I think I've lost my mind.

And in a very short while, I will show you why.

But I have cut Squishy....



to keep some of my sanity.

Apparently, A&F has been under fire a bit more due to well....firing a Muslim who did not want to take off the hijab.  And because she had been fired, she's suing the company under EOE and Freedom of Religion.

Well, thing is though, she got hired by the manager and she wore the scarf to the interview and apparently the manager had no issue with it.  But then the General Manager came by and said: "This ain't gonna work."  She was then fired by phone call and since she started pursuing the issue, she's been receiving death threats as well.

Now here's the issue, first off, I'm surprised A&F and all it's stuck up snobbiness has allowed someone who, by their perception of beauty "Doesn't fit with the look." I'm shocked.

Secondly, this goes back to the issue of being allowed to wear symbols of your religion as an expression of your freedom of religion rights vs. DRESS CODE!

Now, I've worked in places where I was told to have a particular dress code.  I worked in places where I had to wear a uniform, I had to wear certain types of shoes, slacks, have my hair a certain way, make sure that my tattoos were not showing.  Hell, the reason why I had to make sure I got tattoos that were either up on my upper arm or my back was because they were easy to hide.  

While I am agreeing that yeah, fight for your rights to freedom of religion and such and expression, business part of me is again  thinking about the dress code.

I saw on one show that yeah, the manager should have addressed this when the girl went into an interview.  There are dress codes in employment situations and wearing a head scarf might go against that, especially for something like A&F in which pretty much most of their workers are also the models for their clothes.  

Girl, working at A&F isn't for you at all.  And don't go work there anyways, they're a bunch of hypocritical douchebags who pretty much don't like anyone unless they're in the "IN CROWD" and look like the cover of GQ Magazine or Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Magazine.  Or Victoria Secret.

You don't want to work there.  

So, I'm torn on this one.  I agree both arguments, pretty much.

And the other thing.  I commented on a video on youtube and then I got this reply back saying that the first paragraph was heading in the right direction, but I completely lost it in the second one?

What the hell kind of comment is that?  Instead of addressing the issue I brought up, he had to comment on the differences of two paragraphs and then asked that I'd watch my wording?

Honestly.  This is why I don't speak my mind on youtube.  I should have left it this way, but I decided to open my mouth.  

And insert foot back into it.

I don't have an opinion on the method the kid is doing with giving the A&F clothes to the homeless. That's fine. He can do that for a statement. I question the exploitation thing. Though, I will say this: "Where's the clothes for douchebags." Perfect statement.

However, upon reviewing what I've seen. The CEO of the Abercrombie and Fitch line. Yeah, he's a douchebag.

Here's why. It's not because he doesn't make clothes for bigger women. That's far from it. It's because he comes out and states why he doesn't by pretty much being a snobbish douchebag, saying that he makes clothes only for pretty people who are cool, popular, and thin. As in supermodels. This is why he only has that type of people working in the stories. I aught to know, I had a friend who worked there and for the interview they had to measure her up to what was in the magazines, if she didn't fit their ideal look, she didn't get the job.

And yeah, I've always thought that mentality was elitest and all around stupid. I get some jobs require a certain weight or body build, but not a clothing store, where the cashier who pretty much can barely count–but has the look that would be on the cover of GQ. You're kinda going against the EOE rules here. You know.

But he's a douchebag. He's never gotten my business. Mostly because I don't fit in those clothes. At my smallest I was a size 12 in pants, but because I had rather large breast (stop laughing children!) I had to wear XL or XXL shirts. And this was even during the time when I was thin and fit, and young, and yeah, I had the look. But, I couldn't fit the clothes.

The other reason was just that, this who idealism of what women and even men are expected to look like. I sometimes talk about how women are objectifying, but this...yeah, in this store, so are the men. A&F are an equal opportunity offender.

And now the CEO says this...

"A lot of people don't belong in our clothes, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary. Absolutely!"

This is advertising failure! This doesn't sell your clothes. To state that you are the social clique of snobs that you are doesn't sell your clothes. It makes people more pissed off. It makes them not want to buy them. And when people stop buying your clothes, you lose money.

To me, who the fuck cares if they don't make clothes my size. For one, I don't even like their clothes nor ever will. But that statement is going to turn people away. It's going to make them pissed off, write letters. And when your CEO looks like Gary Busey retarded brother, saying that ugly people shouldn't wear the clothes you make–a little hypocritical. Yeah. Seriously, fuck you, Mike Jeffries.

And that's my two cents.

And here's a youtube video on everyone boycotting it.

And the one about the homeless...

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Neltharion gets trapped in the Phantom Zone.  

Is saved by Superman.


Then is later on hit on by Aquaman.

Why?

I dunno.

It's so fucked up.  My sanity.  Gone.

I HAVE TO HAVE MORE COUGH SYRUP!

I don't know if anyone knows about this story.  But it is back on Fanfiction.net.

