The watercooler: a place to chat

[PeteLensing]

I´m still sick (flu) and I´ll have to play like 5 shows in 9 days starting tomorrow.
The problem is that I´ll be on the road and not sleeping at home.

[tiff524]

Thought I'd just do a shout-out to the Tapas community. It was great to be part of a new writing community over the last year. The support and just in general chat and being there presence of other writers really helps to get projects done. I finished the serial novel I have been working on for 8 years. So, I feel that got accomplished, and I polished it on this platform. I'm sad to see us all disappear into the sunset in 6 months. But at least we have some time together before we all go our separate ways.

Thanks for all the fish.

[abigaillmartin]

Finished 10 pages of Elsie, I think I’ll color them next week

[allenT]

Currently screenshoting all 690 of my subbed comic series in Tapas. Geez I missed so much series that stopped being continued.

[Shanny8]

Just rest up when you can...drink lots of fluids.

Not exactly top notch myself- been trying to rid myself of this nagging cough; feel like ever since companies been mandating people come back into the office it's added to the Covid rising numbers- and people have been spreading stuff. I keep forgetting to bring my mini humidifier home coz my larger one puts out hot mist and makes the room atmosphere feel a little TOO moist.

Gotta go grab some groceries today so I think I'll snag me a Gatorade or 2

[PeteLensing]

I´m not sick anymore, I think it was the flu or something.
I played 2 shows last weekend with the Elvis band and
will play 3 shows with 3 different bands this week.
Tomorrow I´ll be singing and playing guitar and blues harp,
saturday upright bass with one band, sunday we´ll play in
that city again where Elvis was stationed when he was in
the army in Germany.

[abigaillmartin]

You’re not gonna believe it Pete. I got sick from my sibling 🫪

[feuersichel]

Everyone seems to be sick right now, I just overcome mine aswell
That nasty stuff made turmoil to my moving plans. Now it got more stressfull, than I had planed. But it's just a few furniture pieces left... And my fishies. But they will get moved next week

[abigaillmartin]

I had a dream in an alternate universe I fell in love with Nikola Tesla instead of Harry Houdini. Imagine that. Lol
It was really weird. Lol

[Shanny8]

So did no yard work this weekend coz tropical storm hit the area- but I'm sure I'm gonna have to get out next week & clear the branches plus hedge trim down some of the brush; this will also allow me to use the yard blower to clear a lot of the errant leaves(plus grass if I mow the front lawn this coming weekend)...kinda sorta can't wait to get the extended chainsaw/branch trimmer so that I trim some of the lower hanging branches next winter(not doing it in the spring summer coz of bugs/birds/other critters)

Havent worked on the art in the past couple of days; body has been feeling really off & sore- especially since I got my flu and Covid vaccine shots Thursday...I did my gym session Thursday night- since i was off Friday, I got my tags for my vehicle and haven been trying to rest up so that I can work on the art but it seems like my brain is a mess as much as my body(I cant focus coz my body feels like blah).

Think I might go ahead and look at getting this air purifier I've had on my Amazon shopping list- I think the coughing issue might be related to the air on the lower level...I've been okay through the latter half of the spring and the summer but then by the fall/winter this issue has returned; the purifier won't be the sole solution but it will help(also have an allergist appointment in a few weeks)...also need to try to find the air filter on the furnace/HVAC so that I can change it out as well

[PeteLensing]

I had to cancel a couple of shows, don´t have any open commissions right now and
canceled all commission requests for some reasons. This means that I have time right
now. I work on my personal comic project and it´s looking really good and I´m also working
on my recording studio.

[abigaillmartin]

There’s this new documentary series about Houdini on Fox coming out on the 14th of October and I’m utterly disgusted it’s going to be fully generated by AI
I’ve been dreading for days over this. Like an existential crisis.

Why are they doing this to my man? Why?? Why?? (Collapses onto fainting couch)

[abigaillmartin]

On a lighter note, Elsie is looking pretty good so far. Colored a page in church today.

[Shanny8]

I swear AI is NOT improving the quality of entertainment that we are watching- it is doing the opposite.

[VibrantFox]

feel like ive been doing a lot of yapping on here but not here here so guess i'm doing that now but for the most part everything lately is just "ok" i guess which isn't terrible but idk things have just felt off or maybe its just creeping burnout (again) tho i really don't feel like dealing with that. if anything i miss feeling excited about something or just having some kind of hyperfixation to motivate me but even with things i'm enjoying nothings really set of that 'spark' yet and it's getting kind of annoying

at the least i can pat myself on the back for being productive last month getting two adopt designs out and some more solid 'branding' stuff but also desperately trying to regain some of that steam especially with all the autumn art and writing challenges that come out this time of year. granted not doing the thing where i try to draw everyday and burn myself out like two to three days in but it'd also be nice to actually manage to just draw something but so far all ive got is one new adopt design whose wip i'd been sitting on and a handful of miscellaneous sketches.

biggest contributing factor to the aimlessness i think is just the fact that works gotten like really slow for me specifically even though we're getting very close to holiday so praying that it means nothing and hours pick up but without having a solid schedule in the backdrop i'm feeling a little lost and trying to fill that gap. plus it's just ass for finances so also having to find ways to balance that out which i have things in place that i'm trying to set up but then it just loops back to needing external motivators or something to help kick my behind back in gear. the desire to feel "normal" is insane bad.

[abigaillmartin]

Cries on my Houdini dakimakura
(If I had one.. )

[Shanny8]

@VibrantFox kinda feel this...I want to do 2 more art pieces(after this current one) before the year is done but I'm trying to wrestle through being unmotivated, being frustrated because of the "aftermath" of the vehicle fiasco(I really DID NOT want to be doing car payments AGAIN), and trying to push through RL job stuffs.

Kinda been taking a peek at [clothes] stuffs I'm entertaining snagging myself for the holidays- mainly sports teams stuff(ESPECIALLY this Falcons/OutKast hoodie(s) I've been trying to get for the last 3 yrs...the white is available in my size, but the black one isn't)...which means I need to work my butt off to make sure I get the hours to get some of the stuff I want; also gotta make sure to work so that I can get started on this garage insulation project.

Gonna snag this Atlanta Dream(WNBA) t-shirt this week since they are playing in the championship game