First, YAY FREE JOURNAL SKINS

That's outta the way, so here i go.

First, yes, i'm still alive here, i know, not the longest time, but still.....Things are getting a bit congested with work and such, but i'm still managing to keep busy with non-college related stuff. I'm not gonna dwell on college cause i'm sick of it at this point. This journal's gonna involve several things, some of them you might care about, and others maybe not.

FIRST, Gaurdian hasn't seen much progress, too depressing (comon, it's a serious book, little humor, and i really don't feel like doing that right now).

SECOND, I'm working on chapter 4 of my second book (which STILL needs a title), and chapter 4 skips back down to earth, where we meet someone who's gonna find some importance, though i'm not gonna reveal on whos side just yet.

General Banks (U.S. Army, One star, Brigadier), Commanding Officer of the Johnson Reserve Armory, just a couple of miles outta town. Banks is dedicated military, and NOT the uber if the gov says it it must be true type. In truth, politicians hate him and his style of command, since he outright refuses to execute orders that put his men at unnecesary risk or in no way ensure freedom. He lied about his age to fight in vietnam, but since then has become a stickler for military tradition and dedication. This dedication means he'll do anything to keep his men alive, even if it costs the senate quite a bit more paperwork, among other things. The politicians, particularly the older ones who have dealt with him for a while, are willing to deal with him for one reason and one reason only, when he takes command, he gets results with minimal troop loss and maximum shock against the enemy. He now commands a reserve armory and only works with reserve and national guard, but the men still realize what he's about, even if action is minimal. He commands quite a few men cause of all the reservists and trainees at the twin colleges, plus the 'regulars' around the area, though equipment wise he can only really match the numbers in standard firearms and sidearms, with only a handful of vehicles. He's currently getting some flak from some younger sentators and representatives who think they can outdo their predecessors by bringing him to heel. His distinctive traits are his silver hair and stone cold eyes, as well as the small bottle of burbon he keeps hiddin on his person and tends to drink when no one is paying attention, though his men know he does it.

We'll get back to Cris and his problems in chapter 5, he gets to squirm some more before the weekend (in book) is over.

THIRD, The bigblast comes in at around $5 so even if i'm cash strapped i managed to get my hands on it. A firefly (which was a wonderful gift) will be put up when i get a chance also is in my arsnel.

FOURTH, I"M DRAWING AGAIN (sorta), i'm gonna post some of the stuff, and i'm working on trying to put together ocs and blah blah blah untill i feel confident that i can draw the characters in teh books for you to see. Here's hoping.

FIFTH, and finally, I've got some interestng news, the last resort comic is holding a fundraiser in an attempt to get it to go to print, for a small fee you can have either yourself or a character you created put in teh comic, and it's not a one person in one panel of one page thing, it's an actual character, who gets seen more than once. and before you whine about the price (50-75 depending on certain conditions which are outlined on the page) you have to remember what other comics cost for similar things. I believe it was Dark Horse which charges roughly $1000 american for one person in one frame on one page of one comic without speaking lines, so yeah, that's a good deal, you get other nifty things to, so who knows. well, you can find the info and such through this convienient and elegant finely crafted link [link]

if i had the money i'd go for it, but first i need the money, and no i don't say that looking for handouts, I havn't earned the right to stick a donation tab up, but if you might have suggestions on ways to make money, i'm open.

Well, that's it for now, i'm busy, i've whittled down almost 400 items in my inbox, plus more always coming in, to just over 100, so if you get something REALLY late, that's why, i answer the stuff on top first, sorry.

Anything interesting on your guys end?