I give you My Immortal!

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So much lulz.  I think we all need something to lighten our spirits right now.  

And if you haven't seen my insanity image.



Neltharion in platinum scales.  Let's make Galen jealous, Neltharion wears the platinum scales better than the actual PLATINUM DRAGON!

Makes me wonder if Nel would look good with six wings too.

I NEEDS MORE COUGH SYRUP!

Also, I'm doing a project with my friend

We want to start a webcomic together.  And to gather some funny material, he's created a live journal for people to ask the main character, an Orc named Skaalgaard some questions.  Skaalgaard works at a call center because well, the economy kinda sucks for children murdering orcs these days.

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Go visit it.

I take it back, Mayan Apocalypse, you were right!  It has been nigh!

Apparently the apocalypse is not the destruction of our civilization, but our noses because this year is the WORST YEAR OF POLLEN.  And it's going to get worse from here.

This is gonna suck for me and my nose.  Really.  Looks like I'm getting high on Benadryl.

And yes, this is happening, because I'm drawing weird images.  

Like Neltharion using Technomancy.  

And Takhisis is a White Lantern?  

Just let me do these weird images.  Just let me do them.

Well, I'm sick again!

It's this like hot weather or something that just started showing up all of a sudden, it made me sick.

It's been winter for like the last couple of weeks despite flowers blooming and trees all green again, it's just been winter. Then, boom! 80 degree weather right outta the fuck nowhere.

My body is confused.

So, yeah, sick. This sucks.

What is up with this song, people?

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I get the message they're TRYING to make.  But why does it seem to fall flat on the faces of both LL Cool J and Brad Paisley?

But I get what the song is trying to do, but it is also failing to do.  

You know, I'm gonna let two talented commentators speak for me.  Because again, they do a better job than I can.

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Enjoy.  It gets rather funny at the end, mostly because of the Rap Critic and Tod in the Shadows arguing over who's the bigger failure.  Rap Critic thinks it's LL Cool J, Tod thinks it's Brad Paisley.

You guys hate it when I post up odd images like this....



You don't know what's going on in the image, don't know the narrative....don't know the story despite it's one of my longest running series.  

Well, hopefully I will be able to do something right and more recognizable with the next one.

What do you guys think about ad blocking?  Especially on the Internet.

Me, I do use it.  I hate commercials.  That's why I came to the Internet, because I can watch some of the stuff I like without the worry of commercials.  One of the reasons why I like to watch DVDs over just watching TV as well.  No ads.

But apparently there are people who are now complaining about it.  Some of my reviewers are doing it, the sites I go on do it with "please disable the adblocker, or be destroyed."  Stupid things like that.

Really, if people want ads, then they don't need to use the blocker, but I'm one of the ones who hate the ads.  

What do you guys think?

I'll say this, one of my favorite reviewers Lord Kat said it best....and I think other reviewers need to realize this as well...

"I know it sounds crazy - after all, I'm encouraging users to essentially cut me off from a source of income - but it's actually more sane than complaining about ad-blocking, because ad revenue doesn't come from impressions, it comes from the community. A lot of content creators tend to get caught up in the world of advertising...What people forget that these users - who are complicated humans (people) with a wide variety of tastes and opinions - need to enjoy the content. If a user doesn't enjoy the content they're not going to return to your website. If you don't have return customers, you don't have a business. If you don't keep coming back to my website, this website ceases to exist."

You may read the rest here...

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Amen, Lord Kat.  I couldn't put it better myself!

Also another good resolution to the issue.

Whoever wrote this also needs certain people who are complaining about adblockers to read it.

I'll get to the paragraph I like...

"Along those lines, if you are running a media site, if you're having trouble making money, it's your fault. Don't blame your readers. Don't blame your community by telling them they're "devastating" a site by blocking ads or failing to pay for a paywall. As the producers of that site, it's your responsibility to do things to get that site paid for....Claiming that ad blocking is harming sites is like the recording industry claiming that piracy (or home taping) is killing music. Or it's like the newspaper industry claiming that aggregators are killing them. It's passing the blame. If you run a company, it's your responsibility to put together a business model that works. And if people are somehow figuring out ways to do what they want where you don't get paid, then it means you're doing something that needs to change. A good business model is one where everyone is happy with the transaction, not one where one party feels forced or coerced into accepting something they don't want."

Again, I can't say it better myself.

The link to their site as well..

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Is it me or does Justin Bieber look like a girly version of Vanilla Ice?




And yes again, I have to state this–again–I could beat up Justin Bieber.

My mom could beat up Justin Bieber.  I say this with all straightness, STEPHEN HAWKING could beat up Justin Bieber.  

This kid is no bad ass.  Vanilla Ice could beat up Justin Bieber.  Hell, Vanilla Ice was a better musician (not by much) than Justin Bieber.

