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10 years ago
Heyho everybody. Figured it's time for another one of these.
Life's been busy, as always and there's lots of things I could drop on you guys if this were a self-help group. However, I have other people to bother with that shit :b
RL-Job Situation
The new store has finally picked up regular sales. We get an almost constant customer and work stream, so I'm nine kinds of certain the books are looking a lot better in recent months. However, due to Austrian tax laws changing next year, the little bonus I get paid will fall flat come January.
We're having a discussion on our current situation this coming tuesday (I hope, this is the third time we've tried to set it up) to make sure everyone knows what's coming.
In all honesty, I'm still unhappy with the place. I mentioned previously that one of the bosses is dropping out of customer care, which is mostly extended to dropping out of day-to-day business entirely and I take issue with that. I understan dhe has a lot of other things to do around the store; he's basically our in-house mechanic and electrician, but I constantly see him handling personal shit during work hours. The other week he was downloading Qbass, which I'm pretty sure he'd have hard time explaining to me as work related, but hey ...
I'm mostly just tired of being their replacement. I was originally hired as a fulltime support worker. Three years later I frequently run the store by myself. It's short of me balancing the books and paying the bills (and actual legal ownership) that it's not my store, but I digress.
Personal Situation
I have no recent updates on my aunts leukemia situation. Considering I haven't heard anything, I'm asuming things are either the same as before or getting better.
Financially we're finally going up again. While it's not great, we're finally managing to save a little bit each month, instead of living from paycheck to paycheck. We've also finally gotten an agreement for deferred payments to cover the massive utilities debt RN's mother left us the flat with (thanks a lot, bitch), so that's good and with support from friends and family and the disciplined saving I might actually be able to afford a replacement for my poor old laptop at the end of the year (here's hoping for good post-christmas sales).
The Maid Café concept is getting a little more momentum, but thanks to a few dropouts and miscalculations, this also means I have to get more involved, which in turn eats time away from art and brainwaving. Still, we've so far made positive numbers with the events we've held and the next one is upcoming November 29th.
Apart from all the positive stuff, I'm just starting to get really fed up with the world. I've lost pretty much all interest in the shape of the world, since there's hardly a way I can do anything about it and I've resolved to limiting my scope to me and mine to protect my sanity.
Art Situation
My run with HSD is completed for the moment, so I've turned my attention back to doing those commissions I took on ages ago. Those of you who this concerns will get your updates as I make progress.
Comic Projects;
I've had a list of progression bars on my front page for a while now, with no particular explaination as to what any of the comics will be about, so I figured I'd give you guys a short summary here.
-Resurgence 2- (Resurgence Universe)
Right what it says on the can. We follow Shane of Ishara as he quests through the lands and puts his learned skills to use for his benefit and that of others. You can probably guess what happens :b
(Cast: Shane, Ishara, various folk from around the world...)
-Royal Escort- (Crossover)
The Si'itian Empire hosts a political summit at an undisclosed diplomatic location and Commander Makune and his crew are part of the task force that serves as security.
The summit draws to a close and parting friends make sure to leave lasting impressions.
(Cast: Antar Makune, Ayn Miyur, with guest appearances by Tankana and Tara)
-Inappropriate- (Si'itian Universe)
EUS R&D division is developing full immersion simulations and has requested Samia Ashaih'vae as a UniForm technical consultant during beta testing.
Full immersion equipment has other applications than just military training though, just be careful you dont get caught~
(Cast: Samia Ashiah'vae, Matthew Wilkins)
-New Clear Dawn- (Post-Apocalypse World)
In a world that has collapsed far beyond any kind of society and civilization, two strangers happen to seek shelter from the night in the same place.
With no common language and the paranoia of survivalists in a world without a moral compass, careful gestures and symbols of trust eventually earn them both their companion for the night.
(Cast: Unknown, Unknown)
To avoid taking away too much of the story progressions, I wotn be answering any direct questions about the comics to keep them fresh when I get to upload them. However you're welcome to let me know if there's any one project that interests more, I can divert a little more attention towards it's completion when I have the time.
Forest Tails obviously isn't in the list, because it's a continuous project that flows on the sidelines as I feel inspired to work on it and you all already know what it's about.
Patreon Situation
Suspended until I can wrap my head around it properly. There's too much going on in various capacities for me to open on that front until I have a proper bearing on my actions.
Gonna spend the rest of this weekend chilling right the fuck out, hopefully to the point where my brain melts out of my skull and I don't have to go back to work on monday, but that's unlikely :b
Be well.
Life's been busy, as always and there's lots of things I could drop on you guys if this were a self-help group. However, I have other people to bother with that shit :b
RL-Job Situation
The new store has finally picked up regular sales. We get an almost constant customer and work stream, so I'm nine kinds of certain the books are looking a lot better in recent months. However, due to Austrian tax laws changing next year, the little bonus I get paid will fall flat come January.
