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Winston Churchill

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-Robert S. McNamara

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Nelson Mandela (1918 - )

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I hope it's great for everyone else too!

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I'm posting up some of my newer stuff.

Happy holidays! ]]> *miss-vyv http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/6301964/ http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/6301964/ Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:18:59 PDT *miss-vyv http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/6085112/ http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/6085112/ Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:52:53 PDT
I really can't believe whats happening with the staff here. I've been a member of this website, under various profiles, since May 2001. This is such an utterly saddening surprise. Another nail in the coffin I sincerely hope that the people who are in control now can continure to make DA a great community.

This place has changed greatly since I first joined. Mostly I have been unhappy with the way the community developed, but I've always held out hope that it would return to the tight knit community that it once was. It's just so many people now, that it will probably never be that way again.

Good bye Jark, Matteo, and Euphoria. You will be greatly missed. ]]> *miss-vyv http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/5767725/ http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/5767725/ Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:26:42 PDT
This is just the way I speak when I know exactly what I want so say. I feel like verbose comments, e-mails, messages, etc., that are made just for the sake of not sounding curt, are dishonest and lame. Stuff like that is often pithy and insincere asskissing. So if I say "This is great. Great job". I really mean that. I don't have to make up a bunch of false crits just so I can enjoy the sound of my keyboard. I hope those of you, whom short comments, messages, e-mails, etc. offend can understand...

Yes I undertstand the irony of this entry I know of a great quote about brevity, but I can't remember it offhand....

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Art is my outlet for my frustations mostly, so it sucks to be short on time. Well what can ya do?

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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
Theodore Roosevelt


I just can't believe they aquitted MJ. *sigh*

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I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran was a really deep dude. He wrote a book entitled The Prophet. I haven't read that one, but my father gave me Sand and Foam a few years ago. It's a book of short, but meaningful sayings. It's definitely worth picking up.

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"Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it 'the first law of personal growth.'"

Peter McWilliams

Just like this quote.

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"There is nothing like dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow."

Victor Hugo

So the army is having trouble meeting it's recruitment goals. One step closer to a draft...

I hate this war. I feel bad for our guys and gals over there. I wish them all a safe return.

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"The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it."
William Gibson




I love neopets. It's a marvelous waste of time. I used to waste a lot of time here on DA, a long, long time ago on my other accounts link and link. It's just gotten so big and overwhelming that I find it hard to spend lots of time here. Maybe, when things calm down a bit, I can get back into the swing. I'm spending a lot of time on another forum that focuses the on the type of art I am most interested in. I still love DA, but it is just more time consuming than I can afford right now for what I can get out of short visits.

I'm not leaving or anything, just musing on my current relationship with the site.

So for now, it's Neopets when I have a few moments to kill. I highly recommend the Dice-a-Roo. It appeals to my inner gambler.

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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Voltaire


Not much to say today.

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"If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living."
Leo Tolstoy


I finally saw Battle Royale. What a mindfuck. I can't tell if I liked it or not, because it made me feel so icky. However, I just couldn't stop watching. It wasn't as screwed up as Audition, though. That is the creepiest movie ever.

Today's quote is about vanity, because of my dev ID where I am clearly indulging in such a vice. It's better than my old one, because it is much more current and less grainy. Also, I don't have many photos where I'm pissed off like I am here.

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"The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken."
Homer



I saw Lords of Dogtown yesterday. It's a great movie, and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes skateboarding. It has an awesome soundtrack and the actors were all really good.

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"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
Herm Albright



BTW... why exactly is it that perfectly good people turn into right assholes? There are a couple of people I once knew to be laid back and sweet... then I fell out of touch. Cut to a few years later (now) and they are arrogant picks I can barely stand to listen to. I wish I could talk with them like old times... but it's just not to be had. Maybe my memory is warped or something.

I know that I used to be a very unhappy person, and then a powerful event changed my entire outlook on the world. I decided that life is too short to be unhappy, and then it seemed like so many people I had been hanging around were so negative, neurotic and just an energy drain. I had to cut a lot of people loose...misery loves company I guess. SO yeah...maybe my memory is a bit warped...or maybe I just changed lanes and no longer follow that same road. It's confusing, I reckon.

Don't ya just love it when someone thinks aloud in thier journal?

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Here's a good one:

"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
-H.G. Wells


What are some of your favorites?

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I'll be practicing other elements too. If any of those make me proud I'l pop em in over in scraps.

So.. How YOU doin'?

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SO how do you handle blocks, or just general times of uninspiredness?

DO you ever have trouble finishing something because of perfectionism? If so, how do you plow through that?

I suffer bad from perfectionism disease.
It's definitely the root of my procrastinating. Roght now, I'm working on a digital painting I have been painting off and on since Thanksgiving. I just can't seem to finish it... I think it's because I feel I can't do it just right....

blah.

