Drink and the Devil had done for the rest.

fifteen men on a dead men chest by ME (yes, as in myself)

good god, making a chant (essentially, as there is no official song yet) into music is hard, i'm currently working on a bass walk for it, putting in the rest shall be difficult...

I've been working on characters for my comic in my sketch book, and one thing i find helpful is a reference. i know it's one of the basics of drawing, but i never really used it till recently, and honestly, it helps alot. anywho.

i've learned another thing in the learning of Ayn Rand, but this principle actually stands against Rand's philosophy (finally, i've stopped with the brown-nosing :D). my theory is that in order to be happy, one must find a path that entails no suffering. what do i mean? people think that money is happiness, so what do they do? they suffer through a job for it. what they end up doing is flipping their causes and effects around. the way it should be is cause:job, effect:money. but the way most people put it is cause:money, effect: Job (note, this part was stolen from Rand). but why? why the flip? because people think that somehow happiness comes from suffering. it's in every major religion, you suffer to find happiness. why can't i be happy with my job? why can't i be happy with my college? instead of taking the path most taken, i want to find a path that'll make me happy instead of suffer.

so here's a tool for you all, use these two tools. ask you self why your doing something and what's the effect of it. if you find that your cause and effect are switched around, do something to fix. and always ask yourself, am i allowing myself to suffer for something? if you are, then maybe you should consider changing it.

but, finally, always remember this. what ever you do in life, OWN IT. what do i mean? i mean that if you decide to give to charity, do it because you WANT TO, not because of a moral obligation or "higher calling". if you're doing something because you want to, you won't have to ask yourself why, you would already know the reason.

that is all.