I have four or five projects going simultaneously and I have to wait until I hear back from some people before I can post these two pictures. So in the meantime, I'm finishing up the others and writing a journal as some filler. I'm still pretty protective about my real identity and probably always will be, but here's ten things about me that you might not know.

1) When I was in elementary school, I was fascinated by professional magicians like Seigfred and Roy. I was always buying little magic kits from K-Mart and pestering my parent's friends when they came over. I even entered a talent show in 3rd grade. God, those pictures are embarrassing.

2) Even as a kid, I was a perfectionist and way too hard on myself. My homework was sometimes late because I'd keep redoing it. I'd tear up tons of pictures that I convinced myself weren't good enough. Unfortunately, I tossed a lot of my early furry artwork because I thought it looked like trash. I have to say, being so critical bushes you to do your best but it often holds you back.

3) I'm quite a night owl. I'll stay up until 2am and sleep in until noon if I can.

4) I used to be in the Boy Scouts. I always wanted to make it to Eagle Scout because you get a scholarship and only 1% of Scouts ever make it that far. Unfortunately, my troop was geared more toward younger kids. They'd have the older Scouts teach them knots and first aid, but didn't offer much to advance the older kids to the next ranks. I made it to Star - two away from Eagle - but by that point, I had tons of homework, I had to start looking at colleges, and Scouting had just become babysitting younger kids. I kind of regret quitting, but I had too much on my plate.

5) I'm very shy. It's gotten better since middle school, but I still lack a lot of confidence. My family moved an awful lot. You would think that would give me lots of practice making friends, but it didn't. I guess I learned not to get too attached because I'd have to move soon anyway. I was able to make friends in college and my job has me greeting customers and such, but it's still hard for me to open up to people.

6) I'm something of a hopeless romantic. I've had crushes on a few guys in the real world, but never gathered the courage to tell them. I suppose I was always afraid of rejection. One of my greatest fears is that I'll never find a partner and will die alone.

7) Since high school, I've been taking antidepressants. Every since I can remember, I've felt blue and it's kept me from doing a lot. Some days, I'll feel like I can't get out of bed and face the day. It's gotten worse since graduating high school and the emo nobody-understands-me-I-don't-fit-in typical teenage whining was replaced by actual problems: debt, my parents' divorce, unemployment, etc. I'm on a low dosage right now but trying to ease off them for a week or so is a disaster. I think I'll be on these for the rest of my life.

8) I never got into Star Trek, anime, Dr. Who, World of Warcraft, tanks and planes and guns, any reality TV show, sports, James Bond, or most video games. I've always been open to trying new things, but I just don't understand the appeal of a lot of these things. I am a huge LOTR fan, though, and I have a huge love of the original Star Wars films.

9) Strange little phobias of mine include a) driving around parking lots since I got in a minor accident last year, b) the garage door or the hood of the car is gonna come down on me, c) projectiles, I usually flinch when someone tosses something at me. This is most likely from terrible experiences playing baseball as a kid, d) I'm really uncomfortable around guns, e) the gas grill will erupt into a massive fireball when I ignite it.

10) I sometimes forget what I'm saying or struggle to find the best way to word something in conversation. This results in an uncomfortable pause and I feel like an idiot. I'm usually pretty good expressing my thoughts in written form, but verbally, I fall flat a lot. Maybe it's the shyness again.


Hope to have some art up soon. Talk to you all later.

- Artizek

Everyone who wants to do something creative should watch this.

The rest of this guy's videos are great. Smart and dark humor, but real enjoyable and honest.

https://youtu.be/hqZAxLqJkzA

I havn't had a serious relationship since high school. I guess I didn't want to have my heart broken again or maybe I wanted to try casual dating, but nothing ever came of that. I didn't want a relationship in college since we'd be moving in a few years anyway and I've been avoiding it for the past few years because...well...1) I never knew how long I was going to stay here. I might get a decent job somewhere and move or I might get the opportunity to go somewhere, 2) I still live with my mom, and 3) I make almost no money. Everything I make goes to student loan bills. I'm at a dead end job and I don't think I have much to offer.

But I'm sick of it.

I'm sick of seeing friends with their lovers. I'm sick of coming home and having no one to talk to. I'm sick of sleeping alone. I'm sick of feeling unloved and unappreciated. I'm sick of being so goddamn lonely all the time.

