Written by lainie at 02:58 AM on January 18, 2008 in Music, Friends, Events, Arty stuff.

I just had a good night's fun at Project Bazooka! The music's great - the sound in Laundry is always deplorable, but music and company made up for that .

I showed up on time, which also meant I arrived before all my friends. Bumped into Reza, the organiser for Moonshine - we've not met for quite a while. He asked if I was still blogging (oooh, yeah ). Tried to find some people, and was rescued from my dismal ability for recognising familiar faces by Chee, who invited me to join him and his friend, Jasmine.

Chee's the penciller for The Foundation, a comic that's been getting pretty good reviews online:

"Chee employs a variety of different designs to distinguish among the routine, everyday look of the various characters, and he manages to establish a strong sense of realism despite his simpler style."

from Eye on Comics

I'll be picking up an issue of The Foundation the next time I head to Kino.

Anyhoo, Furniture, Seven and Deserters were the bands for the night. I got really shite videos of Furniture and Seven - as usual, I refused to get off my butt for a better spot to film them in a way that did their performance justice. I did, however, get some much better videos of Deserters. I'll let you guys know when it's up on my Youtube account.

Meanwhile, check out the bands' Myspace profiles - they're worth the time if you ever have the chance to catch their gigs.

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Lola joined us just after Furniture's set. She introduced herself to Jasmine, who unfortunately heard her name as "Gay" (which was none of my doing).

Jasmine: You're Gay?
Lainie: *snigger*
Lola:*disapproving look*

It helped that right before, I had dinner with KA, who justified the vegetarian dish she ordered because she was gay (you do know there's a stereotype out there about lesbian vegetarians? And the vagitarian version?).  Lola had shown up in a tshirt with a picture of a cartoon carrot and the word "Vegetarian" underneath.

Look, I can't help noticing connections like that.

Went for a drink with Lola after the gig. I'd meant alcohol, but she translated that in her head into caffeinated drinks, so we ended up in a mamak near my place. Talked about my sister's wedding coming up this Saturday.

She says if I wear a dress (which I probably will) I should show her the photos (which I probably won't).

I did, however, show her some sketches / work from two personal projects I'm working on. One involves a series on a tree (that amongst other things, flies and talks to the moon). We both like working on small projects, and I've agreed to hop on to hers - a postcard project she's started with a friend. I like postcards. And little art projects to work on.

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Speaking of work, I just finished up a design for Talenthub recently (they've started offering pole dancing classes! :D Didn't even know Malaysia had such stuff). I've offered to be the pole, but Fiona (who runs the place) very drily remarked that I wasn't the only volunteer. Basically, the only way I'm going to get my eyeballs on this class will be if I join, and I doubt I want to give her that much entertainment.

I asked Fiona if she'd mind me putting up a small preview of the brochure design on my blog, and she complied (actually, her reply was "of course you can" ). How would I know...? -___-"

I've run out of meds for my cough, which I still have. Oh noes...