aoshistark

Let me run all you lovely followers through the last year of my life since my previous Journal Entry...

- Game Development Self Study
- Summer Minimester
- Graduated with Bachelors of Computer Information Science (I'm not calling it Information Systems, that sounds dumb)
- Joblessness
- Looming 5-figure student loan
- Post-Graduation Depression
- Therapy
- Therapy
- Teaching kids Programming at iD Tech Camp
- Cancer Scare
- Therapy
- Depression meds
- Finally found work after nearly a year of unemployment
- Financial Stability in question

There you go. I'm the kind of person who feels it's best to be upfront about this kind of stuff, so that's why for the past year my artistic activity has been more or less non-existent. Now don't get me wrong, my past year hasn't all been doom and gloom. I didn't bother to mention I spent a good bit of time at BronyCon and enjoyed myself at both Summer Camp and working at the Renaissance Fair in Maryland while it was in season. All of my friends have been quite supportive and for that I owe much thanks.

Now that I have a little more purpose in my life and my new job providing some level of stability, I plan to get more active in my creative works. Expect to see updates happening again, hopefully on a somewhat bi-weekly schedule. My conglomerate of artists are also making many plans to attend way more conventions this year besides our usual TigerCon in Towson and BaltiCon in Hunt Valley, so keep your eyes peeled for me running under either the name, "Couch People Enterprises," or, "A Stark Imbalance." Also, if anyone is interested in the prints I have and would like to order some I am happy to do mail orders, just shoot me an email or note on DA.

I'm making it my mission to inject some positive energy into my life, and getting my creative juices flowing again should help with that.

I might even start taking commission orders...mayyyybeeeee...

Just throwing a small update here in case some of you watching me don't watch my tumblr. The reason for my inactivity as of late is because of my enrollment in a winter mini block semester for writing argument. The class is very literature intensive and demands almost total sacrifice of my spare time. If I'm not working on an assignment, I'm most likely set to read an entire book in a day, and if I have free time I'm going to be spending it relaxing and letting myself recuperate. In short, anything artsy is going to be on a stand-still for a while until my studies end. It sucks, because I originally intended to spend this winter time practicing and trying to improve what miniscule skill I have, but having graduation within my grasp takes a much much MUCH higher priority over that.

See you all in Spring.

Oh man, finals are finally over. I feel...free.

Now I can look forward to a nice two week vacation while I prepare for my mini-mester in writing argument. I originally planned to just take the whole winter break off, but then realized if I can pull off a mini-mester class I could squeak away with a graduation in the spring. Better to get college done now rather than wait a whole year again to finish, so I'm going for it.

OH GOD I SPENT SO MUCH MONEY! .. but I got so many awesome pony shirts.

Oh well, I have a job, I'm allowed to waste my cash sometimes.

For those who haven't heard or ignore EQD, the Promo-code for the WeLoveFine Black Friday sale is PONYFRIDAY25. 25% off your entire order of pony stuff. And I got a plushy horn. :3

-Stark

Miserable!

mis·er·a·ble
adjective
wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable.

- Stark