I should probably be studying.
....ngh. Whatever.
I finished one practical neuroanatomy exam (more on that at the end of the post), so I'm going to reward myself by doing nothing important and watching an inadvisable number of TV episodes. YAY
Mmmm. It feels good to stretch and get back into the rhythm of drawing things. :) I promise more creative stuff for next time, but, for now, Hetalia fanart, random doodle, and a thing I made for my friend's iphone app.
Right. So. While this neuroanatomy exam was a walk in the park compared to the written exams coming up soon, it also turned out to be some absurd, silent parody of a game of musical chairs, with an annoying bell going off every minute to indicate that we're to shuffle a step to the right towards the next slice of brain. No, you may not check your answers. No, you may not ask any questions to clarify a matter. Just 60 students doing the silent shuffle for more than an hour.
To make things even more frustrating, I found myself the victim of a terribly early onset of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, and missed 2 of the easiest questions on the exam. HOW COULD I MISS THE CHOROID PLEXUS, HOW.
Ugh. Mood recovery took the form of 1 episode of Fringe (!!!!!OMG), 8 episodes of Supernatural, 1 episode of Modern Family, and a thrilling rendition of Macbeth in the underground vaults of an old, abandoned Clerkenwell House of Detention (roderick-random.blogspot.com/2011/05/theatre-review-macbeth-clerkenwell.html). Ahhh, so much excellence.
Edit: Oops! One more thing...the song I'm obsessing over these days (when I'm not slowly replacing my innards with Andrew Bird and Beirut and Sufjan Stevens): No One Does it Like you, by Department of Eagles. I love the song, of course, but the music video itself is now constantly on my mind. It's rather like the time I found "I Say Fever" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0ohgZFVqcby) Ramona Falls, which haunted me for an entire summer...
...but anyway. I found it while researching Marcel Dzama for my art history paper (relevance of drawing in contemporary art practices)- he's the art director for the music video. :) Check it out! It's both aurally and visually excellent <3
www.youtube.com/watch
I love Dzama's art. When I saw his work at the Tate, it was in a room titled Dark Comedy. It was love at first sight. He works within folkart traditions, but, like all excellent folklore, there are quite a few disturbing themes underlying his drawings. They seem so innocent and cute until you step close enough to see what's actually going on...and then you start getting creeped out. >:D
