Plant your hope with good seeds

I've accepted a lil part-time job at a natural grocery store (it's one you know, I guarantee it). Certainly not a forever job but it's something to get some cash flowing in and the 20% discount stacks on top of sales (and I think Prime discounts?) and in this economy, getting groceries on the cheap is something I can't not go for. I'm kind of excited about it tbh. I'm on the customer service team (so basically a cashier) and, idk, I think it'll be good. |3

Will and i went to the local Value Village, which neither of us had ever been before, and omg. There was so much stuff. We went specifically for clothes and walked out with like. Four pairs of jeans, two pairs of shorts, and like seven knit tops for $80. And two pairs of the jeans were Torrid brand; if you're familiar with them you know their jeans are typically $60-$80 new. So that was super excited and I was pleased. :D

I finally, finally finished the art piece I've been working on for ages!


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Aaaaahhh, I'm so pleased with how it came out! This is a style of painting I did a whole series of in college (the idea of small figures exploring a much bigger space, if that makes sense....kinda drawing inspiration from 19th century German Romanticism art) but I've never attempted something like this in a fandom space or digitally before. Also this felt very...creating for me versus creating for an audience, you know? Like this wasn't to get views or to gain followers or anything like that. Fandom isn't a popularity contest. I create because I enjoy it and I want to. An important thing to remember. ;3;

...now for something that is the opposite of what I just said, I've managed two kinky things for Rare Kink Buffet and I'm started a new one tonight. :D I'm having so much fun with it and I'm basically just adding my own little challenges (mostly limited palettes because that helps me so much) and it's just been really inspiring.

monstersmashexchange signups are tonight and I think I'm going to join in. I quite like monsters and I know at least one person who put some tags in specifically to entice me. Plus it's nice to encourage more monsterfuckery in fandom; sometimes it feels like things are getting a little puritanical and we can't be having that!