I havn't been in the game for years...in fact, I'm not even sure I was in the game in the first place. That relationship in high school was with a girl and now that I'm predominantly into guys, I'm not sure how to go about it. I would go to a gay bar, but I'm not the bar-type and I live in a very conservative town. I don't know all the social cues gays use and I'm afraid of hitting on a straight guy and being beat up. How do you ask a guy out or let him know you're interested in him?

I've signed up for a few websites but I just kind men in their late 40's. I'm hesitant to sign up for more because I want more than just sex. I want to find a friend and companion: someone I can joke around with, share my ambitions, just sit around and do nothing all day with. Maybe I'm asking for too much?

So, does anyone have any good advice on how to go about this? I feel like I'm lost in the woods and don't know what path to take. Anything is useful.

Thanks guys.

[EDIT] Also, has anyone dated someone outside the fandom and had to explain your furriness?

So in case you didn't know, Colorado has nine wildfires burning simultaneously right now. I had to evacuate my house Tuesday but at 8pm earlier, I was allowed back in. My neighborhood hasn't sustained any damage (that I can see) but there are still others under evacuation orders and I've seen the homes burning on TV. There's been one fatality in a nearby neighborhood and people have been sneaking in evacuated areas and looting. I don't know what's wrong with people.

I'll be trying to get back to normal. There was an art festival I was going to be in that has since been cancelled. I'll be refunded my entry fee, but it's rather annoying since I went and bought a canopy tent, got several photos framed, and even got a cash box and business cards. Next year I guess.

I'm working on three pictures at once now. Expect an update sometime next week.

Fire picture: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8291463/

Just...wow....

http://io9.com/5919401/one-of-the-earliest-adult-cartoons-was-gonzo-even-by-todays-standards-nsfw?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Stolen from  bgn

Pro:
1) I like when you draw _______________________.
2) I wish you drew more _______________________.
3) I wish you drew more fanart of these series/characters:_________________
4) I wish you did more original art of these characters:_________________
5) I love how you draw ________________________.
6) If you were to do a comic of/about ____________ I would be soooo happy!
7) If I could get you to draw anything I'd get you to draw ___________________.
8) My favorite part of your work is __________________________.

Con:
9) I hate when you draw _________________.
10) I wish you drew less ___________________.
11) Stop drawing ________________!

Other:
12) When I think of your art I think ______________________.
13) If I had to describe your work I'd say ______________________.


Thank you! : )

New art later this week!

So my last journal was a little gloomy. My car had died and I was struggling to pay the bills. Thanks to all you commissioners, things are looking a lot better now.

1. A friend of my mom's bought a new car and wanted to get rid of the old one. It was a 2000 Dodge Neon and there was nothing wrong with it, but they just didn't need it anymore. I was able to acquire it for $1,600. Registering it was a bit of a fiasco since she had bought it in another state and she had recently married, so her name had changed, but I finally have a vehicle that gets 30 miles per gallon and won't break down every other month. I just wish I hadn't spent an entire afternoon vacuuming dog hair out of it.

2. I'm still at my old job at the framing store, but one of the leads has decided she wants to go back to school to become an elementary school teacher. The framer filled her position and I filled the framer's position. It means about ten more hours a week and a 40 cent raise, which isn't a whole lot, but I'll take anything I can get.

3. I filed my taxes and actually got around $850 back!! Thanks for the tax cuts, Obama! Now please do everything in your power to pass the student loan forgiveness (in all seriousness, I really don't think that's gonna happen.)

So once again, thanks for your help. I should have some new art up before the end of the week.


-- A

So about eight months ago, my Dad got me a car. He got it for around $1,000 at an auction. It was a 2000 Chevy Cavalier and it had significant damage: the windshield was cracked in three separate places, there was hail damage everywhere, multiple lights inside didn’t work, the wipers didn’t work, A/C didn’t work, brakes squeaked like baby mice, and it looked like the previous owned had run something over because everything under the front was bent.

I named it Clunky.

Clunky was a wreck, but it got real good mileage and cost around $35 to fill up.

There were numerous problems but it always seemed like something my Dad and I could fix. Things like oil filters, brakes, rotating tires, but the past few weeks, it’s been real hard to start Clunky up. I’ve had to apply a lot of gas while turning the ignition. I told my Dad about it and he said we could go out to a friend’s garage and try and fix it. Well I went to have the windshield replaced ($140 after a Groupon) and while I was driving home, the car stalled in traffic. People were beeping and swearing at me for ten minutes before I managed to start it again.

