autoportraits psycologiques

Etranger = Foreigner

Etrange = strange. One letter fell off, but I realised it gave an altered meaning to the picture, so I just took another photo.

My first abstract. We were supposed to use different methods of expression and styles, so I thought why not. 

I don't want to say what I meant by each of them...although some are fairly obvious. This was our first homework assignment of the year and the point was to represent different facets of our personality through six to ten images, and then show how each one connects to the other (hense my floor circle). 

Apple tart

Result of holidays: enough time to attempt baking. I decided to try an apple tart, the first time I'm baking since moving to France.

I also began my Christmas cakes...wanted to start early while I had time in the holidays. I was missing the English Christmas cake we would have every year in South Africa. This is my first time actually making one though. I spent a Saturday shopping for ingredients (how hard is it to find nutmeg???), and that evening and Sunday morning listening to Christmas music, and baking the cakes. I'm thinking my Christmas presents for relatives and teachers..if the cakes turn out. 

Procrastinator

I am a huge fat procrastinator! In fact I am procrastinating this very minute. That's why I spent the better part of the last two days absorbed in my Christmas cake....as a way of procrastinating from a) cleaning my room, b) doing homework, and c) anything else I am supposed to be doing. In fact I am beginning to seriously doubt that this blog was intended to inspire my creativity. I think it was a big subconsious ploy to have yet another activity to occupy myself with for when I am in the depths of procrastination.
Sigh. Plus points: I now have 50% of my Christmas gift making accomplished!
It's sad I'm thinking about Christmas already at Halloween. But Christmas trumps Halloween, at least in my books.
So it's off to the grind of organizing my things...and begining the very enjoyable activity of copying a Monet painting and other thought provoking assigments.
Fear not...I will be posting pictures of all of my latest, and not so latest creations that I have been ranting about...once I beat procrastination and finish one!

How to Lose Weight Without Even Trying!

Steph 1: Move in with a skinny person and only eat what they eat. (oops, no that was not a typo...)

Step 2: Move to Paris (or other metro/tube/subway empowered city). Then walk everywhere you can, only using the easily accessible public transport when absolutely necessary.

Step 3: Move into the top floor of a 12 story complex that doesn't have an elevator.

Step 4: Don't allow yourself to buy new clothes until you lose weight. (Works especially well in Paris with 5 Euro summer sales.)

Extra pointer: Carry all the food you will consume for the next month up the 12 flights of stairs first. Not so hungry now are we...

And voilà!

Coming next:  "How to Gain Weight Without Even Trying!" (sneak peak: Step 1: Visit Grandparents)

Airplane tracks

I never saw anything like this before or since. As seen from my sister's balcony early one august morning. I actually watched an airplane pass adding a stripe, before I realised all the other lines in the sky were from airplanes too.