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Some clarity on my sentiments…

I just wanted to write a follow-up peice to my blog post about an independent Crimean Republic. I am very upset about what the Russian Army has done in Eastern Europe and ideally they would leave – and give Crimea back to Ukraine along with everything else. Yet, the reason I suggested this compromise is that America is no longer sending a significant amount of funding to the Ukrainian Military.

This cut in funding from the United States, combined with China’s military support, significantly changes the equation for peace in Eastern Europe, in my opinion. I pray Zelenskyy and Putin can come to terms that each can accept.

A great deal of blood and treasure has been spent on both sides, and the toll only continues to grow. We need to be doing more to stabilize all the conflicts raging around the Globe. The World needs to come together to end war and focus on cleaning up the environment. I am pleased I have been learning more about servicing hybrid and electric vehicles. It would be so nice to come together and clean up the The Great Pacific Garbage Patch instead of killing each other.

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Arrackeen Nights

After several years of working on The Flying Dutchess by myself, I have decided to wait until I can get a deal with an animation studio like Cartoon Network or Disney to release more content. Since I began making animations in college, I have been trying to develop quality content for my portfolio. Animation is a graphic design specialization, ranging from title credits to CGI. 

In the interest of my demo reel and since I love Frank Herbert (I call him Frank Sherbet), I have started work on an 8-episode mini-series based on the first Dune book entitled “Arrackeen Nights.” There was so much stuff in the David Lynch movie and the most recent film from the 2021 movie that was absent; I felt it was important to make some content with some of my favorite quotes and sections. The second part of book one is entitled, “MAUD’DIB”. The main focus is the two years when Lady Jessica and Paul are left in the desert after the fall of House Atreides. 

Everything is candy-themed now, and instead of spice, our characters are mining blue raspberry candy from the candyjar region of Arrakis. Instead of worms, Dune is covered with gummy worms. The Harkonnens are now the Honeycombs of the planet Gummy Bear Prime, ruled by the famous Vladimir Honeycomb and his champion, Pepermintzophen.