I called Dad and said we couldn’t wait. We had to look at this now. The next day the car broke down on the way over to this guy’s garage and he had to tow it for a few miles. We spent all day there. There’s apparently nothing we can do for it. The engine has 210,000 miles on it and is completely fried. I don’t know much about cars, but it’s apparently a combination of poor compression, spark plugs getting wet, and other problems. I’m borrowing my Dad’s car while we decide if we’re going to buy a new engine (the cheapest I can find is around $700) or just sell it to a scrap yard and try to find a new vehicle.

That being said…

I’M OPENING UP COMMISSIONS!

(I have a few trades and other projects I’m working on. Don’t worry, I’ll finish them, but I need to get some income first. My minimal wage job just isn’t cutting it.)

PRICES:

$50 for an INKED, COLORED PICTURE like so http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7261656

$30 for an INKED PICTURE like so http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3487408/

$25 for a SKETCH like so http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6521576/

$15 for an ICON like so http://www.furaffinity.net/view/986395/ (Sorry, I can’t do animations right now.)

COMIC? Talk to me.

Some things I won’t draw: cub porn, heart porn, gut porn, necrophilia, watersports and scat, death, tentacles, any kind of vore, male pregnancy, non-consensual, and Teletubbies. Those things scare me.

If you’re interested, SEND ME A NOTE and I’ll accept the FIRST FIVE COMMISSIONS. I’ll update with another journal to tell you the limit has been reached. It usually takes 1 ½ - 2 weeks for me to finish one unless you’re doing something real complicated. You don’t pay until it’s done and you’re happy with it. When you do, please do it through PayPal: artizek@hotmail.com

Thanks everybody.

Normally I let Valentine's Day pass like any other meaningless, corporate holiday, but this year I feel exceptionally lonely. Most of my real world friends are in relationships and for years I havn't managed to find someone.

Nobody wants to date a guy living at his Mom's house making minimal wage anyway.

I wish Power Rangers were more like this:

https://youtu.be/Egz9bhhK34w

https://youtu.be/aQ8NxJTQbcc

So I have like ten projects going on right now. I'd like to do requests but I really don't have the time to. Between the furry art, my regular job, and fixing my P.O.S. little car, I feel like I'm tap-dancing while juggling three midgets...and giving Taylor Lautner a blowjob.

I post a journal when I'm done with all this and available for commissions but I honestly have no idea when that is going to be.

Anyway, here's a chicken sitting on some kittens:

https://youtu.be/TfhknthKeZM

https://youtu.be/sLXlwKbLjDM

Vacation. All I ever wanted. Vacation. Had to get away.

*cough*

I won't be around for a little over a week. I'm taking a well-earned vacation to visit grandparents in Florida for Thanksgiving. I'm taking the opportunity to unplug, recuperate, and unwind. I need some relief from work, from my parent's divorce, and from job-hunting. Once I get back, I'll try and post some new art for you guys.

Later.

This breaks my heart:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/us/ex.....ner/index.html

This is just a general update on what’s going on in my life. If you’ve been reading my past journals, you’ll know that my parents divorced about a year ago. My Dad has found his own place/moved in with his new girlfriend (I really don’t know which) and my Mom and I have been trying to sell the house. It’s made for a family of four, but my sister is up at college, so it’s just the two of us. It’s more than we need and we never really keep up the lawn anyway or use half of the rooms, so once it sold we had a two-week window to find an affordable – but not trashy – apartment.

We managed to find a place we can fit all our furniture into. The kitchen is tiny, but it has a fireplace and a finished basement for storage and is in a nice area pretty close to home so the move won’t be terrible. I’m excited about moving, but also anxious. My Dad was in the Air Force so we had to move about ever four years, so I’m used to packing up and starting over, but this house is the first house we had to ourselves. It wasn’t base housing, we could paint the walls, and change the wood on the stairs, and tear up the carpet if we wanted to. The place was a bit of a sty when we found it, but after putting a lot of work into it, it really became ours and certainly it’s the nicest place we’ve lived.

