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I had my messages on dA fluctuating from the 500's to 300's for maybe over a month now;;;

Partly why I've been such a ghost lately was because the number of deviations and messages were so daunting, my wrist would cramp up just thinking about it, so just now I ended up deleting all the messages in hopes that I can actually keep up with you guys again.

So if I missed anything important, lemme know ; w ;

I would get into why I've been away, but before that- heck, I don't even think I can mention it after this- but man...the stuff that's been happening in Japan...or has happened anyway;;;...

I've been keeping up with it on Captalia (Hetalia's Capslock community on livejournal) nearly non-stop...even if the deaths and destruction are absolutely devastating, it was comforting to see just how loving and caring the people in that community really are- not just for Japan, but for the other countries, and even the ones affected by tragedy in the past. (Indonesia, Haiti, what happened with Katrina, etc)

Unfortunately, I can't say the same for deviantART.

Don't get me wrong, I love every single one of my friends and watchers on here, but seeing the overall attitude of dA's artists during such a hard time made me feel kind of sick; as though I were seeing dA's true colors for the first time in all of the 6 years that I've been a member.

Don't worry, I'm not leaving dA because of this, but that thought sure as heck crossed my mind  a few times. Basically, what I saw were two sides of the same coin:

1) omg you only care because its JAPAN and for your beloved animus and mangos and manga-kyas and blahblahblah YOU'RE SUCH A WEEABOO
2) omg how could they post-pone the newest chapter of my favoritest Shonen Jump series?! T___T


Both responses are absolutely deplorable, but I won't go into detail because I'm sure everyone's heard both sides of the story by now =

But anyway, I feel bad for neglecting STP in particular. Whenever I think about drawing, my wrist starts to hurt, and even then, nothing ever comes out, let alone something decent.

At this point I'd probably only be able to poop out crack doodles for STP.

...Which actually doesn't sound like such a bad idea, now that I think about it XD

Maybe it'd be just what the doctor ordered? If nobody minds me putting off my long list anyway.

Incidentally, this thought was something that came into my head just now; so I won't really add it to my to-do list. My to-do list is already freakishly long;;;;

Anyway, I'mma go to sleep but play some vid'ja games first, so see ya C:

~Mizu
  • Mood: Mortified
  • Listening to: Nothin'~
  • Reading: my journal
  • Watching: all of you!
  • Eating: brains
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:iconpinaki93:
~pinaki93 Mar 19, 2011  Student Digital Artist
To be honest, when it was just an earthquake, I was like oh, that's bad. But then they had a tsunami and then had a power plant and.... 0_0
Really, the front page has bothered me alot the past few days, because I can't click on anything without seeing all this immaturity and such. And I'm just afraid to talk about it in general now. :/
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~MizuTakishima Mar 19, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
lol I know what you mean XD My boyfriend told me about a 7.1 earthquake and I was like "Oh, that's big but I'm sure they're fine, they're the Earthquake Nation afterall"

But then it was an 8.something, and the Tsunami hit, and apparently it was 9.something and all the other stuff you said, plus aftershocks ;___;

The front page has been upsetting me more and more, even before the whole Japan thing; so now I just have my bookmarks take me to my page instead of the front page XD
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~pinaki93 Mar 19, 2011  Student Digital Artist
I was in class on the internet when I found out they had a tsunami afterwards. It was terrible to watch :(

I might have to do that for a while now, until I want to see the front page again xD
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~ReyahRayno Mar 19, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Yeah the Japan thing has been especially a touchy subject with me. When I first heard it my mind immediately went to my Sister's host family in Japan. (Turns out they're all safe <3)
But crap. The arguments were so cruel and childish! You couldn't care about Japan because that would make you a weeaboo who misses there managz and animus, it also made you completely forget about Libya, Egypt, New Zealand and Haiti. What. The. Fuck.
And then there were arguments on the word "pray" being used and the whole. PRAYING DOES NOTHING. YOU DON'T CARE UNLESS YOU DONATE TEN DOLLARS LIKE I DID. YOU PEOPLE ARE AWFUL AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOUR "IMAGINARY SKY GOD".
Shit, since when did we have to bring religion into this mess? Seriously, I'm just so amazed at the amount of arguing there is about people suffering in a different country.

And damn. The thing that made me upset was I wasn't able to say I was worried about certain authors or artists in Japan because I would've had the ever living shit bashed out of me. Because apparently I am so low and disgusting I only care about my precious stories and arts, and I could obviously never care about the well being or health of someone who is my idol/inspiration. WHAT NO. IMPOSSIBLE!
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~MizuTakishima Mar 19, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
dkjfhlksdfh I know right??? ; n ;

I'm glad you felt the same way as me though; still, it's exactly why I wasn't on dA at all during the whole disaster @_@;;
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~ReyahRayno Mar 19, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
*that also made me upset
lU There were A LOT of things that made me upset.
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:iconseridreams:
People will always say something of odd nature, but what matters is how you feel about the subject and thats it.
Its like...some people feel human race is pathetic but should we drop dead because we're offended? Heck no!
We too awesone for that. I guess I am trying to express the best I can is that I WOULDNT WANT TO SEE YOU LEAVE!!!
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~MizuTakishima Mar 19, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
lol thanks Sei ; w ; I won't be leaving, I was just expressing my disappoint with a majority of the places on the interwebz XD
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:iconseridreams:
Yeah I know where you are coming from! I see it all the time, in the talk of the campus here.
Makes me disgusted!
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:iconmizutakishima:
~MizuTakishima Mar 19, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yeah!

Also I accidentally typed Sei instead of Seri, so ignore that XD
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