Back at it and with a new job!
June 4, 2023
Well, it's been a few months since I've updated here. Much has happened since then, but it's mostly getting a new job because the other one was
getting way too much for me. They cut our hours in half, with less employees per day, and expected us to do twice the work essentially; I said,
NO THANKS! I worked hard there and I don't put up with poor management well (which is probably why I quit jobs a lot, sadly).
Anyhoo, I updated the layout and I love it!! It's completely not mobile compatible, nor is it "flex-box" css, just images/div's being
positioned, lol. But I love how it reminds me of my childhood in the 90's and Lisa Frank inspired! I searched far and wide to make some of my images
sparkle and I think it came out awesome :D
I've been studying art(21-Draw), sketching, and drawing coloring pages for my Etsy page. I'm going to try and start coloring my drawings because, while
I'm "intermediate" level with line drawing, I'm definitly a beginner at coloring. :O ... Practice, practice, practice, lol.
Well, thats all for today. I will try and update more often now that I'm getting used to my job and have more time!
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Good news, but more bad news??...
February 12, 2023
Woah, it's been quite awhile since I've updated this blog, lol. I've had a job since September that I've actually been able to keep (even
though some times I get the urge to quit because of the drama) and I'm finally in the down time of the retail season -yay!-. A few weeks ago I
had, what I'm pretty sure is, covid and *phew* don't get it ok?? I had the mild one and I was sick for like two weeks and quite
miserable! Though the worst part was losing my sense of smell and taste for two weeks *after*...
Anyways, I've been drawing more lately; becasue for Christmas my brother bought me a gaming laptop and a new Wacom One drawing tablet and it's amazing!
I will have to admit it's better than my other one that I will be selling soon.
Nothing too new has happened, just going to work, not sleeping because of cat and neighbors, and drawing as much as I can.
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Good news, but more bad news??...
July 16, 2022
Well, I done did it y'all. I just could not handle it anymore *sigh*. I don't think
I've ever dealt with such a person in a workplace ever, and so I just quit. Yep, still
broke (now not as much), but better broke than stressed beyond what I can handle. This *manager* I was under was what you call a "fake n flake";
I called her the bouffant b*tch(BB) that needed to give her hair back to the 80's (and mind you I like the 80's aesthetic!!).
She was the type that was full of herself and would boss others with no pleasantries (please, thank yous, etc); since her husband runs
a local, albeit rundown now, dealership, I think she felt like she was superior to us girls working in the kitchen. Most of the girls
needed their jobs no matter what, and I think she took advantage of that and acted however she wanted.
She would discuss things to other's that she shouldn't (who was getting gov. assistance, etc.), going
and making food without a hairnet on OR washing her hands; I suppose she was above all this?
A newer girl than I that had previously worked at a kitchen nursing home like I had, was amazed -and not in a good way- at what was
going on in the kitchen. Virtually no one was washing their hands, even in between washing dirty dishes and putting clean dishes away;
they would touch the food with bare hands and put it on the residents plates; no hair-nets worn by anyone; the kitchen was only mopped
once in who knows when (cabinets were sticky!!). My gosh, so many violations! If I hadn't pushed for my *legally required* 30min break
the first day I worked I don't think I would have gotten it (mind you the BB then set the rule that everyone needed to take the 30min
break). One of the girl's who trained me but left, said she would get so stressed that she would get hives...what...
And to me, the worst of it all was that within ONE WEEK, my schedule was changed three times...yes, that's right, THREE TIMES. Mind you
I'm sharing a car with my mom and grandma -thankfully they're retired- so it made it more difficult for them to schedule their dr. appointments.
AND, the car isn't mine. Y'all, I just couldn't deal with it anymore. I should feel bad for just up and not showing up anymore, but this piss
poor management needs to feel the burn. Is this the future of management out there?? Or is it the last of the boomers hanging on to their power by a thread??
I'm seriously pissed that a relatively good job can be that spoiled by someone who has no reason to be put into that position; mind you she is
the marketing director there that had to take over, but ALL the managers should have stepped in and helped here and there. I think the second
to last nail in the coffin was that on my day off, they changed my next working day to a different time and didn't tell me. So, I got a call/text
as to why I wasn't at work. *smacks forehead* Like, hello, something big seems to be off here????
