Stressed much?

Let me tell you what’s happening right now.

I have finally graduated. Pat on the back to me for sitting through it for 4 years.
I have a few websites to finish:
+ for a cg artist
+ for a friend
+ for the exhibition in july
+ for my company
+ for my own portfolio
+ for Fleshgrinder V2.0(i have plans for you)

I may also start my own web design company with a friend of mine. We aim to please big corporations with their CMS needs.

so, stressed much? yeah quite.

I promise to update you more, Fleshgrinder.

<3
Trixxxie

Written by Iva on May 31st, 2010. Filed under Uncategorized.
No Comments.

Fleshgrinder’s Guide To: Managing Your Time

Seriously, you really suck at managing time. You spend the whole day watching Youtube/Youporn/Movies, and when you’re done with that, you spend the rest of the day watching episodes of How I Met Your Mother/The Big Bang Theory/Heroes and playing Plants Vs Zombies. Sounds familiar? If this is you, LISTEN UP.

(Well actually that’s what I do on a normal daily basis, and well, I do get frustrated at how my free time often feel so short and unfulfilling)

So the guide begins!

1) Stop staying at home
Seriously. The more you stay at home, the more likely you are going to do things that you shouldn’t be doing. Like watching porn, or playing games, or watching tv. Look, even reading blogs (other than Fleshgrinder *ahem*) is a waste of fucking time. So stop staying at home, bring your laptop with you, and go to some other place with public access WIFI and try to surf there. Trust me, you’ll start doing work not because you want to, but you’ll do work because you want to seem important enough to deserve that seat you’re sitting on at Starbucks.
(Well, at least Starbucks here has public WIFI)

2) Make a list. And fucking stick to it.
I’m not a calendar person. I really can’t stand deadlines. But what I really like is having a specific group of tasks that I plan to finish before the end of the month comes. You know why? Because the beginning of the next month always means there’s more fucking things to do. and the more things you have piled up, the more shit you’ll have to clean. major doo doo :d

3) Sleep
If you don’t get enough sleep, you’re going to be cranky. and we all know what happens to cranky people..They just are too fucking cranky to do anything properly. And when you’re not in the mood to do anything properly, seriously, don’t fucking bother. Because if you do work like shit, it’s gonna end up like shit. People here at Fleshgrinder (or maybe just me) believe in doing work properly, with 100% pleasure and passion. Fuck deadlines, what matters is work you did without any ounce of hate or dissent in it.

4) Eat properly
If you can manage, eat organic. Or go vegetarian. I would say go vegan, but even I can’t live without my cheese. Whatever it is, stop fucking eating the junk food. It’s just not fucking healthy. I hate myself when I eat junk food on a daily basis. I restrict myself to 2 fast food meals per week (either Subway or Burger King), because fast food really does make me feel dirty. All the oil, all the grease, fucking hell imagine all those things in your body. Plus, less meat = less slaughter. But hey, whenever it’s that time of the month I still crave my fish and salmon, and sometimes i do appreciate and enjoy a good steak. But most of the times, I try my best to go as green as I can. Overload on your veggies, there’s no such thing as too much vegetables!

Managable, is it not? Seriously, how unmanageable could that be? I’m actually giving you a fucking guide that only has 4 steps to eat, and 2 of it you most probably will definitely fucking enjoy doing. So stop sitting around and do something!

Disclaimer: As I write this article right now, I am 3 days away from my fucking period, thus, I am filled with pre-menstrual goodness. Plus, it’s 2:21am, and i’m sleepy and definitely not going to put in pictures in this article just to make it better for you.

Cheerios!

Written by Iva on December 4th, 2009. Filed under Guides, Life.
No Comments.

Amanda Fucking Palmer!

To celebrate the re-birth of Fleshgrinder, our first post will be about Amanda Fucking Palmer!

Last Friday, in accordance to the Singapore Writer’s Festival, Neil Gaiman came down to Singapore along with his ever wonderful partner-in-crime, Amanda Fucking Palmer.

In all my life, I’ve always looked up to female musicians. I love Kate Bush and her eccentricities, I grew up worshipping Tori Amos and her piano and living by Shirley Manson principles. And in 2003, I discovered The Dresden Dolls, and Amanda Palmer fast became one of the inspiring women that helped me survive the past 6 years.

Amanda Palmer at The Chamber

And on Saturday, Amanda Palmer & Neil Gaiman talked about her book ‘Who Killed Amanda Palmer’, but of course, the show stealer was at 8pm, when she did a show at The Chamber at The Arts House (you see, Singapore has this horrible horrible tendency to name buildings literally based on the purpose of the venue).

All I can say is that, having The Graveyard Party at The Chamber was an excellent choice. It was supposed to be at the front lawn, but then the rain couldn’t stop pouring so it had to be relocated indoors. Amanda Palmer looked excellent within the old interiors of The Chamber, not to mention the acoustics was fucking awesome (because the place was originally meant for parliamentary talks and blahblahs). It was just fucking awesome.

But the show at Stereolab killed all of us. It was Amanda Fucking Palmer, playing to a primarily Asian crowd (not that race fucking matters), unrehearsed (and still fucking awesome) and maybe jetlagged (but somewhat from her Twitter it seems like she’s going through the China>Singapore>Boston jetlag at all once now). Tracks from The Dresden Dolls and from Who Killed Amanda Palmer were performed. I can’t remember the set list, or maybe I do?

Astronaut
Ampersand
Leeds United
Sex Changes
Coin-Operated Boy
Half Jack
Missed Me
Runs In The Family
and some more I can’t remember I guess.

Amanda Palmer at Stereolab

I took a total of 500 images, and to be honest, looking at all of them, I just can’t fucking believe Amanda Fucking Palmer was in Singapore, and played for us all.
I got Who Killed Amanda Palmer autographed, and my poster too.
Not to mention she touched my face and loved my dress. Heh.

Neil Gaiman signed the paperbacks that I own, as well as Who Killed Amanda Palmer and my sketchbook.

I await for the day Amanda Palmer would return back to Singapore. From the sounds of it, she seemed to love it here and expressed desire to return and do a show. I’d love for that to happen, and I hope that would happen real soon.

Written by Iva on November 2nd, 2009. Filed under Live Shows, Music.
No Comments.