Well, I think we are all in agreement that 2016 was somewhere between a disaster and apocolyptic. Barring the well-known stupidity going on in the world, many of you probably share similar misfortune in your personal lives (I know I did). Pets died, dreams died, and people died.

I lost the two pets I grew up with, I lost family, and I lost a lot of the things I thought I was finally getting close to having. My girlfriend of 4 years is splitting things off. I'm averaging 13 hours of sleep a week. I'm working 70 hours a week at least. I'm going to be temporarily homeless for a week between moving out of my girlfriend's (again, for the fifth time this year). Hell, I've lost 20 pounds from all the stress (I'm now 145 and closing in on 140).

In summary, life sucks, hence why I've been absent so much. The semester is ending soon, though, which hopefully means I'll be getting a break soon as well. I want to get active again here. I want to talk to you guys again. I miss drawing. I miss chatting. I miss not worrying about how much people might hate me for all my oddities. I miss playing videogames for fun and not as a desperate, slaving effort to afford bills and school fees.

I can't wait to get back into the thick of things here, and I hope I haven't been forgotten by most of you amidst all this crap. You guys are amazing, and I hope I no one hates me for not being around.