Smoke and Mirrors

“The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.�

“Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one’s own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one’s own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love.â€?

Ayn Rand

    I make no excuses for the way I am about to write something, if anyone is disappointed by the lack of vitriol, or sarcasm, then they can direct complaints to my ass, which will no doubt reply eventually. Perhaps not in a very articulate fashion.

    London is so beautiful. It is dirty, it is a huge industrial monster, and for all that it is the most amazing, stunningly wonderful place I have ever been on this earth. I would rather look at the London skyline than the grand canyon at this moment, and though I may someday change my mind, right now I feel better every day that I live here, I love it more.

    I love my life. I can’t remember how or why I ever allowed myself to be unhappy. And I won’t let it happen again. I discovered recently that I do not believe in misery. No-one makes me unhappy but me, and I’m done with that. And thats pretty much it. I’m going home.

    11 Responses to “Smoke and Mirrors”

    1. EARHART Says:

      I’m so glad you’re happy. Isn’t life wonderful when you enjoy your well paid job? The satisfaction of getting through another day - another project, another customer problem solved - it’s just wonderful.

    2. davisc Says:

      OK, who are you and what have you done with artemis?

    3. mammy Says:

      I like it, Diane!

    4. Seamie Says:

      Shine on you crazy diamond

    5. Marka Says:

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    6. artemis Says:

      Marka: much as I enjoyed your remarks about what a terrible person I am, I will only tolerate exactly one piece of spam like that. If you don’t like my blog, don’t read it.

    7. Franz Says:

      Hmmm… what will you now do to avoid being unhappy?
      You may miss opertunities…?

    8. artemis Says:

      You think about it the wrong way. One does not need to “avoid being unhappy”. Happiness or lack thereof is a side effect, not a goal. I do not fear change just because I like my life. Change is an essential aspect of it.

    9. kevin Says:

      Wow, you came on irc last night for about 4 hours and just abused and trolled everyone on it.
      “23:53 oh, the angry little bitch who writes shit on my blog fr some
      reason”
      Heh, thought you were talking about me :).
      23:55 Antic_Hay: you don’t know what evil is you pathetic streak of
      piss
      00:06 that guy is such a fucking stupid cunt
      00:07 wanker

      Wow, how did you manage to turn the whole channel against mark? It’s because you have a vagina and a pair of tits, to tell the truth. That was so unfair.

    10. artemis Says:

      Actually I think you’ll find those all refer to the same person, namely mark. As far as I know most of the channel was pissed at him for reasons that I not only have nothing to do with, I don’t even know what they are. You write actual comments on my blog, mark writes “Fuck off”, and “You’re evil”, which is hardly an intelligent contribution.

      I personally think he’s an ignorant annoying cunt, and have no problem saying so, particularly when he decides to call me evil on a channel full of people, and then completely refuse to justify it in any way. He deserves whatever he gets, and if he can’t take it he should shut the fuck up.

      Theere are several women on the channel for whom the possession of aforementioned organs does absolutely nothing to help their case. So I don’t see why it would be assisting me much.

    11. kevin Says:

      He’s just misunderstood. You’d like him if you got to know him. I was on a forum and the name of the style was “Artemis Red”. Reminded me of you.

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