CharlesWS

[Updated:  just added a couple of details of what I'm experiencing that might help explain things!  Look below...]

The last journal entry I wrote, I had problems then, too.  Sigh!  Hopefully someone knows what I'm dealing with...

I can log onto DA from my computer at home, but then...I can't do anything else!  I can browse and all, but there's a big list of things I suddenly can't do.

When I slide my cursor over the top menu bar on the right to get to my View All Messages menu, it won't appear and come down...which means I can't access deviantWATCH, Notices, Feedback, Correspondence, Notes, all of that.
I can't leave feedback or respond to it too, even when I go to the art itself.
I can't leave journal entries.  (I'm writing a journal entry now because I'm on an internet station at the library at the moment.  Sigh!)
I can't submit art.  Grr! -_-
I have to right-click on a thumbnail of art in order to get to it, I can't left-click like usual.  And the art won't expand when I click on it.
One friend's flash player for some reason won't appear...maybe there's something to that?  (I've checked Adobe, and it has that thing with the clouds and tree -- those who have seen it know what I mean! -- and that works.  Maybe I need an update?)
I saw that there was a recent 'debugging' of DA.  What the heck did that involve??

I already sent a note to DA Help, of course.  I hope no one else has been having as many problems?

To everyone I know here, sweet Ygure, Gina, Katie and everyone, I'm really sorry to report this but I'm having trouble getting on DA.
   Seriously, I have no idea if it's my computer (an old Windows XP using Internet Explorer 8) or something wrong on this site, but I can't login from home.  Every time I put in my name and pw, I get an IE page saying 'Internet Explorer cannot display this webpage'.  I've submitted a letter to DA's helpdesk, I'm trying to troubleshoot with help from MS support, but so far no luck and I haven't been able to get on from home since Sunday.
   I have to resort to using a library internet station...that's where I'm typing from now.  Yeah, I know.  ARGH! >
   I'm really trying to get this resolved short of going to a new way to get online like Google Chrome, and if anyone has ever run into anything like this before, if anyone has any suggestions that can work, please help!
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Charles (And don't mistake my mood, I'm not feeling good right now! )

I say 'sort of' because as a lot of you know, I've been busy more often than not for a while now, and that hasn't changed yet. :/  For those of you who like "Judgment Day" and "Paramour", I'm still writing every chance I can get, I promise.  You will see more to those stories, and all kinds of things that will pleasantly surprise you, I hope!  I also long to bring even more here, so rest assured I've got a lot in store for you!  I do hope to get even more writing time and DA time, though, and I wanted to let all of you know -- especially sweet Ygure, dear Emmie, Aly, Lyssa and all my friends.  I hope you're having a truly great Fourth, no matter where you are!
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Charles

It's New Year's Day as I write this, and I can't help but look back as I think about what might be ahead.  Okay, I have NO IDEA what's coming in this new year thrust upon us...but then again, who does?  But I can still look back at things I still have to finish and only just begun here on DA, and I can give a few hints...
  First and foremost, my "Judgment Day" crossover will reach its end.  Eventually! :/  Guh, it's been a labor of love, but I had no idea how huge it was going to be!  I can't even say when you'll see the last chapter arrive sometime this year, but there's still a lot of story to tell.  All I can ask is that those of you who have enjoyed it so far and gotten feels from Cheryl and Rebecca's building romance stick with me, because you haven't seen anything yet!  I hope to bring even more here with XNALara art...I've just started with that program, and I'm optomistic my skills will improve...
  But there's one thing that won't change, no matter what happens, and it's that I'll always be here for those I've come to know and love as friends here on DA.  Amazing friends like sweet Ygure, dear Emmie, Lyssa, and others who have been so kind, generous, and inspired me in ways I never expected and will always treasure...like dear and wonderful Kat, whose memory I will always remember and cherish, words can't communicate what you mean to me and how much I want to give back to you.
  Maybe I can finally get to that Godzilla story I've wanted to write, too...? ^_^
  Happy New Year, everyone!

I must apologize again for the delay in finishing my "Mass Effect 3 Epilog:  Coda" story, to start things off.  I'm truly sorry, but because of technical problems I was finally able to submit works here on DA again just the other week.  And yeah, I'm still not done wrapping up the story. :/  I never thought I'd have so much trouble getting the end of the story done, but there's only two chapters to go, and they're turning out to be the most difficult to visualize.  I want to end it right -- and you will see the end of the story, I guarantee it! -- but it'll be over the next couple of weeks.  For those friends who have followed the story and are watching and waiting, must offer again my deepest thanks.  The end will be as satisfying as the rest of the story, and I know Kat is still watching and waiting to see it end too...

In the meantime, I'm bringing an old story I wrote a long time ago to DA...it's a Christmas story, but it owes more than a little to "The Twilight Zone" in its unusual take on the holiday.  Unfortunately, because of the recent Newtown tragedy, it's also become more relevant than ever.  But here's hoping that all of you are knowing nothing but joy this holiday season, and in the new year to come...

Charles Spencer
12-25-12