#even a full time salaried job

[astrologysvt]

omg you're back<3 how you've been love?

AHHH i'm here!!! lol i'm sorry i def feel like I just play peek-a-boo with u guys. i really be out here disappearing for two months and then come back acting like nothing happened

I'm doing okay tho! focused on work and #myself. my life has changed a bunch so i probs look flaky from every angle rn as i try and get my shit together 😅 hope u guys are all doing okay!!!

#I have been looking for other sources of income #because unfortunately #even a full time salaried job #isn't enough to live where i live #I was thinking of getting back into astro again tho maybe not solely svt #was thinking maybe patreon but I think that's a stretch #tho hmu if anyone would be interested in a small patreon community #where we'd all talk one-on-one in terms of understanding ur chart and getting forecasts and tarot readings #things like that #sounds more up my alley than the whole #social media blogger situation #i just can't keep up sometimes! #also thank u to a super kind follower for even bringing up the idea of doing on svt astro! #non svt #not that i dont love the boys #just hard to look at the same charts with no feedback

[growing-fire]

Really really tempted to tell my brother's girlfriend to run while she still can... woke up this morning to my father screaming that he was going to kill my mother, ran downstairs to get in between them, screamed my brother's name to tray and get him to help me, he stayed in bed doing nothing. She fucking deserves better, and honestly so do I.

#swag #i need to get a new job and leave #but i can't fucking accept that all my time has to be spent on either going to work or looking for other jobs #i am considering trying out for the greece job since they contacted me again #even tho it's a call center job #and the pay is fucking laughable #“competitve salary for Greece” #that's not what the internet says #even tho it's kinda hard looking into what rent could be without you know #actually knowing greek #saw some houses that don't seem like vacation houses and the rent is pretty fucking high if i get only 850 € net a month #the salary is for a full time job btw #i earn more monthly now doing a part time #even tho it's cause i decided that the 13th and 14th salary could be diluted monthly instead of all together #but still then i would get the same salary of a part time job #maube i should just simply give up the idea of living a decent life but at least i would be free of the violence #but that also means leaving my mom behind #idk maybe i should just kill my self

[pearl-kite]

I just got a part-time curriculum and instructional coach position

#kite rambles #so now I get to put my foot back into the educational door #AND cut the time I'm dealing with customers and that pharmacist #full-time would obviously be the ideal but foot in door foot in door #yeah I'm gonna have to figure out how to divide the time up BUT #I was told it's a job on the teacher union salary schedule #so with my previous years and master's degree I'd be getting .5fte of 61k #so 30k! for 20 hours! that means that over the course of a year I'll be making 10k more than full time at the pharmacy #so I'll actually be able to save money! and not worry about rent! and maybe even get a new car when Gwen finally kicks the bucket! #so exciting! #how do I tell the pharmacy that I have a new part-time job :thonk:

[joestarfucker420]

going from being ashton all week to being my legal name again is honestly one of the worst feelings in the world

#ashtonstfu #also i either have to quit my job and move to illinois with my parents in like less than four months or uh hope i can find a job that can #support me AND a place to live based off that salary before they move and honestly #i’d rather fucking die than have to move with my parents but i have zero job prospects so #idk i guess i’ll just hope i die in my fucking sleep #and like i can’t blame my parents like i know it’s a good paying job my dad has and like he likes the area but like #CAN YOU FUCKING GIVE ME TIME #i won’t even offically have my degree til like may even tho i’ll be done in march #i’ve applied to literal hundreds of jobs but since my skills aren’t the best cause i don’t have any real world experience no one wants to #even interview me or train me or ANYTHING and the only way to get better is my practicing but i need more structure or something and if #someone would just be willing to train me at a fucking job i could do it!! but no one wants to do that except fucking sales jobs and i cant #do that shit again it is soul crushing #anyways i’m gonna have a full on mental breakdown cause uh #i’m too fucking overwhelmed i don’t have anything and i can’t move with them it’ll be a nightmare #if they would just slow the fuck down i might have a chance but we have a fucking realator coming thursday and i have so much shit to clean #i don’t know what the fuck i’m supposed to do #even if by some miracle i get a job i have no credit and no money so fuck finding a place to live #it’s impossible #i’m gonna go throw up probably

