Howdy, to the few who read,

I think it's about time to open maw and call out that I'm still alive. My spiny head is spinning, but it remains attached for the time being. Anyway, for those who wonder what's up:
I went ahead and lost my last job as efficiently as possible. This amuses me greatly, especially granted the fact that my departure nearly caused the collapse of the company (the only tech to fill my role got very sick for several weeks, starting on the same day). If you are curious as to why I harbor[ed] contempt for this company, it's far too long a story. Suffice it to say, the proprietors were more unscrupulous than a lazy puppy, and the piss always rolls down the totem pole.

In the wake of that departed position follows my current employment, for one of the largest helpdesk contractors in the world. This position, which allows me to work at home (read: anywhere), has been an absolute blessing.

I thought driving a cool car sucked, so I totalled it. After three previous impacts to the vehicle at over 40mph each, driving the car over a curb while turning into a parking lot was the injury that somehow achieved 3/4 the car's value in damage. This was horrifying, and I went several weeks without a vehicle (much to my small-winged dismay). A ray of light shone through when a tech from my local VW dealership traded in his personal GLI, complete with V6, manual tranny, intake, exhaust, etc. I plucked that car from the lot like a four-leaf clover.

In between these things, I've been working on the graphic design and technical documentation for a fresh website, which I hope you all have the opportunity and interest to use. Hopefully it will have quite an influence. Currently can't say much more on that, but when it's live, my fellow furs will be some of the first to know. ;)

Why no art? I've been asking myself that same question. Or rather, trying to torture myself until I spill an answer.. what is keeping me from being inspired to draw more?
To tell the truth, I made a mistake of promising so much to so many; I feel rather embarrassed about all the requests I "accepted", and then left alone. Honestly, it is quite hard for me to put passion into an image requested by another, even solely for the sake of practice. Especially as a developing artist, this has stagnated my progress; I want to draw and evolve, but I can't bring myself to invest more time in requests. So, instead, I don't work on anything. It's been affecting my drawing, my writing, and even my involvement in the community, to a huge degree.
Well, I'm done with that. Any requests I've offered which are in progress remain on my HDD, but at this point I am outright stating that I'm done with those until they grab my attention, or I've had more experience. Soon, I want to open $2-3 commissions to try and get practice posing and... arting.

TL;DR, Life's good after it sucks, I want to art but I'm too sissy.

Thanks, to the fewer who kept reading.

-Icarus