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Posted 3 days agoEmployer: "Sales are down this quarter. Must be the salespeople and/or management."
Yeah. Guess people having no money right now isn't the culprit.
Yeah. Guess people having no money right now isn't the culprit.
Legally Caught Up on Stranger Things
Posted a week agoReady for November 26 now.
War-Torn Portland, OR
Posted a week agohttps://youtu.be/qskwNaEhU9E?si=bkAAjLf7YLZNcWnZ
Living and working downwind in Washington County. I can hear the shelling and bombs at night. The lines of refugees going down US 99 are slow and endless XD
Living and working downwind in Washington County. I can hear the shelling and bombs at night. The lines of refugees going down US 99 are slow and endless XD
Commission Update
Posted 2 weeks agoStarted on my new batch of commissions. With that, I've also decided to change up how I'm going to handle my commissions going forward.
I'm going to maintain a continuous list of commissioners instead of doing slots. That way, I can keep a running tab on those that are interested without making anyone feel left out by my still erratic output schedule.
I will not ask for payment until I have a solid sketch with all solid details for you to approve of.
My Commission Info: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/61597164/
Please either Note me here on FA, or add me on Discord LavenderTheRat
Current Commissions. Order is when I received first contact on interest in a commission:
1) EricTheMoogle - COMPLETED
2) TaintedLion - 20%
3) BlackFyre - 0%
4) CastedWildDog - 10%
5) CastFox - 1%
6) Kyaing - 1%
7) ...
I'm going to maintain a continuous list of commissioners instead of doing slots. That way, I can keep a running tab on those that are interested without making anyone feel left out by my still erratic output schedule.
I will not ask for payment until I have a solid sketch with all solid details for you to approve of.
My Commission Info: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/61597164/
Please either Note me here on FA, or add me on Discord LavenderTheRat
Current Commissions. Order is when I received first contact on interest in a commission:
1) EricTheMoogle - COMPLETED
2) TaintedLion - 20%
3) BlackFyre - 0%
4) CastedWildDog - 10%
5) CastFox - 1%
6) Kyaing - 1%
7) ...
Why Bother?
Posted 2 weeks agoSaw a video today that I duped into thinking was real by Sora.
Seriously makes me hate trying to be engaging anywhere. Whether it comes to creating content or discovering it. I can't take it.
Seriously makes me hate trying to be engaging anywhere. Whether it comes to creating content or discovering it. I can't take it.
Completely Forgot About Windows 10 EOL
Posted 2 weeks agoMy computer's processor is not Windows 11 compatible and I definitely can't afford a new rig if any kind for the foreseeable future.
Just wish SteamOS would hurry up and be desktop compatible.
Just wish SteamOS would hurry up and be desktop compatible.
Fixing My Tags
Posted a month agoFixing my tags for that update on FA.
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Guess my Harengon Monk doesn't wear a gi anymore. Can't have two-letter tags because two-letter worded nouns don't exist XD
fixingallmyponyartstagsregret.jpeg
Guess my Harengon Monk doesn't wear a gi anymore. Can't have two-letter tags because two-letter worded nouns don't exist XD
Outage Contacts
Posted a month agoIn case the outage goes on for a bit too long:
Discord - "LavenderTheRat#8397"
And I'm also uploading a bit to Deviantart at the moment:
https://www.deviantart.com/rudojilape
Discord - "LavenderTheRat#8397"
And I'm also uploading a bit to Deviantart at the moment:
https://www.deviantart.com/rudojilape
Mime Fursonas/Ponysonas
Posted 2 months agoThey're adorable.
I don't want one, but I appreciate them existing.
I don't want one, but I appreciate them existing.
How Do You Find Something Positive To Talk About?
Posted 2 months agoEvery time I try to think of positive subjects, I have no words. How does one say something positive about anything?
So I Don't Get It...
Posted 2 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis.....y_Donald_Trump
But if I, say, call Donald Trump a Russian Asset, I'm the bad guy and shouldn't talk like that.
