Episode 6 - Oppositions

Today's topic is "what oppositions did I face when applying for art school?"

Well I can remember my Dad always saying I can be whatever I want to be, as long as I go to school for it and stick with it. I grew up in a rather traditional home, and everyone seemed to have the place they fit in. My brother started working with my Dad, and my mom was a stay at home mom taking care of my sister. At the time anyway.


I was in grad ten in high school when I discovered a live theater group and immediately fell in love with costumes. I think my parents thought it was a phase, becuase I got a lot "that's nice dear"s and "you should focus of school dear"s. After a school transfer just for fashion design curses, I think it started to set in. I remeber a couple a petty fights over whether or not I could go to school in New Brunswick for fashion or if I would have to go elsewhere. My family isn't rich, so I could afford to go to a far away school. So I discovered the NBCCD.

My Dad is a building carpenter and contractor. He's worked on the vary building were I attend class and he saw the people that the school houses. He was terrified his little girl would become a "tattooed, pink haired,  hippy". Well my hair isn't pink, and I only have one little tattoo, so I don't know why he was so scared. It doesn't sound like much, but that might have been my biggest opposition in becoming an artist.

5 Minute writing - Christmas Addition!! (5)

Good morning life! Today the topic is Christmas. Christmas anything, and that leavings the door wide open. I could express my excitement for snow, or my hatred of mall xmas music. Maybe I'll do both, since it's snowing outside and there's an xmas song on the radio right now. Don't worry though, there will be other things in there too.

I do not like the cold. That said, I am so excited for snow! I know it seems contradictory, but it has to be warm enough for snow to fall in the first place. I may be 22, but I still like building snow forts, throwing snowballs, and catching snowflakes on my tongue. I associate snow with xmas, like most people, and it may not be my favorite time of year it is still pretty fun. I think the most Xmas-y thing I;m excited for is the look on my boyfriend's face when he opens his gift. When we first got together, and I bought my cat to his apartments, my cat still had claws. Vega (kitty) liked to lay on the same chair by the door that Pat (boyfriend) liked to throw his leather coat. See where this is going? Well, Vega ended up scratching the hell out of Pat's coat, and for xmas I got him a new lamb's leather jacket.

I guess I did'nt say much about the xmas music....I hate it! I worked for years in retail and the xmas music would always start the DAY after remembrance day. Not only is that disrespectful, but a lot of people don't wan to think about xmas so soon. It's nuts. Luckily my current boss wont play xmas music until december at the earliest. I can still sulk though.....

Merry Christmas!   

5 Minute Writting - The Lost Episode (4)

So since I missed class today, and later found out there was a five minute writing, I thought I'd write something. The few people I spoke to could not really pin point the exact topic, but I think I have an idea for my own. Something that has been rattling around in my mind.

World of Warcraft, or otherwise nicknamed World of Warcrack. Maybe a year ago now, my boyfriend and I quite playing WoW. We carried on our lives, playing different games and discovering new things to try. However our roomate had also quite playing, he has a weaker will power. He wanted to play again, and soon the bug spread.

Soon we were all playing again. Again, World of Warcrack became the same long hour consuming game that we all loved and hated at the same time. I quite originally because I was playing my laptop during class lectures while in university and it resulted in me failing credits. This time around I find that I'm playing a lot, but only after I finish school work. It also helps that I don't have that laptop anymore and can only play at home.  My boyfriend on the other hand, spend all his time playing, and has been putting off finishing his demo real for months now. I don't think he wants to spend the rest of his life working fast food, and I mention this once in a while. Anymore and he get snippy with me.

So now I'm at the conjunction, and I'll live up to one of the help tips that are shown while in loading screens : "Take all things in moderation, even World of Warcraft"

5 Minute writting - Episode 3

Guess it's time I finally post this

Halloween addition! Today we are talking about a project we're working on, and mine is my Halloween costume. I'm going out as Harley Quinn, from the new Batman: Arkham City video game. I chose Harley because she has always been one of my favorite DC characters, and this newest costume of her's is very sexy.

First off, she wears a corset! I want to specialize in custom design corsets, so this is a perfect opportunity to try out a truly unique piece. She also has alternating red and black pants, a tank top, and boots. The pants have her signature diamonds on them, in alternating colors (ie red diamonds on the black side and vis versa), but also a neat red/brown leather belt. I'm very close to finishing the pants but the fly is giving me some trouble, and I think it's because zippers and I don't get along. I'm making the pants close to the skin so I don't have any excess to tuck into the boots.

I can't wait for this to be done. I have every intention to post pics of the finish product, but until then, here's a visual of the costume on Harley!

Epsiode 1

If I were a compound animal, what would I be?

This weird little creature is a mix of a swan and a red fox. No idea how it came to be, but it is a physical manifestation of the Fashion Designer Sara Nycole Wilkinson. Sara has always had an affinity to the red fox, being a vixen herself. And the swan is simply pretty to look at, but vicious in it’s own nature. As is the fox.

By combining these two beautiful, yet deadly animals, we get a look at the complexities of Sara.

The Fox/Swan shall now be know as Toka.

In a fantastical world where compound animals are the reality,Toka awoke on a crisp cool morning.

Episode 2

So this is the second episode of 5 minute writtings!

So everyone knows Madonna is crazy, great performer but still crazy. And celebraties do crazy and stupid things, just like normal people, but they always blow it up into crazy proportions. So reacting badly to a gift should not have been blown into that crzy of a proportion! Everyone receives gift that they either hate or will never use. And sometime, in order to not hurt their feeling, we grin and bear it and say thanks you. Then that gift will stay in a closet somewhere and gather dust.

I can remember when I got the most ugly sweater I had ever seen for Christmas one year from my grandparents. It was from northern reflections, and it had cost them $40. They had left the tags on it. I was in my gothic/emo phase in highschool, and had specifically asked for a anything black, possibly a lacy dress, or you know black clothing. But the sweater they got me was bright, obnoxious red. Not even a pretty rose red, or blood red, but this ugly maroon red that made me cring.

I decided to be a smart kid and thanks them any way, but just to be a pain, I pulled the tag off, handed it to them, and said “next year, you could just give me the $40.”