Everything happens so much.

It do.

you will probably never eat 15 cups

Goes good, if a mite tired. Soon to head in to work for the day, which I'm going to be bored as sin at. This aside, nothing terribly spectacular on my end. Glad as heck of that, too. Routine and boring IS good, yes indeed. Hope things are good as well on your end!

Heh. I'm alive. Hangin in there. More or less. Can't complain... too much.

*gives a warm hug!*

Well, hope they go awesomely well for you, hon! Much love to you!

Going well for the most part.
Exhausted but overall alright.

Not much! Getting ready for day shift atm. The constant change with day and night shift has all my body whack XD how about you? :3

I can kinda relate. I started doing something called OMAD (one meal a day). Upside: Finally found something that actually works with my f'ed up weird ass backwards physiology. Downside: ERTHANG OUTTA WHACK. But I'm hangin in there. More or less.

Ooooof, one meal a day ain't no picnic that's for sure. 😉

Unless that one meal you have is, in fact, a picnic.

To the Punitentiary with you!

Oh aged, I don't think I could live with one meal a day xD even though I think I do it sometimes with how much I sleep because if the fucked up schedule x3

It's actually not as hard as it sounds. I never realized how addicted I was to food and sugar in particular until I started doing OMAD. Now, all that's gone... mostly. I won't lie, there are times when it gets kinda difficult, usually towards the latter half of the day, but that fades eventually into the evening.

Another weird side-effect: Time dilation. I shit you not, the days seem significantly longer now. It's f'in bizarre. It's like someone tacked another 25% on. I have no explanation for that.

That actually sounds really interesting! Is it good for dieting? My unstable eating isn't helping my body out xD

I have only ever heard good things about intermittent fasting BUT everyone is different so what works for me might not work for you the same way. That being said, IF and OMAD in particular are believed to have fantastic health benefits (grain of salt because it's still a relatively new field of study).

For me, personally, I have noticed MASSIVE improvements in my health and general well-being. You have to stick to it rigorously though. You can't decide to do OMAD then give up half way into the day or you'll miss out on all the benefits. You have to make a schedule and stick to it over the long haul. It's closer to a lifestyle than just a diet.

OMAD is VERY extreme though, especially the way I do it. I don't eat all day, then I jog a half hour to 40mins, then I come home and eat. That's bonkers, especially if you consider that I'm very overweight. Frankly, medical professionals would probably advise against doing what I'm doing as I'm putting enormous stress on my body. On the other hand, I feel better than I have in years so there's that.

If OMAD is too extreme, you can, instead, do something tamer like 16:8 where you don't eat for 16 hours and you have an 8hr "feeding" window. You have to be careful not to go buckwild the minute that window opens though. Don't dive into the chips and down entire half gallons of ice cream (some people are very tempted to do this).

There are actually a lot of different kinds of IF. You should look into it. Whatever you decide, you're still going to want to make healthy food choices and stick to a schedule. Just keep in mind that this isn't for everyone and you might want to consider talking to a dietician if you're having serious diet-related problems.

Good luck. :)

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I'll definitely be looking into this! Really interesting stuff! Thanks for the rambles! XD

I once arrived at one meal a day lifestyle, if only because my body was rejecting food a certain times during the day. I also was exercising before each meal, considering this a good "simulation" of how our animal ancestors had to hunt down food. Thus began the darkest period in my life. It was not easy to stop the weight loss once it started. I won't doubt that with your... non-normal metabolism and if you need to lose weight it might work for you. Do be careful.

Aye. Unfortunately, the weightloss seems to have pretty much stopped. I'm being told that I'm actually not eating enough, exercising too much, or both, but I'm afraid if I stop doing one, the other, or both, I'll blow up like a balloon again. :\ And so far as I know, there's nothing wrong with my thyroid so it's not that.

At this rate, to get even halfway to my goal, I'm only going to be able to eat every other day. If I ever get down to maintenance, I'll be eating twice a week. :\ I don't know what else to do.

the thing about weight loss (as I'm given to understand it) is a matter of cellular lifecycle. you have to hold it off till the depleted fat cells die off/get swept up or they'll just reinflate. I have no idea what kind of timeframe that is, but it's also 5:30 AM writing this, that should at least give you a place to start searching; if you've plateaued, try and hold there, because you may have hit the end of cycle 1 of fat cells, and cycle 2 won't start till those get swept out with the rest of the metabolic garbage. BUT ALSO you *need need need* daily water soluble vitamins for health, usually gotten through food, also salt electrolytes or bad things happen

I've never heard this before. Interesting. Alright. I'll try holding here and see how that works. :) Thanks.

Unfortunately, from what I've heard, vitamins are bunk. They don't really do much as they aren't bioavailable in pill form. At least that's what I've heard. So I've started including protein shakes with my meals but I don't really know for sure if that helps either. XC

any news, 3 months on?

I'm still managing to hold my position, for the time being, so I'll count that as a win, even if not a very impressive one.

man I couldn't handle that, but then I'm on the opposite end of the weight spectrum. just borderline underweight for my height, and I get the shakes and the hangries if I go too long without food. I'm glad you found something that seems to be working for you!

Sadly, it's kinda stopped working. I'm going to have to switch to eating every other day. :\

<Bee Gee's Music>

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Stayin'alive! Stayin' alive!

XD Faaaccckkk. Now I'm going to have that stuck in my head all day. THANKS A WHOLE BUNCH.

