Magera Gordon - you can call me Dime or Gordon (Magera if you know me) I am an Artist https://ko-fi.com/dimespin - https://dimespin.tumblr.com/ 41 - dragon - she/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwzbo67eis2nAt the store the checker accidentally almost charged me for 150$ worth of green onions. When the manager came over to help void the charge he could see I just found it funny, so he authoritatively said "okay, so what you need to do is go over to the produce section and get 90 more- I'm kidding"04 Oct 2026 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzbo67eis2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwygdkjpnc2nHistorian (the cat) has discovered if she sits by the water dish without drinking I will become curious why and discover if the water has debris in it or something. She now consistently uses this to get me to clean the bowl and give fresh water. Can no longer deny she might be a genius.03 Oct 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwygdkjpnc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwwnhdon522zSomeone on tumblr asked if there was a reason her name is Hat (no, not really)03 Oct 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwnhdon522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwvxfr7nl22zBased on my entire adult life and the warning signs of various serious ailments, I think I should be able to go to the doctor and just say "I can't draw" and have them react like I threw up blood in front of them.02 Oct 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvxfr7nl22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwteojpw6s2jDuckduckgo's noai mode has more painfully obviously ai search results in its image search than google. Incredible. Totally useless.01 Oct 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwteojpw6s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwr74x6rw22cGuy at the store, passing me in the produce section: *angrily* Wrong side, ma’am Me: ??? (He didn’t look at me but no one else was nearby)30 Sep 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr74x6rw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwq5m7fbu22dI got a bag that says "first aid" on it and put all my first aid stuff in it so the first time ever I have a proper first aid kit. Weirdly, I really wanted this as a kid (90's edutainment propaganda worked on me I guess) so organizing it was strangely fulfilling.30 Sep 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwq5m7fbu22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwoatgxe6k23Combing through the tags of a tumblr post that asks what everyone's favorite soup is, making a list of soups to make. Can't pass up an opportunity like this in a post-useful-google world.29 Sep 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoatgxe6k23https://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwnib5lkxs23My decision to make OC playlists for next years art fight is mostly focused on Hat and Parker because they're who I'm currently writing about. Extremely funny to me that the progress on that is: Hat: an Alan Watts lecture set to music Parker: song that starts "abandon me, death in my veins"29 Sep 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnib5lkxs23https://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwlqpojb2c2dMy tooth isn't hurting right now but hurt a LOT when I first woke up today. I'm worried something about laying down or sleeping or something I'm doing while sleeping triggers the pain and it's making me reluctant to go to bed...28 Sep 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlqpojb2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwlmq3g77c2bI successfully secured a dentist appointment an entire week earlier. Now I have to decide if I keep calling them anyway to see if I can get something even earlier - if I do that it will be in a couple days, obviously.28 Sep 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlmq3g77c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwlbpd6xnk2dA while ago my mom asked me to try making something closer to actual Indian dal instead of my usual lentil soup recipe so I did that today - it's very different! I'd describe the flavor profile as... cozy.28 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlbpd6xnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwkpntxyvk2bSometimes for my own entertainment I do seasonal analysis on my own characters (seasonal analysis is a method for categorizing people according to palettes that would look good on them, the palettes are named after seasons) anyway the redesign changed Hat from a light summer to a soft autumn28 Sep 2026 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkpntxyvk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwjbqccays2pHeartwarming seeing the people who've followed me on various platforms for 15 to 20 years, happy to see Hat like she's an old friend of theirs 🥰27 Sep 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjbqccays2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwipruv6is2cSometimes I consider including more highlighting of the natural environment in a story, and when I do I am confronted with the eternal question: depict Utah but try to ignore the elephant in the room (mormonism), OR depict somewhere else, but have to research the biome to hell and back27 Sep 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwipruv6is2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwiidc5xjc2cThis is Hat, a character I decided to recently redesign. She's approximately one person with two bodies (the fellow she's talking to in the second image is Parker, who is the same kind of magical creature as her)27 Sep 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwiidc5xjc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwhs5welms2cWoke up today with the toothache hurting in that particular way that fills you with antsy energy, like you want to run or scream or chew your own arm off but none of that would help so you just kinda sit there frantically.27 Sep 2026 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhs5welms2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwgl3emun22kThat phenomenon where you listened to a song for years but want to share it and the best way is youtube so you go to the official video and then find out the official video like, depicts the singer uncovering a cloning conspiracy or an astronaut giving birth to herself on an alien planet or somethin26 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgl3emun22khttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwgfnrdx622kI had some crusty bread that was gonna go to waste but with my tooth is extremely inedible, so I tried to make bread pudding. Problem: prediabetes. So I tried making it with less sugar. I seem to have invented the exact midpoint between bread pudding and an omelette. Disconcerting.26 Sep 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgfnrdx622khttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwfoa3k5nc2kMy mom's watching some movie about the unibomber so we were talking about how weird it is that she met him and he held me as a baby. Just such a weird thing to reflect on.26 Sep 2026 06:36 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfoa3k5nc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwfcs5b3ks2kHistorian (the cat) has finally reached the stage where her self care is faltering - she licks herself, but not enough to not smell faintly like litter box. Before I subject her to the horror of regular baths, I am subjecting her to the indignity of getting rubbed down with a wet wipe (cat formula)26 Sep 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfcs5b3ks2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwe35cio3222After 40 years I finally have a bedtime it’s incredible. It makes no sense, changes daily, and is enforced by a 20 year old cat… but still!25 Sep 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwe35cio3222https://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwdzcpmmzk2dStage of character redesign: nudging an element five pixels to the left also I should have gone to bed half an hour ago25 Sep 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdzcpmmzk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwdmzxxpok2dLove making meatballs in multiple batches. 10 for soup tomorrow and 10 for the freezer and the odd indivisible number leftover? That's my snack right this minute hallelujah.25 Sep 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdmzxxpok2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwcyjfsrak2dSomething about art that means a lot to me, is that when I started studying light and color theory, whenever I was waiting somewhere - bus, doctor's office, whatever - I would look at how light was falling on things and then figure out what the light source was. Usually this is extremely obvious25 Sep 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcyjfsrak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwcuipmjyk2dMy favorite covers of Heart-Shaped Box are the ones with the restraint to save their highest intensity for the reprise of the chorus. Don't do both choruses the same, make the final one more intense, dubstep drop style25 Sep 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcuipmjyk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwchfvekoc2qI am now very glad the meal I cooked last night was soup because I'm pretty okay as long as I don't bite anything with that tooth. Also glad that the meals I had planned for this week (and groceries I bought for them) were basically also all soup24 Sep 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwchfvekoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwc7cdrots2qMy dentist appointment isn't until late october and that was the soonest possible one 🫤 the tooth pain is at least better today? Not sure how to keep it this way though, all I did was wake up.24 Sep 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwc7cdrots2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dimespin.bsky.social/post/3mwaoaasm4c2vBeen dreaming of split pea soup for days and of course when I finally manage to cook it is when I suddenly get a toothache that is also sensitive to hot/cold and also it's a front tooth so there's no avoiding it even when eating a thick soup24 Sep 2026 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:zk6mjuso7bloxrsj57stfq5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwaoaasm4c2v