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Summer and the issue of exercise always comes up. I spend an inordinate amount of time in a buddha-like pose, rubbing my buddha-like fat belly and thinking about getting fit. Usually while eating a burger. Anyway... I've realised that my drawing has been as neglected as my body in recent times so I am drawing again. Not very well and not very fast, but I have to start somewhere. More regular drawings will get done.

I swear.

and by the way I can't wait for the next twilight movie.

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sigh.

pity me

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I am joining my fellow Lord of the Rings fans at let's hope it works out nicely for us all.

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On the last day of school he asked my son if he could join them for a soccer game - my son said yes, recognising that it was as close to an apology as he would get. Kids are more forgiving than adults ever are.

Life goes on and so do we. In case I don't update - have a happy, safe, joyous and loving festive season.

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I'm not going to bother with details - my son is fine, but right now I can hear him mumbling in his sleep reliving all that through nightmares like he did last night. Typing this is just trying to deal with the fact that no matter how hard we try, we can't always be there for our children and we can't always protect them. As a dad that is one of the hardest things I've had to face - that no matter what I could try to put in place, random acts of violence or just random acts of fate could destroy my kids. It's not a nice thought.

I'm not happy. I would do anything to spare him and his brother that kind of pain and trauma, it just kills me to know that I can't.

I can take a positive out of this: I'm connecting with my son again just when I thought I lost him to teen spirit. We'll be okay

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The second thing I realised is that I love doing design... Now this might sound obvious, since I chose it as my day job, but for years I have actually seen it as saltmining. My time in purgatory before I can get to the paradise of drawing or writing for a living... But all that was just in my mind - design now fills me with the same sense of fulfilment as drawing - and the only thing that changed was me.

At this point in time I am putting in tons of hours into the design software that I took for granted in the past and only scratched the surface on. I was sort of like a person that used a Ferrari to deliver pizza... so I guess I'm getting my driver's license It's a journey that I am am extremely excited about and also - as weird as this sounds - I am also extremely grateful to God, Fate, the universe or random coincidence... Whatever you want to call it. I am grateful that I went through those horrible months to have my eyes and mind opened up. I needed it to see that this life is awesome - if we don't give up and if we choose to see it so.

Take it from me - in life we are never given more than we can deal with and the only thing life expects from you is to LIVE it.

One of the first steps in the journey is teaming up with some friends to form a virtual illustration studio - I'll post different art on there (in fact I just did, so see if you can spot mine), so please check it out some time

Thanks everyone who regularly checks my stuff, thanks for all the faves and I hope that all of you have shiny happy lives.

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Posting today, updating journal when I can.

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I'm updating this so people that know me and not just my avatar will know what's happened. It's not that I don't like you anymore - I'm just busy running around and trying to sort out my life now that I am no longer gainfully employed.

I was hoping to post some images, but due to working myself to the bone for my ex-employers in the last week (and some slight depression) I haven't really finished anything except a commissioned sketch that I can't post anyway.

Look for less updates in the future - but that doesn't mean that I'm never updating again. I like it here and I like the people here - I just need to take care of business first.

peace.

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Although I did not know Dave Stevens, I feel sadness at his passing. But there’s another part of me – a bigger part of me – that knows his legacy will live on. Not only in his art and the characters he created, but also through the artists and non-artists he changed/inspired/touched by just being himself and doing his art.

He will be remembered.

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and best wishes to all of you usually visit my site an those that stumbled here by accident. As you all know, I've been a bit quiet the past two weeks - that's cos I am on holiday until 7 Jan 2008.

I just popped in to tell you all that last week I got married (again) but this time I mean it My wife, Taryn, and I quietly eloped and shocked the respective families on Monday with the announcement.

So now you all know why my icon is smiling even wider than usual

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