STAYIN' ALIIIVVVEEEE~! xD

Here, have a fun twist on it at least as an apology.

https://youtu.be/OrlWWrSwaB8

Omg....... -ded-

Not bad, right?!

Heh. Indeed. Kinda surprising how well they go together.

just because, I'll give you another of my favorite mashups: https://youtu.be/wMGWntRUf0Y

Holy shit... that's crazy! They go together perfectly... Thanks! :P

*rocks out*

glad you liked it too ^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIYGnwuaTpk

Life is. Mostly good, excepting politics. :)

Heh, yeah. I hear that. I've been following it less than I usually do. Was making me paranoid there for a while.

I'm doing okay. A bit of an emotional rollercoaster thought. I'm at my boyfriend's house in Ohio. He invited me over for a week and I'm still trying to get used to small town life and being 500 miles from friends and family.

I can kinda relate. I moved from a boomtown in FL to Middle of Nowhere NY recently. I actually really love it. Hell, I'd move even further out in the middle of nowhere if I could. :P Only downside is that NY is !@#$%^&*ING HUGE and everything is so far apart. I have to drive at least 30mins to get anywhere.

Yeah, Ohio is equally huge, but it has a lot of small towns...I'm in Ravenna right now, but drive 3 minutes east and your in Kent. Drive another 5 minutes and your in Streetsburough. My friend literally lives like a minute from an acme food store and a tractor supply Depot. And there is a live bait, ammo and tackle shop almost next door to him lol...this is farm country, seeing looooooooots of corn.

Ohio is the closest you can be to anywhere while being in the middle of nowhere.

Pretty heckin' great. Hope you're doing well!

Glad to hear it. ^___^ I'm hangin in there.

Yikes. Sorry to hear that. :(

I've always been really lucky in that regard. Never had to deal with moon cramps, ever. I had roommates in college who would be sidelined by them, like, curled up on the couch and could not get up for hours. Always felt really bad for them.

I have struggled with weight my entire life. Nothing I tried ever worked. However, so far, OMAD seems to be working wonderfully. It can be kinda brutal at times, especially when everyone else around me is eating whatever they want all hours of the day and not having weight problems. But for the most part, I love it.

I'd continue doing it even if I wasn't losing weight just for the health benefits alone. I've noticed a MASSIVE downtick in my migraines, occipital neuralgia, and fibromyalgia pain, so much so that I'm certain it can't be coincidental. I mean, hell, only a few months back, I was in the ER getting shots of dilaudid and nerve-blockers. I was having migraines literally every day for months on end, I was stiff and achey all the time, and I couldn't see for huge swaths of my day. I still occasionally have pains, stiffness, and trouble seeing but I'm orders of magnitude better than I was.

Unfortunately, there are a few downsides. The worst one I'm having to deal with is difficulty getting enough nutrients and food. It's surprisingly difficult to get down 1500cal in one meal. I often find myself eating next to nothing or just drinking an Attkins shake which is not healthy.

On a good day, however, what I eat typically looks something like this:

1.) Salad with grape tomatoes, onions, chicken, pickles, and carrots cut up into it.
2.) A cup of yogurt.
3.) A handful of mixed nuts.
4.) Two servings of fruit.
5.) Mixed beans.

If I'm not feeling salad that day, I may have a veggie burger on rye bread (I'm not a vegetarian or anything but Morningstar makes this ludicrously delicious blackbean veggie burgers that I could probably eat forever). I try to mix up the fruit that I'm eating to get a good variety. Occasionally, I'll add chopped up tuna into my salad. I generally avoid pasta and white bread since they're empty. I will some times have a serving of Pringles or a few spoonfuls of ice cream.

The real difficulty comes from trying to get enough protein and fiber. You're supposed to be getting 50g of the former and 25g of the latter, I believe. In any case, I've rambled on long enough... sorry about that. :P

Ughck. :\ Been there. Done that. Soo many times. I used to be very depressed. Now it's mostly anxiety and stress which makes things difficult when you're a stress-eater. Thankfully, OMAD has really helped with that.

IF and OMAD in particular are the only things that have ever worked for me (so far). I'm reluctant to start celebrating just yet because it's only been a month and I don't know if this is going to be sustainable. That's really the most important thing. Whatever you're doing, it has to be sustainable and healthy.

Look into OMAD and intermittent fasting. It might work for you. Point of interest: OMAD and IF work REALLY well with low carb. Ketosis from fasting parlays over into ketosis from limiting carb intake.

Good luck. If you ever want to chat about it or want some tips, hit me up. :)

Haaay. Just played some ranked League of Legends and Overwatch. The night/morning crowd is a grumpy one to work with! xD

Heh. Cool. :} I've never played either. If I had more time, I totally would though. They look super fun, especially Overwatch.

Both games have some of the most toxic players in all of the Vidya Kindgom

D: Is that so? I wasn't aware.

I'd definitely recommend Overwatch! You have all the tools you need to play as soon as you buy it, and there's a variety of abilities. So even if you're not great at FPS (like me), there's still plenty of characters that can make up for that in other ways. The community can be toxic sometimes, but it's not as bad as League of Legends. And if you do lose a game, you don't lose 45 minutes of your life. xD

Good to know. :}

Tired mostly. Been trying to keep up with the inktober challenge, but it's being a little more difficult this year for some reason.

