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Art, chaos, vibes. 48yo trans femme Latina Protogen/Hyena DJ, musician, 420, psychonaut, PNW. Sunday Service Spinning Society Chaplain.PLURR!

ONE Heart
ONE Love
ONE INFINITE BEAT

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I needed a poster, so I made a poster. I think it looks pretty good. Feels like it's been forever since I touched Procreate.
An image of Strawberry in a lotus position with 4 holographic arms arrayed at her sides. Behind her is the symbol of the Infinite Beat atop a starry field that's been smeared with the "liquid" tool. There is a frame made of a hodgepodge of portal imagery made from spirals from Motion Array, but they were too busy so I repurposed them as texture layers for the frame, background accents, and an overlay of the Infinite Beat. The Infinite beat has a pseudo 3d effect I so with hard shading generated by shifted selection masks and hard contrasting hue, saturation, and brightness-shifted layers. The arms are repurposed elements for my NFC 2025 promo movie. I had to delete my tail because it was cluttering things, but it was extraneous, anyway, and detracted from the overall balance. I'm also an idiot and made the image at 2k, later up-scaled to 4k. Whoops. The holograms are two layers of arms with different angled chromatic aberration, heavy bloom, a blue point light top layer, noise, Gaussian blur auras, and a fine-zoomed "glitch". They are NOT transparent, rather I used a difference layer and a hard light layer with low opacity to give the illusion of transparency.
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Look how beautiful she is.
She's beautiful.
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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My child.
It's a weird plush with bad teeth and nipples, and it reminds me of my cat.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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No Strawberry Jam today. I'm taking a "Me Day" to try and work on some on-going DJ/VRChat-related depression, and to focus on spending some time with my husband for our 7th wedding anniversary.

See y'all next week.
It's an awful black screen with pixelated, RGB-torn text and pixelated images. Section 1 Header Image: A pixelated icon of a jar of strawberry jam/jelly with the bubble-words "JAM" on top Header Text: No Strawberry Jam Today, I'm taking a "Me Day". Header subscript: (which often ends in me being depressed because I didn't play, but here we are...) Section 2 Body Image: Pixelated image of a strawberry jam jar Body Text: Also it’s my and Vermin’s 7th wedding anniversary so we’re gonna be stoned, lazy, and fat, and I wanna to think about something other than stressing about my DJing-crisis-of-faith. Section 3 Footer Image: A pixelated strawberry Footer Text: See y'all next week.
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I have 3D-printed food. Protogen food. PLA bologna, a protogen's favorite deli treat.
A misprint of the bottom layers of a round base, printed in wood PLA that is too old and needs to be discarded but holy cow does it look like bologna.
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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I'll be playing for ENDAMU in VRChat on Friday the 31st. Start time is 3p PST/6p EST/10p GMT.

I'm aiming for 3-ish hours, but I'll play as long as there are folks there vibing. Since this is a long one, I'll be simulcasting to Twitch, but it will be far less chatty, and redeems will be disabled.
A picture of my logo, the name ENDAMU rotated in the middle, and the ENDAMU logo on the right.
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Strawberry Jam No 121 is here, & I didn't increment the number by 100 again!

3 hours of meditative JAM, live in the Church of the Infinite Beat, in VRChat & on Twitch.tv/strawberryprotato

Note: US is still in DST until this weekend; UK is back to GMT.

3p - 6p PST
6p - 9p EST
10p - 1a GMT
The Strawberry Jam #121 In VRChat and on Twitch strawbs.tv 3p-6p PST 10p-1a GMT It's the usual billing, blurry carpet background, the logo done up like 60s/70s diner vibes. There are jam jars in the middle ground, and at the foreground in the bottom right is a screaming protogen eating an up-turned jam jar. It's pretty epic, ngl. Yeah, nah, not really. OMG, I need JAM, my brain is COMPLETELY smeared after this fuckin' WEIRD past weekend of power outage. :P
October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Have some more.
Nutso Protogen gal done up in glowing graffiti, reclining in a chair in Jinx's lair, from Arcane. Nutso Protogen gal done up in glowing graffiti, holding a big fucking rocket launcher named "Fishbones", and ready to explode some high born. Off-balance Protogen gal done up in glowing graffiti, holding a big boomboom and flipping you off because she's had a bad day and she has a really nasty headache. A totally sane Protogen gal done up in glowing graffiti, a giant rocket launcher in one hand, her other making a finger-gun at the viewer, because she's totally not off her tits on shimmer.
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Halloween paint job. Inspiration obvious.

