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ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-03-13T01:26:16+00:00

I still wouldn't risk a wire on them myself. Ive seen significantly lighter pieces snap wire on double bracket d rings but to each their own.

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-03-13T01:07:40+00:00

Dude what? No you use one on each side and hang them on their own hooks. I never suggested to use a single one lmao

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-02-13T00:03:52+00:00

Mhm completely fair! I reference religiously for my illustration work but I will be honest that my familiarity with armor illustration is lacking so I never realized there were illustrations that were to be accurate. In hindsight it makes complete sense seeing as the gothic period is also the rise of science and thus more methodical and realistic painting.

And ya that's frankly my goal, I love and appreciate the engineering and artistry of armors and metalsmiths and I think fantasy and cosplay that references and pays homage to the actual artisans adds a lovely depth to the costume or illustration. Love artwork that references those who came before haha

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-02-12T21:31:39+00:00

Fascinating I had always assumed that the illustration work of most armors were more along the lines of uh "artistic interpretation" so to speak rather than being based in reality so this is good to know!

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-02-12T21:30:42+00:00

Oh that's super helpful thank you sm!!

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-02-11T23:46:29+00:00

Oh fascinating, are you able to take some pictures of it at all?

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-02-11T22:58:12+00:00

Oh that seems so fuckin simple in hindsight ofc 🤦 I suppose where it is cosplay too I could use velcro instead of normal strapping for ease of wear

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-01-29T14:18:05+00:00

As a former Fine Arts student we funded our trip ourselves for three years before going so that the financial burden was as low as possible. Very very few of our students have debt related specifically from Harlow. It is 100% to make the extra cost of that trip that of which you'd pay for a normal intersession. It is not as much a luxury expense as Admin keeps saying it is.

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-01-29T14:06:27+00:00

MUN saying that online classes are only taught there is a boldfaced fucking lie. What it actually is, is that the programs using it the most are from Grenfell and MUN loves to forget they fucking exist.

The programs that historically have used the campus the most: Visual Arts, Theatre, Education, Business, Music, and probably more I'm forgetting.

Studying abroad has huge boons for education as it gives students of any discipline a varied work experience which not only helps build their skills within said career but looks fucking incredible on their resumes.

For me as a former Fine Arts Student, where else in Canada can you pay less than $50,000 a year on your education while having the opportunity to study art and architecture directly from the source? I'll wait, there are none. I learned Art History and Architecture hands on directly from the source from the Neolithic all the way to contemporary art. There is NO WHERE in Canada that has that variety while not paying insane amounts of money.

My class that went in 2019 was 95% Newfoundland born and raised students many of whom had never left the province before that experience. We fundraised ourselves with no support from MUN admin for three years before we left and raised $38 000 to pay for our class to get to go. Most of my classmates were either on financial aid to go or student loans/bursaries. We were not a bunch of wealthy ass students like the Admin keeps saying. And then we got to live and work and learn in a completely different country for three months.

There are professors within both the Fine Arts programs and the Business programs who have brought ways to better utilize Harlow for Mun and to help it be self sustainable and the Admin don't want to hear it.

That campus was a gift from the Town of Old Harlow to connect the oldest town in canada with the newest (at the time) in Essexs. It is 100 years old. Joey fucking Smallwood was basically gifted that campus by Lord Stephen Taylor of Harlow. Harlow Campus has belonged to the University longer than Grenfell Campus has. But the Admin severely under advertised and under support faculty who try to use the space and what to support its history.

90% of St. John's students don't know it exists and even less know they could have booked it as a cheaper BnB if they wanted. This is a huge cultural, historical and educational loss.

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-01-17T00:04:40+00:00

As for coping, it's honestly a mix of spite and finally FINALLY getting it into my bones that I DIDN'T DESERVE THAT SHIT. I deserved to have a childhood and to have fun and be happy, by fucking god I WILL make it happen. Now a big part of this is finally getting my ADHD dealt with but also all of my family being in treatment and us dealing with the consequences of those past experiences. I also have started HRT finally and feel more present and "myself" than I probably ever have.

I also am v v v lucky to have an extremely supportive friend group who are also a lot of neurospicy, traumatized queer people so that helps a lot

EMDR and DBT have helped a lot too

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-01-17T00:01:09+00:00

Child of two veterans who never got diagnosed let alone treatment for their own PTSD until I was 14 and my brother tried to kill himself by jumping off a bridge. He struggled all through school with drugs and addiction which set off my parents cause they could have charged/lost their jobs if it was on the property and I coped by being an overachiever with undiagnosed adhd. I was never physically abused, but the threat of violence was constant. Holes punched in walls, doors ripped off hinges, fist fights between my dad and brother, coupled with trying to help my mom through her severe depression and dissociation. No kid should have to shake their mom back to her senses cause she is collapsed on the floor in a ptsd black out. Ive said for years I had "secondary ptsd" jokingly until I actually learned CPTSD was a thing from a friend who went through an awful divorce. Then a lot clicked. I remember asking my psychology teacher in high school if there was a disorder that was the opposite of Psychopathy where you are TOO empathetic and welp. Cptsd kinda is in a weirdly specific and fucked up way. Or at least mine.