I suppose I am attached to the house and it’ll be hard pulling out of the driveway for the last time, but I’m not as nostalgic as my younger sister. She goes to school about three hours away and since she’s so physically removed from the house, the arguments between my parents, and having strangers touring the property, I don’t think she’s as far along the “grieving” process as I am. When she found out we sold the house, she wasn’t relieved or excited, she started crying. I had no idea she loved the place as much as she did.

My Mom, on the hand, feels like a weight has been lifted off her shoulder. She doesn’t despise the house, but she sees it as a physical reminder of her marriage. She and Dad bought the house, fixed it up, and lived in it for eight years and once we move out, it’ll be one more thing she can put behind her.

I’m gonna have to start paying rent, which I’m not too happy about. I still can’t find a job that pays well enough for me to move out of my Mom’s place, but then, most of my friends are in a similar situation. I just hope this doesn’t continue for long. I feel like a fucking freeloader. I went to college and I’m working two jobs but I can’t make it on my own. It’s real depressing.

I’ll keep posting the comic, but there won’t be much new art for a while…at least not until my Mom and I are moved into this new place. I did manage to do a one-page comic celebrating 500,000 pageviews, though. I didn’t even realize I had that many!

P.S. Please no new requests for free art. I have too many projects on my plate as it is and I can’t afford to do free art anyway. I, too, have bills to pay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bX-QiYRU3A&feature=player_embedded

I'm pretty sure that's Keith David voicing the Liger. I may have to do fanart of this.

The Lion King is still one of my favorite movies. It was the high point of the Disney Renaissance: a beautifully animated film with a lively score, memorable characters, and the courage to push into some pretty dark and violent territory for a “kid’s movie.” It was also one of my fondest childhood memories. I remember being stunned when I saw it and pretty much ecstatic after I left the theatre. I bought all the toys, filled in all the coloring books perfectly, and when it came out on video, I watched it after school every day for a year.

So I was a little reluctant to see it in 3D. I remember a while back (2004, I think.) when it was rereleased on DVD and in IMAX with a song added…and a pretty bad one at that. They did the same for Beauty and the Beast. God knows why they felt the need to pull a “George Lucas” and add bows and glitter to a masterpiece, but at least it wasn’t as awful as the two train wrecks that were its sequels.

3D, in my opinion, is just a gimmick. It’s a way to raise the ticket price without adding anything to the film and give a wow factor to gullible people. The conversion process isn’t very expensive, so the studios make a huge profit off it and audiences get a headache, a movie two shades too dark, and lighter wallets. If I’m given the option of watching a movie the traditional way or in 3D, I’ll always pick the former, but unfortunately, a lot of movies today you can’t see in 2D.

I had no idea how they were going to take a hand-drawn film and make it three-dimensional without it looking like cutout pieces of animation moving around on popsicle sticks. But I went and bought my overpriced ticket with the glasses and sat though it.

I have to admit it wasn’t as bad as I anticipated. The 3D was mediocre, but not abysmal. There was a lot of the cutout look going on with the backgrounds, but the characters had more depth to them. This was really distracting, though. There’s some shading on the characters, but not much so when Mufasa’s legs are pushed back but his muzzle is poking out at you, and it’s all the same color, it looks a bit like a funhouse mirror. My brain struggled trying to reconcile the 3D technology with the knowledge that this character is flat drawing. It’s a bit disorienting.

There’s a lot of detail in the grass and the mists during the “Be Prepared” song and I have to wonder whether Disney was able to bring that out or if it was added in. I did notice when Simba flops down and the flowers and weeds float into the air, you can’t see the infamous “SFX” that everyone things is “SEX.” Nothing happens in that whole section of the screen.

I must admit how thrilling it was to see the wildebeest stampede and the movie’s opening on the big screen again. I guess it’s worth watching, but not at $12.00. It’s another way for Disney to make a buck without actually creating anything new, but at least they left out that goddamn “Morning Report” song.

I don’t exactly feel scammed, but I left feeling a little bittersweet.

However, I did see a lot of younger kids in the theatre (even a 70-year-old man with his granddaughter) who were probably seeing this movie for the first time. It was worth going for that at least.

ARTIZEK’S STAT MEME

1. Post a link to your entry with the MOST VIEWS: if there is a tie, just post the top most one.

Heavy Liftin’ – I guess the massive penis is the reason behind the views here, but I honestly don’t like how those arms and pecs came out; they just don’t seem to fit together correctly. Plus, I was trying to add some different colors into his brown body to give it some depth, but it looks pretty crappy.


