TODAY IS 's SWEET 16!!GO WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

RANT. BEGINS. NOW!



I have a topic worthy of a truly epic rant. I do, oh I do.

Parents. Parents with an irrational fear of the word "deviant", and irrational fear of progress, technology, and change.

Yup. Gonna be a good one.

Over the last few weeks, I have seen an increasing number of deviants under the age of 18 being forced off deviantART by their parents, and those same parents are blocking our website as well.

On the surface, it might,(I stress "MIGHT"), seem like they have a valid reason for what they are doing.

But the truth, as we know, is quite different from the perception.

I bring your attention to the word "deviantART", notice that the "d" in "deviant" is lowercase, while the "ART" is fully uppercase. There is a good reason for that. It stresses the ART. "deviantART" is just a name, a pretty damn cool one, I think.

But it strikes fear into parents, countries, and people all over the world.

Why?

Because they fear change. Because they do not UNDERSTAND the purpose of this community.

Here, art meets application, it is the sole purpose of this site, art. Application. It's what we do.

It is who we ARE.

This is site is blamed by these people for every thing that goes wrong with their computers, and by extension, their lives. These people do not understand the very technology they use, so when something goes wrong, it's easy to point the finger at that website with "deviant" in it's name.

Can I get a blank stare plz???

But here, here is the truly epic fail of these people, these people who think our art is "deviant".

They will, time and time again, take their families to museums that have art that is 300 times more "deviant" than anything found here. But that's ok, it's OLD, so it must be ART. They will take their kids to movies that are more violent than anything described here, but thats ok, it's a MOVIE. NCIS, House M.D., Law & Order, THE AVERAGE DAILY NEWSCAST is far more "deviant" than we will ever be. They will buy them, and ENCOURAGE them to read books about vampires, werewolves, sex, violence, and magic...but they won't let them create art...

Here.

See, all those things mentioned? They do not have "deviant" in their names.

And we all know how horrible "deviants" are, don't we?

Bull. Fucking. Shit.

Shame on you, all of you, who are so afraid of your own shadow that you won't go outside, you rely on the TV to tell you if is raining or not.

Shame on you, for having so little faith in your kids, and so little faith in what you've taught them.

Shame on you for not trusting them to make the right choices.

Shame on you for being total control freaks with no real understanding of the world and how it now works.

SHAME ON YOU!! FOR BEING AFRAID TO LEARN.

THESE PEOPLE, THEY PISS ME OFF. THEY DO.

I teach to keep an open mind, it's how we learn, it's how we grow. If we deny our children the chance to make mistakes and to learn from them...

They will grow up just like us, afraid.

There is already more than enough fear on this world.

Rational fear is understandable, fear of heights and flying, fear of insects and dying(lol, I rhymed. ).

But...

Always being afraid to lose means you will never GAIN anything, anything but more FEAR.

Admit it, you yellow bellied cowards, it's not US you are afraid of, it's YOURSELF.

Acceptance is the first step to recovery.

GET OVER YOURSELF AND LIVE.

After all, if a dictatorship for a country is bad, is it not also the same for a family?

I encourage CAUTION. I do NOT encourage FEAR. Please, stop destroying their dreams, stop turning the artists of today into the fearful children of tomorrow.

And stop pissing me the fuck off.

Can I get an "AMEN"?

Oh, btw, I AM a parent, and I do NOT want my daughter to learn to live in fear.

Rant is now over, we resume our daily programming of Taylor cuteness shortly.

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!

Babeh and I both got up earlier today, cause Im trying to get up and set a better routine each day. She actually wakes up long before me, she just doesnt make an issue of it. Cause she's awesome.

I get to spend even moar tiem gettin mah toes nomnomed nao!

Anyways, she saw me, smiled that dazzling smile that just makes me melt...

And then she went "ARRRRRHHHHHHH" and giggled. she's doing it right now too. and she wants in her exersaucer.

Moar later!

"Friday I'm in Love"-The Cure

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Oh, Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

I don't care if Mondays black
Tuesday, Wednesday - heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday, you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday - watch the walls instead
It's Friday, I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a sheik
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday, I'm in love

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

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