three of my closest friends were unceremoniously fired from their jobs today. It sucked.

Sorry I've been quite gang just been busy and nuts (literally and figuratively). Been a bit rough lately with work as mentioned above with my friends being fired today... I always thought a college took care of their people but how these friends were removed due to budget cuts... yeah that was a big ole lie.

Have 19 or 20 applications out west for programming positions... would love to hear from some of them. I know about half have already been turned down... the other half I can't track so that's anyone's guesses.

BUT... some good news!

Next month is anthrocon and I will be rooming with soba, spunky and gan... it will be a blast needless to say! Gosh it's been four years since I last sat in "the chair" I wonder if I'm still up for it (wink wink nudge nudge). Still no real clue what I'll be up to at anthrocon... perhaps I'll just wing it. We'll see.

Any Ideas/suggestions?

I also think anthrocon will be the kick off for travel for me as well. I have a butt load of vacation time that I will probably be spending to head out to California to some job fairs or comic con fairs to try to look for work. I know I can put my art and programming skills to better use.

I want to believe there are still jobs out there where you are treated as a human being and that fun can be had while you work. I just have to dig for it I guess...

And with that have some doodle art!


Coon an a Keel what a steal! by =secoh2000 on deviantART


Friends by =secoh2000 on deviantART


Spike Reference Sheet by =secoh2000 on deviantART


Older Spike - Minion To The Library by =secoh2000 on deviantART

Full details are here:

http://artfella.tumblr.com/post/20920565290/secoh-why-you-so-quite-and-wheres-your-f-art

Still around still kicking and not trying to give in. :)

Sounds like some bad joke but seriously each morning I have a cat so desperate for my attention that she'll jump and lay across my shoulders/back till I give her the appropriate morning attention. Crazy animal...

Figured I should drop a post here since it's been awhile... although sadly nothing to much to speak of has happened since last time. Took a break from drawing and am using the time to get a portfolio site set up for programming and art. A skeletal site layout can be seen here http://jabirooz.com/index2.asp ... trying to get a portfolio site put together to apply for a job over at deviantart.com for a front end developer/graphic artist.... would be an awesome job to have!

Also spent the time to refine:

http://www.twitteruniverse.com
http://pitythefoal.com

Will be including those into my portfolio as well as work examples.

My birthday was on the 19th... 30th in fact... god I'm starting to get semi-old... NOOO! :B It was a good day and the following weekend was even better as a bunch of friends came together to throw me a party which helped to bring my spirits up out of the pits for a while. :)

Won't lie it's been very hard holding myself together lately... what with work and the daunting task of losing my final programmer at work. He's been an amazing asset and a good friend, I'll miss his laughter and the void he'll leave behind will be impossibly hard to fill/survive. His courage to leave though has encouraged me to try to get out of this place... so we'll see... how many times have I said that before?

Alright gang I'll catch you later, going to go get me some grub!

Working on some shirt designs for welovefine.com MLP contest, don't know where I stand within it, but I like what I submitted so far:





You can find the contest here: https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=11&m=gallery#/id_submit=2541

Figured I'd post the finished piece since I put the wip here.


Come To The Dark Side by *secoh2000 on deviantART

Changed it up a little... Not to bad.