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[nanslice]

There is a decided lack of whimsy in my life and man, it's a huge bummer. Today feels especially damning, so I'm gonna make a post!

I'm waiting to sign the paperwork but I've got a job at a nationwide pet supply store. I'll start as a part-time bather and after at least six months and 200 baths, I'll be applying for the grooming academy. I never really thought I'd go back into dog grooming but I have experience, enjoy it, plus it's pretty AI proof, so. You know! Also I love interacting with dogs and breaking down my day into assignments will be good, I think! The hiring manager was off yesterday and will be off today and Sunday, so I'll probably have to wait until Monday to move forward with the paperwork (I got a verbal confirmation, we were just waiting on the background check, which came through yesterday). A little frustrating because I'm really eager to get the show in the road, but I will try to remain patient. ;3;

Related, was able to talk to my doctor about my extreme panic and anxiety, and she upped my prescriptions so here's hoping that helps! I would very much like for it to! I need to find an actual therapist but medication working would also be very good! This house needs an income.

Yesterday I went out and used the little wood chipper to chew up a ton of the old, dead blackberry vines we took out earlier this year. It's not hard but it's tedious and they're pretty stabby. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while so I'm glad I finally found the energy and attention to do it!

Today we're going to a farm fest at one of the local community gardens. It should be a nice little community event, I'm looking forward to music and food, lol.

I'm participating in Kinktober this year, is anyone else? I'm working off the official list



and I'm pretty excited! I've already started working on mine, since I'm very slow, lmao. They'll all be in black and white since I don't want to try to worry about colors (and I mean, it's a play on Inktober, and I know ink comes in all colors, the tradition is black) and I'm having so much fun. I'm also trying more dynamic poses. I'm planning on posting them daily on bsky, although they're updating their ToS to be pretty shitty towards pornography. :\ I'm so frustrated with how the internet is going (and also everything that is terrible that is happening) and I just want to be able to draw and post porn in peace. But that's not how things are going.

AT LEAST DW IS STILL HERE. <3 <3 <3 Once I'm getting a steady income again, I'm going to put a little towards DW like twice a month or something. We've got to try to protect the spaces we have left. I'll still be posting on Bsky for as long as I can, but. It's a bummer!

Comments

[mossy_bench]

Congrats on the new job, I hope it all goes well! And enjoy the farm fest!

I am planning to participate as a writer in some sort of combination of Kinktober and Schlocktober (list here: https://www.tumblr.com/patheticfangirl/791728372348747776). I'm excited to see your work for Kinktober. :)

All this stuff with Bluesky lately is so disappointing. :/ I had a lot of hope for it as a platform but its admins keep making frustrating decisions...

[hokuton_punch]

Fingers crossed for the job! And for fun with Kinktober! \o/

Bsky caving is so disappointing :( I really wanted more of the Japanese and East Asian artists I liked to migrate (and have been super enjoying the ones who have!), but what's the point...

[adafrog]

Congrats on the job.

Hope the new med dose helps.

[nanslice]

Thank you! And thank you again! The farm fest was super fun, although we were only able to stay for a short while until my partner's back started giving them problems. :(

Ahh, you're the second person to mention Schocktober! That looks like a fun one. :D I look forward to seeing your work as well!

Yeah, same. :\ I really love the community over there and I love how interactive everyone is! It's a bummer for sure. I guess we'll see how it goes, I know there's a week-long blackout going on right now.

[delphi]

Congrats on the job offer!

I can't wait to see what you come up with for Kinktober. And I hear you: very disappointed about the Bluesky news, but also very grateful to still have Dreamwidth.

[genarti]

Good to hear from you, and congrats on the new job! AI-proof is nothing to sneeze at, lolsob, but I hope it's good on all kinds of fronts!

The farm fest sounds delightful, and I hope it is. Fully agreed about DW, and also on frustrations with other spaces, including ones I enjoy and post on, sigh. But at least we do have DW!

[cye_of_the_torrent]

Congrats on the new job! I hope it goes well.

[lassarina]

I hear you on the frustration, friend. Hell yeah for defending our spaces. ♥

Have a great time with Kinktober! I'm applauding everyone's efforts.

[nanslice]

Thank you! I've definitely drawn more in the past couple of days than I have in a long time. :D

I know! It's so nice to see such a wide variety of art styles on my feed. I hate that they're messing up the community we've been trying to build. :\

[nanslice]

Thank you!

[nanslice]

Thank you, thank you!

I'm really having a good time with it! And somehow I've tapped into the ability to kind of focus on a challenge, because I've been working steadily (and slowly) through the prompt list. :D

If nothing else, Bsky's failure can potentially be DW's gain. Maybe wishful thinking but there's nothing wrong with that. :3

[nanslice]

Thank you! AI is really scary. I hate it more every time I'm forced to interact with it. :|

It was super cute! We didn't stay for long but it was a nice time. :3 I'm super bummed with Bsky because it sounded like it was courting NSFW artists, just to turn around and be like nah, jk. You're not actually welcome here. It's so frustrating.

[nanslice]

Thank you! Me too. :D

[nanslice]

Defending them as best we can! <3

Thank you! I've literally never been successful at it but I can say I'm pretty proud of my efforts so far. :3

[lassarina]

I feel like making anything is a success, even if you don't hit the arbitrary goal post. ♥