So my Wireless router crapped out on me this morning.

Yeah, I'm not happy, but hey, this just means I now have to (for the time being) connect one computer (physically) to the modem at a time. It being a Saturday, Belkin won't answer their phones or log on to live chat (somewhat like a couple of friends of mine), but I have sent them an email to deal with it. Now apparently, all Belkin Routers have a lifetime product warranty, and I've heard a couple of internet stories where they've actually come through on it and replaced faulty routers/cables (as of now I'm still unsure if it's the power cable or the router or both, all I know is the thing won't turn on). So with luck, in about a week or so I'll be downloading po... uh, deviations and serious news items about politics and stuff...*cough* from the comfort of my own room instead of this cold study.


In other news, I've started participating in more and more contests now (well, more and more compared to before where it was... not so much). My reasons for this isn't because of the fabulous prizes but because... well healthy competition is always a boon to ones artwork. Having to compete against others and work very hard to do the absolute best one can do in order to win that prize, well there's nothing much more motivating.

That and I've found that competitions are a great way to focus ones self. Without someone telling me to create a piece of artwork that must adhere to these sets of rules, all I have is absolute freedom in my work and that's not always a good thing. Being able to do anything I want means there is absolutely no focus. By competing in a competition where my focus is to, say "create an amazing piece of artwork centred around a banana and a kangaroo but must not use the colour green", I'm actually forced to be even more creative in what I'd come up with and how I'd do it.

So yeah, next up is the Wacom: Bring Your Dreams To Life! contest, and while I may not win like the last contest (did I forget to mention?), I'm going to give it a good try. I already have a really great idea (which again, is not something I'd have come up with had I not been doing this contest) and it hopefully a) won't take as long and b) be much more awesome. So wish me luck.