Neneuche Land

Stupid shizzle

{ 8:32 AM, 4/5/2008 } { 2 comments } { Link }

Hey guys. I know I've been a bad blogger but my heart isn't into it that much. I have drawings but they aren't scanned and my computer is dead and has been for weeks. I'm using my boyfriend's pc now.
Recent events:
-Broke my left hand and had surgery
-Had to get a medical leave of absence and got only partialy paid for a while
-I'm terribly depressed and I lost my appetite.
-I lost 7 pounds.
I feel horrible all the time.
I'm 28; I feel like I'm stagnant and old.
So yeah, not the best part of my life.
I'm getting help.
Here's a funny cat to lightn this crap mood.

I'll post art soon.

Happy New Year!!

{ 6:47 PM, 1/8/2008 } { 4 comments } { Link }

Hi kids!
I know, I know I suck at blogging.
Well, I had a pretty cool new years celebration except my boyfriend and I fought in front of our guests, but I guess that was bound to hapen since heavy drinkin was involved. It's cool now.
As promissed here is the cover of the book I drew in last summer. I'm doing another one now, totaly different story and style.
Anywho, I'd better specify that this image is property of Éditionsdu Phoenix and that I do not own it, even if I drew it.
That said, hope you like it. All the best in 2008! I think we're due.

It looked better last summer. I see lots of things wrong with it now. Bah! the curse of the artist!

What updates?

{ 5:30 PM, 11/30/2007 } { 3 comments } { Link }

Ok, my bad. I sowy.
I haven't even been that busy. I've just been lazy and relieved. First order of business, my cat is all better. He has a genetic disese and it can't be cured but it is treatable and he can still have a good 3-4-5 years ahead. He's just like before except he sleeps a little more, runs a lot less and is a lot more affectionate.
Alos I'm doing another book cover.
Totaly different strory.
The other is out tough, so I am allowed to pimp my art, tough the illustration was badly cropped. I'll post the whole thing when I'm sober.
:P

I have so much christmass shopping to get done!
GRAH!

Lego

{ 11:01 AM, 10/28/2007 } { 1 comments } { Link }

Here's my cat. His name is Lego and I love him so much.

Here, he's hidding in the sheets I am removing to put in the wash.

He became suddenly sick Thursday. Not eating, vomiting and breathing strangely. The vet said it was probably pulmonary but then he said the x-rays showed no problem and they reffered us to a better equiped place. There, they said the x-rays DID show a problem and he was probably experiencing liquid on his lungs due to heart failure. I cried a lot. He was between life and death last night but this morning, he's better and there is hope yet. If he survives tough, he'll have to be medicated for the rest of his life, just like a person. This is gonna cost us a bundle and we'll probably have an imaginary Christmas this year. I feel kind of bad that I am paying so much for a cat while there are starving homeless people and sick children. But I would feel terrible if I just said " Oh, this is too exepensive, let's just let him die." He's a member of our family and he loves us with such honesty and no conditions; I couldn't let him go without a fight. He's not out of the woods yet but he's better and that's the best we could hope for.
He cost me so much already from all his urinary infections and special food that he needs. It's probably the most expensive stray cat in the universe. Lucky he's so fucking adorabe.

"YAY! Imagination Christmas!"

Happy fun crazy too little updates time!! ^_^

{ 7:08 PM, 10/9/2007 } { 2 comments } { Link }

I've been quite a bad panda these past week and have not updated this blog enough.
Well, nothing really eventful happened. My new job is OK I guess. Not too different than the previous one except I get paid more and have better hours. But I miss my old buddies even if I have some new ones and some old ones already worked there wen I joined.
You know who you are!
:)
I changed birth-control pill in hope that my skin will clear up a little. But I have had no results as of yet. This pill is supposed to help with skin breakouts... no so much. The pamphlet says it might take up to 3 months... ew. I hate having zits at my age! And not little ones; big painful ones that take weeks to fully go away. Anyways, the new pill is making me retain water and I feel like a contestant on "The Biggest Loser".
It's a well spread stereotype that most black men like a girl with "humps in the back and in the front". So should I take it that I'm overweight if a random black man asks for my phone number in the metro? I mean, he looked nice and all and was not insistent when I told him I had a boyfriend, but I didn't feel attractive at all that day. And that he thought I was hot didn't really cheer me up because of that preconception that he probably likes some cushin for the pushin. Maybe I am wrong and I hope that it's not racist for me to have thought that, but I still felt pretty lame.
On a lighter note, my friend and I got asked for ID last Friday. We're 9 years over drinking age, so we took it as a compliment. Maybe he thought we were young because of my horrible zit. It was funny.
Here's something I drew at the local Dr. Sketchy. I have more but hey look like shiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.
This took about 5 minutes I think.

