I have been away from GW for something like 3 or 4 months I CANT REMEMBER and in this time, I have finished my degree and so I am now officially qualified to create sculptures of superman's penis (my degree show piece was like, 3 man-size sculptures representing certain aspects that could make up modern monsters, as well as a shelf of mutilated barbies/action men/cheap toys turned into grotesque monsters) however I got a pretty low grade for that stuff, but my dissertation (about the use of monsters in fine art) somehow got a 1st, so I guess I am better qualified to talk about superman's monsterous wang, than I am to make a copy of it. Nothing in the world can prepare you for how scary a fine art degree show is. gallerists, art critics, people who could potentially give you £10,000 for a drawing of superman's dick, all walking round and asking you questions and probing you aabout your work and who you are and aghhggh, and when they're not doing that, you're overhearing their conversations, their judgements on your hard work (and incase you're wondering, old middle-class men hated my work, middleclass women told their children it reminds them of Daleks, and every young person enjoyed it, some even told me it was like a new evolution of the street art scene, which threw me a bit, because I am hardely street.) Drinking is cut down a lot and I am no longer abusing meds!
I feel I want to do an art history Masters at some point, or failing that, another degree towards music or film (music, because it's my passion and film because I really wanna direct an episode of Doctor Who ! ^_^ )
Short term plans are to work for money, and also work on my music. Ontop of my stupidly-high student fees (england's government hates the working class to be educated) I spent almost 2 grand of credict card on guitarstuff, so my 1st goal is to pay credit card off. But when my best friend finishes her master's degree next summer, we're thinking of doing a course that'll allow us to teach english overseas and then doing nthat. She wants to study in vietnam, and the east-asian country they user known as
kaworu would prefer to go is... yeah. But that seems to be a good plan, obv I wouldn't mind Vietnam since I really wanna get hold of a vietcong uniform (the guy in turkey wanted £100 for one
) Also since england's on the verge of becoming a fascist corporate police state, i can see any time away from this place as a good thing
MUSICWISE I'm currently building technique/whatever. I'm learning Ska(two tone, none of that shitty less than jake bland pop punk bullshit)/reggae and... Fusion. I begin to cry when seeing an Allan Holdsworth tab, it's like impossible. Though the past few weeks of hardwork doing 'proper' finger exercises mean i can shred like a mother. Gee, if only I found metal interesting...
I kinda have a bad addiction to Moe anime, but I don't care. It's dumb, but it's like generally laid back, and you have a bunch of girls with high-pitched voices and pretty rainbow hair which to be honest, serves as a relaxing distraction from the ever-increasing daily erosion of our civil liberties, and as sad as it is to say, there have been times where watching K-On!! or Lucky Star or mayochiki or WHATEVER have just been that much needed calm pond to stop me getting depressed. Essentially Moe anime are so bland, generic and empty that watching them is almost a form of meditation since there is nothing about them to think about (except haruhi, that is still good, and endless eight is one of the greatest moments in animated history because it is the dumbest and most absurd idea ever).
Not that I am encouraging people to distract themselves from the ills of the world, obviously, just it's hard to go the full Bill Hicks 24/7
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