I used to love drawing in ink when I was a kid. I tried recently and the attempt was absolutely shameful. XD I've become so accustomed to drawing with a wacom tablet in Photoshop, I don't even know if I can draw with real pen and paper anymore. I probably could but I'd have to practice. Ehck.

Tangentially related: I tried to draw with pencil on a piece of paper a while back and found myself baffled upon pinch-zooming when the canvas didn't zoom in. My friend saw me do this and fell over laughing at me.

Yea, I had a hard time going back to pencil as well. I wanted to hit Ctrl Z a lot....

Unfortunately is just SSDD for me.
*Shrugs*

I know that feel.

Long time... same day in and out here... I'm just boring...

V.

I never have time to be bored but I do sometimes get the SSDD-rigors where it's the same thing day in and day out and it just kinda starts to wear on you and you wish you could enjoy some boredom.

Recently I've discovered a way to make my penciled "Scripts" into readable pages using that Paint 3-D program, but OH do I miss Photoshop 10. So far, the response to my recent postings have been favorable. Oh! And I might just be getting back to work.

So what's new with you?

Heh. I'm still on CS6. Every time I consider switching to CC, I think "well, why spend 10$ a month if I don't have to?" Yes, I am that damn cheap. I kinda have to be though. Life took a big, hilariously ironic dump on me somewhat recently but aside from that, I'm doing pretty well. Better than I have in a while. :)

Heh Heh. I can relate to that, like every time those "Nagware" pop ups tell me I HAVE to upgrade my Security, I say to myself, "Sure. IF I had the money..."

But it's great to read you're doing better.

Thanks. ^___^ I recently started doing somethign called "OMAD" (one meal a day) and I've found that somehow it greatly reduces my migraines, fibro, and occipital neuralgia symptoms (so far). That is a HUGE deal for me. There are still occasionally days where I have pain and difficulty seeing but for the msot part, my life is livable now. I just hope this isn't some temporary fluke.

Also, I'm not sure why OMAD makes any kind of different for things that are seemingly unrelated but I'm told it has something to do with "autophagy" and correcting a broken metabolism which can apparently have wide-ranging implications across many systems in the body. Who knew?

Weekend.. Bored. Vacation to New Hampshire next week..getting cold.

NY. Very cold today. Loving it. You can always put on enough to keep warm but you can never take off enough to keep cool. One of the reasons I left FL. :P

Trying to become a better artist. How about you?

Same. This may come as a bit of a shock, and I find that when I admit this it invariably annoys, infuriates, or confuses people, but I actually don't really like my own artwork all that much. I look at it and I always see all the mistakes, all the things I could have done better, all the shortcuts, all the lazy bits, and I feel like I should have done better. I feel like a fraud.

Apparently, this is actually pretty common among artists which surprised me when I discovered that. I AM NOT ALONE! But yeah. Always trying to outdo myself. Got to admit, it can be a little exhausting at times.

And yeah, I know this is dipshittery on my part so feel free to beat me about the head. :P

I am in your EXACT same shoes! I almost dislike it when everyone compliments my art. Frankly, I dislike my art as well. Its becoming harder and harder to create a piece that I feel worthy of continuing. You are most certainly not alone. I have an idea in my head, begin working, then finish. Right after I always ask myself, "what if I tried this...what if I spent more time on that." All the art you see in my gallery is traditional with digital coloring. Its so hard for me to transition to digital. I WISH I knew some shortcuts myself. Im not saying traditional doesnt have those either... just havent heard of any.
I only thank my lucky stars I made this new profile to showcase my personal art only... with the exception of a few ychs for funding. My own character is my linchpin for art... without a linchpin... its empty to me.
Im sorry. Im rambling. Just saying I know how you feel.

Heh. I don't mind. Ramble away. :P

I know a few shortcuts that may or may not appeal to you. Some of them are double edged swords though. Like for example, I sculpt in Zbrush then render and paint over them in Photoshop. Upside: it's a great way to get started. Downside: Time consuming, can be difficult for those who are not naturally inclined towards sculpting, if you fuck something up in the sculpting stage and only catch it well into the painting stage, gods fucking help you.

The mixer brush is a GREAT way to make a good starting base for background foliage. I abuse the everloving shit out of it. Don't use it for up-close foliage though. Upside: Fast, good-looking foliage if you know what you're doing. Downside: Can look like garbage if you're not careful, can sometimes be very tedious.

If an element in your painting looks like it's standing out too much and you're not sure why, lower the opacity of the layer down to somewhere between 85% and 95%, create a new layer, merge it down so the offending layer is at 100% opacity but still slightly transparent. This will marry it into the background a little better. Since the layer is at 100% opacity, you can make corrections to unwanted bleed-through from the background. Alternatively, you can just put your eraser on very low opacity and gently brush over parts you feel are standing out too much.

If that doesn't work, Photoshop's "match color" function may help. You can always duplicate the layer with the bits you want to blend, match color of that layer to the background layer, and adjust the layer opacity to your heart's content.

Duplicate layer, Gaussian blur by only a few pixels, 1- 3, switch layer mode to lighten. Great for creating a subtle glow effect. Works very nicely on sunlit foliage.

Mixer brush is also pretty beast for fur and hair.

I could keep going but I don't want to bore you. XD I hope you find it at least somewhat helpful.