Why is it when I'm trying to sit back relax, watching a nice program about alcohol clouds in space that some religious prick wants to ruin that with "Love Jesus or go to hell" or "Serve Allah or get blown up" schtick.

Come on, people, there are actual alcohol clouds in space.

ALCOHOL CLOUDS!

We shouldn't be arguing, we should be trying to find a way to get up there and extract it.  

Why is it that every science documentary always brings out the fucktards and their religious, Evangelical, radical Muslim tripe.

Why can't we just get along and figure out how to bring the alcohol cloud to us for endless stocks of beer and martinis?  Really?  The main picture of space exploration should be booze.  Seriously, booze!  If that's not the driving force of getting off this rock, then I don't know what is anymore.

We have actual alcohol clouds in space and people want to bitch about it.  Be thankful and pass around the unlimited supply of booze.  Trust me, we will be extinct before we even run out of the stuff if we harvest it now.

ALCOHOL CLOUDS!  SPACE IS FUCKING AWESOME!

Stop being religious Evangelical and radical Muslim assholes and just enjoy the free beer.  Is that hard to ask?

I was gonna call this thing "Location, Location, Location"  But it is about what I know.  And what do I know more than anything else?  The location of a span of 130 square miles around where I live.

Namely East Tennessee...



Yes, we're talking about that again.

I think one person had an issue with me writing in East Tennessee, mostly because he's never been her, most people who watch have never been here–don't know what this is...



Or why it was built.

The 1982 World's Fair, that's why.  You know, the most famous science and information expo like EVER!  And no one outside of maybe the local area knows what that thing was built?  Yeah, we had the World's Fair here.  30 years ago.

Yeah.

Apparently most people, including those who live inside the US, and especially those who live outside the US think all the US is all New York or Los Angeles.  Because everywhere else except those two cities does not exist.

Which is ONE of the reasons why I'm not writing in those cities.  

All meteors rain down upon New York or Los Angeles, I've seen in documentaries that giant waves hit only New York or Los Angeles and calling everywhere else "Uninhabited" coastal lines–in which if you've actually taken a good look at the map of the East Coast, there's plenty of habited areas above and below New York City.

Granted, I'll give you all Earthquakes happen in Los Angeles, but there is Sacramento, doesn't it count?  Oh, and in Day After Tomorrow, if they had to have tornadoes, they happened in Los Angeles either, despite the fact there's a lot of tornadoes happening during a particular seasonal time.  And of course are more attracted to trailer parks rather than large cities.

But thank God Katrina happened, or else most people wouldn't know where areas around New Orleans was, aside from thinking that every thing Louisiana is nothing but New Orleans or swamp.

I realize that these cities are our most iconic.  And there's a lot of diverse people there.  But, that is all the more reason to write a story I'm writing where it's more local, as in regular people, in this story rather than the iconic look of New York and what lives there.

So, I write what I know.  I know these people, I know what kind of people who live here.  I also know what this place looks like even more so than I do New York or Los Angeles.

And pretty much, I think those cities are over used.  They are everywhere in our media, in our culture...they are OVER USED.  It's time we start looking away from those places and have the chaos happen in less widely known towns and have the reader still care about these people and about the place they live in.  Because you know, these are their homes.

But, who cares, right?  It's not New York, so, it is insignificant.

I mean, more people would be pissed off that someone would knock down Lady Liberty rather than knock down the Sunsphere.  Because Lady Liberty is iconic, it is symbolic, it means a lot of things to many Americans and even a lot of people who come from other countries to visit.  It is a symbol of freedom.

Well, the Sunsphere isn't a symbol of freedom, and it isn't iconic at least to most people, but for us around here, we'd be pissed off if that golden ball were to be knocked down.  Why?  Because it means something to about 107 thousand people who lives in this area.  

But that's the thing, New York is its own character, and a lot of times it outshines everything else.  And so, the smaller area allows me to focus on the characters.

Here is a thought that I came up with when deciding on location...

What would happen if such a disaster would happen not in the largest cities, but in a smaller, lesser known town?  Yes, maybe the disaster that would happen in the small town would happen in the larger cities, but what if the focus on the small town and how they handle things?  What happens to them when all the chaos happens in the larger cities.

There's one thing I always say: "If it isn't happening outside my window right now, that if it isn't in my face, threatening to change my life, then I won't be usually worried about it."

So, let's make it happen in my backyard, in my town, within 30 miles of where I live and let's see what the people here do rather than what the people in New York would do.  Because we all know what happens when a catastrophe happens in New York.  We've seen it.  When know what happens when it occurs in LA.  We've seen it.  Looting, riots, buildings set on fire, traffic jams, protestors, that sort of thing.  

But for Southern Heat, the narrator cares very little of what happens to New York and Los Angeles.  How do these people handle what has happened?  Would they react like the bigger cities?  Or would things be a bit more controlled because of less population, more rural areas, less density in the major cities around the 130 square miles that I'm working with.  I mean Knoxville barely has the population of 70 thousand people.  And I turned maybe 5 of those 70 thousand into dragons.  

