#my schedule is very packed :(

[intotheelliwoods]

Yeah aha 👍This week along with last week were midterms too, which was fine up until my car decided to break down on me Sunday! Still recovering from all... that atm, so sorry for the lack of art from me! I promise I am still here and alive and well :)

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But you see, poptart is sprouts braincell... and sprout is poptarts braincell.... do you see the cycle? the dependence??? DID YOU TAKE POPTART? WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HIM.

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@domsakromsa08 WAA thANK YOU!!!!! I AM STILL IN SHOCK OVER ALL TEH FANART I GOT LAST UPDATE HAHA thank you for the addition! <3 <3

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Today I learned about the musical Into The Woods....

Haha theres so many interpretations for my username....

My username 'elliwoods' is just a play on the name Elwood, yknow like the blues brother! 'intotheelliwoods' I will admit.... I forget most of its origin but I think I was slightly inspired from the streamer inthelittlewood even though I dont even watch him pfft-

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@justletmereadmycomics @cavern-of-shenanigans aaaaah I am so so happy people liked that last update :) I have been planning it for ages! And sorry, no, I will not be paying for anyones therapy.....

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I am too biased for this question.....

#asks #oh man theres so many asks in my inbox- #so sorry I cant get to everyone! #not closing them though #you can send whatever just no promises I will answer it haha #but yeah uh weekdays: haha time is taken by college #weekends: both saturday and sunday are 9 hour shifts! #where is my free time! #nowhere! #please point to me the free time #I could very much use some for comp propaganda right about now! #though I think next 2al update is next priority #haha I feel so bad about the cliffhanger #ah well #maybe.. maybe I can try drawing it friday??? #looks at schedule* tbh.. give me like another week for it actually #my schedule is very packed :(

[kirnet]

did an acrylic painting for the first time in forever, so now i can test my wip texture pack on it :3

#i pinched a nerve in my wrist and covid is rocking my shit so im working veryyyy slowlyyyy #but this was fun :D i am very excited to compile this texture pack! its a lot of my grandmothers and brothers painting scraps #and all the actium stuff is already scheduled for friday at 9am across all platforms so i cant forget again lol #also these were like 30 year old acrylics i used? cheap student shit too. the pigments and texture were actually fantastic for most of them #amazing. most of them didnt even smell weird #minadraws

[tag-if]

Progress Update;

JAN 2024 - FEB 2024;

Hello all!

University has finally gotten back into full swing, i reckon the routine is helping me out a lot, but it means this hasn't been the most productive in terms of writing (more planning based). I'm pretty busy this month, i've realised, so i will be aiming to get chapter 1 out around the beginning to middle of March.

I did a bit of reworking, to fix the pacing (and keep myself sane) so i apologise if it isn't what you expected when it does come out.

now, without further ado, the checklist :)

DONE;

reworked the plans to fix the pacing a little bit (subject to further change)

added some more customisation that wasn't previously there

polished off the previously finished scenes, so they aren't just word vomit anymore

TO DO;

still have to do the meet the ROs scene

toying with the idea of replacing the first skill check with an option to snoop for information instead (be it through interaction or exploring); this would move the skill check to the beginning of chapter 2

#tag-if #the advisor's game #twine wip #have we progressed? #it's also my birthday this month #very exciting #i'm aging :D #bit of a scary thought #but we move #partner's birthday - my birthday - valentines - concert - international fieldtrip - feb ends #absolutely packed schedule #i am a busy bee #i'll be happy #but exhausted lol

[widdlediddle2]

old idea i had for my new nine au :P

#now that i look at it i kinda dont like it lmao #very quick sketch and shading #cuz im so busy istg #also took an animation class #so now my schedule is more packed omg #atsuko kagari #akko kagari #lwa #new nine au #/future au #im just gonna officially change the future au name to new nine au #to avoid confusion #chariot dunord #croix meridies #ursula callistis #still will keep this idea cuz we need more angst in our aus #also drew diana and Amanda’s team in other panels but didn’t finish them in time #this drawing was made like a week ago I just didn’t have time to finish #UNTIL TODAY

[skitskatdacat63]

Lmfao my mom was getting on me abt not having enough to do this upcoming semester so I decided ah okay I'll add another class. And that's perfectly fine. But the one I picked results in the majority of my schedule being generally unaffected and still lax, but my Thursday being absolutely fucked.

