'll be Art too. The best ones are the ones which arouse shock and disgust, and you can do that by inserting an animal into an enclosure and invite the audience to press a button which will eletrocute the animal in seconds. How thought provoking to see the beauty of a living thing shattered to a charred substance in seconds.
In conclusion, Art is for Everyone.
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Saturday, March 28
10:34 PM
I HAVE A NEW HOBBY
AND IT IS WUNDERFUL
Besides my passion for downloading fonts whether discriminately or indiscriminately, I have lately developed another passion-- DOWNLOADING BRUSHES ZOMG!!!
Ever since I got to know of this marvellous programme called Gimp, I discovered all the possibilities that were closed to me before! IT HAS BEEN MY LIFELONG DREAM TO DOWNLOAD BRUSHES okay maybe not a lifelong dream but a fantasy which couldn't be fulfilled cause Adobe photoshop and I never had much fate. It makes me feel so absolutely fabulously arty which is something I hardly feel and therefore extremely happy and filled with bubbly joy!
Because I always try out everything I download (anyone wants a pdf file of my trying out of my absolutely beautiful fonts?) here's a sample of my BRUSHSPAMZ -bounces around-
Okay yes I'm sounding damn suaku HAHA but NEVERMIND IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO BE FINALLY ABLE TO SPAM BRUSHES :DD Because I'm new to this whole extremely delirious thing I'm downloading all the typical brushes first, all the brushes you fantasize over when you can't download them ie the feather brush, the circle brush and whatever brushes which have nice pictures when they advertise them on deviantart. WHEE!
And actually I was supposed to do a gazillion memes but uh, they are not as fabulous as brushspamming so too bad HAHA. Give the memes the Zimbabwe notes!
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Tuesday, March 17
1:46 AM
