The watercooler: a place to chat

[Shanny8]

Annnnnd I'm SICK again. Went to my day job yesterday and it hit me like a bunch of bricks dropped on me; had a severe case of the chills...when I got home wrapped up in my sheets and went to sleep for about 14 hours. Still kinda feel like crap now but I was hungry; eating on a cup of noodles & started watching Spy x Family.

[LCT_m_a_d]

This will be the first year going into art as a somewhat experienced artist. Feels very exciting for what things I have planned.

I used to start the year off cold and make most of my improvements in the winter season.
Last year I started off really strong and cooled down after July.

[TroyVSTheWorld]

Ya'll ever feel like as your illustration improves, it feels more boring, or, watered down, or something? Like, less raw. IDK, I kinda like the flaws and the "but its my style" stuff that we grow out of.

[Kelheor]

@Shanny8 aw man, I am sorry, that's terrible. I am here in the same situation, I barely got healthy and I think this sh$t is back. Just really tired of coughing hope you're feeling somewhat better now.

@LCT_m_a_d 2022 really working for you, am I right that's really amazing, looking forward to your improvements

@TroyVSTheWorld I guess that's just another part of learning curve, the one when you learned how to do something better, but still haven't implemented it in your usual art routine. So (for example), you know how to draw a cleaner line art now and it looks good, but now your art lost the energetic feeling of motion. It will merge back together with a bit of time and more art done.

[Shanny8]

Feeling better. Went to work Friday, and things were off but I was able to power through; had another turbulent night of sleeping(coughing/congested breathing) and a craptastic morning(coughing up a lot of phlegm), but I feel pretty good now like 80% of the congestion is gone...still have some sinus pressure stuff going on that is usually residual leftover from when I get sick of this level of magnitude.

Hope you get better as well..!

Feeling good coz I was able to go through some questionable DVDs from the storage issue to determine if they were good; if they werent I put them on a list to look up the price and calculate that into my figures to send to the insurance company(still got a bunch to do, but got this first batch out of the way); also repackaged some Gundams that the original box was destroyed by the water- the parts themselves were in plastic, so they were safe...but was able to salvage the instructions.

Currently doing laundry(washing the sick germs off the bedsheets) and doing some cleaning.

[LCT_m_a_d]

Halfway done with the first new piece of the year.
Excited about making some sense of things with my journaling and writing.

Morning pic of my ivy in celebration of small wins.

[bronte448]

Who wants to laugh at these incorrect quotes?! If you want to voice them, go ahead.
Frisk, Chara, Sans: Undertale
Kris: Deltarune
Monica: Doki Doki Literature Club
Stanley, Nara (Narrator): Stanley Parable

Frisk: Why isn’t the statue smirking at me?
Chara: It isn’t smirking at anyone, they’re all just imagining it.
Monica: Three of us saw it, Chara. How do you explain that?
Chara: points at Stanley Sleep deprivation. points at Monica Paranoia. points at Kris Delusional personality disorder.

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Chara: You’re a loose cannon, Stanley.
Stanley: No, I’m not. I’m a cannon, maybe, but a loose cannon? Is that what you think of me?
Kris: I think you play by your own rules.
Monica: No way, they think rules were made to be broken.
Chara: Those are all attributes of a loose cannon.
Stanley: No, I’m just a reckless renegade. Frisk is a loose cannon.
Frisk: smashes a chair Aah! You shut your trap, Stanley!
Monica: I’d say Frisk’s more of a cop on the edge with nothing to lose. That’s an entirely different thing.
Kris: Now I’m just confused. Is Stanley a loose cannon or not?
Chara: All right, put on a pot of coffee. We’re gonna get to the bottom of this.
Stanley: groans
Frisk: Aw, man.

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Chara: I’ve done a lot of dumb stuff.
Frisk: I witnessed the dumb stuff.
Monica: I recorded the dumb stuff.
Kris: I joined you in the dumb stuff.
Stanley: I TRIED TO STOP YOU FROM DOING THE DUMB STUFF!

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Frisk: What did you guys get in your yearbook?
Monica: 'Prettiest Smile'
Kris: 'Nicest Personality'
Stanley: 'Most likely to start a bar fight'
Chara: 'Least likely to start a bar fight, but most likely to win one'

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Kris: Stanley’s gonna kill me.
Frisk: No, they'll probably make me do it.

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Chara: I wasn’t that drunk.
Kris: You colored my face with a highlighter because you said I was important.
Chara: BECAUSE YOU ARE!

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Chara: Can I ask you for a favor?
Frisk: I would literally die for you, but continue.
Chara: We need to talk about you starting sentences that way.

