I hope you have better luck with your career than I had - one thing I feel though, when working for someone else, is to only do your job - don't do anything more or anythign less, because 99% of the time you won't get anything in return. A sad and perhaps selfish way to look at life I suppose, but at the end of the day it's not what you know it's who you know and being a hard worker isn't going to make your job secure. And there is no way I'll ever lick up to some stranger just so I can continue work like a slave for them. My only exceptions to that rule is if I was working for the Military and/or my family and friends - my country and family is always worth putting something that I'd go above and beyond for, but for others... well, unless they pay you more, don't do more than what's required.

Anyway, now that I have that rant of me chest... I hope you're having a much better day at work today than you did the other day. I'm doing fine, hunting for jobs and all that - I've got social welfare to help me out so I'm not out on a limb, just have to watch what I spend my money on is all.Certificates are below degrees; it goes certificates 1 to 4, then to diploma, and onwards to degress (or something like that). I basically go to a place called TAFE (I forget what that acronym means) which is a step up from high school but a step below University. If all goes well, I actually plan to apply for university next year... (only my sister knows about this). I have had many dreams, but I decided that I would try somethign completely different from all of them - I want to learn a second and maybe third language and become a teacher, so I can travel the world and teach english (probly Japansese and German because the closest university to me does those - and my sister wants to do Japanese as well). Whether that all happens though depends on several factors, the major one being that I actually have to be accepted into Uni first... second most important thing, I have to work out accomodation. First thigns first though, apply for uni and see if I fail.

I guess I'm just lazy because the idea of having to plough my driveway free of snow every winter just seems too bothersome. But then again, I'm the kind of person who thinks getting the mail from the mail box is too much effort I swear, my cats have influenced my habtits

Oh yes please don't post some pictures of the truck done up; even if you just put them on photobucket. Do you paln to give it a funky paint job? (red maybe? )

Oooh I look forward to your next peice - I've got half a mind to pester you to tell me what it is, but my other half of my mind also wants to just wait and see (I like surprises [good ones, anyway]). I'm hoping to get a major piece done soonish too - I aim for it to be finished before I go away to Tazzie again in August (it's the Girftart for GH-M).

I think you and Torturedevice have equally good art; art is a hard thign to compare, because we each have our own styles, but I really do think that both your galleries are very good. Yes, lap up the sunshine whilest you can! If you ever get sick of snow in winter time, you can always come to this burnt out dust bowl.

I'm making the best of it at the moment you have a good one too.

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In times of darkness, humour shall light the way!