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Aloha, and I hope everyone had a great V-Day (and President's Day for fellow Americans!). A lot has changed since I've last been an active DevArt member; like many of you, RL and current events have made a major impact on both my personal and professional life, and has compelled me to take a back seat in order to prioritize what's important. But Life has a funny way of cycling through patterns and once again, I've found myself at the cross-roads of where my career is heading towards. As someone who loves to learn and be challenged creatively, I'm looking to end my "radio silence" on the web and become an active participant, RL willing ;) Eve

Ok, time to get rid of that overdue, depressing journal entry....... Well, hi folks! Appearing once again, and this time, I -HAVE- got some new material ready for updating. They're just sketches, but are different from what I was doing several years ago. I guess I'm marking time until I can get back into the freelance field and do some fun conceptual stuff, but for now, I only have time for doodles. Anyway, as you can tell from the heading (and, OMG, one full year from my last entry), I turned the dreaded 3-0 today. < cue music > Don't know whether to curl up in a corner and cry over my lost youth or attack the new decade with inspired vig

After coming home from work, I opened my morning paper to discovery an hold high school classmate of mine who committed suicide a year ago. Needless to say, I was shell-shocked. &nbsp;I have a great memories of him because he had such an easy-going and friendly personality. &nbsp;In the decade after graduating, I've run into him maybe several times, and during those brief moments I assumed that he, like others from my class, was doing alright. The news was devastating, but I can't imagine how it must've been for his family and close friends. I'm very sad and very angry, because a part of me can't understand why a person could be psychologically and em