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Nara: Posts a super low-quality image to the group chat
Frisk: If I had a dollar for every pixel in this image, I’d have 15 cents.
Nara: If I had a dollar for every ounce of rage I felt in my body after I read this text, I would have enough money to buy a cannon to fire at you.
Chara: Actually I did the math, Frisk would have $225, not $0.15.
Frisk: Fam I’m right here....
Sans: If I had a dollar I would buy a can of soda
Nara: while you’re there could you buy me an apply juice please?
Sans: Sorry I only have a dollar.
Nara: Chara: Hey I just realized my friend is right, Frisk would have $22,500 because it's a dollar for every pixel, not a cent.
Sans: If I had $22,500 I would buy a can of soda and an apply juice.
Chara: You can buy anything you want with $22,500.
Kris: Yeah and they want soda and apply juice.
Chara: Apply juice to what.
Kris: Directly to the forehead.
Frisk: Great chat everyone.

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Stanley: You know what’s funny about Frisk? They’re my best friend, and anyone who’d hurt them is someone I’d murder, probably.

Chara: I think this might be a bad idea...
Nara: Don't start thinking on me now!

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Chara, holding an antique bottle: Is this whiskey or perfume?
Sans: grabs and chugs the entire bottle
Sans:
Sans: It's perfume.

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Kris: pitches an idea
Nara, impressed: Huh, there might be something here!
Chara, under their breath: Yeah, a lawsuit.

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Nara: Yesterday, I watched Sans try to eat a decorative rock from Frisk's potted plant. Kris caught them, and told them they can't eat rocks. Sans started whining something about no food being in the house before walking away.

Monica: I want a bf.
Sans: Do you mean best friend, boyfriend or bread feast? Because you’re being really vague here.
(EDIT)
Stanley: She obviously wants a boyfriend, idiot.
Monica: Thank you, sweetie.
Stanley: WAIT NOT ME

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Nara: That sounds super! Doesn’t that sound super, Stanley?
Stanley: No.
Nara: I think I speak for Stanley when I say it sounds really super.

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Nara: Could you be anymore annoying?
Stanley: Yes.

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Nara: Wow, great work on the Halloween decorations. Where did you get the fake skeletons?
Chara: Fake?
(EDIT)
Sans: (muffled) Nara! Help me!

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Monica: Be right back, gonna hit the toilet for a quick power sob.

Stanley: Kris is okay.
Chara: They're okay? They said they were going to break my legs! And don't tell me they didn't mean it, okay?! 'Cause they gave me the mackerel eyes, they meant it!
Stanley: Chara, Kris threatened me. They threaten Sans every day. They probably threatened Frisk before breakfast this morning. It's what they do. Grow a pair.

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Monica: watching the squad's shenanigans with concern Do you feel like this has gotten out of hand?
Frisk: I don't know. Feels normal enough for a group that's on 911's blocked callers list.

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The gang responding to being stabbed by a sword
Chara: Rude.
Frisk: That's fair.
Stanley: Not again.
Sans: Are you gonna want this back or can I keep it?

[Shanny8]

Finally started coloring pages again for The Clique #4 last night. Satisfied with how the page is looking; gotta add one last element, then I move on to the next page.

[Shanny8]

YES- I got approved to MomoCon!!!

I dont have that much to do, just gonna create a new set of prints(2) and finish inking/coloring/lettering Clique #4(as well as get it printed).

Only part that hurts is the table price has INCREASED- but I want to do this, so...

[LCT_m_a_d]

@Shanny8 congratulations

[TheLemmaLlama]

Trip with a friend, crashed at a public camping site. They had a book where visitors can leave notes, so I sketched some character from my comic

[sushy00]

oh that is fun, I always like checking out guestbooks like these!

[Shanny8]

Awwww yeeeeeah...it's FUN time!

[writerhongpao]

Started watching this before going to bed last night. Ended up not sleeping for 2 hours lol.

[LCT_m_a_d]

Back to reading some non-fiction again. Been a few months.

Also excited about our exhibition closing reception next week.

[sushy00]

yeaaah amazing!! I am building a gunpla too right now!

[allenT]

Currently having lunar new year festival.

[Kelheor]

@allenT 春节快乐!

[SynergyEclipse]

I’ve been busy lately but I feel like this year has been off to a better start for me than the last one!

[Kelheor]

@SynergyEclipse isn't that great to hear!
I honestly don't remember how the last year started but it continued terribly, so here's to great 2023 for all of us
So far so good for me too! At least it feels productive