It’s been over a month since I last wrote a public journal...

So, what’s been going on?

I decided not to enter any journals for a while, since there’s been a lot of personal stuff going on in my life. And as someone once put it, ‘who would honestly read and give a damn about your emo ranting?’ So in response to that, I held off report anything, waiting for something good and big to happen. But I might as well wait for money to grow on trees at this rate. It’s been a month and a half and counting.

Why not report on Christmas? That is because Christmas Eve I lost my job… again.

However, my family and I have made the best of Christmas; despite it being the most fiscally stringent holiday we’ve had since 2006, due to two funerals earlier that year. Moving on…

Hurrah for Spirit Tracks. Hurrah for good friends and correspondents too (even when I screwed up Christmas and New Year week). I made an effort, chiefly for the sake of my two nieces who were visiting, but frankly, I’m not one for festivities; I pretty much slept through New Year. Oh well.

I’m pleased to report I’m finally over the ‘festive blues’ and I’m… more or less normal again. I’m still kind of manic, so one minute I’m on a high from watching Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and yet I’m quite low because of… well, a lot of things. Family, finance, freezing weather (or for those living in the Southern Hemisphere, unbearably hot weather)… Ah well.

The general artwork thing is a little ambiguous. I appreciate the suggestions for fan-art, and it gives me great practice on the body and posturing front. Be that as it may be, I want my art to work for me and not the other way around. I apologise for the close-minded bullheadedness if I suddenly veer away in a completely different direction. Or do more of the same. I’m undecided. Artworks I post up publicly these days are generally spur-of-the-moment ideas. Some work, others don’t. It’s an ongoing learning crusade. I still need to push myself and not end up in a rut, like last year.

On the DA front, the lack of new original artwork is purely because I’m still experimenting. I feel there’s a less accepting eye for furry-themed artwork, so I’ve decided to play it safe and stick with not-too-heavily-stylised fan art. I definitely still want to do more human stuff, but I have nothing worth posting up specifically for DA, just yet. We thank you for your tolerance!

And I think that’s about it, without me rambling incessantly after about 2 hours editing and re-editing.
To close, here’s to hoping that the 2nd decade of the 21st Century works out better than the 1st one. My thanks to all those who’ve commented or faved or noted, or a combination of all three really. Although I may not always show it, I really do appreciate it.

Best wishes.