[murcielagatito]

bro sugar mommy ava sugar baby janine

#IM GOING TO KILL MYSWLF JUST THINK ABOUT IT #SHE HAS A FULL ON NBA RICH AS BOYFRIEND SHE LITERALLY GOES TO CHURCH THATS HOW SHE GOT THE FUCKING JOB #SHE GETS THE JOB BECAUSE SHE LIKES BEING FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT BUT KNOWS SHE CAN GET WHATEVER SHE WANTS #SO SHE GETS THE JOB EXCEPT ITS BORING SO SHE FINDS STUFF TO FILL UP HER TIME #SHE BECOMES A FUCKING TIKTOK STAR AND THEN BEGINS SELLING CLOTHES ONLINE BC WHY NOT SHE LITERALLY LOVES FASHION SO MUHC #AND SUDDENLY SOMETHING VERY ENTERTAINING HAPPENS AND SHE MEETS JANINE AND ITS NEW ENTERTAINMENT #SHE ENDS UP LOVING BEING AT ABBOTT SO SHE GETS SAD SHE ALMSOT GOT FIRED #AMD THEN JANINE KEEPS INTERFERING WITH HER LIFE #AND SO SHE FUCKING REALISES THAT OH MAYBE SHE MIGHT LIKE JANINE A LIL BIT SO SHE FINDS OUT ABT JANINE STRUGGLING TO OAY RENT N SHES #IVE GOT A SCHOOL THING I NEED UR HELL WITH AFTER SCHOOL YOULL GET PAID FOR I #AND JANINE SAYS YES BECAUSE WHO FUCKING WOULDNT WHEN YOURE STRESSING ON RENT #AND AT FIRST ITS STRICTLY IN SCHOOL #AND SO IT BECOMES A REGUKAE THING #AND SLOWLY IT MOVES FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM ANYTHING SCHOOL RELATED AND IT TURNS INTO JUST HANGING OUT AND GOING ON DATES AND IT #SPIRALS INTO SOMETHING THAT SHOULDNT BE HAPPENING AND THE INTIMACY BECOMES TOO MUCH #AND JANINE STILL GETS CHECKS BECAUSE AVA IS GOOD AT MAKING THINGS UNREJECTABLE #SO SHE USES THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL ENVELOPE EVEN THOUGH THEYRE AVAS OWN CHECKS #AND JANINE KNOWS THAT THAT JUST SOMETIMES HAPPENS WITH EVERYONES SALARIES BECAUSE ITS HAPPENED PLENTY OF TIMES BEFORE BC OF THE SCHOOLS #POOR FUNDS #BUT AVA WOULD NEVER SAY WHY #AND SO JANINE JUST ACCEPTS IT #AND ONE DAY SOMETHING SNAPS IN AVA AND SHE REALIZES SHES FALLEN SO IN LOVE WITH JANINE SHE DOESNT KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE AND JANINE IS #CONFUSED BC ITS SO SUDDEN AND AVA IS SO QUICK AND SO SHE ASKS AVA WHATS WRONG #AND AVA IS LIKE AVOIDING HER SO HARD #AND SHE FEELS HORRIBLE BECAUSE SHE FEELS LIKE SHES BEEN MANIPLATING JANINE FOR SO LON #BUT JANINES NOT STUPID AND SHE KEPT COMING BACK JUST TO GET TO SOEND MORE TIME WITH AVA #IMMA STOP I CANT CONTINUE #AVANINE #AVA X JANINE #SOMEBODY PLEASE TALK TO ME ABT THIS IVE RUN OUT OF TAG SPACE FUCK

[whentherewerebicycles]

applied for the research director job!!! cross your fingers for me!!!! 

