Home. Sweet. Freedom.

so lemmie begin by saying, WHOOOOOO ::wipes brow:: that was close.

after a nice conversation with my homegirl Kelly Gentile, she hit me off with a number of suitable cliche` sayings that no matter how cliche`, they are they seem to be MORE than fitting, allow me to share them...
(she really said all of these deadass)

...w/e doesn't kill you only makes you stronger...

...everything happens for a reason...

...sometimes you need something bad to force something good...

...you gotta take one step back to take two steps forward...

...experience is the best teacher...

i find that cliche`'s are cliche` b/c they seem to ALWAYS be true. i find that people often take for granted the things that matter most. i took for granted my morality, freedom & self worth until they were stripped from me violently and i had to serch within; deep within, to get them all back. all in all i am especially happy that this ordeal is over & done with (for now) so that the reconstruction can begin.

expect to see a faster, stronger, smarter, more resourceful, more ambitious, hungrier, and fearless Artful C! than ever before.

i want to take a moment to thank everyone for all the support i recieved, the quotes, the away messages, & all the IM's. i really hoped you guys would have printed some FREE ARTFUL C! tee shirts for marketing purposes but i guess a shout out on your AIM shall suffice (kidding). special light needs to be shined on my immediate family mom, dad, bro (chris), bro (justin bryan)(i owe you so much my nigga), & my ace, my main muh fucka, brother from another mother for real; maffew mullings.

lastly my lil lady. el went thru so much during this ordeal. i've never before felt like another person literally emotionally, physically & even psychologically felt my pain quite like this young lady. even when i got out she was still under pressure in anxious anticipation for today. now that its over we can all rest easy bb. I LOVE YOU.

and thats all i gotta say about that.
-C!
oh & P.S: you guys know i rap, but i will NOT use this experience as a crutch to start my career glorifying the dregs of jail and crime. i am sick & tired of hearing these rappers make jail & crime sound like something everyone should do freely for fun. i WILL however, use this experience in song, as a warning of what could happen if the wrong path is taken, i WILL however, use this experience to try to uplift those listening & make all knowledgeable to the facts of the laws & how we must stay out of the corrupt babylon system (marley'ing on em a lil bit). and with that finally said... t'day hit ya brother about that studio time.... me & my band the Midnight Society have some stories to tell....

STAY FREE ARTFUL C!

so the day of reckoning is upon us and i am approximately 9 hours away from my court date. obviously i cannot sleep so here we are. lemmie just take this moment to tell everyone who has prayed for me to not stop. i also want to say thank you; really, thank YOU, personally. for all the support & the 'keep ya head up loso"'s and the "we keep you in our prayers"'s. only time will tell.... or as i formentioned in the belief's of the good man mr. Justin Bryan, only GOD will tell.

-C!
P.S: imma see yall later today.

Bullpen Therapy

did you ever do something so completely out of your natural character that your actions even surprise yourself more than others? probably.....but did you ever have to go to jail for it? i stepped so far out of my zone that i had to pay the ultimate price.....well maybe not the ultimate price b/c i'm still alive but jail is just as good as being dead if your in that bitch too long. i just spent a weekend being transported from cell to cell in central bookings, to being transported to rikers island itself.

i had more than enough time to dwell on what got me there, and ample time to pray that i get out and never go back again. the fucking bullpen. as horrible as it was, i must honestly say, if you make the best of your time there it can be equally therapeutic.in that wack ass cell i slept on floors and benches with the worst of the worst. shooters, bums, drug fiends, roaches, pimps, dealers, piss, shit & vomit. in that time all i could imagine is the direction my life is turning in, and how i can deter from this path, back on to the one that everyone KNOWS i belong on; the straight and narrow one.

right now the worst thing that could possibly happen to a human being is happening to me. i'm waiting for someone else to dictate what THEY are going to do with MY life. my court date is thursday august 14th 2008. it is then and only then will i really know whats going to happen to me for the next few years. hopefully i don't ever have to go back to the bullpen; EVER, and the NEW plan that i have for MYSELF can roll into play. until then the only thing there is to do now is wait.

my very good friend justin bryan, was once an atheist and is not one anymore. he told me he believes God is time; the only thing that was always here for sure, and the only thing that will for sure remain....no matter what. if i were to take on his beliefs, or hold on to my own, either way i pray, that time/God is working in my favor and i will make the best of it that i possibly can.

never stray from what you HAVE planned for yourself.
never let go of what you believe in.
never put yourself in a situation that you haven't thought & planned out COMPLETELY.
and i pray that you NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER go to prison. no one is built for it and no one should ever have to experience this form of therapeutic experience.

