#Excel calculator

[marciaillust]

your design of me

[egophiliac]

bring your son to work day

[leclercskiesahead]

HAIR

[lookbotsfollowmeyay]

Three Kingdoms AU where everything is the same except the Eight Little Shits (Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Sheng) share a single 50x50 Excel spreadsheet.

[mymanyfandomramblings]

i can so clearly visualise what's gonna happen one day when the Milo Murphy's Law kids get their driver's licenses.

I feel like Milo is going to be a reasonably safe driver--in the 'he obeys the road rules and drives at a reasonable speed' sense--however he did not pass his driver's test, through no fault of his own. This has not stopped him acquiring his license--the people at the DMV know that this is Milo 'Great Perseverance' Murphy, and if he fails the first time around, he'll just come back, and they do not have the insurance coverage to pay for the damage or the therapy for their driving assessors to risk Milo re-taking the test.

Melissa's driving is a combination of the classic 'whoops that curb came out of nowhere' driving, and driving like she's driving a getaway car. everyone trusts that if they were in an adrenaline-fuelled, high-octane car chase situation (and didn't mind occasionally hitting a curb, or running a very narrow orange light, or swerving across three lanes of traffic) she would be a perfect driver for the situation.

Zack is a Responsible Driver, he will have you know (he failed his test the first time he took it for a silly reason, and Melissa won't let him live it down, but that is beside the point). He is also the one that always ends up driving, and being Zack, he'd gently protest that he's always the driver, and that they treat him like a chauffeur.

(the answer to 'why is Zack always the driver' is given in the form of a lengthy flashback montage of Zack screaming like a baby in the backseat whenever Milo or Melissa are behind the wheel, while an instrumental version of the Drusselstein Driving Test Waltz plays in the background.)

whenever anyone offers to relieve Zack of the burden of driving, his response is something along the lines of 'no thank you. I value my life'--he loves his friends, but does not love the feeling of being in near-constant peril (it is worth noting that Melissa is supremely unbothered by the sheer amount of danger that happens whenever Milo drives, and Milo is mostly unbothered by Melissa's driving).

[lokijiro]

Suggestion :

Mycroft was sent to do fieldwork a couple of times when he was younger and had just started working for his country. To his chagrin, he was good at it, but he hated it. He made it a point to prove to his employers that he was far more useful running things than wading in.

Thankfully, he was quickly considered to be indispensable at home, and too valuable to be sent on such missions.

No one is surprised when years later Mycroft successfully and effortlessly infiltrates a Serbian military organization.

[iniyaas]

TBH, I am wondering if soccer is his true calling, after all.

Say, (off the top of my head) compared to Isagi who watched Noel Noa growing up, loved football, and wanted to become a striker? or even Sae, who been playing soccer with the dream to go pro since young? Chigiri, Reo, even Ness? He was top in his games through school and that's why he wanted to try out at Basmun. iirc, except for Hiori, most of the blue lockers had a dream to pursue soccer as a profession, right?

But Kaiser picked up professional football, cuz, well .... that was the only way he could be bailed out of prison? He has been playing soccer only for the last 4 years. The way he describes his initial days at Basmun, it's as if only after hitting those guys, he got to know that soccer is a team sport of 11 players. Similar to Nagi, but Kaiser is still a bit different from Nagi,

Looking at his profile:

unlike Nagi, I imagine Kaiser would have opened himself to any kind of profession without external stimulus, as long as it earns him money. He wants to explore human behavior, connections and psychology. He seems interested in meeting new people (but, ofc, study them under the microscope and never open up to anyone himself)

and outside of his resident-nuisance mask, he seems more of a quiet observant introvert who likes reading books. Philosophy and psychology, yes; but I feel he likes reading anything with human characters; he wants to know more of other's thoughts and outlook of the world, and so.

Really.

He could have become anything if given a chance. Yes, his first "gift" to himself was his ball, and his only company throughout childhood. And yes, his 'identity' was born when his ball was attacked.

But this doesn't mean his calling was particularly for soccer.

Because. What arose in his heart atm was simply the desperate desire to 'protect' his only 'friend', his 'fellow piece of shit' from getting 'hurt'. Michael was used to getting abused, but the moment he saw his 'friend' might get hurt, he lost his shit. He would have reacted the same way if it was another toy, or for a younger sibling he doted on, or if he had a human friend whom he really adored.

(Of course, Kaiser being Kaiser, understood the birth of his identity differently, though.

