Well... my previous journal post aged well... I meant to slowly revive my Sheezy dot Art account from the dust a while back, but didn't. Sorry 'bout that. It's time consumin' to upload a single piece of art to like several other websites at a time. :X

I don't know if or when I'll get 'round to postin' art here again. Don't get me wrong, I like this place, but as I said earlier, it takes quite a bit of time to post a single piece of art to several sites (DeviantArt, Bluesky, Tumblr, ETC.). But until I decide to start postin' here again, y'all can find me on other websites (see social site links near the top-right side of the screen).

...But since I'm here, I guess I'll say some things.

Lately, things have gotten a lot better for me. Like, HOLY SHIT, I never thought I'd see the day when things would actually start gettin' better! Who knew that doin' things such as retirin' from my role as staff over on The Spriters Resource could result in bein' less stressed (I'll talk about this later on). I'm also happy to leave that hell of a year that was 2025. HOLY. FRICKIN'. SHIT. 2025 has GOT to be the WORST year I think I've ever experienced. Don't get me wrong, there were some good things that happened durin' that year (eg. Disney World trip and the time I tried Domino's pizza for the first time! ^W^). But OH MY FRICKIN' GOSH, I have NEVER experienced a hellish year like 2025. Which is ironic because when I was younger, I thought 2018 was the worst year of my life, but then 2020 came along and it ended up bein' worse than 2018, then the years that followed just seemed to get a bit worse and worse over time, but then 2025 came...

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?!?!?!?

I never would've thought that there'd be a time where I'd actually MISS 2020 AND 2018! Seriously. Last year was such a nightmare, havin' to deal with the loss of my cousin/best friend and a few other deaths in my family, goin' through one of the toughest classes I think I've went through yet (although, I'm very grateful that I had a good teacher for this class!), dealin' with some other personal problems I was havin' throughout most of 2025, and some other things I can't think of at the moment (it's currently late as I'm writin' and I'm tired). BUT... ahem, despite all of what happened last year, I'm very thankful that I still have my parents, other family members I still have (like my siblings), my cats, ways I can draw, pizza, McDonald's, my copy of Bubsy: Paws on Fire! for the Nintendo Switch, and a bunch of other things. I could go on and on talkin' about this. But basically, I've been a pretty happy Zoroark lately (aside from when I felt down durin' most of the first half of December and the certain times where I felt randomly anxious for literally no apparent reason) and I'm happy that I still have people and other things I care for! :D

So anyways, about my role as TSR staff... so, in case ya didn't know, I retired from my role as staff on The Spriters Resource back in late-September. Why did I do this? Well, I have my reasons. But one thing I will say is that one reason I left is so I don't have to be in TSR's Discord server anymore. Siiiiiigh... let's just say that this shit is like openin' a can of worms. Fuck that craphole server! HOPEFULLY, I got what I came for (basically things that came up after I retired) and don't have to return to it. Just hope I don't run into another asset rippin' issue that I can't figure out how to resolve in the future...

But don't get me wrong, though. There are a few people I met in the server durin' my time as staff (I had to join the Discord server when I was staff so I could be in contact with the rest of the staff) that I still care for, even most of the current staff! But yeah, I just really don't like TSR's Discord server anymore. And FYI, I'm not retirin' from rippin' assets from games or retirin' from The Spriters Resource...............

yet.

So, earlier this month, I had this random thought: "Hmmm... what if I decided to retire from The Spriters Resource?" This made me wonder: What if I actually did decide to retire from The Spriters Resource for good (I'm still active on the main sites, I'm just not quite as active as I was before)? What if I decide to retire from rippin' assets from games? I mean, I guess it's obvious that I'll eventually retire from both, whether it be from either gettin' older, marryin' a girl and/or eventually startin' a family, or decide to retire due to a lack of motivation/interest (heck, I've been doin' this shit for over 7 years!), but I wondered what would happen if I decided to do it sometime soon. But after doin' some more thinkin' about it, I decided that I'm gonna hang in there. I'm not gonna retire just yet! There's still some things on The Spriters Resource that I still want to do before I eventually retire. Not just submittin' stuff from games I like and/or know how to rip from, but also document some stuff on TSR's new wiki when it eventually comes out (it's not out yet, I don't want to go too crazy on the current, old wiki in case the pages end up not gettin' transferred over to the new one). Not only that, I would also probably stop uploadin' game music (and possibly music extensions) on my side channel on YouTube if I actually did decide to retire from rippin' assets from games.

So yeah... sorry 'bout the long ventin' and all that. I actually didn't intend for it to be as long as it ended up bein'. I initially logged back on to see how my profile here was doin' since it had been a few months since I last posted anything here. But yeah, I guess this journal ended up becomin' a status/vent hybrid post...

Anywho, it's gettin' pretty late so I'm gonna wrap things up and hop off. I don't know when I'll be back on Sheezy dot Art next time. But just so y'all know, I still make and post art, just find me elsewhere. Until next time... BYEEEEE!!!!
-DogToon64