I went to the cricket today! Wow! My first ever live cricket match!
...It was so incredibly dull. Well, the weather was beautiful... but that was pretty much it. We sat on a grassy bank for three and a half hours getting tanned/burned and watching the cricket people... do cricket (it wouldn't be so bad if they had a simple scoring system, you know). The most exciting part was when the middle-aged men and students got a little more drunk.
"We love Cumming!!" (the name of a cricket player on the New Zealand team) "Well, his mother does..."
"Good single, boys!" (we were 29 points away from winning... 28 points)
"Give us a wave, Peter, give us a wave! *clap clap* Give us a wave Peter, give us a wave!"
...followed by...
"GIVE US A WAVE, PETER! ...DON'T IGNORE ME, PETER!"
And when one of the batsmen missed, "Ten metres to your left, Peter! ...
I mean, to the right..." Audience: LOL *applauds the idiot*
There were all sorts of strange people watching the cricket. Some, like the students, used cricket as an excuse to have a nice, clean, sunny place to get drunk. And there were all sorts of cute kids, especially the kids who dress up in their own cricket gear and really get into the spirit of things. "Mum, isn't that the ball? No, it's an apple." The kid's mother laughed.
I spent the time drawing (more book plates, but none of them were any good) and then listening to the ol' mp3 player and zoning out (mm, wraith!) And I got a little bit of sunburn. Thankfully, not as much as my sister who has a pretty interesting t-shirt stensil and a fair bit on her face. I've got burn on the top of my shoulders and a little bit on my front. You see, I was wearing a top with a very wide/low neckline... so rubbing sunscreen onto that was... possibly more interesting than the match, if I were to flatter myself that much. Anyway, I didn't put enough on low enough, so my front goes tan, pink, white. Heh.
And here's the book template of the day! I decided to go with purple instead of red because I did red yesterday. I should have done red and gold... no ninja would wear purple and green... too much colour! This is not some of my greatest work :/


Tomorrow (hopefully) I'll probably post a ballerina. On the bright side, I've got a grim and a fairy that I drew today that I might scan. They look good, imho. Grim looks neat. I've also got a vampire and some other things in stock. Requests appreciated!