#pretty happy with the cover letter i think #i guess it's not HUGELY different from the older version but #i think it just flows better and is a bit more specific #and now i have a good mentoring-specific paragraph i can swap in/out in other letters #downsides of this job: i think i'd have to be back in-office five days a week (though i'm curious about whether it'd be relatively self-set) #and it'd be a 13k paycut unless i can somehow negotiate a bit higher #and i'd have to find full time childcare eventually #but it's still over my 'mandatory minimum salary so i won't be freaking out about childcare costs' number #and idk being at home is fine but i LOVE being on campus #i think the best version would be if there turned out to be some hybrid flexibility within the job but #even if i have to commute i still think it's worth it #i'm so excited about the job itself aaaaaaaa

[cruelsister-moved2]

my job is like heyyy we know you work 3 days a week but can you do 3 peoples worth of full time jobs in that time? xoxox 

#i literally could do one full time job but not three #its bc i have like three people above me who all use me like their PA so im always getting emails from 3 people giving me different tasks #and none of them realise the other one already gave me shit #company will pay 150k salaries for 70 year old directors that r basiaclly retired n take afternoon naps #but barely even wants to hire me n refuses to hire any other assistants for our dept (on like minimum wage) #so all of us are doing like 4 peoples jobs #not even mad at the 3 ppl in question cuz theyre all doing like 9 ppls jobs

[wizardcowpoke]

bad news wanna quit my job to go work at a local bakery again

#it's a terrible idea. i work salaried full time with benefits. i have no idea how the bakery's pay is but it's a small restaurant #theres no way the pay is even comparable #but i wanna rip my hair out im so god damned bored at this office job #m talks #im not sure if it's just the company im working at now tho. i am in the interview process at a new place maybe they wont be so tedious hfnf

[katarascape]

How goes the job hunt you ask? Backwards, I reply.

#Like. Do I desperately need a job? #Fuck no. I already do the work of six people I don't need that AND a full time job #Do I desperately need a six figure salary? Fuck yes #Like this isn't even getting into the fact that like #I don't Want a job sitting in an office for ten hours a day #Can I even find an opening in the field I'm studying? #Yes but only for people with a degree and ten years experience #Employers fucking bitching about having no staff and then having no entry level positions #For anyone who isn't a fully qualified engineer #Like Fuck Me #Hate this #Hate it so much

[harmonious]

I wish applying for jobs in my field wasn’t literally a lottery. Gonna start casting spells on the other hundred+ candidates.

#dmns fossil prep job I am looking at you #giving people exactly five business days to apply for a job #because you know you’ll get an insane deluge of applicants in that time #is crazyyyyy #please can I have a full time permanent job at a reasonable salary #that’s all I want #I’m not even being picky about the location bro #I’ll live in fucking New Jersey for all I care #(I actually care a lot and don’t want to live in NJ but I will for a check I guess)

[yoohyeon]

Saw that the Tumblr icon on my iPad changed so I went to see what’s up and WE FINALLY CAN REPLY WITH THE BLOG WE WANT !!! THANK YOU !!! Now staff make it so when you block someone it’s block on all sb too thanks I’m tired of blocking 3 times

