I was watching an old Looney Tunes Cartoon, called Bugs' Bonnet. Probably the greatest exercise in character psychology known to the human race, let alone an extremely funny cartoon. In it, a narrator explains how sometimes what we wear, affects our behaviour. For example if a Businessman swapped clothes with a pirate, they'd act like a pirate. In the cartoon proper, they were trying to demonstrate how a single article of clothing, in this case a hat, would be just enough to change the behaviour. Naturally like all Looney Tunes Cartoons, this was taken to the extreme. With Bugs and Elmer wearing different hats and changing accordingly. Such as Bugs becoming a Military Sergeant and Elmer outranking him by wearing a General's hat and quoting MacArthur.

Now this was mostly done for laughs even if there was some commentary in it. However, it got me thinking, does what we wear really affect our personalities at one point or another. Strangely enough while this is an open question. My answer to it is neither a yes or a no, but a solid maybe.

On the no side of things, you could be wearing a black trenchcoat and people at best would assume you're gothic or at worst the next Columbine Gunman. However, the person underneath could very well be very nice and kind, a complete contrast. Which in turn would make some ordinary person in average clothing, doing the deed and shocking anyone that hears the news about it.

On the yes side of things there are times when what we do wear does affect our personality. In a few examples:

1. A person in a service like the military could go from a nice and affable person, to a cold, aggressive yet disciplined individual.
2. A person who becomes a religious personality, be it a priest, a rabbi or an imam, could very well act more wise or more mystical, depending on how devoted to their religion they are. Whereas the bad side of the coin could have them act more like an extremist.
3. Even something as simple as wearing dark clothing, could be a relfection of what people are feeling inside and expressing outward.

However while these are solid examples, outside factors could also come into play. Such as environment and expectation. For example, the military one only acts that way, because it's what his or her commanding officer expects of him or her. A religious personality would act that way, because they believe that's how their respective deities would want them to spread the word. And someone wearing dark clothes, would probably act dark because that's what his or her peers expect him or her to be like.

But I leave it up to you. What do you think?

Also what kind of clothes and costumes, do you wear that you think would affect your personality?

I thought maybe, much like I did with Light Harmony, expand on the lore of this thing.

First of all a bio on the spider itself:

Lactrodectis Amare Solum aka The Lonely Love Spider.

Born from an eggsack like most spiders, this rare species, is related to the Black Widow Spider. However there are a few distinct differences.

For starters, while it's venom is just as deadly as The Black Widow, it doesn't just come from fangs. Each limb has a stinger that allows multiple simultaneous injections. Which increases the likelyhood of death.

It also has a heart shaped symbol located on it's abdomen in a spot where the Black Widow's iconic Hourglass Mark would be.

Unlike the Black Widow, this one doesn't mate and kill, but rather prefers long term love and commitment. However due to the local spiders constantly mistaking it for it's Black Widow Counterpart, they instinctively flee after mating.

However despite all odds, the Lonely Love Spider is optimistic to finding a long term mate. To the point where it's been granted shape-shifting abilities, in order to expand on it's options. In other words, it can turn into anyone and anything it wants, so long as it appeals more to it's potential mate.

Despite it's shape-shifting abilities, it still retains it's natural abilities, such as spinning web and venom control. Among most of a Spider's natural abilities.

The story so far:

One particular Lonely Love Spider, just came into the world. After failed attempts at finding a partner she gets captured by a curious kid, who is into bug collecting. He takes care of the spider for 5 years and discovers that in those 5 years she never aged or died despite the typical life expectancy long passing. So he takes her to a Spider Farmer/Arachnologist who identifies her. Feeling betrayed at first, The Spider realizes, the boy was merely trying to find out more about her and doesn't think she knows he cares. Little does he know, she does know and has found a way to repay his kindness. By turning into a humanoid mix of a popular Goth Idol and her previous Spider Form. She ties him up on the off chance he'll instinctively run like the others and upon waking up she confesses what she is and what she's looking for. Confessing her love and desire to mate with him. However, rather than run, the boy not only accepts her love, but they agree to take it slow.