Also, the other reason why is because–this land is full of drama.  Because of the culture, the people who live here, it's an entirely different reaction.  And it isn't the South that people think it is.  

So, there we go.  That is why I decided to stick to home instead of going to the big City.

There is another reason.  This area, below the surface, is latticed by a network of cave systems.  One of which is the famous Gregory's Cave located in Cades Cove.  It is Tennessee deepest cave, going down nearly a thousand feet beneath the ground.  This area is perfect for dragons.  And there is a theory that one cave leads to another.  I am literally sitting on a state that is nothing more than Swiss Cheese.

I was gonna call this thing "Location, Location, Location"  But it is about what I know.  And what do I know more than anything else?  The location of a span of 130 square miles around where I live.

Namely East Tennessee...



Yes, we're talking about that again.

I think one person had an issue with me writing in East Tennessee, mostly because he's never been her, most people who watch have never been here–don't know what this is...



Or why it was built.

The 1982 World's Fair, that's why.  You know, the most famous science and information expo like EVER!  And no one outside of maybe the local area knows what that thing was built?  Yeah, we had the World's Fair here.  30 years ago.

Yeah.

Apparently most people, including those who live inside the US, and especially those who live outside the US think all the US is all New York or Los Angeles.  Because everywhere else except those two cities does not exist.

Which is ONE of the reasons why I'm not writing in those cities.  

All meteors rain down upon New York or Los Angeles, I've seen in documentaries that giant waves hit only New York or Los Angeles and calling everywhere else "Uninhabited" coastal lines–in which if you've actually taken a good look at the map of the East Coast, there's plenty of habited areas above and below New York City.

Granted, I'll give you all Earthquakes happen in Los Angeles, but there is Sacramento, doesn't it count?  Oh, and in Day After Tomorrow, if they had to have tornadoes, they happened in Los Angeles either, despite the fact there's a lot of tornadoes happening during a particular seasonal time.  And of course are more attracted to trailer parks rather than large cities.

But thank God Katrina happened, or else most people wouldn't know where areas around New Orleans was, aside from thinking that every thing Louisiana is nothing but New Orleans or swamp.

I realize that these cities are our most iconic.  And there's a lot of diverse people there.  But, that is all the more reason to write a story I'm writing where it's more local, as in regular people, in this story rather than the iconic look of New York and what lives there.

So, I write what I know.  I know these people, I know what kind of people who live here.  I also know what this place looks like even more so than I do New York or Los Angeles.

And pretty much, I think those cities are over used.  They are everywhere in our media, in our culture...they are OVER USED.  It's time we start looking away from those places and have the chaos happen in less widely known towns and have the reader still care about these people and about the place they live in.  Because you know, these are their homes.

But, who cares, right?  It's not New York, so, it is insignificant.

I mean, more people would be pissed off that someone would knock down Lady Liberty rather than knock down the Sunsphere.  Because Lady Liberty is iconic, it is symbolic, it means a lot of things to many Americans and even a lot of people who come from other countries to visit.  It is a symbol of freedom.

Well, the Sunsphere isn't a symbol of freedom, and it isn't iconic at least to most people, but for us around here, we'd be pissed off if that golden ball were to be knocked down.  Why?  Because it means something to about 107 thousand people who lives in this area.  

But that's the thing, New York is its own character, and a lot of times it outshines everything else.  And so, the smaller area allows me to focus on the characters.

Here is a thought that I came up with when deciding on location...

What would happen if such a disaster would happen not in the largest cities, but in a smaller, lesser known town?  Yes, maybe the disaster that would happen in the small town would happen in the larger cities, but what if the focus on the small town and how they handle things?  What happens to them when all the chaos happens in the larger cities.

There's one thing I always say: "If it isn't happening outside my window right now, that if it isn't in my face, threatening to change my life, then I won't be usually worried about it."

So, let's make it happen in my backyard, in my town, within 30 miles of where I live and let's see what the people here do rather than what the people in New York would do.  Because we all know what happens when a catastrophe happens in New York.  We've seen it.  When know what happens when it occurs in LA.  We've seen it.  Looting, riots, buildings set on fire, traffic jams, protestors, that sort of thing.  

But for Southern Heat, the narrator cares very little of what happens to New York and Los Angeles.  How do these people handle what has happened?  Would they react like the bigger cities?  Or would things be a bit more controlled because of less population, more rural areas, less density in the major cities around the 130 square miles that I'm working with.  I mean Knoxville barely has the population of 70 thousand people.  And I turned maybe 5 of those 70 thousand into dragons.  

Also, the other reason why is because–this land is full of drama.  Because of the culture, the people who live here, it's an entirely different reaction.  And it isn't the South that people think it is.  

