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Waiting For The Upturn...

Journal Entry: Sat Nov 21, 2009, 2:46 PM
Got some bad news at work on Thursday. The firm has been trying to deal with a serious cash-flow situation for over six months now - our suppliers are demanding payment a lot sooner, whilst our customers are dragging their feet in paying us - and the directors have been doing various things to try to aleviate matters, trimming costs as much as possible and reorganising the firm. But the shortfall has persisted, so now, reluctantly, they've asked us all to go to a three-day week effectively, working 5 hours instead of 8.5 hours. Needless to say, this means less pay. :( So some belt-tightening will be required, and I won't be doing much retail therapy for the next few months. This also means I won't be doing any 'Secret Santa' stuff this Christmas. :( Not the best way to end 2009, but we're hopeful that things will improve next year when the firm relaunches its website and services and attempts to expand into new markets. :fingerscrossed:

In the meantime, I'm going to be installing Windows 7 Home Premium onto my PC at home this weekend and getting it set up with all of my CG / web / dev tools - with luck, I can use the free hours in the coming months to get my art on, sharpen my skills, possibly start selling some prints :fingerscrossed: and work on being ready in case I need to look for new work...

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  • Current Residence: Watford, Herts, UK
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: Large
  • Interests: Comics, Radio, Music, 2D/3D Computer Art
  • Favourite movie: Shrek
  • Favourite band or musician: Far too many to list here...
  • Favourite genre of music: Turntablism, Hip-Hop, Techno, Ambient, Bhangra(!)
  • Favourite poet or writer: Terry Pratchett
  • Favourite style of art: 3D rendered stuff - my fascination since secondary school...
  • Operating System: Windows XP Media Centre
  • MP3 player of choice: 160GB black iPod Classic, iTunes
  • Favourite game: NetHack, Half-Life 2, Civilization, Doom3, Tetris
  • Favourite gaming platform: Evesham Solar Quattro Storm - Quad-core, baby! :)
  • Favourite cartoon character: X-Men, Batman, Nemi
  • Personal Quote: Do you want the five-minute answer, or the half-hour answer?
  • Tools of the Trade: Wacom Intuos2 A6 tablet, Canon PowerShot G9, Adobe CS3 Web Premium, braaiin!!!! :)

My oldest online account (Amazon) dates back to 1998 - can anyone beat that? 

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