Hey World I'm back in the Blogging! (At least for now ;) )

Wow. It's been three years since I've used this thing?! Haha! Well, not much has
 really changed. Well, I guess that isn't really true... I've gained a lot of new experiences living on my own and going to a University far from home. I've gained a lot of valuable spiritual experiences and haha tons of my friends are now married, on missions, graduated from college, and on their way there. That or making big plans and dreams and just living life :) I went through a big ordeal trying to change my major and figuring out what I wanted to do with my life and blah dee blah. I'm still up at BYU Idaho. Had some great experiences with roommates, and I've had some not so great experiences with my roommates :) And all in all, I'm still writing, and sketching. Oh! And speaking of which, I might as well put it up here since I'm thinking about it. I created a sketch for a contest on the art website deviantart. The winner wins a trip to California to see the premiere of Beautiful Creatures and gets two thousand dollars along with a bunch of other merchandise :) So this is what I entered:

 We're supposed to do an image of the main character as a light caster or a dark caster. I created her to be taken by the darkness and disliking it. Which is why she's holding a rose in her hand that's bleeding to symbolize the life she once had and the sacrifices she's made and her pain. I'm titling it Regret, thought it would be appropriate :)

So.... the reason I'm actually on here was because I really needed to rant, and so, yeah... To premise, look at these websites of amazing artists who create wildlife art that is absolutely breathtaking.
 http://www.collinbogle.com/     (His is my favorite)
And this next website is the reason why I'm going on this rant :)
http://ericwilsonsart.com/

I've always had a thing for tigers when I was growing up. I just always have and still do, and their survival has always been something important to me. And just, with their numbers being reduced down to 2,700 it saddens me. They're beautiful creatures, as are many of the glorious creatures that God put on this earth for us to look after. Then why are we allowing them to go extinct? Which brings up other things that have been bothering me for while. Where are the people that will stand up for what's right? Where are the people who care? I'm not just talking about wildlife because I know for many people it isn't as important to them as say governmental and national concerns but even then, it seems as if we're all trying to wait for some other person to do the right thing. When will we start rising up ourselves and do our part?

Our world is one of abundance, the prophets in the past and present have said it. We are supposed to help this government, this land, and the environment, and all of God's creations He has blessed us with. Then where is everyone? Why is everyone afraid to speak up? What happened to the freedom fighters who would do anything to stand up for the truth and for their religion and freedoms? Evil will prevail if the good stand idle. A spirit of complacency is settling and how much longer must we wait before the other person does our job? If we're sick of all the garbage, then we need to do something now. Why put our burdens on our children when we didn't want to face the consequences ourselves? If we are men and women of God, we are a people of freedom. We make the choices to do the hard things and face the darkness and we stand up for the truth. So learn, take a stand, do something because our choices are what's making this world dark. Stand up and take your mantel men and women of God. Stand up for the truth and righteousness. God never said it would be easy, He only said it would be worth it.

Anyways, I'm still unsure of what I will do, but I know that I want to stand up for the right. I want to do my part and learn all that I can so that I can say I have done all even if the world may be in shambles. We must stay hopeful. There are so many good things in this life. So many things to look forward to and if we lose sight of what's most important we'll easily be lost in this maze of shadows. Anyways good luck to all of you and Yay for my wonderfully long posts and rants ;)