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'I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind'
~ Antoine de St. Exupéry

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well ok, it only took five billion years but here are the entries and winners in my contest!!!! (bet you thought I'd forget huh? NEVAHHHHH ! how silly of you ^^ )

so, there were three entries by two brave entrants: and here they are!


'calendar spirit' by ~SeveruSeprentine


'calendar' and 'bob dylan poster' by *hpfanatic17

since there were only the two, I split the prize, and *hpfanatic17 already has her sub. ~SeveruSeprentine will have to get something else she wants, cause she can't use a sub at her school where she is. I'm sure she'll tell me what she wants. ^^

and now because i think it was part of the prize, I will also feature some lovely artwork from the galleries of the two winners. please enjoy and go give them some luvvins




*hpfanatic17




~SeveruSeprentine






i'm going to leave the faith in humanity journal here a bit because I am having fun with it. but I had to get these features up before we all expired of old age. I also entered the random deviant project, and have a feature to do of my lovely random deviant, which will probably come in another five billion years. but, slow and steady, that's my motto ^^






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...... FAITH IN HUMANITY JOURNAL .....

Im going to get a little philosophical here, so if its boring or whatever just please skip it, this is just for me and my own curiosity, and anyone else who may be in any way interested.

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FAITH IN HUMANITY......

what a concept. if anyone wants to find out about the faith in humanity project, they can click the link in my signature, it will go to a news article about it...

so, one asks - why would I engage in such a thing? well..... the truth is I went through a lot of really horrible crap in my life very young... and i still remember VIVIDLY the very day, I was sixteen, on which I decided that all humans and all humanity were inherently evil.

I can describe every single thing about it, but I won't because it was so incredibly horrible that I feel embarrassed about it. it was a very humiliating experience. it wasn't the worst day of my life, but only because so many things have happened to me worse, believe it or not........ but on that particular day, I came to the conclusion in my head that all humans were inherently evil. something in me just broke, and it was very sad, because I am a loving person and just wanted to be good and be loved.

since then my faith has improved. I was hit by a drunk driver at age twenty -- who almost blinded me, and gave me brain injuries that changed my whole life and still do to this day. but even though that guy didn't spend one day in jail for almost killing me, that experience actually *renewed* my faith because of the many OTHER people who came forward selflessly to help me during that time.

since then many, many things have happened that have nourished my faith in the people around me....... most of them. a lot of unspeakably horrific things have continued to happen as well, unfortunately, many of them more horrific than that day by a long long shot... but I have never again lost faith in humanity as a whole to that degree.

so I am curious now..... do humans really suck more than we succeed? does it just appear that way? is there a reason for it, if we do? how much do humans REALLY do that is on the 'win' side?? I am curious about all these things. so, we shall see!


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FIRST POINTS:

1) this first one is the kind of thing that makes me suicidal at three in the morning. in this case, animal activists sneaked into a meat processing plant and took video of workers there "torturing" cattle who were too sick to stand up, known as 'downers', with electric shock and high pressure hoses in order to force them in to be slaughtered. but as if that wasn't lovely enough, this illegal meat was then supplied to SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS right here in my state, where some of it was apparently consumed by children, before this was all found out....

THAT IS FAIL AT LIFE, FOLKS. on SO many levels. so as the soup nazi says on seinfeld..... NO POINTS FOR YOU!!!!!!!! MINUS TWO!!!!!

2) the next was a positive. this may seem selfish because it was something I witnessed. but, eh. I saw it in an extremely fun class I just took and the reason this qualifies as "win at life" behavior is because both women who taught the class were 100% blind. they had NO vision.. each had completely prosthetic eyes. some of the students were completely blind, and many were completely deaf. so I give those women TWO POINTS because of how wonderful it was to see them teach this class, and what a great job they did, with no sight between them, and a number of completely deaf students. this class was a miracle of cooperative humanity, and I give it TWO POINTS!!!!!

sooooo so far, we are even..... two and two. we will see what happens next. good luck humanity.

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3/8/08:
(-1) mother videotaped punishing her 2 year old by taking her into car wash and spraying her with the high pressure hose. in her defense, the mother claimed "it wasn't on full pressure" MINUS ONE!
(+1) on the other hand, the woman was arrested, so PLUS ONE.
(+1) deviant saves a really fat toad from their pool. [link]
(+1) local resident first legally blind woman to cross finish line in the Iditarod
(+1) deviant generously gifts another deviant a surprise $200! [link]

3/17/08:
sixteen year old boy dies trying to save 11 year old stranger being dragged out to sea by riptide. neither survive. (+3)

"Oprah's big Give" - I have to give this 2 positive points because at least someone is modeling generosity. HOWEVER I am taking off 6 points because it is so utterly whored out to commercialism. net gain, (-4)
(-5) the idiotic corn oil debacle that is causing prices for everything to rise.
(-5) MY GOVERNMENT!!! (sorry bush fans)
vanishing bees and frogs (-3)
David Paterson to replace "sex scandal Spitzer" as nation's first legally blind governor!! (+1)

march 22 is world pillowfight day!!!! now that's a holiday I can get behind. plus 1!

4/19/08
this is really sad, two teenagers were arrested yesterday for attacking a mother canada goose who was defending her nest. they destroyed her eggs and kicked her and hit her with rocks. fortunately the goose was saved and is being cared for but will lose one of her eyes. nasty brats they just lost the human race five points. >
on the good side, a petstore owner was stupid enough to handle a hungry 12 foot python with mouse-smell on her hands, and it ate her arm up to the elbow before she got free. the reason this is positive points is because she did not allow the police to kill the snake. instead they simply pried her loose and saved the snake's life. this was more likely because the snake is very expensive, but I'm giving the benefit of the doubt. so, plus 3.

5/4/08
PREPARE TO BE ASHAMED RIGHT NOW, HUMANS. I urge all of you right now to boycott HORSE RACING as you would boycott any other form of ANIMAL ABUSE. yet another horse went down in the kentucky derby (a filly named Eight Belles) and they are saying its the track and blah blah, but its not, its overtraining by greedy humans. Im restraining myself *mightily* to only take minus 6! you should be ashamed!!!!!

people people people.... are you aware that millions of sharks each year are deliberately caught, have their fins sliced off for 'shark fin soup', and their entire bodies thrown back in the water alive as WASTE?? PEOPLE! get it together!! good god. minus 2.

finally a good thing!! Oregon has decided NOT to murder innocent sea lions who are snacking on salmon by the dam here. Fishermen lobbied hard to be allowed to shoot the seals, but people protested and the court agreed to protect the sea lions and merely relocate them! alright plus 2!..


ahhh now. some may be aware I just returned from a memorial for a fifteen year old girl who was kidnapped and killed and left in a field, blocks away from her church. You may be wondering what this has done to my faith in humanity. I will tell you it has done nothing. there will be no points taken away for that. why? because whoever did that, as the father of the murdered child pointed out, does not qualify as human. additionally, the fact that REAL humans did come together in a remarkable display of caring and support far negates anything such a low scum would try to do. therefore my faith if anything has been raised by this event. rest in peace Kaelin Rose. nothing but love will be your memory.



oh lord.. this is low.. humans, you are losing ten for this one. regarding previously mentioned sea lions: some dastardly coward actually approached six sea lions as they rested inside a trap awaiting relocation. these federally protected animals were SHOT AS THEY LAY UNABLE TO ESCAPE IN THIS CAGE. humans, how can you sink so low. MINUS TEN. karma's a hellatious bitch, baby. she's comin for YOU!





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