Warning, warning... this is a LONG one. So those who don't like reading a fair bit, just ignore me or something.... .

.... well, to business. What can I say? Not much that's good is going on in my life right now. Lost my second job as of St George's Day (23rd April). Not surprised. Due to the stock market fairing quite badly in the UK and now there's this "Credit Crunch".

Simply put, people are tightening their belts as the cost of living goes up in the UK. The police went on strike a few weeks ago, and now the teachers have recently rallied and had their one-day strike over pay --- the first since 1987, so things really have gotten bad. My youngest sister was rather ticked off at not having the day off though. Banks are downsizing their expenses to try and keep their heads above the waters of debt. My first banking job had an inkling of this as just before I got fired from THAT job, interest rates in the British Stock Market, the FTSE 100 (no I've no idea what it stands for... Financial Trading Sector Ecomony or something) were very very inconsistent from day to day. And as I've mentioned before, there was a lot of changeover and slimming down. Seems the same story applied to my second bank job. Now, before particular British furs get up in arms about it, let me make clear this second bank job (no, not Nationwide but a different one) had a fortnight probation period to see if you were worthy enough. Seems I wasn't. Oh well. Such is life.

You'd've thought I'd be quite happy or bitter or something but to be honest, I'm far too tired and jaded with the world to bother doing anything. I've just about thrown in the towel on the accrused employment market, or at least that's what my mind kept telling me earlier in the day. False promises and dead ends... s'just as well my mother's on holiday this week otherwise she'd be having kittens right now. Work, work, work...

Now before any get on their high horse and blitz me to find another job... I'm not saying I'll never work again.. it's impossible to do so in this increasingly expensive-to-exist in world. I'll be hunting again, going around on bended knee and an empty bowl. Heh-heh-heh.

Understandably, because of all this, and other ... things that've gone on (the few furs I speak to on a regular basis will know why my left non-drawing hand has suffered recently) that's why I've been invisible on DA for a while. You young pups count yourselves lucky with nothing more than homework and Proms what not to worry about. I'm not saying life as a kid is Easy Street. Far from it; I've never known so many furs to be pulled away by other commitments (and very watchful parents)... not least the whole Grade Point Average and S.A.T. (no idea what they're called over there, since over here SATs we take when we're ooh, 9, 10 years old) things going on in the States.

But you know, it's difficult to think about the box for a moment and comment on goodness knows what DA-wise. Maybe I'll stream down my watchlist again.... or something. I really don't know. What a conundrum. I apologise to those who've done like ten bazillion pieces over the last two weeks and haven't heard a word from me. Especially those on Spring Break or whatever the hell it's called. It's just lifehas gotten very very hard all of a sudden, and trust me, mental patient comments wouldn't make much sense on DA. It's not that i don't care... I just wish my life was normal and resolved enough for me TO care. Gah, that's also why I was silent... I'm pretty sure people don't appreciate me ranting consistently for like two months...

I hate it when this happens... every single approach to summer something like this happens and I'm ruddy depressed during the better half of the year. S'been the case ever since I left school nigh on... seven years ago now? Oh well. Back to the present. I've no idea what's going to happen now. I don't really care too much at the moment. I will do eventually. In time. But for now I'm just gunna hide away. The whole job-thing can stuff and hang itself for a while. I need my Cognitive Behaviour Therapy back.... (sighs)

My heart goes out to though. (I'm so so so sorry about last night; please, please don't hate me although if you do, you're perfectly justified to do so and I won't argue you to think otherwise.) And now too whose presence'll be missed.

I'll be glad for one when this godawful month is over and the May Bank Holiday (the UK equivalent of the US Labor Day, always the first Monday in May) begins. Oh well.

To all and sundry, thanks for bearing with me through this very irritating time, especially those who I'm in regular contact with and have had to bear the brunt of me donchaknow. Oh, and those who've commented and favourited my work consistently.


P.S. Due to time and lifestyle commitments, I'm afraid I'll be a lot lot slower responding to things and even so, I can't comment on everyone and everything.... c'est impossible. That's just how it is, m'afraid.

P.P.S For those who've been ... coercing me to join FurAffinity, I'm still undecided as of yet.

P.P.P.S. Yaye, BBC/HBO hit sci-fi show Heroes is back in the UK. And Dr Who (yes, I'm that sad). And I finally got several copies of US-only comics such as the WolfMan and Moonlighter (yes, yes, I'm still rather sad and get werewolf comics). Good things do happen sometimes. Now if only they'd hurry up with Ultimate Spiderman... oh well... Yay Iron Man coming... gods, I'm such a dork!!