Saturday, March 26, 2011

Graphic Happy

Hello, Internet.
It's been a while, hasn't it?
Yet I've been here all along.
Watching silently, but never showing myself.
I've been here.
You just never saw me.

... Now doesn't that sound stalker-ish? I'm really a child-molester, ya know? XD
But really, I have been connected to my computer, I just never really paid attention to the internet. I actually planned to draw a comic and have it up on here a couple weeks ago, I just never finished it. I've been uh, distracted. Some of you may know the details, but my current situation is still unknown if those of you who know are wondering :P Either way, the comic was going to be outdated as it was about my topsy turvy sleeping schedule that week that ended up flip-flopping to normal person mode within the next week.
Yeah. My sleeping schedule is fucked up.
But do not fret, my dear readers. The last week of my life has been particularly fruitful muse-wise for writing and graphics. So last weekend, I started writing a LOT for that sci-fi novel I've been reworking since 7th grade. I only wrote for like 3 days, so I only have 11 pages done but it makes up the entire first chapter. Half of it was done in one day, actually, as I wrote almost 2k words on Sunday when I was supposed to be working on World History homework. XD I ran it by my friend Mary, who will be my future editor one day, but no reports back as to what should be revised. Apparently it's really good, though, so I'll share with you the best part.


“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I shout.
He jumps up, almost hitting his head on the hood. Shit, he thinks. I restrain a snicker. He closes the hood and turns around, glaring at me. In response, I hold out his wallet. “You forgot your wallet, dumbass. You have a striking resemblance to this Reese dude, John. You know the point of ‘fake IDs’ are to get one of an older person, right?”
He snarls and advances towards me. God, when will this girl give it a rest? he thinks to himself “I’ll take that,” he says as he snatches his wallet out of my hand. Walking away, he shoves his hands in his pockets and doesn’t look back.
“I just want to know who you are,” I call out after him. He continues on without a word. I hurry after him. Completely forgetting that my gloves are resting beside my empty plate in the diner, I grab for his wrist. “Wait…” I start to say.
The moment my palm touches his wrist, his anger and resentment towards me are magnified to such intense levels that the pain I feel is unbearable. I am brought to my knees by his touch, but for some reason I am unable to let go. His entire mind opens up to me, but I can only make sense of a few memories. Heat. Fire. Sirens. Crashing. These moments in time that do not belong to me overtake my mind. The thoughts and musings of other people from as far as probably two streets away enter my head in a cacophonous whirlwind of disembodied confusion all around me. Most peculiar is the feeling of floating several feet in the air, high above the ground. When I finally let go, I am thrown back a distance, yards away from where I once stood. The wind is knocked out of me, searing pain rattling my spine. I faintly hear footsteps running towards me, though I feel as though I am imagining it.
”Marc! Are you okay?” I hear John/Reese’s voice echoing in my mind, though I am sure it isn’t a thought projecting towards me. Two hands gingerly touch my face, and what I feel next surprises me most of all.
Nothing.
I feel no magnified emotions, hear no thoughts. For once in two years, I hear nothing a regular person cannot with my hat off. I can feel the touch of another person’s skin without their emotions transferring to me. My mind feels empty without these expectations. The silence and feel of skin are almost unrecognizable to me.
I sit up, John/Reese gripping my hand and putting his other hand on the small of my back for leverage. The emptiness continues. I search his face, trying to analyze what he is feeling without the use of my powers. It is difficult, but I sense his concern and a hint of fear within the ice of his eyes. Something happened to him as well during my mind explosion. I try to read his mind for a hint of what happened, but I draw a blank. All I can hear is the rustle of leaves as a breeze comes by and the faint rumble of cars on the main road a few blocks away.
“Who are you?” I ask again, almost whimpering this time. The pain from my back finally registers and tears come forth to the corners of my eyes.
His gaze hardens, the corners of his lips tightening. “My name is Reese Wesley,” he says as he helps me up. He drops my hand from his grip, but I grab for his wrist again before the thoughts of others get a chance to invade my own.
“What are you doing here?” I ask.
“The government wants me,” he continues almost monotonously. He looks away, as if he is embarrassed to reveal more. “They want me captured alive for examination because they know about me. They know about my powers.” He turns back to face me, his expression harder and colder than ever. “I am a telekinetic.”