#I’m tired of forgetting to add this is blah blah main when someone somment something on my sideblog 😭 #my phone is sadly too full for the update but at least my iPad is ! I’ll answer on it when someone comment ckdnjdnd #now I’m leaving again ! #oh I should update that my mom recognized she fucked up (will she learn a lesson though? only time we’ll tell us) #so she apologize my dad didn’t care but he went to get her at work today and they’ve been talking like nothing happen #since they had to go grocery shopping cause the fridge was empty #idk if they talked or they just decided it was better to not say anything and fight again #so I’m happy again don’t wanna d*e anymore until I look for job at least fkdndjdn #which is what I should do but I’m ignoring my problems reading ncjdndjnd #i waited at least today see if my parents were still on the verge of divorcing or not and they seem okay so I guess i’ll check 🙄 #pray that I found something nice 😭 #I’m tempted to find something that maybe I could work 4 days a week and not 5 but I’ll never find that #cause honestly I only pay for my phone and Sowon food + litter (and vet if needed) I don’t need that much #I did promise them I would pay for Puppy’s pills if I work though cause it’s like 200$ maybe less maybe more even I can’t remember a month #my mom is struggling bad since he got those pills it’s a lot for her small salary #I’m so lucky that my parents let me be even if they struggle but I feel so bad I need to get diagnose soon cause I’m difinetely anxious #and it’s ruining my life #also had to get check for ADHD and Autism words from my doctor for the ladder I’m personally not sure ? everyone tells me no #but those people knows nothing about autism they only person that says there’s ‘’high chance’ #is bestie and she study in psychology a little for her field so I trust her judgement way more ! but maybe it’s just a mix of the other 2 #that make it seem like I may who knows one day we’ll have the answers #okay I’m talking to much now I’ll go don’t know if I’ll come back soon but at least I wanted to tell you I felt better ! #we are back at the normal worries only 🤪 #alex.txt

[buckaroosboogara]

Hi! Just wanna raise some awareness here because South America is on fucking fire and I need to see more people talking about this.

Source: RSOE EDIS x

Im just going to talk about the ones i'm closest to, but if you know about these fires, feel free to add in the reblogs!

Chile

In Chile there's (up to Feb 5) 160 wild fires, of which 40 are still trying to be controlled by authorities. The president, Gabriel Boric, has declared State of Emergency in the whole country, and theres a Red Alert Code in most part of the country.

Isla de Chiloé, Southern Chile (900 km away from Santiago de Chile)

This is a (recently controlled) fire that lasted a week, but many neighborhoods were burnt to the ground.

The whole South is in red alert for constant sudden fires that spread quickly due to the lack of rain and the elevated temperatues in the zone. Just today, two fires had to be controlled in the main land next to this island, and more are being reported in the Los Lagos region. This is added to the "controlled" intentional fires that farmers make to clean their fields of old crops along the Central-South parts of the country, mostly surrunding the main route, Ruta 5, that connects the whole country, thus making it hard to see and breathe because of the smoke. (flashnews, most of them get out of control quickly.)

Valparaiso/Viña del Mar, Central Chile (100 km away from Santiago de Chile)

A fire that started on Friday 2nd and grew exponentially because of the wind and the dry, hot climate. More than 100 people are dead, with 70 unrecognized bodies and other 400 that have dissapeared. At least 30000 people that have lost everything to the fire.

There's massive evacuations from this and the neighboring city, Viña Del Mar.

This is said to be the second most deadly fire in the century, surpased by Australia in 2009.

45000+ hectares that include land and neighborhoods have been burnt down.

I could go on about this one, so more info here and here

Argentina

Parque Los Alerces (Esquel), Chubut

The fire strarted on the 25th January, and the climate has made it hard to contain. 3000 hectares of native forest have been burnt to teh ground. It is now growing in the direction of the nearest city, Esquel. Theres been evacuations between yesterday and today (4 and 5th Febuary)

Parque Nahuel Huapi (Bariloche), Río Negro

The reason why im writing this. The city woke up today covered in smoke after a wildfire developed yesterday during the night. The reason? A fireplace that was not turned off in a place where people cannot disembark and can only be reached via boats.

As of now, there's not much information about the fire but hopefully the firefighters will be able to contain it before it reaches Tronador Mountain, where an ancient glaciar is.

...which leads me to the other point i wanted to talk about.

Firefighters

They volunteer to do this job.

In Argentina and Chile, firefighting is not rewarded with a salary, and most of the times they dont even have full firehouses to stay in. These people are at their houses, ready to jump into action and run to the station the second the alarm goes off.

They are neighbors, people that risk their lives and run into danger willingly, just because they want to help the community.