So, there we go.  That is why I decided to stick to home instead of going to the big City.

First off, I wanna say–I read the Diary of Anne Frank.  It was a required historical book in my school.  Now, I don't know if any other schools had it as required literature, but it was on the list.

One of the reasons why–my history and English teacher was Jewish.

And so was I, so I wanted to learn more about the Holocaust and what happened.  

Luckily my Jewish family never suffered through the Holocaust, they were already in this country by the time Hitler did his douchbaggery upon Europe.  However, my family were survivors of the Russian pogroms in the early 20th century.

Ever seen Fiddler on the Roof?  Yeah...that actually happened to a few of my ancestors.  And no, we didn't sing about it.  

So, coming from that history, I know what being oppressed means.  I know that being oppressed because you think differently, you act differently, or you worship a different way–or even a different god (gods), it does create drama and criticism upon other people.  Some people may not like what I or other people believe in because, their view is different and the only way they can express it is to–well to put it simply, be total assholes to that person.  He's a big bully who realized when the bigger boy were coming to get him–well, let's just say, don't mess with the Big Boys.

Now, this can range from just calling that person a horrible name, to beating them up, to setting fire to their homes and forcing their families to relocate, to–saying that all people who think or act in a particular manner must die.  The latter happened when Hitler was–being an asshole–to the point where he wouldn't even let us punch him.  Fucktard killed himself before we could lay our hands on him.  That's how much of a douche he was.  

But let's discuss another mild douche.

Justin Bieber is no Hitler.  He's just a punk little brat, privileged asshat where well...we of the hipster crowd think it's cool to hate him.  Despite the fact that he's a little douche we want to pretty much punch, he's a teenager, and all teenagers are morons (that's a trope) think they know everything when they don't and wanna be awesome and make themselves the center of the universe.

I mean teenage girls is why we have Twilight, and teenage boys is why we have Michael Bay.

But Bieber is harmless.  He is.  Very HARMLESS.  Stupid.  Highly stupid.  VERY STUPID.  But Harmless.

So, on his world tour, I suppose, he decided to pay a visit to a little museum in Amsterdam.  I'm guessing he was in Amsterdam to get some pot, but at least he decided to educate himself while he was there.  

This museum is dedicated to the Holocaust and most importantly, Anne Frank.

Anne Frank was a teenage girl (13-year old), who during the time of the Nazi occupation of Holland, was forced into hiding by some very kind humanitarians.  She and her family stayed there, they were forbidden to speak a lot, unless it was in whispers.  They were told to live in the attic, and when the SS came by, they couldn't make a sound.  Nor could they leave the confines of their hideout.  So, Anne, as many teenage girls did, wrote a diary.  It details what it was like to be a teenage girl forbidden to do many things we take for granted now–just to stay alive.  She heard stories of her friends being taken away to work camps and also the death camps, food was very scarce, hard to get since she wasn't allowed to leave.  Eventually, the Nazis caught on, and being the bigoted douches they were–took Anne and her family away to one of the worst places ANYONE could ever be taken away to.

Auschwitz.

The concentration camp, aka the death camp was located in Poland.  And many people, Jews included, but also Polish, gays, gypsies, and a few disagreeable denomination of Christianity were all taken here.  This didn't just happen to the Jews, it happened to a lot of people of many different nationalities.  That's why it's important to remember it.   And when you arrived if you survived the filthy, disease-ridden train ride over, you were ushered into lines.  One line took you to the showers, another–took you to–the gas chamber to be killed on spot.  Usually those able to work were allowed to remain alive while those who were too old or too sickly were–put to death immediately.  

Anne was one of those who did not go through the gas chamber.  But she did die at the camp, she died of typhoid, which is a bacterial infection spread through food that isn't cooked or cleaned, or even prepared correctly.  Most of the Frank family, except for the father, did not survive.

An acquaintance I know who lives here in my town is one of those survivors of Auschwitz.  If anyone denies the Holocaust, I usually point to her and roll up her sleeve to show the tattooed serial number upon her arm.  Yeah.  There's the proof, guys, it really happened.  And yes, she was Jewish.

Now, back to Bieber.  Bieber decided to visit the House of Anne Frank, which has been transformed into a museum.  Okay, very heartwarming.  I suppose.  It's hard to tell with this kid.  So easily I'd say he wanted to do it because of good publicity and show the world he was an awesome guy–because it's all about him, right?  But another I kinda want to believe he was interested in the story.

Well, the people who ran the museum said on their website his visit was very welcomed.  

However, some reports stated Bieber was making gang signs while at the house.  This kid is trying to show how tough he is.  He's a little douchebag who pretty much anyone can beat up–plus he's white–and Canadian.  The part of me who is all about the continual spread of awareness against bigotry and hatred is a bit–offended by him just acting so punkish in a very historical building that makes it its business to remind us of the horrible acts caused by bigotry and hatred.  Perhaps I think, being there, he SHOULD have had more manners.  

