FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS

Lent begins tomorrow and I was thinking about what I'd like to give/take up for the next forty days. I always love Lent, it's different experience every year. It'll be hard but I decided to take up a couple and stick to them the best that I can manage. Let's see how I hold up!

THE SACRIFICES:

• No meat (fish is acceptable)
• No caffeinated drinks (my beloved coffee and tea... *sob*)
• Yoga routine everyday for forty days

It doesn't sound too bad but the first two... I consume EVERY. DAMN. DAY. I will be having caffeine withdrawals but I will soothe them with my sweet sweet yoga skills. 

The perfect Lent jingle (sing this in manner of song Last Resort):

"Meditation, no meatin', don't give a f*** if it's tea that I'm needin!" 

Papa Roach, you inspire me. Thank you, you will get me through these next forty days. And thank you Weird Al, because I imagined you approving of this jingle.

Papa Roach looking so hardcore whilst standing in front of a tranquil blue sea

I was THIS close to giving up desserts for Lent but then I remembered that Valentine's Day is rolling around the corner and I'm pretty sure I'll want to eat a lot of chocolate and sob uncontrollably enjoy a few chick flicks. So naturally, that wasn't going to be sacrificed! 

It is 11pm and I have school tomorrow but I just downed some Peet's coffee. Blueberry cocoa latte. I have been on a caffeine high while typing this whole blog. My last caffeine hurrah has resulted in shaky hands and some strange blogging material. I probably won't get to sleep in a while either. WORTH IT. 

Here's a dog showing off his sweet yoga skills. You go, dog.

Stay Kla$$y,

Kris

Getting Crafty, Sketchy And Sick

I'm sick. AGAIN. This would be my second time getting sick within the past two months. I went through Christmas being sick and I watched the Superbowl sick as well. *sigh* I came down with the flu last night and I've been hacking up a storm. My brain feels like it's about to pump out of my skull. No bueno. I'll be drinking hot tea, Emergen-C and will be bundled up in my Giants snuggie for a long while until I'm better again. And you read that right... I HAVE A GIANTS SNUGGIE. It's okay to have jealous emotions running through you right now.

I've been sketching lately. Just some quick sketches though, no real projects. If I start a sketch one night, I have to finish it within the same night. I enjoy drawing portraits so I just take pictures that I've taken from my phone and sketch them out. I also don't use pencil with these, just ballpoint pens and charcoal in the one of my cousin so all of the mistakes are visible and I couldn't alter anything I messed up on. All of these are purely for the sake of me being able to practice and expand my technique. Here are some of them.

This sketch is taken from a picture of me and my younger brother on New Year's day. Worked in ballpoint pen. Took about one hour and fifteen minutes.

This sketch is from a picture that I took of my cousin when we were at a crepe cafe in Berkeley. Worked in charcoal. Took about one hour.

This sketch is from a picture of myself with the new headband that I made a couple of days ago. Worked in ballpoint pen. Took about one hour and fifteen minutes.


Hopefully I will be able to post more pictures of my sketches and such more regularly.

So, I knitted one thing before this school semester started. It's so sad but I usually can never knit anything when school is in session. My dad told me he gets cold when he goes out to exercise in the mornings.

Me: Do you want me to knit you a hat?

Dad: Sure!

Me: What kind of hats do you like?

Dad: I like the kinds with the earflaps. Something to keep me warm.

BOOM. YOU'RE WELCOME, DAD. 

Made in two days while knitflicking (definition of "knitflicking": knitting while watching Netflix. Made that term myself. You're welcome, knitters... You know what to call it now). I made my own knitting pattern with this one. Chunky yarn for the earflaps, providing extra warmth and double stranded the green body of the hat to provide extra thickness. Braided earflap strings for fashion sense. Aww yayuh. Ma daddy haz got to be fashionable.


It's time for me to sign off now. I'm getting hungry and being hungry and sick at the same time don't mix very well. Oh crap, I forgot I made myself a cup of tea and now it's cold. More first world problems. Let's make a meme!

This is me right now.

Until next time!

Stay Klassy,

Kris