Haven't had much reason to post lately, mainly 'cuz I've been busy. HAPPILY busy, at that!

I was worried I wasn't gonna have enough to do this Summer, but I've been doin' okay at keeping track of my workloads every day now. I'm proud to say I'm makin' a decent amount of money at that. The work at EduWare's been good, been going in a few days a week working on a game called "Math Motorway". Still getting shots to color for that independant film, just finished another one recently AND I finished a whole truck of commissions from one generous guy. I'm still takin' them for those who're interested, remember!

Meantime, been trying to keep a good pace on all of my NG projects. I think I mentioned at some point the audio for Part 3 of the Parody Rangers Feature Movie together, so I could really start on that whenever...I should soon, mrgh. Eh I'm sure once I get goin' on it I'll be working on Part 3 a lot. Richie and I've been laggin' a bit on Power of Three, since he's just moved to California to persue his career and dreams (go for it dude!) but in the meantime I'm continuing to write, actually! I'm very happy that the writing spark has returned for me, I've missed it. I think I may actually enjoy writing and conceptualizing stuff more than any other part of the animation process. I've gotten to write more comedic stuff and some serious stuff for various projects and ideas, all of which is really important to me.

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SO! With Summer now in full-swing, that means it's also time for lots of conventions! I've got plenty lined up that I'll be attending alongside good friends and colleagues, so here's a few:

(Edit note: Removed the word "appearance" because apparantly this equates to me talking as if I'm a guest, which equates to me being full of myself. I love how you guys misinterpret a thousand things over one word.)

AnimeNEXT in New Jersey will be this weekend, I -think- I'll be going all three days. Sunday's up in the air, mainly because my mode of transportation there is via road trip with the SMA Crew. I'll be with them a lot over the course of the weekend, but will also be seperating to take part of various panels and workshops, including a live recording of "The Big Bald Broadcast" hosted by DBZ Narrator Kyle Hebert and Marc Swint (voice of Metaknight & Captain Falcon on $00pah NiN10Doh!). Also popping around will probably be Casey Mongillo (voice of Pit on $00pah NiN10Doh!) and old-school Newgrounds VA Lucien Dodge, both of which I haven't seen since New York Anime Fest. Should be a blast :]

The following weekend, Wizard World Philadelphia I'll be attending for one day, Friday. Last year I think it was BigAppleCon that NG set up a booth with all the staff and a bunch of the site's best animators as a prep for the even bigger San Diego Comic-con that followed up. I'll be going that Friday alongside NiN10Doh! Animator and fellow SVA student Mike Ruocco, either via road trip or maybe just a train ride, ah well. WE'LL HAVE A GAY OL' TIIIIIME~

~AAAND speaking of SDCC I'll be goin' there again with an even bigger group of people last year! My gang'll include the likes of Mike, Zach, Tom, Tara, Corinne and MANY other colorful characters to join the extravaganza of nerdom geekism. I know a TON of folks are coming this time around, I'm excited for this trip even more the second time.

Then lastly will be NYAF, as previously mentioned, in September. Not much has been announced just yet, but it's RIGHT HERE where I live so it's a given attendance, really.
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Things aren't so hot right now, lotta bad crap goin' on far past any typical internet drama or anything petty like that. Life's hard, but like everyone else, I'm simply continuing forward and trying to do the best I can with what I've got. I'm VERY fortunate to have what I've got, so I need to make use of it in every possible way I can. A wise man once told me that the most resourceful artists utilizes everything in their immediate surrounding...and with NYC being my immediate surroundings, that's a pretty sweetass deal. We'll see...wish me luck kids!