Hey, it's been a long time since I've really done anything on FA other than favorite stuff. I've honestly been trying to recover ever since I got almost permanently burnt out on doing anything creative. I'm trying to turn that around, and going to therapy for several years has been helping. I'm still going as well, since mental health is a continuous battle for me. First I want to address the latest update to the website.

I'm really happy with the new blacklist update. I can finally hide things without using a browser plugin. It also lets me see what's been blacklisted now, so now I know how much is being hidden and why. (If you hover over a blurred image, it'll tell you why it was blocked!) This was probably the main issue I had with FA anymore beyond content people were uploading. As for the TOS and Upload Policy, I'm not really in any sort of position or even remotely qualified to give much of an opinion beyond the fact I'm glad they're trying really hard to address the issue of gross underage stuff without hurting people that aren't participating in that. I understand it's an extremely complex subject and I'm not part of the communities involved, so I'm just gonna leave it to them to figure it out.

On to personal stuff. Like I said, I've been dealing with chronic burnout for a while. The way my life has been the past 10 years has honestly been a little rough and I feel like I've wasted my youth just doing nothing and getting fat. Needless to say, I do not like the concept of aging beyond 25. I wouldn't feel so bad about myself if our bodies just didn't age past that. My mental health has been a huge obstacle in my life that I've been trying to navigate and I don't think I'll ever manage to get around it, but I'm still trying. I'm still living with my dad currently, but hoping this program I'm in will help me find a job I'm actually capable of doing. If not, well, I still hope to find a place to live on my own, even if it means I don't have any spending money after groceries.

I'm currently trying to work on getting back into art and other creative outlets. Hopefully I'll reach a point where I'm comfortable taking commissions and I'm more satisfied with the outcome of my art. In the mean time, I might start being a little more active here finally. It's one of the corners of the internet that still feels good.