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Amateur Filmmaker, Author, Cartoonist, Musician and defictionalizer (Finding truth in fiction), mostly here to promote my music to indie developers that need it.
Age 33, Male
Part Time Musician,
High School Graduate/Self Taug
Parts Unknown
Joined on 12/13/20
Posted by CIEIRMusic - April 7th, 2024
Bit of a mini-revelation, but for context. Whenever I feel I need to, I do what I call a Wicca-Ojibwe Mix, in terms of rituals. In layman's terms I smudge, but rather than use Ojibwe Prayers I use Wiccan Incantations to better focus my will and intent.
Now the one thing Native Medicine and Wiccan Practices have in common other than the herbs being used, is that they have what is known as Calling Corners. In which you have to face a certain direction to have your intent more heard.
In the case of Wicca:
In the case of Native:
Now in reference to my Previous Article, where I went to let things go was often West, because I've had friends and family that lived further west of me and much of the stuff that kept me entertained such as the arcades I went to would often be further West. Or so I thought. Because of the change in transportation that happened over the past year, I went West, Then North to where I needed to go. Letting go and protection. Which made me realized that the places I went to were Spiritual Safe Spots. Places I needed to go to protect myself and others around me without any effort whatsoever. Simply go there, do what you gotta do, call it a day and go home.
Now before I did my recent smudge, Traditionally I go North, South, East and West. North to give thanks to the Earth, South in respect of my element Fire and East and West in respect to others born under those elements in my circle. However just recently as an experiment, after doing North, South East and West, I did another smudge. Facing the directions between them. Northwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast. Combining Protection and Love with Finance and Letting Go. Basically combining the elements in a way that no one else thought of, because of a few following factors.
Now I must admit, I am a stickler for some traditions, but while I do insist I'm still Wiccan as my core, I never really got fully immersed in any religion, because I started seeing faults. In terms of Christianity, lessons and values that contradict with other lessons and values.
Part of the reason why many parents have trouble controlling their children and putting them on the right path to life, is because they want their kids to do things strictly THEIR way and not even remotely listen to suggestions that could have improved them. It's why so many kids suffer, because they have trouble finding the line between pleasing their loved ones and doing their own thing.
Part of why my life was so miserable, was because I was under the impression that God, or whatever was up there, was punishing me for not listening to them at all, when in actuality, I was only supposed to listen to advice that was important and useful, but reject what doesn't apply to me and do my own thing. Basically Jeet Kune Do'ing Life in a nutshell. At first I thought they were afraid I was gonna fail, but in actuality, certain people, even with the best interests at heart have often tried to subdue me because they were afraid of being proven wrong about me. And every time I've done so, even by accident, makes them double down on trying to control me. It's basically the feud between Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders all over again:
People have often tried to root for Homer, simply because he was the main character and he resonated with those in similar situations as him. However, when I look back at this clip, Homer was in the wrong about everything in this. He was under the insecure delusion that Flanders believed he was better than him and was bragging about it. When in actuality, Flanders simply wanted Homer to be his friend. It's why the episode ended with Homer being further humiliated. Because he assumed everyone was like him and would suffer like he did, only for the episode to end saying "Not everyone is like you, so stop trying."
Myself, if I saw a potential friend with cooler stuff than me, I don't get jealous, I just think the person is awesome even if they don't think so themselves. If something happens that makes my life better, I try to share with others through my experiences in hopes they'd find something that would help them out of their own funk. They don't have to be like me, but at the same time my advice is not unwarranted. Hell, much of the reasons why people both online and in the real world hate me so much, was because they simply assumed that I thought I was better than them.
I'm not trying to be better than anyone, I never see life as a competition even if others disagree. I'm simply me. I do things my way, but at the same time appreciate the help that got me there.