Absolutely. I've even seized the oppertuninty to save your message. Now, what I need to do is get my sorry ass into more digital. Admittedly, I've been avoiding it, thinking I could accomplish anything with a pencil and simple digital coloring. While that may be true for some people, its no excuse for me to avoid it. My clients are what keep me invested in this field. I want to do all I can for them, so I can be all I can be with my own personal arts.
I do it for passion, or not at all... I'm of course referring to myself... no hidden meaning haha.

Good luck. :} You ever need a motivational speech, some pointers, or just someone to vent at, you know where I am.

Absolutely and thank you. Same to you as well. Im always up for a good art rant.

Doing allright, reading a nice book by Jim Holt, enjoying the baseball

I'm getting a Fursuit next year! I just need to find an artist to create an accurate reference image.

I'm working on a Halloween costume which is accidentally turning out a lot creepier than I'd intended. I mean, I'd intended for it to be creepy—just probably not nightmare fuel.

This should be fun.

Ooooh. I wanna seee! Do you have any progress pics?

Uh... Let me get back to you on that. The electrics have mysteriously conked out overnight, and they're a bit central to the otherwise simple outfit.

Okay, there we go. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/29049058/

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE. OMG I used to have nightmares about that kinda thing when I was younger. XD -runs away-

Er... whoops.

It's cool. :P Definitely looks scary. I'd probably run away screaming if I saw that out late at night.

It's the year 2018. We lived long enough to have a mainstream anime about dragon vore (Dragon Pilot), long enough to see Universal Basic Income in trial tests in Finland, long enough to see the ozone layer hole start to close and climate change start to open. It's a good time.

>long enough to see Universal Basic Income in trial tests in Finland

Oh, wow. I didn't know about that. Gonna have to look up how this panned out. I'm very curious about UBI as a concept.

>long enough to see the ozone layer hole start to close

Unfortunately, looks like it's opening back up again probably thanks to China or someone in that neck of the woods using CFCs and HFCs. :\

>climate change start to open

Yeah... that one worries me in particular. I have this looming dread that we're not going to do anything until it's too late. :\

Being of sick, but making the bestd of it, having drawn something for halloween so yay for that. How's you?

I should totally paint something for Halloween. :} I don't think I ever have. Hm...

In any case, aside from the Halloween-related art-bunnies bouncing around in my head, I'm alright. Hangin in there.

Event painting is fun :3 - and the spooky atmosphere has pretty much freedom to choose themes.

That's good to know. I'm also, more or less alright. Off sick from work, but I will recover

Been working overtime, so now I have enough to be almost broke. XP

Oof. I hear that. I recently had motherhood thrust upon me out of nowhere (it's really a bizarre circumstance I could not prevent in anyway) and it ain't cheap. Feels like I'm always on the brink of financial ruin.

Wait, what?

My mentally handicapped sister and her mentally handicapped husband decided it would be a good idea to have a baby. Right now, I'm only adjacent mommy since my mother is doing most of the work but when my mother dies (she is a 67yo with a liver transplant and heart problems so it's probably going to happen sooner rather than later), my sister, BIL, and the baby are going to become my responsibility. I don't even know what the fuck I'm going to do. I can barely support myself on the money I make. How the hell am I going to support two mentally handicapped people, neither of whom can really work, and their baby?

My stepfather has openly admitted that he plans on fucking off into the sunset when my mother dies (I can't exactly blame him for reasons I won't get into). I have no family who will help. I have no friends who can help and I don't want to burden anyone anyway.

FML, basically.

*sigh* You never learn. Which elder god did you piss off this time? If it was the Slithering Eldritch Patron of Rumcakes again, I'll have absolutely no sympathy.

Since they're disabled, and perhaps now that you're in a somewhat bluer state, there've gotta be some sort of social programs available for this sort of situation.

And your life already turned down my gracious offer of quality dickings. Said I wasn't extreme enough or some shit.

Heh. There are indeed social programs but they aren't particularly generous. Still, it is something. In the very least, we can end up in a mobile home in some junkyard. That's better than nothing I suppose.

Living the life, in a rough patch atm but with hope in the horizon, and what about you?

I'm hanging in there. Had some really high ups and really low downs recently. So kind of a mixed bag. I have a lot to be grateful for but also a lot of reasons to complain to life's manager. ;p

Hahahaa yea amen to that ;p Hopefully life's manager will cut us just a bit more slack in the future. I know there are no ups without downs, just wish it was more balanced :)

I just moved into a new apartment. Have zero furniture or appliances other than what the property provided. Planning to acquire secondhand stuff and refurb it so that I gradually have a fully furnished home. Also decorating the whole place with Harry Potter theme.

How's the ever-lovely, ever-snarky BJ doing?

^___^ I'm alive. Hangin in there. Can't complain too much.

NY is nice. Love bundling up on a cool autumn day. Having tremendous success with OMAD. Happy about that. Gonna try out Toolbag Marmoset (a renderer) but I'm hoping Octane Render releases its free tier sometime soon. Zbrush is getting some great upgrades so I'm VERY happy about that. All else is cool beans... for the most part.

-gromps-

I've been trying to keep up with my writing. I didn't expect to have two of my writing projects be popular at the same time. It's good, but also a bit stressful. At least it's stress about something good for the most part!

Reading the comments, it seems you've been thrust into a difficult situation. I'm glad you're still around and hope you find time for yourself with all that stuff going on.

Mind sharing these two stories? I'm curious, if you don't mind. :}

And thanks. :) I kinda got dunked on by the universe itself but I'm coping for the time being. I don't see any point in being down about it. That won't help or change anything for the better. It is what it is.

