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Obie's Two Cents: Angry ranting or fanatical fawning

How To: Instructions from an unqualified nobody

Obie's Top 12 (and her daughter, Obie's Top 5): Lists of favorites and least favorites

Interests: Long rants about hyperfixations

Self: Stuff about my life, my feelings, and sappy stuff like that

SOS: Shit on a shingle. Random whatever. The text equivalent to pacing the floor

FAQ

    Who are the people commenting? Can I comment?

    They're my OCs. They're kinda always in the back of my head helping me work stuff out, so it just seemed natural to put them there. It's like roleplay I guess... If you have something to say about an entry, or just something you wanna tell me, you can do it by e-mail.

    What's wrong with you?

    A lot. Thanks for asking!

    Why do you write that way?

    I write in a way that I understand. Some people think it's profound while other people think it's stupid. Form your own opinion, but don't ask me to change, cause this website's for ME!

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Denny Puppet Update 5 (feat. tiny puppy plushy) [23 Dec. 2025] [Interests]

Still putting off the rest of the sewing cause it's scairy, but I got some other stuff done! I stained the Balalaika, and made a short little animation with him! The lighting, camera quality, and staging sucks, but that's cause the only thing I was really focusing on was the animation... which I think came out pretty good for my first time stop-motion animating in 7ish years lol.

Posin'!

Singin' his heart out!


with ouppy

with ouppy part 2


Sick 10 second animation and then 2.5 minutes of pseudo folk music.


The Russian band that plays at the end screen is Moscow Nights. I found their CD at the CD shop for fifty cents. A steal, I'd say! Love me some good upbeat folk music. I saw a live polka band and it was the happiest I'd felt in a while! I was dancin' around like nobody's business, even did the chicken dance lol.

For the Balalaika I think I'm going to paint it with apple blossoms because they look pretty, but it's also kind of important to the lore lol (it came to me in a dream) (maybe I'll write a little fic about why that is, I've been thinking about it all week)

"I forgot what I was gonna say. Merry scrimmage. And a happy new beer. And happy My Birthday too."
O.D.

History of the Sanctuary:

Jasper Sanctuary is named after my late cat Jasper, the kindest cat ever. He'll be memorialized here. This page was overgrown because I didn't check on it for years, but now efforts are being made to preserve the land in the form of a blog.


OLDER ENTRIES

Denny Puppet Update 4 [Interests]

Denny Puppet Update 4 [23 Dec. 2025]

He's got his instrument! (Or at least the bare bones of it.) Really didn't feel like doing any sewing today, so I worked on other stuff. I colored his hands to match his face, and added a little brown to his hair to make it a little bit more nuanced than just JET BLACK. I also added washers to the bottom of his feet so he can stand up a lot easier using magnets hidden in the floor. In the pics I've got him on the lid of a tin, but that's just temporary to test out the idea. The balalaika I made out of balsa wood. Kinda a bad choice of material, but it's what I had lol.

I like this picture, he looks like a grateful little mouse lol. I was testing out neck up/down movement and decided to snap a pic.

And here he is just chillin'. With his balalaika. (What a fun word to say, by the way... Ba-la-lai-ka. Good stuff.)

"Cute cute. I am getting way too into this project lol."
O.D.

COMMENTS

THE-POCHTA-PRICK

so long story short, there's this cylinder that MUST REMAIN UNHARMED...

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SourSalt47

Yeah, sure buddy.

Dr.AppleBlossom

Wow wjat an interesting post! Keep up the good work OP

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SourSalt47

*what

Dr.AppleBlossom

I will come to your house and kill you.

I'm thinking about doing an educational series of blogs about the alt web, old tech, and escaping the algorithm! [How To]

I'm thinking about doing an educational series of blogs about the alt web, old tech, and escaping the algorithm! [30 Nov. 2025]

It's daunting, isn't it?

I want to make breaking out of the algorithm more accessible to everyone, so I'm planning on writing out some things that have worked for me, and organizing them in a way that makes it less overwhelming.
For some people, getting started on this journey can seem daunting. It can seem like everybody but you has it all figured out, like there's no good place to start. I want to change that! I'm going to structure it like a big web, with star ratings for difficulty, links to in-house and outside sources, and prerequisite articles so you don't step into a world of jargon.
Some topics I'm thinking of covering are:
  • MP3 Players, CDs, and ripping/burning music
  • RSS Feeds
  • Basic HTML
  • How to quit mainstream social media or use it responsibly
  • Web etiquette
Is there anything you would like to see? Let me know! I'm open to suggestions, as well as third party articles and writing for the project!

Gatekeeping is for losers!

O.D.

Fear and Suspicion in the Age of Social Media (AKA How Social Media Killed My Dad) [Self]

Fear and Suspicion in the Age of Social Media (AKA How Social Media Killed My Dad) [23 Jul. 2025]

