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Post by grinn on Apr 10, 2023 7:56:54 GMT -5
I'm feeling posty lately and since we have some new members I thought I would try and get some low pressure discussion going! So what's up? How's things?
I am waiting on a new computer to get here so I can do digital art again. In the mean time I've been picking away at my comic script (or at least writing down thoughts I have about it), doodling on paper, and playing FF8 and Breath of the Wild. Hoping to make an appointment to look at a duplex today. Fingers crossed.
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Post by ray.kioti on Apr 10, 2023 8:52:56 GMT -5
Duuuplleeexxxx!! that's exciting! Also, here's hoping your computer arrives even faster than they said! Doodling on paper is always great, though. And YOUR doodles on paper are specifically great. xd For me... what am I doing... A lot of pet portrait paintings. I started taking batches of 20 instead of 10, so it's pretty much like a full time job. Also been getting random commissions from unexpected places (upwork, haha). Right now I am designing a T-shirt of someone's dog and a sticker. It feels very good to have a lot of work happening, especially since it is art centric! I need to take a break from it all, though, to visit my parents. So I'll be doing that this coming week! At least it's only an 8 hour drive this time (in the past it was 16 ).
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Post by thefool on Apr 10, 2023 12:43:22 GMT -5
Nothing good but you already know that my friend. But I am excited to continue watching Russian Doll. Got a mohawk. Got to see my niece and nephew and my aunt. And that's the positives. Avoiding thinking about the bad stuff as much as possible ✌️
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Post by grinn on Apr 11, 2023 7:18:13 GMT -5
Ray: aw thank you ;; I need to figure out if I can fix my scanner so I can put paper doodles online in a nicer way than taking pictures. Have fun with commissions and your parents :> Sid: Your mohawk is amazing! Russian Doll this weekend will be fun. I can't believe I let you guys make me wait a week I'm still waiting to hear back about the duplex. There's someone living in it at the moment so hopefully they'll be chill with people coming over.
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Post by djmanatee on Apr 15, 2023 0:35:07 GMT -5
When I think about it, I'm actually doing pretty well. I enjoy my job (even though it's part-time retail) and there's no one in my day-to-day life that I particularly dislike. Sure, things could be going better, but the only negativity in my life is my neurodivergent brain's fault.
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Post by grinn on Apr 17, 2023 8:41:52 GMT -5
Aw that's good to hear! Where are you working these days? (If you feel like sharing)
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Post by djmanatee on Apr 18, 2023 0:11:40 GMT -5
I work at Michaels! The 30% employee discount is going to be the end of me, haha. I rang up a man and his young son- probably 8-10 years old- who bought several Copic markers and it brought me back in time twenty years. I still have my old Prismacolors, not sure if they still work though. I'm kind of afraid to test them because I'd be sad if they're dried out so they're going to be Schroedinger's Markers for now.
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Post by ray.kioti on Apr 18, 2023 9:35:53 GMT -5
Aw cool! I worked at A.C. Moore for a while, which is pretty much the same thing as Micheals. I liked it! I kinda want to do it again at some point. Though I agree, the discount... being surrounded by art supplies... ahhhh, just don't even pay me, what's the point. Just keep the money and let me have markers and paints and other things I don't even need but want. xD
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Post by grinn on Apr 20, 2023 8:11:25 GMT -5
Oho yes that sounds dangerous. Ahh markers ;; I wish I still had some nice ones. I bought a few cheapo ones for sketching last summer but I haven't used them much >> I shoulddd.
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Post by thefool on Apr 20, 2023 14:36:10 GMT -5
I worked at Michael's part time as a seasonal employee for black Friday like. 6 years ago? Boy howdy that was a Time. Then they let all the temp people go which was apparently the first year they did that. Now I work at a textbook store. Currently.. trying very desperately not to get my hopes up for a promotion but. It seems possible.
We're preparing for the Summer semester so we're shelving books as they come in so I'm sore as hell lol. We had to let all our cashiers go due to budget cuts until the end of the fiscal year and then we'll see ig. It's infuriating bc we're gonna end up with 4 people across 2 stores because one supervisor is quitting at the end of the month. So 2 people per store. Nightmare rn.
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Post by ray.kioti on Apr 27, 2023 11:49:14 GMT -5
Ahh, textbook store... that sounds like an interesting job. But yeah, I imagine there are definitely "mad rush" times when the books are coming in and students are buying them. Like black friday for textbooks. u_u I sure hope you get enough people back in there!
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