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Now I’m freeeeee as a biiiiiiiiird

Alex Heberling

After my pre- and post-Black Friday sprints at work, I now have a mid-week-weekend of three nights off in a row! ^_^Ā  My joints certainly feel like they’ve earned it.Ā  I worked a few full backroom shifts, and with all that ladder climbing while holding heavy boxes, it’s definitely the most physically demanding task in the store.Ā  It also tends to me the most monotonous, too.Ā  Time can really drag!

But I’m VERY happy that over the last couple weeks, bit by bit, I’ve now got a rough feel for what I’m going to do for issue #1 of The Hues.Ā  There are lots of worldbuilding details I still need to flesh out first, which will entail some research of various apocalypse scenarios.Ā  (Mostly, this is a good excuse/oppurtunity to watch Life After People.)

I’ve been reading Codename: Sailor V over the last week or two as well, and I found that there’s a pretty shockingly fat-shaming chapter in the second volume!Ā  I might devote a whole post about this chapter later on, but basically, an enemy of Sailor V gets the civilian population addicted to “Rainbow Chocolate,” which makes everyone gain weight.Ā  Then, in order to suck out their energy for their evil nefarious purposes, they advertise a weight-loss spa that really just tricks people into thinking they’re getting thinner by using funhouse mirrors.

Oh, Naoko-sama.Ā  I heart you, but I hope your views on the fatties have matured a bit since the early 90s.Ā  ^_^;;

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Alex Heberling

[Image description: A colorful depiction of the characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic as humans.Ā  Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, and Fluttershy are all depicted as women of color, and Pinkie Pie is chubby.]

junksart:

Full pony group!

Diverse human ponies = instant reblog.

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Alex Heberling

[Image description: a webcam photo of Alex throwing her hands up in the air with a comically frustrated expression.]

CONFOUND THIS WEBCAM.

Ever since I updated the software, the damn Logitech photo booth program slows to a crawl, and I couldn’t even color-correct this photo to hide the fact that I live in a dark cave with blackout curtains and yellowed lampshades.

I was going to take a bored picture and post about how it’s early on a Saturday morning and thus the internet is not a very active place and I was feeling lonesome, BUT NOW YOU GET THIS INSTEAD.

Feel my wrath, Logitech.

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Alex Heberling

yamino:

Wow. I just took a look at the Etsy shop for these because I saw some comments on my previous post about how these were too expensive.

You know what?Ā $758.00 dollarsĀ for a dress like this is not expensive at all. Thatā€™s actually quite cheap. This is entirely hand-made. Ā Consider all the work that went into this, all the hours spent on each dress. Ā I think the artist is actually really underselling herself.

I’d venture a guess that it’s because people are so used to going to the local Target/Forever 21/Wet Seal and picking up a dress for $25.Ā  The reason those clothes are so cheap is because they use cheap materials (hello, jersey), cheap factory labor in China, and only pay their retail employees minimum wage.

Granted, being one of those impoverished employees, I’m glad to be able to shop in Target’s clearance section for clothing, because most of the time, I can’t even afford that $25 dress until it’s marked down to $6.48.Ā  (And I wear plus sizes, which means my clothing options are even more sparse.)Ā  But I certainly don’t expect to get a handmade, one of a kind dress like this for the same price.

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Alex Heberling

[Image description: A monochromatic drawing of a bride, groom, and their son.Ā  The bride and son’s hair are golden brown, and there is light gold shading on the bride’s dress.Ā  The groom and son are also wearing gold striped ties with their tuxedos.]

Did this last month and kind of forgot about it, so I didn’t post it anywhere until now. ^_^;;Ā  Years ago, I designed the program for my sister’s wedding, as well as the cover art.Ā  Awhile back, one of my sister’s friends contacted me to commission art for her own wedding program, and here we are.