#boost your cv

[0mega-x]

University or Prépa ? Mmmmhmhmhmh

[incorrectbatfam]

Now batfam as LEGAL life hacks

Dick: Regardless of your gender or sexuality, set your dating profile preferences to everyone. The more likes you get, the higher up the algorithm you'll be boosted

Jason: You can hit anyone as hard as you want if you glue a dead wasp to your hand

Tim: Don't like doing dishes? Grab some clean ones, run them under water, put them on the drying rack, and tell your family to do "the rest"

Damian: Start a raccoon removal business by releasing raccoons around someone's property before offering your services

Duke: If you want to see a movie in theaters without financially supporting it, get a ticket to a different movie showing at the same time

Cullen: Buy the cheapest ticket to a concert and once you're in, check Ticketmaster to see which seats haven't sold and move to the best one

Stephanie: No one will notice if you stop by a hotel in the morning for their free continental breakfast

Cassandra: Before snooping through someone's belongings, take a picture so you can put everything back the way it was

Barbara: Have a common name? There are probably people on LinkedIn who have a better CV than you. Their references are now yours

Harper: Selling a car? Take pictures of it in a nice neighborhood to make it seem classy and well-maintained

Carrie: If you miss an online sale by a few hours, use a VPN to switch to a timezone where it's still going on

Kate: End an unwanted phone call by turning on airplane mode—the other person will see it as the call dropped rather than you hanging up

Alfred: If someone's unexpectedly at the door and you're not sure if you need a weapon, a freshly boiled kettle is both the most threatening and inviting thing you can have in your hand

Selina: If you see someone shoplifting: no the fuck you didn't

Bruce: The number of living grandparents you have resets to 4 every time you get a new job

[seafoamreadings]

week of february 4th, 2024

these are written predominantly for the *rising* signs but they are also intuitively "channeled" enough that they should work for any dominant energy you have! (try your sun if you don't know rising, or more advanced readers can try moon, anywhere you have a stellium, etc and see what works best for you!)

aries: if you've been hoping to boost your reputation, public image, career status, or social networking situation, this week is the week for it. you have mars action, 10th house action, and aquarian `11th house action all on your side. update your CV or whatever you need to do!

taurus: aquarian vibes tend to not be ones that come to you most naturally, but uranus in your sign for years has likely made you a little more comfortable with such genius/eccentric humanitarianism. this week is hyper-aquarian, so really lean into that developing side of yourself.

gemini: your ruling planet mercury flits into aquarius and promptly conjoins pluto. you'll need to get used to this occurring about once a year now for the next decade; it is odin-like psychopompic vibe. the huginn and muninn side of mercury and the ferryman. you now live in the liminal spaces in between here and the underworld.

cancerians: overall it's a great time to be a crab-sign! possible caveat: be careful with your money, taxes, investments, and any other shared resources. this is the shift in focus due to pluto changing sign. meanwhile, this week and actually for the next couple months, capricorn hosts ceres. this is a comfortable vibe for you in partnership, as long as your needs are well met.

leo: it's like everyone just hangs out in your 7th house now, as mercury makes its ingress into aquarius. this does affect your relationships in ways you haven't likely seen in ages. talk things out rather than rehearsing madeup scenarios in your head.

virgo: this week is astrologically busy so your entire chart likely teems with activity but something to consider especially is that both of your ruling planets (ceres and mercury) ingress into new signs this week. ceres heads for capricorn, so nurture your funloving side and don't get too bogged down in productivity or responsibility. mercury moves into aquarius, conjoining pluto at the beginning of the week, so you can effectively overhaul your daily routines or any diet plan or similar situation you have going on. make sure it works FOR you and you're not just dragging yourself along!

libra: while pluto into aquarius may not have necessarily been your idea of a fun time, now that other planets pile into that sign and there is a new moon there, you can really milk the fun parts of that house. no use sitting around feeling sorry for yourself, do something, anything, that lights you up a little bit. or a lot!

scorpio: you can set new moon intentions this week around your home, family of origin, or ancestral lineage for really good results. meanwhile capricorn and your 3rd house are busy so if you have letters to write, texts to send, or ads to post, this is the time to do it and if not, a journal can be really useful!

sagittarius: money and trade are a focus for you this week. there may be some challenges in this regard, but nothing you can't overcome with some effort. if you have writing or communication projects to work on, the new moon gives them a little shove in a good direction.

capricorn: people act like money is always a major focus for your sign and truly it can be. this week it goes double though due to capricorn+aquarius influences. building anything, literally or metaphorically, is also auspicious at this time.

aquarius: for some of you the vibe increases your life force and for others it can feel draining. it depends a lot on how you're handling pluto. getting used to it yet? mercury's arrival may help - some astrologers (but not all) consider it exalted in your sign. you also get a new moon this week, so you can do intentions and manifestations around your vital energy.

pisces: so much activity in your twelfth house can be emotionally stressful especially being that you are such a sensitive soul. try not to take any hardships that might occur personally, and whatever opportunities you have to be a miracle in someone else's life, take it.

