Alright, I've written some angry poetry. It was the healthy way of dealing with stuff, so enjoy.

Hey all!
Last night I had a little photo shoot with Amanda (the roomie), Aleah, and Mike and I'm posting some of the pics in the scraps section. I'll be making a new deviant ID, but I'm not sure which photo to use, to if you could give me some input (especially Dave and Jerry!), that would be great.

I'm also posting a few non-me pictures as well, so give me some advice! I'm a writer, not a visual artist, so this kind of thing doesn't come easily to me.

Alright, after looking around deviant art at many of the writings, I have noticed a great deal of spelling and grammatical errors. I've decided to do you all a favor and give you a basic lesson in english using the most common errors.

The Your and You're Problem
Alrighty, folks - this is like nails on a blackboard. Your is the possessive form of you (aka the second person, singular form). This is used when you want to show ownership. A few examples: "Your eyes are brown" or "Thank you for letting me borrow your pencil." You're is the conjugated form of "you are." A few examples of this: "You're a stinky-butt poop head" or "You're the love of my life."

The Which and Witch Problem
Okay, a witch wears a pointy hat and rides a broomstick (sorry to be so non-PC, but I have to drive home my point). Which is used when attempting to identify an object. A few examples: "Which book is yours?" or "Where is the pineapple of which you speak?"

The It's and Its Problem
I used to mix this up all of the time. "It's" is the conjugated form of "it is." I know that this is bizarre given the common usages of apostrophes, but trust me on this one. A few examples: "It's just dirt, I swear!" or "It's really an amazing musical." "Its" is the possessive form of "it" (aka the third person, singular form). A few examples: "Its tail is aquamarine" or "Its mother nuzzles its cheek."

The Each other Problem
Another mistake that I used to make all of the time. "Each other" is two words - not one. There's not a whole lot of explaining I can do here; just understand that it's two words.

Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
Okay, this is entirely kosher if you're just writing a journal entry, or something that isn't going to be judged for quality. However, when writing a "finished product," you must understand that it is piss-poor to end a sentence with a preposition. For those of you who don't know, prepositions are words like "from" or "of."

In closing, I would like to remind you all that it is so ignorant to say that it's okay to make grammatical and spelling errors all of the time and maintain that you're a great writer. A good writer, maybe, but certainly not a great writer. And don't give me that excuse about the purpose of editors, because if you submitted a manuscript fraught with grammatical and spelling errors to a publishing company it would be in the garbage faster than you can say "pineapple."

Well, I'm back at FU and I'm writing once again. I even created a preview for my poetry and prose using the tattoo design that Dave made for me (he's a kick ass artist, so check him out if you haven't already - dave3of4). I figured that it would really add something to it. I might have a few previews made for individual pieces, but this should suffice for the time being.

So former US president Ronald Reagan died, and no one can shut up about it.

I love how people worship the ground this man walks on, it spite of the fact that he is one of the worst presidents that this country ever had.

I'm so sorry if I've offended people by disliking the presidency of a man who saw fit to give expert CIA training to Al Quaeda (ya know, those folks who crashed the planes into the twin towers and the pentagon? Yea, we kinda gave them a little help - whoops) and turned a blind eye and deaf ear to the AIDS epidemic.

Some may argue that he brought about the fall of the Soviet Union, thus ending the Cold War. Only complete and utter idiots can fall for the ridiculous notion that ONE MAN ended years of crippling tensions. Read up on your history - several nations contributed to it including Saddam Hussein of Iraq and the fanatical Muslim extremists in Afghanistan that founded the Taliban regime and spawned al-Qaeda terrorism. Isn't it funny that we're now seeking out the assisstance of Russia in order to topple nations that we once viewed as allies?

The United States is a land of hypocrisy and convenience - it acts in direct violation of its ideology of "freedom" and forms and breaks alliances when convenient.

But by all means, let us continue Reagan's legacy of providing politically volatile nations with military power and intelligence, because it has worked so well for us in the past. I can think of approximately 3,000 civilians who would beg to differ.

And don't give me any of that "Reaganomics" bullshit. The president has little to do with the economy. In reality, the president is little more than a puppet, acting on the whims of the political party he/she represents and their cabinet of advisors.

The only good thing that Reagan did was be diagnosed with Alzheimers, as he raised awareness of the disease and his wife, along with countless others, are petitioning Congress and Bush himself to allow for invaluable stem cell research.

Just because someone is dead, doesn't mean that I have to respect them.