JackiesFridge

Had to upvote for the ideal midwest pronunciation of "bag"

I also have to use it for work. I don't know if it's Adobe, or Windows 11, or a toxic combination of both, but not a single day goes by where I can just create without things randomly breaking. Illustrator stops letting me drag with the direct selection tool. Premiere switches to hotkeys as I'm typing text. InDesign...actually InDesign has been behaving.

But literally all the other Adobe apps will break AS I'M USING THEM - like, an action I've literally just done suddenly doesn't work or glitches out. A couple weeks ago Premiere and Photoshop would literally crash on open. The day before they were both fine.

I have Gimp, Inkscape, and KdenLive installed just in case.

Love it! Minimal but effective.

Can dimly remember what he looks like. Apparently he looks like someone's creepy uncle who was always doing sleight of hand tricks to wow the little kids

Greetings Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada....

This is why I joined a track-a-week music challenge this year! I've been dabbling for 5 years and still have no idea what I'm doing musically (no theory or anything) but I figured cranking out a finished song every week throughout 2024 would force me to get better and it's really working!

I mean, I'm still cranking out garbage, but now it's higher quality garbage and I can make decisions faster, let go of ideas that aren't working without a second thought, and learn from other people taking the challenge.

As far as art goes, I've been drawing live caricatures for 15 years and I'm WAY better than even a few years ago. Definitely stick with it. Be too stubborn to give up. Keep doing the thing. Skill will develop the more you persevere.

The Birthday Massacre are so gooood

It wasn't my idea and it's an inherited friend group (they are my partner's friends) but you are more than welcome to grab this idea and run with it!

It's a great way to turn work into a fun social activity.

Started a "community support" projects group with friends. We schedule a day to descend upon one of our houses and take care of whatever tasks need to be done - painting, yard work, home repairs, etc. It takes very little time with three or more people dividing the work, and we can chat and joke the whole time. We got a lot done, had fun together, and we're done by early afternoon.

Next weekend everyone is coming here to help cut up a fallen tree, and the weekend after we are renovating another friend's small dayroom.

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A MOUSE

I have random stupid hangups and for who knows why profanity is one of them. I'm fine with it. I barely notice when others use it. But I just can't. It doesn't sound right in my context or in my voice.

Of course I hate my own voice with a fiery passion, but that's another hangup.