FA+
Shop
A bit CRABBY
15 years ago
General
Lengthy rant...
I hate the holidays.
Remember when holidays were special? When they were important to us. Like Veterains Day. I remember when places were closed on Veterains Day because it was important to take time to think, remember, and thank. Is it me, or is it just about gone to "Just another day with a name" now? All I hear about it is on the radio. They say "To all our veterains, thank you."
That's it? Is that the best we can do? I am HERE because of a veterain. Without him and his sacrifice I wouldn't be here.
Like these sphincter suckers who go and protest at funerals of our soldiers. It's more than a funeral for a soldier, it's also for their families and friends. If those assholes can't leave them in peace at least do it for ttheir families. Nobody likes war... but as long as there are two people alive in the world there WILL be conflict. Remember the Screaming Eagles? For those who don't know, they're a biker club made mostly of veterains. They made it a point to attend funerals of our soldiers and if there were protesters they'd push the protesters back and uncork their motorcycles to drown out their chants. So I say if you see protestors at a military funeral... get in your Camaros and your Mustangs and your Mopars, even your Hondas and Mitsubishis and tuners and drown out those dirtbag protestors and their lop sided ideals! Smoke 'em out by burning rubber. Give that soldier the 1000 horsepower salute! They fought for us, they deserve us fighting for them to be honored properly. THAT is THE VERY least thing we can do!
...
Then there's Christmas and Thanksgiving. All that phony music, all that crap about it being the most wonderful time of the year and everyone being all happy. Anyone who says it's the jolly time of year hasn't ever worked in any kind of customer service based job. Behind the counter we see things differnt. We don't see people happily preparing for the holiday season. What I see are angry miserable people. THey're broke because of the bad economy, they're under peer pressure to compete with their friends in "Who gives the best Christmas" and trying to hunt down the latest greates Elmo toy without having to get another mortgage on the house. Money gets tight and they get crabby. Then anyone who can't give them perfection pays the price. And it's those people that have taken OUR holiday away from us in the service industry. Remember on Christmas when everything was closed? It was a sacred time. Now because corporate big wigs want more money they expect us to come to work on the holidays. Each year we work longer and longer. All because some little old lady gets mad because she forgot butter the day before and someone's dad didn't look on the box to see how many batteries he needs. We lose our holiday because people can't wait one single day. Plus because of all that they even dn't want to give holiday pay, or holiday bonuses.
Then those rivals have been eating at me lately. Those people I have so much animosity for. That one in particular who is constantly posting handfuls of art where his role in it's creation doesn't go any deeper than "I want two chicks, naked, fighting in this style" and they're all the SAME! They're all eaither "Down and trying to get up" or "The overexaggerated punch" or the "Sexually charged clinch" and how he basks in so much popularity for such garbage. Almost no work at all in what he posts outside of cruising for prostitutes or strippers for erotic combat photo sessions. How he pretends, and actually said, that I stand for all the bad things about combat sport. I only am about the sacrifice, pain, and price the sport can play. HE is all about the fun and glamour of it all. He is so full of shit I can smell him from here. His art has nothing at all to do with the sport outside of a handful of poses and equipment. (Not even equipment, just gloves if that) and he says I AM ABOUT THE BAD STUFF... he is into SNUFF ART!! Erotic art where someone DIES!! Who lives and who dies? Is that seriously something a "Nice guy" asks his fans about his art?? I even see people faving his art, I go and thank the person for faving something I have posted... the other guy... I never seen a "Thanks for faving my art!"... not a single time. Yet he gets assloads of views, hits, and faves. This is not a moral person, much of his art I even have doubts he has gotten permission to post. I bet he stole it. He may have found some convoluted loophole where he can technically post a pic... but that doesn't make it moral.
I aint no angel. At least every piece I have posted here has some way meant that I have personally given something to that artist to make their lives better in some way. I seriously doubt he can say that.
Look at the fight art I have here... it's not about the bad things that can and do happen in the sports. I use the bad things that can and do happen as reason to appreciate what they do forr us, and the bravery they have in knowing it can happen... but do it anyway. And why I find these other people's works so disrespectful and how I think they're so obviously missing the point.
So yeah... I'm probably going to be a bit antisocial for the next... couple months.
I hate the holidays.
Remember when holidays were special? When they were important to us. Like Veterains Day. I remember when places were closed on Veterains Day because it was important to take time to think, remember, and thank. Is it me, or is it just about gone to "Just another day with a name" now? All I hear about it is on the radio. They say "To all our veterains, thank you."
That's it? Is that the best we can do? I am HERE because of a veterain. Without him and his sacrifice I wouldn't be here.