So, my bit, he's just there to make everything all about him.

*Smacks Bieber*  No gang signs in Anne's House, you idiot!

Now, here's the thing...he signed the guestbook.  And what he wrote a lot of people are split between behind the meaning.  

"Truly inspiring to be able to come here.  Anne was a great girl.  Hopefully she would have been a Belieber."

Justine, you should have stopped at "Anne was a great girl."

Now, I'm torn about this comment. I've read one rabbi's little comment on it, saying that the statement wasn't that hurtful.  

Anne was a 13 year old girl, remember?  Like any 13 year old girl, she had posters of movie stars, when she could, she probably listened to records of her favorite music, and no doubt prior to hiding, she probably went to the movies and watched her favorite stars on the silver screen.  And it was stated she loved Hollywood movie stars.  I have no doubt she was a Clark Gable fan.  I can imagine her going to Gone with the Wind and wanting to be Scarlet.  Yes, because she was a 13 year old and that's what they did in the 1930s and 40s.  

That's what my aunt did.  That's what my grandmother did.  

So, we have to remember, though she wrote this diary which gave us insight on what it was like to be Jewish in Nazi occupied Europe, we have to remember she's a 13-year old girl.

So, in agreement with the rabbi's statement, yes, if Anne was a 13 year old girl in the 21st Century, far away from that horrible time, she would have Tweeted about Justin Bieber, screamed over Ke$ha, loved Hannah Montana, and even probably read and watch Twilight.  Oh, God, Anne!  I hope in my mind dear Anne Frank would have some tastes, but 13 year old girl, maybe not.  It's what's popular.  But, considering what all she's been through, I think Anne reading Twilight isn't as bad as we all would think.  Nor is the thought of her being a Justin Bieber fan any less horrible.  Again 13 YEAR OLD GIRL!  They had their own brand of Justin Biebers back then, trust me.

So, in many ways, I'd say that his statement of hoping she would have been a fan of his is both self-centered, but also kind.  

How can this be?

I'll tell you.  Justin Bieber is an artist.  Not a good one, but he is an artist.

I'm an artist.  And all artist do have a bit of a self centered streak.  We hope that you are all inspired by our works, we hope that you will keep coming back to us and telling us that you like what we do.  I always say that art isn't really art unless it garners an emotional response.  Even my posting of that piece of Shit garnered some emotional response.  So, once more, I did what I set out to do.  Justin does the same.  

However, what should have happened is him coming out and explaining the remark–and he didn't.  The next tweet he had was of him shirtless saying: "LOOK AT ME!!"

I hope whatever went through his mind was this: "I hope Anne would have been a fan of mine if she was a teenager of this day and not a teenager of that day.  I would have been honored have Anne Frank call herself a fan of mine considering it shows that despite that this girl at the age of 13 has seen the horrors that humanity has to offer–that there is some glimmer of hope in her eyes that not everyone is evil and there is some good in this world."

That is what I hoped that message said.  

But I could be bullshitting it and really he meant that statement to be all about him and not about Anne and what she had been through.  Because again, he's a stupid teenager who needs to be taught etiquette.

And damn-it, Justin, stop trying to act like a fucking badass!  You're a little twig that I could easily snap in half.  You're not a badass!  

And you're not Gangsta either!  You're a little douche.  

Here is a question I would like to ask.

Because Bieber has tweeted he visited Anne's house, many of his fans stated they've never heard of Anne Frank.  It is good that some of them might have some curiosity to even do a Google search of her to see what she was like, but this is what I want to ask.

Why isn't Anne's diary on the reading list?  I mean it was on mine, but it should be on every school's reading list.  But that's my issue with the school system of today.

Apparently according to some people, choosing to transform into a dragon and leaving your life behind to be that dragon, over providing for spouse and children is not considered short sighted.

In fact, leaving the spouse and kids and job and home and stability just to be great and have a name yourself is totally the way to go, and responsibility is being shallow minded.

Is this what I"m getting from some of my readers in reading Southern Heat?


Apparently so.

I would so choose it!  I mean, come on, no responsibility!  I'm a dragon!  Fuck responsibility.  Who cares?

I'm a dragon!

I am going to attack a bear.

I have to state this again.  I do NOT accept points for commissions.  At all.  There is no way I can transfer points into money.  I much rather have the money.

Just thought I'd tell people that.

And I'm glad a lot of people are liking Southern Heat.

Why is it when I look around for some transformation stories, there aren't any that really explore the character dealing with the aftermath of the transformation?

I'll give an example, there are human to dragon transformation stories that I've read and the character just automatically abandones whatever life they had.

And it usually revolves around a teenager, I've noticed, rarely an adult who goes through with it.  As if to say, this is a teen's way of rebelling against their parents?

Which is cliche and for me builds rather flat characters.