That's a very fruitful attitude! It's taken me most of my life to get to that mental place. Letting go of the things I can't change is hard, but necessary.

Just should let you know that the two projects have NSFW scenes, but they are primarily plot/character driven.

The one I think you'd like the most is basically a Cyberpunk sci-fi novel I'm posting chapter-by-chapter. It's called Ecstasy or Oblivion. Here's the cover and blurb: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/28596064/ The link to the first chapter is there too.

The other is something I had been writing slowly for a long time, but am now writing weekly chapters of. It's slice of life about a male herm arctic fox who has been sexually repressed most of his life until he catches the eye of a dragon seductress. The friend who's character I used for the story likes hyper, so there's some mild hyper stuff in it. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3786271/

If neither of those are your thing, that's fine. Oh, I also have a non-explicit fantasy novella under a different pen name I could message you a link to. Thanks for the interest, it got me to smile. I'm so happy that I'm able to write full time now. It's been years in the making.

Thanks! I'll give em a read. You might not know it from my artwork but I'm actually a raging perve with a kink n fetish list about a mile long so I guarantee you, nothing there is going to shock, unsettle, or disturb me. :P

That's awesome! Ecstasy or Oblivion is better written since it's more recent. Core's Opportunity is like a history of my writing style. I tried to keep my kinks out of my writing for a while...it had mixed results. LOL.

Your art is utterly astonishing, by the way.

Thanks! ^___^

Doing as good as I can be I guess. Life is life. :S

Thank you for asking though everyone though! I really hope you are doing wonderful yourself! ^^

Heh. I think I know how you feel. Life is life. It is what it is. Nothing to do but keep on keepin on. I hope things work out better for you.

Suffice it to say the best to come out of this workday was that at least it was productive. Looking forwards to some more novel work tasks and to draw a bit before bed, hoping to finish up a long term piccy-project this week ^^

From what I read I hope things'll look back up for ya soon.

Thanks. :) I've been better, I've been worse, but I'm doing alright for the time being, more or less.

For me....well read this. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8911234/

How's it for you?

-hugs- I'm sorry you had to go through that but I'm glad you're doing better. You're an awesome dude.

Awwww! Thanks, Bobbie!
I'm feeling better than I have in longer than I can remember too!

I've never actually been that big into hamburgers except for McDonald's. Dunno why but I LOVE McDonald's hamburgers. Don't really eat them much though. Unhealthy AF.

The giant majestic butthole-taint march into the sky. The annual migration is always a sight to behold.

Pppffttt. Lol. Canadian geese?

WHOA good guess!!!

I just had a feeling. :P They've been flying overhead for the past month or so.

Can we barter over waterfowl then? I much prefer ibises (ibii?). Can you send me an ibis in exchange for the fifty million geese I'm sending you?

Alas, I'm a little too far north for that. Moved to NY a few months back. We do, however, have some lovely American gold finches, blue jays, cardinals, ospreys, falcons, hawks, eagles, and an assortment of woodpeckers, all of which will periodically converge on my back yard and make as much noise as possible invariably when I'm right in the middle of trying to do anything that requires silence and focus.

Oh wow! I’m glad you got out of Florida! I know how much you needed to get out of there. I hope you’re happier!

Husband lives in Orlando. He says it’s a never ending heatwave down there right now, and I’m glad I’m up here in Toronto where it’s legit fall.

I'm DEFINITELY happier to be in NY. I hated FL so much. XD

Oh, you know, stuff and things.

Definitely. Stuff and things. But at least it's not things and stuff. -shudders-

i had considered a well crafted monologue for you enjoyment, but i cant find the right words / feeling. so ill give you the tldr version.
Oregon, falls hitting, am on what seems to be likely to be long term property, roughly 75% of the way done with brand new 2 story shop, The upper story will have dedicated art space.
By default ive mostly (around 90% of the time) held to one meal a day, i just dont get hungry otherwise (yes im weird) ive held at 240 pounds of mostly muscle since i was 13ish,
By some mother teressa level of magic ive made 52 with no health issues. and that is after getting my stupid skull fractured at age 12ish.
its smooth lifes good and interesting..... art frustrates me, i have moments of oohhh i like what im doing followed by epochs of blaaaargh this sucks. other folks have the oooh you are so good bit, soooo the norm. peace be with you :)

owo

I just waiting for yours new artworks <3

:} I've got a few coming up soon, one of which is a piece of fan art from my favorite anime.

Wow, cant wait to see! C:

Not much happening. Temperature started dropping, i'm all snugged up in a blanket.

My favorite part of winter is getting all snuggled up in a blankie. Also Christmas lights and snow. :3

Yush, I'm in a new state. so it's gonna be exciting to see Christmas here

I'm ok. Hurting but ok. I'm an uncle!!!!!!

Congrats! Except for the hurting part. XC

Thankies. My niece is a cutie baby. Her name is Ayla. She is so sweet.

Tired, bit stressed, loosing weight (on purpose) and setting up a 3D printing business. Not enough hours in the day...

I know that feeling. Sometimes I wish I didn't need sleep. I am curious about this 3D printing business though. Care to elaborate?

I created a company with someone else and we bought a quite expensive professional quality 3D printer and we're now proposing to print stuff, whatever that may be, to people. The printer has an insane accuracy and two printheads, so I can print with two colors or two materials. Very useful for stuff that requires support.