Worlds:
The Last Drop - Arcane — deschamps
Jinx Arcane QG — NIIINY
A feral protogen gal done up in glowing graffiti, ready to pounce, crouched on Silco's desk from The Last Resort in the Arcane show. A questionably sane protogen gal done up in glowing graffiti, indolent and insolent, staring at a card and asking "Why?" A definitely not sane protogen in Jinx's den from the show Arcane, with Jinx's rocket launcher (named "Fishbones"). A VERY definitely not sane protogen done up in glowing graffiti, in Jinx's den from the show Arcane, with Jinx's rocket launcher (named "Fishbones"), launching an energy blast at something that is about to not exist.
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Ship's Log, Stardate 6969.420: 2 hours since power failed. Whole-ship backup non-op, 2nd time. Soup tasty but insufficient. Estimated power restoration ~2am. Rationing has begun. Inclement weather continues. May have to eat the ensigns soon. Will save a limb for Bali; live on, glorious meatbag.
A fuzzy sphynx cat. Some sphynx cats are fuzzy. Bali is the peach fuzz kind. She's a little flabby meatball. She has the amazing ability to transform into a meat polyp, attaching her greasy, sallow flesh to whomever in the bed is warmest, sinking into that sumptuous warmth with all the certitude of a xenomorph spider hot-to-trot for the voluptuous verisimilitude of a comforting tracheal oviposition. Luckily she is with teeth, rather than acid. Seriously, though, this power outage sucks. I wanted to go to Stage Flight. I'm likely to miss a gig tonight. I may not be able to host S4 tomorrow. The FOMO is crushing. I get in VR so little these days, to have a weekend that I was going to dedicate to it pulled away by shitty weather just sucks with epic levels of suck-i-tude.
October 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Strawberry Jam No 220 is comin' up soon! My (mostly) weekly musical meditation and jam session is back after BLFC, and we're ready to lay down some groovy beats to chill with and get our heads back in order. Wheeee!!!

Strawberry Jam no. 220
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3p - 6p PST
6p - 9p EST
11p - 2a BST
The usual billing for The Strawberry Jam. A blown up picture of my office carpet with graphics and words: A 60s-style marquee that looks like I ripped it off from a sleazy motel says: The Strawberry Jam #220 (the number is in big pixelated text) On the left: In VRChat and on Twitch strawbs.tv 3p-6p PST 11p-2a BST On the right is a layered stack of strawberry jam jars, flanked on each side by Strawbs and Strawbs, who are saying: "Chill Vibes Groove Forever" or possibly "Chill Groove Vibes Forever" or maybe they're separate. Not really sure, but since there are two Strawbs, it's already confusing.
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Oh yeah, I'm playing the pool at BLFC, Weds night at 10:30p. Dress warm & come vibe. Pretty colors maybe, but don't breathe the water; it won't enable pretty colors, but 58ish minutes of Hypno-Organodic PsyTech with live trumpet might. (AV don't kill me plz)
I took Yukon's original poster and cut it up and made it look like a bad representation of a bad tube TV with iOS Pocket (Procreate for the iPhone). It's a VRChat photo of a Protogen, face down in some random pool world. It says: Wednesday - BLTV Live BLFC Pool Stage 15 Oct On the right is the full lineup: 8:30p - DJ Acronix 9:30p - Chris Uruz 10:30p - Strawberry Protato (there is an arrow pointing from this text to the floating Protogen) 11:30p - Wren The text in the middle states: Don't worry, the vibes are in and she's spinning her favorite music. (In smaller words) And is totally not facedown in the pool (In even smaller words) ...probably...
October 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Strawberry Jam No 119 is today.

Pre-BLFC Jam, so mostly just practicing.

May switch things around or just take a break after BLFC. Music scene is getting samey, & I'm bored w/it & myself. Need to find new direction.

Anyway.

SJam 119, VRChat + strawbs.tv (Twitch)

3p-6p PST
6p-9p EST
11p-2a BST
Event poster for Strawberry Jam this week. Blurred out carpet background. In the lower left is a strawberry jam jar and an after-image stylized zoomy-thing of a screaming Strawberry Protogen moving forward and left. Move out of the way before she runs into you. @.).@ I'm derpy like that. The text says: No Jam next week; BLFC time! (Stylized Logo) The Strawberry Jam #119 In VRChat and on twitch strawbs.tv 3p-6p PST 11p-2a BST
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Strawberry Jam No 118 is happening today.