There are no consequences to the person who undergoes the transformation.  It's..."I'm a dragon now or, I'm a wolf now, or I'm a giant lion now!  And to hell with my old boring life, or any possibility that I may never see my parents again or what future I may have with this or whether or not I'd be accepted in society.  I'm this, I don't give a fuck."

I get the fantasy of it all.   I get the fantasy of turning into something other than yourself, becoming greater than you are, and leaving the life you had behind for this grander life that you never would've had as a human.  I get that.  

You know why I get that?

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn

Yes, Stephanie Meyer has capitalized on this.  If you've read the books, it seemed Bella never really loved Edward as a person, she was fantasized by the world he lived in and wanted desperately to become a part of it, which she does in the fourth book.  She agrees to marry him so she would become a vampire.  YES SHE NEVER REALLY LOVED HIM! (Okay, in the last couple of books she does show some emotion to love him, if you'd call it that)  She was in love with the fantasy of being a vampire.  Something tells me if he wasn't a vampire, she probably wouldn't have even gone as far as she did.

But 50 Shades of Grey may have changed that up. But again, there's the fantasy.

Yes, all the transformation stories that come out with this stupid fantasy of abandoning everything you know for this grand delusion, Meyer was the one who actually had it published and made it mainstream.

Thank about that for a moment for all of you who like to write transformation fantasy stories.  And then when Bella finally becomes a vampire it's like: "I was made to be this!"  Fuck all the people who came before.  Thanks to Jacob, she had to figure out ways of being with her father again, but if the whole creepy imprint thing didn't happen, Bella would have been okay with having her father know she died so that she could be a vampire with no consequence–also no conflict.

Compelling writing, this does not make.

But rarely have I've seen a story that really goes into the consequences of being this new thing.  

For my story, I do go into the consequences of becoming a dragon when you were once a human.  Especially if a whole bunch transform at the same time, what that would do to everyone around them.  But I also focus on the individual and what they go through.

So, why is it that most stories, and I'm talking about ones written on the internet mostly, really don't go into these ideas?  Even if they mention it once, it's not thought out very deeply.  Maybe the character questions himself or herself once, and then it's back to "I'm a X, doopitydoo!  Time to go do some awesome things again, because that's what I do and I'm not human anymore so I don't care."

Yeah, I will have a few characters in my stories that are like that, or a character who's pretty much accepted the fate they've been, kinda like how some people just come to accept they've got a disease or a disorder which might impair them or eventually kill them.  But to have a main character be this way, doesn't go into much for the reader.  

In other words, it falls flat and doesn't make the character relatable.

I've read lots of books, not many books focus on people turning into creatures unless they're either vampires or werewolves.  Rarely does it handle dragons.  Usually dragons are already there either in secrecy or have awoken from their long sleep.  And any transformation stories that deal with dragons are written by average people–despite the fact that people transforming into dragons is apart of our folklore.  Fanfnir, a dragon who was a dwarf and was transformed because of treasure.

Wait, Eustace from CS Lewis' Narnia series also transformed into a dragon.  And is the only one who at first thought it was awesome, then realized being a dragon isn't as awesome he thought it would be and started emoing out over it.  The down side was it wasn't dwell upon it for long in Eustace's case, nor the whole Baptism plot resolving afterwards when he was transformed back into a human–however, given it's supposed to be Eustace being Saved–and the whole transformation into a dragon was more or less a literal metaphor, I kinda understand why it wasn't really thought out longer than it was.  At least the movie extended it out more than the book.  Which is why I kinda like the movie a bit more.

But still Fafnir and Eustace are the only dragon transform stories I can think of–the latter by a legitimate author.  And Eustace is the one where we go into some consequences and conflict for transforming.  

So why is it that when you all write transformation stories, there's no consequences or even a thought by the character that maybe becoming this–especially a dragon–would be detrimental?  Do we just not know how to write characters who can show more than one personality trait or even question the issues of becoming something like a dragon may have an affect on the world around them or the people they know?

So, really, give me something.

Also, anyone can list off books they've read where a human turns into a dragon?  Besides Narnia.

I just discovered something.  There's water in the water!  Oh my god, people, actual water in the water!  That's fucking evil!

Madness!  Madness!  How dare we put water in our water?  Don't you know how hazardous that could be?  I mean the very idea, folks.  The very idea!

Warning, exposure to dihydrogen monoxide includes, needing to urinate, dry mouth, possible frost bite, and asphyxiation, and also corrosion of metals and interference of electronics.  Dihydrogen Monoxide may possibly contain the vary dangerous organism known as Carcharodon carcharias.

Keep out of reach of children and elderly.

How could we let this evil substance continue on?  How could we?  We must destroy everything that has dihydrogen monoxide so that we can make this world safe for our children.

THINK OF OUR CHILDREN!  The'yre drinking this stuff whenever they're outside playing!  We're swimming in this dangerous stuff.  We're fishing in it!