I felt the need to give a shout-out to these people and say:

Don't be a fucking dick, don't start fires in the woods unless it's an approved place, and if you do, TURN IT OFF.

Pour abundant water on it, and do not stop when you don't see any more flames.

Keep pouring water until the ashes don't burn/feel like room temperature in your hand if you put it 10 cm away from it, and even then, pour some more just to be sure.

No heat and no smoke mean a safely extinguished fire.

Save lives and forests.

#dont even get me started on the denial of climate change from my president #didnt wanna get political here #argentina #chile #argieposting #argieblr #soff speaks #wildfires

[long-live-astronerd-ghost-king]

DPXDC prompt: Friendly neighborhood forensic pathologist Danny Fenton is a new master of The Court of Owls? (Dead on main, of course) +Part 2: Talon Dick

Don’t underestimate what a ghost will do for a higher education. You see, it's the custom of the Fenton family not to run away from things they are afraid of but to face their fear. So Danny Fenton, who has learned to fear scalpels, steel clamps and surgical retractors, decides to do something about it and to dedicate his life to giving souls of those who died a violent death the final rest and justice they deserve.

Well, it didn’t really come to him at once. It started out as a simple joke:

Danny didn’t think he could continue his education after school. Frankly, his grades suck. However, Tucker for fun applied for a scholarship for gifted villains from Gotham University on his behalf.

And hell, they are willing to pay money for his education. Pay in full! Living in Park Row is also incredibly cheap. And with his flying ability, he’ll also save on transportation.

Danny is not a villain. And he’s not planning on becoming one. But he couldn’t lose that chance.

Why do you deserve this scholarship? “My parents are renowned ecto scientists, and I’ve seen their dissection work at its best. Medical school is expensive, and this scholarship will help me accomplish my goal of becoming a forensic pathologist and helping maintain the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead…or use it for my own ends. Of course.”

Well, Mr Two-Face was fully confident that despite his grades in the subjects, Danny was fully committed to achieving high academic achievement. Finally, work experience of Dan came in handy somewhere.

There were only few things about the death that Danny didn’t find on his own or from his ghost friends, so he managed to graduate in record time. Young Fenton thought he was lucky enough to get a job near Crime Alley. It was odd that the job was available. Even a new specialist like him was allowed to work full-time. And the salary was very decent.

~~~~~~

Danny: Yes, Jazz, everything is just fine. I found a great job and I’m trying to relax and find a hobby, you know. Started feeding the local birds. Apparently they were abused, the poor things are so shy and aggressive.

The local birds:

~~~~~~

Let’s say that a returned Jason as undead cannot be killed for forever. The stab wounds heal quickly, the bullet holes sometimes itch unpleasantly for a few days, but in general his regeneration is at a level with some metahumans. This is convenient. But when Red Hood wakes up in the morgue after a particularly severe injury, he’s not happy. Sometimes even looking in the mirror at his dissection scar is difficult for him. And this situation is a fucking nightmare. Danny: Oh. Are you awake now? I’m sorry I didn’t have time to put you on the couch, I didn’t have clean sheets and my assistant would have killed me because of the new stains. Red Hood: What the hell? I’m sorry?! It’s fucked up! I’d love to see you wake up on the dissection table. Danny: Been there Done that. But hey, I didn’t put you there. You didn’t get here on my shift, give me a break.

