"I Don't Believe in No-Win Situations" But...They Believe in Me

"Space. The final frontier..." I just got done watching the newest addition to the Star Trek universe. (Again.) Kudos to them, it's a spectacular reboot. I'm looking forward to sequels in the near future.

Now! On to the more important things. (Or less important depending on how you see it.)

Frustration. How are we to deal with this? It's irritating when you're forced into a place where, no matter what you do, your decision will be wrong. It's a no-win situation and we're certainly no Captain Kirk. When the feelings of other people get involved, it's difficult to not step on anyone's toes. So, what can I do? Take the path of least resistance, I suppose. Compromise. Hear all sides. Consider all parties' opinions. While I won't go into detail, I've recently been put in a situation where I'm forced to evaluate what means more to me, friendship or love. Contrary to what many of the other people involved would say, that's exactly what's happened. It wasn't the intention of anyone to make me feel that way, but yet I'm still faced with a problem that requires me to take a side, where the loser will feel nothing but hurt and rejection. Is that fair? No. I'm frustrated with everyone who took a part in this. We're all to blame. Myself included. And maybe that's where most of the fault lies. With me. Is that frustrating? More than you know. Still, all I can do now is pray and hope that maybe things will work out in a way that we can all avoid most of the pain. Be praying. I will be.

ART UPDATE! (Sort of!) Sooooo. Someone has been slacking in the art department. *shifty eyes* Wonder who that is...However! I do have a semi-sort of-kind of update! Yay, right? Okay, maybe not. Anyway, as I mentioned before, I've recently received a commission for a painted name plaque for a fellow employee at work. It's for her soon-to-be-born daughter Brelexis. The little girl's stuff is to be decorated in zebra-print so that's the theme I'm currently working with. I've got a few ideas swimming around in my head, but for now here are some of the sketches I've been working on. I'm pretty sure I'll be going with the one on the top right. (But since I'm about as fickle as they come, that's subject to change.) Wish me luck on it though! I'll probably start piecing it together tomorrow.

Lain