[uselesssomebody]

𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕥𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝟚: eddie munson x domme!fem!reader

complete masterlist | kinktober 2023 masterlist

kink || ball-worship

taglist || @silversprings-mp3

fandom || stranger things

a/n || this is... rather filthy

➵ first time writing a domme reader hope it's good

➵ comment/message if you'd like to be added to the taglist

warnings || fluff/smut

➵ reader's good at math

it was such a stupid deal.

she wasn't even the type to offer favors as rewards for doing something, but good lord, if eddie munson wasn't stubborn.

she was good at math. like, great at math. like, top of the school. so, when her math teacher suggested she tutor eddie munson, bottom of the school, in the subject, as a way to boost her CV, she thought it would be simple enough. unfortunately for her, though, if there's one thing eddie did not like, it was studying.

he had only agreed to these sessions because his teacher threatened to full on fail him if he didn't. so, he expected to just sit there for an hour, sketch something for a dnd campaign, while some rando spoke at him.

unfortunately for him, though, she was passionate about the subject, and determined to help him, lest her academic reputation devolve. she'd tried literally everything to get him to study and do better in his math tests, but no progress was being made. she could practically see how his eyes glazed over as she explained the - to him - boring concepts.

she'd been kind, explained concepts abstractly, explained concepts using tangible objects, even tried to explain it through the lens of her limited knowledge of dungeons and dragons. then, she'd tried being authoritative and stern, frustrated with his nonchalance. nothing worked.

so, finally, she'd suggested another method. she fidgets uncomfortably with her fingers as she thinks about how to propose it.

"look... if you get a B+ on your next test, i'll do something for you. whatever you want." she says, expecting him to say... wash his dirty van, or sit in on one of his dnd sessions. his lips quirk into a devilish smile.

"yeah?" he asks, a brow raised. she sighs deeply, but nods. he hums, before chuckling, "deal."

to be quite honest, she didn't expect him to get the grade. so, on the day the tests were returned, she didn't even have to glance at her perfect score, immediately looking up to him instead.

the beaming smile on his face in disconcerting.

and that's how they'd ended up in the alley between the shed and the boiler room just fifty meters from the school.

she sighs, crossing her arms over her chest as she looks at him.

"alright, munson. if we're doing this, we're doing it my way." she asserts. his brows furrow, incredulous.

"huh? that's not fair-" he starts to protest, but stops himself from speaking further when she gets to her knees in front of him. suddenly, he doesn't feel so bad bending to her will.

she reaches up for his zipper, maybe a little too eager, but she'd not admit to it. his jeans come off easily, and he tries to curl his fingers through her hair, but she swats it away.

"no touching without permission." she hisses, and he holds his hands up in surrender.

"yes ma'am..." he murmurs, hoping the way the act of dominance made him grow harder isn't too noticeable. though, she is making eye contact with his clothed cock, so he wonders what he expected. a teasing smile plays on her lips as she looks up at him.

"you liked that?" she mocks, though it's in a honeyed tone, before gently fishing his cock out of his boxers, already fully hard and lightly dripping. it makes her laugh, his desperation, but god, it's pretty.

she kitten licks the underside of his cock, giggling at the moan he lets out - just a little high pitched. deciding to relent, she takes his cock between her warm lips, tongue flicking around his pulsing tip as she starts to push her head down on him. she moves slowly, trying to force his whole length down her throat, and once she does, he moans deeply as he feels the muscles constrict around his tip.

"f-fuck..." his eyes roll back, and the moan only increases in volume when she starts bobbing her head, spit getting her chin and his whole cock slick and messy. his moans grow louder, and, as soon as he starts getting too close, she pulls off, switching instead to stroking him slowly with her hand

"you get this chance, and you're gonna waste it by cumming in 2 minutes?" she mocks, using her other hand to gather the slick from her chin to fondle his balls with. he tries to respond, but the actions make his thigh muscles tense, and his breathing becomes shallow and whimper-y. she bites her lip, "you like that?" and he nods fervently.

slowly, sensually, she continues stroking him - just a little faster - as she brings her tongue to lave over his thick balls. he does whimper this time.

"fuck, fuck!" it comes out labored, and he has to cover his face with his hand, overtaken with pleasure. he'd rarely gotten his dick sucked, much less his balls. her mouth sucks each one into her mouth, before she retracts, pressing soft kisses to them with a smile.

she reverts to teasing him, alternating between letting her breath fan over his balls and shaft, and lightly licking them. he's getting more needy and impatient, whining out her name.

"you want more?" she asks, and he nods so hard he's worried his head's gonna fall off. she giggles, "then beg." he looks down for a moment, wondering if she's being serious. when he realizes she is, he bites down on his plump bottom lip.

"fuck, please..." he whimpers her name a few times, "please, need it so bad, you make me feel so good-" she hummed, satisfied, before stroking his cock faster, and bringing her mouth back to his balls, sucking them faster and flicking her tongue over them.

he's getting even louder now, and she's almost worried someone will come by. but then, she's looking up at that pretty, fucked out face, and he doesn't care, moving her mouth and hand faster.

his cock and balls pulsate, and she licks up from his balls to his tip, sucking him into her mouth as he came, feeling it spurt down her throat. after a second, she parts, swallowing his spend, and panting a little. he is too, face beet red, as his ringed hand finally leaves his face to look at her.

"that was... amazing." he sighs in content, and she smiles, before he helps her up to her feet. she wipes her mouth and chin with the back of her hand, before beginning to leave the secluded area. for a moment though, she turns back.

"get an A+ on the next one, and... we'll see." she teases, winking at a very flustered eddie.

[cursedalthoughts]

Priority Research 7 Predictions - Ironblood

Screw it. Time to speculate who the mandatory Ironblood PR is going to be.

As always, these are just the possible options, alongside speculation about their rarity - either PR (Priority Research/SSR) or DR (Decivise Research/UR), and maybe some vague idea about what their skills could be in Azur Lane.

The Ironblood have, perhaps unsurprisingly, a lot of options; just like the Northern Parliament.

KMS Mecklenburg

Fuck it. Let's start strong.