We can print mostly about everything, from toys to mechanical parts for replacement to arts or whatever, we have many different materials available from the company that made the printer, and I'm testing other materials that are compatible. Currently making headway in figuring how to print with wood!

I'm also slowly learning how to use Blender to be able to model stuff for customers and print it, but this is going slowly.

That's awesome! When you guys get up and running, please let me know, if it's not too much trouble. If it is, then is there any page or site I can follow to keep track? I've 3D printed a few things myself through Shapeways but they're a nuisance to work with sometimes. I'll be especially interested if you ever get your hands on a good full color option.

I have a few examples here: https://www.deviantart.com/bjpentec.....-Ep1-419257936 I could and should take better pics at some point but that's hard to do as all I have is an iPhone.

I don't know why but I'm having very vague flashbacks that we may have discussed this before in some capacity... though that may have been someone else. I'm not sure. >.> Has this been something you've been planning for a long while?

Been on it for a year. I may have mentioned it before to you for some reason, I've been mentioning it here and there since we started. And we are up and running. Send me your discord, I'll add you and we can discuss whatever project you may have.

And yes, Shapeways is a nuisance and also quite expensive last time I checked. Especially now that I know what it really cost to print something and even taking into account how long it takes to print anything.

Note sent.

Still recovering. Going through the government benefit hoops. Feeling good, though except for some blood pressure fluctuations. Also putting out a lot more paid art (that aren't Furry related)< so it's all good. Enjoying the wild north lands and OMG cold weather? Did you get a new cat, yet?

One of the BIG things I DON'T miss about FL is the weather. Up here, I get to have my windows open. ^__^ Is so nice. As for cats, I have enough already. XD I have four furry little bastards.

I thought the tradition is for every new place, you added a cat? XD

No more cats! I can barely deal with the most recent addition. She's F'in bonkers. XD She literally climbs me like a tree and sits on my head while I paint. Sometimes, she'll take a flying leap at my monitor if my cursor does anything particularly interesting. She chases the other cats out of the litter box, steals their food, beats them up for no reason, plops down in the middle of my keyboard and WILL NOT move until she has acquired sufficient pettings, she has some kind of weird vendetta against pens and paint brushes in particular... Lordy. She's very sweet but she's a damn devil.

Had to deal today with that particular brand of customer that thinks stuff should happen just as they want it, reality be damned.

Fun times.

Ehhhck. :\ Bummer.

My hands were shaking by the time my higher-up took over, though I'm not sure if that was from stress or wanting to smack the guy.

But hey, customer didn't make any headway at all (unsurprisingly) and I've got the day off tomorrow mostly to myself.

Trump is president, the sun, and good/stressed/normal, not necessarily in that order.
How about you? Any luck finding pots of gold? Died much lately? Eaten your vegetables?

Trump is president, Not forever, thank whatever gods may or may not exist.

the sun, Yeah... fuck that thing.

Any luck finding pots of gold? Lol. I wish. I could sure use it right about now.

Died much lately? Actually no, shockingly enough.

Eaten your vegetables? Not as much as I should. :P Especially since I started doing OMAD (one meal a day).

I fell and ripped my Achilles' tendon. Hello, several months of recovery. Goodbye, income. :P

Owie! Jeepers. That sounds uniquely unpleasant. My condolences. T___T

I've been bitchslapped by Murphy's Laws. The entire book. Everything I try to do, either takes much longer than it should, malfunctions, or doesn't work at all. Not to mention everyone and everything is having fun trying to screw me over.

Me: "Huh, I'm getting low on phone battery. I should charge it."

Phone: "Fuck you! I'm not going to charge ever again!"

Me: *tries every single charger in the house, goes and buys several new chargers, new cords, etc, tries wireless charging, all to no avail.*

Phone: *Nelson Laugh from the Simpsons*

Me: "Fine! Ive got a backup phone!"

Backup Phone: "No you don't! I will charge, but I'm not gonna work"

Me: "Fine, I'll get you reactivated and minutes put on you."

Highway Patrol: "Oh, and while you're out, here's a Fix It Ticket for your cracked windshield."

Car: "Oh, and since you're already down, I'll give you a minor kick, by having the AC fan speed be whatever I want it to be, regardless of dial position! You're gonna be wasting gas with unwanted AC! Oh, and my wipers need replacing."

Me: "...Okay, fine, anybody else wanna screw me over?"

Verizon Wireless: "OH! I want in on this! We aren't going to activate your phone because we gave the number away to some other shmuck! Also, you're not the proper authorized account holder, and even if you were, there's an activation fee and $5 a month fee, just to have the line open, not including the actual minutes you want to put on.

Comp Chair: "Oh! I'm gonna also screw you over by rolling back into the computer and damaging the flash drive you have plugged in! Say goodbye to your backed up files and archived logs! *crunch*

Computer: "I'm gonna screw you over by getting slower and slower, even though there's no reason!"

Me: "Fine! Fuck all of you! At least I got my main phone to charge!"

Phone: "Yeah, your mother sweet talked me. She is nicer than you are. So, you have full- Oh no, ALMOST full battery. It's draining fast! Times ticking..."

Me: *writes down all contacts, contacts friends to tell them what's happening, finally tries to connect with computer via Bluetooth.*

Computer: "Mmmm... Nope."

Me: "Why?"

Computer: "Because I hate you. Also, you keep threatening me."

