Dark Rose

Plans for Dark Rose

Hey, guys. I’m sure you’ve probably noticed, but Dark Rose is pretty much inactive as hell right now. I haven’t uploaded new art in months, I take forever to post blogs (and when I do they are about nothing), and I haven’t given this place a new layout since… November? This has been going on for a long time, and I haven’t had any inspiration for this place until recently. Obviously, the way I am handling things right now aren’t working out, so I’m going to switch things up so I can actually maintain this place as a hobby like I once did, to my immense satisfaction. Right now it seems like more of a chore, and that’s not how it’s supposed to be. This was meant to be fun.

So, to fix that, things will change over the course of the next couple of weeks:

1. Dark Rose will no longer feature a personal blog. There will be updates, but it will be more like “HEY GUYS LOOK WHAT I MADE LOL” instead of “Now let us discuss the undermined importance of the grasshopper to our society” or whatever. The blogging has been my largest issue for the longest time because I already have a private journal where I write about my personal life in much more detail, and I am not interested in sharing that stuff on a public blog regardless of how much I am trying to open myself up. Also, most of the topics I would write about have already been done to death and covered from every angle. Yes, even the squid angle. So updates will be more or less of a different variety, to take the pressure off of myself to write it and to take it off of you to actually read the crap I write.
2. Now, even though the blog will no longer be totally opinionated rambles on whatever passes my fancy at the time, this site will remain personal. Things I like will still be on here and I can promise that those things will be updated frequently. I will also link to my profiles on networking sites like last.fm and Goodreads for the rare person interested in that sort of thing.
3. The ask me a question thing is staying. Period.
4. I actually do finally have inspiration for a new layout, so we’ll definitely be seeing one of those soon.

This in mind, my orientation begins August 30th (the same damn day I was supposed to go see Jeff Dunham with a certain someone, AGHHHH). The site will reflect these features by then, but they might not be as updated as frequently as they will be over the summer. And to my fellow Quilting Bee members who are waiting for a response from me regarding trades and activities - I am not ignoring you, I’ve just been a little busy, and I will totally reply to you tonight after I get home from work. ♥

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I posted Plans for Dark Rose on Saturday, May 30th, 2009 at 12:28 pm in Internet.

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