I promise I'm going to get back to reading at some point. This design review last week was the BIG one, and I'm so relieved it's over. Ever since the last layoff in February, it felt like a mad scramble to pick up the pieces and get prepped, and I got good feedback on my part of the presentation. So that part at least seems to make it slightly worth the amount of stress.
And now, we brace for potentially another layoff in the next few weeks (the rumors are already swirling... and this will be the third one in 6 months).
Hey, if I get laid off, that's LOTS of reading time.
It's fine. Everything's fine. I'm not losing sleep over this at all.
so depressing being arab. genuinely never realized how little western countries give a shit abt anti arab racism and islamophobia like you can quite literally spew the most racist vile shit and people just shrug .
“A sweet tooth, for you...” -sweet tooth by cavetown
yeah I know I’m waaaaaay late!! my mental health took a huge turn and crashed into a wall, I was unable to draw for a long time! I’m feeling better now and back to posting! and damnit I will finish this prompt no matter what!!!!!!
this picture is a re-draw of this piece here. I just love these two together!
Idk why I even bother watching videos about "lesbians" on YouTube sometimes. Token TIM deciding scissoring isn't real and gold star lesbians as a concept are bad, bisexual woman outright stating she's attracted to men and wishes she got a chance to sleep with a man before marrying her wife, the ole' "being a fetish gives you privilege over gay men" argument like, jubilee has got it all. Sample size of 7 and they can't even round up that many lesbians...
It's days like today where I'm glad that I have a ponytail tag, cause I'm feeling quite depressed and need a good shot of dissacociation from my pain and for whatever reason no matter how sad or numb or angry I get I never loose my pure love of the form beauty and adoration for ponytails
What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas
I like to think that Vulcans who come to understand that Humans just can’t try to process emotions the same way as them, it’s just healthiest to let it out in harmless ways, decide that venting and stuff should be taken just as seriously as Vulcan’s meditation time, and will encourage the Humans around them to complain about what’s upsetting them
People who are used to aloof Vulcans who avoid Humans at all cost running into one comforting a Human
“-and then they said my cheesecake was subpar, and they didn’t even bring a dish!!!”
“The purpose of this event was that every participant brings a food item of sorts, correct?”
“Yeah!!”
“And they did not follow this rule while insulting dishes that were brought?”
if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.
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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.
I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.
I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.
If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.
I feel like there are a lot of people out there who needs to hear this:
If you dropped out of school because of diagnosed (or undiagnosed) ADHD, Autism, ADD, OCD, Dyslexia, Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, schizophrenia etc… You did not fail. The education system failed you.