The only regret was, that it took me a long time to realize that, because I used to seek out those that didn't care for me for validation. Now that I gotten over that, I can freely move on with my life without any obstacles that can't be overcome. And if I can do that, so can you. Stop focusing on what people have that you don't. Stop focusing on trying to please everyone be it your personal, professional or even religious life. Just be yourself, do things your way. Add your own spin on an old tradition or break it entirely. Life should never be an endless cycle anymore. Break the cycle.
Take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.
Posted by CIEIRMusic - April 7th, 2024
I realized now while I am happy that part of the reason happy things were freaking me out lately, was because my body, mind and spirit were counting down to a rare event that is gonna happen tomorrow. A total Solar Eclipse is happening tomorrow. I don't know what is gonna happen afterwards, but I just know what I have to do beforehand. I gotta keep living my life, avoid as much drama as I could and enjoy the time I have while I still can.
Now much of the reason why although I appreciate the good that's been coming to me including good ideas, that I reacted in fear even masking it through comedy sometimes to my friends and family that have despite witnessing what happened to me, are in such disbelief their natural response is to tell me to stay away from what I am doing, is because of the following factors.
Because as it turns out, we're not dying. The moon isn't gonna crash down on our planet while we say goodbye to our loved ones:
And what's changing us is not necessarily bad:
In fact that's what it is. It's evolution.
Human Evolution. Be it in body, mind, environment or even soul, has often changed and evolved once every 100 years. And whether you realized it or not, you've all witnessed the changes happen over the past 100 years. Or to some of us whom were born from the 90s to the 2000s. At least a few decades. I myself went through many changes in my life. From the weird oddball kid, to the bully victim, to the bully, to the anti-hero I've been since I graduated High School, but now I have become something more. Something I can't describe. It's painful, it's scary, it's almost like going through a second puberty to be honest. Only it's on a species level scale. I've become smarter, wiser. Still cocky, but in a fun and positive way and hell, like some people have said, my art is improving and I've become more mellow over the years. I've lost weight and I'm well on my way to getting the body I desired, despite impossible odds, I found true love and watched her evolve too. I knew not to give a crap what people think of me as long as they're not important in my life. And to top it off, my sense of adventure has increased so much that literally money limits me from going all over the world. I used to think when the eclipse happened it'd be the end of the world as we know it. And in a way it is. The old world we are so used to despite all it's flaws is ending. A new world is emerging from the ashes, like a Phoenix. This is our new golden age.
If we screw this one up, then it is bye bye to the world, but until then. Enjoy the time you all have. Spend time with loved ones, have some fun in your favourite spots and hope to whatever's out there, that you'll make it. Because one thing I do know, a lot that come out during the eclipse will go blind and will go crazy. Me I'm just gonna ride it out until it's over and enjoy the time while I still can.
Until then, take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.
Posted by CIEIRMusic - April 5th, 2024
Following up from this one.
Sometimes drama is often hard to avoid because of the following factors:
In the age of Home Consoles which existed way before I was even born, things like arcades and other hangouts were often on the verge of extinctions. Simply because a lot of us both old and modern would think "Why spend our quarters on this when we can play it for free at home?" To me Home Consoles as much as I love them can never take away the arcade going experience. Why sit at home with a controller playing your racing game, when you can be out there driving the car with actual steering and gas. Why play a shooting game at home and expressing your rage there with a push button system, when you can simply go out there and use a toy gun to vent your frustrations. Hell, the one thing arcades do have that home consoles don't, is that depending on the game, you win more than points. You win prizes you could either keep or give to someone as a present. You could compete with others in a fun and healthy way. Hell if you're on a date, you could impress them with your Skee-Ball skills.
Over the years, I seen hints that Arcades were making a comeback. It first hinted to me when I watched the AVGN video on Polybius:
The whole thing taking place in a warehouse owned by a guy whom simply loved arcades and had some of the most valuable ones no one sees anymore.
In my neck of the woods, save for Playdium, many arcades are often branched out from other fun places like Movie Theatres and Bowling Alleys. Places of fun where there are often lot's to do. Even amusement parks. If games aren't your thing, you could watch a movie that came out even if it's one that's crappy. You could go bowling and try to see if you can get a perfect game. You could even ride the rides or play on the carny games for more prizes. The possibilities are endless outdoors.