And that my dears, was the last page and a half of chapter one.
In all honestly, although I figured out the kind of science that is involved in the creation of these powers, I'm still trying to understand how a hat can prevent a telepathic from reading minds. Allergic reaction to the wool, perhaps? Stupid sci-fi takes too much research. I still haven't even decided what I want to happen in the middle of the book. XP

BUT you can see that today's title is GRAPHIC Happy, not WRITING Happy. Well this week, my graphic muse hit me HARD. Worst of all, it was in the middle of the night so every time I wanted to make a graphic it would be in the middle of the night when I do homework >_> If I did it during the day, then it would look REALLLY crappy. I have the evidence, but there's no way in hell I'm showing it to you.
However, it all started with a banner I had to make for a Fall Out Boy contest on MNI:

Round 2; Song: Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner

when I was finished, I was like, "OMIGOD this is the first time I have ever made a graphic that was blended this beautifully. I HAVE to make a set to this."
And so I did:



But the contest round results weren't up yet and I wanted it to be a surprise to the other contestants (which in reality is only like one other person). I REALLY needed a new set, though, so I decided I needed a totally original one.But I'm like, "What the hell do I fangirl over?" and so it hit me (in the middle of the night when I was supposed to be doing World History):


I'd just like to point out the letters on Destery and Nathan's knuckles. Those were NOT written on there when I got the picture. I actually had to put them on by typing each letter out individually and warping them into the direction of the knuckle to look like they wrote it. The whole thing was a pain in the ass, but I love the overall effect. Tis my favourite set of all time, I think.
If you don't know who DesandNate are by now, then you are DEPRIVED and shouldn't be allowed to live. They are two REALLY funny guys on YouTube that don't make videos often but are still quite hilarious. You should check the the shit out if you haven't already since my BACONHAWK references.
But for those of you who don't like clicking my links, then the order of the icons in the signature are of Nathan, Destery, Destery, and Nathan. I think you can tell that why I love them. XD

I also made a set for an old RP charrie that I need to take out again

I think Hayley Kiyoko being the playby will make me more motivated to RP the charrie, but probably none of you really care. :P

But WAIT, there's MORE.
The title IS Graphic Happy, after all.
I've been THINKING of starting up a graphics shop on MNI. I don't have time for it now, but school is almost over now so I might be able to run one over the summer. So in preparation, should I ever get around to this, I have been making little adoptables. YAY! They're all avvies/icons right now, though.

Miscellaneous:
There's actually supposed to be four of these, but GIMP won't let me edit the other one any further so I haven't saved it yet. Tis odd.

France
These are all pictures I saved from the time I made a graphic for my French culture project XD

Hot Guys:

Bands:
These four bands are the bands that have the most songs saved to my phone. I actually think Bring Me The Horizon was tied with Robot Science, but no one listens to them or has even heard of them so I moved down a band.
I actually think I made all 15 of these (plus one other, if it was working) in one day. I also downloaded like 21 new fonts today so I've been REALLY graphic happy.

[EDIT]
Original Photography:
These should look pretty familiar. The base images are of my own photography, all of which I have shown here on this blog the day I reappeared in February (or January. I can't remember). Hence why I have put TWGS in the lower right hand corners of all of them. [/EDIT]


I was going to add in these poems I found from my poetry craze last year, but I'm like nodding off (it's 4am right now) and the folder it's residing in is somewhere on the other side of the room.