Like these sphincter suckers who go and protest at funerals of our soldiers. It's more than a funeral for a soldier, it's also for their families and friends. If those assholes can't leave them in peace at least do it for ttheir families. Nobody likes war... but as long as there are two people alive in the world there WILL be conflict. Remember the Screaming Eagles? For those who don't know, they're a biker club made mostly of veterains. They made it a point to attend funerals of our soldiers and if there were protesters they'd push the protesters back and uncork their motorcycles to drown out their chants. So I say if you see protestors at a military funeral... get in your Camaros and your Mustangs and your Mopars, even your Hondas and Mitsubishis and tuners and drown out those dirtbag protestors and their lop sided ideals! Smoke 'em out by burning rubber. Give that soldier the 1000 horsepower salute! They fought for us, they deserve us fighting for them to be honored properly. THAT is THE VERY least thing we can do!
...
Then there's Christmas and Thanksgiving. All that phony music, all that crap about it being the most wonderful time of the year and everyone being all happy. Anyone who says it's the jolly time of year hasn't ever worked in any kind of customer service based job. Behind the counter we see things differnt. We don't see people happily preparing for the holiday season. What I see are angry miserable people. THey're broke because of the bad economy, they're under peer pressure to compete with their friends in "Who gives the best Christmas" and trying to hunt down the latest greates Elmo toy without having to get another mortgage on the house. Money gets tight and they get crabby. Then anyone who can't give them perfection pays the price. And it's those people that have taken OUR holiday away from us in the service industry. Remember on Christmas when everything was closed? It was a sacred time. Now because corporate big wigs want more money they expect us to come to work on the holidays. Each year we work longer and longer. All because some little old lady gets mad because she forgot butter the day before and someone's dad didn't look on the box to see how many batteries he needs. We lose our holiday because people can't wait one single day. Plus because of all that they even dn't want to give holiday pay, or holiday bonuses.
Then those rivals have been eating at me lately. Those people I have so much animosity for. That one in particular who is constantly posting handfuls of art where his role in it's creation doesn't go any deeper than "I want two chicks, naked, fighting in this style" and they're all the SAME! They're all eaither "Down and trying to get up" or "The overexaggerated punch" or the "Sexually charged clinch" and how he basks in so much popularity for such garbage. Almost no work at all in what he posts outside of cruising for prostitutes or strippers for erotic combat photo sessions. How he pretends, and actually said, that I stand for all the bad things about combat sport. I only am about the sacrifice, pain, and price the sport can play. HE is all about the fun and glamour of it all. He is so full of shit I can smell him from here. His art has nothing at all to do with the sport outside of a handful of poses and equipment. (Not even equipment, just gloves if that) and he says I AM ABOUT THE BAD STUFF... he is into SNUFF ART!! Erotic art where someone DIES!! Who lives and who dies? Is that seriously something a "Nice guy" asks his fans about his art?? I even see people faving his art, I go and thank the person for faving something I have posted... the other guy... I never seen a "Thanks for faving my art!"... not a single time. Yet he gets assloads of views, hits, and faves. This is not a moral person, much of his art I even have doubts he has gotten permission to post. I bet he stole it. He may have found some convoluted loophole where he can technically post a pic... but that doesn't make it moral.
I aint no angel. At least every piece I have posted here has some way meant that I have personally given something to that artist to make their lives better in some way. I seriously doubt he can say that.
Look at the fight art I have here... it's not about the bad things that can and do happen in the sports. I use the bad things that can and do happen as reason to appreciate what they do forr us, and the bravery they have in knowing it can happen... but do it anyway. And why I find these other people's works so disrespectful and how I think they're so obviously missing the point.
So yeah... I'm probably going to be a bit antisocial for the next... couple months.
a couple years ago at work, we had these tables set up with boxed jewelry sets...there was a huge crowd around the table...those on the inside by the table were throwing boxes to the people on the outside of the circle...i had to call customer service n tell them i needed a manager like now! i was afraid of a fight breaking out hehe
Dad used to work himself into a frenzy every damn year, then go into his post-holiday funk when reality didn't match the fantasy in his head. I just can't do that, and I'm not going to.
Sure, i buy gifts and so on, but then I sit back, avoid the crowds, and let everyone else kill themselves. Seriously? Holiday travel is full of bad weather and too many people going too many places (and then too many people act surprised when they get delays or stranded somewhere).
I go into a post holiday depression just like that, too. Just from hoping this year will be better... then when it's over it's... just over. We all work so hard to make it special but there's always uneasy tension.
What ruined Christmas for me was people EXPECTING me to give them something, even though they weren't going to give me anything. Back in the 80s, I was involved in amateur press alliances. There was one gal who wanted BOTH Christmas and Hanukkah cards (talk about double-dipping) and would name those who DIDN'T do so (guilt trips NEVER work on me). I was doing fantastic to send out Christmas cards as I was usually under or unemployed during that time, but people EXPECTED the Lambo, or they wanted to haul me before a judge. These days I do fantastic if I manage a gift for those in my inner circle. I don't feel festive. The ONLY song that halfway works is "Step Into Christmas" by Elton John. These days I whomp up illustrations and hope they'll work as presents.