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Thus I created a new account.


LordMonty

It's a little more professional in the sense of work and quality. Hopefully a little less all over the place as well.

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I have a new bed, a loft bed to be exact. I'm confused on why I had desired this bed frame, considering I have trouble coping with major changes in my life and I have a deep fear of heights. My old bed was actually nearly fine just the bed frame was getting a little old. I'm still up currently because I have take forever to get used to new things. To me a new bed is like losing your love due to average relationship reasons. It just feels strange and foreign like coming into the sea of singleness after a long relationship on a loving yacht, or being caught into a fishermen's boat during your prolonged journey in that vast sea (a new change that has currently come upon me, but a change I prefer). We could note it is like being a hopeless and can't hold bountiful relationships long "romantic". I had one love for the most part since I lived in this familiar house, that shall be talked about in its due time, and that love was an average near the ground twin bed.I have had two frames and two mattresses cycled in that time span from then till now, but they were virtually the same. Now I have a new frame, but the same old mattress. It's like finding a love is almost nearly completely different from your previous lover, except that she has that habit of playing with your hair that you love and that is executed the same way by both past and present lovers. So it is a love hate relationship right now. I'm glad I don't have a new mattress or I would never be able to even lay down on its welcoming warmth and softness that I so desperately cry for at this moment. Yet I am distraught over my want for my old bed, and yet I want change.

I do want change,
but it seems like I may not handle it.

I will only have two years of the same routine, then bam off to some college that I have no idea where it and what I will be doing there.My plan is to go to a Community college for my general education for a cheap price and then transfer to a UC of my choosing. Preferably Humbolt, which is upper California, and that's a even bigger change right? To make matters stranger, I may not even go to the Community college for those couple years here in my home town. I may move to a city with large homes within my families price range. I have mixed feelings because A. My family has never had our own piece of land we could call ours; and with the house we would have a home and land (It's that American Dream stuff that I have come to understand by my U.S. Hist class). However B. I lived in my home town since I was born, i lived away for a year and still moved back here. It's home, and who really wants to leave home?

If we do move and I go a Community college over in that new place, I will still leave it within two years. So would it really be home for me? Now to moving to my beloved Universities, My life would be almost completely different. I will be for the firs time in my life living on my own. Will I be able to handle it? I'm not frugal and responsible like my Superman brother (note my work: Looking Up To Brother), or as pious and devoted as my Batman brother. Both of them so very well off now, and they really didn't get out on their own until, recently and they are both in their late twenties; and this is statistically around 7 years difference meaning I'll be about seven years earlier with living on my own.
It is what I aspire to do, yet I question if my aspirations though good natured will turn out for the best. I want to experience new things, I want to see the rest of my home state of California, something I'm moderately proud to be, a Californian. Yet I'm scared I may not be ready, yet it will be the only time I can truly do it. By the time I'm out of college I'm settling down. No I'm not the party type, no I'm not a true independent, I want a family, I want a simple life.

Which forms into another solid statement on why I should be a teacher. Yet my total being is not convinced one hundred percent.

Anyways college probably one that I will be hours away from anyone I really know, especially my parents. i was going to note the fear of, what if they need me? I very easily realized the answer that I will heed and answer their call without hesitation. Well that's one point of self-argument cleared up.

Well it looks like I'm going to be away from home for several years in college, but wait there's more! I honestly want to join the Peace Corps. It's something that I won't even argue with myself and say no, if I truly want to do it when the time comes, I will do it, no buts. Yet that will be another two years away from home. Thinking about it, I think it is the only way I can really serve my count... ]]> ~DamienGrave http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/12639037/ http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/12639037/ Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:57:19 PDT
I hope everyone is having a lovely night.

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In other news, in art class we are working on a product design. Basically, We're making album art. I have a couple Ideas which I hope to complete by the deadline. I'll post them as soon as I am done.

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Just remember to stop and smell the roses sometime.

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Mr. Steve Irwin was someone I came to knew in my younger year, as like many of us.. We all knew him for his Australian accent, and crazy antics; His bright and caring personality was one of the many who taught me I just have to be myself. However, I knew him for another reason. Mr. Irwin was the person who influenced me into loving nature and it's beauty. Over time my love for nature grew and grew; now adays you can see me gazing upon nature's creations constantly (Earlier today I was watching a fly, and even playing with it as if it was a small bird). My love for nature today, could have never been possible without Mr. Irwin in my childhood, and I thank him so much for what he has given.

I wish I could have said this to you in person Mr. Irwin, Thank you so much for what you have given me in my life. I am forever grateful, and I truly wish my appreciation for you could have been shown when you were still alive. May you rest in peace.

