Gleefully sent in a 2-week notice/resignation letter to the regional manager of this piece of shit company that has caused me unimaginable stress over the last 5.5ish months. Starting with a new privately-owned grooming salon next week with owners that actually give a fuck about career growth 💕

Every interview I go to reminds me of how much I wish I could go back to art and costume making full time. But I just don't have the necessary patience nor fanbase to make it work 😭

Doodle for pokediginut depicting some feelings I think a lot of us can relate to at the moment 😒

Working interview scored for Monday with a small but busy grooming shop full of openly queer and neurodivergent folks. The owner put me down to bathe a fucking husky 🫩😭 Fingers crossed that it works out and can be a comfortable landing spot for permanent employment!

💥🫯 ISSA FULL MOON LET THE WOLVES OUT I BEEN A DOG 🗣️💥 📸 2 and 3 ft. @frostfyre.bsky.social

Sorry for the dead quiet. I did receive a donation (I literally cried seeing the amount.. thank you) that let me pay the fine on time and avoid court docket entirely, paid off the rest of what I owe to the mechanic, fill my car w/gas (RIGHT as prices spiked 🫠) and grab supplies for the 🐇🐇 boys 😭

Posting for transparency because a bitch is tired of treading water and has been so tired/stressed of constantly getting fucked over with employment. I've also got a fine + court on Tuesday for an overdue safety inspection sticker (it's fixed.. just need to pay the fine) ko-fi.com/riiyah/goal?...

I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure out when and where my joy of being part of the subculture that is "furry" dipped out. Dunno if it's because of being in survival mode, stressful work and financials, the degenerating state of the world, or what. Am I getting old? Or just tired?

Spicy food hits good when you end up lookin' like this... 🔥😋

Wrote this long time ago, hate that it still true.

Prayer of the Wild Body Scanned in for International Women's Day :)

Started bleeding during the full moon and I wanted to celebrate this perfect timing :) #moonpainting

Late as all hell for this but better than never lol Hi, I'm Riiya. Black & Queer dancer, artist, Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, werewolf enthusiast and casual costume maker 👌🏽 #bipocfurs #fursofcolor

Black History Month Art Challenge Day 4: Bismuth - Steven Universe #bhm #art #stevenuniverse #bismuth

Black History Month Art Challenge Day 7: Django - Django Unchained #art #bhm #django #djangounchained

Black History Month Art Challenge Day 12: Sasha - Bratz #art #bhm #Bratz #sasha

Black History Month Art Challenge Day 11: PaRappa Rappa - PaRappa the Rapper #art #bhm #parappatherapper #parapparappa

Didn't take any photos/video because I was busy offering prostrations + prayers, and crowd density was too heavy, but I got to see the Dhammacetiya/"Walk for Peace" monks three times as they passed through my town in VA despite dangerously low temps. The outpouring of support has been amazing 💕

New Roots Color experiment :>

Girls only want one thing. Lycanthropy.

Black History Month Art Challenge Day 1: Prince 🎵🎤 #bhm #art #prince #minnesota

The way I am

Lycan Goddess Moonpainting inspired by cave art :>

Alright, Everyone Furry, ATLA, Hellaverse Anyone who’s lives were ever touched by Charlie’s love and light Please share this to help Benjamin www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-c...

if you're interested in reading buddhist approaches to this I recommend pema chodron (apologies for the nasty long link): ia804503.us.archive.org/view_archive... or the dhammapada: www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/... they've helped me on the topics of death and loss, and I hope they help others

the light of the universe filtered through form; when the form is gone, the light fills every infinite space

If you're cold, they're cold. L̶̫̮̟͖̲̤̤̹̙̋̃̈́̀̔̾̀E̶̲̓̾͂͐̋̒͌̾̒́̿̈́͋̀̑̃̇͜͠T̶̮͓͂̏͋̃̂̈́̀͒̓̽̕͝ ̷̛͕̬̳͕͗̍̾̈́̂͋̓͂̐́͊͌͘M̸̡̖͎̱͍͙͖̳̤̮̗̾Ḛ̷̥͍͇̥̣̼͎̰̪͈̍ ̶̹̮̭͒͋͒̒̈́ͅI̷̛̺͖̗̪̮̓̐̀͋́̍́͝N̶̡͖̪̜̤͉̝̳̈́͑̐̇̈̆̂̈̉͊̾̉̈̓̊͜͝͝

Come on twin, let's go hike 🥾

A Smilodon for the ice age. Protect your neighbors. #pleistocene #sabertooth #megafauna #iceage

How about NO

My mother's child is a savage She looks for her omens in the colors of stones In the faces of cats, in the falling of feathers In the dancing of fire In the curve of old bones

Thanks ANE. It was a time 💕

Finally in Boston and settled in. Hoping to see friends soon 💕

Boston's traffic is INSANE right now, moving literal inches on the bus. Glad I peed before I left the airport 😬

Please don't wear sacred garments of cultures you don't belong to, like ribbon skirts and feather headdresses! Please don't carry realistic prop weapons, like guns and lassos! Thanks for keeping ANE a safe and respectful environment. 🫶

A serious policy reminder: The movies that inspired this year's theme often featured various weapons and insensitive and inaccurate portrayals of indigenous people of the Americas. That's not an invitation for you to do the same! ⬇️

Doodle for Oleader, going crazy on the bass

I am ✨ We are ✨ ⚜️☀️ Light bringer ☀️⚜️ Absolutely gorgeous commission from 🎨🐲/hyzenastro - Instagram I wish I could thanks him even more on here 🧡

too real lol

Part two of the #werewolfwednesday two-fer, another collab w/ @ependa.bsky.social for @towerunderthehill.bsky.social of Mirror Kira from DS9, which puts me at... four Trek werewolves now? Any takers on a fifth? :3

Thank you guys so much for 5k followers! I’m really loving the little community we’ve made here 💙 it’s very cozy I’m not sure what kind of art I’m offering for this, I’d like to experiment a bit! So I’ll be choosing which character I like best to draw :3 I’ll pick the winner in a few days!

Looking for a bed spot for ANE if anyone has got room from Thursday-Monday. Had to make last min changes 😔 Notes: • Very preferring of mutuals • Must be ok w/late night in/out • Need close proximity to Westin due to running panels/events • Must be ok w/kink gear due to night market participation

The mountains of karma that he accumulates in causing so much suffering for sentient beings with every decision he makes will come with a hard and swift reckoning in this lifetime, the next, or the following.

Happy Wolf Moon 🐺

Got word that one of my favorite venues/dance spots in DC shut down earlier today. Absolutely heartbroken about it and devastated for the local community, because it was equally a space for artists of all types to meet up and create as well as just chill/vibe, as it was for dancers too.

Any mutuals needing a room for ANE Thursday-Monday? I have space for 1-2 on the couch's pull out bed in a room at The Element! It also has a full kitchen so there's a chance I might cook for a night :)

Happy New Year (of the horse) #bloodborne