Jason: …So, what's now? Danny: Well, I can offer you tea or coffee. Of course, only after I sew up the hole in your stomach and give you a change of clothes. Or I could go after the documents and pretend I didn’t notice one of my bodies got away. But then don’t dream about novocaine blockade. Pretty liver by the way, you don’t see that much in crime lords. Jason: Um, thank you? But you’re weird. Usually people are praised for the beauty of the face or eyes rather than… Danny: Wow, now I feel attacked.You wake up in your helmet. I can’t compliment what I can’t see. Jason: Gee, I’m surprised your colleague hasn’t taken it off yet. Danny: And lose important evidence? It is not customary for us to put curiosity above professionalism.

~~~~~

Jason learns quickly that although Batman is willing to go anywhere to track him, there are always exceptions to the rule. The morgue was one of them. Not surprisingly, the emotional constipation and uncomfortable theme of Jason’s death worked like a perfect bat repeller. Over time, Jason becomes really interested in a guy who genuinely laughs at his death jokes and listens to his problems at work without judgment. Danny is too cute and nice.

Danny*works*: No visitors allowed here.

Jason: Unless you are a zombie, right?

Danny:...Still not one of your hideouts. The book is where you left it, make some tea if you want it.

~~~~~

Jason, once again delivered without a sign of life to Danny after the fight, woke up during pupillary reflex test.

Jason: Oh, beauty, you are just dazzling today.

Danny: As I thought, your regeneration didn’t cure your concussion before your resurrection. I’ll give you referrals for all the tests and examinations. And we really should stop seeing each other like this. Please take care of yourself.

Jason: I don’t think you have the right to prescribe them to me. Danny: Technically I do not. But we live in Gotham. And for some time the hospital where I work at night is very sensitive to my requests.

Red Hood: And why? Danny: It’s hard to explain… Red Hood: Doctor Handsome, I’ve been through some shit, so try to surprise me. Danny: Okay, okay. Look, you are a crime lord for not too long, right? But criminals and cops are afraid of you and kids and your henchmen really likes you. Jason: ..So what? Danny: Can you please recommend how to maintain a reputation but so your people aren’t afraid of you? Jason: Why do you need this information? Your assistant finally realized you’re friends with walking corpses? Danny: It’s not about that! Although, like.. you aren’t wrong? It’s complicated. I may, well, accidentally, honestly, have seized power over a local secret aristocratic criminal society.

Jason: Baby, please tell me everything. I have a restaurant as a front for a business nearby. It’s a date. Let's go. Danny: Let me finish a few stitches first, Jay.

~~~~~

Red Hood and Red Robin fight near Batman: Hood: Replacement was on patrol without permission! Red Robin: And Jason is dating the new owner of Court of Owls! Batman:.. he's doing WHAT? Jason, how could you take such a risk? it is completely unprofessional and Red Hood: At least he loves me for what’s inside me! Red Robin: Yeah, like a beautiful liver. It’s a great relationship base. Red Hood: I’m talking about my feelings and interests. Dumb lil stalker with a big mouth! I’ll teach you not to bother my boyfriend.

~~~~~

Henchman: Boss. We shouldn’t go into that area, the rumors are that there are Talons here. Red Hood: All under control, they won’t touch us. Henchman: How can you be sure? The poem says 'Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time, ruling Gotham from a shadow..' Red Hood: Yeah yeah "speak not a whispered word of them or they'll send The Talon for your head". I’m sleeping with their boss, of course I’m sure. Henchman: Boss, don’t kid like that. Red Hood: I don’t pay you for gossip. Let's go.