A note for you all, which even I myself need to be reminded of:
Always show the people you love how much you appreciate them; Be it through honest words, cozy hugs, friendly kisses, or thought-filled gifts. Because you never know when those loved ones will leave your life.

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Well have a good day, and don't forget to stop and smell the roses.

]]> ~DamienGrave http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/11638460/ http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/11638460/ Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:21:34 PST 's journal; this is extremely relevant to anyone who's interested in being an artist. I've not been able to find the author.

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Every day, there are more and more Craigs List posts seeking “artists” for everything from auto graphics to comic books to corporate logo designs. More people are finding themselves in need of some form of illustrative service.

But what they’re NOT doing, unfortunately, is realizing how rare someone with these particular talents can be.

To those who are “seeking artists”, let me ask you; How many people do you know, personally, with the talent and skill to perform the services you need? A dozen? Five? One? …none?

More than likely, you don’t know any. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be posting on craigslist to find them.

And this is not really a surprise.

In this country, there are almost twice as many neurosurgeons as there are professional illustrators. There are eleven times as many certified mechanics. There are SEVENTY times as many people in the IT field.

So, given that they are less rare, and therefore less in demand, would it make sense to ask your mechanic to work on your car for free? Would you look him in the eye, with a straight face, and tell him that his compensation would be the ability to have his work shown to others as you drive down the street?

Would you offer a neurosurgeon the “opportunity” to add your name to his resume as payment for removing that pesky tumor? (Maybe you could offer him “a few bucks” for “materials”. What a deal!)

Would you be able to seriously even CONSIDER offering your web hosting service the chance to have people see their work, by viewing your website, as their payment for hosting you?

If you answered “yes” to ANY of the above, you’re obviously insane. If you answered “no”, then kudos to you for living in the real world.

But then tell me… why would you think it is okay to live out the same, delusional, ridiculous fantasy when seeking someone whose abilities are even less in supply than these folks?

Graphic artists, illustrators, painters, etc., are skilled tradesmen. As such, to consider them as, or deal with them as, anything less than professionals fully deserving of your respect is both insulting and a bad reflection on you as a sane, reasonable person. In short, it makes you look like a twit.

A few things you need to know;

1. It is not a “great opportunity” for an artist to have his work seen on your car/’zine/website/bedroom wall, etc. It IS a “great opportunity” for YOU to have their work there.

2. It is not clever to seek a “student” or “beginner” in an attempt to get work for free. It’s ignorant and insulting. They may be “students”, but that does not mean they don’t deserve to be paid for their hard work. You were a “student” once, too. Would you have taken that job at McDonalds with no pay, because you were learning essential job skills for the real world? Yes, your proposition it JUST as stupid.

3. The chance to have their name on something that is going to be seen by other people, whether it’s one or one million, is NOT a valid enticement. Neither is the right to add that work to their “portfolio”. They get to do those things ANYWAY, after being paid as they should. It’s not compensation. It’s their right, and it’s a given.

4. Stop thinking that you’re giving them some great chance to work. Once they skip over your silly ad, as they should, the next ad is usually for someone who lives in the real world, and as such, will pay them. There are far more jobs needing these skills than there are people who possess these skills.

5. Students DO need “experience”. But they do NOT need to get it by giving their work away. In fact, this does not even offer them the experience they need. Anyone who will not/can not pay them is obviously the type of person or business they should be ashamed to have on their resume anyway. Do you think professional contractors list the “experience” they got while nailing down a loose step at their grandmother’s house when they were seventeen?

If you your company or gig was worth listing as desired experience, it would be able to pay for the services it received. The only experience they will get doing free work for you is a lesson learned in what kinds of scrubs they should not lower themselves to deal with.

6. (This one is FOR the artists out there, please pay attention.) Some will ask you to “submit work for consideration”. They may even be posing as some sort of “contest”. These are almost always scams. They will take the work submi... ]]> ~DamienGrave http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/9946194/ http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/9946194/ Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:47:28 PDT

I may possibly have some out of school works submitted this month. I have to say all them have a different approach. Hopefully I will be able to use differen mediums for each work.

In other news, reality has been hitting me pretty hard. Idealism is soon going to die and be buried along side common sense.
I need to say that thine friends will make you weep in sorrow, before thine will have the pleasure of doing so.

I'm currently reading The Count of Monte Cristo. I have to say so far that Edmond is my favorite character so far. ]]> ~DamienGrave http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/9775188/ http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/9775188/ Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:58:20 PDT ~DamienGrave http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/6446337/ http://DamienGrave.deviantart.com/journal/6446337/ Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:05:51 PDT
"May Destiny pull you from the abyss of the so-called normal." ]]> ~DamienGrave