Edit: for clarification, I'm not talking about my First Amendment right in the United States. I'm referencing how I'm told by my equals that such talk makes me a bad person. That I should be silent as an kink artist.
But if I, say, call Donald Trump a Russian Asset, I'm the bad guy and shouldn't talk like that.
Edit: for clarification, I'm not talking about my First Amendment right in the United States. I'm referencing how I'm told by my equals that such talk makes me a bad person. That I should be silent as an kink artist.
Pro-Child Abuse Advocate James Dobson
Posted 2 months agoMay his complete cessation of consciousness, followed by an eternity of darkness, be bittersweet.
Update: Yargh!
Posted 2 months agoArt has been slower than I want it to be. Mostly dealing with some minor shakeups with my life schedule, plus somehow getting a real shite case of athlete's foot, the first I've ever had. I'm on my feet all day at my job, so this has been a fun week. Might be a bit TMI, but seriously this has been absolutely annoying!
Once I get done with my last commission, this one a very special piece for
oneconfusedkid, I'll be reopening for slots. :3
Once I get done with my last commission, this one a very special piece for
oneconfusedkid, I'll be reopening for slots. :3The Whole Collective Shout Fiasco
Posted 3 months agohttps://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indu.....nd-things-only-get-weirder-from-there/
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/it.....of-nsfw-games/
Looks like it's another one of those "protect the women and children" groups, whose actions do little to nothing to actually protect women and children.
Eliminate sex work because it's exploitative? Let's get real here: ALL labor under capitalism is exploitative. Don't tell anyone how to sell or not sell their bodies unless you want to get rid of CEO's and landlords as well.
Wanna protect kids? Give them access to money, food, water and healthcare. How does taking away porn games and adult media do ANYTHING for children? Don't see anyone on their forums talking about Israel/Palestine, or about Jeffrey Epstein's very real list of clients.
Also your spokesperson defends Netflix's "Cuties". 'Nuff said there.
I don't need some pro-life feminist Aussies that skirt TERF-dom telling me what I can or can't see or publish.
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/it.....of-nsfw-games/
Looks like it's another one of those "protect the women and children" groups, whose actions do little to nothing to actually protect women and children.
Eliminate sex work because it's exploitative? Let's get real here: ALL labor under capitalism is exploitative. Don't tell anyone how to sell or not sell their bodies unless you want to get rid of CEO's and landlords as well.
Wanna protect kids? Give them access to money, food, water and healthcare. How does taking away porn games and adult media do ANYTHING for children? Don't see anyone on their forums talking about Israel/Palestine, or about Jeffrey Epstein's very real list of clients.
Also your spokesperson defends Netflix's "Cuties". 'Nuff said there.
I don't need some pro-life feminist Aussies that skirt TERF-dom telling me what I can or can't see or publish.
Never Buying Another New Nintendo Console
Posted 3 months agohttps://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/ni.....f-of-purchase/
I don't have to "prove" jack shit to you. Never buying something new from them again. That company can go fuck itself.
I don't have to "prove" jack shit to you. Never buying something new from them again. That company can go fuck itself.
Status Report 7/19/25
Posted 3 months agoI'm going to try to make updates weekly while I have art being done for others. That way I can sorta plan my days out a bit better than I have. I have gotten a start on all of my slots, and will have sketched done very soon for at least two of them!
Also good to let y'all know that this week is gonna be weird one. Normally I have sun-mon off, but now I'm working Monday through Thursday, and then have a four day weekend (Fri thru Monday).
I do have other things I will be doing over those days, but I'll be able to make some serious time for art as well!
Also good to let y'all know that this week is gonna be weird one. Normally I have sun-mon off, but now I'm working Monday through Thursday, and then have a four day weekend (Fri thru Monday).
I do have other things I will be doing over those days, but I'll be able to make some serious time for art as well!
Taking Commissions
Posted 3 months agoThings have changed for me a lot over the past three years. My job has gotten both better and more challenging. Socially, I feel more properly grounded with the folks I get to interact with. Artistically, I feel like I’ve found a stride that can allow me to express myself better.