He thinks he got his first impulse of pleasure from kicking the cops, and not from the instinct of 'protecting his friend'-- from despair of others, and not from love of his own heart)

but I digress.

What I am saying is that I can see him fitting in any kind of profession. Going to college? Becoming a writer? Method Acting? Lawyer? Heck, he can go to managerial heights in corporate and overthrow governments? Like anything!

Nothing in his profile reflects a strong calling for soccer in particular. Just an observation.

[mctreeleth]

If someone asks me how work has been lately I just reply, "oh, you know, just working on my spreadsheet" and they laugh like I have just made a funny joke about how so much of work these days is pointlessly futile bureaucracy that slowly hollows out your soul but actually I made up a little game where we try to guess the CMYK values of a colour swatch and we're a couple of months in now and I am, on the clock, slowly building out this very very complicated spreadsheet that will work out for us who, at the end of the year, wins a $20 gift card for the bakery next door.

[zorosdimples]

my dream threesome is with zoro and law

[netscapenavigator-official]

Currently trying to figure out how to make a calculator in LibreOffice that can take the "yes or no" answers of four questions and turn them into values for this horrendous formula I've mustered up:

(B1+G1(D1*C1)/P)+(B2+G2(D2*C2))=F

But I've never used spreadsheet formulas outside of basic adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, etc., so using IF/ELSE statements in a LibreOffice Calc document terrifies me. I barely know any Swift from Apple's Swift Playgrounds, but I feel like I could write a better script in Swift than the monstrosity I'm about to make in LibreCalc.

[kyuohki]

Continuation from this post (that one has the initial Modern/College/Band AU idea, along w/ some lore bits for Seraï and Teaks)! (I've also gone more in on the idea of Band AU here!

Note: All this stuff will be the background for Bound for Greatness, while the fics are mainly about the Solstice Crew in college. Not that I'm not gonna write kid fic of them growing up, bc having the group finally have some *healthy* family dynamics is very appealing; but damn it, Bound for Greatness was supposed to be just smut. *sighs*

This one is gonna be for Zale, as I realized I only posted some of his background via a writing meme. Ooops!

Also, for this AU, scale up the islands to allow for larger populations (so think of each island as their own country w/ enough land mass to support many cities/towns).

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So, Zale was born a preemie, to Haris and Yeon'a; this is similar to my worldbuilding for An Honor, where he's supposed to be born after the Solstice. In that verse, Resh'an is the one that stabilizes him on the way to Mooncradle, while he goes into a NICU in the Modern AU. (In game premies are stabilized by magic/hand wavy science/alchemy; all of Resh'an's delivery Great Eagle Puppets are "programmed" to do this, Game!Zale is the only one to get hands-on treatment, and that makes him healthier than ModernAU!Zale is).

He gets sick frequently, on up to his early tweens (so about the time he hits end of elementary to beginning of middle school, he's almost average for any kid his age). His family made the move to Mooncradle from Brisk when he was 4-ish, to be close to a hospital that could help him (right after the move he gains a baby sister). His parents and his big sister are extremely protective of him, tho Haris does back off a bit when Zale pushes back.

Zale meets Garl and Valere in kindergarten, and they become inseparable. It's here that Zale gets his "signature" haircut, much to the dismay of the teacher (they had safety scissors, but not the full plastic ones that won't cut hair). No matter what the parents/guardians do, Zale always finds a way to cut his hair the way he wants. Eventually Yeon'a gives up trying to stop him, and buys some clippers and tries to keep it neat, if nothing else (Haris finds it hilarious, but keeps that to himself).

Academically, Zale is a gifted student, and doesn't really exert much effort into his classes (this will bite him in the ass come college). But he gets really into sports (and into his mom's hobby of hitting people w/ historical weaponry) once he hits middle school, and ends up on his school's soccer team. He also joins his mom's historical martial arts organization, and learns how to hit things w/ a sword (I had to...)

By middle school, Valere has become obsessed w/ rock bands, and the Trio manage to convince their families to let them take classes. Zale immediately goes for a guitar (mostly bc he fell in love with the design of one), Garl takes up bass, and Valere drums. They get together at Garl's (he has the largest garage to set up in, and his Gran had helped to soundproof a part of it for their practices).

Haris goes to Zale's defense a lot, and is his son's major supporter when Zale first goes into sports, then into Yeon'a's historical martial arts hobby.

