New Year, New Blog

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. - Edgar Allan Poe, "Eleonora"

Ever stop to think, and sometimes realize, that some things are real when you've always thought they weren't? Mainstream media and modern science are used to teach us, condition us, that some things just aren't possible because they haven't been proven, yet they won't accept the fact that it hasn't been disproven. Instead, the media and sciences seek to label things they don't fully understand. They make assumptions influenced by the monotheistic society they are surrounded by and, together, work to convince others that their assumptions are facts. More often than not, their partnership succeeds in perpetuating a false truth, which the public eagerly embraces because we are taught not to question science, not to question our textbooks, not to question authority, those who do, are the outcasts, the minority who will never have a voice nor be taken seriously.

Is what you perceive to be "evil" really evil? Or has your perception been twisted and molded to that of the mainstream? Do you do your own research, taking the word and experiences of the minority into account, or do you just allow the "moral majority" to determine what is true and what is false for you?

Obviously, we know that not all Natives wear feathers in their hair and have names like "Stands with a Fist". I can say this here because of the people who have access to this blog. This is something you are familiar with, and balk at when confronted with such imagery. If one culture can be misrepresented, how many others have been treated the same way?

Who's job is it to determine the fantasy from the reality? By who's influence must we judge the difference? Or could it just be fear? We always hear the phrase "Fear of the Unknown". I perceive this to mean fear of that which we do not know. Naturally, that would be the consensus. That's what it means. So why not know about it? Why not research and educate yourself about it? Why not throw your preconceptions out the window and start as if you've never heard of the topic before? But even then, do you choose to go with the majority, made up of people who have no, or very little, real experience in the area, or do you go with the minority who have nothing but personal experience and have lived through it?

Some people believe in ghosts, others don't. Those who do, believe what they have experienced, not what science tries to explain away and label. Some people are fearful (thanks to media and the primitive stories our parents used to make us behave) and look for any excuse to alleviate their fear, others ignore the situation and others willingly accept that there may be more to our existance than everyday living and our petty relationships with the people around us. If ghosts are real, what else could be real?

How much credibility do you give to the media and sciences for teaching you about a certain subject? What about personal experiences? Does someone with personal experience have more truth to say than someone who's merely observed? How do you determine credibility? References? What makes those references credible? A degree? Can a degree from an educational institution be deemed credible if it's influenced by the beliefs of a religious majority?

Over and over again you hear that someone's imagination has run wild. For someone to have an imagination, it must have been influenced and/or experienced. Take for instance illustrations of monsters. You see a movie that uses a monster you've never seen before and chalk it up to someone's creative imagination. That monster didn't come from out of nowhere, it was influenced by what the creator has seen. The creator takes bits and parts of other monsters and animals to create something new. Hence, there is no such thing as an original concept. Everything is influenced by something else.

So we come to legends and myths. We're told these are nothing more than stories, primitive beliefs in world where science didn't have much of a foothold. But who's to say the Sun really isn't the god Ra, or Apollo? Science says it a huge mass of gasses that illuminates and warms our earth. Sure, that's what it is on the outside, but do we know what a god looks like? I walk down the street and see a woman walking with two children. So am I to say, "there goes a woman who doesn't have a car or a husband to help her with her children"? That's what I see, so obviously that must be the truth. Nevermind that those might not be her kids at all, that her husband may be a work, that her husband is another female, or that she may just be on a daily walk or her car is in the shop. There could be many reasons as to why this woman is walking alone with two children.

So the question is, how much do we allow others to tell us what to believe and what not to believe? And do we break our conditioning to explore the subject further and form our own opinions or merely let others do the work for us?


- Elathan's Muse

I Am Who I Am

Some call me dull and boring, others call me goth, many call me weird, freakish, or a geek. So who am I... really?

Genetically, I'm Japanese, Cherokee and West European. I love my heritage, especially the Cherokee and Celt part. The similarities between the two cultures are strikingly similar and I find that absolutely fascinating.

• The future is a dream. Dreams are worth having.
• I'm very much an introvert.
• Fire is hypnotic, I could stare at it for hours. Nothing like having arms wrapped around you as you stare at bonfire, fireplace or campfire. Damn, already getting mushy, bleh.
• When I die, my funeral song will be "I'll Be There" by Escape Club, no "ifs", "ands" or "buts".
• I love coffee.
  
• Don't speak to me of boy bands or soap operas, I'm not interested.
• I love horror, anime and sci-fi movies, I despise "chick flicks".
• I can be sophisticated or crude in the blink of an eye, it depends on who I am talking to and if someone says something that can be twisted into some sexually perverted comment!
• Winter is the best season. You can always warm up with blankets. Summer, you can be naked and still sweat your ass off, for all the wrong reasons. Fall and Spring are too back and forth between cold and hot, not to mention spring allergies and pre-winter colds/flus because of the drastic changes in temp.
• I love Diet Pepsi.
  
• I can be an angel.
  
• I can be a demon.
  
• I can be serious.
  
• I can be playful.
  
• I can be a doting mother.
• I can be the iron fist of discipline.
  
• I can be silently malicious.
  
• I can be kind.
  
• I can be a whisper.
  
• I can be a scream.
• I believe in universal health care and gay marriage.
  
• General conversation is one thing until I truly get to know you. I keep my distance until then.
• I'm a thinker. I will sit for hours, just thinking about anything and everything. From the mundane to the amusing, from the scientific to the absurd.
• I'm not afraid of my dark side, its part of me.
  
