Roller Coaster Year

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 2:05 PM

Man, this year's been a roller coaster. Changed jobs (again), a deadly election, and just...a lot.

Project-wise, I finally finished Zone 1 of It Doesn't Matter! I finally ordered a small first time print run of New Normal last night (to debut at Further Confusion next month!). I joined in on the Therian/Otherkin HRT comic making, and have made several installments playing with that! I made two paintings, painting for the first time in literal years.

^_^;; Work-wise, I've been all over the place this year. Started the year fully thinking I'd be trying to pivot to supporting myself through my art with the idea of making and selling pet portraits and stuff via art fairs and art shows. I ended up getting swamped by anxiety and not doing that, but did get a job teaching at a different stable, which has been hella less horrible on my body.

I was seriously looking at going back to school to try and become a vet.

And the election happened.

We're three trans people. We're in the best place in the United States to be trans. We do not trust that to last.

So we're currently working on moving to Germany.

Like. The schooling was a long shot. Part of the reason I was thinking about doing it was to make immigration easier. But we're trying to leave the country FAST. Literally as soon as we possibly can. We were unsure even about continuing with my plans to go to Further Confusion in January. We'll see. Things could still happen, we'll see how they shake out. But I'm currently in "Behaving as if we'll be here in a month to dealers den the con" flight patterns. And then immediately being ready to leave.

Germany's immigration policies seem pretty chill. Basically, you have a good amount of time to try and get a job to then help you get a work visa with? Well, that's the plan.

It's still scary. I'm working on learning the language as fast as I can, and I'm pretty good at finding jobs, apparently? But I'm still scared. It's a lot.

So, as is my wont when stressed about something I can't do anything about, I also be doing the contingencies? I dunno.

I like telling stories with art. I want to finish more stories. I REALLY want to finish New Normal. I can't do more It Doesn't Matter until we record zone 2. I like making comics, even though I'm often infuriated by my slow progress.

I want to tell more full, complete, short stories. I want to make and sell books of my stories. I want to make that happen. Sooo...let's fuckin' go, I guess.