2. Post a link to your entry with the most favorites: if there is a tie, just post the top most one.

Extra Sausage – I don’t get why everybody loves this one. I hate how the background came out. I must have been in a huge rush.

3. Post a link to an entry you can't understand why so many people favorited, because in your own opinion, doesn't deserve them.

After the two above, I’m pleased with how most of the other top viewed and +faved ones came out. I think it’s kind of funny how Belly got more favorites than the gargantuan muscles and dicks in Titans.

4. Post a link to an entry that you believe deserves more favorites than it got.

Jenae with Osteospermum – This confirms my belief that furries are afraid of boobs unless they are attached to a hermaphrodite.

5. Post a link to an entry that got the most comments.

Belly – Most of the comments were talking about how sexy Jaroq is with an enormous belly and encouraging me to make it bigger.

6. Post a link to an entry of your OWN personal favorite drawing (post up to five)

a) Powerhouse - I really love this one. Backs and legs are always the hardest muscle groups for me to draw, but I think they came out real well here. I love how pumped and massive each muscle is and how strength and sexuality just seem to be radiating out of him. I might have added some more of a glow from the spotlights on his brawn, but it may have taken away from him.

b) Kindred Spirits – that subway interior took forever. I especially like how Lexington turned out.

c) Nightmare – This has to be the first…well…nightmarish picture of mine. I wanted to go into my character’s past a bit. Not real happy with the monster’s hands but I like how the muted color palette gave the picture atmosphere.

d) Streak of Tigers – I wanted to take a different approach. I havn’t tried out the hard shading with many other pictures, but I think it gives it more of a “graphic design” feel. I like the roughhouse energy in this one.

e) Sleeping Giant – Don’t draw enormously muscular humans often enough or even human Jaroq for that matter. The body hair was a pain in the ass but it paid off well. His face looks a little too boyish. Love the lighting though.

I should have the comic up in two weeks or so. Thanks for your patience guys...and girls. Any girls? Okay, no girls.

-- Artizek

So I've had a second job for about a month now. I still work at the framing store but they've only been giving me 8 - 12 hours a week at 25 cents over minimal wage, so in order to pay the bills I had to find someone to supplement that job. I'm working as a cashier at a Home Depot and while the pay is better and I'm getting 30-40 hours a week, I'm only considered part-time temporary which means I get absolutely no benefits and I can be let go after 120 months unless I do an outstanding job and they decide to hire me on. It's pretty stressful. I'd worked at a pizza place before and this is kind of similar ringing a constant stream of people out, except instead of 12 or 15 items you make yourself, there are thousands upon thousands of items in the store. I'm ringing up things and have no idea what they are. The loose nuts, screws, and bricks have to be looked up, but it's not as bad as when someone brings up and item with no barcode and I have to call someone to look up the SKU while the customer is yelling, "It's 5.97! It said so on the sign! Why can't you just put in $5.97?!"

Most the customers are decent, friendly people, but I get my share of assholes. I have people who tell me they have a 5 foot board and are upset when I measure it and find it's 7 1/2 feet. One guy put flowers in a nice ceramic pot and gave me the evil eye when I scanned the flowers and ceramic pot separately. One lady accused me of cheating her because she thought the was paying with a $100 gift card and there was only $50 on it. I worked in the garden section for a while and a very irate old lady chewed me out for not having marigolds and I had to tell her I had no idea when we'd get another shipment. This didn't happen to me, but two guys hide several buckets of paint in plastic garbage cans. When the cashier looked inside, they said they needed to get their checkbook from the car and never returned. I feel like most people want to do the right thing, but given the chance, they will cheat you. It really makes me made.

So while I'm getting more money, I have almost no free time. I get home and have no energy anymore and have to be in bed early because I need to be at my register at 7 am. So this comic I've been talking about will probably take all summer. I havn't been on any IM in a month. So please don't think I'm ignoring you.

Selling this has been a pain. It's way to big for my mom and I and we can't afford it anyway. We have to keep it in sparkling shape because our realtor can call at any moment and say, "I'm showing the house in an hour, so you have to disappear." So far we've had around 10 showings but no serious buyers. Every other house on our street seems to up for sale so we're really in a saturated market.

