Now that I've had a little while to settle in and get my brain sorted, it's high time to post a journal with some proper exposition on what's been happening, and what WILL be happening, for the sake of all you wonderful customers, watchers, and so forth. The past week or so has been pretty rough for FA as a whole, but for those who weren't following my little Twitter saga about it... well, I was one of the unfortunate users locked out of their account due to dated retrieval emails. It was basically Tumblr 2.0, with the exception of FurAffinity actually giving me the five minutes of time necessary to prove my case and, better still, actually get my account back in semi-reasonable time!

I am going to be putting more effort into spreading my roots beyond the site, despite it remaining my (as of yet indefinite) homestead. I need to figure out how to just get those helper tools people have mentioned to import over at Weasyl, and I also plan on making a Furry Network account (under Hanmonster, of course), some time this week. I technically also still have a deviantart account, though for personal reasons, I'm not sure I'll ever feel particularly comfortable being a regular there again. Either way, I'm still just over the moon with relief to have my footing back here. Lessons have been learned, and I would like more safety nets to make my future less scary.

ALSO. As of tomorrow, I will be ON VACATION (hurray!) and also on a plane to Washington! I'll be visiting  Simpl1 for exactly 1 week, from May 26th through June 2nd. We'll be at Furlandia when that's going on to check out the sights, and also just tooling around and doing the social thing as one does. FOR COMMISSIONERS STILL CURRENTLY WITH WORK IN PROGRESS FROM ME (and there are a handful with pieces from the tail end of my queue that were... delayed, thanks to FA's disastrous crash, which I apologize for): I will be reachable via notes through the site or email at KalyDali[at]gmail.com if you need anything! Since I won't be taking my tank-y workhorse computer with me, those leftover dregs of my last queue will just be put on hold until my return; I WILL be taking my (4+ year old) laptop with me, which is fine for very casual screwing around online and therefore a very adequate contact tool, but... well. Needless to say, it's feeling its age by now. And given the stupidly massive size at which I work now thanks to my work system's badass hauling power, I'm pretty sure just trying to OPEN any recent PSDs on the laptop would make it spontaneously combust.

I really do appreciate each and every one of you who've continued to support me, both passively through your observation and actively, be it via communicative, emotional, or financial support. Once I'm back from my trip and have (probably) taken about 24 hours to go shrug off inevitable jet lag, I plan on lining up a new work queue again with a full round's worth of hours. This queue's leftovers are first on the list to complete, but might as well get those next ducks in a row, eh?

Cheers to you all! I hope you have a FANTASTIC week coming, and I'll see you all on the other side!

-A Wild Hanmonster