Count Trashula's posts

@YukiThePanda: I went by your IRL prices and just mathed out the approximate value of items to dollars ;v; As far as what art is worth on the site, it's largely based on offers and pay-what-you-want from what I've seen, so it's hard to value based on shop prices alone. The stuff I'm offering adds up to ~56k in volts, give or take depending on how you value certain items (I usually go with the middle of price guide ranges), which seems pretty in line with what I'd expect to pay on here for full body art of similar quality.

As for digital or traditional, both look nice to me. I based my offer on the pricing for digital, but as long as it's colored I'm happy with either.

No worries; 11 hour shift sounds pretty rough, even with the break. I get busy with work and whatnot, myself, so there's no rush to reply right away bc I probably won't either lol

I shoulda known! Right after my previous rant, I got a sudden and suspiciously high amount of good luck. My mounting problems were, if not outright resolved, at least substantially eased to the point of being manageable. The biggest problem being that my move might have been canceled, but turned out it wasn't! ...But now, right when I let my guard down enough to dare to be happy again, once again, I get blindsided by crappy news and now my move might--again--actually be canceled. Because of someone else's screwup, again. I'm so sick of all these issues that aren't even my fault just piling on because nobody else can be assed to do things right in my life. And I'm so sick of it always happening right when I start thinking maybe I can trust things to work out. How stupid of me. Of course nothing will ever get better; nothing ever really changes.
There's still a small chance for it to be worked out, but I know better than to hold my breath for it this time. As I should have known the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that, and the time before that...

I'm also on the Clip Studio Paint train. I just got it this year when I got a new computer and Sai didn't work for me any more. I wouldn't even go back now if I could. I'm still learning how to use it, but so far it's a pretty great program and wasn't that expensive. I wouldn't dare sign up for an art program with monthly fees unless it was mandatory for a job or something. Seems like a ripoff tbh.

I'm lucky not to be diabetic; I can't stand the taste of most sugar-free things that are sweetened with "something else".. plus they give me a stomach ache. That said, I still buy sugar-free energy drinks sometimes because I need the boost but don't need the ridiculous amount of sugar they normally have. I'm kinda in love with Bang, even though it's not the best-tasting drink out there.

As far as Mountain Dew goes, I don't even remember the last time I had one. I always liked the taste, but I've never been really big into sodas in the first place, and since cutting out (or at least severely cutting back on; I'm not gonna pretend I never give in) high fructose corn syrup and artificial colors, I don't really buy them any more. When I do want soda, I'm more of a cola person--and it's much easier to find in a naturally colored/flavored form than dew.

...but now you got me kinda wanting it and wondering if it's as good as i remember.

I don't, but I've thought about it off and on over the years. I really like things like baking, cooking, cake decorating, etc... but I don't know if I have what it takes to actually work in a bakery lol. If it's not a quiet hobby I can do in my own time, I'm not sure how much I'd actually enjoy it then. Guess it would depend on the individual place and the people you'd be working with/for...

I can imagine holiday season would be especially rough for you, though. I work in a grocery store and it gets ridiculous around this time, especially when people start calling out every day.

@YukiThePanda: Your art is really nice; I'd love to get something of Rosemary from you! I'm a little too low on cash/ohms right now, but I do have some of the items from your list.
Would you be willing to do a full body of her for these?

I hate how everything is on hold for 2-3 days because of Christmas. One thing after another is piling up on me and my whole life is hanging in the balance, and all these kind-of-a-big-deal things are just... paused. Because of a stupid holiday. A holiday that's been dragging out for months now, and the juxtaposition of cheery Christmas music with my life crashing down around me is not helping one bit. Every year I think I hate Christmas just a little bit more. As if I need another burning reminder of how insignificant and inconsequential I am...
So for now here I am, stuck in Christmas twilight, waiting to find out just how badly I'll be screwed over this time... you know... when the rest of the world gets back from enjoying their holiday.

I go around telling people "Whatever happens, I'll get through this :^)" and that seems to be enough for them, but you know, it gets really tiring after saying the same shit for decades while getting ignored and lied to and jerked around again and again and again because nobody cares enough to do their part. The only reason that statement is even true is because what is my other option? Death? Of course I'll "get through it"; if I'm still technically alive then I've technically made it through. That doesn't mean it's OK. That doesn't mean it will ever be OK.

I'm so tired of just hanging on the edge, waiting for things to fall. Then falling, then catching on another edge and having to wait again. But nobody's gonna reach down and pull me up, are they? And especially not during The Holidays; what a downer that would be!

tl;dr: I'm just a thing nobody feels like dealing with and my life continues to get worse while everybody's Christmas cheer just rubs salt in the wounds.

I was working, so I wasn't able to see the conjunction or do anything for the solstice.. not that I'd have been able to do that anyway in my living situation.. but I did have some gluhwein. Festive enough.

@eyry: Sure, I'll send you a trade

more stuff has been added

I've been seeing these and butter turkeys in the stores for a while now.

@MoodyB: Yup, I will send them your way

@onsenmark: Sending you a trade!

I don't have the space for new hobbies. Can't really spread out and do any kind of art, crafting, etc when all you have is a tiny cluttered bedroom and can't use any other rooms in the house. And I definitely can't afford to take up hobbies that would require me to join any kind of club/group or anything like that, either. Not to mention my work schedule doesn't really allow for me to go to any sort of group meetings; tried to look into that for therapy purposes once, but it didn't work out. So I'm stuck with whatever I can do on the computer and that's... not much. Especially since I'm not really a tech person, so most computer-based things aside from drawing really don't interest me.

But lack of focus is a big issue, too; that's why I don't really write any more despite actually enjoying it and having the physical ability to do so. I've got too much going on, a noisy person taking up the rest of the house, and nobody to give me fresh ideas or input. So I just kinda gave up.

@Wildfire: Agreed. I hope you find everything you're looking for!

@Siron: Trade looks fine, accepted on my end