http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:cqp&section=today deviantART RSS for by:cqp en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:37:29 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/5452180/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/5452180/ Tue, 24 May 2005 20:48:13 PDT
1) Comment. You could start putting effort into your comments on other peoples work. Most Deviants complain that they aren't getting constructive criticism on their pieces and instead are getting crap like 'woot!' or 'i like this +fav'. I find that it's all a matter of getting what you give.

2) Reality. DA is a lot like reality, meaning that people will look at what they like. And if that means that 1000 Deviants are going to look at and fav the crappy photo of the naked dismembered body and only 2 are going to read your intellectually stimulating short story then this is just a fact that you must face. I've come to understand that people would much rather look at a photo than read my poems so I don't mind, and when people do finally read my stuff then I'm happy to know that they actually read it in full.

3) Who Cares. Finally you can do what I've always done. Which is to just continue to upload your work and comment and fav on things that you like and never care about how many people look at your gallery. I don't use DA as a means to improve my photography or writing (that ship sailed long ago along with DA's purpose). No, I simply use it as a means to copyright protect my work so I don't have to pay the postage fees that are involved when copyrighting it myself.

Enjoy art as it was meant to be enjoyed. Don't buy into sensationalism. And always believe in yourself.

*cqp

]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/5311456/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/5311456/ Mon, 09 May 2005 13:32:16 PDT
I haven't been online for a while now because I've been working my ass off in and out of the studio since November. School, job (or lack there of) plus and listening to your songs about a million times in a row tends to exhaust people.

But I haven't come back just yet. Just letting you all know that once the album is complete I will be touring North America from July to September and possibly again from October to December. Most of the shows (actually all but two) are in the states because we couldn't take the rental car out of the country. Sorry BC but we couldn't aford to make it out there.

Here's the cities we'll most likely be playing in. Not every show has been confirmed yet.

Toronto, ON
Hamilton, ON
Buffalo, NY
New York City, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Detroit, MI
Cleveland, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Chicago, IL
Washington, D.C
St. Louis, MO
Louisville, KY
Nashville, TN
Charlotte, NC
Atlanta, GA
Miami, FL
Orlando, FL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Naples, FL
Biloxi/Jackson, MS
New Orleans, LA
Austin, TX
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Phoenix, AZ
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
San Fran, CA
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
Boise, ID
Salt Lake City, UT
Denver, CO
Minneapolis, MN
Boston, MA

If you live in (or near) one of these cities be sure to check us out. Remember that music is just another form of art and any help in supporting the arts is greatly appreciated.

~cqp ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/3710147/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/3710147/ Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:59:48 PDT
As far as recording went the only problem was we focused to much time on certain songs. Six hours in the studio got us five solid scratch tracks. There's another five or so hours tommorow and I'm very hopeful that we're going to get a lot out of this. We're already planning more recording time for the end of November/beginning of December and I can't wait.

My problem is my conflict of interest with regards to the staff of the band. Dating a staff member of the band and having an ex-girlfriend a staff member of the band and having an ex-girlfriends girl friend an member of the band has a wonderful way of turning everyday events into horribly complicated ones.

So my girlfriend had to come because she is very objective about our music and a nessessity for recording but this meant we could only bring one other person in. Mike has picked one for many many complicated reasons. So now their both fairly angry at me and I feel guilty. Which is funny becuase this was Mike's descision and now I seem to be paying for it.

Oh well it'll all sort itself out or blow up in my face.

~cqp ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/3370262/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/3370262/ Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:09:54 PDT
Consider this:

An ex continues to hound you for things you don't have or they don't disserve. A most unsettling scenario I know, and a rather irritating one learnt through expirience by yourstruely. So what becomes of this? It's simple. One finale show down were you sever all ties. An agrement is made to never voluntarily interact with the person ever again.

Thus we've come to the conclusion that saying goodbye is a wonderful thing in some instances. I said goodbye to someone today and I know that there is the likely chance I'll never hear from them again, and I couldn't be more exstatic.

~cqp ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/3352867/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/3352867/ Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:14:19 PDT
But this isn't the only news. Mike is insisting that we go into recording to produce a registered album. (Registered meaning that it'll have a little number on the spine to count how many sales have been made. This is used when shopping around for labels) Hopefully this will spread our name outside of Ontario but for the moment it just means that money's tight.

Finally, school just started and the college life is very aggrivating when I need to spend so much time on homework. So instead I'm switching to part time college and spending more time on the band.

So we have another show in Toronto on October 9th at Queen St E & Broadview St. And another show later in October in Newmarket on the 26th. ~ psychosomatic I excpect to see you there.

~cqp ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2944861/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2944861/ Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:19:12 PDT hcp and have rendered it FAKK2.

Over the next days, weeks, maybe even months I'll be reuploading all of my photography from the ~hcp account to this one.

I hope you enjoy them. ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2941894/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2941894/ Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:54:13 PDT
If I kept better ties with old friends would we still be close or would we grow up and realise we actually hated each other? If I kept better ties with some of my newer friends would my social skills be any different?

