Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Body popping
This week has been spent scouring over the footage filmed on Saturday. My dear lord I am very excited about Episode 12's video and am itching for the editing to begin.
The press have been very prevalent this week and this is the only glimpse of the new Episode you will get until its ready.
The snowball that is the Weird Girls Project is accelerating in speed and this week also included an invitation to the NordLand art festival in Poland for October to produce a full episode.
Crazy times. Crazy times.
Because I am insane, it is only 8 days to the next Episode and so spare time is a precious thing. I spend any I have on reading gardening magazines and starting to germinate the seeds of vegetables which need a longer season. This is leaving me no opportunity to update my gardening blog which I promised myself I would keep completely current.
My entire soul is aching to be growing things which the Icelandic environment will not let me yet - or in some cases, ever. If I had any money at all I would buy myself a heated greenhouse. I announced to Daníel this week that for the first time in my adult life I know what I want to do. Spend two days a week being a housewife, cooking everything, cleaning and fixing bits around the house: Two days a week as an artist, able to concentrate entirely on art: Two days a week as a gardener and one day to just be with family and friends. Luckily whilst this is financially not an option I work at CCP which is one of the best places to be.
We just released this new aspect of EVE:
The title of this post brings me to a topic a little more personal than I tend to get into on this blog. However, it is something which is in the forefront of my thoughts at the moment. I have PCOS and have lived with it my adult life, successfully managing the affects through diet. As someone who is very into cooking, it has been relatively easy, but I have been aware that at some point I would need some sort of extra help to keep myself healthy.
Over the last 8 months or so, managing my weight has been quite tough and even though I am not fat per se, I am over 10kilos plus what I should be for this syndrome. Last week I was told I was heading into a pre-diabetic condition and thus something should be done. Specifically losing 12 kilos. To me, that's one heck of a wedge. I haven't weighed as little since I was 18 and in complete honesty have always enjoyed being a hips and tits kind of a girl, even if I would like things to defy gravity. But health and well being demands it. My testosterone levels of late have left me a little aggressive and my energy levels sinking - which with all this brilliant activity going on, is something I cannot afford.
So the bottom line is I have been put on a insulin regulator, Metaformin, and in just one week I have shed 2 kilos. This is crazy stuff. I have to admit even with less side effects than usual, I don't feel so great now, but rumour has it in a few weeks I should be all good. One issue however, which one shouldn't debate over health and well being, is that I cannot drink. Not only as sugar reacts with the meds and makes one very unwell, but alcohol itself is a no no. I am already pining for red wine. I can deal with not getting drizzunk out partying but man oh man, the red wine. For now, I have to lose the weight, after I do, I might be able to stop taking it. We will see.
I have heard excellent things about this drug, but if you take this too and wouldn't mind a dialogue - use the email address on my profile.
The press have been very prevalent this week and this is the only glimpse of the new Episode you will get until its ready.
The snowball that is the Weird Girls Project is accelerating in speed and this week also included an invitation to the NordLand art festival in Poland for October to produce a full episode.
Crazy times. Crazy times.
Because I am insane, it is only 8 days to the next Episode and so spare time is a precious thing. I spend any I have on reading gardening magazines and starting to germinate the seeds of vegetables which need a longer season. This is leaving me no opportunity to update my gardening blog which I promised myself I would keep completely current.
My entire soul is aching to be growing things which the Icelandic environment will not let me yet - or in some cases, ever. If I had any money at all I would buy myself a heated greenhouse. I announced to Daníel this week that for the first time in my adult life I know what I want to do. Spend two days a week being a housewife, cooking everything, cleaning and fixing bits around the house: Two days a week as an artist, able to concentrate entirely on art: Two days a week as a gardener and one day to just be with family and friends. Luckily whilst this is financially not an option I work at CCP which is one of the best places to be.
We just released this new aspect of EVE:
The title of this post brings me to a topic a little more personal than I tend to get into on this blog. However, it is something which is in the forefront of my thoughts at the moment. I have PCOS and have lived with it my adult life, successfully managing the affects through diet. As someone who is very into cooking, it has been relatively easy, but I have been aware that at some point I would need some sort of extra help to keep myself healthy.
Over the last 8 months or so, managing my weight has been quite tough and even though I am not fat per se, I am over 10kilos plus what I should be for this syndrome. Last week I was told I was heading into a pre-diabetic condition and thus something should be done. Specifically losing 12 kilos. To me, that's one heck of a wedge. I haven't weighed as little since I was 18 and in complete honesty have always enjoyed being a hips and tits kind of a girl, even if I would like things to defy gravity. But health and well being demands it. My testosterone levels of late have left me a little aggressive and my energy levels sinking - which with all this brilliant activity going on, is something I cannot afford.
So the bottom line is I have been put on a insulin regulator, Metaformin, and in just one week I have shed 2 kilos. This is crazy stuff. I have to admit even with less side effects than usual, I don't feel so great now, but rumour has it in a few weeks I should be all good. One issue however, which one shouldn't debate over health and well being, is that I cannot drink. Not only as sugar reacts with the meds and makes one very unwell, but alcohol itself is a no no. I am already pining for red wine. I can deal with not getting drizzunk out partying but man oh man, the red wine. For now, I have to lose the weight, after I do, I might be able to stop taking it. We will see.
I have heard excellent things about this drug, but if you take this too and wouldn't mind a dialogue - use the email address on my profile.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Best headline ever
(click image for link to article)
Absolutely beyond exhausted from yesterday's shoot. It was EEE to the PIC. Can't add more than that right now.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
No rest for the wicked.
Kids with fever and snot = parents with no sleep. This is a very quick update, life, love, art and my seedlings (yes I have started gardening albeit indoors) need more attention than I have time.
The Weird Girls Project
I am pleased to announce that as well as an Episode in January, I am producing an Episode in early February to help UNIFEM celebrate joining UN Women.
Not only has the documentary for Episode 7 (The No Seeing Eye) been selected but The video from Episode 11 for Olafur Arnalds has been selected for The Northern Wave Film Festival.
Apart from that I am way too busy to do more than a photo dump here now as this is the first night in ages Daníel and I have any hours together as not only do I have much on my plate he is in the last week's work of the new Gus Gus album.
So here are more photos from Christmas, and from the insanity which was my night out on 1st January at the Boston Masquerade.
And to finish off the last mention of Christmas. I always like to make a tacky Christmas video. Here is A Lot Of Christmas 2010.
The Weird Girls Project
I am pleased to announce that as well as an Episode in January, I am producing an Episode in early February to help UNIFEM celebrate joining UN Women.
Not only has the documentary for Episode 7 (The No Seeing Eye) been selected but The video from Episode 11 for Olafur Arnalds has been selected for The Northern Wave Film Festival.
Documentary teaser clip from kitty von-sometime on Vimeo.
Apart from that I am way too busy to do more than a photo dump here now as this is the first night in ages Daníel and I have any hours together as not only do I have much on my plate he is in the last week's work of the new Gus Gus album.
So here are more photos from Christmas, and from the insanity which was my night out on 1st January at the Boston Masquerade.
And to finish off the last mention of Christmas. I always like to make a tacky Christmas video. Here is A Lot Of Christmas 2010.
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