As a kid, I was brought to places like that, mostly because I thought my parents were just picking places they liked to go. It wasn't until recently, that I realized while they are fun as a kid, the places I was taken to, would be even more fun as an adult. I think when we got overtly dependent on screens, that we lost that initial spark, that meaning to have fun because either the news was scaring us from it or bad things conveniently happen to those places which discourage us from going. Not to mention most people compensate by watching Youtube Videos on famous rides. I remember when Youtube was in it's heyday, one of the first videos I watched was of someone going on the old Spider-Man Ride at Universal Studios:
And while it was cool to see how the ride looked, because I was not in the same country as it and even if I was, I probably wouldn't have been able to afford it anyway, I feel now, that it would have been more cooler if I was there seeing Spider-Man pop out in 3D. And that's the way things should be.
Computers should only be for alternatives to media and helping with one's business life, not defining one's entire life. We shouldn't sit here, wasting away and doing nothing when there's still so much of our worlds to explore. We need to spark that inner-child again and actually re-learn how to have fun.
Now I know what you're thinking. "Some of us are adults, we should focus on how to put food on the table." And you're right, but what's the point of making money if on top of survival, you're not allowed to have fun as a certain wise Doctor said:
"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."
And that's what we need to be. Childish, but in a good way. Not the spoiled brat image we come to regress to over the years, but the laughing, playing, positive and peaceful kids we used to be before our own hardships corrupted us. It's high time we take our childhoods back while we still can and not screw it up this time.
After I write this article, I'm not gonna focus on the stressful parts of the day. I'm gonna go out there, go to the nearest arcade and have some fun. Because it's a free country and I should do whatever the Hell I want. I think you all should do the same. I'm sure there's places you either never been to or haven't been to in a long time. Hit those places up. Have some fun. The possibilities are endless. Because it's a hell of a lot better than sitting here and bitching about stuff, that isn't worth the stress, time or energy. Sometimes people need to unplug.
Take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.
Posted by CIEIRMusic - April 4th, 2024
I won't go into detail exactly what happened to me today, but let's just say recent events have cropped up that I can only explain to be Karmic in nature. Literally every bad thing that's happened to me over the years has begun to patch itself up and resolve itself and I'm not sure if it was because I simply had to wait for it to come to fruition or if maybe I had a hand in things due to my own recent actions. But I can safely say that I'm not the only one that experienced this sort of phenomena.
For context, a long time ago I once said "The longer it takes for Karma the better or worse it's gonna get for whom receives either." I was just saying that as mostly a mantra, in hopes I'd live long enough to either see good things happen to me, karma catch up with bad people or both. The way I saw it, if someone was taking almost an eternity to earn the things they dreamed about and it pays off, then odds are it's gonna be more than what they bargained for. Whereas if someone did one or many nasty things over the years of their life, then the punishment karmic wise would seem like overkill to those that don't get why they deserved such harsh punishment.
In my case, bad things seemed to happen to me in pinpoint accuracy and while I wondered why at the time I know for a fact now that it was the result of Bad Karma, but not exactly from bad deeds in my life, but because I didn't do things differently in my life to try to change it until recently. And even then, all the times I hoped things were gonna get better, I was often discouraged, because something bad would happen along the way. Nowadays it's the opposite. Every time I've seemed to have a bad day, it turns around one way or another, affecting the aspects of my life I wanted for a long time. Now, just recently certain people that messed with my life in my home area, have slowly and surely gained their comeuppance one way or another, starting with one person. However with the way things are going, it will affect things that allow all the people that have hurt me over the years to get theirs as well.
It's like the balance of Karma has shifted on my end of things and as I said before, I wasn't the only one to notice it in my life. Others have seen it in their life too.
