Just something for the sake of it. I haven't been feeling all too well lately. fFor about a week now, I've been fighting off another tooth infection. The pain finally became stronger than my stubbornness and I went in to the ER Friday night so I could get some antibiotics and something to help with the pain. Now, a few days later, I feel somewhat human again. This is the first day I've actually been able to sit down and focus for more than 15 minutes or so. I still hurts and I'm still having a hard time eating. But the swelling's gone down considerably, I can sleep for more than an hour at a time and I don't have the urge to take the pliers into my mouth, shove the Dremel into my gums or gnaw on an SOS pad to forget about the pain. I'd say that's progress. === Today also marks six years since I registered here on Renderosity, though I had discovered this place almost a year earlier and browsed through the galleries to see what people were doing. Seeing some of the stuff posted here made me think about using computers to create artwork - both for my own writings and for a role playing game that I was working on at the time. Eventually, I got a chance to play around with some software and decided to keep at it to see what I could come up with. Some's been crap. Some's been good (I hope). Some... I'm not so sure. I don't visit the forums very often, so I tend to miss out on some of the current events here. But there are certain things that I can't help but notice, usually through the galleries. While I don't exactly agree with some of the things that have gone on over the past year, I can't say I'm opposed to all of it either. I don't want to open or re-open those cans of worms, so I'll leave it at that. However, because of some of this, I have found myself wondering whether it was worth it to stick around, and I'd say the answer is yes. Despite what flaws may exist, I think Renderosity is still a good place and certainly not the bad place some might want to make it out to be. Sure, some things could be better or be handled better and it may not resemble the same place I found in 2000 at first glance, but all in all, I think Renderosity is still pretty much Renderosity. Just with a lot more - more people, more gallery posts, more egos... you get the idea. So, here I remain, six years later. I'd like to think that I've learned from others here and gotten better. So, to everyone, thanks. Thanks to Elgyfu for helping me my first taste of Poserdom. Had I known how much time and money I'd end up wasting/spending on models, textures, software and the like... well, I probably still would've jumped at the opportunity. To everyone who has taken the time to view my works, thanks. To anyone who's left a comment, again, you have my thanks. And to anyone who keeps coming back for more, well... you're kinda the reason why I haven't given up on this yet. Maybe one day I'll be able to do much more than what I can now. It'd be nice if I could do this for something other than for the hell of it or to see if I can. But until then... === I had some other things in mind instead of this, but none of them looked quite right. I need to spend more time working on the poses and props.