January 25, 2001
a funny thing that people are sometimes. its interesting to see how certain folks react to certain things in certain situations. take, for example, the situation of change. what is most intriguing about change is that the folks that are directly affected by the change take on one of two stances: they either love it or they hate it. why? because people are inherently against change, no matter what mucous comes running out their mouth when they attempt to speak.
seems that i am in a similar predicament, in that i have to make some changes. essentially speaking, i have been appointed, by higher authority, to oversee these changes in hopes that it will lead this rag tag group of individuals to the promise land. intriguing that the person that made that decision places his/her faith in my abilities while those below him/her just love to, out of spite or whatnot, act hostile towards this.
all i want to do is get a job done…period, the end. while attempting to complete this job, if i happen to run into obstacles that are people being sensitive about something that doesnt need to be senstive then that will only serve to delay the end goal. on top of that, if a request, by me, is given to one of the individuals then i would expect it to be carried out to the letter, without many questions asked.
why this hard stance you ask? because i was appointed this position for a reason: someone thought that the decisions i would make would lead us to the promise land and therefore just let us carry out these wishes and see what happens. no need for irresponsible whining and crying as well as immaturity. i have no time to deal with people that want to play politics or fight over perceived territory lines, or whatever. all that is a waste of time and complete and total bullshit in my eyes.
yes, there were some things that spawned this huge rant. people whining about insignificant things. people worrying about their own egos. actually, speaking of ego’s, this is what got me upset…it was when i was dealing with these issues and making decisions that i was told that i had an ego. if that were the case then i would not be so caring of what it is that i am trying to accomplish. anyhow, back on track…all these young adults acting like toddlers is rather annoying. grow up and live in the real world for a bit people!
ultimatums: if you are going to give me the “i am going to blah if you dont blah” then just get the fuck out…i dont want you, period the end. i have no time for childish games like that.
is there an end to this rant? sure…it will end with this:
considering the above circumstances and issues then maybe i need not be this individual that is to lead us to the promise land…maybe i will just continue to do what i have been doing, and what i will always love: devart. think about that while you bitch, moan, complain, whine, play politics and masturbate your ego in front of me….
January 17, 2001
Before I start this…no previews of the “secret project” so dont ask! On to the games…
Just a little rant for my journal here today … something that happened during lunch today has spawned me to write this little story up. So without further ado, here goes…
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away…
No, really…so after eating me and a buddy go and do our daily pass through the store here on the US Naval installation that I work at in Japan. Before you ask, NO NO NO I am not in the Navy, I am a civilian. So, we do our walk through, I grab “The Fight Club” DVD and a pack of gum, and he grabs a bottle of hair gel and we walk up to the register. Chose the register of this one female that we always checkout with, simply because she is much more polite and friendly than the others, as well as the fact that she makes far less mistakes.
As we approach the register, my buddy fakes like he throws the gel at her, though the bottle never leaves his hands. She kinda freaks, and even utters a slight scream, but quickly returns to her professional state. We chit chat with her for a minute while she handles his transaction. While doing this some dude behind me says to my buddy, “hey, don’t throw things at her.” My buddy is slightly surprised and kinda shrugs it off.
Well, this kid continues…this time looking at my buddies uniform, who IS in the Navy, and gets his name and says, “Needermeyer, do not throw things at her. She is my girlfriend, do not do that, it’s rude.” For the next couple minutes while she finishes my the transactions with my buddy and myself, this guy rants and raves about how rude it was of my buddy to do what he did. The thing you have to understand is that we have been going to this same cashier for about 6 months now, so we have developed a sorta casual relationship with her. She understands we are joking and we understand that she has a serious fashion deficiency and is in dire need of professional counseling.
My buddy and I walk out, just leaving this idiot to talk to himself, as she starts ringing him up. We walk roughly 100 meters from the cashier, out of the store, towards the parking lot and suddenly Mr. Right comes running after us, yelling “hey Needermeyer, hey Needermeyer!!!” We stop to entertain what else he could possibly want and he continues with his previous blatant stupidity. For 10 minutes he yells at my buddy, who casually listens and responds here and there.
