Eugene (@saochiang) - Collective Profile | Fairbanks, US No thirst traps from this profile! Just an aspiring creative looking for purpose and community. Metal head/Alternative. Fuck AI (F)”Arts”. Recent posts: the album art features a woman in a black corset and a tall, elaborate black headdress. the background is a chaotic mix of red and black with white accents, evoking a dark and intense aesthetic., the album art for the song "the better me" by beartooth & hardy features the band's logo at the top, with a stylized, metallic figure below against a pink background. the song title and artist are displayed at the bottom., the album art for 'starlight and ash' by oceans of slumber features a dark, surreal painting of figures emerging from stormy waters, with a lighthouse in the background. a figure holds a ball of fire, illuminating the dramatic scene., the image is album art for the song "ghosts" by lord of the lost & tina guo. it features a black and white illustration of a key., a chart showing the number of consecutive days with a minimum temperature at or below -15°f in fairbanks, alaska, from 1904 to 2026. it highlights the recent cold snap and its historical significance., a weather advisory graphic for fairbanks, alaska, warning of extreme cold temperatures and potential hazards like frostbite and hypothermia., the album cover features a man holding a sword above his head. the album title and band name are displayed in a stylized font., a screenshot from a mobile phone displays the weather forecast for fairbanks, alaska. the forecast shows temperatures and conditions for the next ten days., an album cover featuring three women with long, dark hair. the women are in profile, facing the same direction., a screenshot of a weather app displaying the current and upcoming weather conditions in fairbanks, alaska. the temperature is shown to be -20 degrees celsius., a surreal digital artwork featuring a woman with a skull-like face and a mask. the image has a dark, gothic aesthetic with intricate details and a fantasy theme., a close-up shot of a notebook with highlighted text and a yellow highlighter. the image is slightly blurry., .

Eugene @saochiang

No thirst traps from this profile! Just an aspiring creative looking for purpose and community. Metal head/Alternative. Fuck AI (F)”Arts”.

Fairbanks, US

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Some days you just need to listen to gory, violent and angry cyberpunk music to get through an aggravating work day. Been listening to all their albums all day.

A while back this band’s lead vocalist had a big weight loss journey and has gone through a change in the way he presents himself (at least on the stage), leading to many homophobic comments and criticisms leading up to their latest music video “FREE”. Leading to him deleting his social media apps.

Developing a healthier way of creating art is difficult…

This has been on repeat in my head all day. Nice listening to something more calming once in a while.

For the longest time I’ve been struggling to have dreams when asleep and when I did have a dream it would either end of with me dead or dying in some horrible way, arrested for something I didn’t do, or dream of something so terrifying that couldn’t sleep without having that particular dream pick up where it left off. However since taking in more supplements for stress and overall health on top of my meds I’ve been able to start having good dreams to the point where I find myself wanting to stay in bed BECAUSE of the positive dreams I’ve been having lately. On the one hand my mind is screaming “HOORAY I CAN SLEEP LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING”, but on the other hand my brain is going “Wait a second, this isn’t normal. Am I about to go down some kind of dark rabbit hole?” Anyone else have something like this happen?

Always nice to hear a cello in metal music outside of just “Apocalyptica”. Tina Guo is fantastic in this track. 🖤

Our cold snap has finally passed (for now), and holy shit a lot of firsts in a very long time. It’s -17F up here now, it basically shorts weather as we like to call it 😆.

And now they’re saying that we officially haven’t been this cold for this long since the 80’s. 🥶

One of two grad school applications replied back. Rejected on the basis of competition… Fair, really struggled with the cover letters, so I’m not surprised…. Still sucks though. One more school left to hear back from, meanwhile I’ll continue to look at other degrees in theatre and art…

Two reference books later and I can continue sewing my project. Super excited to start utilizing vintage couture techniques to put this piece together! 🤩

Second grad school app, submitted. Freaking out, but whatever happens, happens. Gonna research for other grad schools, but these were the two that were closest to what my goals are. Fingers crossed.

One of the grad schools I want to apply to opened up their application submissions two months earlier than planned. I have everything ready, but im absolutely terrified of turning it in… Fingers crossed. 🤞😣

Took the week off from work to clean my place up after an entire summer of working two jobs which lead to a really, REALLY bad burnout. I’m about 75% finished cleaning the place up and I’m looking forward to having my creative spaces back, fully functional and ready to make stuff again.

Second CD album I bought with my gift card, “TAKASAGO ARMY” by Taiwanese Death Metal band, “Chthonic” founded by Taiwanese progressive politician, Freddy Lim. A conceptual album about the Takasago Volunteers of WWII. I’ve never had so many chills and been so close to tears from an album till this.

Received a $400 gift card for referring a friend to work at my second job. Perfect timing because I need a serious dopamine boost. Food, CDs, books, and video games sound pretty fucking good right about now 🫠.