Mecklenburg is, essentially, a battlecruiser. She shares her hull with both Preussen and Großer Kurfürst, however, the main difference with both of those ships (Preussen having eight 457mm guns and G.K having twelve 406mm or 420mm guns (depending on your setup)), is that Mecklenburg has sixteen 305mm guns. With a 26 second reload. And an anomalously high (for a German battleship) main gun accuracy.

This thing is a ludicrously effective cruiser hunter. She has fast shells with an almost pin-point accuracy.

Mecklenburg also has two quadruple torpedo launchers, one per side, on top of the standard highly efficient secondary gun layout comprising of 128mm gun turrets that enjoy German 1/4 HE penetration rules. Oh, also, she's faster than both Preussen and G.K (both doing 30 knots), at a top speed of 32.5 knots.

Yeah, Mecklenburg is easy DR material.

KMS Schröder

Schröder is a personal favorite of mine. You can think of her as a "mini-Prinz Rupprecht".

As a supercruiser, Schröder has eight 305mm main guns in dual turrets. She has no torpedo armament to speak of. Her gimmick(s) lay on the fact that Schröder is one of the best secondary gun cruisers in the game, rivaling both Napoli and Michelangelo (which We'll Get To in the Sardegnan post). A total of 5 dual 128mm gun turrets per side as well as a total of 3 triple 150mm gun turrets (the same ones Nürnberg has in total), and a maximum range of 12km; Schröder has very fun secondary guns.

On top of that, she gets access to a very high base speed of 32.5 knots and a speed boost consumable that boosts her speed by 15% for 3 minutes. Schröder is great at flanking as she can relocate from one side of the map to the other in a relatively short time.

Honestly, she works as either a PR or a DR; but I would prefer her being a DR.

KMS Manfred von Richthofen and KMS Max Immelmann

I'm putting them together as equally likely DR candidates for a simple reason: the only thing that differs is their air complement.

To simplify Richthofen; she's a bigger August von Parseval. Both are carrier conversions of the H-39 battleship design (so, Friederich der Große sisterships).

Max Immelmann only has access to torpedo bombers and skip bombers - the same kind of bombers found on the Soviet aircraft carrier line (so, Chkalov).

Richthofen is a standard research ship and Immelmann is a premium ship. Immelmann was over-hyped by the community as a much superior carrier to Richthofen (the entire tech tree line of German CVs is impressively bad), but she's mediocre at best. Honestly, the funniest thing you can do with both carriers is a full secondary gun build; but Graf Zeppelin is much better at that at Tier 8 than these two at Tier 10.

However, Azur Lane has a track record of taking mediocre-at-best warships and turning them into very good PRs; so if any of the two gets chosen, I have hopes.

KMS Z42

From my cursory two-minute-long Google search, it seems Z42 in this configuration was never planned - or that there was never a Z42 to begin with, I can't find concrete info on that (again, after looking at it for two minutes. I'm sure there is actual info somewhere).

Z42 is a surprisingly good little ship. Her torpedoes are rubbish, but they're not the star of the show. Z42 utilizes German 105mm secondary guns as her main guns - here they are on the sides of Bismarck:

These funny little guns share the standard German 1/4 penetration rules for their HE, meaning that despite the smaller caliber they deal a considerable amount of damage. On top of that, they get access to AP; a thing that doesn't exist when they're in secondary gun form, and this AP does very funny damage against anything broadside.

She's PR material, just like Felix Schultz, but she could be a very good mini-Roon in terms of gameplay and abilities in Azur Lane.

KMS Wiesbaden

To me, this is the 'fuck it we ball' option. Wiesbaden is still in testing, she isn't in the game yet; but I believe she might release very soon.

Wiesbaden is a T8 light cruiser equipped with 6 dual 128mm gun turrets. That's right, she's a German Atlanta!

While Atlanta and Flint have a 4.8 second and 5.1 second reload respectively, Wiesbaden "enjoys" a 6 second reload on her main guns. However, that is compensated greatly by the fact that as all other HE guns from Germany, she has - you guessed it - 1/4 pen on HE shells, as well as six torpedo tubes per side with an 8.5km range. Oh, and a smoke screen generator. Like a destroyer.

Undoubtedly, Wiesbaden would be a PR in rarity.

KMS Preussen

Finally, the Roon-to-Hindenburg analogue of Friederich der Große. Preussen is an enlarged Friederich der Große, a made-up modification of the H-42 design with 457mm main guns. The real H-42 design isn't present in World of Warships; however, H-43 is the Superbattleship Hannover. But that's besides the point.

Preussen is a bigger FdG, so why her? We already have FdG and she's already a DR. This option is more based on vibes than anything else, as Hindenburg is a bigger, better Roon. Preussen could be the same: imagine a battleship that can equip two main guns instead of just one. Also, it's been a few years since PR2. PR7 is as far away from PR2 as PR6 was from PR1, and Roon was a PR1 shipgirl.

I don't know. She's more of a random guess. G.K is more likely, but I'd prefer Mecklenburg over G.K personally.

