I've been doing these little sheep doodles on another site that has ponies. I was doing them for free, but a friend poked me and said I should open a shop (it would be for game currency) so I asked for a price check. A couple of people have been very rude in my thread. Saying that anyone can draw a blob or glowing line and get lots of the game currency for it. That people like me who aren't artists make REAL artists feel bad. Blah blah blah.

People who make comments like that are a combination of jealous and insecure.  I create Pokemon coloring pages--I started years ago, back when there were NO official Pokemon coloring books.  I have a friend who was really interested in what I was working on because she also wanted to color Pokemon.  We were discussing it in front of her brother who informed me in a sneering tone that it wasn't that hard and he could do that.  So my response was, "Yeah, but will you?"  I think it shocked him that I had the audacity to snap back at him.  (He's very spoiled, to the point where their mother would blame my friend if he didn't eat because, even now, as an adult, he doesn't know how to make himself a peanut butter sandwich.)  He doesn't like me and that's fine.  I think he's a {word I shouldn't use on this site}.  I've made 600+ Pokemon coloring pages so far and plan to complete the entire set.  The kids at the library where I work love them. 

I am currently working on pieces to sell at a big event a few towns over.  I don't do custom pieces.  I create what I want and if people buy them, great.  But does that make me NOT an artist?  Because I do something that someone else claims they can do or I don't take commissions?  I don't think so.  I'm an artist whether someone else likes it or not.  There are lots of famous art pieces that I think are hideous and wouldn't have paid money for but they're in museums so obviously someone out there thought they had value. 

And it's been my experience that the people who are supposed to have my pieces don't always show up at the first place I show them.  Sometimes it takes a few times before a piece sells.  I don't take it personally.  I would rather my pieces go to someone who truly enjoys them rather than selling them just to sell them.  If you're only an artist to make money, it will show.  But when you love what you do, the people who also love what you do will find you. 

Which reminds me...I really need to remember to start taking pictures of what I create and adding them to my DA page.  I haven't added anything but coloring pages since I started making resin pieces.

Stuff like this is why I customize my own Funko pops.  Sometimes it's hard to find the right "base" but I have been known to head-swap to get what I need and then I just put the rest of the pieces together randomly.  Because of that I have Tony Stark's head on Star-Lord's body.  I call him Tony Stark-Lord.

I have a bunch of the Collector's Pose pops that I need to customize still.

Yikes, Minty.  I'm surprised they didn't really do anything, either.


I have to work today and I just don't want to.  I'm tired of working.  Where can I live that will pay me to stay home and paint? 

I was able to buy a new (to me) car yesterday.  Still bummed that the last one was totaled by someone else but I like the new one so it's not all bad.

Oh yeah, the 80s/90s were all about "educational" TV.

I picked up the second part of Spy X Family but haven't had a chance to watch it yet.  Also picked up Bluelock, because it looked interesting.  I noticed at my Walmart they moved the Dragonball sets to another section.  I hope that means we'll actually be getting something that could be considered variety now.

This

I haven't watched Smurfs for years but was desperate the other day trying to get some sleep and started watching them on TV. That led to finding this on Youtube from The Smurfs and the Magic Flute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ZTPt923HU


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That's the version I grew up with!  I bought it on DVD and it's the UK dub, which I didn't know existed, so Peewit's name is William and Johann is John and it just isn't the same.

Is it a thing in America/Florida that landlords can make cleaning inspections like that?

Apartment/Rental inspections are a thing in the US, and probably other places as well.  (If you own your home, they don't usually do inspections like that unless someone reports your home as a health hazard--think of the show Hoarders--or if you're a Foster parent, since they like to make sure the kids you're fostering are in a good environment, or similar situations.) It makes sense that if you're renting you should not trash the place and if you're in a complex that your mess doesn't attract rodents or insects that your neighbors would also have to deal with. That's why a deposit is usually required for moving in.  It's a cleaning deposit that can be refunded IF they decide that you didn't leave a mess or break anything when you move out.  The last apartment I lived in, I made sure to document everything from the marshmallow smashed on the carpet to the boogers on the walls (yes, the previous tenants were disgusting) especially since we'd been told the apartment had been "professionally" cleaned before we moved in.  I took photos with a time/date stamp on my digital camera, which made them easily accessible to show anyone who needed to see them.  So when my roommates and I asked for the carpet to be cleaned, we had proof that it was already gross when we got there.

That being said, BC, it sounds like they're being super nit-picky and sneaky about how they're doing it. It makes me wonder if they're trying to come up with a reason to evict you so they can charge a new tenant more rent than they can legally raise your current rate to.

I finally got my hands on a sercret of Nimh DVD from Tradera and got it today and it's region 1, which means I can't play it on my blueray as we're region 2. Nowhere in the add does it says its region 1 and not on the cover which were the only ones one pictured. There is a small text about it on the disc. I am so dissapointed. I wrote to the seller, but I guess he wont do much. Luckily it wasn't too much but I am so bummed .

I had that happen when I ordered one of the seasons of Fruits Basket.  The seller said there was nothing they could do about it, even though their listing said NOTHING about it being region 2 (I'm in America so I needed region 1).  So they got a scathingly bad review on Amazon from me and I posted on the listing that it was Region 2 and not to order it if in the US so nobody else would get stuck with it like I did.  I flagged them as a seller I won't purchase from again.  I also reported the listing as having incorrect information so I hope that I lost them a number of sales.  All they had to do was say, "Send it back and we'll refund you."  That IS something they could do, but they're greedy buggers who don't care about running a good business.

the whole DVD region thing is very weird to me. is it a copyright thing or is it like how i have to buy an adapter to use my hair dryer in Europe?

From what I understand, it's about the companies who make players/discs wanting to make more money.  If I can order a DVD player for $5 from China, why would I pay $75 for one in America? Although, with the internet and sites like Temu is that even a real excuse anymore?  "Song of the South" was not released in America.  But it was released in Europe, in PAL format, not NTSC, so even I bought one, I wouldn't be able to watch it in America without the correct player.  There are some Blu-ray players that you can set to be region free so they play everything, but they're definitely pricier than region locked Blu-ray players. But there is really no good reason for why they can't all be the same.