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Ahaaaa thank you, this is much too generous of you, I'm very flattered. 🙏

I haven't been able to countercheck if this is one of his but you got me there I LOVE Ivan Bilibin's illustrations so I jumped on this IMMEDIATELY!

I may complain about art nonstop but I take pride in my linework I just thought it was funny that I've been trying to do the opposite of what people seem to complain about a lot.

I'm aware this sounds like "boohoo suffering from success, my lines are too clean and efficient and polished" whining. But.

Struggling with linework because I was trying to see if I can make it look looser and sketchy in feel but it takes a ridiculously disproportionate amount of effort to artificially manufacture the "sketchy" look than if I just did my usual going from chicken scratches straight to clean lines approach

Kengo... Hearing the first three notes to Oblivion on vinyl over digital surround sound... Tears bro

Charming the vinyl sellers with being on my best behavior at the metal record section and looking at them like this

I forgot to tell you guys I was fighting another guy for a copy of Crack the Skye (they had 2 in stock as it happens) and they gave me a discount but not the other guy because he was being a huge dick lmaoooo

Funniest thing here is the old American guy who owns the store did the fucking Megamind face at me and said "no Iron Maiden?" cause he saw me pull out, twice, the vintage Seventh Son first press he was selling and ultimately decided was not within budget.

The joy of discovering random music you saw in the sale bin and pulled out because the album cover is nice and it actually fucking slaps

Yes... I figured it's probably a melding pot of my daily activities but also I was like. What the hell do you mean the point of this sport is to not pour all my aggression into smacking the shit out of a ball and just "guiding" it. NO THANK YOU!!!

No but unironically making coffee does require a lot of pushing shit down so I guess. Lmao

No I'm putting it on the internet I think it's very sigma

It was fun as a social thing but I'd rather play something I already know how to play at the end of the day for long-term physical activity because I'm old and impatient lol.

It's a naturally difficult adjustment because I played badminton for about 3 years which is pretty high aggression versus pickleball's control-based game (see: I almost failed table tennis in high school PE for the same reason) so!!!

Finding out I have an unusually disparate strength between my dominant and passive hand because they made me play backhands with my left and that's only when I started getting the hits correctly lol.

Pickleball done... Coach was nice but basically called me "barbarian racket hits" and said "I can see your grip is too aggressive that's why the veins on your hand look like that" oh OK.

I wanna take up bartending too oughhhhh

He's a morning person 😑

I can't stop thinking about Higuruma's laugh in the tub 10/10 VA work that man is out of his fucking mind

Thanks @bluegiragi.bsky.social I'm crying I feel seen

This man suddenly deciding it's funny to start taking his poops at 4 am so he gotta bark at me til we go out to his spot

THE SHITS!!!!!

The concept of meat and cheese and raw onions in your mouth and washing it down with milk and sugar and coffee..... You people disgust me.

It's probably obvious even if I don't translate it but you say "no" and people will go like "what about (food, food, food)?". And in person trying to haggle like I'm hiding the food menu from them or something.

Yeah! My set-up is a sort of novel concept here as well, although it's more common in other Asian/SE Asian countries I've visited. Which is definitely fine I understand people getting used to it, some people will go "oh OK, I see", but a lot of people will go. OK here's a screenshot for example lol.

Oh my god... A regular gave me some scrunchies she said it's cause her mom liked my hair and she made these and wanted to give them to me........

No actually you're so correct for this the first time I heard it was like. What the fuck is pickleball. I'm going to kill you

On that note I'm aware of the fact that my store is "instagrammable" so people will want to go regardless of the menu, so I do have a couple of normie items in there but it's still not enough so sometimes I'm just like. Man figure your shit out.