About Damn Time

I do sincerely apologize for my lack of journals. I've meant to write, especially after my Disney trip, but time and motivation escaped me. Thankfully for you, both have returned enough for one journal (for now).

So, yeah, my Disney trip. It was everything I expected and more, albeit not without its complications at parts. We must have hit a down season, because practically all the parks were about half-packed: lines weren't too long for most attractions (newer rides still had their wait times), avenues weren't too crowded, and it only rained once for like fifteen minutes while we were at Epcot. I'll go into more detail regarding this once I get off my ass enough to finish that Disney-specific journal I had been working on.

My birthday came and went, the only thing of note aside from cards and the silver Mario amiibo I bought myself being a tee-shirt (as if I don't have enough to stock my closet for a few months...). :\

Work has been good, mornings at the pool by our house and afternoons at the YMCA. The additional cash has allowed me to pay off my college loans slowly but surely (aside from a problem or two with them actually receiving payments, that is) but not much else, severely limiting my expenses this summer. This schedule's also one of the reasons I've been away from journals for quite a bit while still producing art.

The other reason for my absence... my parents have decided to implement their "dream project", an extension of sorts to the house. It involves a paver tile deck, an extra room, and a wooden deck, all needing construction on the back hill. So far we've gotten the tile deck just about finished, and the holes for the cement support for the rest are nearly done (hopefully). Let's just say... a lot of the work's fallen on me, my brother, my two brothers-in-law, and my dad (when he's not working). Before the end of it I'm probably going to break something...

Well, that's pretty much everything major that's happened since the last journal, aside from maybe my eldest sister's wedding halfway through April and the slew of movies I've been able to see (Inside-Out, Jurassic World, Tomorrowland, Terminator Genisys [it's a funny spelling something like that, right?], and Minions).

And now for the fun part: the many projects I'm working on and the updates for them.

Madness is still going strong, after I pushed through a bit of a block I thought would be there for a while (in effect working on a story part involving a game I haven't played through all the way yet). Still not seeing a whole lot of interest in it, though, which makes me kinda sad...

Basically those of you who still watch me saw those three sets of pictures I recently submitted. So yeah, after almost a year of no pictures, I finally have more pictures to work on.

And for those who want a bit more activeness in their viewing pleasures (and as if I don't have enough on my plate), I'm even beginning to work on a movie in Source Filmmaker. Current progress of the movie can be seen right here:

So that's basically all for me at the moment. How goes summer for you guys? Doing anything exciting?