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What have I been up to?
May. 26th, 2021 12:18 pmI have... been busy?
1) I'm preparing for a surgery in the middle of June. My pre-op appointment is tomorrow and I'm super nervous. I was concerned that this would leave me out of the Pride festivities but it seems like they're still canceled due to COVID and I know of at least one that's been rescheduled to September, so I should be okay to go by then.
2) I have been busy... weaving? Yes, weaving. My friend loaned me a table loom but I've bought my own inkle loom which is what I've been using mostly because of all the instant gratification it can give. I've sold some items at a craft show and am going to be making items for a booth at that September Pride event, though that's exciting. Given the nature of Pride and items that you can make on an inkle loom I'm going to be experimenting with harnesses and the like.
3) I've gotten into the Castlevania cartoon, and after all of Covid I actually kind of want to write. I think making me want to write is a very high compliment for any form of media so I have to say good job to it.
4) I'm still working part-time at my current job and am looking for full-time. I really, really need full time so I can move out again. I am thinking database management, given my experience and that people don't seem as crazy looking for people who eat, sleep, breathe their work outside of work hours for database as they do with, say, programming.
I do programming but I'm honestly not a programmer... I don't enjoy it and it's not something I would want to do in my free time. I appreciate some separation of work and pleasure even though I am working on craft as some supplemental income and that's been one of my main joys during the pandemic. I am still hesitant because craft seems very "shit where you eat" and is generally not very lucrative. However even with an education and experience like mine it's getting difficult to support myself with only a "normal" job and it seems like it's only going to get harder. If I actually start an online shop I will be sure to post something about it... but right now my inventory is all keychains, lanyards, and yardage and honestly not very exciting. I'm hoping that with my new shipment I may be able to make harnesses, suspenders, collars, jewelry, etc. I think the mercerized cotton might appeal to more people than the unmercerized stuff I've been working on. I will probably eventually post pictures.
5) I'm extremely disenchanted with twitter, even though I'm still on there all the time. Maybe I will convince some of my mutuals to make a community here, or on discord. It really is a cesspool.
1) I'm preparing for a surgery in the middle of June. My pre-op appointment is tomorrow and I'm super nervous. I was concerned that this would leave me out of the Pride festivities but it seems like they're still canceled due to COVID and I know of at least one that's been rescheduled to September, so I should be okay to go by then.
2) I have been busy... weaving? Yes, weaving. My friend loaned me a table loom but I've bought my own inkle loom which is what I've been using mostly because of all the instant gratification it can give. I've sold some items at a craft show and am going to be making items for a booth at that September Pride event, though that's exciting. Given the nature of Pride and items that you can make on an inkle loom I'm going to be experimenting with harnesses and the like.
3) I've gotten into the Castlevania cartoon, and after all of Covid I actually kind of want to write. I think making me want to write is a very high compliment for any form of media so I have to say good job to it.
4) I'm still working part-time at my current job and am looking for full-time. I really, really need full time so I can move out again. I am thinking database management, given my experience and that people don't seem as crazy looking for people who eat, sleep, breathe their work outside of work hours for database as they do with, say, programming.
I do programming but I'm honestly not a programmer... I don't enjoy it and it's not something I would want to do in my free time. I appreciate some separation of work and pleasure even though I am working on craft as some supplemental income and that's been one of my main joys during the pandemic. I am still hesitant because craft seems very "shit where you eat" and is generally not very lucrative. However even with an education and experience like mine it's getting difficult to support myself with only a "normal" job and it seems like it's only going to get harder. If I actually start an online shop I will be sure to post something about it... but right now my inventory is all keychains, lanyards, and yardage and honestly not very exciting. I'm hoping that with my new shipment I may be able to make harnesses, suspenders, collars, jewelry, etc. I think the mercerized cotton might appeal to more people than the unmercerized stuff I've been working on. I will probably eventually post pictures.
5) I'm extremely disenchanted with twitter, even though I'm still on there all the time. Maybe I will convince some of my mutuals to make a community here, or on discord. It really is a cesspool.
