So I got laid off from my job as a receptionist and had to take a temp job to make ends meet.  Now I am frantically searching for a long-term position to take once the temp job ends.  Not the best environment for creativity, but surprisingly I have made a few new pieces that I am quite proud of.  I really need to upload those to my portfolio.  And probably change the front page drawing again.  Gotta keep it fresh.

I have decided to knuckle down and rediscover Japanese.  Happily, I haven't forgotten as much as I thought.  It all comes flooding back when I look through my textbooks.  My goal is to get back to the level I was at in college- but with better grammar skills- and then take a proficiency exam so that I can put it on my resume.  Translating is a job I would really enjoy.  Birdy and one of her co-worker friends have agreed to start a Japanese study group with me, so I have high hopes for this goal actually being reached.

I can't seem to stay focused on any one project long enough to finish it, as usual.  I'm still drawing the characters from Little Artists, as well as characters from another project, but they're just that- doodles.  Nothing is actually getting done.  I'm having more luck with fanfiction than my own work right now.  It's all practice, right?

Also experimenting with writing topics for cracked.com.  My name is littledino if you want to look for me.  And planning my table for this year's Zinefest!