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Crap, I forgot to update again didn't I? ^^;

For those of you who were waiting for that Fanime '09 report I promised, I like to apologize (again) for straying from here. To be honest, I've been a bit busy since I got back from San Jose. I'm waiting on the Art Department at Sierra College to look over some paperwork so that I can get my certificate in Applied Arts Multimedia (here's hoping it doesn't take long) and I've been job hunting for art and graphic design work. I've found a few places that are offering internships that I applied for, yet I should still keep looking around just in case.

Job hunting is honestly frustrating, especially if you're an art student trying to break into the business of graphic design or illustration. It's almost like giving your phone number to a person you like and you sit by the phone waiting for them to call you back while kicking yourself like a heartbroken high schooler. Although I guess it's kind of like that with any job you apply for, art-related or not. As sentimentally sappy as it sounds, I really hope that I can find the job for me because I want to finally get out and live on my own like a true adult. I'm living with my family at the moment and while I do love them, I don't want to stay here forever (or at least spend the rest of my 20's here). I want to be able to get my own apartment, maybe get myself a cat or a roommate to keep me company, and maybe I'll figure out what kind of person I really am once I get settled in my new town/city/village/etc.

Getting back to art, I picked up the "Go! Manga!!" issue of ImagineFX magazine and it came with a CD/DVD that had a demo of the English translated version of the Comicworks software by Deleter. I played around with it and created the cutie in the corner of this entry. The software felt a little like Open Canvas, except for the screen tone and ruler options. I like using it, but I wonder how I'm going to scrape together $100+ for the complete version... at least it's cheaper than CS4.