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Not that this is really relevant, or that anyone will actually see this since its been years since i've been active... but four years later, I've moved, I've gained new interests and hung onto old ones. I've learned an entirely new skillset for my new job and it's gone well. People are still annoying at work, but that's a given lol

I have moments where I'm tired and can't see life going on for years and years, but then again that's how i felt when i made the original post. and I'm still here four years later.

it is what it is, i've worked through some major aspects of my anxiety and depression. i've gotten better in a lot of ways even if i couldn't see that change at the time.

long story short, keep going i guess? things are changing even if you don't see it. things will get better, they'll get worse. things will always go up and down, but it'll turn out okay.

bruh i have no idea how to change myself and its making me miserable

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sometime i get so anxious and stressed out over the stupidest things lol

like sharing my art with people i know and stuff, like i know the people i care about won’t think anything mean. and if i share my stuff anonymously literally nobody knows who i am so i can just delete it later if i want

but like, i get so worried. i feel like people online, even if my account has no information connected to me irl, i feel like they know who i am and are judging me so hard lol

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I love you Pavel 

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i want to practice speaking spanish with my one customer because she is so nice but doesn’t understand english very well, and my spanish speaking coworker says i should

but like, i hate the way i speak, and i can hear my accent so much it makes me die inside lol

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French Resource List

Hopefully even if you've been learning French for a while one of these resources may be of use to you

General

French dictionary

Best online French-English dictionary (which also has bilingual dictionaries for a number of languages) as it has example sentences in French with translations, forum, verb conjugations, idioms, and more

RFI listening and reading exercises for all levels incorporating the news into your learning

Grammar

Français Lingolia with exercises

Listening

Journal en Français Facile radio/ podcast with transcripts for each episode

News in Slow French podcast

Conversational French Mises à Jour with transcripts

If you live in Australia, SBS has a French news podcast

French dictation exercises write what you hear

Youtube comedy series Bref

Belgian LGBTQ+ Youtube series La théorie du Y

Youtube comedy series Le Département

French comedy series that has whole episodes for free on Youtube Fais pas ci fais pas ça

Skam France is a teen show so you can learn heaps of slang, it also has subtitles for each episode in French and English

Youtube

Home Language - vocab and grammar

Hugo Décrypte - daily news

MisterJDay - comedy

Le Monde - news but many of their videos have subtitles

Reading

Simple articles originally written for children, also has a Youtube playlist (1jour 1actu)

Le Petit Scribe reading comprehension and exercises level B1 but also has the same for all levels

Reading (or listening) comprehension - Le Petit Nicolas

Writing

À vos plumes - writing practice and grammar

Oui c'est ça writing practice

Proofreading checklist

Other

Thoughtco French articles on grammar, vocab, verbs, etc.

French slang dictionary

French vowel pronunciation part 1 and part 2 with audio

More useful French pronunciation tips with audio and IPA

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open to ukrainian resource recommendations

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if you think the government should have more power than you probably don’t really grasp how little you can actually trust them

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Restaurant vocab in European Spanish 🍷🌿

Drinks

red wine = el vino tinto

white wine = el vino blanco

rosé wine = el vino rosado

beer = la cerveza

cocktail = el cóctel

lemonade = la limonada

orange juice = el jugo de naranja

still water = la agua sin gas

sparkling water = la agua con gas

glass = el vaso

coffee = el café

tea = el té

smoothie = el batido de frutas

milkshake = el batido

cup = la taza

teaspoon = la cucharita

ice = el hielo

straw = la pajita

Mains

pasta = la pasta

pizza = la pizza

meat = la carne

beef = la carne (same as meat)

lamb = el cordero

chicken = el pollo

pork = el cerdo

seafood = el marisco

fish = el pescado

potatoes = las patatas

bread = el pan

rice = el arroz

beans = los frijoles

vegetables = las verduras

salad = la ensalada

pepper = el pimiento

onion = la cebolla

mushrooms = los champiñónes

garlic = el ajo

fries = las patatas fritas

soup = la sopa

noodles = los fideos

olives = las aceitunas

knife = el cuchillo

fork = el tenedor

spoon = la cuchara

napkin = la servilleta

plate = el plato

bowl = el bol

oil = el aceite

salt = la sal

chilli = el chile

Desserts

ice cream = el helado

cream = la crema / la nata

custard = las natillas

sorbet = el sorbete

cake = el pastel

flan = el flan

fruit = la fruta

watermelon = la sandía

pineapple = la piña

pastry = la masa

croissant = el cruasán / la medialuna

Other

bill = la cuenta

menu = la carta

money = el dinero

card = la tarjeta

table = la mesa

restaurant = el restaurante

café = el café

chair = la silla

to pay = pagar

to eat = comer / tomar

to drink = beber / tomar

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what is it with upper management and just... a total lack of communication?

like, all you have to do if you want things done a certain way or don’t like how i’m doing things is just shoot me a text, email or call me and let me know “hey, i want you to do this instead”

that’s literally it.

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Scenes from another life. 

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Study of this J C Leyendecker painting, but it’s Beverly Crusher and Deanna Troi from Star Trek TNG

(click image for optimal quality!)

Join the Bev/Deanna discord server!

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at my work, there’s only me and one girl.

we had 8 pallets of truck, 20+ boxes in transfers from another store and we’ve been making 150%  plus quota pretty much every day for a like 2 weeks now and im going crazy

haven’t even made the schedule for next week, i have piles of stuff i need to sort. for some reason nobody can figure anything out lately either?? i’ve been basically holding every customers’ hand to help them figure out stuff

which i mean, it feels great when they come back and tell me everything came out awesome, but still. i need time to get everything else done ;-;

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Funky smell kitty 😂

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so my one other employee who was scheduled today decided to no-call no-show and i had to work an 11 hour shift :/

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CARSON GILLILAND