I think I'm going to be leaving dA. I really have nothing to contribute these days, and I don't see anything coming anytime soon. I've got a lot of things in my life that I need to sort out, and some things have come up recently that are going to keep me both busy and distracted. I hope that in time I will find my inspiration again. Perhaps I just need a new muse.

I'll still come by from time to time to check my messages and whatnot, and those of you I've grown closest to know that I will keep in touch via other means. First I close my website, now dA. But the time has just come now. It is time to move on.

I'll be clearing my friends list and all of my deviations except my brushes, which I still want to make available to people who can use them.

Good luck to you all in your creations. Thanks for sharing your work with me.

Adios.

Yesterday I just read all day. I read The Da Vinci Code in its entirity. A very good read, loaded with interesting stuff. Today I started Reading Lolita in Tehran which is exquisite. I have a couple books coming from Amazon, Life of Pi and A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali . I'm kind of on a reading bender right now. It's nice. No TV has changed my life. I love it. I read a lot before, but now I'm reading more, and reading makes me happy, so life seems to have a new richness to it.

Yeah.

I took this stupid online ink blot test: [link]

It's highly entertaining.

Allegedly my subconscious mind is driven mostly by curiosity. I generally agree with that, but am always wary of tests. But check it out because it's fun, and tell me what your subconscious mind is driven by!

~psychosomatic posted this on ~hcp's journal, so I'm going to be brave and do it too.

"I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less.
Ask me anything you want.

Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this
allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything."

So, yeah, ask away.

Well, the lyrics game didn't go as I had hoped. But here are the answers if you were at least curious. Maybe you'll be surprised how easy some of them were. I'm still surprised nobody recognized them.



1. Blossom of snow / may you bloom and grow / bloom and grow forever The Sound of Music - Edelweiss

2. If I had myself a flying giraffe / you'd have one in a box with a window Stereophonics - I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio

3. Never said it was sunshine but you took it all of the time The Chemical Brothers - The State We're In

4. Then there followed days of kings, empires and revolution / blood just looks the same when you open the veins. World Party - Is It like Today

5. Hey my love, you came to me like wine comes to the mouth Dave Matthews Band - Two-Step

6. You think / one drink / will shrink you 'til you're underground and living down Aimee Mann - Wise Up

7. And no one else could shine that far, love / to bring you safely through Emmylou Harris - I Will Dream

8. Send me dead flowers to my wedding / and I won't forget to put roses on your grave Townes Van Zandt - Dead Flowers

9. Fuck you / you're drunk and acting tough / I know you're sad Hawksley Workman - We Will Still Need a Song

10. Mountain gets steeper / the hole you dig gets deeper / you better stop and climb out Eric Clapton - No Alibis

11. Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns, and calls me on and on The Beatles - Across the Universe (The version in my playlist is a cover by Rufus Wainwright)

12. Stay true to your friends 'cause they'll save you in the end Sam Roberts - Hard Road

13. It belongs to them / let's give it back Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

14. What am I buying? / My soul is crying Lenny Kravitz - Stillness of Heart

15. Multitudes are marching to the big kettle drum / voices calling, voices crying / some are born and some are dying. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

16. When I was a kid I thought / I wanted all the things that I haven't got / oh, but I learned the hardest way Green Day - Macy's Day Parade

17. And the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

18. Hopped into the Chevy / heading for big lights OMD - How Bizarre

19. Cos it takes something more this time / than sweet sweet lies / before I open up my arms and fall David Gray - This Year's Love

20. But a day will come in this dawning age / when an honest man makes an honest wage U2 - Van Diemen's Land