There will be more to add when I do more songs, until then enjoy the story so far.

Unlike my usual crazy ideas, this one is minor. More or less something I've been trying to do for years, but never had the proper means of doing it until now. I've noticed over the past two years some of my fans, showing pictures of their favourite foods and beverages. Be it stuff they bought at some fast food joint or stuff they made at home.

Myself, I am a huge Tea Fanatic. Iced, Hot, Camellia, Herbal, you name it. So I decided to share my love of it, with all of you through an experiment I've been working on.

I've decided to make home made Ice Tea of 4 different varieties.

To do this I had the following items:

4 Mason Jars for Containers

3 brands of tea. 1. White Tea. 2. Green Tea. 3. Orange Pekoe. The latter of which because it's the most commonly known tea and iced tea and I wanted to compare it to the others.

Room Temperature Water

Kitchen Timer

Tea Kettle

First off the jars:

These are very cheap mason jars, mostly used for Preserves, you can pretty much get them at any Dollar Store.

The teas next to them, I bought specifically for this, while I already had Orange Pekoe at home.

I picked Green and White Tea, because of their health benefits including, but not limited to weight loss.

I labelled these accordingly: White Tea, Green Tea, GTWT (Green Tea/White Tea) Hybrid and Orange Pekoe Tea. They are also positioned the same way in the next picture:

Using the Kettle I boiled some water and let it cool at room temperature. I then poured the glasses until it only had a few inches of space left. I did this because due to buoyancy, the tea bags would cause the water to rise.

As you can see here, I put the Orange Pekoe in first before placing the rest in, hence why it started to extract faster. Within seconds of me putting the other three in and taking the picture. Not quite unexpected, because Orange Pekoe is the more instant of them. However I set my timer for an hour and left it to steep. As that's the required amount for room temperature water. Whereas hot temperature steeping is 3 - 5 minutes.

Within a half hour, I checked on the progress. The White Tea showing a nice dark golden brown, the green showing a more light gold colour, the hybrid being a darker version of the White, due to two bags being put in there and the Orange Pekoe earning it's reputation as the Black Tea, by turning almost black.

Within the full hour they were ready, they look pretty much the same as the half hour mark save for some differences. However watch the next picture.

I took the bags out and stirred each and every one of these. Each one looking exactly how I expected. With the green being the lightest of them all. I have currently put them in the fridge to make cold. I will not sweeten them just yet, as I want to try it out as is, but once they are ready I will try each one out. Starting with the Orange Pekoe for comparison. Will update when it's ready.

The purpose of this is more or less a lesson in health. The iced teas you all purchase is probably the most unhealthy beverage in the world. Even the Green and White ones that boast better health benefits still have a huge hunk of sugar in them. So, to prove a theory correct, I am making my own iced teas which should be healthy compared to the stuff at the store.

Update:

After putting them in the fridge for a couple of hours, I took them out. Some of them kinda frozen, but hey, that's what happens when you put these in small jars. I tested them out one tea at a time and I have judged them both based on unsweetened and sweetened. Using a half a teaspoon of sugar per jar.

The Orange Pekoe by itself, is surprisingly naturally sweet. Strong, but sweet. Adding sugar simply made it sweeter.

The green had a lighter taste to it and the sugar made it a little sweeter.

The hybrid one, was very strong and is somewhat sweet with the sugar in it. As per expected, since I mixed two teas together.

Compared to the hybrid, the White alone is strong, not unbearable, but unless you have a strong stomach and tongue I doubt you can drink that without sweetness. The sugar helped a little.

All and all, this was a successful taste test and if I am able to do so, I may get bigger jars for more tea. My main goal is to get one of the faucet ones. Making it very easy to dispense. But that being said, it does prove my point on the Ice Teas. Whether it's green, white or classic orange pekoe, I advise all of you not to drink that shit again. Before, I loved them, because I thought they were a good alternative to soda, which I also like, but have been cautious around. However, compared to the taste here, you can't even taste the tea in the store brand ones. With the Lipton and Snapple brands, you taste more of the lemon and sugar from them. With Arizona, you get somewhat of a taste, but it has the same problem regarding the sugar department. Even the expensive stuff like Loose Leaf, would more likely kill you than this.

