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So, update

Of course it all went differently than expected: at the beginning of the course, the professor came in and asked for 'the three guys of the friday group to come to his office' (not sure if 'guys' is the proper translation in this context, though. maybe "gentlemen" would be better, although that doesn't sound right either. Anyway.) where they would discuss things. I honestly have no idea what he said to them, but then they came back into the room, and the course proceeded as usual, at least the

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Tomorrow's going to be "fun"

See, for the past weeks I've had my fair share of trouble with the group in this semester's lab course (mainly being dealt/assigned far too much work for the protocols by "colleagues", as well as not getting along with one of the other students who is not at all ready to shift parts or come to a compromise in any way; or to put it short, runs me over with a rhethoric lawnmover whenever I attempt to communicate that there are problems.). Today I finally managed to talk to the professor about it,

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On the subject of tiny crochet monsters

So here's a typical thing I make instead of hanging around online for hours. This particular little guy was a gift for my sister, to accompany her to university and stuff (after all, I found out these things make perfect stress balls, and allow for perfectly silent fidgeting during lectures etc.)

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some art and stuff

I have finally overcome the 'self-induced art block' I'd been suffering from for the past year or so. (actually more than a year, maybe 2 1/2, but that's depressing to think about)     Something that helped tremendously, and is so obvious that I should not have to state it here because really, is drawing something every day. Every. Single. Day.   Seriously. I brought a horrible decline of art-skills onto myself with the beginning of university, for I allowed my self-pity to keep me from what is

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Increasingly uncanny

I have sort of a problem with modern video games, especially those from the last... idk, 2 years. The graphics. In many cases, the modelling, texturing etc on human characters have improved to a point where on a still image, it would be hard to tell them from reality. But the movement is usually still not that realistic. (still, it's not as bad as the 'Polar Express' was back when.)   Admittedly, I haven't played any games newer than from 2011, but I watched some playthroughs, and looked at prev

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'Every day is exactly the same'

Recently, upon scrolling some blogs around the web I realized just how tired I am of it all - I always see the same five gifs, just with different actors and colours. I always read about the same drama, or not drama, or amazing revelations, or problems that do not even concern me yet make me quite sad to think about. Every day. Several hours. Even though I already cut most of the really unneccessary things.   But that's the sort of time where I'm already far too tired to do anything useful like

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So much for that

I guess I am sort of done. One or two small checks, then I'll send the whole thing to my supervisor. I just hope she's fast enough with the corrections so that I can re-revise it for one more time before handing it in. C: And that it's not completely horrible. We'll see.   Now there's only the second thing left to write. Woot.

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Such weekend

Very work. Collapse.   Have to finish my thesis (this weekend), since final, be-all end-all deadline is the 25th of November. Which I know since yesterday. Because of legislation changes they did not manage to inform us about last semeser?? And I only found out about that because I asked a professor, since the web page linked to in the email I received on thursday only mentions September, 30th as deadline? And yet they failed to inform us that in cases like mine there is an extra deadline? In th

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bad habits

Getting rid of them is surprisingly hard. So is changing eating habits. :/ Something of the sort is necessary though, because at the current rate of developments I can see the destination of the travel, and that's.... not where I'd like to be. In more clear words: I really need to lose weight. Got a plan figured out though, and I'm sticking to it. Still, it's a bit of an annoying topic for me. I mean no, I don't think I'm ugly or anything, and yes, I've always been on the heavier side, but this

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long time no see

aka I've been terribly inactive around here since the beginning of september   obviously the reason is the same as always: university. At some point I will hopefully learn that if I delay an exam for an entire semester, I might as well take the corresponding course again. Even if I studied a month (aka, september).   Apart from failing said exam, nothing much has happened. Drawn some stuff, worried a bit too much about things I can't change anyway, edged away from most social contacts (including

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on drawing hands (again)

Occasionally you have to remind yourself how to draw things (like hands). What normally helps me is doing the following exercise:   1. draw it as you 'nomally' would, look for most prominent errors 2. draw from life, then look for symmetries and shapes -> fit a skeleton inside 3. try to re-create with the newly-found lines   (as you can see I re-created a bunch of mistakes in the last hand, especially the size of the thumb...) - and remember, practise makes perfect!

