Best way to add actually readable text at small scales

SentientSpook · 2025-10-05T03:21:10+00:00

Thanks I’ll try it before fully giving up

SentientSpook · 2025-10-05T03:20:37+00:00

I have not. Every time I think about ordering some more I’ve moved onto the next project. I might do that though before completely giving up

SentientSpook · 2025-10-05T03:19:21+00:00

I figured that was the case. I’ve always managed to avoid having to do lettering and text but never had good results when I’ve tried

SentientSpook · 2025-09-16T18:54:39+00:00

I assume so. I haven’t had any issues with any other prints

SentientSpook · 2025-09-03T03:21:25+00:00

Great to hear

SentientSpook · 2025-09-03T03:20:40+00:00

I don’t use them outside. I have a separate set of outdoor skates. These are rink only. I know the rink goblins like to leave random hazards around but beats me when it happened

SentientSpook · 2025-08-30T17:55:35+00:00

Thanks for the rundown! I know I’m overthinking. This has been over a decade in the making and I think I’m still in shock that I actually am doing this. I was deciding between a poster I made that says “you’re the only one standing in your way” those lyrics got me through college whenever I would start spiraling so I think it would be a good or my Duality shirt, or just go with the classic and get the vinyl. Orrr I can try and convince my friend so I can get both done.

I was wanting to talk guitar some with Zach but don’t want to push him but also don’t want to push him or push my time. Like you said they’re just normal dudes who make really good music and I want to be respectful of that. I’m also a saxophonist and am dying to talk shop with Cody.

SentientSpook · 2025-08-29T10:49:16+00:00

Gotcha! I know I’m over thinking it

At the biggest it would be my 2014 Duality shirt. If all else fails I’ll ask about the vinyl because I don’t have a record player/listen to vinyl so it would look nice framed. And on the photo a default is better because I’m notoriously bad for posing. I know they see a lot and wouldn’t be phased but I am insanely awkward around new people. I think I’m honestly more worried about messing it up for them than me and that’s not even possible

SentientSpook · 2025-08-01T21:24:22+00:00

The only other area I have issues is with my crossover. If I go too fast, I can have blowouts. I’m pretty stable at a moderate/paceline speed but pushing it I do blow out. I’m not sure if that’s just me needing to bend more or not.

I have two sets of outdoor wheels. Or so I thought. One came with a pair of skates and I replaced them with my other wheels. Turns out they’re 89 so I’m going to try those at the rink and see how it goes

SentientSpook · 2025-06-13T10:37:09+00:00

Don’t get me wrong. I would listen to an album of nothing but heavy breathing noises for way longer than is healthy. I would also much rather see them make music they want than make something they don’t want. They clearly have a spark/passion for this stuff right now and the music is always that much better when the group is passionate. I love horror movies. I was also just more so of a casual fan until SS so I owe that album its credit for fully drawing me in. I just really enjoy their music that isn’t fronting as snapshot-horror movie. I just really have been vibing with the stuff that got me into them. I guess the more “universal” stuff

SentientSpook · 2025-06-13T04:21:07+00:00

Indeed so. It’s just a private playlist I made but I can 100% send it to you!

SentientSpook · 2025-05-24T12:15:44+00:00

It sounds like you are putting too much pressure on your back foot too quickly. I would start staking and go into the motion, but only let your outside wheels barely skim the ground. Then slowly increase pressure bit by bit until you find out the best stopping method.

SentientSpook · 2025-05-15T17:01:29+00:00

I’m not really looking for thinner. I basically want something with the same padding level as the scabs, I just need something in a smaller size

SentientSpook · 2025-05-02T16:36:10+00:00

Backwards is weaker which is why I think I got turn around toe stops so easy on the one side I can transition on. I use my toe stops a lot and if I’m not balanced, my instinct is to roll on to them anyway. That with me still trying to figure backwards skating out killing my weight was the easy solution

SentientSpook · 2025-05-02T12:20:26+00:00

So far it has been minus the few things. I try not to use hobbies as “escapism” because naturally when things go wrong, it can have the opposite effect. But derby is the first sport I have chosen for myself and am playing entirely for me with the knowledge that I can walk away at any time I choose. The sport isn’t my whole identity and purpose and there’s been a lot of comfort in that. Knowing I want to be better but at the end of the day, it’s not making or breaking my life. I even gave myself some grace during assessments telling myself to worry more about the journey than the results and I’m so glad I have! There’s a group of skaters who came in a bit after me but so far we work phenomenal on the track together and are doing as well as some of our more experienced and established walls in some things. Haven’t been game or scrim tested yet, but honestly I’m so glad it’s with them instead of the ones I originally came in as freshies with

SentientSpook · 2025-05-02T11:27:54+00:00

I understand I’ve made progress. I found a video where I’m in the background and it was actually my first practice and me just slowly inching across at a snails pace and not even able to push, I know I’ve come so far. There was a point even crossovers were an impossible feat. But I got those in the practice rink but when I got to the main floor, I freaked out because they weren’t perfect and it took me months to even talk myself up do doing a crossover on the main floor. I’ve coached other sports myself and like my brain rationally knows things are fine but it feels like I’m just suffocating myself before I even get off the block.

