I know, I know... I haven't been posting again. Not having my own computer is really getting to me. And there's absolutely no sign of when or if I will ever get one. It's so depressing. What's worse is my husband can't seem to understand WHY I need my own computer so much or why I even like working on the computer because he claims to hate it.

He then also likes to give me a hard time when I stay up late using the computer after he's gone to bed and then therefore wake up sometime in the early afternoon. Let's think about this... I like to have some privacy when I use the computer. I'm really particular about this and its another thing he can't seem to understand in the slightest. And also, what exactly do I have to do in the morning when he's doing his job on the only computer in the house? I don't have anything to do. I didn't think I would ever mind being a house wife, but I always assumed I'd at least have my own computer.

I actually have a job on the books right now, as it were, doing business graphic design. But I've done just about as much as I can with pen and paper. I need to move onto the computer. I need to have my own set up, my own programmes, etc. I also need to be able to actually use the computer whenever the inclination strikes me, because thats how I work. I'm just lucky that the guy is a friend of Philip's and really patient.

In other news, it looks like I might start doing some artwork again, if only for something to do to keep myself from going insane. Right now I'm finishing up a watercolour character portrait of one of my favourite RPG characters who has recently been resurrected for the anime-fantasy RPing forum I've started. It's turned out really well. (And by the way, the secret to really lush skin shadows on an anime style portrait is a purple wash.) In a couple of days I think Philip and I are going to get some water mixable oil paints. I've never used them before but I love oils, so we'll have to see how that goes. I hear they have a different texture from real oils and that some people don't care for it. If I end up liking them I'm going to do some pieces and see if I can't put them up in one of the many galleries in York. I've never seen so many fine art galleries. And the best thing is... I actually have solid ideas for some contemporary paintings that I think the market will eat up.

If I actually sell any of them maybe I can finally get a f'ing computer. Wouldn't that be novel?