If sugar isn't your thing I suggest Stevia or Honey if you can get it. Or if you prefer, unsweetened. Either way, it's much better for your health to make this yourself than to buy it at the nearest store. Not to mention depending on where you get it, it's very cheap. Myself I purchased the Tea for around $2.99 CAD per pack at a store that's part of a chain of Asian Themed Stores. When I say Asian Themed, I mean all of Asia. Middle East and Far East. The White Tea especially, since it's organic.

But Sky's the limit, let me know what flavours you like and if you can make Iced Tea out of them.

Over the years, as much as I hate the fucking subject, I've actually become very fascinated with politics of all kinds. Be it Democracies, Monarchies or even the occasional dictatorship. After watching the news on Russia try to take Ukraine by force, I got to thinking a few things. One, if they take over one former Soviet place, we're fucked because we all have to go to war against them and let's face it, as much as I boast about my own Country's Military, I am not an idiot, the Soviets were ultimately the ones that took down most of Germany forcing Hitler to off himself in the first place. Now if the guy was so scared of Russia, that despite killing over 11 million people, is willing to bite a bullet, then we should be pretty fucking scared.

However, I come to a realization, that many of the wars that have happened over the past centuries was done because of the constantly differing political viewpoints. In other words, people arguing about bullshit. However I came to notice something. This is mostly based on the west's view of democracy. However I think if one can annex this and apply it to other political view points I think I may have a solution.

In both Canada and The US for example, our biggest problem is that despite being a democracy, it runs like a monarchy. Meaning whoever is the dominant political party that takes over as President and Prime Minister respectfully, regardless which other parties have seats in the Capitol and House of Commons, has to abide by their overall rule even if they don't agree with it. The only limits, being what they can do or can't do in their own state/province.

Because of that, it makes everyone outside those countries think despite us and them saying otherwise, that each leader only goes by one party. Which in fact they do. The only times the other parties ever have a chance for a say is if they happen to occupy the most seats.

For example, a mostly democratic white house is legally obligated to hear some republicans out, should they occupy the most seats in Senates and Congresses. A mostly Liberal Government has to hear out the Conservatives if they take the majority seats in The House of Commons. Doesn't mean that said leader has to impliment their suggestions, just means they have a right to disagree, which is basically a bastardization of what Democracy should be about.

We spent most of our time, energy and even money arguing about who should be the definitive party. After careful deliberation, here is my answer.

All of them. There should be a leader up top that represents each and every party and each decision should be put to a vote between them.

One person, literally can't appeal to the rest of the country even with their cabinet, every party deserves a say. Their Pros encouraged, their cons dismissed. That is true democracy, because rather than have one person, one party, run it all under the delusion of everyone getting a say, then we all get a fucking say.

I saw a miracle, something I never expected to see, but every single political party in my country agreed that Russia should be sanctioned for what they did. Whether you all believe it should be or not, is irrelavant at this time, because let me ask you this. How often do political parties agree with each other. It's literally slim to none because most of the time they are more focused on fighting for what they believe is their share of the country. This literally rarely ever happens. They even specifically said, that they'd settle their differences just to fight this fucking thing.

All I am saying is that it should happen more often. And with the very people that put them up top, we could end up for once making things better. Not just for our countries, but for the rest of the world. Think about it.

Lovecraft Noir: The Complete Series

There are times in my life when I don't know what the fuck I am doing, yet some how they end up resulting in amazing things. This is one of those times.

When I first did this skit:

I was mostly going for two things. One, a dark deadpan comedy skit where even the most silly of words sound serious. As well as being able to improvise without having to read a script and using the items I had with me at the time, as the background sounds. In this case, a pack of cigarettes, a lighter, a glass with ice and a bottle of cheap rye whiskey.

