Crawling out of a hole I dug

I want to wake up smiling.

[nondelphic]

sorry i didn’t text back or post for two months i was busy dramatically thinking about my writing instead of actually writing

[nondelphic]

writing? oh, i’m definitely writing. in my head. during the most inconvenient times. like in the shower or when i’m about to fall asleep. actual typing? no, no, we don’t do that here.

[wandering-laughter]

It's fuckin' trash.

But it's a start. And I want to remember that.

[thistoowillpasss]

[thistoowillpasss]

[thistoowillpasss]

[thistoowillpasss]

[pan-pizza]

The thing I’ll miss most about EmuParadise is the random image of Samus that’s there for no reason

[wandering-laughter]

Another step

I have to stand my ground when he asks.

(I really need to learn how to speak in this box)

Assert your current skill level

Correct any overetimations on your progress

Stand your ground. Don't let him take away the conversation to somewhere you can't follow.

Keep it as a CONVERSATION, not a LECTURE. there are no lessons to learn here, just misconceptions to clear up.

Tell the truth. hammer it in. You need to make him understand.

Shatter the image of you he has in his head.

DON'T WAIT FOR HIM. BE PROACTIVE.

Waiting has never worked so far.

Remember. This is easy mode. Go forward with a plan and the truth and we'll manage to --if not convince him-- at least move the needle towards a possible future.

He has forgiven you before.

Trust him.

Believe in him.

Let him help, in your own plan.

[thememedaddy]

[wandering-laughter]

Den survived!

We lived (somehow). Thankfully I was just a note taker this time. We showed off the demo. At least we tried to. Wouldn't let us get a word in for 5 seconds. Aggravating part was that every question they threw at us would organically be answered, IF THEY COULD WAIT 5 MINU- No, no. Leave it alone, it ain't worth it. We don't have to see them again for a while. I swear, choking down bitter tea and listening to them throw ideas that we'll never implement was draining, and I wasn't the lead! Imagine… Send me back to the mines, this cave dweller yearns for the dark and quiet.

I'm just relieved I didn't fuck up. Small victories. Small victories…

[wandering-laughter]

Into the lion's den!

Going for a meeting, and I don't think i'm prepared for it. I've asked a few colleagues on what I'm supposed to be doing, but it's kept all vague and shit. Just do a demo on the product we're selling and hope other people explain all the things. I mean I know WHY I have to go; I'm the liason between our company and the client. I'm going to be the guy they reach out to. Better they pester me than the actual talented people making the stuff. And there's nobody on the same level of disposable as me. So Yay. Here's to hoping I don't fuck it up! (fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccck I'm gonna fuck up…..)

[wandering-laughter]

Ok.

I'll try to do

Something. I don't

I wish I knew what to do. Instructions on how to move forward would be nice.

But I don't need to know which path to take in order to try.

I'll stumble

Fuck, I'll even fall.

It

It'll hurt.

But I won't stay there; stuck down there anymore.

I want the hurt to stop, so I'll get up again.

No-one will fix it for me.

So I'll have to.

Until I can wake up smiling again.

[teethovgod-deactivated20250812]

Nothing feels real to me anymore. It’s like I’m sitting here watching life pass by around me. I’m waiting for someone and something that never comes.

[thewebcomicsreview]

I keep seeing people On Here talk about the IDW Sonic Comics, so I impulse picked up the first volume and....these are for children.

Like, not even "This is primarily aimed at children but written with a secondary audience of weird pathetic adult millennials in mind" like Gravity Falls or She-Ra or Infinity Train or even the Sonic movies. I'm a weird pathetic adult millennial and that was my expectation going in but it's...just a children's comic.

And, like, they're fine kids comics. Tyson Hesse's art is nice and Amy actually gets to do something and it's funny that this takes place in Forces' weirdly dark continuity where Sonic was just in a concentration camp and all that's cool, but from all the people hornyposting about Surge the Tenric I kind of expected slightly more meat. Does it get better, or is as simple as "people just like Sonic"?

[wandering-laughter]

A bit of column A and column B.

It starts off slow, but it picks up on the next few arcs.

It wants to firmly stay in the "Kids comics" aisle, but it does have its moments. The deeper stuff tends to reside within the side characters, not with the main cast (Case in point, Surge's backstory), but it's only toeing the line.

There's one arc later down the line when it gets a lot more serious, but the stakes are low, and repercussions are repairable.

[wandering-laughter]

No one's going to fix it for us.

No one can.

[theunrequitedlover]

[pinewoodcomposts]

[creepyaznkid-deactivated2022091]

[wandering-laughter]

The drain...

I'm circling it.