No new pictures today. As it is, I actually kind of misplaced my camera.
I can assure you, I did not lose my camera because then that would be my fault. I misplaced it. Over a week ago, I left it on the kitchen table while I was eating. When I finished, I took a nap for several hours and woke up to it missing, so I haven't been able to do the photography contest I'm in because the camera on my phone has also been acting up on me. >_> I feel like a horrible person for missing it. But oh well.
I actually uploaded some of my earlier pictures, but like I said earlier, I'm dozing off. Plus, I haven't uploaded them all onto photobucket and I really don't want to do that right now. The earlier ones aren't that interesting anyway, since you won't be able to see the really funny pictures of my friends in French or the good picture of the guy who likes me (he be German :P). Although apparently I'm married to my friend Elijah from French, so I'm not sure how that works XD Then again, I was the one who proclaimed our marriage. We've been happily married for a week now.

TWGS ♥

EDIT :: Added the new icons I have made from my own original photography. Made Saturday, 26/3.
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Friday, March 4, 2011

Musically Inclined

Yo.
So I figured it was about high time to post something substantial again instead of adding/deleting/changing things around.
Well it was in the midst of changing everything that inspired this post. See, before I deleted like half of my posts, I had this huge list of tags on the side, most of which have been used once. With all of that gone, I only had about a quarter left of what I had before. So I went back to add tags for most of the remaining posts. I regarded the list again and noticed that the tag "music" was used only ONCE. On a post over a YEAR OLD.
UNACCEPTABLE.
If you know at least some things about me, you would then know that I LOVE music. I always have earphones in unless I am in class or my phone is dying. Although I only (currently) have about 60 or so songs on my phone, I have favourited a large amount of songs on my last.fm, and that doesn't even include all those oldies but goodies out there. I may not be a very good player of music, but I do love looking for new bands and new sounds.
Now if you knew me well, then you would know that my music taste is pretty diverse. It's not diverse enough to confuse people, but I don't have just one genre that I listen to. That used to be the case. I was always like, "Punk pop/alternative or NOTHING" but I have managed to explore around a bit.
I am just going to get one thing out of the way right now that PISSES ME OFF whenever someone says this. I do not listen to a ton of screamo or super depressing music. I only listen to ONE screamo band frequently, and I only know like 5 songs of theirs. Any other screamo bands on my phone are from Punk Goes Pop or have the honour of  me having one single of theirs that I don't listen to a whole lot. Also, the most depressing song I have on my phone right now is about being an alcoholic stuck in a hole, yet it is a very powerful song and one of my absolute favourites.
Just saying that before I continue and you all judge me for liking certain things. Either stop generalizing or get the fuck out of here right now.
So for the past week, I have discovered so many new bands that I would just LOVE to get more recognition. There are three bands in particular that I'm starting out with.

So it all started with Robot Science.
Robot Science is already getting really promoted because Destery has used their music in a few of his videos. If you went to a video for Dumpling or Plush, you would see comment after comment of, "Destery sent me here! <3" or something similar. But unlike most fans who are satisfied with listening to just the one song that was used, I actually go on to listen to more works by the artist and see if they have any other songs that are equally as splendiferous. My favourites so far are
Although pretty much ANYTHING off their album Square is amazing (even though Human Hands is from Doodads XP).
Okay now keep in mind that this is a techno group (my friend Martin informed me that they're known as either indie techno or minimal). Never before have I fallen in love with a techno group. I mean, I've liked bands that were like powerpop and had more of a techno element to them, but these are straight up techno. Never before has that been even an option for me to like. I never ever thought that I would end up liking techno. But their music is just... wow. With simple beats and rhythms they have managed to create emotions and feelings through simple music and not just lyrics. 
Now I bet you're thinking, "But Gemmie! That's what they do with classical music." Well I've only expanded a little, my dears, thanks to Destery (and also Martin). The most I have ventured out into classical music land is my short addiction to Yann Tiersen last year. Although an excellent composer, most classicals can't keep my attention long enough for me to stay and listen to the whole thing in full. Plus, I'm not as exposed to classical music as much since I am no longer involved in any type of music class (still wondering if that was a mistake or not). 
That being said, falling in love with Robot Science is a pretty big stretch enough for me already. I would really like to hear more of the upbeat techno that like b-boys dance to, but Robot Science is pretty much love. You should check them the shit out.

