Hey. Sorry for the vent post again. I've just not been so great. Working for the mouse is wonderful and all, but I'm part of the small skeleton crew at one of the resorts, working till the midnight hour. So much for alumni respect...

I also have been struggling since the past few months because some of my friends here on NG (not going to name names, to keep their privacy intact) just...split. And they're unlikely to be friends again. It's hard to be the peacekeeper and sometimes, it's bound not to work. I don't blame them of course. I'm just heartbroken that things ended off as badly as they did, is all. Maybe it's for the best all three parties should have their space, because what happened to cause their rift was probably pretty bad, and I don't even know what happened. I did the best I could to keep my friends together, but alas. Things just...don't work out. Forgive me if I end up needing months to process it, even having been through months of processing already. I hope that each of them can find their peace.

I also found out that @Thetageist is headed off Newgrounds, permanently, as of a few days ago. I don't blame them for their decision, either. Newgrounds being a relic of the 2000s has things that it clutches on to despite them aging quite badly, and a past that even for how much it changes today, clings against and is unlikely to ever truly exit its presence. The internet has the same past as well even for how things are so different today. For how much creativity it brought and how many people could share their feelings and knowledge and interests, it also brings strife, judgement, discrimination, and problematic behavior. That and the unstoppable loads of ads.

With these amounts of change I find myself struggling to bother composing a piece, and if I do, it's usually due to my stress, anger, fear, sadness, and other emotions that influence some of these tracks. I worry about becoming someone I'm not, or clinging onto things that are well past their time. But maybe I take what I feel and turn them into wonderful musical compositions and share them, it's a better use for the negative energy and I get to try something different.

Sorry again for the lack of...well...anything. Thanks for the support, and I once again apologize. I hope everyone's doing okay. I just hope things can become better...