So I'm takin' a break in the middle of workin' on a project for class (sanity break) and thought hey, why not update DevArt on the Life of Jen.

I am in a thing called Grad School. It's like high school except EVERYONE'S a nerd and we're all old enough to drink. So, many of us do. We also contemplate holding interventions and then chicken out.

Personally, I opt for other ways to drown out my troubles. Lately, my self-anesthetizing has included the Twilight series, dating, self-pity, and My Chemical Romance (the ultimate soundtrack for self-pity). I haven't been much for the creative writing lately. Too self-revealing, even if I did have the time. I have been grappling with the occasional desire to delete my entire gallery here because I worry about what my writing says about me that I don't want people to know. I wish I could go back to just worrying if people would like or dislike the STORIES. I am getting more neurotic by the day. Luckily, it's a minor character flaw that usually gets eclipsed by my general awesomeness.

I have a thing called A Life. It's like having no life except less loneliness and sleep, and more good times and excruciating stress. Also like having a family you're a part of voluntarily and therefore sucks less than the one you're born into. It is also poorly compatible with Grad School. It's completely incompatible with posting stuff on DevArt, apparently. I miss the good ol' days of feeling active in this community though. I go through comment sprees when I can. I do try to comment on most of what comes my way. It just takes a month or more, sometimes, apparently.

Oh, and my family? SSDD; I'm neurotic and they're batshit crazy, we love each other and make each other miserable.

I have something of A Real Job. It's related to Grad School and makes it harder still to have A Life. Further, I am now wearing Work-Appropriate Attire on a regular basis. I am paid to sit at a desk and kill time in front of a computer four days a week. Sometimes I am provided entertainment such as data to enter into excel files. Other days I work on stuff for classes. On really good days I get to run stuff across campus (actually, honestly, I LOVE that). I'd write while I was at work but I don't want anyone reading over my shoulder.

I've revamped my views on morality. Lots. The closest thing to a religion I have is Pastafarianism. I'm kind of not kidding. Wiki it.

I've been on AIM a lot; I got through cycles with that. I know a bunch of people on here used to talk with me on MSM messenger but nobody's been on the few times I popped in. PM me if you want that info. I don't post stuff like that up for all the public to see any more and wish I never had; getting stalked last year changed my outlook on life.