Figure it must have been months since I was properly hanging out on DA.
Not really a conscious decision, but the home system is so far behind the times I don't even boot it that often anymore. As a result my work Mac has almost become my main machine (it's the only one I can stoke my iPod on - home iMac is vintage and running OS 9). Sadly, this makes creating artwork a bit more difficult as I am meant to be working...
The problem with work at the moment is that we don't seem to be creating anymore - we seem to be turning out endless forms when we used to do work that was challenging. Rubs off on you after a while...
But it looks like I'm going to bite the bullet and replace my home system with something new and funky (either G5 iMac or decent Powerbook most likely) and get back to doing what I like best - portraits and designs. I can't wait, I've missed creating works that interest me - it will be great to have the tools to play once more.