-Just leveled up the time spent part of base score. The watched kettle never boils but I do keep track to make sure I develop good habits so I get credit for my work with 100 hours each increment now. Now that I've sired its onto the next phase of creating my own society. All those other bonuses really don't mean much to me but referral points so that will be my focus now. So many aspects of this site has been like putting the horse before the cart so it has taken an eternity to get stuff going-a catch 22. Been doing visualization meditations for my alliance/coven crest, representation, and mark holding their purpose in mind to empower them. I don't really worry much about my fellow vampire empaths that pick up on my current as well as others on this site that use it for their posturing that is a literal clusterfuck on this site. It's like a never ending circus shit show like FFDP song. It's obvious I don't need to sweat it as we are on a whole different page our minds work differently. I strive to keep myself sanctified from those behavioral patterns others fall into to fit in on this site. There is safety and fellowship in fitting in with a mob mentality but too much and you end up stagnant. Understanding fate disillusioned my ego that others obviously don't perceive yet. It has been quite the trial on this site enduring all the corruption but I'm a wild natural vampire and see this site as a kind of wilderness preserve for us. The worst of it has been putting up with all the mundanes put in authority over us. I've seen so many kindred leave this site not being able to suffer it. It's like they use us as talismans to make themselves look good empowering their self image. I endure it as a price to pay to use the service as it says in the terms of service. It is a business after all and money does make the world go round even more so here on the world wide web.
Been in a contemplative mood lately probably a habit I get into from attuning to lunar cycle and get in them at the new moons. Been getting through VTM Bloodlines 2 for recreation.
So this album just fully released at the stroke of midnight yesterday. When it comes to any art involving vampires I give them some attention. It's pretty much at the core of who I am. Like now I have been playing VTM: Bloodlines 2 Deluxe edition which went on sale-no way was I going to pay $80 for it. It's not the kind of game I would have many playthroughs like it's predecessor VTM: Bloodlines 1 which became a cult classic.
I'm in agreement with gamer critics that this second version shouldn't even be called a sequel and should have named it something else which only seems a marketing ploy to milk the popularity of the first. Anyway, yeah I'm still alive. I don't have much hunger or ambition for life but I'm not suicidal and make the best of what little I have. As far as my work on coven/alliance crest, representation and mark I have been empowering them into my imagination with it's purpose and once they reach a point of power I will draw , paint and digitize them then create a coven if Cancer allows it. One of the most important parts of the process in my magick. It is like the condensing of dew on plants at the crack of dawn-the first form out of chaos. I'm sure there are other real vampires and occultists out there that know what I mean. ;)
Am I evil because I think this video is funny? I'd think there are many dark souls that can laugh at things others can't because their souls aren't mature enough to perceive the humor in it. If you can't enjoy yourself on this site I don't think you should be here. Some people have told me they were Christians here on the Rave. I look at them with confusion wondering what the hell are they doing here then. Not that I believe that religion is true but if you believe the doctrine correctly then you will have a spiritual force guiding you and it would not lead you here. It is the mindset of a hierarchical dichotomy that creates the spiritual things people experience weather they are the Holy Spirit and angels or the repressed forces of demons. I'm sure in ancient Assyria where Pazuzu was respected as an evil force that causes pestilence were to watch this video they would find it offensive. From my vantage such beliefs are foolish. But can't you find humor in the foolish things you did in your youth funny later in life after maturing?
My issue has always been hypersensitivity and being an empath. So I can pick up on the things people hide. When an individual is too prideful and it determines their behavior on this site this is what has been hard for me to endure. Especially if they are in places of authority. By far this attitude is what ruins this site to me. I try to look at it as a price to pay. It's worth it to me though it can get trying at times knowing what people really think of you.
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Sorry, didn't watch the video (because I'm not sure I'll like the music & the thumbnail is not very inspiring...). Is it just about dark humor? I know that people online cringe when I make death-related jokes and very few people I know can tolerate that. I've come to VR exactly because I think my inclinations will not be frowned upon here. As for Christians coming to this place - do they even know that religion well enough? Youth these days loves shiny labels not always understanding what they mean.
Hypersensitivity is not an issue, but things can get overwhelming when you don't know what to do with all the information in overcrowded areas. I think I had a similar period in my life too when I stayed out of large crowds of people, now I can go shopping and be fine, but still dislike more turbulent places, such as flea markets... Over time you learn to focus your spiritual perception, much like a baby learns to focus and see separate objects as his eyes develop. It's just a stage and it will pass.
Basically the video is a parody about the movie "The exorcist" and demonic possession. I personally have come to realize such beings are the product of repression and a mind able to use abstract thought as a tool can conceptualize sublime beings into one form that gives them that power. Like the holiness of a god that spoke everything into being. Certain cultures are the breeding ground for many spiritual and miraculous things that to those who don't know any better are influenced by. As far as my hypersensitivity goes it is understanding that allows me to cope. Sometimes my mind doesn't have clarity like other times as it comes in cycles for me.