Been a bit.

I'm in a depressive slump due to... Everything. My creative spark is flickering & I badly need a personal, musical meditation.

Come join me for meandering emotional wibbles, where I try to find... Something?

3p-6p PST
11p-2a BST

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It's just a basic stupid graphic w/the usual: The Strawberry Jam #118 In VRChat and on Twitch strawbs.tv (which just forwards to twitch.tv/strawberryprotato) 3p-6p PST 11p-2a BST And then a goofy recycled Telegram sticker and a corny "comic book growing" thing of my old Strawberry Jam bottle I photoshopped like 3 years ago. Seriously, though, I'm just... Tired. All this shit, toxic co-dependencies and their closet skeletons, my own assumptions and expectations spun out of control, my ego getting more of a grip on me than I wanted... VR was feeling toxic, and I was happy to shear off that funk, but now it just feels... Empty. My friends groups have all moved on, and I have no real core group anymore. I'm just "Strawbs from S4" and all anyone wants to talk about is S4 or their own sets they're working on. One dude come up to me the other day, complimented my music, said they loved it, then started talking about dubstep and their favorite producers and tracks, and I was like "That's great, but I don't know any of these; it's not really my vibe." Then they CONTINUED to talk about DEATH and DESTRUCTION and KILL 'EM ALL and DO YOU FEEL ME, and it's like "NO I DON'T, FRIENDO, I JUST SAID THAT'S NOT MY VIBE". Feels like I'm spinning the same shit, the same way, for the same people, and we're all just breathing in recycled farts. Is it changing? Is it evolving? Probably? But I'm in a place right now where I can see it. I missed Strawberry Jam for 2 weeks. That's never good for me. I always forget how much I NEED to play this, how much it heals & helps me. Even when I'm getting crushed by the world, by the evils, by a govt that doesn't care, and KNOWING that some of the people in my circles VOTED for these callous fleshbags operating in mockery of sentience, because they just DON'T UNDERSTAND the reality of the threats, even then, when I'm at my weakest, I need to do my Jam.. But so often, I just don't have the spoons.... Sorry for the Alt-text ramble.
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Chicken Melt.
A melted Buff Orpington named Cannonball. She's enjoying the warm air in the shade under a shrub. Behind her (out of focus) is Pickle the Bantam Brahma and Dora the Rhode Island Red. They are comfy.
September 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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No Strawberry Jam today. It's my little brother's last day visiting, and I'd like to be a stoned idiot with them for one last evening.

I miss y'all! We'll see you on Monday, Oct 2nd!
My little brother Kittz is visiting, so The Strawberry Jam's gonna be offline for one more week, cause I wanna hang with the little (the word spazbucket is X'd out) DELIGHTFUL SCAMP while I can. See y'all next week!
September 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Strange creatures.
A sphynx/donskoy cat next to a blue plush spider and a plush bee, on a vintage piano bench, in front of a window to the outdoors.
September 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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No Strawberry Jam this week.
A lava field with all my various logos on fire. I am emotionally hurt, and I am not focused enough or feeling fit enough to play for 3 hours today. Sorry. No Strawberry Jam this week.
September 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Happy Monday, y'all!

We're back on track with STRAWBERRY JAM No 117, the POST-BURN CHILLOUT!

Come chill & listen to me ramble about how I catastrophically shit myself in the deep playa at Burning Man 2025!! EXCITE!!!

In VRChat & at strawbs.tv
3-6p PST
6-9p EST
11p-2a BST
Promo picture. Background image is the art car "Elektra", a giant dragon with LED wings, and people clustered around her. Text is: The Strawberry Jam #117 Post-Burn Chillout An arrow points to the dragon, which is labelled "Elektra (so pretty)" An arrow points to a pixelated blob in front of the dragon, which is labelled "Strawbs!" To the left is the text "Photo by Ryken" There is the usual graphic stating: "In VRChat and on Twitch" The site redirect is on the left: "strawbs.tv" The times are on the right: "3p-6p PST / 11p-2a BST" There is an inserted graphic of a knocked-over strawberry jam bottle with Strawberry (protogen version) crawling exhaustedly out of it.
September 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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A bust of Strawberry, a dorky protogen lady, standing upright with her left handpaw over her visor in a typical display of a "FacePalm" This hand-crafted alt text has been brought to you by the "CheebsCo Office of Alt Text Distribution and Disbursement" (OATDD), and is underwritten by a grant from the "CheebsCo Office of Disbursement and Distribution of Grants for the Distribution and Disbursement of Alt Text" (ODDGDDAT). CheebsCo: "~/We Make Stuff/~"
August 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Playin' for Transient this evening, a much-needed break from panic-packing for next week. I hope I can stay awake until then; was up hella early to take the car in for maintenance. @.).@