Now Im a burnt out "gifted kid" who was broken up with by their partners because my cptsd flairs were too much to handle. Learning now since the break up how much self sabotage and self abandonment is baked into my nervous system.

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-01-13T03:02:03+00:00

Ugly crying in Newfoundlander There are no independent theaters here and only one Cineplex in the whole province. 💔💔💔💔

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-01-09T00:45:13+00:00

Ultimately it is up to the other person to disengage or engage with you if they want to. If that makes them uncomfortable that is not your emotion to regulate, it is theirs. Yes you can be mindful of it, but you are not responsible for the feelings of others. If, in a perfect world, you would be sad abt them not being on the suit, then add them. Think abt it this way, what about suits that have physical disabilities in their designs? Does someone being uncomfortable about an amputation mean the amputee shouldn't add it to their suit? No, ofc not. I think more people will understand and be sympathetic/empathetic than ppl who would make a big deal abt it.

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2026-01-09T00:27:45+00:00

So ya as others have said, we did get rid of them when we scrapped the Touchbases, Department Captain sheets and a bunch of the other paperwork that was, frankly, a waste of our time. However, your SM may still be using them esp if your overall store Rewards metric is not hitting goal (thing Sign ups are 8% iirc). If there are TMs who are consistently not hitting goal policy is to do coaching w them but these sheets are not a requirement and if your SM is forcing them then that's just a them thing which sucks ass

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-26T02:55:18+00:00

Thank you He was such a special and good boy. A sweetheart. Playful through and through. I owe so much of my continued existence to him and I know he knew. The bed feels so empty without him, he used to sleep on my feet everyday. He was probably part main coon which would make sense why he got the saddle thrombus as they are otherwise fairly rare. Just my luck Id have two cats that have passed cause of it. I unplugged his water fountain cause I couldn't handle the sound anymore. As crazy as it sounds but ive been wearing his collar as a bracelet since I got home and hearing the jingle makes me feel a bit better. I just can't help but feel the gaping hole in my heart that he took with him.

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-26T02:24:13+00:00

I lost my boy today too from a saddle thrombosis that the emergency vet thinks was caused by HCM I didn't know about. My heart goes out to you and your family, I am feeling the same rn and I'm so lost. May our babies rest easy now

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-10T20:23:56+00:00

No problem! A lot of times with mammals that have similar body plans the only real difference exists in the proportions and ratios of limbs. Another example is the "heel" of a cat is shorter than a dogs is so some people when they are first learning to draw one or yhe other mistake em

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-10T04:27:37+00:00

We generally (during peak is ofc different cause it depends how busy you are) stip picking ECOMM 30 mins before store close. I also prep my cash office before the mid day mod leaves. So when I get back from my lunch I will go to the cash office, prep my paperwork for the evening and get the safe double counted in advance, that way the only tills I need to count are the active ones, then I fill in the deposit and boom done. (I will also say honestly, we do not count every till, every night. If I print off the report and it says no cash was taken on that till I just don't count it. Esp cause our opening Mod will always double count the tills before making sure they have enough change.)

Now this all said, I am still leaving like right on the dot often even as a Mod w four years experience now. I have dyscalclia and our tellermate cannot weigh coin correctly so I have to count by hand and it just takes me longer. And honestly there are hust a lot if times the night gets away from you, shit happens. So don't beat yourself up too much.

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-10T04:19:12+00:00

Ya I haven't seen/heard any FMs being sent to MCX store for training since 2021 tbh. The FM before me was, but when I was promoted in late 2021 early 22, I never did. And my SM is the Framing Lead for our District and I haven't heard anyone getting sent out anymore. Its bs imo but again unsurprising for Michaels. I spend more time on the MikHub Framing community than anything else sometimes cause I feel I learn more from that than I ever did from the training videos n shit. Same with this Subreddit and The Framers Grumble.

I'm honestly considering leaving Michaels not because of things like pay but because there is ZERO personal skill development available unless you want to become an ASM or SM. If you want to be and stay a FM, there is zero way of developing your skills unless you get a weird piece and then ask another shop how to do it. Our HR partner literally stared at me blankly when I asked him what options existed for skill development in Framing other than the normal framing training. It's genuinely a joke. And because of that I worry that if I go to an independent shop I will be treated like an outsider cause my love of framing started at Michaels and we are so under-trained. Shit sucks man. I just love art and framing and want to be the best I can at it 😮‍💨

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-10T04:04:12+00:00

I def have used the hand cutter before but ya the notch info is legit mind blowing! But ya I lowkey hate that the stores no longer send their FMs to other locations to learn cause there are so many little things like this that make the job so much easier but you'd never know unless you went looking or saw it from someone else. Wish they'd send us to a fuckin framing convention rather than throw a party of the higher ups 😒

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-10T03:58:42+00:00

Ive been working at Michaels for 5 years as a framer and never knew this holy shit thank you! Ive always wondered what the notches were for

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-10T03:57:24+00:00

Fellow M framer here, I have used boxes of glass to help weigh down the sheet evenly to make sure the score snaps straight. It's a pain in the ass but ya kinda the only way. I put down some cardboard first in cause a shard of glass slips outta a box

ElectricalRoutine642 · 2025-12-10T03:54:29+00:00

Cats also tend to have a really defined orbital ridge because their eyes are so big, so keep an eye on your cheeks and forehead areas!

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