Zale has 4 siblings:

Yu'mi; older sister, by 3 years. Works in Haris' business/store after she graduates college (basic degree); has her own section where she sells plushies that she designs and sells, along w/ shirts and other stationary. Briefly tried out Yeon’a and Zale’s hobby of hitting people with swords, but didn’t really care for it as much (she finds it fun, and a good workout. She actually gravitated to a staff more, and had fun “sparring” with Valere when she joined. (Valere had a huge crush on Yu’mi for a while).

Alexia; younger sister, by 4 years. Zale’s favorite sister. They get up to trouble all the time and love to prank Yu’mi. The only other member of the family that goes hard w/ the “hit people w/ swords” hobby. She has won many awards at tournaments, and wants to go into history w/ an eye at the long distant wars that Mooncradle had been part of.

Fotis and Jeong; twin little brothers, by 9 years. Fotis is the calm one, Jeong is the hot head. They idolize Zale, and he’s the only one that can wrangle them once they’ve got an idea into their heads. Their plan is to take over Haris' store when they get older.

Zale is the best big brother! Eats his little sister Alexia's disasters of meals and tells her everything is delicious. Helps his little brothers, Jeong and Fotis, plan and implement their money making schemes (ie lemonade stands; this eventually comes into conflict when Mirna comes on the scene and sets up a rival stand).

Insanely Long Family Lore under the cut (no really, it's stupidly long bc Elder!Zale and his family demanded Lore):

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Zale is named after his great-grandpa Zale. Elder!Zale lived in a small town on the outskirts of Brisk, but ended up leaving for Brisk after he was unfairly divorced by his wife (no name, just Bitch) and lost custody of his daughter (Thalia). Elder!Zale moved in with his childhood best-friend, Terrance (who still had a massive crush on Elder!Zale).

They start a business together, and eventually one of their employees asks Elder!Zale about an upcoming, romantic holiday and, “What are you and your husband planning for it? :3c” (of course the two were absolutely acting like a couple, and of course all the people around them assumed). Cue flailing that is also misunderstood as cute absentmindedness, and after a long bit of soul searching, Elder!Zale finds that he likes the idea of being with Terrance. Romance-Comedy shenanigans ensue w/ them getting married in the end).

Grandma Thalia had Haris as a teen herself (at 15), and was kicked out of her home by Bitch bc of it. Elder!Zale took her in, though Thalia still blamed him for the divorce (Bitch twisted everything into it all being Elder!Zale's fault, mostly bc she suspected him of cheating on her w/ Terrance (he never did). Truthfully, Bitch was the one who cheated, and divorced so she could marry her lover). Elder!Zale did his best, but Thalia had internalized a lot of Bitch and Bitch Husband's bigotry, and she left as soon as she could support herself.

Grandma Thalia eventually married a rich man when Haris was 6 (after a lot of shit boyfriends), and had 2 more kids (boy and girl; not twins, but within the same year). Husband was good to Haris until his kids were born, then started treating Haris like shit (not violent abusive, but definitely prioritized his kids and could be verbally abusive (very much using Haris as the scapegoat of the family)). Thalia was willfully oblivious to it, even unconsciously mimicked it, and the siblings picked up on it and did the same. Husband made some bad calls and nearly drove the family into bankruptcy (this is about when Haris is 10-ish), and Thalia had to bite her tongue to ask Elder!Zale for help bc husband’s family refused to. Elder!Zale and Terrance pulled the family out of their hole, and were allowed to see the grandkids since then (permission given by husband, for once arguing against Thalia that they should be grateful).

Since Elder!Zale was given a chance to be part of Haris’ life, when Haris hit high school, Elder!Zale knew that Haris’ home life wasn’t the best and managed to convince Haris’ mom to let Haris spend vacations with him. Terrance was a big role model for Haris, teaching him a lot about art. He’s the reason why Haris was so fascinated w/ pottery and carving. This all led to Haris and Yeon’a to trust Elder!Zale and Terrance w/ the info that she was pregnant before anyone else.

Yeon'a lost her family at 7 years old in a car accident, and moves in w/ her Uncle Han'mo. Yeon'a got along decently w/ her Uncle, but he did not really understand how to raise a kid and was kinda a flake. He was mostly hands off for much of Yeon’a’s life. Uncle was upset that Yeon’a got pregnant and tried to convince her to abort (was trying to think of her future, not wanting her to be derailed w/ a kid; after Yu'mi was born, he tried to convince Yeon'a to put Yu'mi up for adoption). When Yeon’a eloped w/ Haris and immediately left for Brisk, Uncle was upset that Yeon’a left without any word (his insistence at aborting/giving up her baby made Yeon’a angry and not trust him). They eventually make amends after Alexia is born, and he tries to be the “cool” Great-Uncle when he visits (mostly by money/buying gifts for the kids).