If I wasn't a musician would I finally have time to finish my stories? Or would I be spending my time doing other things?

If Jessica and I never broke up then would I have become a pot head(again)? Or would she be sober? Who can say; but my conscience keeps me up at nights with scenarios like these. I guess I just wish I could save people, but I'm no super hero so it doesn't matter. ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2858976/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2858976/ Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:01:31 PDT
Even though my EXfriends are taking back things that given to me as gifts over the years I still feel fine about it. I have wonderful friends with great big shoulders to cry on; and they've been uber friendly and sympathetic to my situation.

So I guess I should thank ~mentallyblind for being there for the worst of it. As well as other friends who do not have DA accounts-which brings up the question why am I even bothering to type this here in the first place? Probably just to get rid of that depressing crap on my home page.

~cqp ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2822259/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2822259/ Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:53:41 PDT
People stopped picking up there phone, I'm almost certain it's because they know it's me trying to reach them. I woke up today not knowing what to do so I just lay there in bed staring at the ceiling. Masturbation had lost all its fun weeks ago so I just layed there alone with my thoughts wondering why I was so misreble.

Perhaps I was alone because I am an asshole like my 'friends' jokingly remarked at the cafe yesterday. Perhaps it's because I'm fat, weak and lazy like I've always feared I am. Perhaps I've become so misreble I just don't want to socialize no matter how hard I try to. Maybe I'm just paranoid and maybe I'm not but it's all the same cause I'm locked up in my room all alone.

And now I just lie awake in my room not wanting to sleep but not wanting to be awake and live with this void. It's not a pain or a sorrow of anykind; it's just an emptyness that was time I used to spend with my friends but now it's just spend remembering better days.

There's nothing I can really do to stop this wound from bleeding; all that can heal it is time but it seems time comes to slow.

So after they stripped away everything from me I'm left with nothing but my feelings of regret. Regret of things left unsaid that might have changed everything but now we'll never know. Frankly I don't want to know because now I know what you are capable of. Now I know how evil you truely are. I don't think things will ever be the same after knowing this.

I have been defeated utterly and entirely, there's no more words left.

Charles Quazi Pseudo ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2754731/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2754731/ Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:57:43 PDT [link]. And be sure to join our MIT City Summer School Contest for a chance to win an autographed guitar. Rules and dates will be posted on the site shortly.

Okay enough shameless self promotion back to the concert. It will be my second concert with Mike and hopefully our keyboard won't screw up this time. He's been working me to the bone on the piano day in and day out to bring you the best music we can possibly play.

The show's gooing to be at the Oasis on Queen & Broadview. Doors open at 6:30 and tickets are $7. Everyone at the show also gets a concert, a smile and a free hotdog/veggiedog. If you aren't sure on how to get there just ask and I'll give you instructions on how to get there from just about anywhere in Ontario.

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This is official ~spiritofvalour pimping

Memebers
]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2726659/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2726659/ Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:53:57 PDT ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2713153/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2713153/ Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:30:59 PDT ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2663597/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2663597/ Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:57:58 PDT
I'm so glad I finally finished it. It's the first large piece I've finished in a while. Even Meat is taking forever but this one just seemed to flow out of me. It's probably because I can discuss my own problems a lot better than eight kids going around murdering random people.

But back to My Life. I know it may seem like a really depressing ending but that's the way life goes. And word to the wise, you should really read it from the beginning and not from the middle or end, there are some parts that just won't make any sense if you read it out of order. Besides, it's not that long; you could probably read the whole thing in a couple hours.

~cqp AKA ~hcp

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This is official ~spiritofvalour pimping. Check it out!

Members
]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2635459/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2635459/ Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:23:11 PDT
God I need a job-wait a minute-fuck God. I'm not Jobe and I don't give a shit about his master plan and all that crap. I'll just sit in my room writing poetry until Rhe Rapture comes to take me.

~cqp ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2624284/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2624284/ Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:33:54 PDT tasteslikebrning, ~WinterRabbit , J.K., and myself, ~cqp have started a new art project. A photographic comic book called Spirit Of Valour. We already have some conceptual pictures for a couple of the characters up already. So check it out!

Now as far as the size of this project goes we would definantly welcome some help from some Toronto and are Deviants. We already have some help coming to us from the ever enchanting ~ xfragilex. Basically if you would like to help with modeling positions, or costume design the help would be much appreciated. But since this is still in it's early days we don't intend on doing much for the time being except hyping up the site.

This is official pimping of ~ spiritofvalour please feel free to join in. ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2565371/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2565371/ Wed, 02 Jun 2004 11:36:10 PDT hcp you would know that my alter ego, as well as MSN name, is Mr. Nipples.

"But what is MIT-City?" you ask. Well it's a band, a band that I am now affiliated with since my old one broke up (see comments on ~hcp and ~ psychosomatic for drama). Now we have a show coming up on friday and it's really hard to learn a dozen songs in two weeks.

For those Toronto and area deviants who are not doing anything this friday you should definantly bring five bucks and check us out. Details about the show are available at [link] or you could just note me for more info.

