#so I’m making like no money LOL

[annoyinglibra]

Noon on a Monday is a great time for a nap yeah?

#I’m literally the unemployed friend on a Tuesday except in technically employed #except I’m part time (every day but hours are as needed) #and we’re super slow so I’m only working like two hours a day #so I’m making like no money LOL #I mean I prefer it rn because I’m unpacking so much mentally but I gotta say it’s bizarre to have such little time #I mean a few days this month I’ve worked like. half an hour. it’s insane #I still wake up for it every morning though and still technically have to get fully ready or whatever #but it just feels so pointless to wake up in the morning when there’s a chance that I have half an hour of work to do #but even if I only work two hours those two hours could def be things that would be too much for my manager to take on #so I’m still like. needed even if it’s for short periods of time. #but because of it I literally just larp as unemployed 99% of the time

[super-nova5045]

sylvia plath, todd anderson and virginia woolf (aka ACTUAL tortured poets) watching taylor “im breaking up with my boyfriend for his intense depression and blaming it on him, im dating a racist who enjoys watching woc being brutalized and harasses young woc artists, i sent my fans out on a hate train to attack a young woc actress for a line she had to say as part of her job to show how mentally ill her character was, im dating a maga supporter, i refuse to say anything about a current genocide despite being the most influential person in the world right now, i am a billionaire, i fly 13 minute flights and have the highest carbon emission of any celebrity, i am a known white feminist who only speaks about issues when it affects me and has constantly let my fans get away with extreme racism and even encouraged it by associating myself with known racists” swift call herself a tortured poet (her writing sounds like a bunch of thesaurus words slapped over gabba hanna and rupi kaur-esque poetry that was created purely as a trinket for an edgy pinterest board)

#anti taylor swift #like she can be problematic that’s okay #there are SO many problematic artists i like #but she’s not even that good #like read sylvia plath or virginia woolf or listen to LDR or fiona apple or mitski or lorde or boygenius or olivia rodrigo #aka her peers #and realise how much better they are #they truly write art because they have a compassion and rawness for it #whereas taytay only writes to get more money LOL #she’s so extremely privileged that her life is not at all relatable and now she tries to make it so #by romanticizing the most mundane #thats never been your brand babe now it’s going to sound like dogshit #GUTS by olivia rodrigo is better because it has such an intensity to it. liv means what she says and you can feel it! #fiona apple means what she says when she writes about begging her lover to love her back! #mitski means what she says when she writes that she is self destructive and puts herself in bad situations since that’s all she knows! #lana means what she says when she writes about her suicide attempt at 15 because of constant abuse from her mother and crippling depression #all of it such haunting and beautiful works because it truly comes from the soul and isn’t a cash grab #Anyway i’m so sorry virginia and sylvia and todd #todd anderson #AND JOE ALWYN #joe alwyn my favourite man ever #joe alwyn #dead poets society #anderperry #sylvia plath #virginia woolf #the bell jar #lana del rey #fiona apple #mitski

[pearlwingdraws]

Little gift for @the-merry-otter heheh

I hope you like it!

#my art #gift #otter #idk what to tag this kakdkd #anyway I saw you lamenting over not having the money to commission a medieval otter the other day #and for a long time I’ve wanted to attempt SOMETHING like it #so I figured why not take this opportunity and make a little gift out of it while I’m at it #i don’t think I really nailed the style but I had fun with it! #heraldic #heraldic art #or at least an attempt at it lol #my style isn’t really graphic enough #medieval

[raysdrawlings]

I was scrolling through youtube and just saw your zelink comic as a videos thumbnail

(a dub video, tho the dub was made with text-to-speech)

it's pretty cool seeing art by someone i follow randomly at random places

(oh, and they did put your blog's link in their description)

Thanks for letting me know! 😔

My current dubbing policy that I’m fine if the comic is a one-off comic, i love dubs! But if it’s a series of mine composed of several parts (Over 3) I do not want it dubbed.

I ask that anyone wanting to do a dub of my comic, please ask first!