At first I was shocked, even borderline scared, but what I witnessed gave me hope and a taste of the good things to come so long as I continue down this new path.
I think maybe that's the secret to Good Karma, not just simply doing good deeds for others, but also do good things for yourself in hopes it can improve your life. Try it out. Maybe find things that you had problems with in the past that you can solve now. The sky is the limit.
Until then, take care, stay safe, stay tuned for more.
Posted by CIEIRMusic - April 2nd, 2024
I just realized the reason why so many of us don't give up on our dependence of technology, social media and even the dramas that infect the very net itself. It's the most simplest reason, it relates to all of us and it's why we been suffering a lot lately. Whether your rich and stable or poor and down in the dumps, whether you like life the way it is or whether you strive to be better, it's all because of one simple concept:
We look for things to fill our time, whether it's jobs that get us money for the necessities or careers that move us up to beyond the basic standards of survival. Or maybe you don't want just money, maybe you feel you can kill your boredom while helping someone else down on their luck. You volunteer, you donate, you even go so far as sparing some of your food to your fellow neighbor. It's also why Drama is hard to ignore, because even if we hate it, it brought excitement to our lives. No different than watching a good movie or going to your favorite music spots. Everything we ever done in life that has made it hard for us to live was because we tried to balance out what would help us and what would kill time for us when there's nothing else.
But look at the world we live in. It's gotten big to the point where money, while time consuming can be made by anyone with the right ideas. It's gotten so big, that there is so much to do and so much to explore. It's why most people go on vacations out of the country, they explored their worlds, they want to explore others. We shouldn't fight each other, we should learn more about each other so we can share this world rather than conquer it.
Find some common ground, have some parties, hell even do something stupid that would make them all laugh. The possibilities are endless. But if that doesn't kill your boredom I don't know what would.
I found many things to kill mine and it's made me feel better about life. Find yours.
Posted by CIEIRMusic - April 1st, 2024
First of all Happy Easter. Second of all, it's my birthday once again and I am now officially 33 years old. I have outlived Bruce Lee and now am at the same age Jesus got crucified. Man what a fucking journey. I was able to focus a lot on my self-care, still going btw. I was able to find balance in my life I never thought I could do. To top it off, with the eclipse just 7 days away, I get the feeling things will get very strange yet very good. Let this be a lesson to all of you whom reach this far in their life. Life is worth living when you know how to put aside the bullshit. I wish you all well.
Take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.
Posted by CIEIRMusic - March 28th, 2024
Follow up on this: So Far So Good
I am two days into my medication and I thought I'd do a brief post on how it goes. For context, I take Apo-Escitalopram. Which specifically deals with Anxiety and Depression. While the medication is supposed to take at least a week or two to kick in, I was able to feel some noticeable results. For context, before I was treated, my anxiety was so bad that I would fidget everywhere I go. That started to cease yesterday. Also proving my theory on how addiction is mental, it lowered my cravings for smokes exponentially. As high stress caused me to smoke more due to anxiety. Not to mention, I suffer from what is commonly known as mental chatter. In which I think 1000 thoughts all at once and it's often been the source of irritation for me as I tend to overthink things. That started to lower too. But essentially things are working. Having said that, there have been side effects, on top of the effects of my blood work. I was severely dehydrated, had excessive sweating and I felt more physically tired than usual. Nothing to be concerned about as I was able to get used to it and help whatever I could on it. Let's just say if your parents tell you to drink more water, then fucking drink it.
But long story short, things have gotten better for me, my mind is a lot more clearer and it allows me to focus better on my goals. It's almost like I was given the Limitless Pill. But if it can work on me, it can work on others with similar problems.
Posted by CIEIRMusic - March 26th, 2024
Managed to make it where I needed to go, to seek therapy. I'm just waiting for when the actual therapist has me on the list. It's a long wait list, but so far so good.
