Warning:This post is very long because I don't update my journal often so this basically covers my ass for a good while.I will change the news occasionally though.....

NEWS & UPDATES
August 29 2009: I now have a twitter and since Oekaki Art is dying I am now adding the new project of making an artist's community to my plate.I'm really dying financially right now so it's a beta that I hope to gain support on.For more info on the project go to [link]

Sadly my medical situation is looking grim.I need antidepressants like oxygen right now and I've been deemed too "competent" to receive help from social security or welfare even though I have a valid disability.If this doesn't improve I'm not sure what kind of status my art and writing will go into.

Anyways....check out HaevenArts if you like oekaki and whatnot.Opening day is currently September 23rd,depending on when I can afford to activate the sql and bandwidth I need to open the site.Until I get this site project more or less running my other plans and projects will be on hold.

July 25 2009: As it stands my remaining poems are on what is now a dead drive.I hope to get them recovered at some point but it is what it is.It costs a lot of money that I don't have and I have other financial things that need to come first.I'm up in arms about what to do with my website at the moment.I just don't have the resources or time to do a lot of what I need to do and now I am currently ill again.

Understand when I put down this project list that it's very tentative.

-I'm considering a whole new account here to clean up the current two and purge my watcher and friend lists a bit.When and if I do I will notify people of the changes.

-I hope to get my poems recovered by December but this is a very optimistic time frame.It probably won't be until mid 2010.

-My primary focus before these is to get my site and Zazzle store together.

Now for anyone out of the loop I am bipolar and generally sickly.Some days I don't have the energy of a 90 year old cripple.This isn't to make you feel bad but be aware I tend to disappear for weeks or months at a time online wise.Most of the time I come back.

So things people watching me should know....

-I don't check e-mail often

-I lurk on messenger.If it says I'm online I might be walking around or working on some CG.

-I'm not a nice person.I don't try to be a nice person or a social butterfly and I'm the most digitally antisocial computer geek on the planet.That being said I do not facebook,twitter,or whatever else and I will be automatically suspicious of conversations that start with "a/s/l?".

-I always give honest blunt criticism.If you don't want it then don't ask.If you can't give it you should know one liners piss me off.

-Don't send me spam or chain notes...nuff said.I don't have time to weed out my mailboxes.If it's not about something useful keep it to yourself.

-I rarely blog.....don't expect it because my everyday life is not the business of the whole internet to begin with.

COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER

Now that that's out of the way here's that same old song again.Respect my disclaimer please.I don't want to get into the politics of blocking people or filtering comments and I can be a real bitch if you give me a reason.

Unless otherwise stated the content of these files belongs to me (Melissa Vassar).Please refrain from copying,distributing or otherwise without permission.To use a piece or submit comments,suggestions etc. you can mail me at my g-mail account.Any and all constructive criticism is welcome but please refrain from flames if that's all you have to say.They will be dealt with accordingly.Some pieces may contain profanity or mature content such as suicide or other unpleasant matters.Please read at your own risk.

ABOUT MY WORK

Publishing is still a goal of mine but it's impossible to do with no poems to edit.Thank you to everyone who's supported me so far and anyone who chooses to in the future.I hope when I do finally release a book I can be successful.

I should say however that I don't really write poetry actively anymore.My future projects are most likely going to be stories or graphic novels and I also have webcomic scripts I'm developing.I also write lyrics I used to write fanfiction for the Voltron series.

My current goals are leaning towards graphic design.I have been rather frequent on oekaki boards lately and I'm more or less focusing mostly on going back and rehashing my drawing style and learning some newer graphics programs.

I do offer things with no strings attached and no self profit.I do poems by request,pictures(standard colored in photoshop-JPEG format),Character designs for roleplay and personalized literature tags for DA authors.

For details you can mail me anytime.

This is absolutely free and voluntary on my part.Please don't abuse the kindness and misuse my work.All copyrights still apply here.

SUPPORT

This part is optional but if you do like my work and want to help out then you can support me by shopping in my zazzle store here [link]

Also if you have copied or see a copy or reproduction of my work that hasn't been extended permission then please notify me of it.If any of my work is questionable all it does is set me back.I appreciate every set of eyes I can get and would gladly do the same for you.Currently no one else has reproduction rights.If you see these pieces in any other place but here it's stolen.

-Melissa "Meina" Vassar 2009-