I really wanna avoid situations where I have to ask someone to take something down they spent time and work on, cuz I know that totally sucks, and I’m so appreciative that someone likes the comic I made- and I think we can avoid all this with just a simple “hey can I dub this?”.

So please ask!! It’ll also let me know when I can watch the dubs I’m comfortable with! ✨ And I’d love to see them!

#I’m sorry I know u weren’t probs trying to tell on this person #I’ve already said no to people that have asked #it’s difficult cuz that comic was a month of my life #and it’s true that I’m selling books now #but I did all that work at the time never thinking I was going to get paid back #so it just doesn’t feel good when someone takes a months worth of work without asking #and puts it on a different platform and adds ads and stuff to make money off of it #I will have other short comics that people can dub band id love to see dubbed!! #dubs are great and I love them! #I guess short answer is short comics are my for fun time that I’d love to see dubbed #long comic series are something more professional #it’s literally like my job for that short period of time #‘it’s like my job’ I say as a literal comic book artist with 2 graphic novels coming out and more lol #it’s my self employed job I guess?

[akkivee]

my hypster fc magazine came in the mail, and it was full of bangers as usual, but it is so important to me that you all know that kuukou, out of concern for the youth who can’t afford to travel to a temple, or that it’s too far etc etc, has decided to create a temple in the metaverse and therefore accessible from your smartphone LOL

#vee queued to fill the void #KUUKOU IN VR CHAT LMAO?????????????? #the little blurb was written like he’s talking to us about his plans and he’s so funny lol #kuukou: those old farts aren’t gonna understand the use of tech so it’s up to me to show them the way 😏 #also kuukou: idk how our patrons will hear my sermons i haven’t thought that far ahead yet #kuukou is literally faking it until you make it LOL #and i mean that so literally pls towards the end of him talking out of his ass about his plans he relays to us #kuukou: obvs this is going to cost a lot and i don’t got money jyushi’s broke and hitoya’s a stingy btch so i can’t rely on them #kuukou: and so i’m recruiting bon line dancers!!!! #kuukou: for those who apply as thanks i will build you an in metaverse grave using a percentage of donations yall generated #KUUKOU????????????????????????? HUH??????????????????? WHAT???????????????? #anyway petition to get kuukou a vtuber or some digital avatar he keeps trying to reach out to us LOL #c: kuukou👑

[diverbots]

Charms in da works.

#text #They won’t be released for a while though I have a lot of store prep to buy and it’s a lot of money considering how much merch - #- I want to make. There’ll be stickers and charms and maybe a button!!! IDK! Lol. #I’m also making a Maximilien plush right now so like. My wallet is drained.

[myfriendtheghost]

1 week until tour starts

#taking this opportunity to announce that I won’t be there like I was supposed to lol #(it wasn’t worth the money for my bad seats and since becoming Mostly normal #about them I don’t have the fomo anymore so I sold my ticket and got some money back and I bought better tickets to a different show for #half the price lol) #(but I also will prolly be … rather sad if I see content so I will have to avoid this place like the plague xoxo) #(AND BY BAD SEATS I MEAN BAD FOR ME THEY WERE KILLER FOR ANYONE WITH WORKING EYES I’m sure whoever snatched it up was very happy and that #makes me happy <3 )

[lemonyfrog]

Okay, idk what has changed, but I’ve been having the best luck finding dolls and furbies since like late July 😭 someone in my town posted this box of MH stuff for relatively cheap compared to other listings, so I went and picked them up. The box was so heavy I could barely carry it inside 😭 my shoulder still hurts and probably will continue hurting throughout tomorrow. I didn’t know there were like ~90 DOLLS until I opened it at home!!!

