People

X-posted on my tumblr & live journal

It’s been something I’ve thought about on and off, my like for people have been on and off my whole life. Recently with a lot of the hatred that has been going around for other ethnic backgrounds who aren’t white….Or the hatred towards people who have a different sexual orientation or people who are non-binary. It’s dumbfounded me really because I don’t understand it at all.

If you are going to hate a person hate the person for what they are, but really why hate? It’s draining and brings nothing good to this world we live in. Don’t think about the person you hate, why would you? If you dislike someone for whatever reason just remove them from your life, if you have to talk to them be civil, talk to them as any other person; it won’t kill you. Hate is a wasted emotion and I find that people who hate others revolve their life around that hate and that person…What’s the point?

The way I was bought up was to look at people as people not the colour of their skin, not their religion, not their sexual orientation. Even though I may not have been privy to certain details when I was growing up (like what a homosexual was) it never mattered to me.

I’ve been through a lot of discrimination in my life, not only because of the way I look (zomg I’m Asian D8!) but because I am a girl…I’ve been mistake for a lesbian or bi-curious/bi-sexual because I’m a friendly person and because sometimes I may bait my friends a little but that’s besides the point.

Which is rather funny when you think about it, as a child growing up just looking at people for people and not really taking into account their colour, race and such it NEVER clicked that I looked different to others…I have a nose, eyes, mouth, ears…etc So I kinda didn’t understand why I got picked on as a child; until of course my parents (who are white) explained that I was adopted XD;…

We should all strive to look at people as people and base our likes on common interests, morals and values NOT on things that do not really matter like colour of skin, IQ, sexual orientation etc. Make this world a better place to live and place bearable to live in for yourself and others.

I have all manner of friends online and offline and I treasure every one of them…Non-binary, homosexual, bi-sexual, crazy, smart, funny, dumb, creative etc…Everyone of them are important and have played a big part in influencing my life no matter how little or small.

Does this make sense?

Hmmm this was my thought the other day....

If pedophelia is WRONG (and we all bloody well know it is) then WHY is it in fandom so accepted?...(i.e. the amount of fanarts and doujinshis with underaged characters in sexual situations or even hinting on.) Why do we accept it?

Is it because they are fictional characters and not real?

Given that I myself have drawn some incinuated images with Naruto and Sasuke and own a number of Naruto yaoi doujinshi...and other various doujins...

I just find it strange that we know it's wrong and yet support it in a way....does this bother you or not bother you?

Victorian Bushfires

It really warms my heart to hear that so many people across the World want to do their part and try and help out. There is unfortunently less options for people overseas who do not own a credit card.

Is there somewhere they can put in with paypal?


Please keep your thoughts with the people effected and the brave firefighters battling the blazes.

Here are some links provided on facebook cause's communities
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/213558?m=085363e0


Donate to help injured animals:
http://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=35

Reccross Links:
https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp

http://www.redcross.org.au/vic/services_emergencyservices_victorian-bushfires-appeal-2009.htm

Pledge Money:
http://www.nab.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/nab/nab/home/About_Us/8/5/14/NAB+establishes+$1+Million+bushfire+relief+fund

Coles Links:
http://www.coles.com.au/about/news/documents/Coles%20bushfire%20appeal%20donation.pdf

Blood Donations:
http://www.donateblood.com.au/page.aspx?IDDataTreeMenu=47

Westpac Donations:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/745313/fire-victims-get-relief-from-westpac


http://mapvisage.appspot.com/fires/FireMap.html
This is a realtime map from google with combined info from CFA & DSE websites.
They are asking people to please not use the CFA or DSE sites unless you are in fire danger and urgently need this information.

BEWARE PROACTIV

AVOID them like the scum they are.
The product is ok, not good for sensative skin though. Can only use it about 2 times a week...EPIC FAIL! Since they BOAST about how its good for sensative skin.

They charged my credit card once without my permission and I was pissed...I'm also down whatever they charge for shipping an item that I didn't want. They advertised a product a test/samples pack once off...Apparently it WASN'T since I suddenly gotten another pack a month later.

So with all the CRAP they put me through I thought I would bill them. The bastards obviously DON'T give a shit about the customer...So they only refunded the amount minus shipping back to them

So I am NOT a happy consumer by all means...I'm a very pissed off consumer...VERY PISSED OFF.

go to ---> http://www.infomercialscams.com

Arts

I'm beginning to wonder again whether I should continue to post on Deviant Art the problem I have is that it does get a lot more traffic then most other art sites and the community is...ok. Not the best, but ...decentish.

What brings this to mind again is the growing number of kids uploading "cool" screencaps of some anime and thinking it's ok. Sometimes it's not like they are claiming they drew it but they aren't saying otherwise either. Also the amount of traces popping up with claim of originality. or eyeballing without stating refs...just the normal thing a decent human being/artist would and SHOULD do.

Knowing all of this it's made me as an artist growingly paranoid about posting up my art even with watermarks. We have found on a few occasions that watermarks do not stop people and some watermarks have been removed (Divine-Star had her watermark removed from a small DMC comic.)

So I wonder about what course of action I should take...only post up "professional" stuff like commissions and trades and leave other stuff for live journal under a friends lock or post up only a section of a commissions and trades...But I think maybe I will ask friends on DevART about what they think.

BEWARE on ebay

Recently my (item# 190179017043) 3rd last ebay purchase was sent to me (within like the last month.) Now like most people I buy from on ebay I ALWAYS check out their feedback even if I have to go back 30 pages to find the one negative comment someone left. Now I got the item and like normal I left my feedback: Item is a bootleg. I want a refund, MAY consider mutually taking feedback away.

