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Hey sweethearts,
I’m sorry it’s been a while since I’ve been properly active and thought I’d just give an update on what’s going on should you be interested to know.
May was a wonderful month for the most part, I travelled to Canada (Vancouver) and the North West US for a bit of a road trip, a MLP convention (EFNW) and a bit of work. After that, was a furry convention in the UK before eventually trying to get things back to normal. Feel free to ask me about any of that, I have plenty of photos put aside from the trip but as time goes on it seems less and less likely that I’ll get about to doing anything with ‘em. So, getting back to what things were like before after all that would prove to be impossible….
As some of you may know, I’ve moved recently. It’s a lovely country townhouse in a village on the slopes of a small valley overlooking a steelworks. The people in this village are a very proud folk, it’s in the middle of no-where and the community seems tight by compulsion, from the working class families to the folk with tractors, to the 14 year old’s vaping club and to the toffs who prance about on horses. I’ve never really fit in anywhere but this seems like one of the less hostile places to live. The house is tall (4 floors) and I am sharing with 2 dogs, 2 cats and a good friend, Lisa.
The past few weeks have been a bit of a nightmare though. I’ve been taking care of the house and animals which should have been rather wonderful and allowed me to adjust to living here but the stress of other things happening around me have caused some extreme anxieties which probably will stay with me a while. I’ve been walked over by many, some of whom are close to me, and it’s made me feel betrayed – relationships seem fragile and forced sometimes. All the while I’ve had 2 psychotic friends needing help (they had been hospitalised for suicidal tendencies) which has been exhausting. The animals have been wonderful but s**t happens (especially with the nature of rescue-animals) and I’ve had to make 4 [necessary] trips to the vets and nurse one of the dogs (not like that you dirty minded sod XD ). Probably the worst (and a story in itself) was having to have someone removed from the house – that I did not want there in the first place but – whom became physically aggressive and threatening; making me feel unsafe in my own home.
Things are still very challenging now and even though my housemate / live-in-landlord is back which is nice, I’m still having severe bouts of anxiety and feel rather lost to where things are.
Anyway, not wanting to end this on a negative note, I’m working to pull things back together. Art has been slow of this past month because of for-mentioned issues but I’ve managed to get some old (and boring) works into an exhibition later this year and been invited to submit some stuff to galleries (sadly my pony stuff isn’t really taken all that well there though). On the pony side though, which is about the only work I’ve been able to work on recently, I’ve been putting time into a commission where I’ve had the chance (thank you soo much for your patience, you know who you are) which I hope to have ready soon. I’m also trying to kick start the Thursday streams so stop-by if you fancy a bit of low quality entertainment of me scribbling and slowly descending into a fragile drunken mess….
Hopefully I’ll be able to get stuff pulled back together soon (as well as catch up with about 2 months of MLP, Adventure Time, Stephen Universe and the likes). Social, work and other pressures are heightening but with a bit of luck, will be staying on top of it and providing you with a shameless steady stream of pony related crap.
Lvoe you all,
Ruby xXx
I’m sorry it’s been a while since I’ve been properly active and thought I’d just give an update on what’s going on should you be interested to know.
May was a wonderful month for the most part, I travelled to Canada (Vancouver) and the North West US for a bit of a road trip, a MLP convention (EFNW) and a bit of work. After that, was a furry convention in the UK before eventually trying to get things back to normal. Feel free to ask me about any of that, I have plenty of photos put aside from the trip but as time goes on it seems less and less likely that I’ll get about to doing anything with ‘em. So, getting back to what things were like before after all that would prove to be impossible….
As some of you may know, I’ve moved recently. It’s a lovely country townhouse in a village on the slopes of a small valley overlooking a steelworks. The people in this village are a very proud folk, it’s in the middle of no-where and the community seems tight by compulsion, from the working class families to the folk with tractors, to the 14 year old’s vaping club and to the toffs who prance about on horses. I’ve never really fit in anywhere but this seems like one of the less hostile places to live. The house is tall (4 floors) and I am sharing with 2 dogs, 2 cats and a good friend, Lisa.
The past few weeks have been a bit of a nightmare though. I’ve been taking care of the house and animals which should have been rather wonderful and allowed me to adjust to living here but the stress of other things happening around me have caused some extreme anxieties which probably will stay with me a while. I’ve been walked over by many, some of whom are close to me, and it’s made me feel betrayed – relationships seem fragile and forced sometimes. All the while I’ve had 2 psychotic friends needing help (they had been hospitalised for suicidal tendencies) which has been exhausting. The animals have been wonderful but s**t happens (especially with the nature of rescue-animals) and I’ve had to make 4 [necessary] trips to the vets and nurse one of the dogs (not like that you dirty minded sod XD ). Probably the worst (and a story in itself) was having to have someone removed from the house – that I did not want there in the first place but – whom became physically aggressive and threatening; making me feel unsafe in my own home.
Things are still very challenging now and even though my housemate / live-in-landlord is back which is nice, I’m still having severe bouts of anxiety and feel rather lost to where things are.
Anyway, not wanting to end this on a negative note, I’m working to pull things back together. Art has been slow of this past month because of for-mentioned issues but I’ve managed to get some old (and boring) works into an exhibition later this year and been invited to submit some stuff to galleries (sadly my pony stuff isn’t really taken all that well there though). On the pony side though, which is about the only work I’ve been able to work on recently, I’ve been putting time into a commission where I’ve had the chance (thank you soo much for your patience, you know who you are) which I hope to have ready soon. I’m also trying to kick start the Thursday streams so stop-by if you fancy a bit of low quality entertainment of me scribbling and slowly descending into a fragile drunken mess….
Hopefully I’ll be able to get stuff pulled back together soon (as well as catch up with about 2 months of MLP, Adventure Time, Stephen Universe and the likes). Social, work and other pressures are heightening but with a bit of luck, will be staying on top of it and providing you with a shameless steady stream of pony related crap.
Lvoe you all,
Ruby xXx
but im sure you'll be ok.
sounds like your in a better place now so i do hope things will be better for you
i can t wait to see the new stuff you'll be posting as ive missed you and your art lately ^^
Thanks for your kind words, things shall get easier.... x
I travel as cheaply as I practically can when I do though - it doesn't need to cost a lot to travel! The car hire was split between two of us on the road trip, we found cheap out-of-the-way places to stop using AirBnB and my flights were subsidised by work, so this all saved a lot. Taking care of oneself is another game.... ^.^;