Dick, to whom the memories began to return, haunts Jason because he did not cut for Lil Wing apple slices like he likes for lunch: Talon came to finish the job. Henchmen: scream

~~~~~

Jason *shows Danny 'Red Flags' on youtube*: Hey, baby, want to be a little shit on our date? I know where Brucie Wayne’s having dinner tonight, so you can meet the family.

#dcxdp #dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #dp x dc #dc x dp #dead on main #dead on main ship #dpxdc prompts #dpxdc memes

[sabertoothwalrus]

so I’ve been gaining a lot of insight into the animation industry recently, especially in regards to pitching & the creation of new shows. There’s a few ways to go about it.

First, there’s pitching to a studio. When you pitch, it has to be SHORT and CONCISE. You may write a lovingly detailed pitch bible that perfectly breaks down episodes and characterizations, and it might barely even get read. First impressions, first impressions, first impressions!

Most peoples’ first projects don’t get picked up. I’ve heard a few stories from directors that said they tried pitching a story they’d had for years, which got rejected, to then spend a week or even several hours in their car coming up with a new idea, only for that to get greenlit.

But that’s not the end of it. Just because a show gets greenlit, doesn’t mean it will ever get finished. There’s lots of things that can happen. Sometimes, unexpected major world events (like… a global pandemic) can cause projects to get chopped. Sometimes, a CEO change or studio merge means a single person can decide a project “no longer fits with the company’s brand.” Sometimes, the one producer that was rooting for your project gets laid off, and no one else cares enough, so it gets shelved. Sometimes, a streaming service decides to create an animation department, and then they decide they don’t want it anymore. Sometimes, the studio will be simultaneously be developing another project that was too similar to yours and they just didn’t think to tell you until they decide yours is the one with less potential.

On top of that, almost everyone in the industry is saying that “studios just don’t pick up original content anymore.” Studios want something they can franchise, something that will bring in money. New content is risky. Established fanbases are safer.

However! Studios can still be a very good thing. They can be unionized. They can provide better benefits and resources. They can have connections and infrastructure and a larger volume of workers. At a studio, you can divide the labor and produce more in less time. Longer episodes, longer seasons, more consistency in quality.

But this comes with all of the disadvantages of having more in the kitchen.

The alternative is indie animation.

With indie animation, you have total freedom. Full artistic control. It doesn’t even matter if your idea sucks ass, because there’s no one to tell you you can’t make it. You could make it anyway, and you can make it whatever you wanted.

The thing is, making animation is hard. In my production class last semester, the average maximum animation one person could make in that timeframe was 30-60 seconds, and that’s not even counting background design, sound design, or cleanup/color. To make a 5 minute animated short, you should probably have at least 5 people.

And it is CRUCIAL you have a production manager. Ideally someone who’s not already doing art for the project. Most projects without a production manager will fall apart pretty quickly. Once the adrenaline and impulse-fueled motivation wears off, you need someone to hold you accountable and enforce deadlines and proper time management.

Speaking of time, that’s also hard to get. The more people you have, the more likely schedules won’t line up. Most people will have school, or other jobs.

And it costs MONEY!!!!!! You either have everyone work for free and volunteer their time & energy, or you establish a business as a proper indie studio, with people who may or may not have experience on how to handle paying someone else’s salary. And the money has to come from somewhere, so you have to rely on crowdfunding like patreon or kickstarter. (This, by the way, is why I could never fault an indie animation for releasing merch with their pilot.)

And like, maybe you wanna do a series, and all your friends agree to volunteer their labor and time to make the first episode, but it was unanimously not sustainable. Deciding not to produce a second episode until you can raise enough money is not being suddenly greedy, it’s attempting to compensate people rather than expecting them to be continuously taken advantage of.

You have to consider your output as well. There are some outliers like Worthikids, who afaik does all his animation himself, and afaik can work on it full-time thanks to his patreon subscribers. And he still has only produced a total of 30 minutes of animation (for Big Top Burger specifically) in the past 4 years. This is an IMPRESSIVE feat and this is with using a lot of 3D as part of his pipeline!!

Indie animation also has the complication of being more accessible for fandoms. When you’re posting your Official Canon Content on youtube, it doesn’t look a lot different than the fandom-created video essay in the sidebar next to it. What’s canon vs what’s fanon becomes less distinguishable. The boundaries are blurrier. When the creator is just some guy you follow on twitter, it’s easier to prod them for info regarding ships and theories and word-of-god confirmation. They don’t have a PR team or entire international tv networks to appeal to. And this is when creators get frustrated that their fans snowball and turn their creation into something they don’t recognize (and no longer enjoy) anymore.

