more diorama

oh apartment living joy never ends

so yesterday morning i noticed that some postcards i have taped along my wall trim outside my bathroom were wet. very wet. soaked in water and curling. i called my maintenance number. this morning the maintenance guy showed up. by then i had noticed that that the paint on that side of the door frame was buckling and that rusty water had dripped down the outside from the  hinges.  the maintenance guy looked at it then went upstairs. i made coffee and could hear him knocking and knocking and finally mystery upstairs neighbor answering the door. i could hear him snaking something and then my ceiling started dripping water. dammit. i made some eggies for my before work coffee time with jessica and then the maintenance guy came back. the upstairs person (a girl and her 2 puppies) said that she just moved in and that the toilet wasnt working right. the water shut off valve was leaking and that was pooling in the horribly slanted floor corner and her toilet was backed up and had overflowed a few times. fucking awesome, i have shit water saturating my door frame under the paint. great. the guy cleaned up her bathroom and fixed the problem. i have no idea why she hadnt called them. when i moved in my toilet tank was leaking water into the corner and i called asap and it was fixed like that (im snapping). i guess that she has been painting, maybe that is why its been so loud. but really, the amount of noise could not just be painting and puppies. oh well. then jess came over and we ate our eggs and bread and had coffee. it was very nice. we took a bus to work and that is my day. 

diorama is done

well. it isnt at all what i started out planning on making, but i think its ok!

monster prom in the clouds

apartment building party!

last night my upstairs neighbors had their 4 loudest friends over and a puppy who runs back and forth and back and forth and they all wore their loud shoes! they went above and beyond having just a running dog over, but one who yelps too! oh, and they all got in a huge fight! i think they express how truly unhappy they are in a fight by moving large furniture. like im a little mad so i slide a desk chair across the floor, but you are soooo much madder so you knock the couch over and push it into the wall. like that. i think they ran out of things to push around so they took it outside. they shouted and hollered for a good 40 minutes. sound just bounces and amplifies with the snow and so many close apartment buildings. it quieted down by about 3:30. then i fell asleep. awesome.

i kind of wish that they lived above bob and his two wives (past favorite neighbors). if they thought dinner conversation next to an open window was bad, hoo-boy this would drive them to have all their witchy and warlocky friends over (with so much pizzahut pizza and mountain dew) to cast spells and give everyone bloody noses! 

diorama in progress, etc...

this is a thing i made for a show in february at the fallout. it is for  a show to benefit homeless youth in the united states. carys in hbc at work is helping with it. thats all i know. more info as it comes.

here is photo/scrap book (red leather) album cover i drew on. the white paint pen exploded on my black stretch pants. awesome. 

here is the near finished lady i made...

i wasted my day off today. i was working on my diorama and got a bit ocd over the lady i was making. here she is.  

here she is after i made her skirt. rocking out to the boss. 

this is after adding the hoodie body and sleeves. but before the hand. look, she even has a bandana around her neck. 

here the lady is with boobs and the second half of her arms!

here she is with the start of a shaped torso and the hood for the hoodie.

here is when it all atarted to take shape. the start of a body and the head to keep it all in proportion to. i cut her hair. i took her face off with nail polish remover and re drew it. i made her a headband out of embroidery floss and an earring with a dress pin. 

here is how this lady starts. i wasted so much time on this lady.