-Out of Belarus I can relate to this music in so many ways. Didn't do much today as the burning gets pretty intense at times and I meditate to let the energy dissipate naturally so I can function. Then I drifted off to sleep and had interesting dreams fighting undead skeleton warriors in melee combat. They just kept coming in the ruins I was exploring and weren't easy to defeat. But I took them all down...for a time and woke up refreshed. It was like how you feel after getting a good workout. I'm about to break out my compass a brass one made in Italy (Blick) to work on drafting a coven crest. A man can never have enough tools. Also got a book to help that has many illustrations of skeletons in different poses I want to incorporate into it. Later.
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Good luck with crest design! Can't wait to see what you come up with :3
Thanks. It's not something easy for me and drawing it is just the draft then need to paint it on leather with florescent colors and some musou black to give it depth so it glows well in blacklight.
-Out of Brazil I like the energy of this all female metal band. I wonder if their moon times all sync up. Well got all my bills paid for another month and that feels good. Nothing worse than owing somebody something to me. Also went grocery shopping which is an affair that I try to do strategically at times when no one else goes like at the crack of dawn to avoid the masses and the clusterf**k that causes. I always seem to get hit with Murphy's law though and some bullshit happens to make the experience hectic. This time it was a shortage of shopping carts. This was a time when there's hardly any customers so what the f**k happened to all their carts. *SMH* Whoever manages that store should be strung up by their tender parts on hooks. Then I finally just fill my own bags I keep in my field jacket pockets now since California passed laws about making plastic bags illegal. Those paper ones might work if you got a vehicle to offload them to but carrying them a couple miles in your arms makes for a pretty inconvenient experience. I specifically got rid of my truck living in a city to lower expenses and delegated vehicle duties to my girlfriend to manage but it's times like these I sure do miss my truck and motorcycle. So I go into the store lugging my own bags and see a bunch of carts being used by the stockers. That's what pallet jacks are for why the hell are their employees depriving the customers of shopping carts??! I was talking it up with security managed by an outside firm and he was talking about the number that the homeless steal. The stockers and cashiers had nothing to say. I called it it's poor management something I'm quite used to in life. Like so many in positions of authority they just pass the buck of responsibility somewhere else. The reason for the prestige and higher pay is the responsibility that falls on them. So many of them just get too uppity and lose sight of what's important; Work ethic.
I see another has gone through the precious vampire rave experience of induction. I'm not going through that shit again but now I'll have to contend with the parasites that just leech of of others without giving back like a proper lord does in their realm of influence as my coven will be for my own referrals. But without the element of risk it gets too boring-no risk no reward. Like I was addressing about responsibilities of those in authority it will be my duty to keep my society stocked with fresh meat and engaged to remain active members. I want to beat Cancer's score for referral points and not with the corrupt values so many use with alternate profiles and active members that just seem to lose sight of the virtue of things. Why am I so different than other so called vampires on this site?
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@AlvaWings hey I've donated charities to your country's war effort. Not a big fan of the shit Russia does. They really fucked up Kazakhstan but I guess it's not resource rich enough to fight a proxy war through. My occult sources informed me many of my problems on the internet are their doing through AI cyberwarfare so I've included them personally in my psychic vampire warfare. A mere drop in an ocean but every bit helps. Justice to me spans many incarnations contrary to those that believe they'll be worshipping a Jewish man for all eternity in heaven in their afterlife. Freewill is an illusion and favored by the ego which some really have an overabundance of that warps reality. What determines behavior is your DNA and the experiences throughout life that shape it. Nature can be quite beautiful but also terrifying to some and death is merciful not something you'd want to do away with. Yeah I understand the re-balancing you mention like the time a scale needs to oscillate before settling. Thanks for expressing your appreciation and encouragement. I like Kitrahs.
Still using this set-up for my journal. Just looks the best in different platforms and layouts people use. The silver and white color scheme seems the most universal. The only one that really makes it look bad is the one with a white background like Bantam Brown which is why I give the best viewed in headline.
Well today got some much needed art supplies. Really going to put more effort into creating my coven graphics. This has been the main reason I haven't created one yet. To ground and empower them I prefer they be original from my imagination done by my own hand rather than graphic arts software. Also going to use leather as a medium so I can mount them on my coats to advertise as I hunt. I really have high standards on what I want and I'm out of practice so it hasn't been easy. Then I'll photograph them to create crests in creating coven for my referrals and alliance for members to join. Looked at different societies' today to make sure I can use the representation of my choosing and see some more have been lost. I keep hearing people complain about how dead this site is. Compared to the way it was when I first came in 2010 they are right. I was working 80 hour weeks as a foreman in cold steel industry then and though I loved the site just had too much on my plate to deal with what I was picking up as an empath. But I came back after taking an early retirement and been focusing on occult arts. Don't think its right to complain about inactivity on the site without doing my part to bring in the fresh meat.
Checked out Cancer's Way Universe site and it too seems a bit frozen with the latest postings stopping back in March of 2023. Hope this site survives the recession coming soon. It's the only one I see exclusively for the real vampire community.
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Hope it survives too
If you need to digitize your traditional drawings, the best way is to use a scanner. I use an old and trusty Epson Perfection v200 Photo, but I believe they don't sell it anymore, so you could get a newer model - those are cheap.
@AlavWings thanks I'll check some out. I got so many projects on hold its ridiculous. My elemental companion's presence makes me constantly burn in ecstasy so find the easiest of things hard to do. Takes considerable willpower as its just so easy to relax and enjoy it. I've been fighting it though.
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