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You can bet your cold wintery butts we have snow around here. I admit that I don't mind it so much now that it came sooner than expected for a long time, but it's causing nothing but chaos all over the country. I mean did you hear about the 3-day disruption on the Channel Tunnel last weekend? In fact, the weather has been morbid in the past 3 months whether we deserved it (oh no) or not.

Last time it snowed was January this year and one of my college buddies DELIBERATELY threw himself into a huge snowman, knocking it down 'til it became a mass of goo.

Nothing beats the 1 foot tall snowman that a kid has made outside my flat.

Caught my parents watching the fucking Hangover at their home on Saturday night; apparently our neighbours loved the film so much that they gave a DVD copy to Don (who's doing fine, thanks) to watch it all the way through so it will become a big discussion on the dinner table some night before Christmas. Not my mum, though. She's the only prude in the house. Kind of spoilt my dinner, though.

My next artwork I have raggled in my head'll take liberties out of those old manga book covers that I glance at every now and then, hope that's okay. And why no mention of a Xmas pic until now? Let's see how much I get to do this week.

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No I haven't. My decs have been put up last weekend, but there are other things I gotta watch out for.

Not meaning to drag you in to my cupboard of freshly-picked woes again but this is the worst I felt in weeks. See, I'm becoming more wary about my step-dad's state of health since the first week of his heart attack. I can't honestly tell that his weekend op was a success, as we have found that only 40% of his heart can function and the right side of it is completely numb. He's a strong-minded person; now as far as I'm concerned, he has reached retirement and the only way to keep his spirits up is a gift in form of a gym membership. I can meet him occasionally and watch how his mood starts to improve, all for a good 20 minutes and two days a week.

Notice how Christmas always carry this subtle feeling of tragedy under its belly? Our family incidents really could've happened at any other time in the year but if it clashes with the festive season and the harshest winter of the year, WOAH! STOP RIGHT THERE!! It's all bad timing and the results come off a little sad since this is not what Christmas is suppposed to be about. This isn't the only bad thing that happened to us and for heck know's whatever the reason, we're cursed with it. Ironic and hypocritical maybe, but to me it's all true.

I will still try and have a good Christmas absolutely, and will be more merrier when we close this one up together.

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Say it loud!

The weather's ridiculous but be careful out there anyway! While I try to cram in fresh ideas for my art and try not to get frozen on the way to my car every morning, I can't help thinking about my family at this time.

We had the wettest November for years because of the floods and my step-brother is still pressing through tough times since he and his family lost the house in Cockermouth. They've took up a hotel room fortunately and can only return back home as long as the cleanup in Cockermouth is finished. Like, in months.

My step-dad is having his next heart operation over the weekend and he could be kept in the hospital between the next 1 to 2 weeks. He may certainly be back by Christmas Day but at the minute, he really isn't feeling well at all. At first, he found it weird to stay at home all this time since mid-October after holding his GP work in over 45 years, but now the tension seems to show in the state of his health. That means he'll retire from work right after the new year.

Then again, he's been taking it all in quite well. Being an enduring man, he's already talking about hitting the gym after Christmas time and the only thing that bothers him about the next hospital visit is how long he will be kept there, proving he hasn't lost his sense of humour throughout the experience after the heart attack.

All I could hope for him is a quick recovery after the op. And since it's December, I will make this clear and simple: I lost two members of my family at this time of year from sudden illnesses left, right and centre. It should stay that way, only if my step-dad is allowed to get tickin' again, just like the way he was before October. Then we can end the year happy for a change.





So you thought my October was bad, December is just f*cking rotten.

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What has the two-timin' wise guy have to say this time?

I'm so sick of the freak weather we're having. Apparently, a town not far away from my home has been flooded last week and my step-brother and his family made a very lucky escape. They stopped with the parents for five days before ordering a hotel for themselves before it put on more stress for Don (his heart condition, y'know. He is going through a number of tests this month, and fortunately there's no need for a pacemaker). I feel mighty terrible for them to go through the ordeals of losing all their posessions like this and bothered that it happened to affect part of my own family, and you -don't- wanna do that from an earshot. No way it can happen again, not just the fact that we had floods much closer at home almost five years ago.

It's been raining every night since. ENOUGH ALREADY!!

One day I deleted all my folders in the gallery - sorry to anyone who loves these things! I'll replace them with a more organised selection in future.

Have a good Thanksgiving!

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Two-timing other wise guys

Wouldn't it be very scary for me to forget our Halloween blessings?

I had to put up with lots of crap in the past month, so where do I start? First, my stepdad suffered a heart attack on the 11th but luckily made a good recovery and is now settling in at home. He very rarely took a day off work as a doctor in General Practices until then. More importantly, we're so happy he's managing to recover but don't expect him back in the surgery any longer as he will be retiring soon. That's why we cancelled his car petrol subscription.

I managed to visit him in hospital 6 days after his heart attack. Then I caught a cold just by sleeping in the ward for about half an hour waiting to see him (I think). I then ended up with the hugest mouth ulcer I ever had on my bottom lip; it hurt for 7 days but now it's fully healed. ^^ Like hell I'm catching another cold before Christmas!

Balancing work and college was tricky while I thought of everything that happened since... last week was a half term (for everybody!) but thank God I still had classes. I ended up missing one for work though and I really regretted that. Planning up a dissertation was a nightmare but I finally picked a suitable topic that my tutor won't tear apart like he usually does. As of yesterday I finally got my smile back.

So yeah, screw everyone who had a good October this year. I went through a shockingly, frighteningly frustrating ordeal, but I managed to pull through to the end and I can't wait to settle down once more. Oh, and I turn 22 on Wednesday!

I haven't got any new art pieces to show, save for the ones I'm planning on my Final Project in college. Most of them are no longer necessary for the project 'cause I changed so many ideas for the initial theme (martial arts, fantasy...) but there a a couple that are cool and very different to what I usually come up with here.

Stay safe,

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