Some of you may, or may not have heard of a website called 'Stand for Christmas.'( [link] ) In short, it is a website dedicated to rating retailers on how 'Christmas friendly' they are, based on employee actions, advertisements, decorations, etc...

I could go into the whole history of Christmas as I know it, link my horribly written short story on here, or some other thing to point out how preposterous the entire thing is. For example, this season was a Pegan Winter Festival before it was Christmas, but I'll hold off on anything I can't do in-depth research and sources on without going insane.

Instead I want to give my own personal review, off the website itself, just for myself. I find the website 'Stand for Christmas,' itself, to be 'Christmas-Offensive' by the very nature of all the accepted reviews I find about it. Yes, all the reviews are screened. Nothing goes on it the admins do not want (supposedly).

The reason I find it offensive to Christmas is that the reviews submitted are by their own nature against the spirit of the season. When businesses are hated, turned from, and overall rated down simply because they choose to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" shows a lack of acceptance of other cultures. You may say "Merry Christmas" back if you want, that's fine, it is what you choose. Yes, Christmas is the 'big' holiday of the season, and the most noticed. That doesn't mean the others are any less valid or accepted. By nature, Christmas is about "Good will toward men." "Peace on Earth." And dare I say it, accepting those that are different?

Simply put, I find the hypocrisy an eyesore of the internet. More so than 4chan. Besides, how can you not like the Dreidel!? The Dreidel!



And yes, I understand my entire post is also somewhat hypocritical. I just don't care. XD

So yes. One day I ask my friend, "I feel All MV-ey... Music, and FF Game(Pref. But I can potentially do some Anime) to go with it. Tell me something, and I'll put it together, no matter how much I hate it >.>"

Well, he gave me a couple options. "Beloved Tomboyish Daughter" or "Cirno's Perfect Math Class" both by IOSYS / Touhou Project... Youtube either song, and you'll understand my immediate hesitation to follow through.

Well... I did, anyhow. I was left with whatever I wanted for the video, and chose "Cirno's Perfect Math Class" for the music. So I pray this tortures him to the end of days when he sees it. As a bit extra, you all can be punished as well. Enjoy!

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In other news, you all probably got hit for a few things I added before. Long story short, I decided to 'finish-up' a few things as well as upload large enough resolutions for prints. Figure, why not? If someone wants to buy, they can. If not, there's still no harm in having them available.

I was gonna do the 'materia v2' as well, but decided against it, as it's FF related specifically.

For any of the website savvy people out there in the internets.

I've been out of the html/webdesign loop for quite a while. I still know my basic orders with things, but there is a lot of 'new' crap that's come around since I worked on anything.

Namely, this W3C validator thingy (apparently, this is a real word, as Firefox doesn't underline it)... I'm not in the smarts with this new fangled technology bullchips apparently, because I have no REAL idea its purpose.

I ran a website I am making through it.... Not too shappy, it picked a couple things up I missed, but there were a few errors it pointed out that I kinda just felt STUPID because I had NO IDEA wtf it was talking about. DOCTYPE, Charset, etc.. Those things Dreamweaver and such add to a page... Left me kinda confused.

Let me sum up my question really...

Should I CARE? Honestly? Should I give a damn what this validator thingy is saying in the long run. I mean... I can understand the small time error checking, but in the grand scheme of things, can't I just make sure a webpage works on both Firefox and IE... (And others whenever I can test them) and be done with it?

Right now, the page I designed works perfectly in both Firefox 3.5.2 and IE7 (or do I have 8 now, I dunno...) Do I need to pay attention to this, or is it one of those 'ish posh, we need more organizations on the webs' snotty things? Really... I wanna know.

So, this is what's probably gonna be happening. As none of you know, or I don't think you know... God I don't know what I have said on this thing last few months... Regardless, as less of you than everyone know, I'm at ITT-Tech for Visual Arts Associates, before moving on to Game Design. Why am I saying this? Essentially, if you see some BULLSHIT and or CRAPPY things pop up... Well, I'm just dumping some of the stuff I did in class on here.

Mostly gonna be Photoshop junk, cause that's the only 'art' thing I have, but a couple other classes have a sliiiiiiiiiim slim slim chance of things popping up as well. We'll see.

Just a heads up. Crap gonna get dumped on DA.

Because I can.

And I stole that last line from Sohmer of LFG.

..... Because I can. >.>

Dear :

I don't really know how to tell you this, but I dislike you. I think I realized it When I changed tennis shoes under a state of trance and I saw you ignore my avocado plant. I'm sure you're senile enough to understand that Santa doesn't exist. I'm returning your ring to you, but I'll keep your photo as a memory. You should also know that I always will remember the incarnation as an eskimo .

Go burn,
Cloudski


..... ah ha ha haa.... Yeah.....


-> How you do the Letter Meme:

Dear (the last person who left a comment on your journal/your choice):

I don't really know how to tell you this, but ___1___. I think I realized it ___2___ ___3___ and I saw you ___4___ ___5___. I'm sure you're ___6___ enough to understand ___7___. I'm returning ___8___ to you, but I'll keep ___9___ as a memory. You should also know that I ___10___ ___11___ .

___12___,
-Your name-

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister


2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes


3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kabob - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
None of the above - With George Bush and his wife


4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive out


5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other - The crazy monk


6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - High
House - Scarred
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
None of the above - Ashamed


7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this.
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks


8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your memories from the military service


9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of your blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David's tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college


10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always will remember
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked


11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water- Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drink - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics


12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - Fuck off now
France - In pain
Other - Greetings to your freaky family