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Commission prices starting Jan-2024:

-Comms come with standard 3 sketches and 3 edit moments. -General due date of 30 days after full payment. -If you have questions feel free to DM me for more info.

Commissions are currently on a wait list basis! Hit me up if you'd like to be on either the:

ASAP list: I'll get to you as soon as I finish up the current batch

-Specific month list: If you have a month in mind I'll write you in for then and I'll get to you by that time.

I look forward to working with you

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I'm trying to write a post about tick safety and avoiding tick bites, but a lot of the info on websites is like "Avoid going in the woods, in plants, and where there are wild animals" and "Activities like hiking and gardening can put you at risk" and I'm like thanks! This is worthless!

As ticks and tick borne illnesses are expanding their range, I think it's important for people to be educated about these things, and I think it's especially important to give people actual advice on how to protect themselves instead of telling them to just...avoid the natural world

Rough draft version of Tick Advice:

Ticks don't jump down on you from trees, they get on you when you brush against grass, brush, bushes etc.

Ticks get brought to an area when they get done feeding from an animal and fall off them. In the USA, the main tick-bringing animal is deer, but I've seen plenty ticks on feral cats and songbirds.

Ticks get killed when they dry out so drier areas with more sunlight are less favorable to ticks.

The above is useful for figuring out whether an area is likely to have lots of ticks, and how vigilant you have to be in that area.

Wear light-colored, long pants outside. Tuck your pants into your socks, and tuck your shirt into the waist of your pants. Invest in light, breathable fabrics idc

IMMEDIATELY change out of your outside clothes when you come back from a tick-prone area, wash them, and dry them on high heat to kill any ticks that might be stuck on.

Shower and check yourself for ticks after coming inside. Hair, armpits, and nether regions in particular. You can use a handheld mirror or rely on touch; an attached tick will feel like a bump kinda like a scab

While you're outside, you can just periodically check for ticks by running your hands down your legs and checking visually to see if anything is crawling on your clothes. Light colors make them easy to spot, and they don't move fast.

Combing through each others' hair to check for creepy crawly critters is a time-honored primate ritual and is not weird. When hiking, bring a friend who will have your back when you feel something on your neck and need to know if it's sweat or a tick

If you're careful, you can usually catch ticks before they bite you, but if one does bite you, it's not the end of the world. Since tickborne diseases are different regionally i suspect this advice will differ based on where you are, but the important thing is remove the tick with tweezers (DON'T use butter, a lit match, or anything that kills the tick while it's still attached, please) and contact a doctor to see what to watch for. Most illnesses you can catch from ticks are easily treatable if you recognize them when symptoms first appear

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Growing.

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how to look at art / lynda barry

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Relevant as ever

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My friend had some comments about delicious in dungeon

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chilchuck going "sorry leave me outta this one. i cant fight" but then hitting literally every precise shot with an arrow or projectile he ever made in the story INCLUDING PIERCING A RED DRAGONS EYE BY THROWING A KNIFE WHILE LEAPING AWAY my bro is a rogue with dex 20 and wants no one to know biggest liar in history

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My fail loser Durge who’s bad at everything

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Sorry I just spent time with a man who lost his wife after 63+ years and I'm emotional about my own marriage now

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This includes going through surgery recoveries with them. It includes colostomy bags, feeding tubes, catheters, wheelchairs, hearing and memory loss, hospice care.

Are you willing to stay with them and care for them as long as you are able, sometimes bringing people like me in when you can't on your own, and watching them die?

Sitting beside them as they slip away mentally, physically, and watching them fade. Are you willing to love someone through BOTH of your hardest days until the end?

Sometimes it will come down to someone else doing all the physical care, but they'll still need you there just holding their hand and telling them you love them at the end.

Wether it's ten years together or 60... Are you willing to put in the dirty work for the person you want in your life until either of you no longer can be?

Let me tell you something, as a caregiver, I have gotten the best relationship advice just by watching elderly couples in care homes. Listening to them talk about their spouse they lost, or live with still.

Love is a choice. Love takes effort and is hard and ugly at times.

When you choose your partner, think about growing old with them. Gray and wrinkled and aching joints.

Is your partner someone that you would help shower, help wipe them clean after a bathroom accident, someone you could help dress and brush in the morning?

"in sickness, til death"

Is that something you will genuinely do for them as long as you're able?

Are they someone who would do the same for you?

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Let me tell you something, as a caregiver, I have gotten the best relationship advice just by watching elderly couples in care homes. Listening to them talk about their spouse they lost, or live with still.

Love is a choice. Love takes effort and is hard and ugly at times.

When you choose your partner, think about growing old with them. Gray and wrinkled and aching joints.

Is your partner someone that you would help shower, help wipe them clean after a bathroom accident, someone you could help dress and brush in the morning?

"in sickness, til death"

Is that something you will genuinely do for them as long as you're able?

Are they someone who would do the same for you?

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Pets love to show up like Hello i am Mystery Wet :)