Time to update this journal. Haven't done it in over a year, so maybe showing a sign of life would be nice. I've been M.I.A. for a while, mostly because I'm just too busy with work. I still follow many of you and am pleasantly surprised to see that some of you have grown to be wonderful artists. I remember way back when a few of you were asking me for advice, and now you certainly don't need me to tell you anything you don't already know. I'm VERY impressed with your progress! I've been at it myself, but there is so little time for personal projects. When I finally get a moment to do nothing, I'm really enjoying that nothing. I use it to rest, but then once I'm rested I want to start some personal project only to realize it's time to go to work again. Does anyone else here agree with me that three-day weekends would be ideal? Yeah....

Aside from that, a few months back I caught the political bug. Watching the world fall to pieces might do that to some people, I suppose. You start asking questions and wondering why things have to be the way they are. As curiosity grows, you find yourself looking up articles, researching politicians along with their actions, and you feel the anger growing inside you. You start feeling like you've been bamboozled by the people you trusted and then you realize you've allowed yourself to be fooled. It's too easy to get distracted and to ignore what goes on behind the curtain. Well,.... I can say with a straight face that I've done my research, I've got my eyes on the guilty parties, and I don't think I'll ever let them fool me again. It's hard to wake up to these facts, because many people around you don't seem to understand what you're going through. Their eyes are still closed and when you try to open them, they may try to dismiss you. 'Awww, Jana.... more of your political mumbo jumbo..... just let me watch my Jersey Shore.' O.K...... fine.....   Politics are so divisive, but quite necessary. If you ignore it, it will swallow you whole.