Me: *smashes computer case with hammer*

Computer: "Alright! I'll connect with Bluetooth to your phone!"

Phone: "Don't worry, computer, I'm still gonna fuck him up. I'm not releasing any of his data! He can't select the files he wants to transfer!

Me: *cataclysmic meltdown involving hammer*

Computer: "With my final breaths... I curse thee!" *HD dies with all data on it.*

Me: *even more cataclysmic meltdown*


And all that was just last week. Now I'm on a barely running backup PC that still has all Legacy hardware, PS2 ports only, no working front USB ports, Windows XP, no sound, no antivirus, no firewall, no USB printer support, a nonfunctional CDburner, barely working drivers...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I've angered some higher power.

Have you recently:

- Picked up any mysterious-looking objects?
- Pissed off any strange, old women?
- Inherited any ancient family curses?
- Played with any Ouija boards, tarot cards, or other occult artifacts?
- Offended any gods?
- Run afoul of any tricksters, oni, fey, or malevolent youkai?
- Lost any bets in a bar against any suspiciously charming individuals?
- Moved to a new house with dramatically escalating symptoms of haunting or possession?

Okay but seriously, that sounds like some serious frustration right there. You have my sincere condolences. I know that feeling- it's like the universe just decided to take a dump right on your head. All I can say is that it will get better eventually... it kinda has to... right? ^___^;

Gremlins.
Do a computer exorcism or something.

...maybe check for EMF/RF interference if you can. There's always the chance an electrical transformer is going bizonkers, or some dofus with an antenna is broadcasting improperly.

Well just got back from Fur Reality. Got the con crud already. Tired and sick. Working on unpacking and cleaning the house. how about you?

I'm hanging in there. How was the con?

I can't say I had that much fun :( I have to say it was a small con and I loved the storyline idea but otherwise...I was pretty bored.

Damn. That's a shame. I went to one once and it was immensely fun. Expensive though. :\

It goes. How goes it with you?

Ups n downs. I would ream life's manager if given the option but atm, I'm hangin in there.

Same. ‘Bout to switch jobs, and I’m going nuts over parking, but yeah. Hanging in there.

I corrected the c++ code example the Professor decided to use and got called an idiot in class.

Now I need to decide if his endorsement for an intern position is more important than getting him fired.

What... he called you an idiot? In front of a classroom full of people? That's not someone who needs to be teaching. Is this internship something you can't get without his endorsement? If so, acquire position, then get his ass fired, if you can, maybe?

This professor has resigned effective tomorrow.

In the end the internship was a pipe dream he was dangling for students to prevent being called out as a shitty person.

Wow.... What an enormous PoS. Good riddance.

I might have rocky mountain spotted fever, which could kill me, but one of the doctors that's seen me thinks that I caught it and just didn't notice it because my immune system Chuck Norris'd it out. Untreated, it has as high as a 30% mortality rate.

So.

Yeah. There's a possibility I got something with that kind of dire life-threatening circumstances while I was in school and just didn't pause.

Jesus Christmas. T___T -worry- But you're okay now, right?

I think so. We'll see in the next couple of weeks I guess. I feel okay save for the antibiotic side effects. I think it is highly likely that I bulldozed through this in senior year of school and that the antibiotics are it. The more I talk to people who were talking to me then, the more sense it makes.

Holy shit. 30-70% mortality rate based on further Googling. Just. Fuck. I always knew I treated myself pretty harshly, it's no wonder I sort of just fell apart after graduation if I kicked my own ass through a disease that virulant with a combination of caffeine, amphetamine-stimulants (prescribed as antidepressants because psychiatrist saw depression, not illness), and a raw policy of "NO SURRENDER".

Things and stuff!

It's also unfortunately things and stuff that caused me to stop being as active as I was on Skype and the like and lose contact with awesome people like you... I figured it wasn't fair burdening friends with drama, and ultimately shelled myself off. I'm sorry for doing that, but I felt it was the right thing to do!

I hope you're doing well on your end!

Don't worry about it. I know the reflex. I used to do the same thing. I've managed to strong arm myself out of that behavior though. However, I don't really use Skype much anymore if I can help it. I've come to strongly prefer Discord. So if you ever poke me on Skype and I don't answer, that's why. If you ever want to chat over Discord, shoot me a note.

Just found out that I am employed again and don’t have to move, as a result.

Dog is over his bout of The Shits; I think a high-protein diet did not agree with him.

And, First World Problems!, I am out of milk this morning, so while I can make my husband an espresso, I can’t make him a latte.

Fire that life manager of yours and replace with a more compassionate one.

Fire that life manager of yours and replace with a more compassionate one.

Heh. Indeed. ;p In any case, congrats on employment. That sounds like a huge relief.

I have recently, as of yesterday, discovered that UNDERTALE is 900% awesome.

There is one and only one game that has ever made me experience every human emotion (happy, angry, frustrated, terrified...)
Monster Hunter 3.
... and UNDERTALE
(this brings the total count of games that can make me feel up to 2)

Also, given the simple 8-bit style, cheese, random story, I got hope. A work of art doesn't need to be perfect or super-high quality to be good.

Indeed. I quite enjoyed Undertale. It was an experience. Do yourself a favor and DON'T do an evil run if you haven't already. It will fucking wreck you in more ways than one. X3 Also, it will permanently affect the game every time you ever play it ever again.

