Not much of an update, but yeah, I'm still alive. I'll still occasionally upload stuff I make here, I'm just not working on digital art as much as I used to as of late. In place of that, I have taken up blacksmithing. Turns out that I'm actually decent at it, too, though there are still areas I need to work on. If anyone would like pictures of that, lemme know, and I'll get a smithing section set up in the gallery.
Life in general has been much like that of a kept pet, wherein I spend most of my day indoors either working in 3D, printing out a model, playing games, streaming, browsing youtube, and spending my weekends forging knives and tools. Seems we may have a leak in the water main, but we are still waiting for someone to come out for that. A water bill over three hundred dollars was not a pleasant surprise, to say the least. We also had a bit of a medical issue with one of my babies, Delilah. Turns out she has a thyroid issue, and she wound up losing the fur on her tail, getting rough elbows, and her face seemed heavy. Two months of medication later, and she has not only fallen to a healthy weight, but has regrown all of her lost fur (it's so goddamned soft now! OMG!) and lost the heaviness in her face. She's able to get around much easier, too, so that's a plus. We had My other baby, Samson tested to make sure he was fine as well, but it seems he's just built hefty. Could use a mild diet, but he's just a serious dog with a bit of muscle under a light cushion.
All of that aside, I have literally been able to do nothing else but watch as the world devolves into chaos. Humor seems to have died, everyone is eager to hurt someone else, nobody wants to assume responsibility for themselves, and unless you say the right words, you may end up being silenced. It's become sad to be a human, let alone a single male, and honestly, I dont see this ending for at least another 2 years in the USA. We plummet ever faster toward a pit of war, famine, and turmoil, and no matter what anyone says or tries to do, it only serves to push the collective that much closer to the pit. Sorry if I touched a nerve with anyone there. It's just my opinion. You are entitled to dislike it if you wish.
So yeah, that's about all I got. Maybe I'll get my back porch revamped, finally solve the plumbing issues once and for all, and with any luck, become a decent knife maker. Sorry if I got a bit depressing, I haven't been in a good mental place for quite a while, and it's taken a while to get back up.