Little did I know that it would blossom into a full story, until now.

With these:

I was merely trying to immerse my listeners into the story and see how people would react if things like this would actually happen to them. Why shouldn't the listener be part of the fun?

Yet, when I finished with this:

I had no idea, that I created a full fledged story from beginning to end until I finished recording this.

Yet it's something I'm very proud of and I am extremely proud to share this with all of you.

As most of you know I did a vent piece a couple days ago:

https://cieirmusic.newgrounds.com/news/post/1250715

One of my main gripes was that I felt my fans weren't doing enough to help me regarding me moving forward with this. A user who shall remain nameless, commented accusing me of using this to manipulate and guilt trip you all in hopes I'd become successful financially. That is way far from the truth, I was mostly angry because for one I felt like there was a curse put on me, preventing me from moving forward. And barring that, I felt that maybe, fans should do more on general principle of being fans. It also didn't help that I felt, like many of them didn't think they had to support me because in their eyes I was giving them free stuff. I held that anger for too long that I had to let it out. Hence why it was a vent, rather than a rant. The thing is, whether it's a sporting event, media or any form of entertainment that got famous due to a collective common interest, people fail to realize it's the fans that ultimately provide the things these performers need to get that fame and fortune. Take sports for example. All those sponsors you see in arenas or endorsed by the likes of say LaBron James. It is true, that they provide them the paychecks, however, said sponsors wouldn't have been able to afford to pay them if people didn't buy their products. Everything from the Gatorade you drink, to the Nikes you wear, doesn't just support their company, it helps them pay their endorsers. But that said, that's just the financial side of things.

The true way to really get forward, to gain enough people to gain said fame and fortune is simple word of mouth. You like a movie? You tell your friends and family about it and they either buy tickets to see it or buy the home video. Same applies to other forms of entertainment. The good thing about that is that it doesn't cost the person spreading said word anything save for time and that time is relatively short. A few seconds to a few minutes, depending on how you like to explain the medium you like. It doesn't even have to be constant, all you'd need to do is just take a few seconds of your time to talk about the mediums you like and where they came from.

I myself have dabbled in it in many ways, because on top of promoting my own work, I wanted to make sure those that don't get noticed often do and those that are already noticed a lot, are kept alive. CIEIR has always been about helping people after all.

The way I do it the most was to create forum topics for both art and music so I could do a mass promo in hopes that others would in turn spread word about the music and art I happen to like:

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1462522

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1464865

However I feel that maybe it's not enough. So every now and then, I will do a shout out to a few fans and fellow artists of mine. I will tag their names and reasons why I think their work should be supported.

First and foremost, you get to meet the select few I hold in high regard:

@ethanblair

This person has been very supportive of me for a long time. And while he only has a few things on his profile, he makes up for not just in quality, but for being an overall good person.

@RipCatcha

This kid was the one who gave me my first collab when I was starting out here. And I still believe to this day he created the best remix for my song Creeping March of War.

@shintsukimi205

On top of being a great collaborator, his art is very relatable to me and helped me keep going. It was also his blog shout out where I was mentioned that inspired me to do a promo like this.

@rocknight1991

This kid never gave up on me and her art is worth encouraging. She is also the one that inspired me to create Light Harmony.

I may have forgotten some, but I'm sure I can find them again. These people among most, I hold in high regard, because they try to help me and I in turn try to find ways to return the favor. These are not just my fans, nor am I just fans of them. They are my friends. That being said, much of the reason why I never mentioned them was because I did not wish them to be harassed, due to their association with me. If anyone, I know goes after these people, you'll have me to deal with. So tread lightly.

Others I know have lost their accounts or left for some reason or another:

DJElectricJes, I don't care what they say to slam you, you're not a pedo. You just made a huge mistake, that you have tried to atone for since. If your girlfriend believes in you, then so do I.

LilAngelaDecibel, you are a talented person, who's only crime was that you are a magnet for drama. But it's not all your fault. People push you in many ways and I hope one day you come back with a fresh start.

