I haven't updated anything or logged onto my account in 4 months. (Estimating) I don't think I'll be working on much anyway, not that I'm currently or yet to be occupied in other fields, and I apologize for the gap in my visitation. Quite a bit can occur in 4 months. The largest issue being that I've taken interest in music. I don't feel inclined to perform, however I feel the urge to compose. This normally wouldn't formulate any problem, but I haven't a clue where to start, even though I was once a skilled player, if not somewhat of a prodigy for my age, being one of my county's best players. I'm not interested in the classic printed creations. I plan on synthesizing music through the use of programming, which brings about the question: Where do I obtain such a program without paying anything?

I have a new avi and I intend to keep it; I'm quite satisfied with it. I was going for the static look on a caution sign pattern by turning up the monochrome noise in CS2. It was difficult to keep it in the file size range of the DA standards (15KB) though, so it had to be a .PNG file.

I've got a new avi, but it looks bad because it was originally something else, but I failed at making the GIF image. I have three other ideas, so expect it to change again. Feel free to tell me which ones you like best!

I wanted to take a picture of a really bright star, but my camera can't get it. I was looking at it earlier and I realized how painful it was to know I would never see what it really was. I settled on the decision, "I'll take a picture of it." I got my camera, clicked the button and it came out a black screen. At first I thought it wasn't a big deal, but as I thought about it more, I got really pissed off. I know it sounds really dumb, but I thought a picture would look good as a submission. I even had my mind on a good title. So then, after that, I wanted a picture of the woods, but the night landscape effect option didn't work. Just another black screen, and no, I made sure I had my hand off of the lens and off of the flash. I can't do anything right on this thing... Worst day all week. Even though I didn't expect any better, I'm just so pissed that cameras just don't see things the way my eyes do. Maybe I just like the sky too much.

I didn't think it would be that difficult to take a picture... That was my first picture I took on a digital camera (or any other kind) in my whole life. I probably should have done something more interesting, but I just had the idea today. It turned out to be better than I expected, but only because I always think of the worst that could happen. If anyone wants to see it, check out my first photography submission titled, "Outcast." I will be online as long as I have free time on the computer, not doing schoolwork.

Ok, so being home isn't that great because I'm sure no one enjoys here any more than New Jersey. (I might have liked it more if I didn't forget my roller blades and camera...) Anyway, school's starting in a little while, so I won't exactly have ample time to be online, but I'll try and submit a few pictures before I have to get back to work so I don't bore any who actually want to see art from me while I'm doing truckloads of busywork. Also, for those who care, I just got Photoshop CS2 on my laptop.