Well hello! Salutations, good morrow and how d'you do?

Hope nobody missed me too much while I was basically absent from dA for about two friggin' months. So, I suppose I have some explaining to do... or at least plenty of news.

Firstly, I am no longer employed. At all. Got away from that lousy job at that oh so Canadian doughnut and coffee shop named after a hockey player who killed himself whilst driving drunk and high on meds in the heart of Toronto yet we revere his name nonetheless due to the general public's addiction to the lousy but brain-washing sludge they affectionately refer to as coffee, which shall remain nameless. *Ahem* I feel a tremendous amount of relief now and am generally a lot happier and stress-free. That in itself is big news to me.

...but wait, there's more...

You may ask "But Pyro! Now zat you are uneemployed, what iz eet you are doing?" (If you're from France). Well, I decided to leave the lowly life of customer service and minimum wage jobs (No offence to those who still work at such, I've just had enough) and have decided to seek a higher ground. A college education. In fact, I'm sitting in the library of the Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario as I type, and sure am glad to be back in the learning atmosphere. I'm enrolled for a general business and co-op course. The co-ops themselves - two of them - are fully paid, and 90% of the time, at least one of them offers full time employment after the course is over. So in other words, my college course will most likely find my career for me, with a decent salary to boot. At that point, ~SuperPrincessAngela and I will buy a home and start really livin'. Seems like everything is going alright.

...but wait, there's more...

Speaking of family in general, everything is going fantastic as of late. For my own family... well, there was a huge problem going on for the last 8 months, which got progressively worse. I'll keep the details private, but it involved one big idiot, some unhealthy decisions, a biker gang, a potential sibling, the police, and a watermelon. It all culminated just last week, and had me doing a lot of extra driving around to help the problem, but it all turned out for the best. Now everyone is safe, no one is dead or injured, and the real troublemaker is behind bars. Now we're on the healing track, and everything is going well so far.

...butt weight, their smore...

I am ailing and exasperated by the friggin' closet of a room I live in. There are five other men I have to share the kitchen and bathroom with. One of them just got evicted for arguing with other tenants and apparently stealing items. And now that he is gone, I am noticing items going missing from my own room - first some slightly valuable coins, then some food from my portion of the freezer. So I've decided that adequate is adequate, and told my landlord I am out. I found a "small" bachelor apartment ("small" is still about four times the size of my crappy room, including my own kitchen and bathroom) for $120 more than what I pay now. Definitely worth it. And if all goes well, I will be living there in a week.

...and to conclude...

You may be saying "This isn't Oprah, Pyro! You aren't on dA to blab on with your petty life! Get on with the artworks!" Well, I doubt anyone is saying that. You're all too kind. Most of you. BUT, now that many things are out of the way, I will have a little more time to work on art and related items - so long as school doesn't take up TOO much time. I do have a number of things to submit now, anyway. Not much for drawing, but that will come - I'm in school again, for the first time in four years. So obviously I'm going to start doodling again! On top of that, I am in the midst of updating ~TheKoopaClub, which some of my members have noticed. It isn't done yet, as there are at least 10 more submissions to go over, but I will have it done this week. And, I do plan to get more active on dA - I renewed my subscription, so I'm going to do weekly random polls, mostly about random Nintendo-related items that I and ~SuperPrincessAngela come up with.

Anyway, hope this was all fascinating. I need to head out pretty soon for "Mathematics of Finance" class - wish me luck. We'll keep in touch, dA. Oh, I do have a few deviations yet to comment on... sixty-seven, actually. So, I may not comment on all of them, but some day I will clear the ol' inbox out. Bye for now!