seasons freakings
Oct. 21st, 2024 11:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
not_funtold you i'd be back, dear reader.
i'm taking a minute from putting up halloween decorations post-therapy to get over here and write something up, cuz almost as soon as i finished my last post i was turned on to another great halloweeny thing. but i'll get to that in a second.
it's literally the last days of the inhuman book 5 fundraiser, so if you were waiting - don't wait anymore!! this IS NOT a fundraiser to stock up on back issues for me, it really is turning into a print-whats-ordered situation. winter finances, etc.
i do have some great news tho in that i finally changed us away from comcast (bluegh) to an ISP that has an up/downtime that are actually functional. this means the saturday livestream has been going WITHOUT ISSUE finally!!! no more reset every 30 seconds!! i can also stream movies, holy shit, it's been SO LONG.
that brings me to the great halloweeny thing someone showed me. FoundTV.com!! it's an (ad supported) streaming service that shows all found footage movies all the time. i LOVE THAT CRAP. ever since i was a wee teen totally taken in by the blair witch mythos right until the final credits rolled, it's been a fav genre. the low barrier for entry means you see some really unique concepts and talent and it gives just about anyone a shot at being a director (or actor...or both) which, from an artist perspective, is really cool. so you can watch anything on it for free with ads, or pay like 4$ to take the ads off if you must. but yeah, i had to share that!!
also realized i didn't mention a single thing about horror books??? what's wrong with me. the last two i read that i really, really enjoyed were both by Chuck Tingle. ya, the wacky porno writer but /he is so good at it/. his horror has themes of queer culture standing up against the darkness of bigotry as well as themes of being your true, authentic self (sometimes as an allegory for autism, sometimes just openly an autistic protag) and he understands both the mixture of humor and terror that makes horror resonate as well as the need to leave some things unanswered. after all, if you get every answer, you're not scared anymore are you? anyway, strongly reccomend both camp damascus and straight by chuck tingle. both are total page turners and really kept me guessing throughout. i love this man who wears a pink bag on his head in public.
me myself i havent been sleeping so great, but that's kind of the usual here. i finally got a break in the repeat nightmares after stepping back from a toxic long distance friendship, so i appreciate a themeatic shift, but i still really wish i was not waking up in cold sweats all the time. ah well. finally breaking the ptsd repeater cycle of dreams did bring me a very helpful insight to dealing with my (apparently still active... gross) ex-friends turned stalkers' effect on my mental health. thank you, subconcious brain.
i'm still doing pokemon themed daily draws (hey, its a low stress endeavor in a very stressful election year... please vote to decide the ground on which we fight for our rights in the next 4 years. favorable ground would be much preferable to ground that desires to strip me of personhood, citizenship and all that.) and you can see those for free over on kofi. but it'd be really nice if you could also to$$ me a tip if you enjoy the art. or join the sticker club even!
click here if the image above is too tiny to read
also i'm open for comms if anyone was kickin around the idea for one. i can always use more work to cover senior cat vet bills & winter heating fuel.
see ya whenever i think of more to say.
have a good halloween my hallowed weens
i'm taking a minute from putting up halloween decorations post-therapy to get over here and write something up, cuz almost as soon as i finished my last post i was turned on to another great halloweeny thing. but i'll get to that in a second.
it's literally the last days of the inhuman book 5 fundraiser, so if you were waiting - don't wait anymore!! this IS NOT a fundraiser to stock up on back issues for me, it really is turning into a print-whats-ordered situation. winter finances, etc.
i do have some great news tho in that i finally changed us away from comcast (bluegh) to an ISP that has an up/downtime that are actually functional. this means the saturday livestream has been going WITHOUT ISSUE finally!!! no more reset every 30 seconds!! i can also stream movies, holy shit, it's been SO LONG.
that brings me to the great halloweeny thing someone showed me. FoundTV.com!! it's an (ad supported) streaming service that shows all found footage movies all the time. i LOVE THAT CRAP. ever since i was a wee teen totally taken in by the blair witch mythos right until the final credits rolled, it's been a fav genre. the low barrier for entry means you see some really unique concepts and talent and it gives just about anyone a shot at being a director (or actor...or both) which, from an artist perspective, is really cool. so you can watch anything on it for free with ads, or pay like 4$ to take the ads off if you must. but yeah, i had to share that!!
also realized i didn't mention a single thing about horror books??? what's wrong with me. the last two i read that i really, really enjoyed were both by Chuck Tingle. ya, the wacky porno writer but /he is so good at it/. his horror has themes of queer culture standing up against the darkness of bigotry as well as themes of being your true, authentic self (sometimes as an allegory for autism, sometimes just openly an autistic protag) and he understands both the mixture of humor and terror that makes horror resonate as well as the need to leave some things unanswered. after all, if you get every answer, you're not scared anymore are you? anyway, strongly reccomend both camp damascus and straight by chuck tingle. both are total page turners and really kept me guessing throughout. i love this man who wears a pink bag on his head in public.
me myself i havent been sleeping so great, but that's kind of the usual here. i finally got a break in the repeat nightmares after stepping back from a toxic long distance friendship, so i appreciate a themeatic shift, but i still really wish i was not waking up in cold sweats all the time. ah well. finally breaking the ptsd repeater cycle of dreams did bring me a very helpful insight to dealing with my (apparently still active... gross) ex-friends turned stalkers' effect on my mental health. thank you, subconcious brain.
i'm still doing pokemon themed daily draws (hey, its a low stress endeavor in a very stressful election year... please vote to decide the ground on which we fight for our rights in the next 4 years. favorable ground would be much preferable to ground that desires to strip me of personhood, citizenship and all that.) and you can see those for free over on kofi. but it'd be really nice if you could also to$$ me a tip if you enjoy the art. or join the sticker club even!
click here if the image above is too tiny to read
also i'm open for comms if anyone was kickin around the idea for one. i can always use more work to cover senior cat vet bills & winter heating fuel.
see ya whenever i think of more to say.
have a good halloween my hallowed weens