Bought myself one of my favorite albums of all time. It helped me through a lot of incredibly difficult times, and maybe that’s the thing that will help me stay rooted in why I create and continue to call myself an artist. Life and mental health haven’t been exactly at its finest and I hope all of the fellow creatives on here are flourishing and living your best lives.

Back home from vacation and just like the news has said, we are in a heat advisory and it’s awful. Fingers crossed there’s no lightning by the time this hell is over.

Brain is turning into mush, but good thing vacation is after tomorrow. 😵‍💫

Seasonal allergies are kicking my ass… Anyone else?

Despite only working part time here, this place balances out the stress of my main full time job.

I have a sewing pattern from the 60’s that stiff knit fabric would go perfectly with… Sadly though, the fabric hoarder within me must be stopped… For now…

Almost have one act of non research related dialogue for my play, almost done with a big drawing, and I have finished two small sewing projects. I think we’re getting somewhere

So far I’ve been able to draw for 5-10 minutes without feeling tired, the longest I’ve drawn when I’m on some kind of a flow was for one hour. For playwriting I’ve been able to write 30 minutes to an hours worth of dialogue. Sewing I’ve only been able to do 5 - 10 minutes. I’m still nowhere near as productive as I used to be and I hate it so much… But it’s like going back to the gym after not going for so long (yet ANOTHER thing I need to do again), it takes time to find the joy through the frustration. Hooray for burnout, and only just now figuring out a much healthier way of working. Better late than never. 😔 Whinging is over, I’m gonna try reading a book now.

Finally learning how to just create, not waiting for some creative muse to take over, and reconnecting with writing plays and art. Even if it’s just scraps of paper and a ballpoint pen. It feels very weird to have to tell my brain to shut up and just do the damn thing… Probably helps that I’m on my lunch break too…

Got pink eye, the doctor told me to take two days off from work. Normally I’d be annoyed because bills need to be paid and trying to save. But with the amount of stress I’ve been put under for the past several weeks from work, I’ll gladly take the extra two days off…

To everyone out there who is versed in Shakespeare, is it possible in this day and age to produce “Taming of the Shrew”? I think trying to find a way to make the VERY outdated comedic moments work would be a fun challenge, but most of my director friends in theatre basically answered, “There’s no way to make it work”… which is a little more than disheartening to say the least…

Just getting through another Sunday work day with some metal music.

Still pretty cold out, ice fog is so bad though. It’s almost Silent Hill bad. If my phone camera wasn’t messed up I’d take a picture. 😖

Still -40 F, now with ice fog thrown into the mix for flavor. For one solid month. It hasn’t been this consistently cold in at least a decade… it’s kind of surreal that a normalcy that I haven’t seen/felt in years is still going strong, and the first time since I was a teenager that I’ve wanted warmer weather to come back this badly… 🥶

That moment when you’re sewing something from a vintage pattern and there’s no “how to sew”s of any kind online anywhere, just the original paper instructions.

Finishing up my second grad school application, still waiting to hear back from the first one. 😖😖😖

Making beef stew and watching the original Sailor Moon series. Stew aside, this is gonna take a more than a weekend to finish the whole series. Gotta love catching up with childhood nostalgia you didn’t have growing up. 😅

How are fellow USA collectors holding up? I’m losing my mind…

Super tired, but at least I got my academic resume, cover letter, and statement of purpose finished for grad school applications. Now I need to get my hands on the college transcripts, have faith that the current state of my play is enough and hope for the best…. I’m terrified even at the thought of being in graduate school considering that the vast majority of my young adult life was led on the belief that I could never be anything better than a dishwasher in a hotel restaurant. What would stuck and severely depressed me think if he saw me now… Oh well, sleep deprived ramble over and out.

Finally received the album I ordered. “House of Secrets” by OTEP. One of heavy metal’s more controversial artists and lesbian. She’s caused some problems in the past and has retired so I felt better knowing this was a second hand album. That said this album is not for the faint hearted. See ⬇️

Fellow Americans on the app, KEEP CALLING YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.

Memorizing lines and taking in the brisk cool air and warm sun. Yes I’m aware that my phone camera is absolutely wrecked beyond repair. But this will be a good excuse to pull out my camera gear, and polish up my photography skills again 😁

It’s been a good work day for once since being promoted to a supervisor, no need for angry metal music today.

A friend wanted to help me with the buttonholes after she returned from a trip so I waited till she got back. AND BOY AM I GLAD I WAITED! LOOK AT THOSE BUTTONHOLES!!! THEYRE SO BEAUTIFUL!!! An higher level of machine makes all the difference! AAAAAAAAAAA!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

I was working at my second job when a customer passed wearing a gorgeous suit jacket and all I had to was a piece of paper receipt, a pen, and a time limit before the next group of tourists arrived. I think I got all the details to go create my own version. At some point… 😓

The buttonhole foot for my sewing machine broke… …Looks like I’m going to be doing some hand sewing… 😬