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UPDATE: Disregard the post below, as all data has been restored and all gift certificates restored as well! HUZZAH! =3 All is well.

Hey everyone,

Majorly shitty news (like I haven't had enough lately), my shopping cart company (SecureNetShop) lost ALL of my customer, order, product, and gift certificate information. I'm waiting to see if they have back ups for some of it. Permanently lost is all of my order and product information.

Gift certificates will be available as soon as humanly possible (including existing ones), so bear with me. Rawr.

I spent over ten hours today recoding and uploading and inputting product and order information for the shop.

All gift certificate data is wiped, but I have thousands of invoices stored on MY END so I CAN look up your information.

I'm so angry that I'm nearly in tears, but I'll work through it.

The shop is up and ready to go. If you had a gift certificate, please refer to the shop directions.

In other news, the new Digital Girls portfolio should be finished this weekend.

I'm starting up a stream, working on some stuff if you want to come watch, chat, hang, etc.

I'm feeling sorta ill today, probably the stress and all the cleaning chemicals and allergies all piled up against me finally.

http://www.livestream.com/mirandaleigh

Up for Auction:

This picture is being auctioned to help pay for my dad's funeral expenses, moving costs for his furniture, storage costs, and additional bills and living/after death expenses.

This is an inked image of a lovely angel, inspired by Fluttershy from My Little Pony. The paper is 8.5 x 11 inch white card stock with black inked artwork.

Artwork will be sealed in a ziplock storage bag to prevent water damage, packaged against cardboard to prevent bending or folding, and mailed inside a manila bubble mailer envelope.

You may type in your bid in the comments below, make sure to leave your email for contact and payment purposes.

Payment will be made via Paypal within 2 days of auction close.

Bidding begins at 15$ USD.

Bid increments of 1$ or more will be accepted. (Example: A bidder places a bid at 54.00$, you must bid higher by one dollar to 55.00$)

Bidding starts at 12:01 am EST 4/5/2012.

Bidding ends 12:01 am EST 4/08/2012

AUCTION IS CLOSED. Thank you =3

So I find out from my mom today, that my grandmother in Florida won't be giving me any money toward the funeral costs, or paying for my mom to fly up here to be with me/help with the funeral/come to the funeral/etc.

A fucking bomb pretty much just dropped on me.

How fucked is that, really? She has money, and she can't even send me a penny.... I'm just blown away.

You guys have sent me a total of 250$ in donations towards the funeral costs - you basically paid for my father's obituary in the local paper. Thank you all, every damn dollar helps more than you know....

I've been getting services shut off, calling places for help/aid/money, picking out my father's clothes for the wake.... talking to some family members - but it's looking pretty grim.

I reminded my relatives they can send me money via paypal, with even a credit card.... but nothing.

I'm sure hundreds of people will show up to my dad's public wake - but I have to pay in full before any services can be rendered (wake/etc). I need a lot of money by Friday afternoon.

I still have to get a lawyer too... god I don't even want to think of the cost....... he didn't have a will, so legal bullshit in this state requires a lawyer and court dates to be set so that his assets can be distributed. I'm next of kin, but he owes a lot in past medical bills to hospitals (because of heart attacks, uninsured treatement, etc). The car and motorcycle that he has will most definitely be seized, and that's AFTER I pay for a lawyer and pay court costs. Great... so I pay money to lose the only valuables he has. Disgusting.... Also, I have to pay the house/maintain the vehicles for the 6 months they're in legal limbo - the time creditors have here to attach to his things. I have to get a lawyer and file with the court within 30 days of his death. .... yipee.....

All I can think of is we can just not pay rent....... which I'm sure is a very very bad idea. Other than that, I could start pawning my things..... but I don't really have any jewelry, I need my computer for my art obviously....

Anyone want to buy my older tablet for 250? =*(

I'm afraid to take more commissions until I've finished those I have. If I run out of options, I'll take emergency commissions I guess..... but the wait is specifically until I finish the ones I have.

Thanks for letting me vent.

If everyone even gives a dollar that visits my site in a week - that's over five thousand dollars. I could pay for his wake, his funeral costs, car insurance, storage unit, his past due bills, get groceries for this week, and pay my rent in full - on time even.