We're having a discussion on our current situation this coming tuesday (I hope, this is the third time we've tried to set it up) to make sure everyone knows what's coming.
In all honesty, I'm still unhappy with the place. I mentioned previously that one of the bosses is dropping out of customer care, which is mostly extended to dropping out of day-to-day business entirely and I take issue with that. I understan dhe has a lot of other things to do around the store; he's basically our in-house mechanic and electrician, but I constantly see him handling personal shit during work hours. The other week he was downloading Qbass, which I'm pretty sure he'd have hard time explaining to me as work related, but hey ...
I'm mostly just tired of being their replacement. I was originally hired as a fulltime support worker. Three years later I frequently run the store by myself. It's short of me balancing the books and paying the bills (and actual legal ownership) that it's not my store, but I digress.
Personal Situation
I have no recent updates on my aunts leukemia situation. Considering I haven't heard anything, I'm asuming things are either the same as before or getting better.
Financially we're finally going up again. While it's not great, we're finally managing to save a little bit each month, instead of living from paycheck to paycheck. We've also finally gotten an agreement for deferred payments to cover the massive utilities debt RN's mother left us the flat with (thanks a lot, bitch), so that's good and with support from friends and family and the disciplined saving I might actually be able to afford a replacement for my poor old laptop at the end of the year (here's hoping for good post-christmas sales).
The Maid Café concept is getting a little more momentum, but thanks to a few dropouts and miscalculations, this also means I have to get more involved, which in turn eats time away from art and brainwaving. Still, we've so far made positive numbers with the events we've held and the next one is upcoming November 29th.
Apart from all the positive stuff, I'm just starting to get really fed up with the world. I've lost pretty much all interest in the shape of the world, since there's hardly a way I can do anything about it and I've resolved to limiting my scope to me and mine to protect my sanity.
Art Situation
My run with HSD is completed for the moment, so I've turned my attention back to doing those commissions I took on ages ago. Those of you who this concerns will get your updates as I make progress.
Comic Projects;
I've had a list of progression bars on my front page for a while now, with no particular explaination as to what any of the comics will be about, so I figured I'd give you guys a short summary here.
-Resurgence 2- (Resurgence Universe)
Right what it says on the can. We follow Shane of Ishara as he quests through the lands and puts his learned skills to use for his benefit and that of others. You can probably guess what happens :b
(Cast: Shane, Ishara, various folk from around the world...)
-Royal Escort- (Crossover)
The Si'itian Empire hosts a political summit at an undisclosed diplomatic location and Commander Makune and his crew are part of the task force that serves as security.
The summit draws to a close and parting friends make sure to leave lasting impressions.
(Cast: Antar Makune, Ayn Miyur, with guest appearances by Tankana and Tara)
-Inappropriate- (Si'itian Universe)
EUS R&D division is developing full immersion simulations and has requested Samia Ashaih'vae as a UniForm technical consultant during beta testing.
Full immersion equipment has other applications than just military training though, just be careful you dont get caught~
(Cast: Samia Ashiah'vae, Matthew Wilkins)
-New Clear Dawn- (Post-Apocalypse World)
In a world that has collapsed far beyond any kind of society and civilization, two strangers happen to seek shelter from the night in the same place.
With no common language and the paranoia of survivalists in a world without a moral compass, careful gestures and symbols of trust eventually earn them both their companion for the night.
(Cast: Unknown, Unknown)
To avoid taking away too much of the story progressions, I wotn be answering any direct questions about the comics to keep them fresh when I get to upload them. However you're welcome to let me know if there's any one project that interests more, I can divert a little more attention towards it's completion when I have the time.
Forest Tails obviously isn't in the list, because it's a continuous project that flows on the sidelines as I feel inspired to work on it and you all already know what it's about.
Patreon Situation
Suspended until I can wrap my head around it properly. There's too much going on in various capacities for me to open on that front until I have a proper bearing on my actions.
Gonna spend the rest of this weekend chilling right the fuck out, hopefully to the point where my brain melts out of my skull and I don't have to go back to work on monday, but that's unlikely :b
Be well.
Also, totally looking forward to those comics! They pretty much all sound very interesting :)
I'm one of those secretly altruistic people who wish they could just wave their hand and all is right in the world, but I guess Forest Tails is a sort of art therapy that also sort of thematizes the futility of wishing for a different world outside of ones' own scope of abilities ^^;
However, I did the math and due to my cut in hours, I will likely lose just enough income to fall into the lowest tax class, which would result in me actually ending up with more money on my actual legal paycheck ... which is good.
At least, that's me concocting things on a thin slice of concept. Again. Sometimes my mind is too fertile and I have to watch out for what I plant in it XD