Yeon'a and Haris were teen sweethearts, and ended up pregnant with Haris at 18 and Yeon'a at 17. After Yu'mi was born, they waited until Yeon'a graduated, then eloped and left their small town to move to Brisk. Elder!Zale and Terrance offered to let them stay them, giving them jobs at their business (own a small grocery store), and the two Great-Grandpas help out w/ babysitting. There, the two kids work on their degrees, Haris in marketing/business, while Yeon'a gets her MLIS. By the time that they graduate and both get decent jobs that let them move out, Yeon'a is pregnant w/ Zale.

When Zale is born prematurely, they move back in w/ Great-Grandpas. After Zale is released from the NICU, and for about the next four years, there are a bunch of health scares that eventually force the family to look for better hospitals/specialists. They learn that Mooncradle has the best doctors/aid, and set about moving to that city. Haris convinces his job to let him work remotely, and Yeon'a manages to land a job at a library close to where they're gonna live (a decent, if a bit run down, rental house). After they've finished moving, Youn'a is preggers again, and has a baby girl named Alexia.

GreatGrandpa!Zale and Terrance finally retire, selling their store and moving out to live with the family in Mooncradle; again they help out a lot w/ babysitting and other living costs. As such, the family's quality of life goes up a lot, as it's both a cheaper cost of living in Mooncradle, and with Great-Grandpas there to lend a hand. When Haris and Yeona manage to save enough to buy a house, the Great-Grandpas co-sign on a mortgage to help make payments, and they end up close enough to a lot of very good schools.

In about another five years, the twins, Fotis and Jeong, are born; Yeon'a has moved up in her field, landing a job as a librarian in a prestigious university in Mooncradle. At about the same time, Haris has decided to switch gears, buying a shop with a storefront, and converted it into a craft center. He always loved doing crafty stuff w/ Terrance, and they both have the time of their lives setting up the place. The shop sells various trinkets they make; trinkets carved from stone, wood and crystal, as well as pottery Haris and Terrance throw. Connected to the shop is a large studio w/ pottery wheels and kilns, and they rent out the space for local artists and classes (they give lessons whenever they can, but others also teach in the space).

As a child, Zale used to yell, “It ME!” when he saw Elder!Zale, and Elder!Zale would do the same. Youn'a gets thoroughly tired of it, while the namesakes (and Haris) find it hilarious. Zale grows out of it a bit (the childish effect of wanting to be seen as more mature), but takes it up again late high school and college. The other great-grandbabies all call Elder!Zale, "Papu Zale." Zale calls Terrance Ganpa Ter for much of his childhood (he still does it when he tries to wheedle for something or when he needs to talk or comforting.) The rest just call him Grandpa Terry.

The family doesn’t have much to do with Grandma Thalia or Haris’ siblings. There’s an occasional holiday card, and there was once a family reunion that went horribly wrong and Zale and sibs all refused to go to another.

Yu'mi is engaged to be married by the time Bound for Greatness rolls around, to a very upstanding young man named Gavin. To be Brother-in-law (21) is going to law school, hoping to become an employment/labor lawyer. Gavin eventually shifts and goes into entertainment/ip lawyer due to his brother-in-law’s career choices (it’s a side job for a bit, helping Zale and friends out here and there, then eventually joins B’st’s team of lawyers to help represent Zale and co. for however long they keep the band together). He met the family through the historical martial arts org Yeon’a is in, and met Yu’mi there; he had friendly spars with Zale.

[muirneach]

i like excel for its data crunching which is an aspect i am good at utilizing. however i start trying to generate a singular graph and i want to throw my computer out the window

[homosubtext]

i do so much on excel at work that i am currently making an excel sheet in my free time for my personal life. girl what the fuck.

[copper-skulls]

Thinking of blorbo on the clock

[stormbow]

it's legit so funny watching all the hardcore rule-loving bros on instagram shit their pants just because they were 'forced' to watch someone else dm in the main campaign. cry about it. aabria iyengar be upon ye.

[thatonceandfutureprat]

Was talking to my dad about finances for starting my own saddlefitting business (we had a class about it today plus we got a very very handy excel sheet out of it) and I also mentioned wanting to approach a brand about buying saddles and dad immediately went "Get your diploma first. Don't worry about that yet. Finish your studies and no stressing about other stuff."

And I know he means well. I'm having a bit of a Moment right now where everything is A Lot, but also not researching that stuff ahead of time stresses me out as well.