Hey guys! I finally got around to making a new layout! And I have February break realllllyyy soon so I’ll start working on requests and new content then! What do you think of the new layout?!?!? In my opinion, it’s not amazing, but it’s up there with my favorites. How long was my last layout up? Ugh, I don’t even wanna know. :pirate: (lol pirate smilie)

And to my affiliates, I’m sorry. I know I suck. But I’m honestly trying to get back in the game and do this whole blog thing again!  Plus, I need somewhere to vent because I hate people and you guys can help me with my problems.

So I’m coming back! If I start to disappear again feel free to spam my inbox with emails yelling at me to come back!

So how’s everything going guys?

So today marks the one year anniversary of the day I opened up my domain, Hopeless Thunder! It’s been such a great year with this website and I’ve experienced so much since having it! I’ve met and have been able to known some great people through this website, including my wonderful host and friend, Fay, whom I wouldn’t have been able to create this website without, so here’s to you Fay! Thank you for all the help you’ve given me and being patient with me because I’m not the brightest bulb but you were always there!

Can you believe it? I didn’t even realize until I had gotten an email that I’ve had the website for a year already! It was just so mind boggling because it seems like just yesterday I opened, with my New Beginnings layout which I absolutely adored and kept up for months. :oops:

And I remember that feeling I had when I was told I was getting a domain from Fay. It was so great, it’s like my training wheels were being taken off and I could roll with the big boys. And that feeling when I first opened my website, those first comments, all the firsts I had with this website; they were just wonderful.

I really don’t know what else to day, lol. Were you one of the people who were able to experience the first day of my website opening one year ago? I wish I could get that feeling again. :wink:

BUT IT’S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR! HOW FREAKING CRAZY??

So you guys probably know that one of the resources I provide that are very popular with my visitors are my PhotoFiltre tutorials. But most of you don’t know why I’d choose such a program to feature so many tutorials on. Well lets see, it all started one day in 2007 when I came upon the concept of making a website for my extremely dumb joke with my friends. I wanted to make a website featuring this joke, Asian Pride Club, oh dear it’s heart wrenching even thinking about this lol, anyways I made a website for it and discovered that people used fancy little programs to make pretty pictures with! Wow that was one hell of a run on sentence. lmao. SO being cheap as I was and not wanting to pay for something that was just a joke I found this free program called PhotoFiltre and started making layouts with it!

Such as this attrocious masterpiece which I believe to be my second layout I ever made?

And there weren’t any good tutorials back then for this program which I found to have great potential if someone would give it a chance and try to make something amazing with it. So that’s why I started making tutorials for it. If someone were there to help me and have great tutorials when I first started out, I’d be so grateful, so why not be that person for someone else?

Now getting to the point, I’ve been featured in an article by GuideToArtSchools.com and it’s a very well written and informative article about the 11 Best Free Photo Editing Programs and my website is featured under the PhotoFiltre section if you wanna check it out!

Also, expect a great surprise soon! There’s gonna be something special coming that I’m working on!

How’s everyone been since last time I blogged?

ANYONE WATCH THE GLEE FINALE??? 8 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED! I CAN’T WAIT TILL APRIL!

Beteedubs, if you’re gonna post a rude ass comment, prepare to be blocked bitch! :pirate:

Who has noticed I just stopped writing blogs and adding updates? If you haven’t you’re probably one of those people who just use my website for resources and don’t bother even looking at the blog. If you are one of those people, go away.

I miss some of my old affiliates and friends I made since I’ve created this website. A lot of them go away and decide to leave their websites or we just lose touch, I hate that. I really miss the old way web design was.

Even though Tiffany from Color Splatter came back after months of being gone, there’s still all those other people who I had a friendship with who are gone. Kristin from Instant Rock if you happen to read this, I miss you dearly! And I miss other people as well so sorry if I don’t mention you!

Now everyone has conformed.

And I’m not into that! I don’t like conformity! And if you’ve made your site into that then go away! Even though I haven’t been on the site much I’m always here! I’m just not making blogs and updates. I want a change. I miss my old vintage style where I USED PEOPLE. It wasn’t always celebrities but I miss using PEOPLE. I miss my vintage style<3

Usually when most people make a change they do something new. Well I’m not like most people! I’m going back to the past and making things how I used to. But this will be a long and slow process because I’ve been so busy with school. Blah blah, the same excuse that everyone always says.

I think “I’ve been busy with school” has become the new “my dog ate my homework” excuse for websites.

I hate how every website has a certain style and everyone’s the same now. I miss when people were creative and did what made them happy. Everything is a sleek boring WordPress theme style now and I admit I fell into that trap a bit too; but I’m not going to conform and I’m going my own way.

Expect changes, but they will need time. I WILL work on requests! THEY’RE IN MY INBOX AND WILL GET FINISHED CALM YOUR BUTT.

Peace out homies. P.S. if we used to have a great friendship but it faded away, I will always remember you and miss you. <3

OH AND WE THE KING’S NEW ALBUM, SMILE KID, IS AMAZING.

So today’s my update day and seeing as I’m sick, might as well do something for the site and you guys if I’m gonna be stuck in the house! So I’ve been revamping some parts of the site and if you guys look at the Recent Updates section in my sidebar you can see some updates I did. For example, I’ve revamped the PSP Scripts and the Photoshop Actions. I’ve also added some new textures and PhotoFiltre tutorials. I’ll be working on more stuff throughout the day so look out for those!

Also if you guys haven’t noticed, I’ve added this chat box on the site so whenever I’m online and you’d rather get some quick response to a question instead of emailing which may take days for me to reply, you can use the chat box and I’ll be there or an agent for my website will be there to help you with anything design related or related to my website! It’s really easy to use, just like any instant messenger, and if you don’t need any help just leave the chat box alone! It’s a really great way to get some quick help!

If you have any requests, you can comment this blog, request something using the Request Form or use the chat box on the bottom left hand corner!

P.S; if you’re going to be rude on this website, you can guarantee you’ll be blocked from the website forever. 8O