[khlur]

what are we doing to keep ourselves above water these days

STEF MY BELOVED !!! hello hello

these days i am sitting in the living room to work instead of at the desk in my room. it helps disperse the noise. i am also taking care of three plants -- doing that brings me happiness everyday.

i have resolved to create more. i tend to get caught up in perfectionism, which has killed a lot of my art in the past. while it's hard to let go of obviously, i am trying to be very very mindful about how not everything has to be the Best Thing Ever. that even famous professional musicians and artists look back at their old work out for everyone to see...and cringe at it!! that no one is born executing the nuances of their artistic vision from the get go.

i am writing a lot more these days, churning out articles like my 16 year old self did. the act of doing that in itself is helping me stay afloat and organized!!! it feels very liberating and is such a boost for my self esteem. i spent 8 years being afraid of my own words but i'm ready to meet them however they show up now :)

one of my flatmates and i have gotten closer, and we chit chat a lot more. a month before i have to leave, this house finally feels like a home; i will be sad to leave it behind.

last of all, i am v grateful to you and your words. they are gentle nudges towards action. you know this already, but you are wise, empathetic and considerate. seeing your morning reminders on IG slowly switched around things in my brain and made every day feel less insurmountable. so, thank you for that. <3

p.s i bought mini chocolate doughnuts recently and ate the entire packet over the course of 2 days. very nice little snacks that perked me up thru the drudgery of editing CVs and cover letters.

[silverfoxstole]

Paul McGann: The latest twist in his tale

He's spent his career thinking on his feet, so it made sense to improvise his latest role, he tells James Mottram

Published: 20 October 2006 in The Independent

Every autumn, Paul McGann is given an annual reminder of his greatest role. Living in a university town like Bristol, "you can set your calendar by it," he says. "The new student intake has just come in, and they've drunk their first grant cheque and seen Withnail and I... and I know when they've seen it. They usually holler across the street." While Richard E Grant's flamboyant drunk Withnail was the character blessed with the lion's share of memorable quotes, McGann's more introspective "I" still had his moments. He grins at a recent reminder. "The other day, some kid had chalked on the pavement outside my house, 'Perfumed Ponce', with an arrow pointing to my front door!"

Now 46, it's refreshing to see McGann is not precious about the fact that his finest hour has just been commemorated this month with a 20th anniversary DVD. "It's actually very satisfying," he admits. "I can safely say, 'If I'd never done another movie, it would've been all right.'" Still handsome, with his Byronic brown curls, there's a sense of genuine gratitude in his soft Scouse accent. The son of a factory worker and a nursery school teacher, perhaps it's in the knowledge that a working-class childhood in Liverpool does not always lead to such a grand career as acting. The Catholic-raised McGann knows he's been fortunate: accepted into Rada, he got his big break in 1982 alongside his three brothers - Joe, Mark and Stephen - in the West End rock'n'roll musical Yakkety Yak.

"We all wanted to be movie stars," he recalls of his youthful days. "When I was a kid, about 11 or 12, we used to try and bunk into local cinemas to see X movies. Who doesn't do that at that age? This would've been 1972. Maybe an older kid would buy a ticket, then go and open the fire door and we'd watch this film until we were all thrown out. You'd see some hammy old thing, but now and again you'd see a great film - like Klute or Five Easy Pieces. I remember watching Jack Nicholson, maybe not understanding what he's up to but thinking I'd love to do that. He was engaging, charismatic - I was rapt!"

McGann was never going to be the next Nicholson, even if winning the lead in Alan Bleasdale's 1986 BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer boosted his profile. Unlike Grant, he never really made it in Hollywood. "What do they say? It's better to regret the things you have done than the things you haven't," he notes. When he did get cast in major productions, he spent most of his time on the cutting room floor. Almost entirely excised from Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, he saw his part for David Fincher's Alien3 truncated to an almost unintelligible degree and then he was unfortunate enough to appear in Queen of the Damned, the ill-fated follow-up to Interview with a Vampire. "Careers are what they are," he shrugs. "They don't make any sense at all when you look back. We're not in charge of them."

Fate certainly seems to have had a hand in McGann's CV. A knee injury in 1994 forced him to cede the lead in ITV's Sharpe to Sean Bean. Two years later came his one-off turn as Doctor Who, following on from Sylvester McCoy in a US pilot that was set to resurrect the series but ultimately never picked up because the ratings weren't high enough. "We made a pilot that didn't work," he says. "And it didn't work because it wasn't good enough." But given the success of the current revamped show, does he have regrets that he's likely to be remembered - in his own words - as the "George Lazenby of Doctor Who"? "It's impossible to regret. It could've been very different. I would've been there for five or six years... and I'd have earned a shit-load of dough. Life wouldn't have been the same but it didn't happen."

If there's a suspicion that McGann is not ruthless enough to play the Hollywood game, not least because Withnail and I anointed him with a cuddly image, he has set about changing that with his latest film, Gypo. An entirely improvised piece about immigration, he plays Paul, a racist father-of-three living in Margate. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Paul is the vilest character of McGann's career, beginning the film by violently objecting to his daughter bringing home a classmate who, it emerges, is a Romany Czech refugee. "I had to be prepared for him to be irredeemable," says McGann. "He is unremittingly miserable."

Fed on a diet of tabloids and Talk Sport, McGann says his character belongs with the "huge majority of these little Englanders with their easy assumptions. At one point, he talks about Africa being a big county - that's about the level of him." He adds that he didn't want to make him like some "Alf Garnett cartoon" and he doesn't - though he confesses to the fact that director Jan Dunn only came to the set with "broad notions" for the scenes. The rest was up to him. "There wasn't a script to discuss," he says. "That brought me out in a rash, to be honest. That was one of the reasons I thought I had to do this. I couldn't think of any proper, intelligent excuse to turn this kind of challenge down."

Telling the same basic story from three separate perspectives, Gypo is officially the first British film to be registered as a Dogme movie. Given that this manifesto, devised by the Danish director Lars von Trier to purify the film-making process by using only original locations, natural light and so on, is over a decade old, it might seem rather after the fact. McGann nods. "I entered it with a mixture of open-mindedness and healthy cynicism. I mean, they're having us on aren't they? Some of that stuff... c'mon! The more dubious claims for the process about truth and nebulous ideas about authenticity. I mean, what's that about? Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch."

