"What's that, dweeb? You want your tech toy back? Drop to the floor and give me twenty push-ups now...and I MIGHT consider giving it to you."

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I'm still working on the animations for the recently received full art for Yumi's next CG scene for the next build of Don't Flex On Me Yumi-Chan!!!

It's going to be good stuff. I had to rein back some of my initial ideas, because I always have too many of those, but all in all, I think you're in for some good material.

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In other news, I just received my new Samsung Galaxy tablet, which is honestly the first piece of Android tech I ever owned. I bought it with the intention of linking it to my drawing tablet, so I can draw on the go, and cumulate more practice time with digital drawing, so I can eventually reach satisfying levels of proficiency sometime in the future. The idea of drawing my own art sounds pretty awesome to me, although I feel like I'll always rely on paid artists for the main projects.

The new tablet also led me to realize that, hey, I can probably test android builds in a more professional manner now. I literally opened the tablet for the first time yesterday, so I still have a lot to learn about it, but I figured that if I actually have an excuse to play visual novels on my tablet, perhaps in the future I will consider those builds more seriously. No promises, but it sounds like a natural progression to me.

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And that's it. My corner of the world is hit with the season's worst weather report over the weekend : record low temps over four days and aggressive snowfalls planned tomorrow, so I'll stay indoors and work hard on a new build to give you guys. You'll hear about it as soon as it's available, for sure.

Until then, stay safe out there!

SLAAAAM! "Mwah-ha-ha! Gotcha, dweeb! I know I said we were play fighting, but I play to win, hehehe."

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So, December is not going as expected so far.

First of all, there is a delay with the commissioned art for Yumi's next CG. I am not yet worried about it though, but since I was planning on receiving it in early December, it changes plans a little.

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Second of all, Patreon offered a new payout method, direct bank transfer, to which I agreed before realizing it was managed by Payoneer. If you recall the last time I spoke about that company, they had pulled out of operating in my corner of the country to avoid submitting to language/translation laws, and as such cannot actually provide the service as initially promised, at least to me, considering my location.

Which means I am left without updates on a money transfer I ordered, which was over 100$, and I am afraid I lost that money to the ether. I am quite concerned about contacting Patreon support because I'd rather nobody examine my creator profile too closely, lest I be subjected to their wanton censorship. So I guess I'll chalk this up to an unfortunate turn of events and accept the loss of money.

Rest assured, however. I changed back to another payout method and things are back to normal on that end. Just too bad I can't just choose the direct deposit method, which is free of additional charges. Eh.

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Third of all (thirst of all?), writing is going well with the next episode of Don't Flex On Me Yumi-Chan!!!

The part where you spend a short day as an intern with Yumi deals with much lower stakes than Rin's, and is a much less stressful time than Junko's. Which is nice, I think, that you get three radically different choices, each representing the associated girl quite well. I can't wait to show you.

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Fourth of all (fourth wall?), I never should've given you guys the option of 'both choices' in the latest poll for The Bodyguard Girl Deluxe, haha. I knew most of you would choose that option, given the opportunity. It's the safest bet, you get EVERYTHING without inconveniences, after all.

So be it. I think I came up with an interesting CG scene idea that is somewhat sweet but could turn quite deadly if Vivian so chooses. Now, all I need to do is create a commission reference document and send it to artist Turbun. If I prioritize my stuff right, I should have time to do that between Christmas and New Year's.

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And that's it. Sorry for staying silent for so long. Time passes so quickly these days, grains of sands slipping through my clutching hands.

I'm planning on hosting for BOTH X-Mas and NYE, so that is a lot of prep work. But, thanks to my new job, this year will be the first time in four years where I'll actually have time off during the holidays, outside of the statutory days, of course. So this is nice.

I hope you also have good times planned ahead. That's always something fun to look forward to.

Until then, stay safe out there!