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busy busy!

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hi everyone,

I wanted to first apologize for my lack of art recently. this past month has been hectic, with finals, a new internship, a job, two summer classes, and officially moving out of my parent's house! it's all been a lot for me, especially because I want to keep my grades up, so I don't have a lot of down time. but nevertheless it's a really exciting time for me, and I appreciate all the support y'all have given me :heart:

I promise I am working on stuff, but I don't know how often I'll be able to post anything because of the aforementioned class, job, and internship. I do still check in with dA pretty frequently (I try to do at least once every day) so I promise I'll be responsive.

thanks for all the patience and support, and I'll check in with you all soon :heart:

-spottie
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you guys have no idea how relieved I am omfg
thank you to everyone who has helped me with nibs and sai downloads as well as those who have been patiently waiting for art while I've been on my bullshit

I have the greatest friends and followers ever!!
can't wait to produce more art for you guys, I've really missed it :^)

lots of love,
-spottie
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birthday wishes

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hi everyone!

my birthday is quickly approaching! on tuesday december 5 I'll be turning 20 years old! amazing how time flies c:
not that anyone's obligated to get me anything, but if you are thinking of gifting me something, here's an idea of what I'd like!

if you're thinking of drawing me something, awesome! I can't wait to see it!
if that's not your speed, I'd also really love a spotify playlist of some music you think I should check out! links to pre-made playlists or completely new ones are both great c:

this is what I'm asking of my friends irl too. I really want to find new music, and this is a great way to do that, I think!

thanks all! let me know what you think!!
-spottie
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hi friends,

just wanted to check in and apologize for my absence for the past few weeks. for one week I was on vacation, visiting my family and helping my sister move in for her freshman year of college (aww). then this past week I started college band camp, and prepared for the upcoming semester.

and boy do I have stories about this past week, yikes.

I decided to sign up for marching band after many weeks of struggling with indecision. marching band is two one-credit classes, 8 hours a week (not including games), and offers me next to nothing academically (other than a guaranteed A), because it is an elective that does not double as a humanities. for those reasons alone I was reluctant to join, because my grades are the most important aspect of my academic life and I want to graduate on time. I also hadn't practiced my instrument since I graduated high school in May 2016, had minimal interest in joining anyway (there wasn't much nostalgia begging me to come back), and because I won't be living on campus this semester, I'm going to be wasting a lot of time driving when ideally I'd be doing homework (or resting...or doing literally anything else).

despite all this, I decided to join band anyway. mostly because it would get my parents off my ass about it, but also because I thought I might enjoy being back in an activity that I quite enjoyed in high school. I'd meet new people, get to play my instrument, and get to go to all of the games for free. so there are definitely perks.

...and then band camp happened.

band camp is an entire week, 12 hours a day...which on its own is pretty exhausting. and right off the bat I was told that I wouldn't be allowed to use my personal horn :( because I was a first-year member, I would be getting one of the older and uglier horns from the school, but was assured that it was still a high-end model. needless to say, it's ugly and not as nice as my personal one, but it gets the job done. I'm on second part anyway (which thank god because the first part's notes are way out of my range), so I don't need the nicest horn.

so I get through the first few days and the whole experience is turning out to be very...ok? it's not as fun or rewarding as high school band was (which is really disappointing), but it's not unbearable either so...idk. I spent most of my time at band camp playing catch-up with the returning members, which really made things annoying. there wasn't a lot of time dedicated teaching new members the music or special visual stuff because we were in the minority, and it was just assumed that we'd get it eventually. I have all the drill down, but still know none of the music, so I just march and don't play. which really defeats the point of band for me? I'm sure I'll get it eventually but I just feel like I'm wasting everyone's time (including mine) if I'm just there to be another visual rather than a musician. fortunately the people are very nice and welcoming, and there will be plenty of social activities for me to participate in. I'm especially excited to be hanging out with all the girl trumpet players because I don't have a ton of girl friends :) so that'll be nice

buuuuut the real kicker of my week was having too much to drink at a party and then subsequently getting food poisoning from the school diner!! yay!!
so from Wednesday-Saturday I felt like complete ass; vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, chills, sleeplessness, dehydration, the works!

I went to the doctor twice, once on Thursday and once today. still waiting on the results from a stool sample (which is its own type of nasty to collect), but my blood and urine results show that I'm completely normal? I'm not running a fever, my electrolytes and blood cell counts are normal, and nothing is conclusive until we get the other results back.

the most irritating part of all of this is that I'm not the only one that experienced food poisoning! several other people in the band have complained, and so far nothing has been done to combat the literal epidemic that's breaking out. my school has heard the complaints but is refusing to call it food poisoning. I feel like I'm being gaslighted, because every time they try to talk to me they come up with excuses for how it simply couldn't be food poisoning. they're trying to blame it on band camp and "exhaustion", and generally just talking down to me and giving me their fake sentiments of wishing me well. I don't really buy it. it'd be much more honest for them to just admit someone or something went wrong, rather than making me feel like an asshole and doing whatever they can to avoid a lawsuit. just hoping these stool sample results come back with something conclusive. wish me luck lol

anyway, I'm feeling a little bit better, but now I'm just nervous for the semester to start. I think this english class is gonna be hard ;(
thanks again for your patience and I hope I can get back to drawing soon! I have a lot of cute stuff planned :^)

tl;dr -- band is ok, I got food poisoning and I want to die, school is coming up soon, and idk what I'm doing with my life
thank you for reading! hope you all have a great day and start to the beginning of the semester :heart:
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offer what you want unless specified! looking for at least the amount that I already paid for them
paypal and points are preferred, but would also be willing to trade for art! leave a comment if you're interested!
if you are the original designer, please let me know if you do not want me selling them/prefer me trade them away/etc !!


:star: <da:thumb id="585674991"/>+   by Susouris by spottie-dots:star:
by horuu -- looking for at least $15

:star:  100 themed adopt-adopt 2 ICE ::30POINTS:: CLOSED by Myshferific:star:
by Myshferific -- bought for 30 :points:


:star:  #4 by Wallabean by spottie-dots :star:
by wallabean -- #4


:star:  by sutexii by spottie-dots :star:
by Sutexii -- #2 -- bought for 200 :points:
comes with art:  New OC: Paper Boy by spottie-dots +  Newspaper Pony Pixel by spottie-dots



:star:  New OC: Sweet Cream by spottie-dots :star:
comes with a pixel:  Sweet Cream Pixel by Toxijen
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