Both frank and funny, McGann is the perfect pub-mate - not least because he is so self-deprecating. Noting that his short-lived time playing Doctor Who has nevertheless given him a place in the show's pantheon, he recalls meeting legendary Time Lord Tom Baker. "We were in opposite voice over studios," he says. "This guy in the sound studio told me he was in, so I went and met him. He didn't have a clue who I was! I found it rather refreshing. He was very charming. He just thought I was some kid off the street. So I thought, 'Let's just leave it at that.'"

Yet as chummy as McGann is, it's doubtful if he'd ever fully open up - at least in interview. Dubbing himself "a miserable bastard at the best of times", laying bare his soul is unlikely to make him happy. Of his brothers, he says, "We get on OK. We get on fine." The last time he worked with them was in 1995's Irish famine saga The Hanging Gale, which the quartet conceived themselves. "The biggest obstacle is getting us all together," he grunts, when asked if he'd consider working with them again. He's better on his sons: 17-year-old Joseph is musically gifted, "one of those swines that can play any instrument", while 15-year-old Jake "has been making funny noises" about following his father into acting.

Such reticence can be easily traced back to the mid-1990s, when McGann had his one uncomfortable brush with the limelight. Caught in the street kissing Catherine Zeta-Jones, his co-star from period piece Catherine the Great, by a photographer, it caused a minor scandal and the press descended upon him and his family. While Joseph and Jake "were really spooked by it" - to the point that they now hate having their photograph taken - McGann admits the gossip "rattled" his relationship with his wife Annie, a former assistant stage manager turned interior designer. "I felt like a kid who was being bullied," reflects McGann.

Since Gypo, McGann has done what he's always done, and worked steadily. He recently completed the lead in Poppies, a film about a playwright who becomes obsessed with the fact his grandfather and two great uncles were killed in the Battle of the Somme that will receive its premiere in November at the Imperial War Museum. And he is currently filming a short produced by Zoë Ball entitled Always Crashing In The Same Car, reuniting with Grant for the first time since Withnail and I. "It's good when we're together," says McGann. "We're still mates. Our kids know each other. Very occasionally we're together in the same place - and then it's difficult to pay for a drink. I like that."

'Gypo' opens today

[cheerstotheelites-if]

My cousin's wife is working from home as an ESL teacher (we are in Europe), teaching Chinese students. The pay is good and as far as I've been told, there is a good amount of demand from the Chinese job market for ESL teachers and, while having a degree in linguistics (foreign languages) or teaching is a plus for an applicant, it's not really demanded. You only need to have a good grasp of the English language and preferably have a document/certificate that proves your English level (either TOEFL or IELTS).

Another suggestion I'd give is learning and mastering a programming language if you manage to land a job as an ESL. Decide whether you want to be a front-end developer (basically developing/designing/maintaining the user interface) or a back-end developer (if you want to bother with maintaining the server side of things) and the area you want to focus on. If you go for web development then, considering your experience with HTML, CSS and Javascript, you could go with Node.js or Django/Flask if you want to learn something new for back-end development and go with React.js for front-end development. Otherwise go for mobile apps development using android studio. It's in very high demand, at least in Europe, but you have to be good at it. Create a good portfolio of programming projects which e.g are useful as a solution for a problem you or someone might have encountered in their daily life if you go for app development, or create user-friendly (this is very important) websites.

As for my last advice, is actually creating an account on Linkedin. You'll be able to connect with various professionals and companies throughout the world , gather information for various topics and see job listings for your preferred field of work, but most importantly, it will serve as a boost to the visibility/exposure of your skills or simply as a CV. It will increase your chances of finding a remote job.

A little question: When are you planning to take commissions?

Oh damn. Thank you so much for the advice and the suggestions, anon. I'll put it up for consideration, and see if I'll be able to do that

For the commissions though, I don't have a set date yet, since I'll have to rework what stuff I will and I will not write and up the prices a bit. Thinking $3-$5 with pay how you want from the initial $1 commissions, because needs have changed now. I am planning to take in 3 commissions, since this will be my first time using kofi to take them. I will inform you all when I'll be taking commissions through an announcement post, don't worry!

[yong-bokie]

Here's something I encourage everyone in the classic horror fandom to do. This Halloween season go to your local CVS, Right Aid, Walgreens, Target, Wal-Mart, etc and purchase a Halloween greeting card. Take a moment and write out a small thank you and send these to the address listed below. Ricou Browning, who played the Gil-Man in the underwater scenes of The Creature from the Black Lagoon is the last of the classic Universal Monsters. This man is a legend and hasn't been in good health. A small gesture like this would boost his spirits and also show him the love we all have for him and the film he helped make.

Ricou Browning

5221 SW 196 Lane

Southwest Ranches

Fl 33332

[fbfh]

Francis Wilkerson relationship and intimacy hcs

wc: 900

pairing: francis x reader

warnings: obsession, sex, quickies, getting caught (briefly mentioned), phone sex, baby trapping, francis really wants to be a good boyfriend

a/n: camp nano starts in one week and I'm not ready but I am scared :') /hj

@yesv01 @magcon7280

As with all nsfw works all characters are aged up to 18+

With that being said strap yourself in because this is going to be a roller coaster 

Francis….

