It's been so long since I've submitted anything here on dA, so I thought I at least should write a new journal entry. I exist in some kind of limbo right now - I'm still waiting to know if I get student loans or not this year. I've waited for a month, and it might take another month before I get a final answer. I'm not really able to do anything while I'm waiting. I mean, it's quite an important thing that will influence my entire life for the next year. If the answer is no, I'll have to work as good as full time, and practically have no life until my thesis is done. If the answer is yes... I can consentrate more on my thesis and get it done faster, and make it better. I can even get quite a bit of writing and painting done. So... well. I hope I get an answer soon, or I'm going to worry myself sick. I'm kind of good at that.
Speaking of painting, I'm almost going crazy because I don't have any painting programs on the computer I got in June, and the last thing I painted was the picture I uploaded in the end of May. I have Corel Painter X on my old one, but it's not compatible with Windows 7, according to Corel's website. The Photoshop I have on my old computer isn't legal, and I haven't found a version that doesn't require me to fiddle with files I'd rather not fiddle with. There's always plain old pencil and paper, but I haven't installed the scanner software on my new computer yet. I guess it's back to my old computer for my painting needs...
It's not a crisis, really. Since I haven't been painting or drawing or writing or anything (not even for my thesis), I've spend countless hours watching TV on the Internet, exercising and reading. A lot. Right now I'm reading Shadow of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, which is really good. I was sceptical at first, but damn, it really draws you in and hooks you. When I'm not reading, I'm at work. August is really crazy in the hotel business in my town, since a lot of countries in South Europe have at least part of their vacations this month. I haven't really had any energy left for anything besides that, so I'm really happy things seem to settle down there now. Then I'll be able to relocate some thesis work to my workplace. My boss is completely fine with that, she actually suggested it recently so that I could combine school and work more easily, as long as everything work-related gets done.
Well, I think that was it for now, I should go and get something to eat before I starve to death...
Clubs I'm in: (some of them)
