Some of you may have noticed I've not been around much at all lately. I think I am a little burned out on DA but not exactly sure why.... I like it here, I like seeing all the art, I like getting to know the artists and what not. I guess maybe it feels more like an "obligation" now - not a good mindset for me.... Also, I've been down a bit due to several factors I don't want to get into and so my mood hasn't been wonderful. I am still planning on submitting art here and there, but just not sure how much and how many deviations & journals I'll be commenting on - no promises. Hope all is well with you. Take Care. - T.

As some of you know, one of my hard drives got corrupted last weekend. I had a drive that was fried by lightning a few years ago and found the information of the company who recovered the data. it was a couple hundred bucks. I've decided to contact the same company and ask if they can recover the data. So, I am broke but it will be worth it to get my data back. Please learn from me - back your stuff up every now and then. It had been SIX MONTHS since I backed anything up. Needless to say, I've purchased an external hard drive with some backup software that will hopefully make it easier. Please think good thoughts for me.

One of my disk drives got corrupted today so I am in an extremely pissy mood right now. Many photos and digital paintings resided on that drive. I have no clue what to do now -- Ran Norton and it doesn't even recognize it. I am so frickin' ticked right now. I am just over my limit at this time. Don't know what else to say.

Just to let you guys know, ever since they updated to 4.0, I can't view anyones' deviations. I don't know what's going on or when it will be fixed, but just wanted you to all be aware. What a bummer. Hopefully they fix this bug soon.

Just got back from vacation this week. Ah, it was nice to have a few days off finally. We went to Seattle, WA. I am going to put some deviations up very soon.