Meez again.

{ 10:01 AM, 8/22/2007 } { 4 comments } { Link }

I made another Meez. Those things are fun. This one looks a lot moe like me than the other one, mainly because they added new faces.

At the office, not knowing how I got there.
Feh!!

The woes of the never happy princess.

{ 9:26 AM, 8/14/2007 } { 3 comments } { Link }

My boyfriend doesn't even read this anymore. We argue a lot. Since my mom is sick and his father and mother are both sick and his job is demanding and I have a new job and I still have to finish the novel illustrations, and we had been argung prior to all that because he said I was hardly home and I said he was distant, things have been rocky.
I'm going to send this to him. He'll probably yell at me that I make him look bad in front of the internet.
I miss him.

At my new job, last week everyone wanted to go have lunch with me. There wasn't enough me to go around.
Now I eat in front of my monitor 'cause no one invites me.
I feel bleh.
I finished reading the Deathly Hallows and although it was great, it didn't answer all my questions and theories. And since there aren't anymore, I feel a little cheated.
I miss my friends too. I haven't seen anyone in a while asside from a few work friends.
So I'm a little down today. Things could be a lot worse, but they could be better.
I'm also having my period. That doesn't help. I wish I had icecream.
Je t'aime poupou.

What a week!

{ 5:14 PM, 8/4/2007 } { 2 comments } { Link }

Ok, kids. Let me just say that I've had a little of wine, so I'm a little tipsy, but I deserve it.
My mom is in the hospital. My boyfriend's dad is in the hospital. I got a new job that pays more at bisoft and I start next week. I had to leave a lot of friends behind. I've finished the cover of the novel I'm illustrating. I got a hair cut. I went to see the Potter movie and really liked it. I'm reading the Potter book, which I ordered online but which came so late that I had to go buy another copy so I could read it before the spoilers got to me.
It's the best so far. The culmination of years of wondering what the fuck is going on.
That's a lot of crap for my litle brain. I don't know if I'm allowed to show the cover I did yet. But I think I can at least show this.

It's part of it but it's not all of it.
Hope you like.
Laters! I'm back to the Hallows.
^__^

yeah, I'm a geek.

{ 6:19 PM, 7/22/2007 } { 2 comments } { Link }

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

At least mine has nice colours.

Your in-depth results are:

Gryffindor - 15
Ravenclaw - 13
Hufflepuff - 10
Slytherin - 9

How much of a nerd are YOU?

Harry Potter and the geeky illustraor.

{ 2:14 PM, 7/14/2007 } { 1 comments } { Link }

I'm such a lamewad. I absolutly adore the Potter franchise. It's no secret. So friday at lunchtime when me and 2 friends decided to do some OC, I came up with this, knowing that I was gonna go see the Order of the Phoenix that evening.

Apparently it's not a very acurate depiction since a few people tought it was a cartoony self portrait.
Well, my hairs is certainly not THAT big and my eyes are blue, not brown. Besides, I don't wear a tie nor a gray cardigan.
So, what do YOU think?
I saw the movie last night as I said before, and here's what I wrote about it on the Drawing Board's movie section.

The nerds shall inherit the earth.
Saw it last night. It's a gem.
Ok. First of all, it is to be expected that some elements from a 1000 pages book will be cut in the movie adaptation.
Also, it's an adaptation, not live action book
But I found that the things that were removed, though some were quite dear to me, were worked around quite well or explained enough so that a person who hasn't read the books and pays attention will understand everything. However, you do need to have seen all the other movies.
I think the cinematography was captivating. It shows that the director is used to documentaries and it feels like he dramatic parts are close enough to touch. Also, the actors, both teens and adults were all equisite. I'm a die hard fan, but it's undeniable that Daniel Radclif has achieved new hights.
The relationships obviously deepens and are a lot more intense. Bodylanguage is very important.
A nice touch was that they actually show little snippits of the past movies. I'm not gonna tell what, but it's interesting how it was done.
I am dispointed that some of my favorite parts were removed or barely there at all. But I still realy enjoyed the movie and would gladly see it again really soon. I feel a bit guilty that I actually found Harry kind of hot. The body Daniel got for Equus is pretty impressive.
I tought the cg was a bit uneven tough. While the creatures were splendid, Gwarp was a little 1995 to my taste. It's probalby my favorite so far, tough I say hat about all of them when they come out.
So if you realise that the films are seperate entities from the books though they both fallow similar storylines, you won't be disapointed. The villains!! GOD! Awesome evil!!
Very Happy

Go see it! Or I'm gonna have to tell you everything. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

Simpsons avatars are funny!

{ 8:11 AM, 7/7/2007 } { 5 comments } { Link }

I made myself, but i wasn't quite as resembling as I wanted, so I d some digital editing. Here's the side by side fun.

