I need to write my edits later but imtook out the paypal link because i may not need it and I need to decide something;w; original
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whaddup it’s ya gurl, yingle pringle. za ourpl glorpl got a special request to make:

I have a short tldr and a longer one below. here is the short tldr: money is tight, like… scary tight. we’re at a breaking point and I’m making a post I never thought I’d have to make (i’m both a stubborn dipshit and an afraid dipshit).

very quick points:

• dragon partner @izalia needs work, looking for something that won’t make us hate each other ;v;; specifically computer touching, or webbed site touching. maybe VR stuff? just ask !!!

• senior dog who I’m trying to keep homed

• $80-$150 as an absolute Not Starving minimum is what we’d like to try to make monthly going forward.

• preferred is $500/mo (again, roughly $3/hr, if that helps) to get started. anything over this is absolutely appreciated, and I don’t know how to repay it if it every got there.

• maybe as a fair trade you could throw a few clams my way in exchange for some nice beats? https://ourplet.bandcamp.com/

I also have done some music, and I do play live instruments, with a fair amount of mixing and mastering knowledge. a lot of things I do experiment with, and sound design is something I’ve recently taken to. I would be open to some commission pieces in that regard :3 I can’t fit it all in this post because Sharkey is weird, but perusing my profile will take you to a plethora of different things I do and have done. some of it video editing, some basic vfx stuff, sound design and colors, glorpy rainbow squeakles, you got it, creachur.

longer version:

as of this moment, we can’t actually afford cost of living.

I moved out of a deep red state to somewhere safe for my mental health. I was in an abusive household, some of it got … weird (as in, sexual, indirectly), and I, uh, hopefully obviously, would rather not go back to that if I can help it. as a result, my finances (and until extremely recently, my job prospects) have been extremely unstable. if I did not have to pay off my car or gas, it would be fine. literally; having gas money back would fix it. not by much, but it’d fix it. that’s like … idk. 80/mo? roughly. anyway because of the fact that I was trying not to go back to my hell hole, I incurred a significant amount of credit debt. it’s not impossibly high, but the interest is sitting at the point where if I don’t make this post and ask for help I really don’t know what we can do other than wait until bankruptcy (and then we’ll be 1,000% fucked more than we currently are). I currently work 44 hours (we’re only allowed 4 hours OT where I work, idk if that’s a WA thing) with a ~1hr commute round-trip every day, and it’s very barely breaking even by myself. this was something that my partner and I went into knowing well in advance, but things are kind of hitting all at aonce, and I don’t know that I can support us.

I’m asking y’all for help. fediverse, people at home, internet creatures and ethereal eldritch horrors far and near. I’ve been on Fedi since nearly the beginning, and had a few Delete Crises of my own, but I don’t want things to turn for the worse again, possibly for good (can’t be on fedi if I’m working 12 hours 7 days to survive). I have a family I’m trying to start now. I have my partner @izalia living here, and I have a senior dog who needs to be cared for. he’s fine, but he’s not young, y’kn- so moving around a lot is something that I’d like to do as little of as possible.

so what do I need? what would help? what would get us going again at the most basic minimum? I said $80, but I really don’t know how long that would last since gas is going THE FUCK back up (and the cheapest near me is still $4.47/gal). so I would say closer to $150 as a monthly. basically the taxes and medicare costs (that I can’t really use) that gets stolen from me each paycheck would fix everything. ironic isn’t it.

my partner (it/its) is looking for a job. it is very extremely brains at computer touching, so any of y’all whomst might be on the lookout for a contracted dragon to live inside your servers for a while would be absolutely a creature-send. surely you might ask “but that’s money I don’t have” and you know what? fair. but also, at a monthly wage of $500, that’s a hair over $3 an hour, less than federal min wage. (obviously higher would be much more preferred, but literally, we’re just trying not to starve and lose our living space)

all this said, I would also be open to some sort of computer work, but that’s a nother conversation that I want to have when I can get us stabilized if possible.