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Published: 2014-10-18 05:40:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 1675; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 0
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Description Before I say anything, let me tell you all that I am not ignoring my commissions to draw myself personal art. I rarely ever draw myself personal things, and I didn't know what to expect considering I haven't been drawing for about three weeks now due to never having the time or the ability. The drawing came out way better than I had expected it to, and I planned on doing commissions the moment I finished this. I repeat, once again, I am not ignoring commissions. I didn't know if my art was going to be really terrible after not drawing for so long and I don't want to give my customers poor quality. Thank you.

Most of you are aware, but for those who aren't, I am a ride operator at Knott's Berry Farm. I operate the ride, Supreme Scream. One of my really good friends, AceOfHeartsFox, is also a ride operator but at Disneyland. He operates the ride, Jungle Cruise.

I've only worked two days so far and those days have been really aggravating for me. I've been more anxious than I've ever been and stress is getting to me so badly. The lives of so many are in my hands and I have to remember so many things all at once even though my memory is shit. The majority of the employees there will talk shit about each other behind people's backs and I was afraid they'd talk about me (I'm pretty sensitive to what people think about me).

I came home Tuesday evening crying because I was just so stressed and all of it was getting to me. I kept talking to my parents and friends and they told me advice but I still felt anxious. At around 11:00 PM at night, unable to sleep from the anxiety and stress, I had realized when Ace liked one of my posts on FaceBook that he is a ride operator. I messaged him immediately and the moment I told him I needed advice, my phone started ringing and it was him. We talked for about 32 minutes, and he was able to make me feel a lot more comfortable with everything. He gave me his advice from experience, and I can trust the advice more when it's from someone who's experienced this first-hand. He's the only friend I know that's a ride operator, so he was bound to give the best advice.

As a thank you for his kindness and to spend the time he could've been sleeping to just talk it out with me, I told him I had this drawing idea. The original idea was to have our characters fist bumping in our uniforms with shades on. Since I don't really draw shades very well and definitely enjoy showing off a character's eyes, though, I ditched the sunglasses and went for backgrounds of our rides. I was hoping to get a firework in the center but it wasn't very possible for me so I just made a little white line after fussing with this so much.

Cass's expression is resembling the extremity of the ride she operates, whereas Ace's expression is resembling the happy/fun/enjoyable quality of the ride he operates. His is definitely more kid friendly whereas mine is one to make someone shit themselves. Trust me, as one of the test dummy's for the ride, I'd know (I had to test the ride with a lifted shoulder harness to make myself almost fly out of my seat as a lesson to never ever have someone's safety shoulder harness hovering above them so I always make sure to make it nice and snug).

Tl;dr: A thank you gift for a friend who spent time out of his day to make my anxieties about work go away.

Thank you and enjoy~
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Comments: 8

mooncense [2014-10-19 03:01:05 +0000 UTC]

We may visit Knott's sometime soon, would it be alright if I see you to say hello? ;v;

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CassMutt In reply to mooncense [2014-10-19 09:12:39 +0000 UTC]

It's okay to say hello! You can't distract me VERY much though since I'm still a newbie ;v;" You could totally say hello though! I'd love it

I will let you know when I'm working. My schedule has been all out of whack and they have to reschedule everything now.

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goldnretriever [2014-10-18 18:19:23 +0000 UTC]

The ride you operate is pretty much like the Power Tower over here at ValleyFair.
I would never ride that thing, though. I don't like the feeling of falling and I'd definitely shit myself.

Well... it's good to know that you have a friend who will help you along the way with everything you do.

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CassMutt In reply to goldnretriever [2014-10-18 22:51:26 +0000 UTC]

Lmao! This one was built in 1998, and no major problems have occurred (as far as I'm concerned)

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goldnretriever In reply to CassMutt [2014-10-20 17:37:55 +0000 UTC]

Is it like the one in ValleyFair? The one here is rather short, but it has 2 falling down towers and one that shoots upwards (both kinds are still freaky and I wouldn't ride them). I do not think there have been accidents in ValleyFair but I may be wrong about that. x3

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CassMutt In reply to goldnretriever [2014-10-20 19:15:45 +0000 UTC]

This isn't a fair ride, as it is permanently built into the ground, so it would be safer.

It drops at a speed of 40 mph from a height of 252 ft, giving you a feeling of -1 G-Force, and then it brakes a little more than halfway down the tower to launch you back upwards again, giving you a feeling of 4.5 G-Force (which is normally the time when things start to fall because careless people will drop things off the tower like morons and almost kill us ride operators). Then you kinda just bounce slowly back down.

Look up Supreme Scream Knott's Berry Farm on YouTube and you will see what it is like ^V^

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goldnretriever In reply to CassMutt [2014-10-20 20:29:38 +0000 UTC]

ValleyFair is an amusement park.

Hehe... that does explain why there are a bunch of things lying around the base of the ride. But that's how this one works as well for two of the towers. The third does the same thing, but backwards. You fly up and it hits the brakes at halfway. Then you bounce up instead of down. But I wouldn't know when people would start flinging things. x3

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CassMutt In reply to goldnretriever [2014-10-20 21:19:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh I thought it was a fair. What a misleading name.

How interesting!

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