KrunoGaming, your games are fun and addicting and it's a damn shame you're gone.

Last but not least is what I call the Flavour of The Post. People I've come across in art, music, games and the like, who have a real great talent and I believe should be encouraged to go further:

@LiteralHat

On top of having a great style, I think LiteralHat's recent animation is beyond Newgrounds. I think if it was entered into the Academy it would at the very least have a shot at being nominated for Best Original Animated Short. That's right, I think it's Oscar Worthy.

@boza44

He has great range and takes inspiration for his, but my personal fave is his digital Jazz. Which I reccomend you listen to.

@TheMusicalManiac

Just recently the Tank Tribune put one of her songs on the phonograph and I believe it's well worthy of that. She has a great style of video game music.

@dj-steve-francis

His 432hz style inspired me to better tune my music.

Now if anyone I know feels left out I apologize, but rest assured, you will get your shout out one day.

Now this only took me a few minutes because I was mass promoting. Yet I'd do it again and again if it helps these people get ahead. I'm not a competing artist, the only people I would ever try to step on, would be those I dislike on a personal level and even then it would take more than simple insults to prompt me to do that. I want to give people the chance that I rarely get myself and all I ask in return is for it to no longer be rare. I know if I can get far enough I could succeed in this, but I get nowhere without the people that support me in one way or another. I make my art for me, but I provide you guys the opportunity to look or listen and judge for yourself to see whether or not I am the only one that likes the work. All it takes is word of mouth. Or in this case text Lol.

Stay tuned for more content.

Talk about a blast from the past. It all started just recently when a fan of mine whom I've followed as well, because I like their music @psilenth PM'd me. Asking me to check out his Soundcloud account. Which can be seen here. I was originally gonna tell him that I don't have a soundcloud account for him, which would have allowed me to follow him there. So I figured as both a token of good will and a means of expanding, I would create one. So I signed in through Google and found to my amazement and horror that I already got one. Amazement, because I forgot I made it years ago. This was back when I first started out and I didn't post anything there, because the upload limit on the free accounts discouraged me a little. However I was amazed it was still there. My horror was, that it was such a disorganized mess. It had my old crappy avatar which I created before I was given the one you see on my display pic and my old nickname. So I changed it and voila:

CIEIR Music Soundcloud

Until I am in a position to pay for the PRO Version Monthly this account is strictly for promotion only so every now and then I'm gonna pick a few things from what I consider my best work so far.

I already put my Best of 2021 there, but to show my range, I have also put my complete Lovecraft Noir story up there as well.

So far I already have one of my tracks reposted and I have two offers for people to share them to a larger range of listeners. Whether these are legit offers or scams, I don't know. But if it's the latter, then the fact that they are willing to do so, show's my work is good enough to steal. Lol.

I've also had comments on it, both complimenting me and telling me to Go Pro. So there's something.

I woke up this afternoon and read that one of my favourite chain stores did something very bad. At a Scarborough Giant Tiger, a long time Indigenous Customer by the name of Hector King Jr. was kicked out of one of their stores for alleged theft. They claimed they had security footage of him doing it, but when he demanded to see the footage they refused. First of all the accused has every right to be shown evidence of the crime they are accused of. So the fact that they refuse to do so, shows there are rats running the place. I don't mean tattletales. Second, this is not the first time they went after natives. They accused the same to another in Regina 2017. So needless to say it doesn't take a detective or even a psychic to know that what these cashiers and security are doing is racial profiling and discrimination.

As someone with Native blood, I am shocked and appalled that they would do something like this especially after the recent scandal Canada went through regarding the residential schools. And to an old man of all people too. So I am boycotting the Giant Tiger Chain and I ask any Canadian readers out there to do the same.

Open The Door: Complete Series

Now that I managed to complete my story I decided to post not just a single of part 2, but also an mini-album of the complete series. The singles and the tracks are $1 each or you could get the entire series for $1.50

The Uneasy Path

Fuck me, this one took a lot out of me to make. Like this album aesops, this wasn't an easy path to take, but the right one.