Note to DonyaBear

Oh DBear of the infinite patience,
I got nothing done on your picture last week, because I was frantically cleaning in preparation for houseguests. This is entirely my own fault. This week I have the time, but it's computer coloring, and every damn day has been thunder and lightning. I just turned on the computer, which was off because there was a massive storm last night, and as soon as it was booted up there was thunder. I never quite trust our old, double-linked surge protectors, ever since that one computer that got utterly and completely destroyed by a power surge and we lost RP games and art and all kinds of stuff on it.
Anyway, I've only heard the one piece of thunder, and it's looking brighter out there today than it has all week, so I'll chance it...
It's getting pretty damn close to finished, too.

State of the Rey

Because this is the order I grabbed the links in...
The arts:
Commission from Shiri for her friend Domon of his character Owen Matthias. Man, that's just a cool name.
Long awaited and finally colored, DBear's Warcraft character Biancamane.

I guess I hadn't advertised it, but I now have a gallery on Artspots. Expect more furry art. I have ideas, but commissions come first. Working on your sketch next Shiri, and then Dina's wedding portrait.

The sobering:
Our friend Wendy is very involved in Roma activism, and she's been posting some scary stuff. Spread the word. We really don't need another holocaust.

The obnoxious:
The weekend Mel and her mom were here, our car went very seriously downhill. Haha. Or rather, downhill is the only way you can get Reverse to work. It was acting up intermittently before that, but last Friday it had to be pushed twice just to get it unstuck from spots where going forward was not an option. In an apartment complex where it's almost all streetside parking, this is a serious problem. It's probably the transmission, which costs more to replace than the car is worth, so... we may soon not have a car, again.
My parents actually offered to help pay for a used car, which would be awesome, except that I had to basically say 'wow thanks that's great but I can't just say absolutely yes.' The car we have is not technically mine, and I am not paying the insurance on it. If my parents help/pay for a car, it would be mine, and I don't want to agree to that and then be unable to pay for the insurance. At all. Which I can't right now, because... still jobless.
Did I mention that although I have been approved for unemployment, reported with information of the jobs I'm applying for, I have yet to see a single penny from them? I went online today with my jobhunting records all ready and was told that my claim has expired. WTF. I'm getting close to the wire here financially, no one will call me back for an interview, I have a dental appointment I may or may not be able to pay for, the car is potentially dead/unsafe to drive and... yeah.
I'm gonna stop there.

Good things:
It's Friday evening...?
I still draw fine, and have commissions to work on.
...I have my health?

Oh yeah, new Red Dwarf stuff will happen! I have no idea how I will ever get my hands on it, but it's cool news.