[Friday survival check in] i know it's a big dark love....

[tomakeanoffer]

So, I have revamped the Friday posts but they are still happening. I know a lot of people liked having them around and just because I moved, doesn't mean I can't keep doing these. SO, here we go!

So, if you are not familiar, this post is

• for being excited about the things you've done this week
• for asking for help if you need it
• for venting about anything that mind need to be flailed over (but do let us know if you just need to vent, or if you'd like advice).
• for showing off something cool you've done/made/experienced this week.
• for being generally enthused and excited about things that have happened.
• for just being thrilled that you survived.

Come drop into the comments and let us know how you're doing and how things have gone.  If you need cheer leading or anything, feel free to say so, or if you just want to vent and don't want any advice or anything, let us know.

I do ask that if you have any triggering topics, that you mention them in the subject line, or first line of your comment. This is just so people can make informed decisions on what to read and keep everyone okay. <3 Thank you so much.

Comments

[tomakeanoffer]

Things I've done:
- Made some short mixes and graphics/covers to go along with them.
- Move to the new journal space.
- Got out of my writing haze and ut down some words on a thing I think I really enjoy

Things I'm grateful for:
- Music, it helps my brain in so many ways
- Ice cream, which is delicious.
- People willing to share and exchange information with others.
- Friends and people I generally do not want to punch.

[adafrog]

I am making it through cleaning out my stalls after they were flooded (accident with faucet). A friend said he'd help, and then totally didn't. It's going to take me three days. /cranky

[alexseanchai]

Ice cream nomnom

Yay for writing and mixing and graphicsing!

[tomakeanoffer]

<333333

[cosmolinguist]

I just dropped my parents at the airport. We love each other but I'm not out to them and they don't really understand me. Time together is hard but I miss it when it doesn't happen. It's bittersweet, but I'm glad to have my life back.

[tomakeanoffer]

Oh man, I understand that feeling. Glad you are back to your normal existence.

[alexseanchai]

♥

[thefairymelusine]

I finished my Masters degree. It has been a really, really rough year, but I got through it and switched from the supervisor who was really not a good fit (I will not go into details, but it was a bad experience) to someone good and supportive, and I wrote a 15,000 word thesis in the last two months, and did so with enough time to get through three drafts.

I am still feeling weird about it (mostly, the anhedonia part of depression has been really bad this year) but I am trying to feel proud of having finished.

[mdlbear]

Congrats on the degree, and much sympathy for the depression.

[tomakeanoffer]

You are amazing for doing that thing. Seriously you deserve so many good things for surviving and succeeding and yes.

[alexseanchai]

EXCELLENT

♥

[rhoda_rants]

I'm excited about:

This great summer wrap/shawl thing I'm making for my cousin's birthday!! It's the most ambitious project I've tackled with my crocheting so far, and it's turning out GREAT. Need to give my fingers a rest every so often, but still.

Having mixed, but mostly positive feelings, about getting back into an old band I loved like ten years ago, and trying to talk myself out of seeing them on tour. (Yes, out of, because I really don't have the time or the resources to do that.) I'm loving listening to this music again though.

[tomakeanoffer]

man, it is always a trip for me to go listen to stuff from ten years ago. Fun, though occasionally awkward. I'm glad it's most positive for you though. <3

[rhoda_rants]

I know, right? It's kind of fascinating, because sometimes it's like, "Wow, what was I thinking?" and other times (like with this one) it's, "Okay, this is seriously good stuff, I hope these guys are around FOREVER."

[tomakeanoffer]

Oh yeah,that is awesome! I know I've had my doubts about some music I've nested in but I looove when my taste stays the same and even proves to be half decent. It's a boost in a way.

[alexseanchai]

*pompoms*

Yay good music! Don't go to the concert, though. :)

[mdlbear]

Continuing to apply for jobs, despite total lack of confidence.

[tomakeanoffer]

*quietly offers hugs and confidence sweets*

[alexseanchai]

I hear you. ♥

If it helps: I bet you're better at what you do than you think you are.

[mdlbear]

I hope you're right. Very little evidence so far.

[teaotter]

This week has been horrible for reasons I don't want to discuss. But I'm still here, and I was brave enough to talk to a reporter about the shitty things that happened, which I'm very proud of myself for doing.

[tomakeanoffer]

Good, I am so glad you're proud of yourself for that. I don't need to know what happened to know how hard coming out and talking about shit is and you doing so is A+.

[alexseanchai]

Good on surviving and good on getting the information out there!

[mific]

I finished my CAP RBB fic, as you know, and thanks again for the beta! That’s a weight off me, and my artist likes it, so whew!
And I’ve almost finished my gift for the handmade2handmade DW exchange - it’s been nice to make physical things for a change, not just work digitally.

[tomakeanoffer]

<333333 Yay finishing stuff! That is excellent, as is almost finishign stuff too.

[alexseanchai]

Woohoo!

[alexseanchai]

Boosting my moving fundraiser again. And I've just updated my yard sale.

Fuck bronchitis, anxiety, asthma, anxiety, and bronchitis. Also capitalism. Very much fuck capitalism.

CN the current concentration camp situation: I wrote a poem that I am very pleased with.

Soooooo who's got advice on Getting Shit Done on any level from purely religious to writing-wise to job apps to "I gotta pack my shit to move!" while I'm so utterly flattened from bronchitis and whatnot?

[mdlbear]

Damned good poem. And not just because I'm a fan of mythological imagery applied to contemporary situations, though that's always a plus.

Not necessarily advice, but my mantra in some situations is "you do what you have to" (with "and pay for it later" assumed but not stated).

[alexseanchai]

♥

Yeah, that's true. Problem is I think I might be paying for previous such now...

[tomakeanoffer]

All the hugs. I hope you're feeling better, or at least hanging in there.

[alexseanchai]

Some better. Definitely hanging in there.