Until then, the Walk-In Center that referred me, prescribed me medication to deal with a huge chunk of my problems. Specifically, Anxiety and Depression. I'm trying it out tonight, but they said I won't see results for 2 weeks. That said, the fact that they gave me something to help, right off the bat, shows I'm going the right direction. If it works, then a lot of my problems personal, professional, mental and even spiritual would be solved.
Part of why it took me so long to seek help, was because while I can safely admit that I do have problems with or without this stuff. I just didn't think I needed it. Even with shit going down for me, I was able to handle things on my own for a long time. 26 years. But in the 27th year of my 32, soon to be 33 year old life, I realized there are certain problems I cannot solve through sheer will alone. It also took me a long time to figure out which problems needed solving, hence why I was able to freely express them including but not limited to suicidal thoughts. Just to see if anyone else whom is getting treated has either improved or made life worse. Just to see if maybe it's a direction I can take.
Now I know I'm going the right direction, because a lot of people I know, save for a select few exceptions, have never treated themselves for it or sought treatment for it. Much like my stance on Vaccines, I respect the religious and even fear of side effects for whatever medicine would get prescribed. Hell the one I'm about to take has side effect warnings. However the one's that often pissed me off are the people whom are so full of themselves that even taking simple treatments, would be to them admitting there was something wrong with them. Even the people I deal with in my neck of the woods would rather take narcotics and kill themselves with booze than seek even the simplest of meds let alone hours, months and even years of therapy that would of taken to get to the root of their problems. They honestly don't believe that that lifestyle is killing them because they think it's good. Me I believe certain Narcotics should be legal, due to both the medicinal and overall life qualities. Up until it became that, I was a firm believer in legalizing Weed, simply because people had so much to deal with that they couldn't afford Prescription Meds, let alone go through the legal bullshit that doesn't qualify them for simply medicinal weed. When it became medicinal in my country before it was legal, Autism wasn't even considered a severity long enough to get prescription and their idea of PTSD meant soldiers only. So needless to say I was fucked.
That being said, problems can't be solved by letting people be more free to use narcotics. They need proper treatment or at the very least proper treatment that caters to one's personality, disorder/s and over all belief system or lack thereof. Christianity, Islam and Judaism alone would have had a lot of problems solved, had they at least had a Psychiatrist, that specializes in their beliefs. Hell, many Doctors have their own beliefs even when their field is mostly science. So why not go that way. It's one of the reasons why I feared going to a shrink myself, because I was worried, my own beliefs would be written off as delusions and I'd receive a worse fate than the prescription meds that would help me. I could care less if they thought I was crazy in what I believe, but at the same time they shouldn't use that as an excuse to forcibly drug or lock up people, whom beliefs aside, went through similar bullshit, based on disorders alone.
That said, I'm no longer afraid of that. I am seeking help when it's available and I got a multitude of things to do while I am going through it. I suggest that anyone whom has not sought treatment over the years of bullshit drama they endured on this site alone to do the same, let alone what they do in their personal lives. If I can do it even after decades of procrastinating, so can you. Admit your problems, seek help and go from there.
Take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.
Posted by CIEIRMusic - March 21st, 2024
This is the big one, the biggest revelation I ever had in my overall life. Something even with all my talks of the supernatural, time travel and various other things some, but not all believe, I never thought this would be possible, but now that I see it, it's a high probability that my Destiny has been foretold and I'm only now just figuring it out.
I was checking when to see if the next Easter was gonna be in March or April. Not only did I find, that it's happening on both months, but it's not the first time it's happened to me, regarding my own Birthday.
For context, I was born, April 1st 1991. Which obviously is April Fools Day. However, if you look further into that date, it was the last day of Easter Weekend, also known as Easter Monday, in which my Birthday fell upon. I used to joke, that that would mean I have been always a fool, but with God on my side. However, judging by this, I and anyone else born on that exact date and month, are the literal fools with God or whatever they worship at the time on their side.
