Yep, I decided to do it.

Ciao.

Best.

~Civil

From ~Smartster's journal ([link]).

The first ten people who reply to this entry will have three pieces of artwork featured in my journal! All you have to do is offer the same thing in your journal.

I'll post up the pics when I have a name for all the slots. Thanksplz.

1) ~Smartster
2) ~KeyOfUltima
3) ~MoonDoggie613
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Best.

~Civil

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[Tattoos]

Black & White (Normal) - $3
Black & White (Tribal) - $5
Color (Normal) - $7
Color (Tribal) - $10

[Comics]

Strips - $5 (Traditional)/$7 (Digital) (+$2 for each additional panel)

[Misc. Visual Art]

Sketch - $2
Sketch (Shaded) - $5
Inked (Traditional) - $5
Colored (Colored Pencils) - $7 (No BG)/$10 (Partial BG)
Colored (Markers) - $10 (No BG)/$12 (Partial BG)
Colored (Digital) - $12 (No BG)/$15 (Partial BG)

[Writing]

Short Poem - $2
Long Poem/Song - $4-7 (Depends on length)
Short-Short Story - $7-$10 (Depends on length)
Short Story - $10 (+$3 for each additional chapter)

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"Forbidden Love" Lyrics

I was listening to "Forbidden Love" by Madonna (The song on "Connfessions Of A Dance Floor") on the way home from school today, and I thought to myself, "Hey, Self."

And I was like, "Yeah?"

And then I go, "It'd be cool to draw stuff based on this song, right!?"

And then I think, "Yeah, that would be kinda cool, eh?"

And so, I've decided to start the "'Forbidden Love' Project." Yay! ^_^

These are the lines I'll be using as inspiration (I'll put a star and a link next to the ones I've completed):

Just one kiss on my lips was all it took to seal the future... ([link])

Just one look from your eyes was like a certain kind of torture...

Just one touch from your hands was all it took to make me falter...

Forbidden love....
Are we supposed to be together...?

Just one smile on your face was all it took to change my fortune...

Just one word from your mouth was all I needed to be certain...

Hearts that intertwined, we lived in a different kind of world...

The full song's lyrics can be found by clicking on the link above.

I decided to start this project not only because the song is cool (And so is Madonna <3), but to show how much I love Jon (~Onikura, even if he doesn't go on dA too often). I always have one done. Wee!

Stay tuned for updates and stuff~

Best.

~Civil

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Copied from the journal of

The following means a lot to me because I'm bisexual and, whenever my ex-girlfriend and I would kiss in school or something, people would stare at us like we were abnormal. One kid personally came up to me a little afterward one of our kisses and said, "You're disgusting" before walking away. He told me previously that it's against his religion to accept homosexuals, drink alcohol, or date others until a certain age. I could totally say stuff about that, but I'm not gonna.

I've also been told that, according to the Bibile, all gay people are supposed to rot in Hell and that God wants them dead, and that's why He created AIDS. I told that guy to find me the passage(s) in which those ideas are stated. He never got back to me on it.

I've been told that I am less of a human being because I'm attracted to girls as well as guys. You, my dear readers, may or may not have known that fact previously, but if you didn't, does it change the way you think of me now? Does it suddenly make me lower than you? Does it make me a bad person? Does it recude the quality of my art, of my writing, of my life?

Take the time to think about that and the following.

Enjoy.

~*~*~*~

am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.

I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.

I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.

We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.

I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.

I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.

I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.

I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.

I am the woman who died when the EMTs stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual. (yes, this actually happened)

I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didnt have to always deal with society hating me.

I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.

I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.

I am the person ashamed to tell my own friends im a lesbian, because they constantly make fun of them.

I am the boy tied to a fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die because two straight men wanted to "teach me a lesson"

I am the gay male student that had to switch to another high school on my senior year, because I told my teachers that I was gay. One said that I was going to hell the other wanted to cure me.

I am the person that can not act/be themselves in fear of what others will think of me and if they will accept me.

I am your best friend, the same person you grew up with, and told your secrets too. The person you can't talk to anymore, because my partner is a women.

I am the daughter and best friend, the girl you raised and loved. Now you wont talk to me because i shattered your dreams of ever having children, And you your afraid of how to tell your friends about me and not be embarrassed.

I am the person, with the same fears, hurts, needs and wants as you. I bleed, I breathe, I understand, I Live.....With our hearts open and our eyes closed we are all the same people. Living life the best way we know how, with what we have been given.

Repost this if you believe homophobia is wrong.

Just something to think about; when has society ever turely been right in any of its actions. The only time society does something right, is when something horribly bad has already happened.

Through reading this i hope that you understand that everyone IS human. Each person that is willing to stop hatred of any kind should be rewarded and recognized. The statement about the boy being beaten to a pulp happened in Wyoming USA. His name was Matthew Shepard. His family had made a website about him and how people can help spread knowledge and tollerance.

Be kind and pay them a visit please? [link]

I am the straight guy who stands up for everyone's rights, whether I get the same looks upon me by society. I can help change the world.

Best.

~Civil