Financially, however, I’ve been floundering. Recently, I had to take care of some automotive-related issues that set me back further than I had expected. Did my own repairs, but parts were still around $260, and that ate right into my entertainment budget.
Before this, my girlfriend and I had to make the tough decision to not attend this year’s EFNW convention. Even back in February I had doubts it would be in the budget.
That being said, I feel like I’ve made enough responsible decisions to justify changing course in my artwork. A course that I’ve said before that I wouldn’t do. But I do feel like now is the time for a correction in that belief.
My commission info can be found HERE, along with relevant information about how it’s all gonna work.
If a small donation would be preferable, My Ko-fi is always available: https://ko-fi.com/lavendertherat
Financially, however, I’ve been floundering. Recently, I had to take care of some automotive-related issues that set me back further than I had expected. Did my own repairs, but parts were still around $260, and that ate right into my entertainment budget.
Before this, my girlfriend and I had to make the tough decision to not attend this year’s EFNW convention. Even back in February I had doubts it would be in the budget.
That being said, I feel like I’ve made enough responsible decisions to justify changing course in my artwork. A course that I’ve said before that I wouldn’t do. But I do feel like now is the time for a correction in that belief.
My commission info can be found HERE, along with relevant information about how it’s all gonna work.
If a small donation would be preferable, My Ko-fi is always available: https://ko-fi.com/lavendertherat
Things That Are Hard To Google
Posted 4 months ago"Why do I always feel like a spy in any social gathering?"
Every time I try to look this up, I find posts and articles about being SPIED on, i.e. paranoia and gang-stalking. For me, it's the opposite. It's this feeling that, whenever I'm in a social gathering of +4 people, from friend groups to conventions, that I feel like I'm a undercover agent of some kind of "opposition" to that group. This also leads to the anxiety that I'm going to be "found out" at any moment and that I need an escape plan. What the hell is this feeling?
"Why does it feel like people I interact with try to make me out to be the 'the good one' when it comes to being queer?"
This one is hard to search on one's own because there's no way to word it in a search engine.
I've come to terms with how socializing works and how my socially awkward childhood made me not understand how this works until much later in life. That people are not as socially and/or politically black and white as their online personas make them out to be.
Though there is part of me that does wish to find the subliminal part of me that somehow attracts a lot of conservative/centrist personalities and eradicate that part of me. Maybe it's an intrinsic part of me that can't be removed; an uninstallable .dll file of my soul. Regardless, I'm kinda glad for the username change thing they did here on FA. Can finally remove the high school edgy militaristic crap from the name.
The other thing that I still feel is unrectified is this strange sense of people I meet, not necessarily trying to sell me on their ideologies, but trying to make me indifferent to ideologies overall.
Sometimes I think this comes down to me being kind of a boring person when you remove the kink art. I don't post much about my life, not just because I do want some privacy, but also because there isn't much to say. I go to a full-time job, I come home tired. Only things I do are tabletop gaming and hang out with a ex-coworker once every couple of weeks. There's not much to say.
So I feel like people latch onto that and try to make me out to be this sort of ideal queer person. "Look! This guy [sic] doesn't care about being called he/him like he looks. He doesn't push pronouns on us and likes some old TV shows and movies like we do! He's one of the good 'uns!"
Only now do I kinda get why one should act out as a teen, in order to shed those blank slate assumptions about one's self.
Every time I try to look this up, I find posts and articles about being SPIED on, i.e. paranoia and gang-stalking. For me, it's the opposite. It's this feeling that, whenever I'm in a social gathering of +4 people, from friend groups to conventions, that I feel like I'm a undercover agent of some kind of "opposition" to that group. This also leads to the anxiety that I'm going to be "found out" at any moment and that I need an escape plan. What the hell is this feeling?
"Why does it feel like people I interact with try to make me out to be the 'the good one' when it comes to being queer?"
This one is hard to search on one's own because there's no way to word it in a search engine.