Now notice that I say I want a refund and THEN I MAY consider taking my feedback back. Anyhows...I get this back from the seller: Not a nice deal. anyway, thanks

Message from seller: Please Accept our Great Apology. We know we did something wrong to you. Would you mind to forgive and withdraw negative feedback each other? Sorry again. thank you very much. have a nice day.

This pretty much say's they ADMIT that they apparently know that what they are doing is wrong etc...So in a long story short I feel that they purposefully gave me negative feedback so If I wanted to save myself from having something negative on my feedback list I will HAVE to withdraw it. Which I'm not.

Emails about this item (there are some more NOW):

Images to compare: http://members.iinet.net.au/~frazzled.niya/bootleg/

EXAMPLE OF FEEDBACK THEY HAVE
Mutually withdrawn feeback comments:
30-Nov-07 11:54 - been a month, item never arrived. seller won't even answer my inquiries anymore
26-Nov-07 11:30 - Good seller, however, item was not legit.
14-Nov-07 13:07 - not like the photo,without "high quality plastic with fine details".not original
12-Nov-07 05:41 - nice item but item came from japan not londen like advistied
30-Oct-07 13:21 - Product had loose threads and wasn't as big as described, but it ships QUICKLY
25-Oct-07 11:46 - seems like it was in the sun for a time, paint job redone, paint coming off
25-Oct-07 08:47 - Item was damaged significantly, not as shown on seller's page
20-Oct-07 07:53 - figure broken in several parts but box intact, very strange ?
05-Oct-07 10:32 - ITEM NOT AS STATED--FALSELY ADVERTISED! HUGE lack of concern from seller. BEWARE
NEGATIVE:
21-Nov-07 12:07 - Sent wrong item, expects me to pay extra to receive correct item.
17-Nov-07 12:22 - This is NOT an real official Sony battery, doesnt last as long as original 1800
-----[follow up comment] User sells fraudulent items and he leaves false retaliatory comments, stay away!
10-Nov-07 13:59 - Fake Sony PSP 2200mAh battery, sells fake products, stay away
08-Nov-07 19:07 - i pay the insurance, you send late by normalpost in a letter. karen no have base
07-Nov-07 11:02 - Moving parts broke immedietly after opening box. Don't recommend.
25-Oct-07 11:01 - Cheap quality. Not the real resin figure, it is plastic and feels sticky
21-Oct-07 02:56 - Shipped with no box; arrived broken. Offered only $2 refund of over $30 cost.
19-Oct-07 16:29 - Item came in Bad shape. Seller asked more money to replace, won't recommend
05-Oct-07 00:07 - Waited a grand total of 24 days, no item recieved, just excuses Beware of Seller
Positive:
06-Oct-07 08:09 - it took 1 month to arrive, but the item is nice & the seller is the GREAT, too!
-----[follow up comment] (19-Nov-07 04:27): GOT BROKEN IN 2 MINUTES, BEWARE!! BAAAAD ITEM, BAD SELLER, WON'T REFUND!

I have emailed with ebay about this, taken this to the "resolution" center and also reported this seller to http://www.econsumer.gov/

I hope to warn people/collectors from this person, I wanted to just confirm that this person does sell bootlegs as there were as you can see above in the feedback myself. I'm actually kinda sad that I did and should have trusted myself. This has seriously damaged my ebay buying thoughts, I probably will just stick to my friends who sell on there and people I have bought from before that sell only LEGIT items.

Ebay/Paypal wants me to SEND the bootlegged item BACK to this person with my own FUCKEN MONEY!...HELL FUCK OFF HEY!....I am not paying out of my own pocket for something that they will just pawn off onto some other person.

I was just talking to my Mum about this and we have decided to just RTS it, also Mum has pointed out that the figurine is broken...Lovely right?... Either way I am really not satisfied with the service I have gotten from the seller, ebay or paypal. I JUST WANT THIS PERSON GONE. Seriously how can someone SLEEP at night selling people bootlegged shit?...My god!

Please help me keep people away

from buying from this person.

Morning Musings

This morning I found myself thinking about the drinking habits of the kids of now...Even when I was a teen, the drinking thing was pretty bad...Its funny when you hear 'new' studies showing that teen drinking is getting bad?...WTF It was already bad you douches.

Anyhows seriously kiddies don't go and kill your livers...After some years of experience... I can safely tell you.

To be safe
a) Know your limits, stick to them
b) Do NOT mix your drinks, if you are drinking spirits stick with them...if you are drinking beer stick to them so NOT mix them, it can end badly.
c) Drink water between drinks it should dissolve the alcohol in your stomach a little making it easier to process.
Its not Cool yo!
d) Don't think its cool to get totally smashed off your face. You don't know what you will do...You may end up beind raped...or be the one doing the raping. Beating whatever, its not cool.
e) If you think you are safe to drive, think again. Effectively your reaction time is pretty much halved. Do you really want to risk having the death or serious injury to your friends or other people hanging over your head?
f) I hope you don't think sitting and crying over things while your friends hold your hair so you don't puke in your hair is cool.
g) Drinking so much you feel like you are going to die...or at least feel like you want to die.

...Seriously I can think of so many more ways that its not cool to go and binge.

I don't see why its so cool to drink, sure the occasional drink is cool...but going over board it just plain stupid, just think about the damage you are doing to your brain...your liver your stomach and teeth (you vomit up bile, food and stomach acid)....

Oh yes I did my share of binge-ing back in the day...did my hand on being on the edge and shit. But I'm not in school anymore hey, don't have the pressure of having to be someone I may or may not be.

Anyhows just think a little before you start to go stupid drinking. If you are out be responsible and organise someone to drink or organise a taxi or something. Don't be stupid.