For reference, on every other day I'd spend like less than four hours in class/commuting(anywhere from zero hours to almost four), but Thursday, its almost 9 hours combined 😭 which is like fine with me, but I think ill despise thursdays after this, AND MY BIRTHDAY IS ON A THURSDAY :(

#she doesnt like the fact that im practically free on Fridays #<- online class that doesnt meet on that day #so ah i hope this balances out sjkfkflg #the way scheduling in my school works has such a weird affect #my mon/wens/fri are gonna be so chill and then tues/thurs is just....something #it makes it worse bcs one of my classes only takes place for a section of the semester #and that class is mon/wens so im only gonna be online after that #though i still think ill have to meet w that professor bcs there is in fact reasoning for that class to be so short lasting #but tues and thurs is just stuff that ill never get any reprieve from lol #four classes in one day. we'll see how it goes 🥰🥰 #also thurs will be interesting bcs i will have two classes just abt middle eastern politics #i came across a class on the arab-israeli conflict and wanted to take it bcs its obv very relevant rn #and then the one i just scheduled is also abt middle eastern politics so i really am going to be thru the ringer #not that its a bad thing at all!! i just mean its interesting how relevant this semester will be and how im just getting intensely informed #anyways i think the way i schedule would be a nightmare to anyone else #i try to schedule every class after 12(or 11 at least) so then all of them are crammed right after one another #and i wake up an hour before class and leave myself that meager time to get ready and commute lmfao #my friend asked me when i eat lunch. and im like uh ;;; never? 🥰 #lol dw i do eat but like i treat my time on campus like how can i pack this as densely as possible #i dont like sitting around by my lonesome it makes me depressed dhfkkg #also i think i will actually kms with all the writing im goong to have to do this semester #that is my reasoning to my mom abt why she shouldn't be pissed at my supposed lack of activity #like im taking so much thats emphasized with writing. dont worry i will be in fact budy #*busy #catie.rambling.txt

[alienssstufff]

*taps you on the shoulder* Pst a YCAO spin off fic just dropped

answering to say www my yiss I saw -I read it the night it was published ^^

read it all in one sitting oi did - then proceeded to walk outside my house and have an existential lie on the grass at 4am …. Whwhwh it was really good ><

[ LINK ]

#ask stufff #ycao au #*snoffles* I miss ycao very much u_u #I feels bad I’ve been meaning to draw stuff for it #like ghost martyn n cleo #my schedule has been packed since finals and continues to be u_u #I don’t have to but I want to because I like it :] and I WILL when I get outta hereee

[ballsballsbowls]

It occurred to me that I THINK the 17th is the one-year anniversary of leaving the worst job I have ever worked for what is easily the best job I have ever worked.

I hope the past year has brought you immeasurable physical and psychological pain, guys. It’s what you deserve <3

#I was telling Alex in hindsight i should NEVER have taken the job #just worked another 5-6 weeks in the hell I already knew #but they offered me a very good paycheck for a few weeks and an easier work schedule and figured it;d free me up to pack and shit #and it was so bad oh my god SO BAD #stop b think of the children

[olessan]

I love the fact that I can work as hard as I can manage with a broken tooth and a dying tooth (one on each side, I've been chewing on the cavity for a year) and I still cannot save even $10 towards getting dental treatment (2 impacted wisdom teeth, + tooth broken off under the gum, + bad cavity) because I barely make enough to cover my food and board and the insane energy bill

