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Today was the faculty awards. When I first started at this school, each award had its own dinner with family and friends and story telling. To be honest it was a bit much. Money got tight. It became 1 party for everyone with less talking.

By the time I won one, it was here's your award, we'll take 1 picture and there are some cookie on a tray. No one cared. Then covid hit. Now we've decided to try and reclaim these awards. Still hardly anyone came but two people in my school won so I went and OMG the food was foccia with make your own toppings (hummus, pesto etc, I went pesto and chunks of feta) then there were grilled veggies, salami picante (pepperoni) dry salami with black pepper crust, mozzarella pearls, and rolls of proscuitto which I assumed were wrapped around cheese and then a huge fruit platter. Turns out the proscuitto was just a giant jellyroll of meat. I was shocked given how expensive this is.

I ate two platters and then a third and then they said, everyone take it home. Watch me through a pound of proscuitto into a take out container. Yum. Salami and more damn bread. I am happy.

I am also embarrassed because a student came in to find out why she did so badly on her exam. Turns out she hadn't. I transposed the numbers. SO SORRY!

Last night's stress dream, I was brushing Rocket and he had flea eggs in him...but at first they were the size of cavier. And the more I brushed, the slimier and bigger they got until there were dozens of them the size of marbles. I didn't know what kind of bug eggs these were but I couldn't get up without getting the eggs everywhere. Thanks brain. You're the best.


For fannish 50 I wanted to talk a little indie animation. So the fandom has lost their shit about The Amazing Digital Circus releasing in the theaters early. I mean being fucking rude, cruel etc because damn fandom is entitled any more.

And yes, I get it. It went terribly for Hazbin which did the same. People scalped tickets, scalped the collectors items and worse SPOILED it. I didn't heard any but it was bad.

Of course the fandom is worried but put it in the light of Glitch's response right here. Ask yourself when was the last time you saw Indie animation in a theater? We get Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks. If we're lucky we get something Miyazaki did.

We are getting a true indie animation in a theater. It sold out in minutes. It earned FIVE million dollars in pre sales. Imagine that.

Imagine what could come next. Yes some fans will spoil it and it's shitty that they will. But this is something big.

Meanwhile on Kickstarter I've tossed a coin to another indie animation in Clara and the Below. Check it out, really cool stuff and Matt Braly did Gravity Falls and Amphibia so I figure the animation will be really cool.

In an era where Disney is turning to AI animators we need this.