Doors open at 4:45 PST/7:45 EST

I play at 6:30 PST/9:30 EST
Poster for the event. It is predominantly purple, with DJ glamour shots on the sides. The color is predominantly purple, with white text. That text says: Transcendent Presents TRANSIENT Exploring A Different Venue Every Week Doors Open August 21st 19:45 EDT At Heartbeat Featuring DJ's 20:00 Synthakat 21:30 Strawbs 23:00 V[AI]RUS 00:30 Panda
August 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Strawberry Jam No 116: The Pre-Burn Mental Meltdown Edition!

Come listen to a disjointed, unfocused mess as my head is in ONE HUNDRED PLACES AT ONCE, but I need this to settle my EXPLODING BRAIN, so full of DISTORTIONS & PANIC.

In VRChat & at strawbs.tv
3-6p PST
6-9p EST
11p-2a BST
A dum promo picture. Strawberry in "Business!" mode, pouring cartoon strawberry jam out of a smuckers bottle (edited with the DJ's logo) with the onomatopoeia "-schlorp" in drippy red letters next to the drippy red jam. In the upper right corner is the usual mid-century-style logo saying "The Strawberry Jam #116: Pre-Burn MENTAL MELDOWN Edition" and graphics that say "In VRChat and on Twitch strawbs.tv 3p-6p PST 11p-2a BST". The background is a blurred out picture of the carpet in my office.
August 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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This animal is the very picture of grace and poise.
August 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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STRAWBERRY JAM #115.

Feeling better. Last week's Jam helped. Talked to my mom about it w/out falling apart. S4's anniversary yesterday helped a lot, too. Amazing vibes.

My Adobe Express sub finally ran out, so today's silly SJam picture was done in Canva.

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NOW IN CANVA BECAUSE FUCK ADOBE! It's a simple promo for Strawberry Jam #115. There is a marquee-style, retro "The Strawberry Jam #115" at the top. There is a protogen in the bottom left holding a bottle of strawberry jam. There is a VRChat and Twitch Logo on the bottom right, upon which the protogen is pouring strawberry jam from the bottle. The bottle is puking out a bubble that has "Chill Vibes" in cursive writing. Above and left of the protogen is a little pixel strawberry. Middle right has the times in white text with black outline: strawbs.tv 3p-6p PST 11p-2a BST
August 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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After years of my pedals:

* On the floor
* Gel-taped to a music stand
* Propped up on plastic display shelves
* On a table
* On a rolling table

...I finally made a real pedalboard out of scrap wood. :P It weighs a bajillion pounds but I DON'T CARE, it's the most usable the pedals have ever been!!
Artsy shot of the pedalboard with low fstop. Trumpet is in the background. It's an "Olds Super" from 1952, and the horn Inuse for Burning Man. It has a "PiezoBarrel" mic soldered to my old gold-plated Bach 3C from high school. It's my "crappiest" horn, but it has good character, and if it falls over I don't have to file an insurance claim, like the good horn. Pedals. On the board. On the far left is a Line6 M9 multi-pedal stomp box. Top row left to right is a Nobels ODR-mini minimalist Overdrive, Meris Hedra triple pitch shifter, Strymon Deco tape-modeled "double tracker" (think thickening analog modulation), Keeley compressor and amp, ElectroHarmonic Freeze sound-freezing Drone pedal. Bottom left-to-right is Boss basic digital reverb, Line6 Echo Park tape echo (fiddly piece of shit, wanna replace it with a Meris MercuryX), Chase Bliss Lossy compression artifact generator and looper, and a Chase Bliss Mood mkII which is...uh... a self-aware looping ambience generator and sampling wibblywoop purple oblong of sparkle magic. The back of the pedalboard. L2R passive DI to flip the impedance of the PiezoBarrel mic, a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 3 isolated power bus, and a Zorg Blow! mic preamp with an integrated FX loop. Ostensibly I don't need the DI, but I swear to dog it sounds way better than the Blow!'s standalone output.
August 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM