Toe's posts

Posted in Do you like your job? Posted 1 year ago

I'm extremely lucky to have the job I do. It aligns with things I feel are important, and I get to help people which feels nice. Sometimes I do wish my job could be a bit more "fun" because I do just sit around at a desk a lot, plus I'm in grad school because apparently I'm supposed to want an even better job than the job I enjoy (to get more money of course, because that's life), so I've been feeling kinda like I'm working my life away. But it won't be forever. Plus I can look to my partner's job as a life lesson: they do more of a "fun" thing on paper but it leaves them too burned out for it to be much fun anymore outside of work. So I count my blessings - one of which being a regular and predictable income, something I know to be a privilege.

@Stupid: Do you enjoy your job enough to at least enjoy each day? It really sucks to have more responsibilities than money, lol.

Posted in hello there! Posted 1 year ago

@usagi: wassup and welcome!! I see on your profile you've got pets; tell me more??!! Hope you enjoy Voltra :)

Posted in Yuck or Yum [Brunch Edition] Posted 1 year ago

yummo :)

how about...shakshuka?!

Posted in Yuck or Yum [Brunch Edition] Posted 1 year ago

yummmmmm :)

smoothies??

Posted in Story time! Posted 1 year ago

their

Posted in Breakfast foods A-Z Posted 1 year ago

Lemon poppy seed muffin !?

Posted in How do I even dress like a human Posted 1 year ago

Thrift/consignment store is the direction my mind went too for sure! I'm a small and quirky fella so in that sense definitely understand struggling to find clothes that Work in all the ways. Thrifting stuff tends to yield more fun/unpredictable stuff, plus the lower budget also inspires/enables me to experiment with modifying clothes to my liking. For example I could never find jean shorts the fit and length I liked, so I recently thrifted some regular jeans and cropped 'em. Whablam!

I wish there were more online clothing sites that offered free and easy returns so folks could try things on. Maybe they do exist and I just don't shop online enough!!? I do know of Depop for the thrift store type deal without having to go in person, might be a good start?

Also I daresay? toads > humans anyway

Posted in Post your doodles here ! Posted 1 year ago

I'm not by my sketchbook or anything like that so I just did a little doodle in MS Paint lol. I'll have to come back later with some official sketchbook doodles! Abstract scribbly faces like this are my niche, I've found. Thinking too hard about my art can be overwhelming and discouraging, so I love doodles :)

Also I love y'all's work sketchbook stuff, and am impressed and envious of your abilities to draw hair and create cool texture/depth in sketches!

Posted in What kinda games do you play? Posted 1 year ago

@Alexia: Yoooo, that sounds quite awesome indeed!! I admittedly tend to hang out on Voltra whilst I'm at work, and Webkinz is blocked by the pesky Work Firewall so I'll have to look into it when I'm at home. But look I shall, because that would be a neat nostalgia trip! Really cool to know it's still regularly updated and that they continue to prioritize safety for their audience and all that jazz. Thanks for sharin' about it and all, I'll look for ya when I check it out!

Posted in Hiya : ) Posted 1 year ago

@angelpurity: NICE that all sounds très cool!! Lots of directions to go in, which I've always found to be the most comforting (when you don't necessarily have to pick one thing haha). Cheers to the potential master's in social work too, that's the boat I'm sailing in right now with just two semesters left! Almost had a French minor in undergrad too so sending you a fist bump of relatable-ness haha. Alas it will be so exciting to get that visa and go abroad! Good luck with everything that entails, and also with Ashen if you end up trying it lol the combat dynamics always hand me my you-know-what _(-_-)_/ When I'm finally able to get a PC setup then Elden Ring is gonna be high up on my list to try, will have to look up Remnant too!

Posted in Hiya : ) Posted 1 year ago

@angelpurity: Hey Angel and welcome!! Kudos to you for double majoring, sounds exciting and would love to hear what you're studying if you'd ever like to share! Metal music is awesome too; if you like souls-like games, have you ever tried Ashen? I've been getting into it lately but those kinds of games can really challenge me. Anywho, hoping you enjoy Voltra!!

Posted in What kinda games do you play? Posted 1 year ago

Hey hey! I've been a Sky: Children of the Light player for almost a few years now, that's gotta be one of my favorite games overall. Skyrim was always huge for me, been a while since I played it though. I also love me some Rocket League and Fortnite lately, slight guilty pleasures haha but it can be nice to not have to think too much about what's going on and to know that a match will only last a certain amount of time! Another of my all time favorite games is Guitar Hero, music is huge for me so I love a good rhythm game. :)
Some other things I've enjoyed throughout life have been Minecraft, MMORPGs (my favorite back in the day was Perfect World Online), Skate 2/3, Life is Strange, gosh so many more and I love a good indie game too; hard to give a concise list, and sometimes I have trouble sticking with games until the end, but I do love 'em.

@Alexia: Webkinz was the place to BE, I had so many of the plushies and took care of them online all that jazz; it's so cool that the site is still up and maybe even consistently updated??

Posted in Voltie Streamers? Posted 1 year ago

@Ark: I appreciate your checking some stuff out there, that's really cool! I'd definitely like to try using that idea to guide a music-making session, maybe I'll experiment with trying to make components of a track that are each specifically inspired by one of those artists. Whether I could actually execute it is another story haha!
Doodling rocks my socks; making comics has always sounded challenging but so cool to me! Hopefully you'll have more time to dedicate to that soon; are there particular projects you've had ongoing, or hope to start someday?

Posted in Voltie Streamers? Posted 1 year ago

@Ark: I can totally understand being uncomfortable with sharing one's voice too! In all honesty I likely avoided streaming in the past as well because of vocal dysphoria, which now that I have learned to understand and mitigate in certain ways, I feel lots better about. There's lots of stigma about what certain voices mean about a person, and it sucks; at the end of the day, those folks who presume to know something about you or your age based on just your voice, would be missing the opportunity to actually know You!

As for musical production, I'd love to get more skilled with making electronic music kind of in the electronica or IDM realm. I also make ambient/drone type music which is very fun but overall I love to experiment any way I can. I've been hugely inspired by Rei Harakami and Casino Versus Japan of late, but also like, Cocteau Twins and Sonic Youth and such haha.
What types of art do you create, also? It's so awesome to have lots of folks sharing their work and processes, so much inspiration out there!!