There were a lot that were on my ISO list as well as some that I’m probably gonna sell due to having doubles/triples. It took me hours to sort through them all and organize the accessories/limbs and furniture. I also tried matching clothing/limbs to some dolls, but I needed to quit so I could sleep. (I’m gonna actually go to bed after I post this lol) I’m gonna continue sorting and start cleaning them tomorrow 👍

#monster high #dollblr #monster high dolls #monster high collection #dolls of tumblr #mh #g1 mh #like I got these for $100 which is a good deal (also it was the rest of my savings lol 🥲) #I’m gonna sell some of them anyway so I can try to make that money up. I’m also gonna list some others I had before these ones #doll #fashion dolls #novi stars #monster high collector #doll haul #I do need to message the seller tomorrow about something tho #but I’ll worry after I sleep #banana for scale #also by savings I meant doll savings lol #also yeah some are drawn on 😭 I’m gonna either paint over them or sell them

[ikishima]

Opening a post of someone on here asking for skincare recs and seeing every single one suggested either fall under “company that directly states their support for israel” or “company that does business with israel” was very jarring, are you guys seriously limiting yourselves to the bds list and “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism” excusing yourself for every other thing you buy? Like the bds list is the bare MINIMUM. You’re bare minimum-ing your support for divesting from an apartheid state & limiting your financial impact for the continuation of the genocide against Palestinians? Your skincare routine is not more important than other people’s literal lives.

#x #like are you serious. #ok . i have to get that post about covid mitigations together but i’ll start posting about additional boycotts on here more as well. #i have a spreadsheet i’m working on that is more comprehensive than the barcode scanner apps (which are often wrong) #i feel so disoriented rn bc i’ve stopped buying upwards of 65% the shit i used to and ppl are out here recommending cerave #we are. not on the same page here lol #i’ll try to make the info more accessible #but for example. lush claims to be neutral but the olive oil in their products is sourced in part from israel. they make sure to mention #that it's sourced by a female run nonprofit cooperative between israelis and palestinians and how the org is a beautiful symbol for peace #but the “nonprofit” in question is israeli run. and the profits go to the welcome center/visitor centre. which is a pitstop on birthright #tours. where they push propaganda about how palestinians are treated. so by supporting lush you are directly supporting that programming #you CANNOT be neutral about a settler colonial apartheid occupation state put that fucking idea in the gutter!!! #do you think sindyanna effectively utilizes girl power by funneling your money into genocidal apartheid propaganda?

[dahldahlbills]

I really need to get serious about personal projects again

#I think I said something like this last year too lol #currently in a weird headspace about it #the biggest reason why I lost focus on them was bc I prioritized engaging in fandom #(something that I never really did when I was focused on publishing a few years back) #so part of me feels like in order to make considerable progress on projects again I need to cut myself off from fandom #and I kinda have been weening myself off a bit from animanga but not really for that reason #it was mostly bc I was getting overwhelmed by how much I was consuming and I wanted to appreciate things fully #I don’t think I’d cut myself off from fandom completely either I’d still try to keep up with stuff #but the idea of not engaging in fandom anymore kinda.. scares me? #idk I feel like a major loser admitting this lol #it just feels like I’d lose a lot of connections with people #and would lose a lot of the love I have for stories if I’m not actively interacting with them :( #and then there’s also that stupid feeling of being a ‘fake fan’ because I’m not dedicating every single second of free time to fandom #which is dumb bc like I have a life and need to make money yknow I got things to do #im just Stressed bc I’m at such a critical stage career wise and im getting closer to 26 so hhhhh healthcare coverage will be up in the air #so I really can’t afford to dawdle #there’s just so much I wanna do and while I’m not necessarily racing to get it done I still want to take advantage of the time I have #but it also sucks feeling like I’m giving up a part of myself to progress on another part of myself #I don’t think any of this makes sense sorry I just needed to dump my thoughts bc I am Terrified™️ #anyway personal projects! gotta get back to those ! #blahblahbills #delete later

[brookheimer]

my boss: write an 800-1000 word piece on the truman show’s 25th anniversary

me: *currently 5000 words into dissecting the history of a subgenre i coined mid-article*