~cqp AKA ~hcp ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2503945/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2503945/ Tue, 25 May 2004 08:01:18 PDT hcp lately instead of uploading my written work. Call is shameless self promotion but for those of you who have not gone yet, go check out my gf's and my photography at out shared account, ~ hcp. There was three of us but certain things happened and changed that slightly.

For the few (very few) of you who are reading my works I plan on uploading two things shortly-perhaps later today. One will be the first part to My Life, which is just an autobiography of sorts (not all of it is true but none of it is false and it's really important that you don't try any of thes crazy shit I did at home, or atleast ask your parent's permission first!). Secondly I plan on uploading my first (and possibly last play) I ever finished: The End of the Line. The dialog is pretty weak but I wrote it when I was in grade nine so go easy one me.

Enjoy.

~cqp AKA ~hcp ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2469558/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2469558/ Thu, 20 May 2004 12:22:04 PDT
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

"When farmers judge the time is appropriate, they harvest the precut crop with a special conveyor type of combine pickup table and the final harvesting steps take place."

The Reader's Digest Canadian Encyclopedia - Harvesting Equipment ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2426096/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2426096/ Fri, 14 May 2004 07:14:57 PDT
There is a sollution to this problem. And I think you all know what I'm getting at. I could send someone the chapters and they could edit them for me. So if there is anyone kind enough to edit the book please let me know.

Thank you. ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2387042/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2387042/ Sat, 08 May 2004 17:00:48 PDT
"i want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less.
ask me anything you want.

then i want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this
allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything. it's fun! ^_^
really." ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2381502/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2381502/ Fri, 07 May 2004 19:49:08 PDT
Yes if you bothered to read the last entry in this collection you would have noticed me mentioning my world religion and phylosophy classes. The thing is that I wrote a lot of crazy stuff during that year and I would hopefully like to someday upload, but for now here's most of the poetry I wrote during that time frame.

A couple of these poems are of the standard shity romance crap that I enjoy writing but most of it is me trying to come to terms with myself and with humanity. During those classes I tried to understand what made people tick. I mean after all if so many people don't believe in a god then what exactly is there motivation through life?

It all seemed kind of strange to me, heck, it still does. It doesn't matter, anyway.

Enjoy. ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2344401/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2344401/ Sun, 02 May 2004 13:50:00 PDT ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2285541/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2285541/ Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:11:07 PDT
This book is just another collection of really old stuff, some what like 'Poetry for the Clipped-winged Angel' although more of a collage of poems.

There's no real theme for this group of poems which is why i didn't upload all of the ones I had in this book and why the book title and cover make no sense whatsoever.

It seems to be my style though: complete randomness. Sometimes I'm very dark and cryptic, sometimes I'm very cynical and abusive, and sometimes I'm funny (stupid funny like Ren & Stimpy). Either way I have fun when I write poetry and I feel that that's all that matters. I'm kind of emberrased to upload the rest of the poems from this collection because they're really old and... well... crappy. No rhyme, no rythm, no symbolism, no etc etc. Just pure bullshit.

Oh well, never mind. Enjoy! ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2244585/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2244585/ Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:06:05 PDT
A collection of old and new poems. I believe the oldest poems are at least three years old. And the newest were from November and December of 2003.

This collection of poems is (as are all my collections) a summary of my current thoughts and feelings about anything and everything. As you may or may not know, my grnadmother passed away in November. This sparked a lot of emotion-and thus-a lot of poetry.

The other side of this coin, as it were, are poems that I had almost forgotten and even some that weren't poems but were written so lyrically that I couldn't pass up the chance.

It seems that I can never seem to escaped my childish rhyming scheme unless I abondon all rhyme and tempo entirely. This explains the short and cheezie-ish style in a number of my poems.

Finally an explination of my last entry in this collection. It was a very dark time indeed and this is absolutly the real deal when it comes to authenticty. I had written this suicide note in the direct intention of never sticking around to seeing it being read. Rather now, I abhor the thought of even considering it and would urge anyone feeling this way to seek help.

I know it may seem so dark in that hole and that no light could ever excape, but there is always another way out. ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2228326/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2228326/ Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:37:16 PDT Perhaps I should take another stab at music again. Perhaps full time poetry--not likely--I'm not that good in my opinion. Maybe I should should finsh a book for once... I GOOD book.
Well either way I got the summer to look forward to. A whole four months of mindless labour at minimum wage sounds wonderful right about now. Boy I sound cryptic, don't I?
As for the title of my journal, don't look to much into it. I've never really been known for my substance abuse. But in times of darkness everyone needs their own release. ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2203953/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2203953/ Sun, 11 Apr 2004 23:10:14 PDT Who knows? perhaps I'll one day learn how to spell properly because of this.
But as far as my digital animation and misc junk on here... say goodbye. ]]> ~cqp http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2002154/ http://cqp.deviantart.com/journal/2002154/ Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:36:23 PST I've moved to a joint account with ~ psychosomatic and *tasteslikebrning (AKA Morgan)... I'll be moving a couple of my favourite pics to there and will only add new stuff on that account rendering this one forever silent.

Check out the new place! ~hcp ]]> ~cqp