So, um, I sorta forgot DA has a journal system. I sorta disabled journals on 95% of the deviants I watch, and I guess I forgot that I have people who watch me as well and probably get curious about me...

So, let's see, this would be the Fall '09 update if I'm not mistaken. I guess that's okay, as I only missed 3-4 entries I should've made. Oh well! Let's start with the few things I mentioned in my last update:

- New life in Fort Collins
Still have it, still living it, renewed the lease on that apartment, yet I STILL have boxes of crap floating around. I've taken the trash out less than 15 times since moving in, and that's only because I try not to put out much waste. I've emptied my recycling far more than that!

- Nan Desu Kan
I can update for last year AND this year. Last year, got to meet a few awesome VAs, and got Monica Rial's autograph on my Azumanga boxset. I still fear I creeped her out with my costume (you'll have to ask me in private who I dressed up as), but I had fun dammit! It was a great time had by most. My friend ~Nenanin and I went as a pair. She got to be a kittygirl, and just lived it up completely! Naturally, the chaos and shennanigans of the convention ensued, and it was awesome.

This year, I got to dress up as Sojiro Izumi from Lucky Star, and my friend ~Kailaka was dressed up as Konata Izumi. Sadly, we didn't get to wander together in costume. Timing just sucked. The VA list wasn't as interesting this year, and I have to admit that I left feeling not as satisfied as before. I think a combination of things added to the fact that I might be getting used to this chaos. I'm hoping for a better year next year.

Those wanting details will have to visit my LJ or homepage for the NDK posts.

- New job at the bank
It didn't last. The answer I got was a boot after three months. Those guys were awesome and bought me lunch on my last day. I was actually moved to tears by it. I did a few months of wandering. Had a brief time with the county elections office helping to set up computers for the '08 election, and got booted simply because I multi-tasked better than the manager. (Yes, that's a biased reason I'm giving you, but that's the best explanation I can think of! XP) Got a job working for TiVo tech support for a month. Got trained, and then let go to save money only two days after finishing training. In January, I found the job I'm at now. I now work for a small local carpet cleaning company. I started out as webmaster and IT guy, and slowly worked my way up into a position of operations management. Apparently my ADD and the traces of OCD that come with it are a godsend to this company. They've needed an organizational freak like me for years, and I got an upgrade to salary, and I have to admit I love my job. I sometimes forget to leave. I have a ton of freedom, and I'm always trying to improve how useful I am while still having alot of down time (to do silly things like update my DA journal. XD) Again, this was a job I found via Craigslist...speaking of..

- New Development: Girlfriend via Craigslist
...or at least, she was. I had a brief intimate encounter and relationship with a cute girl named Star. Met via CL, had our first date, had the time of our lives. One thing led to another, and we got intimate quickly. She was a very touchy-feely person, and I loved every minute of it. We had a couple brief fights, but made up afterwards. Unfortunately, our third fight two months after we were together ended up breaking us apart. She dumped me over not having enough time for her (job kicked my ass many days, and I had to drive 30 minutes to see her all the time), and apparently 1-2 days a week wasn't gonna cut it for her. Unfortunately, she ended up as one of the crazier types, and sent me a ton of nasty emails after dumping me, and putting up a ton of angry CL posts trying to flame me. I got the whole gamut of a relationship: Love at first sight, intimacy, comfort, happiness, loads of sex, fight, make-up (with sex), happiness, stupid fight, break-up, awkward silence, psycho stalker ex, escaping stalker ex, moving on. Hell of an experience, and despite the uneasiness I feel towards it, I appreciate the experience she gave me. It's allowed me to grow up and move on with my life!

- Kitties..
Our oldest cat, Beans, passed away shortly after NDK this year. We had him for a good 18 years, and he was the king of the block. He went peacefully in his sleep. We all saw it coming, and had ample time to say our good-byes. I'm not sure if we'll be getting a new kitty or not. I don't think my parents can afford a new one..and I don't think my kitty, Sunny, wants to deal with another brat, heh.

- Life in general
I'm alive, I'm eating, and I have a safe place to sleep. I have debt I'm still trying to pay off (both financial and physical, ie out of shape) from my time of unemployment, but I should be able to knock it out one day. I still have friends, and have a new game I'm playing (oddly enough courtesy of my job) that keeps me off the streets. I'm a workin man now, yet I still have time to kill on the internet. I've added a Twitter account to my pile of places to find me at, and kept Facebook and the like updated. This is the one place I have that I really don't post much at.

I'm thinking of going through some of the LJ icons I've made and see which ones would be worthy of uploading to DA to share with random deviants out there. I'm still not that much of an artist. I just mostly appreciate the art of others. My favorite collection (thank god they added that system) is the only sign of life I ever put out anymore. I hardly visit my own page or anything, heh. Forgot how many pageviews I have...and I hardly care.

Just a casual deviant in good standing that likes to see what the world draws.

As always, you can visit my livejournal at [link] my Twitter at [link] and my Facebook page at [link] Trust me, I'm not that hard to stalk.

Catch y'all in another year at the rate I'm going! XD