Ahh finally. Some time to really update my journal and kinda recap the goings on. I may not have posted a lot of work this year, especially here, but I've gotta say that 2006 has been probably the best year for me in terms of personal artistic growth both inside and more importantly, outside of my creative box.

I know, I know. Compared to the rest of the planet, I seriously don't post a bunch of stuff. That doesn't mean that I'm not drawing though. Its pretty easy to see how someone can improve when they just go at it and in my case, it's even more noticeable from the sheer fact that the time frame between my old and new works here is so extremely long. As Martha Stewart would say, "It's a good thing".

I know a lot of you out there have been kinda wondering just why I haven't been posting though. Or even around. Something backed up by the fact that for a lot of this year, I haven't even been on AIM or the other messengers as much as I really should be. Well, I guess I never really explained it but as of January of this year, I enrolled at The Art Center Design College (theartcenter.edu) so I can finally get on down the road of higher education with a focus on graphic design. I really wasn't expecting just how much this school would... KICK MY @$$! Its a tough place and if you don't adapt to it, you'll get flushed like nobody's business.

That has been my focus through the whole year as I went the whole year around just to get myself rooted. It was a tough thing to do between personal housing needs, school, work and et cetera and I kinda had to let my activity here fall by the wayside in exchange for trying to survive on my own and stuffs. But it needed to be done.

Things these days are much better indeed. Compared to the beginning of the year where I was a new guy attending a new school while trying to make it on my own, I'm now a well established Sophomore (thats right, I took so many classes this year that I blew right past freshman-ness!) in great standing and more importantly... I have time to create the things I need to once again! Draw, write, upload, collaborate. It's all brand new again.

In the year ahead, I really see myself getting back to the things that I had until now, not had the chance to complete or even start in some cases. There are tales and characters running through my mind that will be put to paper in the coming months. With my life firmly under my control again and the future looking bright, I don't see why I shouldn't be able to do these things I'll be taking four classes (13 credits) during spring semester '07, a much lighter load than six (19 credits) classes that I took during this past fall. Yes'ir. Life looks good

To all of my bros and buds that knew what I was dealing with this year, I thank ya for your support. You know I luvs ya and you all know who you are ^^

And for everyone, I wish ya a Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Festivus, Kwanzaa ... whatever! Just make sure you take this time of the year to look back and give thanks for what ya got: Be that good friends, family, artistic ability, ...high speed internet... etc... Anything you gotta do to let 2006 go and welcome 2007 with open arms.