I notice I don't do journals all that often, mainly cause I don't have too much to say really. In my last journal I mentioned that I might be going to college, and well, to continue from that, I am. I have just passed my first course at Colorado Technical University Online (since online is my best best, and CTU was the cheapest option I could find that still got me what I was going for). I am aiming for a Bachelors in Science of Information Technology, that way I can potentially have my dream job as a computer programmer or even a game developer (which would be cool).

However I'm still unemployed, still without a vehicle and license, and in the state of Maryland getting a license is not easy for someone in a position as myself. According to what I've read being the age of 30, I need to log at least 14 hours behind the wheel of a vehicle (3 of which at night) with a qualified supervising driver. My issue is that this is done on one's own time, and two of the three vehicles are under my step-dad's name to which he does not want me behind the wheel of in the least bit. The third is a Chevy Blazer that me and my brother bought together a few years ago when he was still learning as well. He managed to get his license and then proceeded to wreck the Blazer before I could get any time behind the wheel.

I've had several places contact me for employment but after learning I'd need to take some form of public transportation to get to and from work they told me that it was required that I have a license and vehicle to get to work. So apparently they think all public transportation isn't reliable, and I can't really say as I haven't used anything apart from a cab (which can be quite expensive).

In other news, I have been trying to get the motivation to at least finish the first book in my novel series and finally get published. The only thing that is really hindering me is that what I originally wrote was written in pencil, twenty years ago and some of it has become illegible, and involves re-writing which isn't really an issue it's just extremely time consuming and between college now, and trying to find a job, and doing exhaustive housework by my step-dad's instructions I haven't been able to get much time to do so. I wish I could find someone who would be willing to go through what I have typed up and do some proof-reading for me, maybe even some tips. The last chapter I wrote has a lot of characters exchanging dialogue which I feel might be a horrible chapter in itself cause it's not much action and simply a LOT of talking between a LOT of characters.

I also got my Sony Playstation 3 back from getting it repaired. It cost me $150 to repair and was one of the original 60 GB glossy finished, backwards compatible, first release consoles. However instead of fixing the one I had and sending it back, since it was the whole green-yellow-red light issue where the console doesn't even turn on anymore, they sent me a completely new one of the same type that I had, still in it's plastic as well. I was quite surprised to see that and for the last couple of days I have been re-downloading and installing everything I purchased over the years that I had the console (which was a LOT). The only downside is all my game files are gone, as I didn't back any of them up to an external hard-drive but will be doing so from now on in case such an issue decides to repeat itself.

I also decided to crop a couple commissions I got and updated my avatar/icons on both of my accounts here on FurAffinity, hopefully the artists are okay with it since I just cropped the head for something new-ish anyway.