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Firefly Kitten - Sketchbook 2022

The firefly kitten has lived in my brain and in sketches since the concept was requested by a patron back in 2020 (thank you E). I love this little guy and I hope to bring him to life with my plushie campaign, which is live now! You can get your very own glowy baby HERE.

The plushie is about 8” tall at ear tip and 6.5” long tail to nose. The tail tip glows in the dark and the wings are metallic!

The full design is based off an actual firefly! Look!

and hot take, guys? some people enjoy this work. my father drove truck for decades. and he loved it! the man loved his little radio, being out on the open road, just him and his thoughts. he would not have been happier if a communist society automated his job and took care of his expenses while he sat at home. he would have been happier if a communist society had made his job safer and took care of his expenses so that he wouldn't be *forced*to work more than he wanted just to maximize someone's profits; and could be home more. many jobs are like this, and many workers are like this. there is work you might be able to conceivably automate that i would tremendously prefer to do myself. i like the exercise of working as a package handler. i like honest work, just me and my thoughts. i would rather prefer to be able to support myself working optimal four-hour days, and not be pushed past my body's safe boundaries for someone else's profit, than have the work just somehow done by some machine.

the impulse behind 'what work can we make it so we don't have to do it?' is very uncomfortable for me. the focus of your future leftist society should be upon the workers, and upon the work. how it can be made safer? how can the people be supported?

In a mood because I can’t finish the Tianqiu Valley side quest like, I’ve been at this for a week and CANNOT finish the southern tower third floor

I was going to invite a friend to start playing because the game is fun as shit but, I’m perma locked from co-op until I can finish this SIDE FUCKING QUEST

Not a STORY quest, which is understandable. A SIDE QUEST. A dumb, world-building SIDE QUEST

I actually thought it was a bug at first and reported it to mihoyo, and they responded by sending me a link to the fandom wiki and basically telling me to git gud.

Over a SIDE QUEST

IT TOOK SO MANY FUCKING TRIES AND SO MUCH CAREFUL GRINDING FOR EQUIPMENT BUT I GOT IT

okay pretty normal, let’s look at the interior photos—

WHAT THE FUCK

here we see the first example of a pattern that will recur throughout the house, which is that once your eyes adjust to the bonkers dictator chic marble-and-gilded-everything, you notice some pretty egregiously shoddy workmanship. look at how that baseboard intersects with the outlet. look at how the marble… uh, thing on the wall (i was gonna call it a fireplace but it’s not a fireplace, i have no idea what that is) has gaps and weird angles wherever two pieces meet. it’s like they’re trying to recreate versailles on an ikea budget

i… don’t hate the kitchen. i mean, obviously it’s ugly and #toomuch and there was zero effort made to match the very modern appliances and sink to the cabinets, but still, i’m a sucker for a pass-through and a big sink with a window above it.

this ceiling Fucks but the wrinkly, uneven curtains and terrible caulking around the faux-column in the middle anti-Fuck

why did we suddenly completely switch aesthetics. why is there an old TV set into the wall at floor level. why is there a tiny set of doors next to it. why does the fireplace look like an asset ripped from the original dark souls. i feel a sinister presence sucking at my soul the longer i look at this photo

i feel like whoever designed this monstrosity started with the dining room and then once they’d finished it realized they’d blown half their budget on just this one room. it’s so overdecorated that the gaudiness feels intentional, like it’s a statement rather than a side effect of genuine tastelessness. i can applaud that.

here we have the antithesis of the dining room. i don’t know what this room is supposed to be but i hate it. i’m pretty sure everything in this photo literally came from ikea. there is a lack of commitment here and it is rancid

ladies, gentlemen, distinguished colleagues, we have now hit the cornerstone of any great tacky real estate listing: the heart-shaped bathtub! this one gets bonus points for being next to a gilded mirror and surrounded by bright red damask wallpaper. as a bathtub i’d give it a 1/10 because those angles look incredibly uncomfortable, but as a place to shoot my lover through the heart while wearing a gauzy fur-trimmed bathrobe before fleeing with our ill-gotten fortune i’d give it a solid 11/10

here we are with the lack of commitment again. this literally looks like the kitchen in my college dorm but with a weird fringey lamp and some curtains that are absolutely too long for their windows

again, the mix of styles here is just killing me. half damask wallpaper and carved wall panels, half normal-ass bathroom? really? isn’t there anything truly unhinged left in this house? anything truly opulent, decadent, off the chain, extravagant, gaudy—

THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT BAY BEE!!! THAT’S MORE THE FUCK LIKE IT!!! COMMIT! TO! THE! BIT! GO BIG OR GO HOME! IF YOU’RE GONNA STICK A CEILING DOME IN THE FOYER OF YOUR SUBURBAN TEXAS HOUSE IT HAD BETTER BE TWELVE FEET IN DIAMETER AND PAINTED WITH DOZENS OF FLOWERS OR ELSE WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE??

and finally, to close out the show, a reminder that this entire acid trip of a real estate listing took place in an ordinary, modern single-story house in texas, one with a backyard and utility boxes on the exterior walls and neighbors who may be blissfully unaware that they live mere feet from a yawning pit of madness.

Pseudonyms! Use them! Even if it’s a nickname, a favorite character’s name, a letter, your username, use a pseudonym. Especially if you have a unique name

Private information is PRIVATE. Last name, age, full birthday. Things that could be used to identify you should not be shared. Remember those “enter anyone’s name and learn everything about them” websites? They aren’t kidding around, and they’re dangerous.

Your house is your business. Don’t share your home address, school name, city, even sharing what state you live in could be risky. There’s no reason for people online to need to know this, there’s no reason for people online to ask for it. This is a red flag

Pictures are worth a thousand words. Take note of what’s in pictures you post. Can you see a state flag? A pet’s collar with a home address on it? Does that screenshot have your phone number in it? Be careful with EXACTLY what you post.

Once you post it, it’s not yours anymore. Anyone on the internet can share a post, take screenshots, repost to other websites, send to other people, etc. Once you post something, what happens to it is out of your hands. Make sure you be careful with what you post.

Face and voice can reveal a lot about you. They can reveal age, agab, in some cases they can be used to determine where you live (accents anyone?) be careful.

“Yes good”

“AND EAT THE BAD ONES”

“Wait no”

“EAT THEM”

You better watch out

You better watch out