Also, things are worse than ever between my parents. The divorce papers were signed in February, but my dad hasn't been paying his share of the bills and we're receiving calls every day from banks, the mortgage company, and the phone company. My sister is still on his health insurance until she graduates college, but since he's not paying the bill, she's been dropped. He's not returning any of our calls and I'm real worried he may have lost his job.

Yesterday was my birthday. I just had some friends over for a barbeque and watched "The Nightmare Before Christmas." We talked about what we've done since college and how none of us are closer to doing what we really want to do. We're all living with our parents, working shitty jobs (if we can find jobs at all), and paying off an education that hasn't done us much good.

*sigh* I need to get laid.

I don't know about you, but I always get real hungry after jerking off. Anyone else?

*sobs* Today I had to throw out my tiger patterned boxers I got at Old Navy. They had these little snarling tigers on a green background. The elastic band is coming apart now and there are a few holes in the front.

Farewell tiger boxers, you will always have a place in my heart.

I'm halfway done with a huge comic, by the way. It probably won't be up for another month but I'll try and post a few drawings in the meantime.

Also, if I made a t-shirt on cafepress or threadless, would anybody buy it?

I can't stop jerking off to this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-zJ1hGm-F8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BckqviVaWl0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhwXVDi496E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-V621BxHZQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4MvqVaVNA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5exATIaQiI&feature=player_embedded#!

I didn't take this and I don't know who did, but we're getting a storm system similar to what the East Coast was massacred by just days ago.

"It's okay, honey. I have 4 wheel drive!!"

These are great for fur and hair:
http://mediadesigner.digitalmediane.....e.jsp?id=49644

So my parents are definitely getting the divorce. The paperwork is all in motion and in a few months (around Christmas), they'll be legally no longer a couple. So the house is going to be sold after the divorce. My mom and myself will find a small apartment, my sister will be up at college, and my Dad...well...I'm not sure what he's doing. Nor do I really care.

So I have some projects to do around here to better sell the house. One of these involved priming and painting our laundry room. Our house was built sometime in the 1970's and this room shows it: there's big cracks in the cement wall, the pipes are old and jet out everywhere, and there's hardly any space to maneuver around it with a paintbrush. I had to lean against one of the pipes to get into a corner, when I heard the pipe leak. I looked down in time for the entire pipe to separate and tons of water come shooting out everywhere. I suppose I ought to be happy it wasn't hot water or raw sewage, but I was so surprised, I fell over and spilled the primer. I struggled to push the pipes back together, but even after turning off the water at the socket, I couldn't get them back together. I eventually had to put down some towels and call my Dad to fix it.

The next day, I had my wisdom teeth removed. >_< I was pretty terrified of the operation, since I'd never been put under before, but all I really remember is my Dad helping me shuffle back to the car. I woke up in bed five hours later in extreme pain with gauze in my mouth and dried blood around my lips. I've spent the last few days with a cold pack on my mouth, drinking water and room temperature, soup, and ice cream. I'm not even allowed to use a straw. I'm pretty sure, they damaged a nerve because three days later, half my jaw is still numb. I got a Motrin and a Vicadin prescription, but I don't see why people would sell Vicadin on the street. It helps with the pain, but I never experienced the "loopiness" you're supposed to feel.

Just earlier today, my sister came home from college for the afternoon and got a piercing and convinced my mom to do the same, which I have to admit was fun to watch. We said our goodbyes, but she only made it a few miles before her little Ford Focus sputtered out and died on the highway. My Mom and I drove up in the SUV and when we couldn't figure it out, we swapped cars so she could get back to school. We reluctantly called Dad again and sat on the highway for over an hour waiting for him. He's living with a friend out in the boonies and it's a 45 minute drive. He couldn't fix it on the side of the road so we had to tow it home. My mom was in his pick-up truck towing it along while he sat in the Focus and steered. During the drive home, a part ripped off (the corset, I think?) and he yelled at my Mom about it. All she could say was that she went slow, followed his directions, and did the best he could, but he didn't want to hear it.

Everyday he's over here, the mood it like that.

Some good news: I'll be showing - maybe even selling - some photos this January at a library. It's all on my Deviant Art account, if you care to see. http://artizek.deviantart.com

I'm also real disappointed in my last journal. I asked whether my avatar was "so good" or "no good" and I don't think anyone got the reference! http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs3.html

Muscle comic coming up...