Maybe check out VintageStory or Elsewhere? I also wanted to pivot from Minecraft, due to both burnout and Microslop. Both games are based on relatively famous Minecraft mods/modpacks and recapture some of the nostalgia while also being a new experience. I’d probably recommend VintageStory a bit over Elsewhere, but that is mostly due to my particular playstyle and aesthetic interests.

Unfortunately can’t help with Ableton specifically, but I’ve been using Ardour for some audio tinkering and from what I can tell it’s free and pretty full featured…

Some mild hallucinations at the end. Mostly like tunnel vision though, not so much actual fully imagined visuals. It helped I genuinely liked the project and felt motivated to do a good job with it. I’m not a smoker, but I was kind of just operating cigarette to cigarette for those 4 days. Well that, weed and caffeine. There was a couple of us all working on our projects at the same time, so we all helped keep each other stay awake and getting stuff done.

96 hours for my arts thesis. Partly due to procrastination, but also my department kept ignoring my request for a particular material, so it wasn’t entirely my fault. I legitimately liked the project and it ended up being one of the better final products of my year. For other reasons I was not allowed to pursue an honors thesis, which would have let me keep refining the piece for another semester.

Is this loss? /s

I specifically like the term because I’m non-binary. It feels more like a descriptor of the way I interact in a relationship vs who I am interacting with. I’m a femme leaning trans person mostly interested in other femme folk, so that definitely contributes to why I prefer the term, but it does still feel very distinct from lesbian for me.

I rock a mixture. Depends on the look I’m going for. I was just looking at these myself! Any recommendations?

WAIT!! I found it! I found the site of the person that makes them. I figured it was an individual reselling at Wooden Shoe, so I did some digging and their site turned up!!

Toxic Femme “Too Punk To Tuck Patch”

My post history has made it pretty clear what city I’m from, so I don’t think there’s any harm in saying I got the patch from “Wooden Shoe Books” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I don’t think they have any sort of online storefront, but I could maybe operate as a distributor if folks really want one! I’ve got a few patches from them I’m finally adding to my jacket.

Wooden Shoe Website (no online store)

This is exactly what I was thinking. A TTS tool like piper could maybe make that happen.

Patch Adams

I’m not remembering the exact name, but there is a self hosted “FindMy” alternative type thing. I’m pretty sure it includes breadcrumb style tracking and a whole bunch of other datapoints. Could probably just reference the csv from an interface designed for runners.

No quite Fedi, but could be incorporated…

+1 for btm

Idk, something about its name really resonates with me 🤣

This deserves more votes. Well put and great advice.

I’m also struggling with ADHD and actually committing time to self care and “cultivating an aesthetic”. That being said you don’t owe a particular look to anyone. Of course if it’s what you want for yourself that’s fine, but just know we don’t owe society passing. I also find the usual, mainstream parts of the internet largely unhelpful for things like makeup and fashion. Part of that is my anatomy (very pronounced brow bone and “sunken” eyes) but a big part of that is the “rest of the fucking owl” problem. People on the internet honestly do a pretty shit job explaining stuff most of the time. In my experience the best way is to just experiment.

I know clothes shopping in public can be a nightmare, but thrift stores are for the queers, and most towns have at least one decent store. Thrifting is great because you can experiment a lot, with often odd items, but spend very little. Once you start to develop a sense of what you think looks good on you using the weirder items, then you can begin to consider some targeted new clothing purchases. Some good basics and a couple high quality statement pieces can go a long way.

For makeup the hardest part for me was finding the line where the wing for eyeliner wanted to land. This just took time, experimentation, and the odd friend doing it for me to see how it looked done by someone with a more deft hand. Eye shadow was fairly easy for me personally with just a few general rules. Lighter color near your nose, a darker shade toward the outside of your eye and along the crease of your lid and the eye socket, blending a mid tone between the two. Something a bit shimmery over the top and maybe a few well placed dots of liner, or some thin lines near your tear duct to play with the size your eyes appear to be. I really only just started using foundation, but I try to keep it mostly to my chin and jaw as that’s where you can see some dark ends of hairs when I’ve shaved. I’ve got naturally fairly rosy cheeks, but I’ll sometimes bring the foundation a bit further up my face and then do blush.

That’s sort of my “simple” look, is really the only thing I practice right now. My goal is to be able to do that within 15 minutes, and I’m sitting at about 20-25 right now. Similar with fashion. When I’ve got a well curated capsule wardrobe, picking an outfit doesn’t cause as much executive dysfunction. Basically I’m looking to make the task of self care less daunting and thus more likely to happen. I still want to get medicated for ADHD as I think I’d become unstoppable, but in the mean time this is helping a bit.

This reminds me of the cover of a book titled Glitch Feminism. It’s very good, would recommend.

Been loving the demo of this game! Can’t wait for the full release! The gun customization is chef’s kiss

Which I can confirm from lab testing 😆!! The things we do 😬

Edit: Appreciate you clarifying. I agree. Don’t use them on your face. That was the 10 on my pain scale.

Yeah, for that much surface area tweezers probably aren’t the way. Only other advice I have is to really make sure you are matching the direction of the rotation with the direction your follicles are oriented. I could maybe make a quick diagram if you want, but basically making sure the drum is spinning in the right direction relative to the grain of your hair. With all the wacky directions the hair on my face grows in I had to really fight to figure out how to best use the epilator.

Art imitates life and life imitates art.