Oh boy oh my god

He’s a handful to begin with

We know he gets obsessed hard and fast

He has the wilkerson gene that can only be described as borderline yandere

Once Francis sets his sights on you

It’s game over

We’ve established how fast he falls for you

How hard and fast

So he’s basically ready to speed run your relationship right off the bat

Which includes lying awake at night and brainstorming the most perfect romantic first time he can possibly think of

He wants to have sex with you so fucking badly

He wants to feel you and touch you

Wants you to feel him and touch him everywhere

Since the thought first appeared in his head it’s completely consumed him

He’s a romantic

He is a pisces after all

He agonizes over how bad he wants to touch you

And it quickly deteriorates to spending all his time thinking about it

He plans it all out 

He gets everything figured out down to the placement of the last rose petal

But when he actually sees you?????

He loses all restraint

Instead of actually acting on his plans

He just tells you about them

He tells you how much he craves you, how he wants to take you somewhere beautiful and make love to you until sunrise 

How he wants to make you feel more pleasure than you’ve ever known 

Within minutes he has you pinned on the kitchen table

His lips and hands are all over you and he’s about to make good on his promise 

Francis is desperate, okay

You need to hose this boy down

Hal actually has before

It barely did anything

Francis will fuck you any time and any place he thinks you can possibly get away with

You’ve gotten caught more times than you can count

Oh god and once he starts????

Once he gets his hands on you

This boy is feral

And his dirty talk?????

It’s the most dizzyingly romantic shit you’ve ever heard

He tells you how you shine brighter than any star in the sky

How you have the sort of beauty that people write sonnets about

That starts wars

He revels in your beauty like a sailor admiring the sea

Francis is going to boost your self esteem so hard

He gives you so much attention you almost don’t know what to do with it

He just loves to admire you 

And he’s determined to be the best boyfriend ever

Whatever you need, he’ll get it for you

He’ll even make his friends help him 

You mention in passing that you ran out of lip gloss or body lotion or something

And minutes later Francis has Richie and Circus helping his scour CVS for the exact product you’re looking for 

Francis gives it to you with a flourish along with some flowers he stole from the neighbor’s garden

You give him a thank you kiss and he immediately pulse you closer to start making out

Which leads to you being pinned against the nearest wall

His kisses are so addictive you really can’t turn up an opportunity to make out with him 

Literally all he wants is you

He lies awake at night thinking about you

Wishing you were there with him

Wishing you could touch him

That he could touch you

That he could just feel you wrap around him, feel your soft lips on his

When he’s away at school expect a lot of very very long phone calls

And a lot of very steamy letters

And whenever you can’t spend the night together there’s a very good chance he’ll call you in the middle of the night begging you to talk to him while he touches himself 

Phone sex with Francis is really something else

His moans and heavy breathing are next level

And he just begs and begs for you to talk to him 

To just keep talking to him

He absolutely 

Like abso-fucking-lutely

10000% gets off to your voice

You don’t even need to say anything dirty to him

Just you talking

Even just you being on the other line is enough to make him cum so hard he sees stars

Francis is really good at begging

Like really really good at begging

So what you do with that information is up to you

But he does love when you make him beg

He loves worshiping you like the divine creature you are

He doesn’t understand how everyone doesn’t see it 

How amazing you truly are

It just makes him feel even more lucky to get to be around you

Much less get to be this intimate and personal with you like you are

And at this point you know each other really fucking intimately 

Oh my god I almost forgot

At some point there’s a very very good chance he’s going to try to baby trap you

More than once, if it’s not successful the first time

And honestly sex with Francis has never been more intense than him fucking you with the intention of getting you pregnant 

God he’s just a big ball of passion

And deep deep obsession 

And chronic painful skirt chasing horniness

And there’s no one better to project that onto than you

[bipolarmango]

I don’t think we talk enough of what happened to people in their late 20s and early 30s during Covid.

You had just graduated and entered the workforce a few years back. Started building your career, taking steps up on those ladders. You had maybe moved in with a spouse a few years back.

Suddenly, everything changed. You were locked in with the spouse. Or perhaps you missed out on your golden years of finding a spouse. Work changed. Suddenly everything was Gen Z this and that. You were suddenly too old for the specialist level and way too uncool as per your year of birth, and too young for management and exec level. You were supposed to have children, but the spouse left during the lockdown, or you didn't find anyone because of the said lockdown.

And now you're this person with a strange period in your CV when you've been stuck. It doesn't matter if you took courses in Yale, Harvard, or Cambrigde to boost your knowledge. Your still the one who got stuck during Covid.

I literally have BBA, BSc, MBA, MSc, diploma in information technology, and a degree worth of courses from universities like Yale, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins, and can't get a job anymore because they either go to Gen Z just graduating or Boomers in the end of their career, and my doctor keeps asking me if I'm pregnant soon while my fiancee left after lockdown to run away with a younger girl.

[klirk-hammurton]

New follower here! I love your Metallica imagines! 🥹

If you are still taking requests, can you write for how the members of Metallica would help if you were sick/injured and how they may go about cheering you up/making you feel better?

I need this in my life right now. 🤒

I most certainly can my dear! I hope you get to feeling better! Hopefully this brings a smile to your face. Thank you for the love and support as well ❤

James Hetfield 

He's attentive to your every need.  Brings you fuzzy blankets, fluffy pillows, hot coffee/tea

He's going to cuddle the fuck out of you. Don't try pushing him off either. He's 6'2" of pure adorable dorkiness and is determined to have you feeling better

"Who hurt you? They'll pay dearly for this"......."James, sweetie….you can't punch a cold in the face…"

Movie marathon. He doesn't care how much he dislikes a movie, if it's your absolute favorite comfort film, he's snuggling up with you and watching it

He's not going to let you do anything. You just worry about getting better. 