#yes it’s about the truman show. yes it’s about gaslight media which flourished from 2003-2005 had a failed revival in 2014-2015 and is has #been coming back with a vengeance the past few years due to our widespread fascination with gaslighting as a concept and newfound cultural #familiarity with it in day to day life allowing us to take comfort even from shows using machinations of manipulation as their entire format #in a way we couldn’t in the early 2000s when said format was almost solely used for the humiliation of unsuspecting citizens #now though we’ve come to see it as a bad but almost ubiquitous aspect of life so we find more comfort in witnessing it occur in a ‘positive’ #way than not witnessing it occur at all because we automatically assume it is anyways and we’re the targets #sorry if this didn’t make sense. it does if you’re me #aka if you spent the entire day frantically researching every reality tv hoax to ever air with rabid fascination #and also the truman show. also that #i don’t understand how people in theory heavy fields are able to suddenly shift to write pithy simple cultural commentary on slate #how do you pivot like that. how do you not say all the things you want to say #like…. maybe i am not cut out for this. maybe i’m only cut out for academia. except also FUCK that i don’t want to be a professor #in other words: i am fucked #why can’t i just write giant analyses of everything and get money for them. wdym that’s not how the world works #lol not like i’m getting money for this either. getting paid in experience baby #(read: i am incredibly broke and in desperate search for a second job. fuuuuuck unpaid labor i love capitalism love it)

[carpisuns]

theOrEticalLy . if I opened commissions at some point. would there be. a smackerel of interest . ??

#i have never opened them bc it’s intimidating and I don’t know how to price things!! #but mostly bc i work full time w a good salary so I don’t really need side things to make money #like it feels selfish to suggest that people should pay me to make fanart?? When #a) I already do that for free bc i enjoy it lol #and b) there are so many creators out there who are struggling to make ends meet #and I am privileged enough to generally not have to worry about that #this would be just like extra spending money to fund my scented candle habit DHDJDN #and the clothes I just bought while trying to Discover My Vibe and Finally Be Myself (at age 28 lol) #also tbh it would likely be reinvested in other commissions bc I buy commissions fairly often lol #anyway. idk the idea of commissions always sounded cool but also guilt inducing and scary #it feels weird and silly bc it would make me have to take my art seriously if that makes sense?? #like me saying ‘I think I’m good enough at art that people would buy it from me.’ that feels so bold and like. arrogant or something dhjsjd #coming from me I mean. just a silly little guy who still struggles to draw human limbs properly #ok I’m thinking about how I’d have to make a commission sheet and put a dollar sign on my art and I’m aaaaaaa #and I’d have to execute exactly what people want and what if I can’t!!! #omg ok maybe noT help lol #well im not committing to anything rn im simply. asking a question while the dash is asleep and then running off to bed seeya #i think part of me always wanted to try commissions to see if I could be a Real Artist about it ?? #and potentially end up with like. Portfolio pieces ?? #why I would need an art portfolio I don’t know. I am an editor. What do I think I will be doing here #ppl left comments on my animatic that have been giving me crazy what if thoughts. sit down #don’t look at me #ohhh swirly brain thoughts I need to sleep

[sanchoyo]

haven’t been on much bc my dog has been sick :( between seizures and an infected tooth we’ve been having a Time trying to get everything fixed (this started around the holidays so our vet has been very booked up…we have been like 3-4 times in the past 4-5 weeks OTL does not help it’s like an hour drive there, so that’s been exhausting) now his new seizure meds are making him sick (was hoping it was like, just an adjustment period thing but he’s been sick for a week and having concerning symptoms…) if I’m not on a ton or slow to replying to messages it’s bc I’m working as much overtime as my job will give me bc Vet Expensive and mentally drained obvi 😞

