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Greetings and Salutations my fellow DeviantArtists!
How have you been lately? Long time no see, eh? Well there are reasons for that. Long and varied. Shall it keep it short and sweet or detailed and long? So many things to do so little time. Or is too much time I have but not enough direction. I never know anymore. Let's star with something easy. I did indeed see Joker last night and without spoiling anything it was truly Intense and Epic! Say anything more would probably get everybody pissed off at me but I will say it's best film I've seen in quite a long time. Okay easy stuff done, onwards to the difficult.
How have you been lately? Long time no see, eh? Well there are reasons for that. Long and varied. Shall it keep it short and sweet or detailed and long? So many things to do so little time. Or is too much time I have but not enough direction. I never know anymore. Let's star with something easy. I did indeed see Joker last night and without spoiling anything it was truly Intense and Epic! Say anything more would probably get everybody pissed off at me but I will say it's best film I've seen in quite a long time. Okay easy stuff done, onwards to the difficult.Probably wondering at the first part of the title of my journal. Well my Windows PC had been on the fritz for a while. Long story short It basically started self-sabotaging its Operating System saying my CPU or RAM is malfunctioning and needs replacement. Which his hysterical because it's telling me this after the PC finishing it's POST. Without going too much into computer repair jargon, Windows is lying it's ass off in order to get me install the latest Windows 10 since I was still using 7.
Unfortunately this had to happen while I was still in the middle of editing my photos from Florida SuperCon 2019. Thankfully I had time to backup everything I needed on to another drive. So I decided to install Linux Ubuntu because hell it's free and in my opinion way more user friendly. On the flipside I had to figure it out which software was compatible with my photos and still be able to edit them with in a reasonable amount of time. I tried GIMP with one photograph but it takes way too long and is super menu driven. It was hard to tell if I was making changes to the photo or not. Thankfully I found Darktable and it was fairly straight forward in it's editing. It' just took a long time to get use too. Hence why a spent all of August finishing my photos before submitting them as deviations to DeviantArt.
Now the second part of my title. I really had so many photos to deal with, over 800 still photographs to figure out which were good, bad, or indifferent. It just takes way too much time. Even if I hadn't had my computer problems to deal with it still would have taken me forever. I decided on a little over 300 photos that looked good to me but honestly getting all that submitted is way too time consuming. So I think next year I will take a ton of photographs but only decide to submit the top 50 or 100 maximum. It's not like I'm super popular on Deviant Art anyways (not that I ever intended to be) so I don't think anyone will notice the difference much. Besides you never know maybe by only submitted the highest quality over quantity photos I'll get noticed and they will get more faves. It could happen. Life is weird. Stranger shit has happened to me.
P.S. Either way I'm not leaving Deviant Art. Eclipse not without standing I don't see me going through the hassle of moving all my artwork to some other site. It would totally slay me!
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Greetings and Salutations my fellow DeviantArtists! How have you been lately? Me?? I could be better but I could be worse. Where to begin, where not to begin. To complain or not to complain that is the question. "Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?" I think Hamlet said it best, eh? I can't say it better so I won't try. Had to read the stuff when I was growing up in school and college. It just sticks with you whether you want it to or not.
How have you been lately? Me?? I could be better but I could be worse. Where to begin, where not to begin. To complain or not to complain that is the question. "Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?" I think Hamlet said it best, eh? I can't say it better so I won't try. Had to read the stuff when I was growing up in school and college. It just sticks with you whether you want it to or not. So let's break it down shall we? I mean I got to go to Paris, France and take cool Photos, yes? Yes, but I was stuck with my family the whole time. Summer time in France is bloody hot as hell. Especially when most of the buildings have no Air Conditioning. Something was wrong with the city trash collection because I have never seen the city so dirty before or maybe I'm just remembering it wrong from childhood memories. I just don't remember trash and litter lining the streets everywhere I walked. It was totally insane and smelled really bad. It never use to smell bad. I'm half-French so I love France it's almost a second home to me but Paris got screwed up in the last year. Don't ask me why haven't been there in a long time since now and then 2009 A.D. That's not to say I didn't make the best of it and got to as many museums and monuments I could get to photograph of. But the insect population seem to increase tenfold. And there were reports of mosquitoes infected with Dengue Fever. I mean WTF?!
