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Sometimes I put my face up against my dog while he's sleeping to feel his little lungs expand and his little heart beat and I am struck by the beauty of of life and the miracle of nature to evolve for thousands of years just to create one little guy and put him in my house

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hey this week is monumentally awful so you should reblog and tell me in ur tags if ur pets like being picked up or not for me

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BOOBS ARE BACK

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Happy Asexual Awareness Week to Neil Josten specifically

Also small gay disaster Andrew

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hey, I wanted to tell you that I absolutely love your podfics!! I was wondering if you had any plans of reuploading your podfics bc of the troubles the internet archive has been having lately? I was just trying to listen to one of them and realized that it wouldn't load and I'm curious if you have any ideas or if you're planning on waiting it out to see what's up. Absolutely no pressure whatsoever, I just figured i would ask. Feel free to ignore, and I hope you're having a great day!

Hello, thanks for telling me you enjoy my pods!!!

SO the whole internet archive situation has indeed been on my mind, and I am planning at some point to get all of my pods onto the audiofic archive to host/as another hosting option if things pan out with the internet archive but that process has been a bit intimidating and a lot of life has been going on so idk at what point things will be on there.

I DID actually start this process with my first ~50 pods so they are on the audiofic archive, but most of them I haven't actually updated the AO3 posts for because again updating all of the posts is horribly intimidating, so maybe try searching there for the one you're looking for! (here's all of the stuff I'm tagged as a reader on there)

Also, if you let me know what you were wanting to listen to it would definitely give me some motivation to get at least that one up and might be a good way to jumpstart the process for me lol, so feel free to let me know tho no promises!

Honestly it sounds a bit weird but getting an ask about this kinda felt nice because it's a confirmation someone is missing the many hours of my work that disappeared from the internet with this going on 💜

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Can’t get over the trojans expecting jean to be a big scary raven and getting a scared, sweet kid instead vs the foxes expecting a quiet and unassuming neil and getting a loud mouth mafia nepo baby (affectionate)

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I feel like I might sound like a boomer, but why do streaming services have ads now. I thought the point of streaming was to pay to be add free.

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When your boyfriend works the graveyard shift, so you join with noodles and crossword puzzles

this is a redraw of an old pic and it really was a fun and nice challenge

And I love that it shows how my lineart improved, as well as my understanding of colors and perspective.

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Secret snowflake again, here for some more questions!!

I've considered a bit what I want to make and I have a rough idea. I don't want to give it away of course so I'll try to keep it vague but in terms of pov, do you prefer Jean or Neil? Asking for no specific reason cough cough

Another question, I admittedly haven't been writing for too long but I'd still love to write something for you as it's a skill I'm trying to hone. Still, I can't guarantee results and I'd hate for you to be disappointed so would it be fine if I gave you a double gift? As in, I do my best in writing and then add a nice drawing that goes with the story to hopefully distract you from any mistakes

That's all for now, sorry for bothering again!

Sincerely, your secret snowflake

Sorry it took me a bit to answer this! I slightly prefer Neil-pov

I will be so delighted with whatever you end up making me, please please don't feel obligated to do writing and a drawing bc you're worried about quality! But if you choose to do so that's perfectly fine with me!

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My theory of adhd management is that in order to focus there are 4 things that need to be sufficiently occupied:

Eyes

Ears

Hands (or body)

Brain

And if you aren’t occupying them enough or there’s too many things demanding the use of one, it’ll start to wreck havoc on your ability to do things.

So for example, listening to a podcast. This occupies your ears and brain as you focus on both listening and processing what you hear, but it leaves your hands and eyes completely without anything to do. If you tried to sit down and just listen to a podcast by itself you’d probably get unbearably bored and stop doing it.

But if you pair that activity with something that uses your hands and eyes, like a craft, household chore, or commute, suddenly you’re fully plugged in and can in fact focus better on both tasks than you could if you tried doing them separately.

It’s also why you can’t listen to a podcast while doing homework; you’re trying to use your brain for two different tasks. To occupy your ears while doing homework (which is already using eyes, brain, and hands) you need something for your ears that doesn’t require your brain: music. Specifically music that doesn’t use too much brain power, which is why some people prefer instrumentals or songs in other languages.

Hyperfixation and sensory overload change this by moving the threshold for how much sensory input you need to be able to function. If I’m extremely focused on a craft project (eyes, hands, brain) I might not even need something for my ears; my interest in the project makes up for it. If i’ve had a very overwhelming day, trying to listen to an audiobook while I do some stretches could be too much to process. My brain needs a break.

Video games, which pretty much universally occupy all 4 areas, are basically instant, easy focus wrapped up in a neat little bow. No wonder adhd-havers tend to love them.

If you’re struggling with a task, try looking at which areas it occupies and which are left unattended. Then try to find something enjoyable to fill those gaps, and see if that helps.

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Heyy it's your secret snowflake! Got some questions for you

Got any preferences in what you'd like me to make? Thinking like any scene, prompt, au?

And more importantly, anything you do not want? Generally things you don't like or would like me not to include like triggers or dislikes

If there's anything else you want me to know, feel free to tell me. Happy to hear from you!

Hello hello!

A few things I extra enjoy to inspire you, but I am an enjoyer of many things and don't have anything super particular in mind!

-AUs of all kinds (especially soulmates, aus where people meet online and fake dating)

-neil being a badass/feral/both

-would love a Neil's time in the nest story also!

-also also I love stories exploring gender/sexuality if that's something your interested in writing

As for things I don't like/want the list is short! I prefer no apocalypse/zombie AUs, time travel AUs, or hopeless endings. Anything else is fair game!

If you were hoping for a more specific answer let me know I can def do that!!! I'm always afraid of accidentally requesting someone into a corner without knowing

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having a cat is great. there's a small little animal wandering around. effervescent

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is anyone else scared or is it just me and every deer

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noncon friendship

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Hot chocolate season 🍂🐺🦊🐈‍⬛

My lovely patreons this month voted for a coffee shop in autumn! So I decided to have Drew and Neil having a hot chocolate on a nice orange street 🍊

To get the September free print you can join my Patreon at either the pomegranate and saffron tier (UK SHIPPING) or almond and plumb (INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING)

This print is available as an a4 and will be sent out around the 1st October. This is a Patreon exclusive and will not be published on the shop. This months Patreon will also feature a little quote thank you card!

🍊Has anyone else been really feeling the autumn season? I think it’s because we haven’t had a very hot summer here so I’ve been in jumpers since june.

🍊This piece was inspired by the city where I go to uni! And some photos of the buildings I’ve seen when I’m there. I start my masters on Monday and I’m so so excited to be back in the city and to grab a coffee with the trees all in orange

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kevin being the true epitome of "ball is life" even when faced with attractive people