Music...START!

 

Welcome, readers. It's been a few days since I wrote - a lot has been going on in the world, so I have been limiting my exposure to the news. I'm doing all right. I have been quietly working on art, voted recently in a political primary, and am in the process of logging my most recent vinyl acquisitions. This is where we will start today.

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - LW

This band is a mouthful, but they have been really neat. I haven't felt quite the enthusiasm for acquiring a single artist's entire body of work in some time, but King Gizzard blew my mind with their Nonagon Infinity offering. This is actually the last in a series of albums they recorded using "microtonal," stuff, so I'm going to pretend to know what that means. I haven't listened to this yet, so I'm hoping to treat myself later.

Sienna Nanini - Pants Down Time

I wouldn't buy an album just because there's a diapered lamb character on the cover, would I? Of course I would. I've been told the music on this one is uh, challenging to say the least. Well, I had to tell this commentator to avoid giving me spoilers.

Melvins - Houdini

This is the only one of this week's albums I've listened to. I've listened to it a LOT. This album got me through my wild and wooly teenaged years. I would go on to see The Melvins a total of three times as of this writing. They consistently rank up in the top ten of my favorite musical artists. This could be considered the peak of grunge or early 90s sludge metal innovation. 

This Week In Hell (Written Feb 24)

 

 So I've been meaning to keep up with this blog on a daily basis, but events as of late have made this an impossibility. Life is just accelerating at a rate too fast to write.

 * Portland Shooter

In 2004, in my younger and more purposely wreckless days, I created an IRC channel on Furnet with a few edgy babyfurs that hosted some spurned and antisocial cubs. One of these was a yellow rabbit calling himself Polybun. We bonded over punk rock and metal, the band Melvins being the specific focus. Our group rebelled against what was perceived to be the milquetoast elements of the subfandom we were a part of. 

Over time, the points of irony became tinged with hate, and I finally jumped ship after the channel began celebrating the death of a recently departed furry. I thought this would be the end of that story, but such would not be the case. 

Throughout the years, this individual would continue to harass me, chiming in on moments of right wing political successes, graduating to the grand slam of threatening my life. After my breakup in Florida, I was offered a place to live in Oregon, which I declined, thanks to Polybun's threats on my life. He would continue to harass me, most recently with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. In January, I drew this comic referencing a gun-toting yellow rabbit, an obvious reference to Polybun.

Well. He shot some protesters on Saturday, killing one woman and wounding many others. 

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/02/portland-man-under-suspicion-in-mass-shooting-fixated-on-citys-protests-homeless-problem-neighbors-and-family-say.html

So the theme of this section I guess, if I had to say, is that trolling leads to some terrible outcomes. The desire to stick it to others in anonymity can lead to some serious terrible outcomes. I say this to warn others currently involved in the act.

*Russian Aggression     

Putin is a bastard. I don't think Russia's people have any involvement in his duplicitous scheme to conquer Ukraine. My own experience with those loyal to this hate lord have suggested the loyalty of trolls and those with a desire to wreak chaos. See here: our previous president.

I don't have any useful words. I'm scared for Ukraine's people. I don't know what it is to be brave or be in such a situation. Mr Rogers always said to look for the helpers. I hope there will be help for your people. Please be there for each other.

 *Texas Antitrans Child Hate

Greg Abbott is determined to be the worst governor this state has ever had. It wasn't enough that he ordered ERCOT to price gouge Texans in the fatal freeze of 2021. Continuing to veto Medicaid expansion? How could he top this? Putting abortion freedom to the sword?

 Not enough. This jackass has moved towards criminalizing the freedom of trans children to be themselves. His orders to direct state operatives towards reporting trans children's transitioning is something out of the aforementioned Putin's playbook. And what do we have, ineffectual Beto O'Rourke to offer some platitudes of support? I really don't know. Everything is so goddamned exhausting here.

Merchandising, Merchandising!

 

 Future plans: I think I'd like to expand my art to a different medium than just digital pictures of cartoon animals in diapers. A year or so ago, a friend suggested shopping some designs out to a graphic tees and vinyl appliques for cars and such. He suggested my work was usable, so I'm giving it some thought.

A plan I've had in the works for over a decade involves a button making machine and merch, so I might have to fundraise for that at some point. This is me saying it year after year, but oh well.

At the very least, it would be cool to have some merch for my friends' bands or my webcomic. I need to see this plan to fruition.

Here Comes The Lion Guard

 

Did you know: I love the Lion Guard?

This began with my eight year old self's critique of the original Lion King film.

"That was awesome! But I wish Simba had powers."

Twenty two years later, I got my wish. It also helped that The Lion King II was my favorite of the two films, and this is an expansion on that content. 

Kion has way more screen time than any other character in The Lion King soundtrack. He is my gift from the Lion King gods.

That being said, I'm still watching the series almost three years after its completion. It just keeps getting better over time.

Thank you for your time, and Zuka Zama!

(Lack of ) Wii U + 3DS Shop Closure

 

 "NOOOOO!" - Slippy Toad, Every StarFox game

As you can probably tell, I'm sad. This is my final Miiverse drawing, which was featured on Polygon many years ago. You can check out the link here: https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/6/16612750/miiverse-shut-down-date-nintendo-memes-drawings

The Wii U was not among the most loved Nintendo systems, but it was the system I would spend some of the best years of my life with. I originally received mine in the spring of 2014, which I would take with me to Florida. It was the system that got me back into console gaming, and I am still using it as of this writing.

Incidentally, I would also acquire a 3DS for my birthday in 2014. It's the handheld I've taken with me on all of my adventures, as far as the west coast of Mexico and down to the hellish heat of Miami. I've lost count of how many streetpasses I've collected, but many were from Megaplex and Texas Furry Fiesta alone.

I'm hoping to get some more games before the service goes down for good, but I am going to miss these systems' libraries being accessible. There's something to be said about Nintendo's nefarious attitudes towards gaming preservation, but that is another conversation for another day.

Diaperist Am I

As you may have gathered from the title, I am a diaperist.

What effect does this have on my life? It demands I put at least one diapered character per panel in my webcomic. My art primarily revolves around the drawing of diapers. I am here for the folks in the furry fandom who want more diapered characters, who want to see new IPs pee their pamps, who desire the crinkliest outfits for their fursonas.

Are you a diaperist? You may be surprised who amongst your friends is into diaperism.

Where diaper? Diaperists unite!

Home Is A Drag

 

 Since 2009, I've been working on commissions as my employment. It's been a double edged sword. On one hand, it means I've been able to set my own hours and decide what kind of work I take on. On the other hand, I can't really cite it as a job in normie circles. How would I begin to explain to someone that I haven't been traditionally employed in over twelve years?

I'm going to be moving out at some point in the future. Living with my parents has been an emotionally abusive situation of being surrounded by constant negging and anti-help. The lens through which they view the world is so conservative and suspicious of outsiders. The fact that my friends are unable to extract me from the situation or provide more material help to them is proof that friends are evil, opportunistic creatures which try to wrench me away from the family. I've given up trying to share my feelings with my family lest I be talked down to or told to pray more.

It's such an exhausting loop of day to day disappointment. Perhaps they are as disappointed at me as I am with them, for we don't agree on matters cultural, spiritual, or conversational. I try to skip through the cutscenes of their interactions and it gives me a great deal of anxiety just making face to face conversations with folks who don't understand me at all.