To my fellow deviants

I have been rather pre-ocupied this year and you may have been wondering why I have been missing in action for the past x amount of weeks/months (if you havent then it would probably be best to stop reading now).

Life has been (and still is) good. I am currently studying engineering at Victoria University and learning alot in a short amount of time. My goal is to use these engineering skills to help people on a large scale. I could not be totally happy if my work wasn't helping people.

As you can imagine, engineering involves alot of study, but I enjoy the course, so it's worth it. Perhaps this is why I havent seriously touched Photoshop this year (with the exception of 'modifying' some graphs for energy systems); but I don't think this is the real reason.

Creativity takes on many forms; DA being a perfect example of this. I found (from my frustrations throughout Secondary School) that art was the best way I could express myself, and at the time, helped me out significantly. I guess this has changed, and my creativity has been diverted into other areas of my life. This is why I no longer feel the need to create (atleast in regards to 'art' ). So I guess this is adiós my fellow deviants.

To those who have showed genuine interest in the art I have created, your awesome.
To those who couldn't care less about my art, your awesome too.

Have a good one everyone.

- Tyson.

Thanks alot DA

Because of your pokemon DP prank I thought that somebody had hacked my computer. Now, based on this misinformation I thought it would be best if I cut my losses and threw my laptop out of the window.
Now I live on the second story of my house, and when this laptop fell to the ground I heard a cry of pain. I looked out of my window, only to find an old lady lying unconcious underneath my "infected" laptop.
I went outside to check if she was alright, and by that time (30 mins later - [it was lunchtime, so I ate first]) quite a crowd had gathered around her. Unfortunately the lady identified me as the culperate and the crowd quickly turned on me. I easily outran them because I am such an awesome athlete, but then they decided to trash my car. Not cool guys.
And, because I couldn't drive, I arrived late to work and got fired.
Now, I needed to have 5k to pay off my debt to some local gangsters by 12:00 tonight. Regretfully, I only had $4950 saved up, and because I could not work, these mobsters will be very angry at me - so I am currently in hiding somewhere.

I wish DA would think of the possible reprocussions of their actions in the future.
Very inconsiderate guys.

Good morning distinguished guests, ladies and gentleman.

As all you folk out there should know, there is a certain holiday coming up on Sunday known as "Easter". Ring a bell?

From an early age, Easter has been a time of confusion for myself, and i'm sure, countless others. My primary school teachers would teach the class that this holiday was all about the resurection of christ; and then we would go off and colour a bipedal bunny rabbit holding a basket of eggs. Now, this kind of struck me as odd, and my young mind couldn't really find a link between the two (children are so stupid).
Later on I would discover that the bunny was a symbol of fertility and rebirth (beacuse of their large litters and er..mating habbits). What better icon for our children, right?

Now, forgive my momentary sinisism, but I believe our good friend the Easter bunny has another even more evasive symbolism; corporate greed. No, I won't go on about how companies exploit religious faith to make billions each year. Instead, I would like to discuss what is right about this Easter holiday and what people should be focussing their efforts on.

I am an atheist. I have no religion. This doen't mean that I am not moral or have a spiritual side. Far from it. Despite this, I feel that these holidays are very significant. Why? Because it is a chance for family members to break their daily routines and rekindle the bonds between loved ones. A time of love. And, (after thinking deeply about this) tradition.

This I feel, is the one true significance of our friend the Easter bunny. Tradition. Giving tasteless factory sculpted chocolates to one another is still a tradition. You see, it would not matter If we exchanged pieces of chewing gum or pineapples; it is still tradition none-the-less. Human society cannot function without traditions - it is what bind us together as families and lovers.

So on this note, I would like to appologise to the 6 foot easter bunny I kicked in the shins when I was nine years old. My bad.

I hope that you all have a great time - be it with family or friends. Have a great Easter.

-Tyson

Hello friends

My week thus far has been rather eventful. Perhaps the best things that happened to me where the ones that no-one can see. You see, since since Tuesday I set myself a challenge; a vow of kindness. Why, you ask? Well recently I feel (and have been told multiple times) that I have been excessively mean to those around me, so on that note, I decided to commit myself to being a "nice guy" for 24 hours.
It wasn't really all that hard to do, I just had to hold my tongue on occasion (particularly around family). I felt so much better for it too, I don't see any reason why I should stop. Life is too short to be mean.

Now i'm not a religious person, but the whole "karma" thing has been tilted in my favour as of recent. Quite a few significant learning opportunities have eventuated for me. I guess the newfound positive outlook helps me spot these opportunities too; kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Anyways, my engineering class is going for a two hour walk tomorrow looking at bridges (yay), so hopefully it doesn't rain. ^^

- Tyson