Go make your own! It,s hours of wasted time.
You have to go in the "create your avatar" tab.

RATATOUILLE!!!!

{ 3:32 PM, 7/2/2007 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Here's my impression on the movie. I also posted it on the Drawing Board.

:)
Oh my!
How tasty!
Yes, I know it's lame to say about a movie themed around food, but I had to say it. It's a delight.
I must admit the only reason I went to see it was that it was a pixar and they always have something impressive to show. I really wasn't that impressed by what I had seen from it nor by what I had heard, other than that Brad Byrd was involved.
I was so pleasantly surprised.
While it's a slow start, the story is captivating, a lot more than I had expected. It's made of a lot of mini stories that fallow a series of events. It's funny, touching and thrilling, all done in very subtle ways.
Estethiclly, it's flawless. The hair is amazing, the skin, the attention to detail is remarkable and everything tough stylised to the extreme looks real and tangible.
Every character could have their own movie as they all show personality and a life beyond the mere 3d models that they are. I espescially loved the main character, so clumsy and naive yet so endearing in his attempts to be what he's not.
This movie is a work of art. I didn't think any other pixar could beat the Incredibles.
This one doesn't, but it's in a cathegory of its own, which is just as good.
I give it 5 stars!
*****
Wink

Bonne St-Jean!!!!!

{ 8:00 PM, 6/24/2007 } { 2 comments } { Link }

Désolée de mon manque de mise à jour; je suis saoule et c'es la st-jean, mais je vous aime tous.
Voisi un sketche que j'ai fait pour le roman que J'illustrre mais wui n'y figurera pas.

HAIRCUT!!!

{ 11:48 AM, 5/25/2007 } { 3 comments } { Link }

I look a lot better in the second one; I wish I could walk around with that light so I'd always look great. But I actually look more like the first pictures.
Anyways, I have a new haircut and I feel fabulous.
:D
Highschool reunion, here I come!

No time!

{ 3:45 PM, 5/24/2007 } { 1 comments } { Link }

Ok, I have a lot going on. Naturally, everything happens at once.
I have to elaborate on
-Paint-ball
-The book
-The stomach virus
-The no-shampoo thing
-The haircut
-The reunion.
So these are topics I'll have to elaborate when I have the time.
Have a margarita for me if you're somewhere sunny!

Facebook has its perks.

{ 9:43 AM, 4/27/2007 } { 0 comments } { Link }

I can upload a bunch of pictures and I don't lose any of my prescious bandwith. Altough I'd rather not upload too much artwork on there for fear of art theft and all thier legal "we own you" mumbojumbo.

To see some crazy pictures taken at a party with that silly MAC webcam, CLICK HERE!!!
I'm in most of them. That's right, attention whore. Although they're not the most flattering kind.

Ok, not really.

What is Facebook?

{ 3:19 PM, 4/26/2007 } { 4 comments } { Link }

I don't really know but I'm on it. I joined 'cause my friend kept bugging me and I caved. Turns out not many poeple I know are on there, so I look like I have hardly any friends. And that seems to be the main purpose there; show that you have more friends than the next guy. It's kind of like e-mail except everyone gets to see who's in your contact list and judge you accordingly.
I did find 2 old highschool people. They were not really my friends, more like good aquaintances, but according to facebook, they are now closer to me than my own mother.
I'm still doing the no-shampoo thing with rather interesting results. My hair is now wavy, kind of like a fading perm. I said PERM! And it's a lot fuller. I'll post pictures eventually.
You can see my no shampoo mate and her photo blog of her progress right HERE.
So if you want to join me on facebook and help me not look like a reject in front of the internet cool crowd, add me to your friends list.
BY CLICKING THIS
and this is what I look like on there.

Looks like my shoulder is angry.
Later foo'!

Demon Baby!

{ 4:06 PM, 4/18/2007 } { 2 comments } { Link }

This came from the Open Canvas session we did yesterday at lunch time.
Still not using shampoo. My hair is starting to look different if not better. I have wavy hair now. My friend is doing the same thing across the world. See Betty & J-F on the side here.--------->
I think I'm coming down with some freaky virus. Possibly got it from a co-worker who has a kid in daycare.
Oh, kids and their germs!
Gotta finish the stupid drawing for stupid work now. See ya!

Happy Easter!!

{ 1:06 PM, 4/9/2007 } { 3 comments } { Link }

Doodle frenzy

{ 4:02 PM, 4/5/2007 } { 1 comments } { Link }

Don't know why but I got that doodle urge lately. This came out of my pencil at lunch time. It's me and Marc-Andre and it's inspired by my capillary experiment of the recent days. He still makes fun of me a little.
Enjoy!

It looked nicer before I scanned it for some reason. Meh...

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