Here's a quick one that I've been thinking about.
I have not used big social media for years, and my family had been the same for a while, but in the past year, I've seen noticeable change. My dad started using Twitter, and he's fallen down a terrible hole, it's hard to even connect with him anymore without hearing some uncreative racism, explanations of why I should use AI for literally everything, something about how evil autistic people and "liberals" are, or something about how I'm inadvertently a disappointment. I look(ed?) up to him, so it weighs on me. Now I've tried talking to him about it. Nicely. but he got really defensive and talked about free speech and how I'm part of the "woke cult". (for reference, the only "woke" things about me is the fact that I'm queer and am not very fond of incessant racism. I'm not involved in politics, I just want to live.)
It's no secret that it's easy to fall into "doomscrolling" where we are hooked in by an intense emotion, usually a negative one like fear or hatred, and scroll endlessly. I've witnessed my father become more scared and angry over the past few years. He used to be smart and interesting to talk to, we used to share interests like shooting and hiking, but now I don't even feel inclined to do those things with him because somehow something always comes up and he goes on some kind of rant for half the ride home. He doesn't seem to even care about other people's input or emotions anymore. I remember distinctly a day he asked me how my day at work was, and I said bad, because it was a long day. He said "Good? Good." and moved on, almost like he didn't care to listen at all.
Now whenever there's an idle moment, he's on his phone, and I feel sick, because I know he's just digging his grave deeper.
Oh yeah, and he jumpscared me by saying 'we live in a society' today. Unironically. Each day something new, as they say... an emoji with shifty eyes
This seems to be a bigger problem in society, not the racism per-say, but the mounting paranoia of your fellow man. You see it with parents who constantly monitor their kids, people keeping to themselves at the park and on the street, intensifying of political factions due to fear of what "the other guy" is going to do if he wins (left vs right, at least here in the U.S.), and the rise in social anxiety (not attributed fully to social media, but I believe it has a large part in it.) Luckily, people are starting to see the harmful effects of social media, and some are starting to try and do something about it (like a lot of you on here!) but for all those people, there are those who are unable to, or don't want to quit, and suffer the adverse mental effects.
It'll be a long time before everyone realizes what they're doing to their minds, but I hope we hit a reset one of these days... We probably won't, but I can hope.

"I swear I'll write about different stuff once I'm back at school. Prommy."
O.D.

I'm not very good at narrative writing but I'd rather write out my own ideas than have AI do it. [Obie's Two Cents]

I'm not very good at narrative writing but I'd rather write out my own ideas than have AI do it. [23 Jul. 2025]]

As the old folks say "It builds character."

But yeah. I don't really understand how people enjoy using AI for creative tasks. I'll admit that I do suck at writing, but I can always get better. That's what I did with art. Doing it yourself builds sureness and confidence, as well as teaches you new ways to think. I'm very good at visualizing in a 3D space for things like planning out a room or planning a parkour stunt because I use perspective every day in my art.
But it's not just that; It's the joy of the process. I love looking back at my really old Undertale fanart (no, you cannot see it.) and seeing just how much I've progressed. The struggle is what makes it fun, makes you learn new things! If I just used AI to write this story of mine, first of all, there would be no personal touch, and second of all, I wouldn't learn how to be a better writer by making and learning from mistakes. It's like a hike. Half the fun is getting there. If you just got teleported to the top of a mountain, you wouldn't appreciate the view as much.
Maybe showing off bad art or writing is embarrassing for some... I know it is for me. But I'd rather see a less than perfect drawing that someone put their heart and soul into than a polished (at least at first glance) PNG made by a computer. If you showed me an AI image, and said "I made this!" I would pity you. Some people just don't understand the inherent joy of creating something with your own two hands, and that makes me sad, because to some, it is the most amazing thing in the world.
That's all I got today. I'm just coding a website for a multimedia project I'm working on and really struggling with how to get the characterization of the characters right. But I'm persevering, because I've always wanted to be able to write narratives.
Here's the slop if you wanna watch me faceplant into the mud over and over again in real time.
Fair warning, it's super unfinished, but I'm working on it! Also, it might not be very coherent because it's part of a larger story that's unwritten. We're in the early planning stages!

I don't really HATE creative writing lol, I just love it in the same way as you would love a sibling
O.D.

Everything But The Kitchen Sink (Puppets and UI plans) [Interests]

Everything But The Kitchen Sink (Puppets and UI plans) [23 Jul. 2025]

Alright, we're back, life's been good the past few days. But I'm

STILL MAKING STUFF!

So what am I up to?
a ref sheet for a puppet of my OC Adrik, a man with long black hair, a red blazer, epaulettes, and a gold tooth

Evil dictator hand puppet

a ref sheet for a Rankin Bass style stop motion puppet of my OC Deno, a stout man with short black hair, droopy eyes, a red nose, and a mail carrier uniform

Divorced man stop motion puppet


I've had the idea of puppets for these two in my head for a long time, but this is the first time I actually planned them out with materials and all. I'm planning out how I want to portray my story, The Dog, in video, and it's gonna be animated, but I wanted a break from 2D, both because it's difficult, but also because I have to learn new skills or I'll explode, but also because it will be sick as hell and add so much charm if I do mixed media.
🍫It started with Adrik's puppet, mostly because his character really likes puppets and toys (totally not a reference to any certain doctor). There's going to be a short segment with his puppet (uh guys, I'm just taking really heavy inspo, ok?) where he shows off public art, both from followers of my stuff, and people I know IRL.
💌But then I decided that Adrik's brother, Deno, should have a segment of his own, since they kinda become rivals over the course of the story and they so WOULD try to 1-up each other like that. Denny's segment will be stop motion because I always wanted a Rankin Bass style puppet. I like 'em a normal amount, promise. So I decided to make a puppet out of my doomed lover boy, Deno.
a notes page containing a menu UI for a point and click adventure game inspired by 90's edu-tainment games

mY sTuFf!!!1!

a crude 3D model of the UI sketch with a red, yellow, and gray color palette

all the cool kids have THREE dimensions.


💊Now this chicken scratch is a UI sketch for a separate game I'm making that follows two kids in a 90's edu-tainment themed adventure where they are pitted against the shadow government, zombie drugs, and other really sick shit. Fun. It's going to be point and click style, and this asset, along with many others is going to be crudely modelled in 3D for the shiny 90's old web feel. Most of this is illegible, but maybe you get the point.
The basic unedited 3D model has been made! (now to shade, overlay, and photobash in Krita)
And yes, that is CDI Link in the "My Stuff!" section. The YTP vocal stims have become a part of me, unfortunately.
a full body image of CDI Link

DINNER.

:-D
O.D.

uh oh... Pinch listened to me rant for too long.