The watercooler: a place to chat

[Shanny8]

Woke up kinda late this afternoon...now I gotta endure this heat to take the battery out of my vehicle and plug it to the charger. But once the battery is charged, the power to my car issues should be over...

Also gotta do some cleaning this weekend as well, so wont get started on art stuffs until later in the evening.

[Shanny8]

UPDATE: Battery is charging...gotta do laundry today and finish up some grocery shopping. Didn't work on the art piece last night coz after taking the battery out(it was HEAVY) and running some errands last night(it was still really warm/humid at 8 PM) I was drained and tired so I just watched a movie.

[allenT]

A lot of time my inner voice shouts "Your comic-- work goddammit! Work!"
And then I'm still funneling myself into more videos, forums and articles

[Shanny8]

Put the battery back in and so far the car is okay...it struggled to start the first time, but the 2nd time it didnt struggle as long; I'm hoping that it gets back to normal. The A/C is working but since it was still daylight I couldnt see if the dash lights were back to normal.

Since I got that and my laundry done, I was able to start back working on some art this evening.

[Shanny8]

Finished moving my stuff to the new storage place...now I can exclusively focus on the battery issue- the battery is being a problem again, so I ordered a new one; the new battery was delivered, but it was DAMAGED.

I had to send it back and they have the replacement on its way; I wont get it until Monday or Tuesday.

Just gotta go back to the old place and sweep out the unit tomorrow.

[Shanny8]

Welp there was a whole big ass mess concerning the replacement battery- ultimately in the end, I had to go out & get a viable replacement at the auto shop, so the battery issue is now officially solved. Unfortunately, I have to now make sure I'm not being charged for this whole online fiasco, so I'll have to follow up.

I can finally sit down this week and RELAX- the storage transfer has been completed, new battery and the car is starting on its own- I can finally put my mental energy back onto my art(still got some loose ends to tie up at the day job first).

So for the time being I'm okay...just have to see how much of a ripple effect this whole mess has created.

[ajcrwl]

hey psst i made a thingy to help with managing notifications. just thought i'd drop it here as well, as it is a place for all sorts of chats and this isn't a comic promo

https://forums.tapas.io/t/i-made-a-userscript-which-improves-the-inbox-button-and-notifications/83151?u=ajcrwl

[allenT]

Having gear aquisition syndrome, haven't spending... much. Struggling.
Those god damn cameras & lens. Need to stop looking

[Shanny8]

Trying to chill today...took the day off from work(since it's a holiday weekend here and my boss didnt claim Friday), so paying bills & back working on my art piece.

Switching phone service providers(once again in a move to save some pennies- keeping my phone number)- the sim card arrived yesterday, so that's on the to do list this weekend; also gonna try to re-pot my plant(s) and get some dusting/cleaning done...

[JoshRaed]

Anyone else using the steam summer sale as a way to download as many games as possible?

[VibrantFox]

outta money and trying to save for bills so unfortunately no gaming for me outside the free stuff i've already downloaded on my switch (painful tho since my online sub expired just before the next splatfest and salmon run random rotation) but if anything it's a nice kick in the ass to get me more focused on art n writing again (tho i'll def find other distractions when my brain inevitably gets bored or overcooked from the heat)

[Shanny8]

Welp the phone provider switch DID NOT go as planned...for some unknown insane reason, the new provider could not "accept" my phone, so I had to go back to the old provider- at least until I get a new phone; the only issue is I dont want to get a new phone because companies have been putting AI applications & features in the newer phones(I started looking in January and grew discontent because every phone I looked at that I liked had AI built in).

Made it through this full work week...gotta do some cleaning this weekend, go on a quest to get some new [work] socks, and get this cord so that I can run my mini humidifier and help nurse my plant; currently working on a piece this weekend as well, so gonna try to move to the next phase on that.

[Ayumi]

I feel the urge to work on my comic, but this hot weather drains all my energy 🥵 I love summer but unfortunately it is not art compatible I guess I will just let it go, and have some rest until it gets cooler.

[Wolsal]

The other day I was working on my comic (as you do as a person, presumably).
An important thing to know is I’m an absolute animal nut. I have lots of pets who I adore, but I specifically like keeping exotic animals. This primarily includes reptiles.
To demonstrate this point (and I promise this story is going somewhere) my bedroom alone has 3 snakes in it, 3 mice, and a gecko. These are not even all my pets. Just the ones in my bedroom. Now, specifically, one of my pets is a ball python who I absolutely adore, she is my pride and joy…
HOWEVER
Occasionally, this little snake will decide that my day is just going too well, and while I’m in the middle of work, will make the absolute loudest snake fart. Now, words alone don’t do it justice honestly. Imagine the volume of an actual chainsaw. That’s what it sounds like.
So, I’m working on my comic, it’s a nice afternoon, and all of a sudden, snake fart jumpscare.
Well, at least it wasn’t at 1 am this time…
So, if you ever read a comic by me, just know there’s a chance that during the process I was jumpscared by a snake fart.
Here’s a cute photo of the snake in question. She’s very lovely and sweet, but she scares me with farts and constantly steals my stuff. This is pictured below.

[Shanny8]

Did not know snakes fart...I guess everything farts in this world.

[ArtGremlin]

Just hosted the craziest tournament.
Magma is a wonderful place

Everyone starts with 20 health when they battle, and we rolled a d20 to decide attack damage. The space next to Ian was the only one that didn’t get filled in, so I just put his brother in (who left) then Ian lost his first actual battle to a doctor (for some reason their drawings disappeared on the magma) bro didn’t eat his apples. It was crazy Ian left him on 1 health be he was still cooked.

[Wolsal]

Y’see, the fun bit is, I didn’t know either. Nobody told me this before I adopted a snake…
Ah, that’s life. The most unexpected surprises are the dumbest ones.

[Emalie]

The best decision I've made is to change the episode schedule of the series I'm working on from weekly to biweekly. This will help me feel better and work on other projects.

[DualDragons]

Oh wow I thought the forums had died last week T_T

[Shanny8]

Yeah for some unknown reason couldn't access the forum most of this past weekend until last night...