I thought that shit was eradicated ages ago. Guess not. But anyways I digress. I really wanted to see more of the countryside and visit other towns I hadn't been too before or see old medieval castle ruins, etc, etc. Never got the chance. Family said no. So we got stuck in Paris for two weeks in a shitty hotel with no A/C. Ah, vacation on a budget so much fun!
I thought that shit was eradicated ages ago. Guess not. But anyways I digress. I really wanted to see more of the countryside and visit other towns I hadn't been too before or see old medieval castle ruins, etc, etc. Never got the chance. Family said no. So we got stuck in Paris for two weeks in a shitty hotel with no A/C. Ah, vacation on a budget so much fun! I know I shouldn't complain when most people can't even afford to travel. I get it. I'm fortunate enough that my family can take vacation around the world somewhere once in a while. Even if it's not the best hotels or the best travel, they always mange to get the best airplane ticket prices so they can afford the expense. I just wish things were a little more comfortable without have to deal with my insectophobia in my face. Nothing like having to avoid running and screaming in middle of crowd while hornets fly in your face. Or bees hang outside your window. Moths chase you out at night. I really hate being Insane. It just makes everything worse. 
So after that was all done, I managed to squeeze some money of my own and get a 2 day pass to Florida SuperCon 2018 at Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. Thinking myself this is a good idea right? Nothing could go wrong, yes? Nope. First things first. No one and I mean no one one is even allowed to be dropped of at the main entrance. I had to run of the passenger door from the car that was dropping me off onto the side walk then walk on asphalt in order to pass through security. While security was herding us into long lines, Broward Sheriff Police was basically giving us all the evil eye. All of this under the hot Florida July sun while having to walk to the rear side entrance. By the time I got that I was so wiped out but i had to keep moving and check myself in order to scan my printed ticket so I could get my pass. I don't who was organizing it this year but the people they hired were all over the place giving off this incompetent vibe of "I really don't want to be here, this isn't a fun job." It just felt to me as if there were majorly underpaid compared to last year and they didn't give shit how they treated people. Eventually, when that was all done and over I finally got to enjoy myself at the convention. I took more photos then i submitted to DeviantArt but honestly a lot of them came out like crap. So I submitted 220 instead 778 photos I had shot. I had fun all in all but let's just say I'm glad they are moving it back to Miami Beach Convention Center next year.
Oh, and how can I forget it's Hurricane season. So far nothing major has hit Florida yet but If it does I'm royally screwed. I have storm windows installed in my condo unit but the contractors working for the building have screwed up the roof. So we have a partially expose roof not up to code or something. Caused a contract dispute between them and the Condo Board. So no work is being done. No one will give the unit owners the full story, so no one really knows how bad the situation is. But knowing Miami, FL it's probably bad.
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Hello fellow Deviant Artists. How have been lately? Me?? Just plain lousy to depressed as hell. Why? Well for starters my Personal Computer nearly bit the dust permanently. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get it to work ever again. Once I determined the source of the trouble and realize the video card was no longer working I had to track down a new card. The prices are so outrageous they just make you want to cry or scream forever in hopelessness.
So I gave up one day searching and decided to just screw my computer over and try to forget the good times with it. I threw down some cash bought a PS4 and couple of games. Tried to forget about DeviantArt and move on. But I still had the app on my phone. I kept seeing amazing artwork being made, beckoning to me. I knew I had to try again and try to find someone that had a deal on cards somewhere. So long story short, I found a budget card on Newegg. It's not perfect and doesn't run games particularity well but it's better then nothing.
But If that isn't bad enough(considering how far I'm behind in adding to my fave gallery) the stupid Super Moon Blue Moon Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse never really came over Miami, Florida; USA. So I am freezing my ass off with my camera, just before the crack of dawn, expecting to see some spectacular astronomical show. Instead a whole lot of nothing. I've seen regular lunar eclipses that look more bloody red when I was kid. I took a bunch of photos of it but it was too close to the horizon. Way too much atmospheric distortion and it kept making it hard to focus on the Moon.