Damn it!  How could we let this go on? How?  This planet needs become Dune.  No not a drop of water on that planet.  Completely safe, yo.  

And all we have to worry about is narcotic-addicted cave people riding on sandworms.  Well, that's much, much safer than having a planet filled with dihydrogen monoxide.

The fiends!  This all Obama's fault!  Putting water in our water!  

Yes, I'm joking.  Do I need to spell it out to you?

But after the joke, let's talk serious.  Not about having water in our water.


I've come up with an idea of what to do with Tanya a bit later during the second half of the story.

Southern Heat will be split into two parts, but all happening in one book.

First half is called Quarantine, which I hope people are reading...



The second part is called Coalition.  And it will revolve around Tanya of course and how she is now dealing with these two factions, one that's all about draconic supremacy, and the other about sanctifying humanity and simply "dragons are evil bastards that need to be destroyed."

Tanya is going to be split, she's gonna be dealing with the dragon supremacists and I thought about having Casey deal with the human supremacists.

First off with Casey, I thought that his mother would join this group and such and try to drag him into it, which will further rift him and Tanya apart.  

But here's the clincher.  Though I thought about Tanya eventually joining a special forces team that will be called upon to handle dragons who become too out of control in North America, but before she does that, she gets–tricked–into at least seeing what the dragon supremacists are about.  

In Chapter 10 of Quarantine, I did introduce a little info about the potential leader of this group, he's a huge Red Dragon who escaped the camp and took some dragons with him.  This dragon was a veteran, he has fought in wars, he knows how the military thinks, and could use this as a means to get what he wants.  He is a charismatic being who has given into his draconic nature completely to the point where he has abandoned his human name in favor of his draconic one and instructs those who follow him to do the same.  And he's a born leader.  

For whatever reasons as to why he has given into his draconic nature, I will not be explaining.  I feel such things should be left to the reader to figure out.   And I'd like to hear them as to why someone like this would just give into his draconic natures to such an extreme.  But as to why he wishes to create this group is because–for simple reasons, he sees himself as a superior being to humans.  And yeah, for good reasons–dragons are big, stronger, more durable, have breath weapons, can live longer, have magic powers.  That sort of thing.  But he's taking it to the extremes, he sees the evils of humanity, because of what he has seen as a soldier, and begins to believe that humanity itself is well–misguided, not really evil, but pathetic and if they wish to continue–they should accept their new draconic masters, who will usher in a new peace in which the dragons rule and the humans are subservient.

His over all message is one of peace–at least on the surface.  But we all know what kind of peace this guy may want.   Usually means bad things.  But first off, his peaceful message may be of one of solace and sanctuary to any dragon who feels oppressed by the government and not being allowed to be their new selves–not being allowed to live this new gift they were given.  And so he would gain followers from many dragons who might feel restrained and oppressed by the government, or even their peers.  Also, he could very well gain followers from humans as well.  This Red Dragon leader wants human followers, and would be openly welcoming to them, because on the surface, humans who can help spread his message is a good thing, but deep down, Red Dragons likes to have the little two-legged soft-bodies as servants.  And easier to avoid a bloodbath if the new servants, or–SLAVES–are a little more obedient and welcoming to his New World Order.  

So, Tanya is intelligent, but–she's not savvy intelligent.  And in her emotional state, she would want to find out about this group who might help to bring a voice to dragon kind.  If she has to live with herself as she is, then, she needs to have a voice in this world where humanity may try to silence them.   So, she goes to find out what this is all about.  She doesn't quite meet this huge Red, but some of his followers, who then inform him about the ONLY FEMALE RED DRAGON in North America is looking into his group.  And looking into this group would also drive a bit of a wedge between her and Casey.  

Conflict people!

Eventually, I thought about Tanya finding out the evils behind this group and what this particular charismatic Red Dragon may have in store for her–as in mating purposes for one–and for another experimentation–and usage of her particular gifts.  Tanya has a gift (curse) that is of interest to him.  And I'll show that off when she goes after the Brass Dragon.  As for this Red Dragon, he has some gifts of his own, particular gifts that may help him in controlling his followers, and also very important, since he has allowed himself to delve into his draconic nature, he has also opened himself into the genetic memory of his particular family line.  This dragon may know what the Event was, which is again a big thing for Tanya to figure out.  She doesn't know and denies her own genetic memory to find out.  If she allows herself to see into her genetic memory, she is afraid she may lose herself to Xymaeosthrax, the Red Dragon part of her.

So, I'm mapping out ideas on what I want to do with the next part of the story.  But before I get to Coalition, when I finish up on Quarantine, I'll start back on the Halo/Mass Effect story that needs to be finished!  As well as starting on Neltharion's story of going to Pandaria.

I've got stories to write.

And COMMISSIONS TO DO!  So, Yes, I'll be doing those as well.