#I'm just ranting don't mind me it's fine I am continuing to exist as usual I may delete this later bc it's a bit of a bummer to read #I prefer to keep my blogging to fun or otherwise nonserious content because it's supposed to be for decompression no real world drama here #I got into a 3 hour body language study and earned $50 so I spent that as fun money on a couple games during the Steam sale just to #take a break from the constant cycle of getting paid and then immediately saying goodbye to all but about 15 cents #(well it was 1 game Slime Rancher 2 and then 2 expansion packs one for Planet Zoo and another for Cities Skylines long play hours mileage) #I've tried to budget to buy small things like a fan or a toothbrush maybe (mine is 8yrs old and doesn't charge sometimes) but NOPE #let alone stashing away over $2000 for the amount of treatment I need given tooth extractions are $200-$500 each #I use about $50 of groceries a week ($30 USD) sometimes up to $80 if I need to buy some extra toiletries or bonuses like ham/falafel/bread #our last quarterly power bill was $1900 FOR NO REASON even for a winter one #olessan oration #the work I have is HIT/mturk type work which pays amazingly well and I am so grateful because I can't work in a traditional environment due #my inability to sleep/wake on anyone else's schedule and need for engaging work but it also means each worker is basically a contract worke #picking their own hours which is VERY HARD to stick to for me since I may also have ADHD-i but that diagnosis also costs like $2000 in Aus #so I'm doing my best fucking lmao #I have a set minimum hours I want to keep up to and move to full time but I am so exhausted by the constant background noise of #the tooth problems that I burn out very quickly #like the tooth ache isn't that bad #the tooth is actively dying but the pain isn't unbearable it just shits me off at all times #it's bearable most of the time and doesn't affect my sleep unless the temp is cold or something #it's been bad this week tho so I've gone through almost all my ibuprofen managing it #the tooth that broke off broke off earlier in the year and the gum has mostly healed over and the dead root is concealed inside my gums now #that stopped being painful in mid 2021 but when it died it was pretty bad it did stop me sleeping for a couple weeks #Christmas 2021 involved me contemplating ripping the tooth out myself lmao #the nerve eventually died seemingly without an abscess #unless I DID have an abscess but that seems extremely unlikely because abscesses are SEVERE AND HORRIBLE AND LIFE THREATENING #sometimes I can feel the tooth ligament wiggling on its own or I like flex it by accident it's so weird bc the tooth is gone so #the ligament is still holding onto the root but with way less weight #anyway I am eating my mac n cheese n veg with the side that has the missing tooth because the cavity tooth has a big bruise along the gumli #gumline which may be from overzealous brushing (I fill the tooth will temporarily filling putty and it needs to be cleaned well when the #putty falls out)

[penrose-quinn]

Oh my god I'm almost done. Just one more scene and I'm free \(T⌓T)/

#pen rambles #istg this is the toughest i have to write so far bc my shedule is crazy-busy #and i'm keeping the length short enough to my liking while packing a lot #you have any idea how hard it is giving multiple characters side arcs while not trying to stray away from shin's pov and the main themes #goddamn shin why'd have to be such an extrovert who's so impactful to a lot of complex characters' lives?? T—T #anyways this chapter has the emotional chaos of chp 6 but not very sweet (at all) #lets hope i don't add another scene so i'm actually done lol #*schedule #i cry to all the haru scenes i had to cut out. i'm no better than wakui 😔

[variousqueerthings]

I’m on the columbo episode that takes place at the military academy, and it’s very satisfying to see them unleash a funky little adhd man onto a rigorous macho (abusive) type of institution

not predicting he’s about to change the whole world, but sometimes all you need is to experience some mild chaos

#im watching columbo #once upon a time i did a week's internship in the (danish) army #and i too was a funky little adhd man unleashed #it wasnt on purpose but i simply messed up all their scheduling #i forgot my glasses everywhere and kept asking for permission to get them #what were they gonna do -- put me in danger because I genuinely could not see without them? #it took me three times as long to polish my boots + rifle -- not because i was bad at it per se #i simply didnt know what was meant by cleaning so i focused on minute details #and then i also sliced my hand open on a can at 3am in the middle of nowhere #and i lost half of my pack during a *faux attack* on the same night and we had to go back next day and try to find it again #and i wandered off on a run #anyway i learned that i didnt like the army (for several reasons) #i also learned that im very competitive but there are better environments for that

[lume-nosity]

LULULU WHAT IS UR BEST SUBJECT IN SCH

okay i know i have to list one but i have multiple so my best subject(s) in school would be:

forensics

civics

literature / creative writing

english

computer science (?)

piano (i took only one year and dropped out afterwards because the teacher saw me as a music prodigy and i can’t handle that amount of attention/pressure)

i’m such a nerd it hurts

#📬 lume answers #💛 lumes mutuals #🤍; astrid! #civics was amazing because of the teacher i very much enjoyed that class #because i get to freely complain about the government #i was planning on taking law class but my schedules is packed #i was a master at piano bro (kinda) #but the pressure??? nah man #i had fun in that class yes #but it’s the teacher.. comparing me to this boy sitting next to me and getting all giddy abt it like no #and was like [my name] is doing so much better than you [guy’s name]!!’ like please shut up #computer science was my jam because of code.org #english / writing is self explanatory #forensics is very fun!!