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...but I'm lazya nd I'm addicted to MxO. So I haven't done any

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How weird, I think DA is hiccuping again. Does anyone know the limit on this pageview thing?

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If you consume a lot of artifical sweeteners in order to reduce your carbs per day, consider switching to Stevia. Stevia is and all natural plant extract that is non-toxic, relatively easy to come by, and 300 times sweeter than sugar. It has no calories. I think it's great. It's just as good as nutrisweet and it comes in little drops so you can carry it everywhere in your pocket for restaruants and stuff.

There are several companies that sell the extract (can find online and in health food stores), or you can grow the plants yourself (if you are so inclined).

Do yourself a favor and stay away from artifical sweeteners. I've read some very scary study results.

Be Well.

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The Breeders cover of this rocks the house.

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You can find out more about it here

It's a pretty big deal for me, and I am very excited.



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I may post a photo or two later today.

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47 U.S.C. 223 Statute

A provision of this statute provides that anonymous use of a telecommunications device to annoy, abuse, harass, or threaten any person is a federal crime, punishable by up to two years in prison. [16] The statute also requires that the perpetrator not reveal his name.[17]

This statute is broader than 18 U.S.C. 875 because it covers both threats and harassment.[18] Section 223 only applies to direct communications between the perpetrator and the victim, therefore it would not reach a situation where a person harasses or terrorizes another person by posting messages on a bulletin board or in a chat room encouraging others to harass or annoy another person.[19]

I know that you are the person who has been seeking our private e-mail addresses and sending us anonymous harassing letters. I have evidence of all of this orginating from the same host in TN. DO not harass me again. This is your final warning. ]]> *miss-vyv http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/4683445/ http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/4683445/ Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:56:57 PST
So, I'm going to border up and submit what I think are some of the best photos I took couple of weeks ago in Lana'i. I am already aware that there really isn't anything new about a photo of sunrise, or a photo of an orchid up close. I'm still proud of them, though...

I'm working on a few new things, hopefully I'll be submitting more now that I'm a little more focused.

BTW, Thanks for stopping by and looking ]]> *miss-vyv http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/4676686/ http://miss-vyv.deviantart.com/journal/4676686/ Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:20:45 PST
He's even more wonderful than I thought he would be. What a precious angel.

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My vacation was wonderful! I have some really great photos of the sunrises there. I'll probably put some up here soon.

I am so relaxed and happy.

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I am working on a Valentine. I am going to Hawaii tomorrow for a week, so I don't think I can finish it in time. I don't know if I'll post it late, but who knows. Happy Valentine's Day!

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I'm lazy. Or maybe it's more accurate to say I can't stay interested in any one project long enough to complete it. I have about 10 pending things to finish right now, and I'd rather sit here and fuck off than decide which one I need to do first. I really wish my attention span was longer. Everything just gets so boring.

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Why does the inspiration to draw strike when I haven't slept all night and my hand-eye coordination is for shit? Anybody know?

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All of this is very easilly fixed, I just think it's curious how it all happens at once. I guess it's a prime example of planned obsolescence. The same thing happens with modern car models. Everything has a designed lifespan, as to not take away buisness from the manufacturers.Everything in this place was probably put in here when it was first built (about 6 years ago). Even if all the light bulbs have been replaced once by the previous owners, they all went out at the same time apparently.

Still, in TV logic, it's like a terribly bad omen, or something like that.

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After a little inspiration,I thought I'd help some people out here.

Let's learn how to let go and leave the old behind.

A ceremony for letting go

Quotes to help along the way

Taming a green-eyed beast.

An examination of social comparison.




I put these here because these issues are so prevalent among human beings. In our effort to make sense social relationships that may not have gone the way we intended, we often bind ourselves up with guilt, anger, jealousy, obsession and insecurity. I've seen others put forth a massive effort to appear superior to those they envy.

I think everyone, including myself, has felt this way before. It's just wasted energy and emotion. No matter how we try to justify social situations that hurt and made us vunerable, the fact is it's over. People move on, life goes on. We can't go back and change it. No matter how much you may think the person is doing poorly, going the wrong way through life, has a less fufilling life or is somehow much more unhappy and doomed then when you knew them, the fact is they probably aren't.

It's hard when we lose friends or lovers under less than perfect circumstances, but negative thoughts and harboring hatred serves no one any good.

I just wanted to share these things, because I see people (in general) struggling, over change, rejection, loss, and lack of control of a situation.
Lets just do ourselves a favor and let go of that ex-friend, or boyfriend/girlfriend, or family member we don't speak to. Let's choose not to retroactive character judgements in order to make ourselves feel superior.

I don't post this in order to feel superior, myself. It could help someone out, and that's why I wirte this.

Let's be happy, and not compare ourselves to other people in our imaginations. Let's be free.

Okay, I'm off the soapbox now.

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