Anyways...
I saw two doves a few days ago, just milling about and completely ignoring all the noise and construction work going on on the other side of the house. I figured it was a time for a change and maybe this was a sigh
Hopefully I can get my life situation and finally get myself out of the hell-hole I'm currently living in.
Wish me luck on that one.

On the other hand, my last paycheck seemed to be off a bit and I brought it's attention to my boss. I did some rough calculations and I should have gotten $20 less. She checked her records and she had written down the correct numbers...sent the correct numbers off and the correct numbers were put in the computer. And for some reason the computer did some bad math and gave me extra money.
So to KMFDM...machinesdo make mistakes...but it doesn't make your music any less awesome.

I was nearly assaulted by a group of gamers that wanted me to join an RPG a day or two ago...that was weird...

On further note...the Okami "contest"
All I have to say is wow...the DA admins are full of BS. Since I know no one of the people who entered, I can be completely honest here. There were much, much better submissions out there than what they picked...and they seemed to in fact, only picked the ones they liked best, NOT ones they thought were the up most qualified for winning. They didn't even give a critique of the ones they chose, all they said is "this is awesome, you get a prize!"
On to the actual pictures:

DON't READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ A RANT

The grand prize winner...they have some excellent stuff in their gallery, and comparing it to their entry, makes the entry look extremely lazy looking. Even without the comparison, it doesn't take a genius to figure out there wasn't much effort put into the idea or the execution of what they wanted. I know the brush painting style is loose, but there is a sheer difference in the wolf and the lady in the drawing.

The second place winner was a better idea and it didn't look bad, it was the illusion of distance that fell on its face. I thought I was supposed to be looking at a tapestry circle until I realized it was a wall...

The third prize winner was a lot better than the other two and even though the proportions were out of wack (even comparing to the game character) I understand why it was given an award. It takes a fair amount of creativity to work 2-D aspects into a 3-D sculpture. The photos of the sculpture were also well done.

I am not ragging on the artists here...they can't help that the DA people are just doing an honest critique on all aspects of the entry. DA is supposed to be an "art" community that encourages creativity, yet I see the contest results and the fact that photo-realism is even highly prized by the admins and it becomes highly discouraging. What is this world coming to when lazy, very uncreative work is rewarded and the people who toil hours on end, day after day, are only given a glance?

END OF RANT

All said and done, "art" has made me an even bigger enemy of it. I tell people all the time that I hate art, but they look at me like I'm crazy and ask me "but...aren't you an aritist?"
It's not something that is easy to stand and I honestly though it was weird when I head a "musician" say he hated music. It's the same thing. I will never call myself an artist and I will never degrade my drawings by calling them "pieces"

ok...that was somewhat of a rant
Ok the real reason for this journal thingy is teo let them know it's almost summer...so I'll be leaving for a whole three months and will be back in August. If I survive the summer. If I'm lucky I will have moved out by then.

And even if it wasn't in the "Okami" style, this is still a solid,detailed, incredibly well executed and well drawn entry

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