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7 years ago
For those who recognize some of my art style, I come from 
ramen.noodle and 
ramichan. I can't get into the latter anymore and honestly got tired of fighting it. For personal reasons I sort of left ramen.noodle. IRL and a bunch of things got in my way. I'm sorry for my disappearance but life went full throttle for me. I was back in school for three years full time while managing full time and also, during that period, was the lead admin of one of the local groups. What free time I had was spent working on school work. I lost touch with personal art after focusing entirely on school projects - though I still came out with some awesome drawings that I'll feature here.
Anyway, things are getting back on track. I've been on facebook and telegram and my deviantart on occassion. I sortta just lost interest in FA for some time but now I'm trying to start ENTIRELY fresh.
So some new updates on me:
I've been single for over a year now. I have dated a few but it never went serious or things started happening I didn't like and I quickly got out of it. To be quite honest - dating is the last thing on my mind. Last March (2017) I closed on my house, so I'm now officially a home owner! And, May of 2017 I graduated with a BA in Fine Art. I'm currently now managing at my job of five years full time with the option of taking over later. I also have a new car as of 2016 since my old car Deathtrap finally died.
For the bad news - also a reason for my lack of presence on FA and other areas:
Three years ago my father was diagnosed with something called MDS (Mylodysplastic syndrome) which is a bone marrow form of cancer. We found this out in my first semester back to school and it pretty much devastated me and put so much stress on my plate I pretty much left all art sites for some time. I barely could concentrate on my classes and I actually broke down during final critiques in one class trying to present my final because of how emotional the piece was to me. I still have to thank all my friends for getting me through those rough times. The good news with this is that while it is NOT curable, it is treatable. With monthly chemo shots (15 shots over the course of 5 days), the disease is at bay. My dad has put on weight and is stubborn and still strong. Without the chemo however this disease can turn into aggressive leukemia within six months and then he'd have less than a year to live. He's been fighting this for three years and is holding strong.
My mom was doing pretty well during all this but we recently almost lost her in November. She had been having issues with anemia for years and they were going in for a heart catheter procedure Nov 2 to check on her heart bypass stuff. The cath proved clear and she was okay but while in recovery things went down hill. It was terrifying. I was in the room with her when the nurses were trying to wake her up and she couldn't respond - she kept passing out. They rushed us back into the waiting area. Turns out she had suffered a stroke but thankfully she was in the hospital and they administered TPA (a clot buster) and saved her. By that night she recovered moderately well. She is still not 100%. Her vision is extremely impaired. She sees double of everything and its blurry. She's weaker now, gets tired easily, and her memory I have noticed is not 100%. SHe's strong though and getting better every day. Docs are certain that over the next 6-12 months she may make almost a full recovery.
Unfortunately, because of these issues, neither of my parents can drive. Dad has bad cataracts that can't be fixed because of his disease and chemo. Mom can't drive because of her eyes. That has left it to myself and my sister and her family as well as one of my best friends. My time off is now divided between helping them and taking care of my own personal stuff. It's been tough but we have this going now thankfully. There is public transportation they've been using now that allows them to get to doctor's appointments in case we can't help out.
But, my family's strong. We're holding in there.
Anyways, that's it for now. If anyone has any questions about anything else, let me know..
Oh, as for Rami - don't worry, Rami is still mine. I've just been focusing on some other characters for now.
ramen.noodle and 
ramichan. I can't get into the latter anymore and honestly got tired of fighting it. For personal reasons I sort of left ramen.noodle. IRL and a bunch of things got in my way. I'm sorry for my disappearance but life went full throttle for me. I was back in school for three years full time while managing full time and also, during that period, was the lead admin of one of the local groups. What free time I had was spent working on school work. I lost touch with personal art after focusing entirely on school projects - though I still came out with some awesome drawings that I'll feature here.Anyway, things are getting back on track. I've been on facebook and telegram and my deviantart on occassion. I sortta just lost interest in FA for some time but now I'm trying to start ENTIRELY fresh.
So some new updates on me:
I've been single for over a year now. I have dated a few but it never went serious or things started happening I didn't like and I quickly got out of it. To be quite honest - dating is the last thing on my mind. Last March (2017) I closed on my house, so I'm now officially a home owner! And, May of 2017 I graduated with a BA in Fine Art. I'm currently now managing at my job of five years full time with the option of taking over later. I also have a new car as of 2016 since my old car Deathtrap finally died.
For the bad news - also a reason for my lack of presence on FA and other areas:
Three years ago my father was diagnosed with something called MDS (Mylodysplastic syndrome) which is a bone marrow form of cancer. We found this out in my first semester back to school and it pretty much devastated me and put so much stress on my plate I pretty much left all art sites for some time. I barely could concentrate on my classes and I actually broke down during final critiques in one class trying to present my final because of how emotional the piece was to me. I still have to thank all my friends for getting me through those rough times. The good news with this is that while it is NOT curable, it is treatable. With monthly chemo shots (15 shots over the course of 5 days), the disease is at bay. My dad has put on weight and is stubborn and still strong. Without the chemo however this disease can turn into aggressive leukemia within six months and then he'd have less than a year to live. He's been fighting this for three years and is holding strong.
My mom was doing pretty well during all this but we recently almost lost her in November. She had been having issues with anemia for years and they were going in for a heart catheter procedure Nov 2 to check on her heart bypass stuff. The cath proved clear and she was okay but while in recovery things went down hill. It was terrifying. I was in the room with her when the nurses were trying to wake her up and she couldn't respond - she kept passing out. They rushed us back into the waiting area. Turns out she had suffered a stroke but thankfully she was in the hospital and they administered TPA (a clot buster) and saved her. By that night she recovered moderately well. She is still not 100%. Her vision is extremely impaired. She sees double of everything and its blurry. She's weaker now, gets tired easily, and her memory I have noticed is not 100%. SHe's strong though and getting better every day. Docs are certain that over the next 6-12 months she may make almost a full recovery.
Unfortunately, because of these issues, neither of my parents can drive. Dad has bad cataracts that can't be fixed because of his disease and chemo. Mom can't drive because of her eyes. That has left it to myself and my sister and her family as well as one of my best friends. My time off is now divided between helping them and taking care of my own personal stuff. It's been tough but we have this going now thankfully. There is public transportation they've been using now that allows them to get to doctor's appointments in case we can't help out.
But, my family's strong. We're holding in there.
Anyways, that's it for now. If anyone has any questions about anything else, let me know..
Oh, as for Rami - don't worry, Rami is still mine. I've just been focusing on some other characters for now.
