Meghan Taylor

One of the many reasons why, when my husband’s parents talk wistfully of cruises, I hide under a desk. This was triggered by 90 minutes on a regular degular ferry

Admittedly, an old one that moved A LOT - The Queen of New Westminster is from the 60s and it shows.

Still. I belong on land.

A liiiitttle better this morning, thank goodness. Still dizzy, but it’s not the kind of persistent rotation that makes me want to lie on the floor and stay there.

Which is great because the first time I had this issue, it lasted -weeks- and not days. I might be good by Saturday, at this rate.

I have a tendency to get a persistent kind of vertigo after spending a few days on the mainland (I blame the ferry, but primarily I just seem to have a glitchy vestibular system).

And oh my god.

This time it’s such a doozy. Been lightly dizzy for days and now I’ve got a headache.

Boooooo.

But yeah VancouFur was good.

I’m just glad I was smart enough to take two days off after to recover.

Home. Very very very tired.

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Back when I had a public webcomic and it fueled a Patreon, oh yes. I worried.

Now I do it all for myself with no financial stakes, so it’s less concerning. If the motives on my WIP are currently inscrutable, that’s okay. Someday it’ll be sensical. Until then, may you be entertained despite it all.

It’s been a [figure this out later] placeholder for months but I’m starting to bump into walls where I could stand to at least vaguely figure it out now.

Is there an excellent book or resource out there in the world full of well-thought-out science fiction weaponry and destructive shenanigans?

I need to concoct a very big problem orchestrated by not-necessarily-competent folks in my book and I do not have the mind of a troublemaker.

Regrettably.

Actually. Better mantra! Tonight I will work on my book! Tonight maybe I’ll draw something indulgent! Tonight I will sooth my brain!

TONIGHT.

Mantra: tomorrow will not be shit, tomorrow will not be shit, I will make actual progress tomorrow, tomorrow will not be shit… -_-

I remember getting a lot of nose bleeds and having to ground myself on a metal coffee table before touching my cat, lest he think I have lightning powers and hate him. T_T

It could be worse!

All workplaces should just have a rage room with a selection of baseball bats available to anyone who needs a minute.

It would sometimes do me just SO much good to scream and smash stuff for a while in a space where it’s completely acceptable, y’know?

A screenshot of the title of the grid board. It's now tagged "pepe silvia"

Tagged appropriately.

Yes! I would pretend to be whatever exotic animal they need. I don't care.

Just! Let! Me! IN!

A dialog box from BYOK studio for a new grid board, titled, in all caps "CHARLIE DAY ASS WEB THING BEHOLD". The description reads "My brain is fuckin' stupid so here we attempt to offload it into a manageable framework." In the tags we have the names Nathan, Henry, Geraldine, and Aeryn, but also just Nat and, most appallingly, simply the letter N.

I am having a normal one regarding my novel WIP.

(ignore all the times where I apparently couldn't even get through Nathan's name when entering tags - I am keenly aware of the levels of confidence that this does not instill

BUT TRUST!)

I need a... like... -vat- of moisturizer or something to just cast myself into. The amount of discomfort that's currently plaguing me on account of, very simply, dry skin, is nigh unfathomable.

I ITCH.

I’ve completely forgotten to post anything Tsukino Con related this weekend but yesterday I was Emet-Selch and won best in show advanced at the cosplay contest. I’m so happy to have finally been able to finish Emet and compete and win in him. So worth it! #finalfantasyxiv #finalfantasycosplay

~I got to be bugs today~🕷️

Photos by racc00n with a sp00n 🌟
#hornet #silksong #hollowknight #cosplay

The latter is looking to continue into the second week of March.

But after VancouFur, my one and only real con of the year, maybe I'll find a bit of a balance.

Who's to say.

Doesn't mean there isn't going to be ANY art. Just not much. I think.

Admittedly, the last month and a half have been complicated for other reasons. January was hard because I was inundated with learning new things at work and it tired my brain out. February has had SO many social engagements.

The trial of having creative outlets that both require hours of concentration. Gotta choose.

I really want to choose my book.

I'm starting to just accept that if I'm working hard on writing my story, then 2026 is just going to be really light on finished artwork. I can't do a good job at both and my day job, I don't think. I can either do lots of one and a little of the other, or a frustratingly inadequate amount of both.

I am thinking a lot about a statement today and I think it's worthwhile to talk about why I alt text/don't repost stuff that doesn't have alt text, and how I landed here with it.

I have always thought that if people just KNEW they'd try to do something to impact this.

It has a microSD card for onboard storage, but then yeah, it can also sync with their cloud-based Studio app (which I really like, personally!) and with Google Drive if you want it to. There’s options. :3 I’m really enjoying it so far.

If you’re curious: byok.io

I have only had a few minutes here and a few minutes there this week, and my days would normally be zero word count days. They aren’t, though.

I’m curious to see what I can do when I DO have time.

And there’s a long weekend coming up…

It’s been a couple of (busy!) days and I continue to love this thing. The fact that I can reach for an easy electronic writing tool with the same mindset that I would a bag of chips (“I have a few minutes. …. Okay, one more paragraph.”) is just SO good.

It makes sense why it’s like that. Mark is a gamer, and the kinds of games he likes have elements of the kinds of stories I like. There’s a high that comes with figuring things out, putting pieces together, putting effort into understanding a narrative.

It’s not for everyone, but it IS for me.

I remember a lesson from screenwriting class was that you have to hit the audience with a 2x4 when it comes to important information. Don’t be subtle. Don’t make them work for it.

But honestly?? Subtlety is exactly what Iron Lung did and I personally loved that so much. It got my money thrice, too.

It’s in a way that’s like candy to my brain. Everything is there on screen, but so much of it lives in the details. I still badly want it on disc so I can pause to read and study everything like it’s a Myst game.