I've come to terms with how socializing works and how my socially awkward childhood made me not understand how this works until much later in life. That people are not as socially and/or politically black and white as their online personas make them out to be.
Though there is part of me that does wish to find the subliminal part of me that somehow attracts a lot of conservative/centrist personalities and eradicate that part of me. Maybe it's an intrinsic part of me that can't be removed; an uninstallable .dll file of my soul. Regardless, I'm kinda glad for the username change thing they did here on FA. Can finally remove the high school edgy militaristic crap from the name.
The other thing that I still feel is unrectified is this strange sense of people I meet, not necessarily trying to sell me on their ideologies, but trying to make me indifferent to ideologies overall.
Sometimes I think this comes down to me being kind of a boring person when you remove the kink art. I don't post much about my life, not just because I do want some privacy, but also because there isn't much to say. I go to a full-time job, I come home tired. Only things I do are tabletop gaming and hang out with a ex-coworker once every couple of weeks. There's not much to say.
So I feel like people latch onto that and try to make me out to be this sort of ideal queer person. "Look! This guy [sic] doesn't care about being called he/him like he looks. He doesn't push pronouns on us and likes some old TV shows and movies like we do! He's one of the good 'uns!"
Only now do I kinda get why one should act out as a teen, in order to shed those blank slate assumptions about one's self.
Someone I Admire
Posted 4 months agoKinda Done With Modern Gaming
Posted 5 months agoSwitch 2 looks disappointing for its price point. Can't afford it anyway. Still stuck with an Xbox One X and an outdated computer. Can't afford to upgrade the PC or a PS5. Multiplayer experiences seem hollow and toxic.
So much of the stuff I've been enjoying the past 6 months have been things that I didn't get to experience when I was in my teens and twenties. New Vegas, Etrian Odyssey, Saint's Row (pre-2022).
Was going to try taking commissions to begin saving for a current-gen console. Can't bring myself to charge for artwork. Just not interested anymore.
Indie scene is good. Sometimes I feel like the games aren't made for my palette, like well-made food while my lizard-brain is craving MSG.
There is part of me that feels the FOMO. It's not strong, but it's loud enough that I do feel down whenever I think of how behind I've slipped in one of the few hobbies I still indulge in.
So much of the stuff I've been enjoying the past 6 months have been things that I didn't get to experience when I was in my teens and twenties. New Vegas, Etrian Odyssey, Saint's Row (pre-2022).
Was going to try taking commissions to begin saving for a current-gen console. Can't bring myself to charge for artwork. Just not interested anymore.
Indie scene is good. Sometimes I feel like the games aren't made for my palette, like well-made food while my lizard-brain is craving MSG.
There is part of me that feels the FOMO. It's not strong, but it's loud enough that I do feel down whenever I think of how behind I've slipped in one of the few hobbies I still indulge in.
Riddle Me This
Posted 5 months agohttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ms.....amp/rcna206388
Why does the party of Free Speech and Liberty sell to take away my Free Speech and Liberty?
Why does the party of Free Speech and Liberty sell to take away my Free Speech and Liberty?
Ko-fi or Shinies?
Posted 6 months agoIf I were to consider one of these options, what would be a better choice?
Important Update!
Posted 7 months agoLavender is going to be a trad-wife going forward.
And Rudoji is now straight. No more dicks!
And Rudoji is now straight. No more dicks!
Fuck You Texas
Posted 7 months agoFuck you Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and fuck your Senate Bill 20.
You use the word "obscene". That means anything that isn't morally virtuous, not just sexual content. And then you conservative cocksuckers hide behind protecting children.
You don't care about children.
So much for freedoms of speech and expression in your shithole state.
You use the word "obscene". That means anything that isn't morally virtuous, not just sexual content. And then you conservative cocksuckers hide behind protecting children.
You don't care about children.
So much for freedoms of speech and expression in your shithole state.
Cool!
Posted 7 months agoAll my groceries were higher prices tonight! Great job on saving all that money so far!
