You know that enthusiastic, excited journal entry that I put up back in June? The one that said things were looking up, and that I would be able to start submitting and commenting again soon?

Murphy's Law apparently had other things to say.

To make a long story short, I got a new job, working first shift at a factory, and then began having computer issues (namely, that it was beginning to need a wheelchair and a break for bingo at three in the afternoon). Time slipped away from me, and so did my deviantART account.

As it stands now, I have a few things to submit, and maybe a little more time to commit to reading comments and answering to the favorites I receive. The work that I'm going to be posting does not have the time invested in it that earlier pieces have, as I simply haven't had the hours and hours that it takes for me to finish an elaborate color pencil drawing. Hopefully this will change soon as well, as the season changes and more hours of daylight are available for working.

I am thankful for the support that I have been given, I just cannot hope to respond to every single favorite individually at the time. Please do not think it rude if I'm not able to drop you a line!

Here's to a new year, new work, and good friends.

I am on my own. I now have internet; as soon as I get my router set up, both I and my roommate will have internet, and all sorts of wonderful things will happen.

More than likely not, actually.

However! I am here again, and once I get everything sorted out, I will be commenting, answering comments, and submitting work yet again.

It's good to be back.

For some reason, I always start to think about the things that have happened to me in my life on my birthday. It's never been that happy go lucky, bow to me because I've survived another 365 days on this damned planet kind of day. It's more a day of introspection, where I get to maybe have a little more fun by ribbing others who forgot.

I always end up thinking about the people that have come and gone in my life, the friends that I have and those that I have lost, and wondering how and why all of these things have come to pass. I know it isn't like I can predict where I will go in the next year, or who I will spend it with, but I can hope that where ever I end up is a better place than where I am now.

What have I done in the last year that I really wanted to do, that has furthered me as a person? Very damned little, and it frustrates me. I've been to new places, seen new things, but haven't had the opportunity to let them impact me the way that I want them to. Art has taken a back seat to life, a step backwards in my opinion, but one that for now I will have to take, because hopefully I will soon have the time and the place to get back to the creation that I miss.

Here's to a better year ahead than the one behind.

So, normally I would have announced my return and whatnot, and life would get back to normal, and I would start submitting again and replying cheerfully to watches, favorites, and comments.

However, life decided to throw me a curveball this year, and I'm inbetween schools, trying to find what I need as well as an apartment. No offense to my family and friends, but I need to get the hell out of this town. It's ruining me.

So, to those who have so often commented on my work or recieved comments on their deviations from me, I appologize for my lack of activity, and am not precisely sure when I will be able to get back to my usual activities on dA. It isn't that I'm leaving, just that I don't have any damned internet access.

Hopefully things will take a turn for the better soon.

The school year is over again, which means I am banished back to the internetless wilds of rural Kentucky. Though I will be on sporadically when I can claw my way back to Lexington, I won't be able to respond as quickly as I usually do to comments and such. It's a regretful situation, but one which I must endure for several months until I can come back to my dorm situation.

Until then, be beautiful, and I'll see you when I see you.