I've been hanging out in Hawaii for to long... that sentence makes me sound crazy I think. Anyways, been here to long, its time for a new path in life. And so the adventuring has been set into motion. In November, on the 12th to be exact, I'm packing up and heading back to Alaska to hang out with my sister and my mom for a while. I'm going to stay up there in the frigged north until I finish up my TESOL certification. Then I'm hoping to grab a English teaching job in china for a while. Some people I know have done it, and gave it great reviews. So, since I'm free and without focus in life, I figured "why not?".

If you have experience teaching little ones in a foreign country, drop me a line about how you did, and anything that you think might help. And, if anyone out there in dA'land would like to swap some emails to help me learn Mandarin, feel free to let me know. I've been studying with Rosetta Stone, but its not the same as talking with someone else... especially someone who might speak it on a daily bases or knows the local slang.

Get the word out, ask the questions that need answers. Why wont "DeviantArt" tell us what we want to know?

Before you think i'm just another mindless yeloow drone, passing on the yellowness, let me tell you that i did fully research the sistuation before opening my mouth. I sugest that if you havent already, you too should do your research on the topic.

Now... on to spreading the yellowness. *drones out*

Taken from `onestar journal
Okay, folks. Here's the deal.

By now, you've heard that Scott Jarkoff, aka °jark, is now a FORMER Staff Member.

I'm not privy to the whys, wherefores, and whatever-the-hells are going on behind the scenes here. Don't ask me anything about that. I know probably just as much as you do.

DeviantArt, in my opinion, is becoming less about COMMUNITY and more about CORPORATION.

So what we need to do is bring back THE COMMUNITY.

Here's my suggestion.

On August 7th, DA turns five years old. Five years for a website like this should be a grand affair, one big event.

So don't submit anything on August 7th.

I'm talking a print, a deviation, a scrap...nothing.

Instead, just leave a comment. Visit a user's page and just say hi.

If someone wants to buy a subscription that day, I'm all in favor or it. It'll keep the servers going, and anything that keeps the hamster running is a good thing.

BUT...I think folks shouldn't buy any prints. No print subscriptions. That goes against the COMMUNITY theme for the day.

We want to put the COMMUNITY back into DA.

If you're in favor of this, if you believe in the power this COMMUNITY has, then join me. Post this in your own journal. Spread the word to everyone, with a and a .

We might be touting at windmills like Don Quixote.

But if enough of us do it, we might be able to remind everyone that this is a COMMUNITY first and foremost.

Join me. On August 7th, let's take back DeviantArt.

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We suport you Jark

This is our day of tribute, remembering the lost, the missing, the needed... a day when all of america should look up and notice... we did live on, we did not fail, and we wil push on into the future.

I hope you all visited the tribute gallery. If not, well you should. [link]

God Bless America!!!