Life and its complexities

I’m sitting here waiting. Waiting for time to pass. Waiting to go see a house for rent. Waiting for inspiration.

I started reading the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. I’m only on page 57, Chapter 5 and there’s a total of 571 pages to the books entirety. I started reading this book in hopes of inspiration. Since I am obtaining my Masters in Fine Arts and hope to become a Character Designer; adding in the fact that I love immersing myself with creativity, I figured reading this book wouldn’t hurt. I am surprised at how honest this book seems to be. Not leaving any part out. Showing both sides of Steve Jobs, even down to the ugly. To the point where I was upset with things he did during his career. Causing me to lose some respect for him which was quickly earned back with the fact that he had the balls to reveal his true self to the world. We all have a dark side to the bright side. Yet we all seem to forget that.

((Incomplete thought))

Something Old – Something New

An old private post I found. A poem I wrote about the catastrophe of alcohol…

The beautiful catastrophe of alcohol

Alcohol never seemed to solve anything, or make anything better for that.

To drink excessively in a nose dive matter of trying to forget the frustrations of everyday life end up making those difficulties larger than actuality.

In search of filling “loneliness”, desperately searching for some sort of something. The only thing alcohol becomes good for is convincing you more that you need that something, increasing sexual lusts to an extent that you’re willing to do something with anyone just to ease that craving.

Sadly.

Alcohol, the stupidity of mankind. Causing errors in the flow of life, causing regrets , embarrassment. To look back and realize I took desperate measure, becoming desperate enough to talk to someone I told myself I wouldn’t, to send a message to someone not available, and to call someone I put in my past for a reason. All the things I have worked hard to do were put to waste that day that I took in all that alcohol. It’s an evil thing, that drink. To cause misconceptions in your very thoughts, thwarting and mixing up emotions, feelings, thinking. That’s what you don’t want yet that’s the very thing alcohol does.

SOPA and PIPA

I saw the very first American Commercial today that expressed the positive of SOPA and PIPA, how Americans should vote YES for SOPA and PIPA.

I couldn’t agree less. After reading up on it and watching countless upon countless videos, I can’t help but feel that SOPA and PIPA are ideas not thought out too well. And there is something about the Government having more control over what we do to be quite daunting. I just don’t like it. The government constantly trying to obtain control is a reason why the USA is in so much debt, is why the economy has tanked tremendously and doesn’t seem to be improving at all, is why many from outside of the US dislike the US so much.

I think if the United States is so concerned with Internet Piracy, they will figure out better means to protect the rights of others content. Many have mentioned that SOPA and PIPA will only weaken the internet and create greater amounts of hacking which is what the US is trying to avoid. Their “idea” can possibly make it that much worse, yet they seem to almost not care.

After a while, you can’t help but get sick of the government claiming to be doing what is right, only to find out it’s some sort of scam, or they aren’t being completely honest about their reasoning behind their decision-making, law making, etc.

If you want to learn more or are interested in signing petitions to stop this SOPA and PIPA nonsense I have some links below.

Let me know what you think about all this.

Mozilla Firefox – Sign petition Link
Google – Sign Petition Link
Avaaz – Sign Petition Link
Debate on deviantArt Link
Video about SOPA and PIPA Link

For those interested in becoming a part of this but not an US citizen you can still take part and help stop SOPA and PIPA - Link

Really interesting article on what music artists have gone through. Here’s an excerpt:

“Earlier today, Megaupload released a pop video featuring mainstream artists who endorse the cyberlocker service. News of the controversial Mega Song even trended on Twitter, but has now been removed from YouTube on copyright grounds by Universal Music. Kim Dotcom says that Megaupload owns everything in the video, and that the label has engaged in dirty tricks in an attempt to sabotage their successful viral campaign.” Link

We all need to become a part of this to make a difference. IF you are against PIPA and SOPA make sure to click one of the links above and sign the petition. Don’t forget that every person makes a difference. We can’t give up or stop now. We need to make sure we are heard.

And for those for PIPA and SOPA, please comment and let me know why. It’s always good to see both sides of an argument.