-C!
oh & P.S: pray for me & don't ask me what i been in for.
......deadass.

How ya doing? Where ya been? Whachu up to?

....well i guess i've been on what some in hollywood would call a hiatus. i guess i've been laying quite low lately. not necessarily ducking anyone or anything, simply put; summer just isn't my season. so to all who wish to know whats been the happenings as of late with me, how i've been, where i've been, and what i've been up to....i shall inform you.
i've been fine. i be in the hood. i've been busy getting famous..
details coming soon.........

- C!

Artful C!'s Nintendo Appreciation Blog

some may call me a geek, nerd, dork etc....
i've been labeled my whole life, and this company may very well take the blame for it all. i honestly wouldn't have it any other way. from but a young young boy @ age 4 or 5 i remember sitting in front of a big ass tv planing for hours on end, my classic NES (nintendo entertainment system). nothing made me happier. period. now that i am older and i have a little brother i see him growing in the same fashion, on the same tv, however his first brush with nintendo was the gamecube.

everyone knows by now that video games can help sculpt a childhood. think about it. they keep you inside & out of trouble, they excercise your hand/eye coordination, they test your patience (especially games like mega man 3 & the legend of zelda: a link to the past), and a whole laundry list of skills that nintendo has helped me personally acquire over the years can be named but i don't feel like it. i wanna take this moment to show my thanks and pay homage to a company that i'm sure all my wii sports players out there are well familiar with.








NINTENDO WE LOVE YOU! shouts out to Super Mario, Luigi, BOWSER & Samus Aran (Metroid)*
-C!

oh & P.S: now that i'm a grown man with ideas of my own i've got some great ones for the future of this company as far as character development & new game ideas & prospects. anyone who knows any higher ups might wanna contact me. like....ASAP.

nothing else to do ....

the title pretty much spells out the meaning of this post.
a meaning less blog by a meaningful host.
here's a bunch of random pix to view.
cuz i'm home alone & i ran out of shit to do.
i guess you can read my other blogs if you want to...
its not much to read b/c i only wrote two.
the next blog post, will be better, i promise
but read again, this one has promising contents.


Artful C.

no pretty pictures, no images, just words & sense.

my last blog post was may 26, 2007.
i lost interest in blogging on may 26, 2007..... wait, wait thats a bit harsh.
let's start from the ending.....

i'm a simple person. doesn't take much to please me or occupy my time. never did, never really will. in all my simplicity i have a slight, complex. i'm not afraid to try anything and i am MORE than open minded however, anything that requires more than my minimal efforts not only bores me, but infuriates me. why can't everything be as simple as i? an artistic fellow indeed i am, all you gotta do is put a pencil to a paper & BOOM! art....... an athletic lad at times, all you gotta do is catch the ball & run it & BOOM! score...... so why can't everything be that easy?

i've become known amongst many as an artist. i would more than love to incorporate art into every medium possible. so i got my lil space here on blogspot.com & my intentions on it were to indeed do just that; incorporate artistic worths from my photography, graphic images, words, & songs or whatever else i've been inspired to make, then display it all here for you to see. but i've run into so much difficulty in conveying my messages that i stopped trying. my last blog post was may 26, 2007. i lost interest in blogging on may 26, 2007.

i find it difficult to try to penetrate layers upon layers of frauds to bring forth whats real within me. the fight has been faught by many before me, won & lost by equal amounts. am i the spartan writer of 300 words who'll convince you all of my truths? or the persian scholastic bully who berates the masses with further perversions & falsehoods? who's to say? and will i find satisfaction in either of the two evils? i don't even know.

so how's this for a comfortable inbetween.... i'll cook up your food for thought, if you think its poison don't eat, if you think its cake, indulge yourself, and i'll take my satisfaction in knowing i gave you all an option. simple as that. i'm a simple person. doesn't take much to please me or occupy my time. never did, never really will.

Artful C


nods to Quintin Tarrantino.....now read it again. Peace.