He's gonna do his best to make you some soup. Homemade soup can kick any cold in the ass.

Probably makes a trip to the store and overstocks on everything. You send him for one thing and he comes back with $60 worth of stuff from CVS and a receipt long enough to cover a football field.

If you're too sick to bathe, he'll handle that for you. It's little small things like this he loves to do. He'll help you wash your hair, sit back and relax. 

He'll put all of his plans on hold for you. He hates the idea of himself having fun when you can't. You're his first priority 

It might be cheesy, but he'll lay with you and hum soft and soothing lullabies to help you relax. He's a giant teddy bear

Cliff Burton

He's going to do everything he can think of to get you better.

Blanket forts and tons of pillows. Look, he's a big kid and laughter speeds healing.

Don't be surprised when he brings you tons of stuffies after also soup shopping. It's the thought that counts, right

Would probably Google some home remedies for you. "This should work. It's an old timey family remedy." 

Don't worry about the smoke alarms going off. He has everything under control. Kirk is probably shaking his head in the background mouthing 'he doesn't have it under control…'

He's a try hard. He's going to put in so much effort into the simplest of things. 

"Are you comfortable? Do you need more blankets? I have more." You're already buried in blankets and just don't have the heart to tell him no. He's trying 

Poking the canned soup with a spoon. "This definitely doesn't look right…." ……"You're supposed to add milk or water to it first."

He'll help you brush out your hair and shower you in kisses

Lay's next to you and runs his fingers through your hair until you fall asleep. He won't sleep until you do

Kirk Hammett 

He's going to absolutely baby you. Catering to you hand and foot.

Don't be surprised if he tries to get you to come meditate with him. Sometimes natural medicine is all you need

He's an excellent cook, so of course he's gonna go all out in taking care of you. 

Breakfast, lunch and dinner in bed. He's so proud of himself and all of these extravagant dishes he's bringing to you. 

Is going to snuggle you and look at you like a lost and sick puppy. Not the puppy dog eyes….yes, the puppy dog eyes.

Body massages to help ease any tension. Certain massages help in boosting the immune system

"I know you said chicken noodle, so I bought that, cream of chicken, chicken vegetable….is that too much?" He's an overachiever. 

He'll let you lay on top of him on the couch and cuddle. Head scratches and back rubs and forehead kisses.

Runs you a hot bubble bath with Epsom salts. He'll sit next to you on the edge of the tub and stroke your hair

Would probably get sick too because he can't stand the idea of quarantine. 

Lars Ulrich 

Probably sanitizes everything to make sure you don't get sick again. Can't take no chances.

He's known to be a pretty good cook, especially with soups. You're in good hands with him.

Asks you taste test everything he's making. Pouts a little when you say no but then remembers you're sick and you don't eat him getting it too. Don't mind his pouty face, he'll recover from it

Brings you tons of things you'll need. Hand sanitizer, tissues, spare garbage can for the trash, cough drops, you name it. "So I might have gone a little overboard…."

If you're a bookworm, he'll buy tons of books and snuggle up with you to read them. It melts his heart when you fall asleep on him.

Don't be annoyed if asks you a million times a day on how you're feeling, if you need anything, 

Probably brings board games as a way to help waste time and help keep your mind occupied. He only has to grow old, not grow up.

Brings you a giant stuffed animal with get well balloons. Don't judge him, he's trying. It's comical because the bear is almost as big as him.

Does small things around the house so you don't have to worry about them. He just wants you to focus on getting better

Snuggles up with you to watch your favorite TV show or comfort movie.

Jason Newsted

Goes all out in the 'I'm gonna take care of you' department. Don't get mad if he goes overboard 

Brings little small care packages to help cheer you up. Little baskets with your favorite teas/coffees, sweets, probably some candles and bath products 

He's very attentive to you and pays attention to even the smallest of things. Sure he's known to be the tough guy, but around you he's like a harmless puppy

Brings you lots and lots of pillows and fuzzy blankets. So many pillows. You can never be too comfy at this point 

He'll surprise you with your favorite flowers to help liven up your mood. He just wants you happy and healthy

Movie baskets equipped with the first movie you watched together, snacks, some cold meds for you, a cheesy love note or two 

Even if you're sick as a dog, he's still gonna give you compliments on how pretty you are. Don't tell him you aren't, he WILL argue otherwise

 Does little small chores around the house. He doesn't want you doing anything that you're not supposed to 

Makes you a mixed tape of some of his favorite songs and artists that he'd listen to when he's feeling down

Lots and lots of audio books to listen to together 

Robert Trujillo 

Surprises you with several care baskets. One for when you're sick, another of your favorite bath products, and a third for staying in together and enjoying each other's company 

Leaves you handwritten love notes for when you wake up. You'll find them everywhere. 

He'll help you with your hair, brushing and braiding it for you.

He's going to snuggle and cuddle the fuck out of you. He's a total snuggle bug.

Brings matching snuggy blankets to cuddle up with and watch shows and movies with you

Gentle body massages to help you relax and unwind, peppering you in little kisses all over 

On a day when you're feeling a little better, he'll serenade you. He's a hopeless romantic no matter the situation 

He's a big kid, so when you're up to it he's breaking out the board games with you. He'll let you win a few times too

Home cooked meals. Being Hispanic and Native, he has a lot of recipes for remedies to help get you feeling better

Lots of nice hot bubble baths. He'll stay right by your side, stroking your hair and keeping you company 

[anattempttostudyharder-blog]

Hey....I was just curious about how would u will be preparing your cv....cause I don't think I could do anything in my college

I completely understand. My college isn't very involved either so everything I've done is outside of college.

