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Did I do an Update this Month Yet? Update
🕑 Added 2023-08-18 15:18:15 +0000 UTCIt's only a little past the middle of the month but I feel like I need to organize my thoughts and let people know how the end of this month is going to do.
This is less of a "This will happen" and more of a "This is how I hope for it to go," with the idea that it'll hopefully lean towards the former...
Basic Plan Outline
The idea is that I still have one free drawing I wanna finish and release before the month is over. It might even come out before I leave for Sweden, who knows. I will probably do the exclusive poll really early (21st-22nd ish~?) so I can start the drawing at least one day before I leave so I'm not stressed for time on finishing it while giving my brain ample time to work off jet lag.
Now this sounds simple enough and actually will be quite easily accomplishable but I've come to run into some problems that could fuck up everything.
The Problems
My laptop has been more and more argumentative lately, and you can tell that I'm not really in a good mood about it because I tend to not swear when writing these updates. I have a Gigabyte G5 GD laptop, this thing is kinda a powerhouse for how much I paid for it, but on the other hand it fucking sucks. The Gigabyte GD line has a problem where for some reason that no one knows, not even Gigabyte's helpline, it has a LOUD alarm-like beep that comes across the headphones AND speakers. It happens semi randomly once a day at most, and sometimes there won't be days it ever happens. One time it happened 5 times in one day while watching videos. No one knows how to fix it. I've tried to contact support and they've said the same things that redditors have said all to amount to no one having their problem fixed. The beeping can be stopped by being put into sleep mode and out of it. Generally this means the beeping won't happen until the next day or if you turn off your computer, the next time you run a more powerful application for 12 minutes.
It's not the GPU overheating, it's not the CPU overheating, it's not my BIOS being out of date, it's also not my motherboard beeping (it's coming from the speakers!!!), it's not the fans stopping. I'm currently on the trouble shooting step where I have to unplug and replug in my fans, as one person has said "this worked." Unfortunately I don't have the tools for this until I head back home.
Okay a long explanation for all this but what does it mean? In conjunction with this sometimes it just shuts off or blue screens. I keep everything clean, I do my best with updates, it's just a terrible machine. I haven't had this happen yet, but I did get a beep in the middle of me working on my Evelyn drawing, first time ever. I was so scared that I was going to lose progress that it was a race to save and put to sleep. Luckily I lost nothing and I tend to keep some sort of backups, but I could have my data corrupted at any moment and lose a singular drawing's progress. I don't want this to happen but know that if it does between now and the end of the month, you will hear about it.
Heading Home
In about a week from now I'll be on my way home and landing very late at night. I'll have time to relax and figure everything out but I'm also going to be ordering new equipment. I need a new desktop, a new desk and a new laptop if this doesn't get fixed. My cellphone is also bugging out since I bought it second hand two years ago. Basically I'm going to end up spending anywhere between 3 to 4 thousand dollars on making sure I can actually operate everything and keep it nice after all things are done. This is a headache inducing amount of money and dips into my savings substantially. I'm going to try and do the most important things at a time, but if I can't fix this laptop, that's going to have to be my first thing I buy.
My laptop is where I do all my work and gaming at the moment, if I forgot to mention that. And because I need it to be portable and powerful to ensure I can still work across seas. God forbid my tablet breaks between now and then too, this thing has served me for 5 years strong.
I'm not asking anyone to shell out more than they already are, I extremely appreciate how you guys support me, but I do need to figure out what to do to fundraise some cash. I just feel like it'd come across a little scummy since I fundraised Mochi Moshi and that's not even done (despite it being constantly worked on). So people who aren't you guys would probably raise a brow. Can't write if I don't have a computer though so tough shit somehow... I'll figure it out, but if you guys want to toss some cash my way I have a ko-fi link that just goes to my paypal.
I don't think I'll be doing a weight gain or expansion drive so don't feel like you need to save money and wait until then, but if that does end up happening I'll retroactively add your support to it.
Final Notes
Thanks again for everyone's continued support. I enjoy and love every moment of what I do and make for you all. I'm proud to just continue to be myself at every moment. I'm surprised you all loved the Ruined Glamrock Chica picture, surprised the hell outta me!! As always, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Have a great rest of August. Mochi Moshi update will happen after I'm in the states.