*nodnods* so I read afterwards. Though I have to question why would you? All I knew going in was it's The Game Where You Can Make Friends With Everyone Instead of Fighting Them, and if a game has a unique feature no other game has I'm going to exploit the hell out of it! Right now I'm just pretty happy with myself for muddling through what I was supposed to do with no spoilers beforehand.

Curiosity. Curiosity that I regret. XD I know it was just a game but jeesh. That was rough.

Oh dear.
Well, if you have a PC, invoke the Deep Magic From The Dawn of Time. E.G. search for "undertale" and obliterate everything and every folder you come across that might harbor save data.
...that was my reaction the first time Flowey remembered me.

Hey!

What's going on?

Dang it. Now I got that stuck in my head. I said hey, ey, ey, ey-ey.....

Mission successful. Looks like people like ya buddy. You've got the most responses in a journal that I've seen in a while.

Heh. Usually I put out a journal and I'm lucky if I get 10 replies. Waayyyy back in the day, it wasn't uncommon for me to get like 200+ replies on journals. I think FA had kind of a mass exodus or wane of some sort. I used to get more comments on my artwork too, sometimes up in the hundreds. And I know it's not just me because I've heard other artists say the same thing. I wonder what happened.

I've been switching back and forth between Warframe and Factorio and a bit of other games as they catch interest. if you want to get started in WF I can show you the ropes. and it's $FREE with a very ethical microtransactions model. Plat (the Real Money currency) can be traded between players as can other game items, so there's a rich P2P economy of valuable items and platinum moving around

Noice. :B

Life is. It's a bit complex. But at the moment, I know that I gotta get outta where I am, job-wise. The problem is how...

Uh oh. That doesn't sound good. Why do you want to get out of your job and what's stopping you?

I am just super done with retail. The hoops I gotta jump through to get decent hours, and how I feel like a cog in a vast, uncaring machine littered with corporate speak and other things that mean nothing. Just need to get a job out of retail.

I don't have to deal with that much, personally, but on the other hand, I'm a broke ass bitch. XD Though, I do hear a lot, like, a scarily multitudinous lot of other people expressing similar sentiments. One of the downsides of capitalism is that when the main goal of everything becomes "must increase profi", art, philosophy, truth, decency, and treating people like human beings become secondary, tertiary, or even just plain optional. Thus we have schools that don't teach children but indoctrinate them how to be cogs, jobs that treat workers like resources and not people, movies that discard story and artistry in lieu of whatever safe, tried and true tropes will earn ticket sales, and soulless videogame retreads that nickel and dime you, prey on psychological weaknesses, foster addiction, and punish you for not playing.

Gawrsh. I'm starting to sound like a commie, aren't I? XD

Well, if you are, then so am I, because I have seen nothing remotely appealing about anything that you've described and it damn well sounds like truth. Some companies are utterly horrible about the video game thing, though.

So did you change your FA icon just because I said I forgot what derp frog looked like??? All because of lil ol meeeeee? *beams*

No. That's been my icon for years, silly. :P I do need to update it though. I have a better version.

wtf... I coulda swore it was something else as recent as last week. Or is my brain losing it???

Things have greatly improved, although I'm in a bit of a Thor-sized pickle. I finally landed a good job with a good company after 8 months of searching. But the day after I started, I got a call from another company with an even better job offer, which after pre-employment screening stuff has turned into a verified start date in the middle of November. The hours and pay are better and the location is more convenient, but as I've settled into my current new job I really like where I'm working and the people I'm working with, plus the actual work is really quite easy, while with the newer job I have no idea what the people or work environment will be like. And if I quit company 1 to take a job at company 2, I'll be burning a bridge with company 1 if I ever find myself out of work again because there's no way they'd bother hiring me again after resigning so soon after starting; but if I keep my job with company 1 and take back my acceptance of the job with company 2, I'll be burning a bridge with company 2 in case some time in the future I need to go there for higher pay. It's a very tough decision to make.

That's the gist of it. So how's you?

Ooof. Yikes. That is a conundrum. Is there any way you could surreptitiously go scope out job number two and see if it's worth it?

As for me, there are big ups, steep downs, and it kinda evens out to "okay" more or less. My life could be a lot better but it could also be a lot worse. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't praying to whatever gods may (but probably don't) exist that one of my family members wins the lotto. X3 Never gonna happen but hey, a girl can dream.

No, not realistically. The first job is scheduled to change to a 12 hour shift from 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM the week after next, and the second job is going to be 2nd shift from 3 to 11:30, so overlap would prevent that. Even if the second job had training on 1st shift for a while, after coming off a 12 hour shift I wouldn't have the energy to go to a second job, assuming I could make the 45 minute drive in under 30 minutes.

Hm. Bummer. Yeah. Rock and a hard place. :\

Doing okay! Started new meds, I think it's been going alright so far.

Glad to hear it. :)

I'm alive, that's all I can say at the moment. It's been hell for so long now I've lost track of a lot of things, but I suppose I've learned what I can live without.

I know that feeling. :\

Just taking it one day at a time, that's all I'm going to do.

Alive, doing alright, fat, bought a cintiq, drawing porn to pay the bills. Oh I have a cat now.

woops wtf, thought this was a new post, didn't notice it was an older post uncovered by deletion of newer posts.

Also alive, also doing alright more or less, very fat, no Cintique for me, also drawing porn to pay the bills. Have four cats.

fat<very fat
a cat<Have four cats

*shakes fist*