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Concert! :D

Yesterday I finally saw Alice Cooper live. How awesome was that? :] (hint: very awesome.) My first Open Air concert as well. Marvellous. Absolutely marvellous. Loved it.

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not a good day for art

Does anyone else experience this, that one day drawing works very well, or at least okay, and on the next day you are wondering how you were ever able to produce a straight line, let alone something with proper proportions?   Today it happened to me again, and I hate it. So have a sketch from yesterday instead (which ties in nicely with my latest thing in GA. ^^)   (click for larger version! )

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The Captain of the Fairy Guard [Art]

For some odd reasons whenever I need a Captain of the Guard (for world-building) they are usually female. I mean, it doesn't make much of a difference when it comes to armour design, anyway.   The nose is a bit off-center, but apart from that I am super happy with the outcome - and that I finally had time to finish a piece again. :3

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You know what I really dislike about glasses?

You have to clean them. All. The. Time. Every other day, almost. Or you wait for weeks until they are so covered in dust that your vision is somewhat obstructed, then marvel at the freshly cleaned vision, then forget again. Either way, it's far from perfect. :3

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3 years - what happened?

Whilst going through older blog entries in search for a blogging inspiration it hit me how much has changed - I remember thinking I was so mature, but looking back my older entries they all seem somewhat... silly. Or at least way too cheerful. I don't remember being that cheerful! D:   So, what happened? Did university/the end of school really make me so much less cheerful/positive/funny than before? (Hint: the answer is veery likely to be yes)   Have you noticed any such drastic changes about y

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physics?

What is your favourite physics branch and why? (if you don't like physics, feel free to replace that with science in general =D)   As for me, it has to be material physics, or in general anything that involves low-dimensional stuff like graphene and carbon nanotubes, for the potential technical applications are super interesting (flexible, transparent electrodes! Awesome.) and I find the methods cool (strain experiments in material physics, for example).

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21

Turned 21 today. Which obviously isn't very different from 20. Obviously because over here one is a legal adult at 18 already. As far as I know, at least. =D   Edit: forgot the obligatory "I feel old" xD

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It's been a long week... :/

So last week I was fairly inactive and fell out of the loop with stuff around here - sorry 'bout that. The thing is, I was quite busy with working on the two protocols for the practical course I attended in february. I was kinda stressed out. :< But things should be better now that most of the work is done (and it's easter break. That's at least something).   But enough about me, how have you all been?

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Ask me anything

I've never, ever done one of these things in all the time I've been a member of this site. Always wanted to, though. So, now. Ask and ye shall receive (answers).

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and this is why you do regular backups of important stuff

guess who's computer refused to access the harddisk from the operating system designed for work. Mine. Guess who forgot to back up the data and stuff for the protocol to write. Me.   Thankfully I found a temporary way around this.   So yeah, back up your stuff if you haven't already.

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unwell

I've been ill for about a week now, and there's no end in sight... D: Mostly just a sore throat and general unwell-ness, but it's just so tiring and annoying. :< Thus the reduced activity at the moment.

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How to colour hair

Link     Another tutorial! This time on how I normally colour hair. Maybe it's useful. If anything's odd, or confusing, feel free to ask!   I'm also happy about any other kind of feedback. :3

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nope.

didn't get chosen for the practical exam. That's okay, though.   I kinda guessed so. In the end they chose 17 people out of all those that handed in their portfolios - which I estimate to have been around 100, since I was the 48th to apply and that was at the beginning of day 2.   It's said to be rare that people make it on the first try, anyway.

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