In my case, post 1991 which I also call my Year Zero, there have been moments in which various things have happened to me, once that Birthdate reaches Easter Monday once more. The second instance of my life was April 1st 2002, when I was 11 years old and the world was 5 months away from the 1 year Anniversary of 9/11. The third instance was in April 1st 2013. I was 22, looking for work and questioning my purpose in life after suffering a major loss for 2 years so far. Now the fourth instance is the one coming up. April 1st 2024. Turning me 33. Now that alone was weird enough that many significant events lead up to before, during and after, the double digits of my life. But after putting these age numbers together, I have discovered that every 11 years between 2002 and 2024, my age has become a master number. In this case, 11, 22 and 33, with the cycle breaking in 2035 when I'm about 44.
In the case of the individual numbers in Numerology they mean as follows
And that's just the weird master number side of things. Put the date together 11/22/33 and you got November 22 1933, the day of Bonnie and Clyde's first ambush. The one that was the precursor to their eventual demise as depicted here:
Just to name a random fact in history. I'm sure there are a lot of other 11/22/33s scattered all over centuries worth of events.
Now while it's not on the exact date, The Easter Weekend is the Symbolic Date depicting the Death and Resurrections of Jesus Christ. He too was 33 if you believe in that. So if I make it through this as blasphemous as it would sound, I will have outlived Jesus next year.
However not all is shockingly pleasant. For one, a lot of things cropping up seem to depict the literal end of the world. Now before you panic, let me explain a few things first.
Many depictions of End of The World Events, both in Myth and Fiction often have similar events happening. Such as all the planets being present in Skyview on Earth as well as an upcoming solar eclipse. A lot of it as crazy as it sounds seems to coincide with Revelations 6:12:
Famously mistaken for Revelations 7:12 as depicted in Ghostbusters:
However what shocked me about this scene wasn't just them discussing the apocalypse, but Ray slowly realizing that the line of work they created for means of Research and Profit, made them inadvertently tasked with stopping the end of the world.
Now here's one thing that always bothered me regarding the Christian Bible. Revelations was meant to be the last Book of the Bible and in some POVs, the end of all things. The world, The Universe, The Whole 9 Yards. There was nothing written after, because those whom written it since the beginning have long since passed away.
Yet unlike some people whom just dismiss it as the end and leave it at that. I was one of the few people that asked many questions about it.
Just to name a few. However there have been some groups in Christian sects including but not limited to Jehova's Witnesses, that believe it's not the literal end. But rather an end of an old world and the start of something new. Something that has happened before once every 100 years.
In my case, I witnessed 3 decades of things since I was born in the 90s. The end of the 90s, the beginning and end of the 2000s, the beginning and end of the 2010s and just recently I'm near the halfway point of the 2020s. Decades of both good and bad things, with some bad at the time outweighing all the good I try to bring to this world and try to appreciate as well. So needless to say regardless of how much I hated some of it, I realized I did lead a wonderful and interesting life. But now, I think the only apocalypse that could happen is the end of all things that were infecting the world all over. That many people will realize the pointlessness and stupidity of their fighting. That many people would realize the world can be shared. That many people will finally let go at what's eating them, grow up and be better than what they were before good and bad.
This isn't the end of the world, it's the end of the Old World's Status Quo. It will go out kicking and screaming, but everything that has pissed us all off collectively in the past 100 years will finally be resolved one way or another. In ways no one, not even I can imagine. Call it God, Call it Luck, Call it Karma, Hell call it an equation finally balancing itself out for all I care. But I get the feeling the following may happen:
Of course I could be wrong, but at the same time on the off chance I am right, we may be heading for a cataclysm of literal biblical proportions.
But until then, for those whom do believe it may be the end, set your affairs in order, spend time with your loved ones and go out with a smile. For those whom believe it's a new beginning, party your heart out. Pump that positive energy into the world your way. Make some music, make some art. Do anything you can to get the fun out. Treat every day like it's your last.
Myself, I'm gonna see through this until the end. Enjoying life and seeing what mysteries lie beyond this event if any.
Take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.