Rant Alert! Read at own risk, I have used various curse words throughout. Forgive my foul language, if you please.

My apologies for the title but I'm royally furious at the moment. It may have something to do with my sprained wrist. It may also be self-hate for my slacking lately. Whatever the reason, if I see one more person bitching about how they're leaving dA for whatever pathetic reason ONLY TO RETURN moments later... I will find them and chop them into tiny little bits for causing so much forsaken drama. Just kidding... sort of.

I don't like drama. I avoid it like the plague. Actually, I would rather the plague. DA is ripe with it and I've had to take breaks from this site to calm myself down on numerous occasions. What kills me? These people who post journals about leaving get dozens of comments, dozens of PLEAS to stay.

What does that tell you?

All it tells me is that these people require attention because sensible people who have overburdened themselves take breaks, they don't up and quit something unless it causes them serious harm, in which case they have serious reasons for quitting. The reasons I've seen often include stress, of many varieties, and, sorry... I call your bullshit. Everyone is stressed. I am stressed, you are stressed, we are all stressed. That's life. If you find yourself never stressed, ever again, you're a lucky bitch. Why cause the drama? Attention-seeking is just pathetic but I see so much drama, I wonder, really? This is all for attention? Instead of focusing and working hard to produce good art, you're going to vomit drama all over my inbox? Nevermind the fact that these are usually stunning artists who benefit a lot from DA in my mind... they have support, they have critique at the drop of a dime, they have hoards of people surrounding them (alright, like, ten people to me is a hoard but whatever, I fear crowds ).

I lump this drama in with all the other pathetic excuses for whining. I'm sorry but life just isn't easy and if my little five-foot frame and eccentric brain can deal with it, so can yours. It sickens me that this kind of drama gets so much attention, really. Go ahead, I'm assuming at least one of you is thinking I'm just jealous. That's fine, in truth, I am a little bit. How dare that kind of lame tactic WORK?! And it works so well I'm surprised only the majority and not everyone pulls it at least once. It should be a mandatory thing once you gather a decent following to just threaten to quit to make sure your fans are on their toes! (Sarcasm).

I have one last thing to say and this is to you drama llamas out there: I've had the standard messed up childhood and the ostracized adolescence. I have a hard time giving away free art (seriously, rarely any takers on a good day). I've never had a commission from anyone that wasn't a close friend. The same people jump me for art trades (love you!). I bite off way more than I can chew all the time but, eventually, I get all the work done. I have no idea how some of you post a piece every day... seriously... I can't do it. It takes me three days of non-stop work to get a piece done and I can rarely focus on nothing but drawing. I feel like a jerk when my scattered brain forgets about something I was supposed to be doing making me look like the typical flaky artist. I've had two serious wrist injuries and, on a good day, my right hand is a bastard when I colour something (even with a tablet because it's special like that). I've been rejected by art schools, I've had a hard time improving my skills, my own mother ignores the fact that I draw completely. Do I quit? NO!

So I don't bloody care what reason you have to cause this "leaving drama" but I have no sympathy. None at all. Unless you've lost your drawing limb, there is no excuse. Lack of inspiration strikes us all, so does family drama, so does all sorts of stress... take a break, relax for several weeks, all the cool people are doing it.

Which is what I'm going to do! My wrist is painful but I have work to do and I will do it. You will see me next time I have art. After I finish my current to-do list, I may take another hiatus to draw an obscene amount of shaded spheres and stick figures to improve my anatomy and shading... 'cause they're annoying me right now and I demand improvement.

I will return to my regular self by then. I appreciate the folks who read this, 'cause I know there are a few of you as crazy as me. Love, love.

Oh, one last thing... That emoticon makes me giggle. Who hops around like that when they're angry? I think I will now just for fun.