So not to place blame on anyone, but I tried to setup a photo-shoot. Thinking I scrounged up enough cash and could do something at a hotel room instead of a studio I don't own and can't afford to rent. Without naming names, absolutely dead air. No response. Not even an auto-email response saying they received my message to schedule something. I don't blame the person. People are busy with their lives. I guess I just used the last of my hope that I could do something really cool with my photography.
But I pressed forward, thinking I can't allow myself to wallow in despair. So I made plans (or at least started to at first) to go to C2E2: Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2018. I of course, made the horrible mistake of telling my family of these plans. And it was basically a big freaking NO! They didn't want me to travel alone to a city I've never been to; as if I was some small child. I'm crazy not stupid. But try telling my family that. They always seem to see me with a lens that looks at me from the past and not the present. As if I never took medication and psychotherapy to deal with my mental illness.
Finally, I round up by saying that in general, but in some years in particular, I fracking HATE New Year's Eve and New Year's day! It always seem to emphasize how alone and isolated I am. Never invited to parties because I don't freaking know anybody IRL. Beyond one good friend that's it. No social network. No lovers. No girlfriends. No friends of friends. No nothing. Maybe it's because I'm not a boozer or druger, but I think the answer is more simple. I haven't worked since 2008 A.D. Which means I can't make contact with anybody. So I'm forever in stasis with my loneliness, depression, and madness. So what makes me move forward especially when I've met some psychiatrists who think I should have committed suicide by now? My love of Art! I freaking love DeviantArt!!!
So I gave up one day searching and decided to just screw my computer over and try to forget the good times with it. I threw down some cash bought a PS4 and couple of games. Tried to forget about DeviantArt and move on. But I still had the app on my phone. I kept seeing amazing artwork being made, beckoning to me. I knew I had to try again and try to find someone that had a deal on cards somewhere. So long story short, I found a budget card on Newegg. It's not perfect and doesn't run games particularity well but it's better then nothing.
But If that isn't bad enough(considering how far I'm behind in adding to my fave gallery) the stupid Super Moon Blue Moon Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse never really came over Miami, Florida; USA. So I am freezing my ass off with my camera, just before the crack of dawn, expecting to see some spectacular astronomical show. Instead a whole lot of nothing. I've seen regular lunar eclipses that look more bloody red when I was kid. I took a bunch of photos of it but it was too close to the horizon. Way too much atmospheric distortion and it kept making it hard to focus on the Moon.
So not to place blame on anyone, but I tried to setup a photo-shoot. Thinking I scrounged up enough cash and could do something at a hotel room instead of a studio I don't own and can't afford to rent. Without naming names, absolutely dead air. No response. Not even an auto-email response saying they received my message to schedule something. I don't blame the person. People are busy with their lives. I guess I just used the last of my hope that I could do something really cool with my photography.
But I pressed forward, thinking I can't allow myself to wallow in despair. So I made plans (or at least started to at first) to go to C2E2: Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2018. I of course, made the horrible mistake of telling my family of these plans. And it was basically a big freaking NO! They didn't want me to travel alone to a city I've never been to; as if I was some small child. I'm crazy not stupid. But try telling my family that. They always seem to see me with a lens that looks at me from the past and not the present. As if I never took medication and psychotherapy to deal with my mental illness.
Finally, I round up by saying that in general, but in some years in particular, I fracking HATE New Year's Eve and New Year's day! It always seem to emphasize how alone and isolated I am. Never invited to parties because I don't freaking know anybody IRL. Beyond one good friend that's it. No social network. No lovers. No girlfriends. No friends of friends. No nothing. Maybe it's because I'm not a boozer or druger, but I think the answer is more simple. I haven't worked since 2008 A.D. Which means I can't make contact with anybody. So I'm forever in stasis with my loneliness, depression, and madness. So what makes me move forward especially when I've met some psychiatrists who think I should have committed suicide by now? My love of Art! I freaking love DeviantArt!!!
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Grand Finale Feature of Artwork!!!
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Or All Good things must come to an End. Either way this probably be my last attempt at displaying Fablous Artwork by Fantastic Artists. So without further Ado:
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I don't know if anybody gets the reference from "The Prisoner" or not, I just thought it would make for a good title. Anyways, once again we find ourselves with an Avalanche of Artwork by Amazing Artists:
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