Count Trashula's posts

Nope nope nope still Halloween over here. I go mid-late September to early November for spooky season, then early December to early-mid January for Xmas season, and the in-between time is 'generic Fall', where I would put a Thanksgiving... if I had one. I don't like to jump directly from Halloween to Xmas. I need some wind down time for the seasons to change first.

At least it's not as bad as the time I tried to make candy apples. That was... something special.

pterosaurs all the way!

@blue: good to hear! it's surprisingly hard to find people who will draw them!

@blue: you got him just right! thanks so much; it's gorgeous! well worth the wait so please accept my volts ;u;

My friend and I bought our first house together last year.

It was a huge hassle getting through the loan process, and we ended up having to switch mortgage companies after months of being strung along by someone we should have dumped much earlier than we did. The houses we liked and could afford were getting snatched up so quickly, we lost our top pick within hours of the viewing and had to make a rushed decision based on what was left. We realized much later it was probably the wrong decision, as we picked a townhouse and all the reasons I didn't want a townhouse are currently a problem--including a big one, which is the HOA dues, which were misprinted on the home listing and never corrected even as contracts were signed and payments were being made into our account. The HOA, now charging us 10x what we were expecting to be charged (and doing very little of value with that money), claims the money we already paid up front was simply lost in the process and there's nothing we can do about it.
I also had to quit my job because my store manager and multiple supervisors all told me I wouldn't need to wait for an opening at the new location to be transferred, only to be told at the last second by the district manager (who was only there because the store manager left) that I did, told me I didn't do my job by asking (even though she was aware I had asked everyone available to me and done everything I could be expected to know to do?) and that there were no openings, at which point we were already under contract and there was no way we could simply back off and wait. Then after we finally got moved in, it inexplicably took 2 months for my things to arrive because of issues with the movers, and I had to switch delivery people multiple times while the company was no help whatsoever. And of course, having no job = no insurance = no medicine, and months of no medicine + lots of stress = disease flare-up, which in turn = not being able to go out and find a new job right away as planned. And my doctor wouldn't give me a referral or anything, so I had to start all over finding new doctors with no insurance and wait even more months going through paperwork to get some kind of assistance.

Cut to now, a year and a half later, and we are struggling a lot financially due to me being out of work for so long and still having to pay insanely high bills for treatment even with all the financial aid I was able to scrape up, we're stressed and we kind of hate our house. Even more so because all the stress and lack of money means we haven't put hardly any effort into making it feel like home. It just feels like a temporary solution, even though we had to buy it because there was no affordable rental available, so we're stuck with it for the foreseeable future.

But at least it's mostly ours, I guess. And now that I've at least got some things sorted out on my end, I can start looking for work soon. And even for all the stress it's given us and how long it's taking for us to get settled in and back on track, it's better than where we were. We were desperate to move as quickly as possible for a very good reason, and while we ended up rushing into a not-so-good situation, it's still an improvement and not something we can't handle. We're slowly getting on our feet.

So my advice is don't rush anything if you don't feel like you absolutely have to, shop around not just for houses, but for people--realtors, mortgage lenders, anyone else involved in the process. The people you have to entrust your time (and possibly money) to can make or break your experience. If you feel like you're being jerked around and can afford to stop and/or switch, do so without hesitation.

I don't have high expectations for this or any other Disney live-action remake. At best, they're "OK" but bring nothing new to the table and feel completely unnecessary. At worst, they're poorly made and downright insulting to the audience and to the original films/concepts. I really wish they'd just stop, and I know I'm far from being alone on this, but Disney doesn't care because hey, money. But that's just a general complaint about all the remakes.

There's not much to go on besides the teaser trailer, but I can say that it doesn't look very good to me so far. Everything is too dark and dull; it all kind of blends together. Visually, it's lacking the magic and energy we should be able to expect from a Disney film, especially one as bright and colorful as The Little Mermaid.

I don't have much of an opinion one way or the other about the choice of actress, though. I haven't seen her acting before, and all I've seen for this movie is a tiny bit of a song. I didn't care for the added vocal flourish; I've just never really liked that style of singing. But I don't mind her not looking exactly like the cartoon version; I don't think her skin tone or hair texture are of any importance to the character. She is recognizable as Ariel. She looks and sounds the part to me, from what little I've seen so far. Time will tell, but I don't think the choice of Ariel is going to be this movie's biggest problem.

@kiwi: I just checked them all. Looks good now, thanks for looking into it!

The bicycle from Woven Way layers behind/underneath the backgrounds from Chamomile Stroll, Sheepish, and Year of the Goat (though this one is small so it's not as obvious). Would it be possible to move the bicycle further up?

I always drink a little water first, then have my customary cup of coffee. I only skip the coffee if I'm running late or feeling sick.

@prezial: sweet trade sent!

oof just realized i messed up the code on the form, fixed it


@YukiThePanda: Sorry for the delay! i haven't been around much lately and didn't realize someone had posted here. If you're still interested, I'd be happy to get some art from you again. Do you have a link to your wishlist?


@prezial: You have some great art! I would love art of either of them. both of them, even, if you felt like it, but i know you have limited slots ;v; Half body sketch style of whoever you choose would be amazing.

@wrik: Would you be interested in trading Moooo for Forest Sapling?

this time of year always gives me anxiety bc i want everything but have no money