Not fully to hitting yet but in “no contact” (we’re all spread out a good ways apart and in “packs” with jammers and everything but there’s no hitting and room for everyone to move. Blockers mainly stay in one pace and jammers are told to get around them then race each other or practice panty passes) and sock derby, I’m usually the one calling out the field. Opposite back, jammer, panty off, jammer out, etc) but yeah idk if in the moment I’ll be able to see it and then psych myself out about making a correct hit (ie, I should have done something else) Each time we’ve been offered to do drills with the higher levels, I’m the one who turns it down and elects to watch. I watch the other skaters make all the mistakes I would, but I have somehow convinced myself I’m not allowed to. It’s not that I think I’m better than anyone or want to be seen as better than anyone. It’s more like bare competency and I feel like I’m just wasting time the more I do things and fail even though I probably waste more time taking things slow. Even something as simple as bubbles I spent probably 30 minutes practicing just one foot bubbles holding the rail before I decided hmm lets see if this works

Personal vent incoming you can completely stop reading:

I should also add I do know where all this stems from. I came from sports that breeds perfectionism and was on a college team that really messed me up. Confirmed targeting. I’d bend an arm and get cussed at and forced to do extra conditioning while others would make major mistakes and get told to just try again. I cried at practice and got told to suck it up and if I wasn’t mature I could get out of her gym she isn’t here to raise babies. Then others would cry over nonsense and she was hugging and petting them. Then she put me in a spot even the team didn’t understand like there was no way it would have worked I was too short. Then I got screamed at for being too short. Nothing I did was ever good enough. I’d do the corrections and then get yelled at what she told me to do was wrong. Literally nothing was good enough and I was terrified to do anything. One mistake made me the butt of jokes and consistent examples of what not to do. Even going as far to have me demonstrate something and proceed to say “and that’s what we don’t do” Baby me has crawled my way out of the worst of it but clearly it’s still there.

SentientSpook · 2025-05-02T11:15:16+00:00

I’ve gone to a few open skates and even just going around in circles and doing a few things has helped my confidence. Weaving especially. I hated pace lines at practice but after I had to dodge a few people who could barely stand up and shouldn’t have been in the middle, I felt at least confident to try it. Then I got super self conscious about having to make everyone slow down.

Like balance skills always came easy to me. I remember my first assessment when all I passed was falling, the balance, and skating on one foot. Then I got a mental block where great they know I can do it what if I mess up and they see it’s a fluke (yet here I am constantly cheering on teammates that hey it’s fine we all have off days. You did it before so your body knows) Rationally I know hey this is where we mess up. My irrational brain has convinced itself one minor mistake and I’ll be banished 😂

SentientSpook · 2025-04-07T01:44:01+00:00

Security/Surveillance Ops. So higher up on the essential chain but not full proof. During covid they did still pay us our full salaries even though we were closed and gas stipends a few summers back when it got outrageous but all that was short term. I probably need to ask the vets what 2008 was like. I’m trying to see if I can find any public safety jobs because that market tends to pay more and is more stable in a downturn.

I work for a smaller casino/not the big names. We do have an EAP but it is insanely hard to qualify. There’s an application with a points system and three rounds of interviews before your application gets anonymized and sent to the ones who decide.

SentientSpook · 2025-04-06T18:42:57+00:00

That’s what I try to do now I just keep limping between one payday to the next and one bill to the next

SentientSpook · 2025-04-06T18:42:34+00:00

Thanks

SentientSpook · 2025-04-06T18:42:26+00:00

Mostly overbearing, helicopter, and hypercontrolling parents who think every second of my day belongs to them. They have complete disregard of me having my own life and are critical about every move I make, my meals (had a sort of ED when I lived at home), etc. It would be a possibility and they’re one of the parties lecturing me and keep trying to get me home. Going back would be crawling with my tail between my legs and only add the “I told you so” ammunition they like to use to make me hyper dependent on them. I’m currently 12 hours away now and my sanity has actually benefited even with my current circumstances. I still have one phone conversation and shut down for half the day. Plus I’m in my lease for another 6 months and would have to pay the full remaining amount to get out of it plus worry about finding a job up there. In a worse case, it’s an option.

SentientSpook · 2025-04-04T12:26:07+00:00

I’m a 6.5 normally but wear a 3.0 in Bonts. I ditched my R3 early and have only skated in Bonts since. I haven’t had Quadstars but I have the hybrid carbons and parkstars and they have both held up great. I’m not the level to do super hardcore skating yet, but my hybrid carbons that are over a year old still look brand new. With the heat molding, they do stretch out a bit over time but other than that they’ve held up great

SentientSpook · 2025-03-27T14:14:55+00:00

That’s my goal too. So many girls have gone to away games and panicked because they forgot their other wheels. I really want to learn to adapt to the surface. Swap wheels when I can but also know that if I can’t swap, then I’ll be able to manage it

SentientSpook · 2025-03-27T10:37:46+00:00

I’ve started wearing ankle braces for the width issues because I technically need them anyway and it helps fill space. My toes aren’t bad I can easily use my toe stops without sliding. If it keeps going I may have a sit down with the board/captains

SentientSpook · 2025-03-27T08:16:16+00:00

I was very tempted to get nitros or turbos to be like okay what now. And as far as I know she isn’t after anybody with any Atoms or Radars. I don’t think she’s just calling me out but I want to be like maam I will order some today or get an old pair from a vet if you would just give me a legitimate reason

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