Isn't it somewhat strange that a predominantly non-Catholic nation celebrates a VERY Catholic holiday? I mean, St. Valentine's Day...it just seems to me, with how much this nation really doesn't like catholicism, that we would not celebrate its Saints and martyrs and such in a nationaly holiday.
It's very strange to me. I'm not going to stop celebrating it - it's a great excuse to buy my girl something special, but...it just seems that this is the Christmas in July that jewelry companies need to stay in business. This holiday seems more about sex and candy (hehe, good song) than about a saint that had something to do with replacing Cupid.
Now, as should now be evident, I know little to nothing about Mister Valentine other than he has a very cool name. Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
Ahhhh...Capitalism. Ain't it great?

When someone you love asks you for something, but someone that says they are close to this person and know how they truly feel says that what they want is for you NOT to do what they say they want...what do you do? Do you give this person what they want...or abide by the other and not give to them?
If, when the outside person says you are destroying this person with your actions, but the person says you are making their life better by doing the things they say you want, who's right? Who truly knows and who is just saying what they want to say in a vain attempt to "protect" the person you love?
When you do things for a person out of love and they say they are accepting them for that same love, when someone tells you to stop, do you? Or do you just do it without letting the second party know it's happening?
Anyway, I'm confused, and I think it's eating my mind. Oh, well.

Arg...is it just me, or are the Lord of the Rings just starting to lose their majesty? I mean, seriously, I am tired of seing "the movie" inspired art. I'm tired of seeing the freakin' "Elven script" crap. I tired of seeing people with nothing better to draw than the Lord of the Rings people. Honestly, other than the fact that you can do it and make it look good, I don't think anyone really cares what you think Legolas looks like.
So...in all honesty, am I the only person that's just sick of this crap?

I've been working on something of a project lately. I call it "Birthing an Angel". I figure that if one were to become an angel it would be a long, painful process, but well worth the pain.
Through my relationship with my girlfriend, I've realised that all things worth having are painful, long in coming, and hard to obtain.
So...I began doodling one day to see if I could draw a person crouching down on their heels with their hands flat on the floor. Once I did, successfully, I might add, I began to fiddle with different angles...different degrees of bent over, you might say. What came out of it is I could very easily draw someone in extreme pain.
I then began to wonder if I could draw a head at different angles to the shoulders and the shoulders at defferent angles to the head and so forth. I was successful in my "circle sketches" as they will appear once I have the time to scan them.
Once I had discovered that it would be possible for me to draw a person in different stages of deep pain, I began to wonder what the person would look like if he had wings at the end and sprouts of the wings (in varying sizes depending on the stage of growth). Once this happened, the idea for "Birthing an Angel" was born. I've been drawing a stage a night for three nights and I believe I will draw another stage later today and then one tonight.
At any rate, there will be seven stages - no real symbolism on my part, but I like the thought of a week's worth of progress.
And lastly, I can officially conclude that I have left the stage in my life where I was totally dependant on anime's simplistic, minimalistic style.
Oh, and I've kinda taught myself how to shade.

Man, I'm waiting for my Precalculus class, and I've been looking through some people's galleries...and it's stricken me that way too many people like anime and use it in their drawing styles. Anime is great...for a while. But...man, I am soo tired of seeing it everywhere. I can understand younger people (like myself - sorta) and learners useing anime-style, but man, once you have enough talen to pound out anime all over the place that are better than some of the T.V. shows out there, it's time to hang it up and develop your own ability.
Arg...and don't even get me started on gothic. Is it just me, or was gothic not over well before this fucking CENTURY? Damn, I'm so sick of seeing blood and girls in black. Get a fucking life you stupid people! Damn it. Learn something artistic. Express yourself with some other way than over priced, teenage-angst commercialism! Shit...
Okay, I think I'm done.