I know that all you Americans will be celebrating the Giving of Thanks tomorrow, so have fun with that, whilst us Brits are stuck with rainy weather, invitations to the Messenger 9 beta, and the new Playstation Store for PC. Thank god, as for reasons beyond my control it is highly unlikely I will receive a PS3 for Christmas, and my PSP was beginning to feel left out of the online loop.

Anyway, back to reality: I know I haven't been updating even though I said I would. My teachers decided to spring some more coursework on me. Okay already, I know that excuse is worn out! Basically, I've been working on quite a few different projects, none of which are really ready to show yet, but believe me, there will be some new stuff from me soon.

Also, I have been having more problems with the official PSP theme creator than usual (thanks akadewboy for your advice), and am having no luck finding a replacement program, so if anyone knows of another PSP theme creator program, it would be much appreciated.

On the PS3 front, obviously the fact I am not getting one until after this year has put my work on PS3 themes back a little as I have no way to test them on a regular basis. Interestingly, the official PS3 theme creator doesn't even start on my Vista PC, so I will be looking for a way around that when I come to concentrate more on PS3 themes.

I also mentioned that I would be publishing a step-by-step guide on how to create a PSP theme, and although this has been put back a little with work, I do still hope to have it up by Christmas. Exciting news about Christmas too, as I am hoping to replace my aging, battered, analog-stick-top-missing old PSP for a new Slim and Lite model, so wahey for me!

I have decided that, for now, doing PC skins would take up too much time, and so I have been looking into some other ideas, watch this space.

I've also been doing some designs for various things, and so if you have noticed the new categories in my gallery, that is what these are for, expect some stuff up soon.

Finally, I'm gonna try and attempt to learn Photoshop at some point, just don't hold your breath

Au revoir, SO