So it’s tricky.

Thankfully, the threshold to learn animation is fairly low nowadays!! There are TONS of resources online to learn it on your own without forking over a couple hundred thousand to a private art college. There are conventions and discord servers and events where you can network, if you know where to look.

I know it can seem discouraging in the face of capitalism, but I think that’s all the more reason why it’s so important to BE DETERMINED about animation!! We’re already starting to see the beginning of an indie animation boom, and I think it’s a testament to humanity’s desire to tell stories and create art. Even if there’s no financial gain, we do whatever it takes to tell our stories anyway.

#animation #2d animation #indie animation #long post #not 100% sure why I made this post #all this to say: I’m still not sure what direction I want to go towards for my own show #ngl!! i think im confident i could get people to like my show. i think I could find an audience #i have some experience at this point getting people to like my ocs #its just a matter of MAKING the damn thing

[ganseybois]

It’s taking every ounce of my self control to not reread a little life

#if I do I know what little mental health I have standing right now will collapse #I need a job.. and the thing is there isn’t even a point getting a minimum wage job #because I’ll get more off EI #I need a full time job with a good salary and job hunting sucks #and I’m just depressed

[whentherewerebicycles]

okay I slept nine hours again last night but it’s fine I’m telling myself that I’m just aggressively resting up now in case the coming semester is super stressful. 11 business days and counting with no reply from the foundation (not even an out of office reply??) which is driving me insane because I have such a limited window of time to do all this fall semester planning if we do indeed move forward with recruiting a new cohort. I am loath to waste these last couple weeks of break revamping the whole syllabus and prepping training materials for a new hire if we’re just going to get a no from the foundation, but I also don’t want september to be a living hell for me if I don’t do the work now while I have the time. agh! I think I’m going to try to use syllabus replanning as a chance to concretely apply what I’m learning from this learning & development research book. that way I can tell myself I’m prepping for my new job by practicing with a real world example, and I can get at least a chunk of the initial work done for the program. okay okay. I can do this.

here’s what I’ve done so far this morning:

I rewrote my learning objectives based on the book’s advice to set aside separately defined abstract goals and focus instead on the practical real world skills that I’ve noticed students need to successfully complete their projects. then I subdivided those complex bundled skills into different sub-skills I’ll need to explicitly teach them + made notes on what type of instruction would be most effective for each one. I have started loosely using that list to plan specific seminars but I am leaving that a bit more open for now… that’s going to be more sustained work.

since we are probably going to have to start a couple weeks behind schedule, I think I’m going to require them to attend a paid one-day weekend retreat where we can do some intensive cohort bonding and lay a foundation for the semester in a more deliberate way. I mapped out a rough schedule for that event.

I downloaded some templates for Asana and Notion to experiment with. I’m going to need to use more structured project management tools this year since I’ll be supervising a grad student employee, so I need to teach myself how to use them + also create replicable templates tailored to our program.

to save time for faculty and to get better recs I think we’re going to use a recommendation form instead requiring a rec letter. I sketched out a very rough version of that form though again will put off actually creating it until we have more info.

I mapped out a calendar of deadlines for august and sent it to my boss, then nudged her to nudge the dean about reaching out to the foundation again today.

I am going to pause program work for a bit and get back to reading my L&D book. I have 70 pages left so I might try to finish it in the next hour or so, depending on how dense the last sections are. then I will take a break and do podcast editing for a bit, as I find it soothing. I think a good strategy for this week is to spend 2-3 focused hours each morning on course prep then firmly set that work aside. that way I can feel like I’m making solid progress but I’m not wholly giving over my last precious weeks of vacation time to work that might not even turn out to be necessary.

#i also need to negotiate salary with my boss #I think I am going to ask for a slight raise over my hourly rate at 25 hrs/wk #she might negotiate me down but I think I need to be pretty firm about not dipping under that #because if I’m basically giving up evenings and part of my weekends for this work #on top of a full time job #and I’m also taking on supervisory and training responsibility for a grad student employee #i need to make sure it’s worth it #and I need to remember that I have all the leverage here #because it would be a nightmare for them to hire and train someone this late in the game #i CAN walk away