Oh, What a Christmas.

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Been a hard month, a hard holiday season really. I kinda wanted this one to be special, at least better than last year was. But...stomach issues being what they are...things just didn't quite work out. Granted while this Christmas was at least marginally better than last year, the bar was set very, very low. But Halloween was kind of a bust as there...really wasn't much I could do. I don't really party, and I have no kids to take trick or treating. By the time Thanksgiving rolled around my stomach was totally shot, so I didn't cook or eat. And with Christmas, I didn't have the tree fully decorated until the 29th of December. I suppose that fits in with the obscure 12 days of Christmas tradition...but it wasn't ideal.

I'm still dealing with stomach issues, bleeding and the like. I have chronic gastritis, which I sort of knew I had, but just didn't have hard confirmation prior to an endoscopy a few weeks ago. Still, previous bouts of it have lasted...a few days tops. This is the first time I've suffered with one for near four months. I've played the 'food test' game, even going so far as to not eat for days. But it didn't help it ease or go away during that time. So I've got no idea what's causing my gastritis bouts. I also confirmed my lower bowel bleeding (Which I'm going to describe that vaguely as I don't want to talk about the area that's bleeding directly)...but I have to wait till February to meet with the Gastro and discuss what I can do about any of these issues that I haven't already tried. Needless to say...between that and the holidays I've been struggling to catch up on work more so than normal.

I had zero time to do asks for my blog, and so it fell by the wayside. I have no intention of abandoning it, it just was....well, the most 'outer-ring' on my workload priorities list. Out beyond the asteroid belt, but not beyond the Kuiper belt along with my writing. I am eager to get back to both though. I'm sure I'll get a nice ask dump out within the next month or two. And I'll definitely write this month. I also have a chapter still in the editing bay that I'm waiting for my editor to finish. (The holidays affected his schedule as well.)

The lion's share of the busy work for me currently has been all about commissions. For whatever reason, they really started rolling in within the last month. I've got a seven-project queue lined up right now, and I'm trying to work on at least two concurrently in order to get through them all at a steady clip. The issue is of course the health and the holiday season factors. But at least now with New Year's just a few hours away, I'll have one factor off the table. But I do still want to work on personal projects to post up, and the occasional merch drop along the way as well both for my own sanity, and so my supporters don't feel short-changed when supporting me. There are a number of stalled projects I want to get back to that have been waiting for new pages for so long there's going to be a quality gap with the newer entries.

And then there's my cube brush art program studies...which totally dropped off in October. I need to get back to it. I need to continue to improve my general skillset both for myself, as well as all of you. From a personal standpoint, I want my art to look as good as it looks in my head. From a business standpoint, I've never been a great networker, and so I want to lean hard into improving my art and expanding my range to help with that networking deficit. Obviously, I'm not looking to be rich or some super beloved popufur, but I want to at least live decently almost, if not entirely based on my work. It's what I love to do, and while it's a lofty goal, it's what I'm shooting for.

I want to get back to animating. I want to be making, printing and painting 3D models. I've got so much I'm so desperate to do, and it just feels like I've got so little time to accomplish it. Every health hiccup I run into acts as a traffic jam between me and that goal, and it can be so frustrating I just want to tear my hair out sometimes.

Anyway, lastly I've been keeping up with my Patreon posts pretty well, but have been lagging behind with public releases. For that I'm sorry... It takes a while to set up and correlate all my posts on the various platforms I'm on, especially when I let it build up. Even with Postybirb, I still spend a while typing up descriptions, getting my tags in order, double checking my spelling (And still typos get through), and often when I have the choice to use my time doing that or working on a project I tend to side on working on a project.

Anyway, if you're interested in keeping on top of my art close to, if not as soon as it's completed, consider joining my Patreon or Subscribestar. The one-dollar tier gives you access to finished art pieces almost as soon as they are done. However, at the five-dollar tier, you can join our discord and see the art pretty much as soon as it's done. As well as WIPs, voice chat access, a merch discount, access to polls, and so on...Even if you don't join, I still appreciate those of you who just like my work and are following me. For every kind comment and fave. Thank you all.

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-Wasty

Logo Keychain Launch.

 

Ain't much to say about these little guys. My Patreon backers urged me to produce some of these keychains as a 'low profile' way to signify their support for me. I suspect some sales to them, but not much outside of that if I'm using the old Logo stickers as anything to go by. But hey, they're available in limited quantities. Just one listing, and when the stock is gone, I more than likely won't be renewing the stock unless people really want it...(And the tariffs aren't so bad next year it makes getting these made absurdly expensive.)

I've linked the direct listing below.
www.etsy.com/listing/1828360153/

My Merch Site.
https://wastedtimemerchshop.company.site/

My Etsy Shop
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My Patreon.
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-Wasty

Approaching Deep Fried Status

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Lemme start out by saying...I think I've overextended myself with the holidays on the horizon. To be fair, I was operating at better health than normal...but that was before things started to deteriorate.

The thing is, I have been dealing with on and off again nausea since the tail end of September. I didn't give it all that much thought at the time. But around the middle of October, it shifted from just daily nausea to pain in my upper stomach and loss of appetite. I'm still dealing with that at present...though it's gotten better slowly. The key word there is 'slowly'. In the meantime, I've been put on heavy stomach meds to try and help whatever is going on clear up. I've also got some tests coming up, including a colonoscopy/endoscopy combo just after my birthday. Delightful. Not sure what is going on, and I'll keep my tongue bit until I have some confirmation. But that, coupled with holiday duties has really thrown a spanner in the works.

So here's what I'm staring down the barrel of in terms of workload. I've got 5 commissions lined up, I also have a Thanksgiving Sable Able sticker to draw. On top of that, I've got like 4 other non-comm pictures I want to color, A Christmas sticker I need to plot out, and I'd like to do some asks before the year is out. And on top of that, I've got writing to do. I'm probably forgetting something, and there was stuff on my '2024' hit list I will not be able to accomplish in time. I'm going to try and push some of the non-comm pics to after New Year's. This wouldn't be too bad if it weren't...you know...the holidays. And thanks to my health issues I've been unable to keep up with a lot of the housework and daily stuff, as well as festive things in general.

I'm feeling pretty burnt out. Deep fried with a capital emoji 'B'. Halloween was a disappointment, it looks like I won't be able to eat, let alone cook for Thanksgiving, and I have my doubts about Christmas at this point. I hate being exhausted, and I hate having my stomach be on a perpetual hair trigger as to whether or not I'll be in pain for hours. I just want to draw damnit. Well, draw and write.

I'm going to try and reassess things a little later this week, to try and smooth out the full workload into something that allows for some time leniency for unexpected rougher health days and Holiday activities with my Mom. I'll be in touch with all the 'Commission' seekers as soon as I get that fleshed out. That said, I'm glad I don't take payments until I get up to the commission in question.

Shorter one this time. It's nearly 5 am, I'm tired, and forcing myself to play catch up. Sorry if the typos are worse than usual. I'm using Grammarly to preview these but it doesn't catch everything.

Check the links below. We'll have a new Keychain listed soon. Get your Keychains while you can, because if the import fees become too expensive when the new administration comes in, I won't be able to make more anytime soon.

Thanks to my backers and fans...

My Merch Site (Under Construction)

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-Wasty