[undertaletwo]

#tunes #source: MOTHER 3: Letter From You、My Sweet #...ah #ive been waiting to finally put this one in the queue #its my favorite i think... #theres just something so uniquely and quietly sad about it #the living space of the mares is absolutely far from ideal #but you really get the sense that theyre just a pack of guys doing their best to survive #its very... melancholy. i suppose #not exactly hopeless... but not exactly holding onto hope either #just... a quiet acceptance of the way things are #... can you tell i really like the mares? #ah... im scheduling this in march #so it will be quite a while before this goes up #i wonder if ill still be upkeeping this blog by then #i hope so

[werebutch]

HIIII how r u =3 I miss yew.... Wats up !!!!

AW HI BEX :3 I love this gif. I am not doing much I’m sick so I think I’m staying home today instead of packing up the old house… -.- probably just gonna draw. I got a new lps dog plushie here it is next to my panda…… I love the floppy ear

IDEK. My car got towed yesterday I’m so mad it was $200…. Well at least I’ll forever remember to put that tag in my window. -__- bastards. And I think I’m finally switching to my old therapist thank god bc therapy w my current really is just a chore at this point… she does nothing for me. so yes. That’s my life rn. LOL how are uuu

#asks #canidor #pretty much what I’ve been doing is either packing or making SOMETHING abt my ocs. art. writing. scripts. a carrd. etc #so that is very fun.. #also I’m trying to sometime call planned parenthood again so I can schedule a THIRD APPOINTMENT that hopefully will actually happen #and not be cancelled on me. #I’m just kind of putting it off. idk why. i want hrt so bad. ugh

[milkmynk]

I haven't opened the Ssum app for 2 days.

I feel like I'm abandoning Teo but not through his own fault, it's the lackadaisical writing and very janky mechanics.

Like, I actually like Teo a lot, he's super cute, but I can't sit through another just-barely-touched-upon "new part-time job" (super shallow and filler content) and the frustration of having yet another "there's still an hour till the next chat gdi why did you close this one???" moment.

(I don't mind paying for content to a certain extent, am blessed enough to have the disposable income, but I draw the line at feeling like I'm being arbitrarily failed even when I follow the schedule.)

Yeah... Yeah. I think I'm done. Sorry Teo, you're the sweetest, but this was a poor showing on your creator's part. Perhaps it was just too ambitious an undertaking? :/

#the ssum #honestly my biggest peeve is really the schedule #it makes zero sense and i feel like i failed everytime the chat closed prematurely #i might have endured the pointless filler content otherwise #i mean i did actually expect general filler #it wouldnt be as jam packed with momentous events as mystic messenger #i do think however that the writing is very lazy #if teo is an aspiring film director then give him a film to work on instead of endless parttimes!!! #let us watch him sparkle as he struggles on a film!!! #yeah sure hes a poor student and probably needs to parttime #but that shouldnt be the focal point of the writing!!! #give us character growth!!! #not endless new jobs that he works at for like 2 days and then hops to the next one #its just. so shallow #sorry Teo #i wish justice had been done to your writing and characterization #you have so much potential

[dontmeanyoudontmissit]

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#complaint hour but like. #my sister jam packs her schedule and then just makes plans without consulting me #which whatever on some of the stuff but with other stuff it's like... sorry I invited all of our friends down here and now you want to #invite them way up there later that same day? Like??? Fuck me I guess because I'm not making people do the sister tour of new england #I'm so annoyed because I love her fiance I think he's great but the thing that has absolutely sucked than they started dating #is that her plans and their plans always come first no matter fucking what and it's like I'm not even on the list. #whoops I'm still mad about her being 'unable' to take 3hrs off for my graduation when she was able to take a whole slew of days off to #spend time with his family and do things with their friends #and they'd been dating for like 4 months #and it was just like... this has been on the calendar for TWO YEARS #do I care that you aren't here? Not a lot. Do I care that the excuse was complete bullshit and not something that was upfront? Yes. #I should probably do something about the fact that I've been low key mad about that for 4 years now #but I will Not. #Like I fully get her and the fiance coming before me in her priority list that is how it should be but it's the fact that I feel like a #complete fucking after thought that is very very upsetting #anyways between thinking about this and my period finally showing up I'm about to cry soooo bye lol

[zippityzap]

It’s 6am, I have not slept a single bit, and I just ordered online some extremely spicy noodles because why not :)

#‘​‘oh I think my sleep schedule has fixed itself’’ #<- a thought that entered my mind earlier today (yesterday?) that turned out to be very incorrect #anyway I was in a supermarket earlier and they had those buldak x2 spicy noodles #I like the regular version and I wanted to try these ones but the supermarket only did multipacks #and I don’t want to buy five packets of something I might potentially not like #so instead I managed to find a smaller pack online #anyway time for another attempt at getting some sleep