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Hm. I haven't spoken to Lynzie in several years, but she posted something on her journal that bears repeating.

Essentially, the admins here at DeviantArt are quite possibly, for lack of a better term, gender bigoted asshats.

Why do you ask?  Well, upon reading her journal here: Lynzie's Journal, I followed the link to read the story of the person she was referring to.

That story can be found at Lynzie's Journal, or RIGHT HERE.

Essentially? dA will NOT change or add any gender neutral, transgender, or intersexed designations for people who aren't quite male/female in designation.  Oh yes, gender isn't solely the binary choice we've been taught to expect as growing up. In fact, one of my favorite artists on here is intersexed (the term used to be something else...look it up, educate yourself, I ain't doing it for you).  

So, yeah, read the LINK. For a site that calls itself "Deviant", it sure does seem devoted to being awfully plain vanilla when it comes to some things.
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Look into your gallery stats and pull up three your most, middle, and least faved works from your gallery and share it in your journal! And for one last bonus, pull out one piece from the pool of lesser faved ones that you'd like to give more exposure :D

=========Most faved:==========
Cynical Realist by Sithspit RIP, Grasshopper by Sithspit Event Horizon by Sithspit Riverside Retirement by Sithspit

112, 10, 9, and 9 faves, respectively. I know it's supposed to be three, but I had a tie for third.  So sue me.



========Middle Range:==========
Monroe Library by Sithspit Angel of the Dead by Sithspit Lake Pontchartrain Rainfall by Sithspit

6, 5, and 4 faves, respectively.


=========Least Faved:===========
Starburst by Sithspit Bloody Valeera by Sithspit ID 5 by Sithspit

2, 1, and 0.  Yeah. I had a hard time picking through all the OTHER zeroes for it. >_<


===========Promotion:==========

Now I'm going to cheat; I'm supposed to list one to promote, but like with the most faves, it was a tie, so I'm going to list them both.
Kaleidescope Eye by Sithspit Sunset at Manchac, LA by Sithspit
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Christmas.
Hustle, bustle, spend too much, EAT too much, worry lots, even more so if you have bipolar disorder like my wife.  There's also the pleasure of watching a child's face light up from receiving a gift, or spending time with friends and family you might not often get a chance to.  Or, as I recently did, take in a show.

And that brings me to my point.

Most of the time when we think of show business, celebrities, and performers, we think of arrogant, self-centered, egotistical, or even narcissistic gas bags that are little more than talented blights on society with too much money and influence for their social and intellectual value.

And then there's a group like Trans-Siberian Orchestra, or TSO for short.

TSO puts on a yearly, seasonal concert tour, with TWO traveling troupes, north and south.  In areas where they sell out and sell out fast, they do more than one show, on the SAME DAY.  Do they make money?  Probably...someone has to pay for the most amazing pyrotechnic, laser, and light show I'VE ever seen.  But what sets them apart?  

I'm glad you asked.

TSO donates one dollar from every ticket sold to a LOCAL charity; at the recent New Orleans performance that meant over eleven THOUSAND, seven hundred dollars ($11,700+) went to a local charity that feeds families without funds of their own.  Additionally, unlike many other performers, their show is clean...you can take your 10 year old, or your uptight and religious grandmother and have no risk of them being offended or shocked.  

And the message?  Well...yes, there's a message.  The first half of the show is Christmas themed (they make it SNOW at one part!), and tells the tale of an angel that is traveling the world, looking for...something.  It tells of hope, of helping your fellow man, and, as the lyric in "Old City Bar" says:

If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last

By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask

They don't ram home any particular religious view; granted, since it's Christmas oriented and themed, there's a heavy Judeo-Christian influence, but it's not shoved down anyone's throat, nor is it ever sappy; anyone that's seen this group can attest, they ROCK.  And that's not even taking into account the SECOND half of their three hour set which is just pure visual and aural bliss, and allows them all to show off just how damned GOOD they are at what they do.

And they do it during the Christmas holidays when they COULD just be sitting at home with their money and families.

Hats off to you, Trans-Siberian Orchestra; may you rock your message and talent out for many years to come...when it comes to the meaning of Christmas, YOU'VE GOT IT DOWN COLD!
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This British photographer narrowly escaped death in the pursuit of his craft.  The pictures are telling enough, but watching the video at the end to see just how fast this happened really illustrates just how FAST and how close his doom could have been.

[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234929/Cheating-death-The-moment-British-photographer-narrowly-escapes-crushed-runaway-drag-race-car.html]
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Let me give you a hypothetical situation.

You have two people.  One of them is this guy; intelligent, educated, experience and training in emergency field medicine, trauma kinematics, and a former paramedic of nine years.  The other is an artist, of undetermined background, but undeniably talented with their medium.  What happens when the two collide?

Or, as I like to describe it, "What happens when First Guy points out to Second Guy that their art piece has inaccuracies?"

"Excuse me.  From that angle, and that height, with that weapon, that injury is virtually impossible, and even if achievable, there's no way someone of that build could inflict that much damage."

"Well, it's 'MY VISION', so it's right!"

Ok, by now you get the idea.  Where does a depiction of a character, race or species begin to allow artistic expression when the physical limitations of that character, race or species will not allow the depiction to be accurate?  Ok, it's art.  It's fantasy.  But shouldn't a humanoid character of a known, acknowledged species that is PORTRAYED AS that known, acknowledged species, FOLLOW THE PROPERTIES of that known, acknowledged species?!

Shouldn't a human ACT human in a painting?  Shouldn't a spear driven through someone's back, through their chest at sternum height, from upper to lower angle, cause much more damage than a hole the size of the shaft, and not even the spear head?  I don't think so.  Take your pick of any one of a thousand different scenarios on display daily at DA.

When the discrepancies are pointed out, almost TO A PERSON the artists have not thanked me for pointing out the discrepancy.  Oh no.  They've been offended!  Chagrined!  Angry!  How dare I question their vision!  It's...MEANT to be that way, because that's how they "see it".

Ok, it's their picture.  I'll give 'em that.  But where does artistic license end and a responsibility to be as accurately detailed as posssible of a CHOSEN SUBJECT with known parameters begin?  Are the artists right, and it's their choice as their vision, or is it just a cop out?
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