• I love life. I live in the present, its where everything exciting happens!
• I love memories of the past, but they're nothing more than that, memories - images and experiences one shouldn't cling to or try to hold in stasis.
  
• I do not speak much of my beliefs, my beliefs are my own, no one will change them and I have no interest in making you see things my way.
• I love coffee.
  
• A lyric soprano. I love to sing. I sing several different styles and don't limit myself to just one.
• I love art, all sorts of art.
• I like musicals *gasp*, sure do!
• Halloween is the best holiday ever, I love scaring the crap out of kids but when their parents freak out too, its icing on the cake. Besides, it gives everyone something to laugh about 3 hours later.
  
• I like to bake and get creative with cakes. My parents used to make custom wedding and birthday cakes.
• I love Diet Pepsi.
  
• I love working with theatrical make-up!
  
• I love Harleys and custom choppers, not so fond of crotch rockets. I have a motorcycle license but my neck, back and knee problems keep me from riding.
  
• I like cars that have been customized with some sense of class and taste. Low riders suck, so do caddies with 5 foot fucking rims. Spinners are for retards.
  
• Sports: Manchester United, Philadelphia Soul, New York Giants. Not real big on it but those are the teams I would ultimately choose, for shits and giggles.
• No one is an expert. There's always something new to learn.
• I could care less about Desperate Housewives, Joan of Arcadia, Judging Amy and shows along those lines.
• I love coffee.
  
• Reality shows are the bane of television.
• I'm a ghost writer but not a scab. I DO have some morals.
• I take a Kurosawan (Akira Kurosawa) approach to my dreams and turn them into stories and incorporate them into scripts.
  
• I'm a promoter for WBR bands (close to my heart are HIM and MCR), Darren Bousman and for my buddy, Duncan Jones, for their movies.
• I love Diet Pepsi.
  
• I run the MCRmy of Pittsburgh, I lead a group of kids/teens/adults who promote My Chemical Romance, advocate against self harm, support the Make A Wish Foundation, The Syrentha J. Savio Endowment and Amnesty International, and participate in local community service.
  
• I'm part of the SArmy (Sylar's Army) to promote awareness for epilepsy through Zachary Quinto (aka Sylar on "Heroes" and Spock in the new "Star Trek", local city hero).
• I'm a member of the Repo Army promoting Repo: The Genetic Opera, independent film making, no holds barred anti-mainstream creativity and community involvement in the darker side of the arts.
• If you're famous and don't use your status or money to better the lives of the kids in the crappy neighborhood you claim to come from or give back to society in a meaningful, non-entertaining way, and would rather invest in expensive cars, jewelry and homes, while still bitching about how you grew up, you're a pile of shit and not worth any respect.
• I love coffee.
  
• I don't bother with people who are willingly content to be sheep. Take control of your life and be lead it!
  
• I try to avoid confrontation, its not my job to change the closed-minded, self-absorbed, ignorant people on it. Most people grow up eventually, others, shouldn't have time wasted on them. Those who seriously piss me off, I walk away from and they end up as characters who meet a ghastly demise in a story or script. It's more entertaining that way.
• Supernatural, CSI (pre Morpheus), X-Files, True Blood, Torchwood, Doctor Who, V, The Vampire Diaries, Moonlight and Heroes are the best shows on TV, in my opinion.
  
• I travel quite a bit. I've been to many of the states in the US including Hawaii. I've also been to the UK and Germany.
• I love Diet Pepsi
  
• I like Chinese and Italian food but give me a nice, juicy, rare steak and I'm happy.
• I detest spicy food.
  
• I'm a night person, always have been so its not unusual for me to be up until 4 or 5 in the morning.
• People watching is fun as long as you don't take it seriously.
  
• I love camping and bonfires.
• I love coffee.
  
• I love wolves, dragons and the Malaysian Fruit Bat (They are SO adorable!)
  
• I'm a huge LoTR fan, have been since HS.
  
• I love the Valdemar books by Mercedes Lackey, my favorite being the Herald Mage Trilogy. If you're a homophobe, stay away.
• Arthas, where are you?
  
• Yes, I like Harry Potter.
  
• Star Wars or Star Trek? Star Wars.
  
• I love Jager-Bombs. I was introduced to them on the islands and never turned back. I used to be a big Bailey's Irish Cream drinker. Now that's not to say I drink much, I rarely indulge and even then, only when others buy them for me ;-)
• Nothing beats a properly prepared Lucid Absinthe or mug of Mead.
• I'm a WoW gamer, I prefer the bad guys, you know, the Alliance? (I have huntard and Death Knight) keep your friends close, your enemies closer, but I've been gaming since the mid 80's (D&D and Dungeons of Moria, anyone?). SCA/LARP too. MMO gaming since UO beta.
  
• I do love me some role playing! Its fun, stress relief.
• I love Diet Pepsi.
  
• I write for stress relief too, mostly in the form of rants.
  
• I like to party (on occasion), with a limited number of friends but would rather hang out, chat up a storm or just sit back and relax, listening to good music.
• I blog to gripe, for the most part. I let all my frustrations out when I blog. Good therapy, otherwise I'd have to break things.
• Oh, and I love coffee... and Diet Pepsi. Did I mention that already?
  

In other words, I think I'm fairly normal.