GhettoKitten: Zen In Chaos

#149 – Art – Censorship of Beauty

Art feature.

Censorship of Beauty v2.0 by =otak-us on deviantART

#148 – Again.

Well, my car has been broken, and we almost gave up the insurance, but it wasn’t broken. Don’t ask me how that makes sense. =/

It runs now, except they won’t let me drive it. So don’t ask me how that makes sense either. =/

I would really like to have a car instead of being either stuck in the house or bumming rides, even though I suppose it wouldn’t matter, considering that I’m about to have surgery… Guess I shall look at an insurance quote yet again.

#147 – Art – Vision of Escaflowne – Folken Fanel

Art feature.

Stylized Folken Fanel by =otak-us on deviantART

#146 – Work Light.

So I need new lights, but I do have new work gloves at least, although this doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it means. ~_^

Yes, artists use gloves. We do. I use one specific kind to keep from smudging in pencil, and to keep from getting the natural oils on my hands on my digital tablet, others to keep acids from getting into paper, and actual work gloves when working with metal, glass and wood. So artists actually use many more gloves than you would think.

#145 – Art

Art feature.

Fading Away, The Story of Emo by =otak-us on deviantART

#144 – Studio

I need a new light fixture in my studio. The corners are all dark, and there’s only one area where you can even see to create art, but I bought those cheap worklights you can get at the store, and they overheat on carpet, so I can only use them on the part of the floor that is the garage floor. >_<

One cannot create accurate art in the dark, let me tell you.

#143 – Hmm.

Well, I’ve had some computer problems, but I’ve been more active on deviantART than anywhere else, because when I dropped my phone and got it stuck, that’s what it was logged into.

March is National Comic Writing Month.

I completed a novel in November; Will I be able to complete a completely separate comic in March that has nothing to do with in-progress comics? We shall see.

#142 – Electronic Cigarettes

Well, my camera is made of blurry fail at the moment, but there is a video that goes with this review.

First off, I would like to say the concept and the design of electronic cigarettes is sheer brilliance. They’re sleek, they’re rechargable, in the long end not only are they less poisonous but they cost less than the toxic ones, you can use them indoors, you don’t have to worry about fire – which is a big concern for me, as I’m terrified of fire. Not only that, you don’t have to go out in the awful cold weather to smoke. That in itself is epic.

So, concept and design aside, I’d like to talk about execution. The instructions are pretty simple. Other than the part of accidental ingestion of the liquid that is transformed to fog, I found nothing frightening in the instructions, and nothing that was too hard to handle. I wasn’t happy at the thought of not being able to do this idiotic thing I do, which is to tilt my head back to blow smoke in the air, but I could deal. However, the first attempts at using the device resulted in a sore throat and a lot of coughing. It was so incredibly harsh. My friend, who tried it with me, likened it to dirty bong water. Also, it’s hard to tell, other than the burning sensation, if it’s working… there’s this ghastly hiss and a small delay for the smoke. Still, I’ll be using it again once it’s broken in with a bulb because the benefits outweigh the slight problems I had.

#141 – Insurance

Okay, I keep getting all this random mail from my insurance saying such and such is denied, but the amount on the sheet is $0. So why are they wasting so much paper telling me that I’m not going to get charged for something, and how come there’s a claim being rejected that doesn’t require any money? All it does is freak me out thinking it’s a bill, and then it doesn’t actually happen that way, and I open it and then have more paper to shred and waste. Do insurance carriers not care about recycling and not wasting things? If you can get a term life insurance online quote, then that is a start to eliminating paper, but seriously… don’t print out pages of charges of 0. It’s really irksome, and it isn’t a thing you can opt to get online… though I guess I wouldn’t want my medical history e-mailed to me, either.

#140 – Superbowl Sexism

Yeah, I watch football, and yes, I’m a female. It’s a misconception that women don’t like football… I’ve braved horrid cold to stay out in the stadium when I have tickets cheering my team on.

So why are Superbowl advertisements still so sexist?

I mean, really, there are other things that are wrong about the ads, like mocking recycling – what the hell? Recycling has nothing to do with manhood, or womanhood, it’s a simple act that can help our children… but apparently that’s not the belief of a certain company. Well, you can bet I’m going to make a list and not buy anything from these… Well, why would I, since I’m a woman and they’re only targeting men anyhow? Regardless of the fact that I’m such a tomboy normal feminine things just don’t interest me at all… About the most feminine I’ll get is a corset to go with my combat boots. Seems like yet another reason women will not want their men to watch the game, which sucks, because personally I’d hate to see that stereotype flourish.