Nollaig

Slightly offtopic but - am I the ONLY one who wasn't in the least scared/taken aback/shocked to see Meeks in his boxers, and who instead thoroughly enjoyed it?

Haha at this rate if he comes to Ireland half of Europe will turn up! Nice one!

 

Im sure it will be worth the wait when we see all the yummy UK dates:wub2:

They'll be yummy if Ireland is on the list - otherwise I'll be both impatient and downright displeased when they arrive

Yeah I'm off myself - take care and talk soon xx

Hah, thank you guys. Hopefully the yearbook peeps will like it too

Trying to work out why I'm still awake!!!

I don't want to get up early tomorrow.

Ha, thank you. It's probably the best thing I've ever done. God bless Mika's brown skin - browns are the easiest shades to work with! Yes, it's done entirely on computer.It's a 'digital' painting, I often sketch something out on paper, scan it and use it as an outline to paint over digitially. But there's no fancy tools used in it - it's just the paintbrush and layers of varying transparency and colours. I like the detail that goes with freehand work.Nothing else I do will be as good though, I've done some bits and they're more abstract sorta. I'm mostly exploring different ideas inspired by Mika or his music, he's fairly colourful

I'm up in 5 hours too.*groan* I really should get to bed. Not sure I'd call colouring Mika in 'productive', but it's something I suppose. You have a 9am lecture??

It is finished, the current one. I've more planned which I really need to get working on. It's a Paintshop painting (just freehand layers, like a real painting.) It's here: http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/278/6/0/Pick_Up_Off_The_Floor___Mika_by_Nollaig.jpg

I've written some of my things, but I still have to finish them. I tend to get distracted by random things I don't need to do, and ignore the things I've said I will do

I'm a total night owl, I've tried to sort my sleeping pattern and I just can't! I'm often up til 4 or 5am! It's really annoying. I need pillz or something And I have to go into the city tomorrow morning, and won't feel like it when I've been up half the night x_x

Do, he's very sarcastic and dark humoured, which is why I like him.

You're up late!! I've been working on yearbook art for about 6 hours. I can't stop once I start!! What your excuse?

Oh she must be a joy to live with - not! Having said that, I'd like quiet housemates so it'd work in my favour. I live in a detached bungalow with just my brother (who is a student) - it's fantastic.

College is definately the place to be right now. And when I go back it'll probably be the worst place to be!

I read the treaty because it was available online - and I was too confused by other people being totally biased. It was quite long - I skipped irrelevant bits. The general outcome if people had said no, would be that nothing changed at all. As it is, the minister for finance came out the morning after it was voted in and said, 'by the way, all that stuff about jobs, economy etc, you all misunderstood. Lisbon isn't going to fix those things, it's going to provide the opportunity for politicians to fix them if they want to.' Which basically means 'no.'

Frankie Boyle is the Scottish guy on Mock The Week, and Bill Bailey is yer man with Dylan Moran in Black Books, the long haired English dude.

Cheers

This is about 10-12 hours of work, and probably the most effort I've ever put into a Paintshop painting. My Tim Minchin one was only about 7-8 hours and he's much rougher looking

More yearbook-based Meeks.

This is the style of 'painting' I do in Paintshop,which basically involves hours and hours of free-hand layering colours, shading and highlights. (I've only done one other, of Tim Minchin, as they take so long, but it's rapidly becoming a favourite endevour!) This is based on a screencap from his performance of Pick Up Off The Floor on Jools Holland - see the suit?! By the way, I am aware I can't draw microphones.

I wonder is Mairead the one Andy was telling us about - he said there was a woman across the way who was a demon about late night noise - that her?

5 years would be my dream. I'd happily stay in college for a long time yet!

English lecturers: EIBHEAR WALSHE!! Haha he's a pet. And an easy marker! And if you're doing any Shakespeare - Andrew King is the best ever. Oh, and Juliet Mullins looks like a thin, Amish Bridget Jones!! Okay I'm done.

I would have liked to hear the Lisbon one actually, though I'd already read the treaty myself and come to the No conclusion. Would have been interesting to hear the different arguments though!

I'm guessing you're also into Russell Brand/comedy,going by your avatar? He's a legend Along with the likes of Frankie Boyle, Bill Bailey, even our own Dara O Brien, Dylan Moran and Andrew Maxwell.

No, I didn't meet Mairead, it was a dude called Andy. House was fabulous but waaaay too expensive.

Ahhh English was good fun but I did prefer Philosophy. I'm useless at languages, but I would have killed for an excuse to do Arts for four years rather than three. (Other than repeating, which I would happily have done but I couldn't afford that either! ) I miss it now, actually. I miss the Boole basement! Great for sleeping!

I love Philosophy, but I hate debating, so I never really went to it. Mighta done once when I was in first year, but I'm more the 'listen to all sides and quietly decide my view' as opposed to 'bash all sides while defending my view' type. It's cool to watch debates, but I SUCK at them. I'm far too peaceful!

and i did add a please to mine

So did I!

OMG Shaz - I lived on O Donovan's Road last year, and I looked at a house on Connaught Ave less than a month ago! I could have been living on the same street as you! Small world! Haha!

I did English and Philosophy in Arts! Unglorified Arts! I'll have to do a Masters to specialise, but I had no money this year so I'm saving to do it next year. What year are you in, if you don't mind my asking?

Yeah but if he finds out through twitter then he can get onto the people who are in charge of running MS and putting up the tour dates.

Exactly.

RT Twitter people!!!

Brilliant! I shall join in!

you mean like this?

 

i cant help but pee my pants a little bit every time I watch it

That is HILARIOUS! Poor Orlando! :roftl:

Hi Shaza! Tauruslady (Debbie) said alright that you're in Cork too! I just graduated from UCC, but still living out in Glasheen! What're you doing in UCC?

I twittered too.

Hallo! I'm a new addition, I only joined a couple of weeks back. I'm in Cork too, but in the city

I adore the new album. And the look of this place.So much so that I think it's messing with my subconscious, today I put on black pants,purple hoodie and turquoise nails/shoes/accessories without realising!

Well it's been announced everywhere that they're released today....

I just woke up too, and went to mikasounds before here in case I was diving into mad discussion about dates here and unable to work out anything!

But nothing's happened