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KrisCynical

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ABOUT ME ▫ Illustrator & Colorist ▫ ▫ BFA Ringling School ▫ ▫ My Art ▫ ▫ Print Orders ▫ ▫ 39 ▫ ace af ▫ ▫ she/her ▫ Mainly into The Legend of Zelda, Inuyasha, and Yuri on Ice, with a smattering of Outlander. Fanart maker person in between professional work. "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."
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Total Eclipse of the Heart Sun

There are few times in life that you can say something like "that was the most incredible thing I have ever seen in my life" without it being hyperbolic. That being said:

That was the most incredible thing I have ever seen in my life.

I live right between Dallas and Ft. Worth, so I was in the direct line of totality in today's solar eclipse. For the last week it had been up in the air as to whether or not we would be able to see it due to cloud cover. It had been cloudy all day. But then, about ten minutes before totality... the clouds parted and it was clear in that one spot for just long enough to allow visibility.

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I just. I have no words. It was the most surreal experience I've ever had.

We were sitting in our back yard to watch, and when totality hit the darkness was eerie. Our outside flood lights operate on photocells to come on at dusk, and they turned on.

This was 1:40pm CST.

We were simply awestruck. I didn't bother wasting time taking pictures beyond just that one snap to capture what it looked like around me, not only because I wanted to just watch totality with my own eyes, but because I also knew that my photographer sister (x) was going to take far better photos with her DSLR and telephoto lense than I ever could with my dinky little phone camera.

I wasn't wrong.

Just... look at that shit. Look at it. Especially the third one with the freaking birds.

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It happened almost three hours ago and I'm still awestruck.

Wow.

Just wow.

(And I'm not sorry for the title pun.)

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#solar eclipse#total solar eclipse#photos#family#shut up kris
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Mom of the Wild is having surgery tomorrow.

As the title says, Mom of the Wild is having surgery tomorrow, 4/3, at 3:15pm. She's having a total joint replacement in her right knee, and once that's healed she'll have the same done to her left. We're calling them her "new bionic knees."

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Any and all positive energy, prayers, well-wishes, or whatever else you believe in would be lovely.

She needs this surgery very, VERY badly. Her knees have impacted her ability to function day to day and has made going pretty much anywhere a task of quite a bit of effort and planning because her mobility has been so compromised. She can't stand for long, and walking is extremely painful. She's been using a cane for the last two or three years now.

There's literally nothing left as far as cushioning in her knees, and when she walks you can audibly hear the bones creaking and grinding against each other. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end because it sounds so terrible. She's been in a lot of pain that I'm pretty sure she's been downplaying because that's just the way she is, so I'm really glad she's finally starting down the road of fixing things.

To be completely selfish for a moment, I want my mom back.

She's in good spirits about it all because she's ready to get her mobility back and do all of the work required in PT to do so. Her ortho, Dr. Lowry, has also said that based on her authorization testing and pre-op clearance she's going to do great in surgery and he expects her to have an excellent outcome, which gives me a lot of confidence.

So... yeah. As I said, any and all prayers or positive energy that any of you can spare tomorrow would be greatly appreciated. I'll be giving updates as needed. 💜

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Mom of the Wild is in recovery and we're waiting for the text to go and see her. Everything went great.

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#mom of the wild#medical#personal shit#knee replacement surgery#shut up kris#family
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Mom of the Wild is having surgery tomorrow.

As the title says, Mom of the Wild is having surgery tomorrow, 4/3, at 3:15pm. She's having a total joint replacement in her right knee, and once that's healed she'll have the same done to her left. We're calling them her "new bionic knees."

GIF by sakuga-shit

Any and all positive energy, prayers, well-wishes, or whatever else you believe in would be lovely.

She needs this surgery very, VERY badly. Her knees have impacted her ability to function day to day and has made going pretty much anywhere a task of quite a bit of effort and planning because her mobility has been so compromised. She can't stand for long, and walking is extremely painful. She's been using a cane for the last two or three years now.

There's literally nothing left as far as cushioning in her knees, and when she walks you can audibly hear the bones creaking and grinding against each other. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end because it sounds so terrible. She's been in a lot of pain that I'm pretty sure she's been downplaying because that's just the way she is, so I'm really glad she's finally starting down the road of fixing things.

To be completely selfish for a moment, I want my mom back.

She's in good spirits about it all because she's ready to get her mobility back and do all of the work required in PT to do so. Her ortho, Dr. Lowry, has also said that based on her authorization testing and pre-op clearance she's going to do great in surgery and he expects her to have an excellent outcome, which gives me a lot of confidence.

So... yeah. As I said, any and all prayers or positive energy that any of you can spare tomorrow would be greatly appreciated. I'll be giving updates as needed. 💜

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#mom of the wild#medical#personal shit#knee replacement surgery#shut up kris#family
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Speaking of foolish financial decisions...

It releases Q1 of next year.

Cue my wallet:

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Why am I like this.

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#loz#botw#first four figures#zelda#shut up kris#sheikah slate#f4f#shit like this is what my mad money stash is for but i still have to pull my own teeth to make myself do it no matter how badly i want it#at least i was able to use my reward points from purchasing epona from them last year to save a chunk off this one#along with a coupon they sent me while knowing exactly what they were fucking doing#and the early bird price
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