this platform rules actually
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not_funhey hey, mostly i logged in to give a pre-birthday post-convention update, but i also see that dreamwidth is helping push back against these "parents rights" laws that are really just dogwhistles for legalizing child abuse. dreamwidth is a good blogging platform, if you're looking for one to join and support. they've been around for decades and aint goin nowhere.
so tomorrow is my birthday, january 28th! what the hell, i finished my comic before i died. this is such a strange feeling. i'll be 42, and i /was/ going to ask folks here to contribute to a fundraiser to help me get ren some meds as my gift request - but it was already fully funded overnight, so i dont even need to?! it's my first fundraiser in almost a year! hopefully my next one will be for arts and comics, though.
anthro new england 2024 was wonderful, even if i only was able to vend one day. as usual, the other vendors around me were just polite and sweet and communicative people who all had such amazing things for sale and were so clearly talented. pixel (ane's artist alley honcho) worked so hard and did their best to make everyone feel valued, welcome, safe, secure and just generally wanted. it was honestly one of the best experiences i have had vending with ane. like, they /fed/ us. we had a /lunch break/ if you can believe it.
because i was only vending the one day tho, i was able to catch up with a lot of friends. some couldnt make it to the con bc 2020 broke us all a little, so i tried to bring the con to them. my friend rey showed me their ham radio setup which i did not understand at all, but had been dying to see. as a precursor to the internet it fascinates me!
it was bitterly cold out in the boston harbor, so i was very happy to wear my fursuit head to and from the con space when i was not vending. every year there are so many amazing suiters i've never even seen before, and of course old friends too! it was exciting to hear pyrrah the charizard's creator is now on the board!
finally, after years of trying, alph and i were also able to join our friend rick at their fav hotpot resturaunt in boston. and ok i admit, i was afraid to try the hotpot cuz it was something new. but the menu had plenty of things that were still comfort food to me, so next year i'm up for something new haha. rick's finished scripting and laying out the first chapter of their upcoming scifi comic: Project Starlight. get hype cuz ive been peeking and it looks fun as hell.
thank you to everyone who spotted me or stopped over to say hello or bought something from me at ANE2024. you really make me feel like i belong somewhere, which is important to someones self worth. and this was my first year vending since covid began, so i was very afraid i couldn't do it or it wouldn't go well etc. but i had fun, i paid a lot of amazing artists for their merch with the money people gave me for mine, and i wasn't having /too/ much anxiety about leaving the cats alone. i can't wait until next year.
i've been testing for covid this week to be sure i didn't catch it at the con and so far all negatives! n95 masks work, that was a crowd of 3-4k people. we were, obviously, both very tired when we got home but that's kind of natural especially ....in your FOURTIES lmfaooooooo
i'm currently absorbed deep into zelda: tears of the kingdom, but when i re-emerge i'm going to add a subscriber commission slot thing to kofi since that's what appears to be what people miss most about my patreon. just gotta get in there and do the work.
and hey ps, if you still want to give me a birthday gift, why not support dreamwidth? you can buy me tokens or paid time or whatever (i dont even know what the difference is, ive been on a free account for years) which ultimately will just be me getting a notification you supported them in my name. my username on here is not_fun !!
right then. i need to go do laundry. but thank you, all of you, for being positive lights in my life. if i was able to make you smile and feel connected or heard or not alone, thats all that matters to me beyond what money i need to survive. to feel like a part of this species, and a part of a corner of this species that has its eye to the right kind of future... these are important to me.
douglas adams wrote the meaning to life, the universe and everything is 42. about to turn 42, i feel like i have my own answer figured out. and maybe that's what he meant. i hope i can continue to be part of the path that leads others to the answer too.
see you when i see you
so tomorrow is my birthday, january 28th! what the hell, i finished my comic before i died. this is such a strange feeling. i'll be 42, and i /was/ going to ask folks here to contribute to a fundraiser to help me get ren some meds as my gift request - but it was already fully funded overnight, so i dont even need to?! it's my first fundraiser in almost a year! hopefully my next one will be for arts and comics, though.
anthro new england 2024 was wonderful, even if i only was able to vend one day. as usual, the other vendors around me were just polite and sweet and communicative people who all had such amazing things for sale and were so clearly talented. pixel (ane's artist alley honcho) worked so hard and did their best to make everyone feel valued, welcome, safe, secure and just generally wanted. it was honestly one of the best experiences i have had vending with ane. like, they /fed/ us. we had a /lunch break/ if you can believe it.
because i was only vending the one day tho, i was able to catch up with a lot of friends. some couldnt make it to the con bc 2020 broke us all a little, so i tried to bring the con to them. my friend rey showed me their ham radio setup which i did not understand at all, but had been dying to see. as a precursor to the internet it fascinates me!
it was bitterly cold out in the boston harbor, so i was very happy to wear my fursuit head to and from the con space when i was not vending. every year there are so many amazing suiters i've never even seen before, and of course old friends too! it was exciting to hear pyrrah the charizard's creator is now on the board!
finally, after years of trying, alph and i were also able to join our friend rick at their fav hotpot resturaunt in boston. and ok i admit, i was afraid to try the hotpot cuz it was something new. but the menu had plenty of things that were still comfort food to me, so next year i'm up for something new haha. rick's finished scripting and laying out the first chapter of their upcoming scifi comic: Project Starlight. get hype cuz ive been peeking and it looks fun as hell.
thank you to everyone who spotted me or stopped over to say hello or bought something from me at ANE2024. you really make me feel like i belong somewhere, which is important to someones self worth. and this was my first year vending since covid began, so i was very afraid i couldn't do it or it wouldn't go well etc. but i had fun, i paid a lot of amazing artists for their merch with the money people gave me for mine, and i wasn't having /too/ much anxiety about leaving the cats alone. i can't wait until next year.
i've been testing for covid this week to be sure i didn't catch it at the con and so far all negatives! n95 masks work, that was a crowd of 3-4k people. we were, obviously, both very tired when we got home but that's kind of natural especially ....in your FOURTIES lmfaooooooo
i'm currently absorbed deep into zelda: tears of the kingdom, but when i re-emerge i'm going to add a subscriber commission slot thing to kofi since that's what appears to be what people miss most about my patreon. just gotta get in there and do the work.
and hey ps, if you still want to give me a birthday gift, why not support dreamwidth? you can buy me tokens or paid time or whatever (i dont even know what the difference is, ive been on a free account for years) which ultimately will just be me getting a notification you supported them in my name. my username on here is not_fun !!
right then. i need to go do laundry. but thank you, all of you, for being positive lights in my life. if i was able to make you smile and feel connected or heard or not alone, thats all that matters to me beyond what money i need to survive. to feel like a part of this species, and a part of a corner of this species that has its eye to the right kind of future... these are important to me.
douglas adams wrote the meaning to life, the universe and everything is 42. about to turn 42, i feel like i have my own answer figured out. and maybe that's what he meant. i hope i can continue to be part of the path that leads others to the answer too.
see you when i see you
