The Mighty Kitten: June 2011

Friday, June 24, 2011

arm still itchy - 4th week

I don't think I mention this to anyone, but my arm has been itching in the same spot for over a month now. It's kind of deep inside and there are no signs on the skin. So I have no idea what the hell is going on, but thankfully I am going to the doctor's on Tuesday. Also getting a haircut and going to the dentist. Fun day? I don't know if I'd call it that.

I watched "Voices of a Distant Star". And it is so incredibly sad... The plot is very interesting, about two highschoolers messaging each other, one from Earth and another from space, where she is fighting aliens and the time lag between the time of the message sent and the message received gets bigger and bigger, the girl is still 15 but back on Earth it's 8 years later so the guy is about 24. There are some unexplainable things in the anime, like the double of the girl who tells her they'll meet again, or the visions that keep happening. The backgrounds of the animation are amazing too.

I miss Panther and Enzo/Salem/Jiji.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

mouth to mouth?

I just watched the film Mouth to Mouth starring Ellen Page. It really impressed me... but I am not sure which bits did and which didn't.

I think it's fantastic that the whole crew really shaved their heads off for this film. I think it's amazing that they obviously only got one chance to shoot the scenes where you can see them getting their heads shaved. I think it's fantastic that Mad Ax (the skinny blonde junkie dude) doesn't get initiated into the head-shaving process. And I love that he is the most intricate character, and the most passionate and romantic at the same time as the most crazed and interesting. Sherry is of course a typical teenager type of character BUT what is interesting about her is the controversial idea of wanting to go home and not wanting to go home, just like any other kid I guess. There are lines in this movie that are too close to stereotyping "I can't believe all this stuff was gonna get thrown out" and "Mom, I really don't think this is for you" throughout the scenes without an explanation why. Similarly, Mad Ax says a lot of such phrases but they don't sound lame from him "Go back to Sherry-ville" and "Have kids" and "You are the first person to have told me that". Harry, the leader - too obvious, too boring, too... I don't know. The British girl/prostitute is amazing in her part. The ending is somewhat predictable but I like that it has an element of innocence about it. As far as themes... well here I am not such a good judge. I don't watch movies for plot lines, themes, etc. But I guess it's also slightly predictable, though I have to say the whole idea is very central-European. And I don't think I like that very much. It has an element of everything I learned about the local youth whilst living in Europe. So, that part of the movie didn't really impress me at all.

In other news, I'm starting a new text/novel/story type of thing. Stayed up until 4am last night typing away. Finished reading "A Mind to Murder" and I don't think I can read any more of Sebastian Horsley's "Dandy in the Underworld" because it's getting too much for me. I've been reading Victorian poetry. I don't know, lazy days.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

is it winter?

I literally just got very confused about what season it is outside. It's not snowing out, or even cold. I walked around all day in a summer dress. I know it's supposedly summer. But then the combination of being extremely tired, sleepy, sitting in a room with the curtains closed with the lights on even though it's still light out... and reading someone's blog and there were pictures of people wearing coats and winter attire and the phrase I read contained the words "winter" and "snow" and all of a sudden for about a second my brain exploded or vomited, not sure which one... but this crazy thought suddenly appeared that was like "oh my god, it's winter, what am I doing here in the winter? I should be in college? Where did the past year go? I just wasted so much time doing nothing??" and then I looked at the curtains and everything went back to normal reality. Phew... this stuff doesn't happen very often.

At the exhibition today I really liked Josef Istler and Vaclav Zykmund. But unfortunately I can't find any works online that I would post here, because I guess the works at the exhibition were their less known ones.

Here is two pictures of me cheating on my cat with Valik's cat. I don't feel particularly bad because Panther is cheating hardcore on me with Zig and Joce. Pfft.

I wore this outfit today and I call it "hipster bride"

Here are some pics of this gruesome tunnel that I have to walk through almost every day to get to the metro or go to town or whatever, now the tunnel is decorated with "street art". I actually really like it!

Three more weeks in Prague. Let's make it good? (The Crookers: "We Make It Good")

Also, here is my favorite photo from last night, which was Sasha's birthday. I like it because it was so random what we were doing. Me and Fish discovered the dog, Mitya, standing on the stairs. We started petting him, slowly sliding down the stairs. Then Fish suggested we should slide all the way down and see if anyone noticed us gone. Then we were discovered by Sasha's Mom who probably thought it was very weird what we were doing. Then we slid down, went and stood in the toilet for about 2 minutes just laughing. Then Valik discovered us and the three of us just stood in the toilet. Then I said if Sasha's Mom would see us three in the toilet she would probably think it very strange, so we went back up and sat on the stairs for a bit.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

you can't catch me, i'm immortal!

Here is a selection of art works I am going to be selling on Friday, minus the prints that I brought from America. I am not sure which of the prints I will be selling yet, or if any at all. So here are the definite works, with titles underneath. Prices range from $50-$300. Click to enlarge. The quality of the photos is obviously not great.