At the moment we are having gale force winds and torrential downpour which is blowing through the loft above my bedroom and disturbing boxes and things. I may have to go up there later and find out exactly what is happening because I am worried it may be breaking things. But we've got one of those lofts that no one ever goes into unless they want to disappear and get eaten by some monster, or sucked through a dimension portal.

Halloween went off without a hitch, as I took the train down through London and all the way to Egham to visit my fantastical friend Sarah for her 21st birthday, which was also quite amazing. I was, however, rather jealous upon seeing her home. Not only are they on the top floor of this huge apartment block, with awesome views, but they all have double bedrooms with en-suites and their apartment is cleaned by professionals. I travelled back through London after spending three days with her and stopped off at Tower Bridge for some shopping. That's really the only excitement I've had, I did go to my brothers 18th birthday back at my folks the weekend after, but that was a bit of a disaster, what with all the thousands of teenagers and screaming drunk adolescents.

I've taken a huge shine to my music again recently, and have almost finished my complete Evanescence collection, along with all the Tomb Raider soundtracks, Resident Evil/Biohazard soundtracks and the X-Men soundtracks. Don't get me wrong, they aren't my first choice of music (I'm a Metric, Ladytron, Paramore kind of person) But there has always been something about movie and game soundtracks that put me in a state of awe. Perhaps it is the nostalgic memories of my childhood or simply because the songs tell part of a story and that inspires my work. Who knows. Because of this, I've been putting together my own soundtracks for the rather hefty Legends Series.
For those of you who don't know, Legends is a project I have been working on for the past five years quite dedicatedly. I am still putting together all the character designs and finalising the plot and other details, because I am obviously concentrating on my career at the moment until I am able to take on the actual writing of the story itself. There will be fuck loads of work connected to the series that will start appearing here, and if you take a look there is already one piece -> [link] <- Which was made by the fantastic Kenny as part of an art-trade. (I designed his avatar and dAiD because he wanted something similar to me) I've actually been inspired to do lots more Art Trades with other artists, because I really have enjoyed doing it. If you wish to do an Art Trade with me, then send me a note asking and we can get to talking.

I've been working on my University projects but I am really not enjoying it at the moment. I know it will probably get better as I get further into my course, but I really hope it does, otherwise I really don't expect I'd continue. (It's supposed to be one of the top Universities yet I feel like I could do the work blindfolded, without hands and hanging upside down) Maybe finding it easy is a good thing, but I don't exactly want to do something that isn't going to challenge me. I've sent out applications for a few jobs too, but like always there is never a reply. I think my only chance of possibly making money is to do commissions, but I don't really see anyone wanting work from me as it's not that ... desirable. I don't know how to put it into words really. I am better at doing logos, icons, IDs, title names and concept designs. I guess if there is anyone out there wanting some graphics or images designed for a website or something similar then you could send me a note as well and tell me what you're after. (Prices will probably depend on what you want but it won't be expensive)

That's all there is really.