We start to walk away, to remove ourselves from this situation, as he is pushing it from a verbal assault to a physical one, when we are suddenly lambasted as cowards. On top of that he continues with the, “she is my girlfriend, she is my girlfriend…I had surgery on my genitalia when I was 12 years old and have been tragically scared for life and therefore am the most insecure Mr. Right the world has ever seen” business. Finally we just had enough and walk away. As we get about 20 meters from him, he yells, “hey, aren’t you married?”
Those were the last words of his that we heard.
What is the point of this? Hell, I have no clue…your guess is as good as mine. Never personally witnessed someone so obsessed with a member of the opposite sex that they freaked out when being approached by others that might be considered threats.
Well…that was fun. Was their a moral? Sure…don’t be a crackhead. How that relates to the story is something that I have yet to solve……
January 15, 2001
i AM going to Yokohama today…no doubt about that. gonna do some shopping and grab that Starbucks that i was ranting about the other day. need to take a day off from coding and think about things. Deviant Art is doing wonderful, and i am grateful for its “success” thus far.
brainstorming is a powerful tool when trying to formulate idea. this is something that i will be doing throughout the next couple of days while attempting to come up with a plan of action on how to increase momentum at DMusic. it will be done!
this week will be a pretty exciting week, with the release of our “secret project” and all. it will be interesting to see how it takes off.
quote of the day: “do not let them deceive you with the legitimization of their myth.”…
January 13, 2001
new user pages are online now, after a hellacious coding schedule for the past coupla weeks. i think that they are a major improvement over the previous ones and are a step in the direction that we are heading with deviant art.
the new user pages will definitely help out with some other new idea that are planned for the site, so stay tuned for that. now, its on to optimization of the view and browse pages. if its not one thing then it is anutha.
time to go eat some food, drink a two dogs and relax to a flick. i think i will take most of sunday, which is tomorrow for me, off while i go take care of some shopping up in yokohama. probably will stop off and get some starbucks, since they 0wn. caramel frappacino’s (spelling?) are simply fabulous…and i am sure the family will enjoy.
anyhow, hope you like the user pages…i think they rock!…
gotta love the new user pages. update as follows:
the new user pages are coming along much better than i expected. so far, the following pages are reworked:
1. general page aka username.deviantart.com.
2. journal page.
3. notes page.
still need to do some more testing on the new pages as well as add the new features to existing pages. once new features to existing pages are complete, then i will add the new “artist watch” page. this is the page everyone is asking about, for those that viewed it (if you were on irc then you knew about this already). to put it in a nutshell: “artist watch” is a way to subscribe to an artist. the rest you get to use your imagination on.
what does this leave to do, in reality, before this is online?
1. testing of completed pages thus far.
2. add new features to completed pages.
3. further testing of completed pages.
4. add settings page.
5. add comments page.
6. add deviations page.
7. add artists watch page.
if you are asking yourself why it is taking so long, or why cant these changes be incremented, then the answer is this: the new user pages is a totally different paradigm from the rest of the site. no sidebars and a radically different look. so far, the response has been excellent.
welp…time to take my silly ass to bed. g’night everyone.
and a special shout out to jsenn: i hope you feel better!…
January 6, 2001
started reworking the user pages as the existing ones are far too cluttered and difficult to navigate. i think this new design makes much more sense and, in the longrun, will end up being easier for all to see. if you disagree, let me know on IRC.
got some great things planned for Deviant Art for the next coupla weeks. we are working on a couple top secret projects that ought to interest some folks. they are all based on suggestions by the wonderful deviants that visit our hole in the wall.
will be helping matteo on getting the WY user section online here soon. after that, newsseek. next few weeks are very busy!
anyhow, hope everyone has a wonderful 2001! lets get ready to hit the 10000 deviation mark and then on to our half year old mark! woohoo!
does it get any better than this?…
