Dear Watchers and Watched:

You may know that my periods of dA activity are highly intensive and generally long, but interspersed with sporadic periods of complete silence. I try to warn before the silence happens, and tender my deepest apologies if I have ever left you hanging, as that was in no way intended or deserved.

It is time for another period of silence. This will likely be my longest and most silent span. From today until December 31st, 2009, I am denying myself deviantArt privileges for the purpose of focusing on and finishing my thesis. This is incredibly important to me. I hope you will understand and forgive.

You might notice that I will log in sometimes between now and December 31st. This behavior will be for one of two reasons:
1. deviantArt is one of the networking sites that has come under attack by a particular form of cyberwarfare which I am currently studying and is applicable as a case study for my thesis, so I have logged in to accomplish a research goal.
2. I currently have several specific obligations to particular deviants to fulfill (that, for my health while I write this thesis, I am determined to fulfill concurrently) and have logged in to partially or completely execute an obligation. To whit, these obligations are:
Finish going through and critiquing =Draenian's "Shadow" series.
Finish going through and commenting on ~BlackNailpolishDays' work that I have inexcusably been allowing to slip.
Sculpt a model of *PCRaven's hexapedal mech, per the permission so kindly granted.
Create a dragon's head bead for =Firestormthepoet.
Sculpt a dragon with "pretty wings" and "piercings" for the edification of =liliy and *LiZn.
Finish painting Pherusa.
More stock photographs of green-lit jelly glasses if ~Luna-8 requires.
The LiZn Letters and the Fred Letters on my letters account.
Anything I may have forgotten, of which I hope you, the reader, will remind me.

Over the course of my silence, I may post pieces, but I will not be answering comments or notes, extending my gratitude for "favorites," or making comments of my own. Please do not feel obligated to comment on my material, or feel slighted if I neglect to comment on yours or thank you. All your journals and works will be saved up in my deviations and messages folders, and I will quite happily and dutifully go through them when I am free so to do.


With affection for all of you and gratitude for your understanding,
Yours etc.,

CageyJay



A meme, since *allisongrl tagged me:

RULES:
1. Copy and paste these rules.
2. You must put 10 things about you.
3. Put one of your favorite quotes at the end of this journal entry.
4. In the end you must choose 3-8 people to tag.
5. Visit their page and leave a message saying that they have been tagged.

MEME:
1.) I dream in honest-to-goodness, 256-bit color (it was strange when I first heard that most people dream in black and white, because my brain decided to try monotone out that night).
2.) I have never dreamed of flying, oddly enough.
3.) My dreams are constant, and usually provide me with the best plots for my stories.
4.) My best characters, as opposed to my best stories, come out when I have spent a lot of time thinking on them. (So, if I ever get back around to posting my written material, you will know my dreams from my deliberate material by if you prefer the story or the character. Convenient, yes?)
5.) Though I am still dealing with a stink-bug infestation, it seems ladybirds are attacking my house presently.
6.) My vehicular radio dial is currently tuned to a Spanish-speaking station.
7.) I don't know/speak/understand Spanish.
8.) It seems I am about to be caring for a cat.
9.) Sometimes, I feel like I'm barely keeping my head above water-- and that's when my friends usually tell me quite inconveniently that I need to take some time and relax. I must get irritating when I am busy.
10.) As soon as I finish building my theremin (just for fun), I plan to start on a holography table so that I can branch into three-dimensional photography/holography.

"Inspiration, like gas-cookers, can be explosive."


Tagging:

*Laughs nervously.* Given my current reading material, I'd feel kind of funny about tagging anyone...

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...and then wash your mouth out with soap.