Teach your fellow classmates and take pictures/ feedback forms as proof

Join medical societies. You can look for them on Instagram or LinkedIn. I could participate in volunteer projects as well as make projects of my own (to show leadership)

Attend different confrences in the field you're interested in

If you'd like you can do additional things such as an audit/ writing a research paper to boost your CV.

I hope this helps!

[g0atmama]

If Hestia was an NPC, it would have to be with SVE. She'd live in Castle Village, but the player could meet her before they gain entry if they defeat Apophis with certain conditions.

If that happens, you get a slight boost to friendship. Not a full heart, but a boost. She's impressed with you. You can also find her at the Outpost, she'll run a courier service to deliver items to your home if your bags get full. The items will be in a box by your door when you get back, no matter how fast you get there. She somehow got there faster.

Later on, when you gain entry into CV, you officially meet her with a group of adventurers talking about slaying dragons. She's arguing with them that humans should leave dragons alone. She specifically says the word 'humans'. One of the others notices you, knows of your feats. They call you over, ask for your opinion on dragons.

'Dragons are monsters whose very existence is a threat to humanity' Gets her furious at you. She glares and shoves past you- if you've started learning magic from Magnus, you feel... something... when her shoulder hits you. The others scoff and tell you who she is. That she's weird about dragons.

'They're creatures like everything else in the world. We should respect their right to live' She's happy. With the past interaction with Apophis, if you had met her, it's enough to net you a heart with her right there. As the other two leave, she stays to introduce herself. And mentions, again if you've started to learn magic, that she senses your magic. Maybe you two will be good friends. She'll be keeping you safe in the Badlands. Look out for giant crystals.

Any of the universal loved/likes that are food, she'll be neutral to- and after her 10 heart event she'll have special dialogue about it, asking if you want her to get sick or just forgot she can't eat anything but fish. Her loved gifts would include gemfish, where she'd mention that it has a very tangy flavor that tingles when she eats it. The first time you give her one, there's even a conversation with the farmer about how she eats them, is that even possible???

Her 10 heart event is where you learn she's a dragon. It happens in the Badlands at night during summer. The heat is sweltering, no matter your energy you pass out. It's okay, it's just part of the event. As the screen is black, there's a sound effect of wings, something heavy hitting the ground, and a sniff. Then wings again. When the farmer wakes up, you're in the sky. She warns you, in your head, to be careful getting up too fast. She's taking you home. You passed out from the heat, you should really be more careful out here. The stars are beautiful as they rush past you. You're laying on top of a dragon... Wait, what?

You hear the dragon chuff and trill. Then her voice again, in your head. The text box appears fully, properly. With a dragon sprite. She explains. She keeps it from everyone who she doesn't trust. This kind of thing, people hate dragons. You remember the argument she was having when you met, don't you? You remember how they were advocating for the slaughter? She has to protect herself. So she hides in plain sight. And protects the Badlands at night, when everyone else sleeps. You can ask about the giant crystals. They're her, she creates them to trap Apophis from absorbing too much magic, or to herd monsters away from the gates.

You two keep talking, eventually landing at the farm. She lets you off, magic turning her back human. She pauses.

"I get it. If you want to pretend this never happened. If we never met. I'd understand."

You have options.

You can ask her to stay; you still feel a little dizzy. This leads to a smiling portrait, and she comes inside. She sits on the floor. You offer the bed. She pauses... Okay, but she'll be on top of the sheets. She asks if you're really okay with her lying to you. You have a choice between kissing her cheek or saying that you don't mind. If you kiss her cheek, she gets flustered and falls off the bed. But she's smiling, just a touch.

You can tell her that she didn't lie. She just didn't tell the whole truth. That gets a laugh. Yeah, sure. You take care of yourself, (farmer). She'll keep an eye out for you in the Badlands.

Or, you can tell her that she's right. You don't want anything to do with a dragon. She'll sigh and nod, turning back to leave. Then, before she takes off, you have a chance to say one more thing or stay silent. 'And if I see you again, I won't let you hurt anyone else.' If you do, she looks back at you. Her tail swipes angrily. In your mind, "I never hurt any humans who didn't attack me first. They're all dead." This resets your friendship to 0 and locks you from talking to her. She won't even have a sad dialogue like divorce, she will ignore you. And she will hate any gift you try to give her.

[captaindibbzy]

I mean... That is litterally just job hunting. Every place to apply to has those questions. The only place you don't get that is if you just use your CV and then they usually give you a form to fill out with an "Equality" section.

And they tell you it won't affect your application in any way, and you have to do internal math as to whether they are the kind of employer that will deliberately boost your application if you tick a diversity box or whether they are one that will discriminate against you, or if it genuinly doesn't matter.

The answer from them is the same regardless. "There was nothing wrong with your application but other candidates had more experience/another candidate was a better fit for the position."

Is this right? No. But you don't have a leg to stand on unless you know (and have proof) they have discriminates against you and they're not going to tell you that. Even if you are on the other side and you witness an employer discriminating there's actually fuck all you can do about it. There's no proof, and you can't report on behalf of someone else.

My last job was a disability confident employer.

Which is generally the best indication they give a shit. But even so about 10-20% of the employees would not disclose their protected characteristics if they could get away with it.

There are 9 protected characteristics, meaning it is illegal to discriminate against some one for those things: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

(Weight is not a protected characteristics, so there is a fun fact for you).

But yeah. Pets at home is not an outliner, it's part of a huge trend of bullshit.