Rebirth In the Time of Death

(Note, Picture is done by Giovanni Rubaltell and is called Rebirth (a preisous name or smile)

So, I hear that 8 is on its way.

I am happy to hear this. While others are too busy hanging on to past glories, things hear keep changing for the better.

I say about rebirth is to go ahead for it. Many people are scared because of it. I say its a long time coming.

People worry too much about certain things that they cannot control. And they things they do? Others muck up the message that was trying to be conveyed.

Years ago, I was here. Talking about things that needed to make sense. Today I know three things are going down.

One, we were never allowed to grow (not up because Growing Up is something we did way earlier in life and was forced upon us).

Two, our connections to the past are being ripped to shreds wether from animation, to sports and the like. And that leaves the present ever more important but even that is a misnomer because we have been taught never to live in the present and it takes a good long while to do so...

Three is that we are left in a world (or at least a nation or nations) with people too primal and animalistic (read as using laws to cover unjust acts and lawbreaking when it comes to overall society) that when even a simple act of complaint turns into a joke to some, a worry to others and plan to turn over sociality into the whims of what did "work in the past" from the people who are making the complaints.

All this leads into leading the culture to the debasement of Miss Cyrus (which Mr Foxx was correct in his assertions but incorrect in how he went about saying such things, forcing him to apologize and retracting what ever he said was true) and the Generic Life Style that both the left and the right want for this country.

But what they both do not get is that same Generic Life Style, lead into the disasters of Katrina/Gulf Coast and Iowa, The Housing/Derivatives Bubble of 2007/2008 and the mishandling of recruitment, tactics, and exception of the conflicts/Police Action of Iraq and Afghanistan. Because the mainstream media did not do their jobs (or at least tried to) when it came to the latter, the hid the real tragedies of both Katrina and didn't even talk about Iowa City - it was only a matter of time before they would mishandle the economic situation on all sides not just left or right.

This site isn't about that Generic Life Style. There are rules yes. There has to be. But this place isnt about why this celeb got dumped, court orders and all those things the industry worries about.

It is showing the mirror of life. And many times this decade, that mirror wasn't pretty at all. Remember, I was a reviewer(somewhat) here during the 6th version of Shadowness and I enjoyed it. I felt I was actually good at it. If i get the chance to do it again on the 8th version Ill jump at the chance. I wasn't here to belittle people. I felt that I was doing was Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi was doing on a smaller scale - teaching and showcasing what works. Granted, I haven't been on the photoshop/illustrator game in a while (and BOY, a lot has changed.) but i'm thinking I have to do more with it.

Because i feel its is time to go back to doing the web-mastering thing again with Garou Gothic, and this time around Im not letting up.

My biggest problem is the cash issue. Do i really want to spend thousands of bucks for my dream? Because my dream is that this new version of GG will put the Journal Ideas, the cartoon electro site, the two new ideas i have plus a new radio show and video/Blu-Ray journals as well as the books im writing into this one site. Sounds big? It has to be. But that doesn't mean I leave here. I never left even when the site was down. Its not me to leave something that has kept me grounded for so long. Other people do, but that was never me. Im hear for the long haul regardless of Garou Gothic comes back or not.

But GG has to come back. Because I cant stay idle despite how bad the economic situation is getting. There is a DEEP hole created by the end of Toonami - the end of CN (as we knew it) the Anime Correction the Crunchyroll pirate situ and the lack of coverage (common, Cartoon Brew and the HUNDREDS of animation blogs and countless twitters, cant do it all) of the american art and animation world that it needs to come back. I dont think Toonzone will ever do the job I used to do.

I dont think that John K will ever get respected in the Media as much has Seth MacFarline is (yes, even Fox Loves him more than Joss and Seth has almost sued Fox twice) and the way its going it would be a smart idea to get a feel for Latin America (some sites dont even talk about it because its OMG Soclisim and what not) Animation world view.

But I have ideas as well. I think is time for a compeiter to do something between Streamline Pictures and 4Kids - take the very good and leave the "bad" that will promote american content as well, that will work within the TV business - something that knows what it does and does it well. Uses Blu-Ray as a sticking point. Folks it can happen even in bad times. Great things have happen in bad times. That is the promise of what a nation like this produces. If we take the risk now, years later things will get on track and you will see things that you cant imagine.

But things start here. In this place. What needs to continue of the spirit of rebellion. And not the ones that wants a President dead, or a race of people to be destroyed over there "daughters" protection or all sorts of sillyness. No, its to show those who wish not to lose their souls, not to lose their connection to the past...

That you are NOT the person that wants to make the Earth into a Dead Ball In the Universe.

That YOU are NOT the person that LOST the WILL TO LIVE like others have...

That you will at the very least give the common curtacy to let people be no matter what defensive or other hatred you have against their skin, or sex legitimate or otherwise.

At least we can at peace with the works of these fine artists. At least we can look at these works and say humanity isn't that far gone.

Thats all one asks in this "dying" civilization. That at least we can grow and mature when the rest of the world doesnt want to.

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