Sorry for the bit of inactivity, everyone. I'm usually more active on Furaffinity these days, but that does not mean that I'm abandoning my DA account, no siree. I thought it would be good to take a look back on things I've been doing as a way of letting you know what I've been up to all this time. A retrospective, to be precise.

I recently came back from an excellent 10-day visit to my relatives in Orange County. That was fun. Corona Del Mar, Huntington Beach and Westminster are my favorite places to visit there. The latter's really great because there's a Games Workshop store at this little strip mall close to a great art supply store. Talk about a prime location... Malibu is a very beautiful place, too.

My Guinea Pig, Buck, who I've adopted for my 21st birthday is doing good, even though he has a very stubborn case of chronic Kennel Cough that refuses to go away completely. We're giving him antibiotics and fortunately, he does not let his illness bring down his spirits. He's always as cuddly and social as can be. Plus, he enjoys chin-rubs and resting his head in my hand or on my neck. You don't see many Cavies that like to do that.

Got into a great internship this school year at this fantastic company (I'm not going to disclose which one exactly for privacy's sake). My case manager's pretty strict, but the experience has left me so much more mature and self-disciplined. I'm feeling almost ready to take on the world! >

And you know, I've been on DA for a good five years now. I still kick myself over not submitting and creating enough art (the sin of sloth is a terrible one, indeed) and look back on all the SNAFUs and idiotic things I've said and done online, and although I am not proud of them, I still can't help but feel good about them. Why? Because we're all learning. And you never stop learning, either, not even after death. I've made my mistakes and accidents, looked back on what happened and where I went wrong, acknowledging and regretting what I did. But instead of tucking my tail and simply rage-quitting everything here, I simply got back up, dusted myself off, learned from my mistakes and kept on going. Nothing's going to keep me down. No one likes to have a spotty reputation, but the truth is that it's unavoidable, even for the very best of us. And if you let that fact get you down, then you may as well let life itself get you down.

For everyone's a prototype, but it is the legacy we leave behind that is the finished product.

Now that all's been said and typed, I'm off to have a wee nap. Had quite a day, today.