#it makes me a lil mad his meds were kinda pricy and they literally are making things worse. like sure he isn’t have seizures but he can #barely walk and keeps running into things and keeps having diarrhea so like. 🙃 and the meds are making him sooo hungry and thirsty #I’m seeing the vet AGAIN FRIDAY I know she’s so sick of me but man my little guy. if she can’t figure out a combo that doesn’t have such #bad side effects I’m literally going to scream and cry #he’s the most sensitive boy in the world and my mental health hangs on his and my cats well being. please. 😭 #sanchoyorambles #I’ve also called them like twice to find out if I should stop or what they want me to do and keep getting ‘oh they’ll call u back’ WHEN #GIRL MY PUBBY #if I don’t hear back before his next dose I’m just gonna make an executive decision myself to stop them for now #he’s literally on the smallest possible dose too bc he’s so little. so. they can’t go down in dosage they’ll need to put him on smth else 😑 #which means paying for ANOTHER PRESCRIPTION A WEEK AFTER ALREASY GETTING ONE THAT WAS $30 ON TOP OF HIS STUPID VET BILL #screaming. #and like if I have the money it’s fine. and it’s not like the vet could’ve known he’d have bad side effects #im just frustrated it’s no one’s fault #I could go to a closer vet. the thing is I LIKE the one further away #they have the only groomer I’ve found that can trim him without sedating him! they send me reminders abt his shots! I like the vibes!!! #they seem caring!! but they are always SOOO BUSY it takes forever to make appointments or to hear back from them 😭 #remember how I said one of my goals was to buy a vechicle this year lmao the vet bills are draining any savings I’ve managed to build up 🤧 #my pets are priority 1 tho like even before all the medical stuff /I/ need like lol… that’s my baby #it’s just really bad timing. not that there’s good timing for medical issues but. u know

[thesaintofnevergettingitright]

So I was checking to see if Mr Joey Batey has posted anything on insta (for no particular reason, it’s not like anything of note happened recently…) and I noticed something I find extremely funny. Now, I know that he definitely only made that account when he started the show and that it was probably specifically for Witcher-adjacent content. HOWEVER i do find it very entertaining that he still only follows 5 people…

And that he FORGOT TO FOLLOW MADELEINE????

Sir, you’ve had that account since 2019?? Please figure out how to work Instagram???

#Joey Batey #The Witcher #the amazing devil #mine #cavill-gate #lmaoooooo #I’m willing to bet good money one of his coworkers set that account up for him and he’s refused to mess with the settings since #and look. I love an anti-technology king… BUT #Joey. My friend. this feels like an oversight Lmao. #and I know there’s a chance he’s got a private account where he actually follows his friends #but like??? that might make it worse lol? cuz then he should really know how to with the damn app? #and obvs there’s the tad account #but lbr I think we will figured Madeleine was doing most of their posting #like I’m sure the actual creation of the posts is very collaborative etc #but I have a suspicion that Madeleine has actual control of the account tbh #anyway this was just an amusing moment in this extremely upsetting day #I’m feeling an embarrassing amount of legitimate distress about the liam hemsworth stuff so this was my distraction

[babyfairy]

feeling resentful again. and i know it’s probably just the grief. it’s the week of his death anniversary. but i am just so tired. can feel myself wanting to pull away from everyone again and i know i need to fight it. but i just feel so angry and disappointed by everything. i’m so tired of having hope or expecting things to have a better outcome than they actually do. i’m so tired of feeling like i have to scream and beg for help. and nothing even helps. i just feel alone at the end of every single day anyways. it’s always the same. feel like the world has left me behind and forgotten about me and no amount of begging for it to stop can fix it

#i just don’t want to be here anymore. i really don’t #and having to work through it is so exhausting. i need the money and i have no more sick time #and i was denied FMLA by my job lol so like. there are really no other options #the only upside to working is i can just go on autopilot and keep my mind busy #but i’m really sick of people around me commenting on how unhappy i look or how tired i look #making incorrect assumptions. etc #just sick of everything. i hate this life and this world so immensely.

[alwaysahiccupandastrid]

Me: God I fucking hate the UK, it’s a racist, xenophobic shit hole and it’s impossible for me to move out of my parents house or have my own place because of how bad the cost of living crisis is, I would so much rather we just move to fucking Ireland like my grandparents did

My family: *actually start talking about possibly moving us to Ireland*

Me:

#listen okay for all intents and purposes yes Ireland is better than the uk fuck this country #but I’ve lived in the same house since I was 2 years old and my autism is NOT vibing with the idea of moving to a whole ass other country #also I’ve just spent months looking for a job and finally found one I seem to be doing okayish at with good benefits #also the possibility of them training me so I can be qualified and make more money + also I’ve found an amateur dramatics group I like… #and that’s when my parents decided ‘lol let’s just fucking move’ #personal #to clarify my grandparents were born and raised in Ireland so I have Irish ancestry I’m not just some tourist