Alright *big deep breath*, that's the end of my rant and bad news... * phew*. Good news is that I'm going to try and push my art more; make more coloring pages
to be sold, maybe even plan a whole coloring book? I will probably try etsy even though I'm not really looking to pay their fees, but it would
get my art selling in the meantime lol. Anyways, thanks for listening to my rant and my fellow humans, stick up for yourself!! Know the labor
laws!! I can do this because I don't have kids, but honestly I'd rather be broke than to keep someone's power trip going. ;)
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Trying to do some more artwork and such...
July 12, 2022
So I've been pretty busy lately with my new job. It's actually going pretty well except for dealing with the temporary boss (I nicknamed her Mrs. Spaz) that
I have; She's has her own management duties and is covering until a new dietary manager comes in, but she's definitely not made
for what she's covering for. I don't think I've *ever* had to deal with a manager that micromanages quite like she does T_T... Honestly, I was
thrown in and it was sink or swim in that I was not trained at all (the girl training me just quit, so..); I about snapped at Mrs. Spaz when
she hounded me for doing something I apparently wasn't supposed to ("why did you think that was ok??" "why?"); When I wasn't getting through to her that NO ONE
said I had to do such and such, I just walked away and said I would be aware from now on. Let me tell ya, if I didn't need this job so bad... *shakes head*. I almost laughed out loud
at her; to me it was so ridiculous how she handled the situation. I also just found out that 6 new people, since last December, walked out on this job and I can see why.
So now that I'm getting the hang of my job more, I'm going to try and draw more too :3 Updating this site might be slow going for awhile, but that'll just be how it is.
I'm still working on my jjk fanart; I'm drawing/coloring it in pixel style. I found some cool brushes on clip studio that I'm excited to try out and I know this piece of
artwork might take me a little while to finish.
I'm happy to say that my little kitten Basil is doing great! He's full on energy now and it constantly in trouble haha. I can tell he's even grown and his fur is so
soft and silky now; I also heard very sad news that his siblings got ran over :,( . SO SAD!! but I couldn't take them in as I'm not even supposed
to have him in the first place D: ...
Anyways, off to do my art and maybe take a nap, lol.
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Been busy and tired, but still art'n!
July 4, 2022
Alright, I finally have a little time and energy to write something! I've been working at my new
job these past few days and it's definitely been stressful; starting at a new job always is :o .. So now that I'm getting
the hang of things, I can use a little bit more of my brain power at home, lol.
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So, another thing new that's happened to me is that I rescued a little kitten that's about 6 weeks old(?) It's a little boy that
I named Basil :3 . I took him to the vet as he had a bad upper respiratory infection and eye infections; as well as a bunch of
fleas (poor lil dude!). Now that he's been on his medicine for a couple of days, it's like he's a new creature; a demonic creature!! XD!
Where did my little snuggle bug go??? .. I told my mom that the vet gave me a liquid incantation for a demon and not
antibiotics, LOL. But I am glad he's having fun and feeling much better.
Well, today I'm just going to relax before work by drawing and doing a bunch of nothing lol. I'm working on some BL fanart of JJK. (I think in
my art page, I will section off my arts like: one for SFW and others NSFW/BL.). I also want to make some more dolls/pixel art. I'm also in the
middle of working on a layout for a Demon Slayer shrine page. I'm having a lot of fun doing these things! Of course I have no idea if anyone
likes what I'm doing? Hard to tell without any feedback via guestbook haha. Anyways, I suppose I shouldn't worry about that too much and just
enjoy the creation process. Well....
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Yay! Good news about interview :D
June 25, 2022
Woohoo!! Aright, I got myself a job, lol. I swear I've been to at least 5 interviews in the
past two months and while the interviewer seemed interested(liars), they never reached back out. Y'know, I wish
there was a way to ask "why?" so if it's something I could work on, I would. Anyways, I'm super stoked that
I have something now as I'm beyond broke haha. I'll be working in the kitchen at an assisted living so hopefully
it won't be too stressful that I will still have energy to do my art/website/etc at home.
I'm just one of those people that I just
want to work, get it done well, and then do the things I enjoy after? Maybe that's not the 'American *cough* Way'
where you slave yourself for someone else, but with my autoimmune disorder, it's just what works for me... anyone else?
Alright, since it's early in the day (I wanted to share the good news!) I'll be watching some how-to videos on youtube
to see how to do pixel art in Krita and how to optimize it all best to do that. I made my layout pixelated on a whim
without really knowing how to work Krita in a pixelated sense. Today I want to work on a doll base or two and have fun
with that. If I finish it I will definitely put it up in my shop section!
Well, that's it for now. Off to do art, lol!
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