Well while listening to Robot Science very thoroughly that I exhausted the number of songs they currently have out, I noticed that in the recommendations of one of the songs was a song by Say Anything (I think the first song I heard was called "Chia, Like I Shall Grow"). The name seemed familiar, so I decided to check them out.
Let me just say: I love YouTube recommendations.
I realize that Say Anything is a little more popular than Robot Science because for one, it's not techno (those artists go more unknown) and two, I've actually heard of them before listening to them. However, after testing out their music, I have quickly pointed out my three favourite songs:
I love the first one because whenever I start singing to it, everyone's like, "WTF?!" I really don't know what the lyrics are about or what the song means (nor do I want to know), but it is so damn catchy. And quite simple as well, since you mostly hear the vocals and not much of the other instruments.
I Want To Know Your Plans is freaking amazing. It's so soft in the beginning that you can just barely hear it. But then the intensity builds up throughout the song that the hook at the end of the bridge is just... woah. Is it cheesy if I said that I nearly got tears in my eyes when the chorus started playing again? (XP) If a guy sang that to me, I'd fall in love with him instantly.
And A Walk Though Hell... well that's just really catchy.XD

After awhile of listening to Say Anything, I decided I wanted to hear more people like Robot Science. I look them up on last.fm and on one of my ventures I found an unknown group called Quebec Antique. It was the closest thing to falling in love at first sight (hear) I will ever get to. They were just... SO amazing. Magnificent. Beautiful. Wonderful. And everything in between. But it was just that ONE song I heard. I go to their artist page to hear more of their music when I realized that I had no idea how to listen to artists on last.fm. So I look them up on YouTube but there was NOTHING on them at all. It was frustrating. I hear the ghost of this amazing new band and I'm just supposed to forget about them? I spent most of the night for the next few days looking for ways to listen to them when I finally gave in and decided to look for their website. They had three tracks for preview, but they also had links to their Facebook and Myspace. On their Myspace, they had their whole album up for listening. So for the past few days they have been all I would listen to. It's hard to choose, but my favourite songs are probably
So. Beautiful. While they have the soft chords of a piano playing, they also mix it up by adding in techno beats and various different sounds. In the songs that do have vocals, the notes that are sung are soft and slow. To describe the music in words wouldn't do it justice. You'll definitely have to listen to them yourself.

Some other good bands (no order):
Artist Vs Poet
The Bigger Lights
Cash Cash
The Downtown Fiction
Faber Drive
Four Year Strong
Go Radio
Hit the Lights
Poppyfield
This Providence
School Boy Humor
Sing It Loud
Stereo Skyline
The Summer Set
etc, etc. I was just pulling some of the artists I've heard from my last.fm library. Surprisingly, Mayday Parade is first and Fall Out Boy is like wayy behind. I don't even listen to MParade that much. Odd.

Anyway, PICTUREE TIME
Photography, Photography
Fun with cameras that are crappy. 
YEAH!
But not for long! I finally got around to giving my brother in law the receipt for my camera, and I got a replacement camera back. YAY! I just need to get my memory card back from my sister. But YAY FOR CANONS!
Anyway, because I have been busy changing things up for so long, I have managed to crop up QUITE a lot of pictures. I'll nix some of the more useless ones, though.
I'm also a little too lazy to actually categorize the pictures, so I'm just going to put "Photography" and "People/Random" like on my photography page, as well as "Sunsets/Sunrises" because I have a lot of those :P

Photography Attempts
Morning Walk (that's a lie. I was at my bus stop)

People/Random
RAWR! (yes, this is on a desk and yes, this is the front view of "Je T'aime" and "Fuck You" up there)
Maryan's Doodle (is it just me, or does that sound really wrong XD)
Working Hard or Hardly Working? (she moves her hand too much *shakes head*)

Sunset/Sunrise

Okay so that was like, link OVERLOAD. I totally apologize. The only things I really wanted you to click were the song links ^_^
A select few of these photos will be shown in the photography page, new pieces of writing will be up, and I plan to also have that artwork page up and maybe another unknown page. No homework this weekend so I may be able to update a whole lot more. Yay~!

TWGS ♥
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