#boring work stuff

[unpretty]

today was the day we finalized the migration of essential software at work from some old and busted shit that was ready to die at any time, to the new cloud version of the same software that we are no longer responsible for maintaining. which is good because no one was actually maintaining ours. it's just been slowly crufting into unusability for a decade. so anyway they set aside an hour for a teams meeting where they'd walk us through the different interface and how to go through normal processes.

"it's not that big a change," they said. "it's all the same stuff, it just looks a little different," they said.

they did not account for the fact that the primary user of this software is someone who doesn't actually know how it works or what it's doing. they learned how to do their job entirely through rote memorization. they know which buttons they are supposed to press in which order, and that is the full extent of what they know. they also did not account for the fact that this person's processes were learned thirdhand from other people who were not using this software normally to begin with.

it's like. imagine if someone had only ever used tumblr in the app. and you try to get them to use it in a desktop browser, but they cannot figure out how to post. and you go through explaining where the button is and how to format text and add tags, even though you could have sworn it was all the same in the app. but then they're like, "okay, but what's the phone number" and you're like "what" and they're like "the phone number to call to make a post?" and it turns out somehow they still had the ability to post by calling a phone number, and every time they posted on the app they called the post in first and then edited the audio post to transcribe it into text before screenshotting the text for a photo post. and nothing you can say to them will make them understand that none of that is necessary or correct. they shouldn't have even been able to do some of that. they can just type into the post box now, like a civilized person. "okay," they say, "but what is the phone number, though? because when i made my account my friend gave me this checklist and the first thing on it is to call the number."

so anyway we were on that teams call for almost three hours and they still don't have a handle on the new software

[propertyofkylar]

so stupid but ive been busting my ass at work all week and i know ive been getting crazy pageviews. but our data guy left before he finished migrating our dashboard to google’s new server or something like that im not a fucking tech person so our data tracked isn’t working !! i wanna see my metrics :(

[cinnamnt]

AITA for moving my family to the country and making my 10 year old son do weed chores

[void-bitten-ghost]

Lucanis almost literally pulling his hair out over some paperwork so Rook just pulls up a chair near him with a book and sits, waiting, seeing if he would like the offered socialisation. He doesn't stir from his whirlwind of stress. And Rook knows it's important work they cant help with, not really, so they just stay near and start to silently read, ready for when Lucanis needs them.

Its not long before they can feel the barely there disturbance of something flitting about near their shoulders, the air feeling strange and familliar by one ear, and then the other. So they quietly start reading aloud, barely above the scratches of ink and quick mutterings of Antivan in the other corner.

Soon, the mutterings slow. The shoulders drop from his ears. Scratching becomes slow, smooth cursive and, eventually, both the paperwork and the book are finished, as is the fire in the hearth.

Rook closes the book, satisfied with its conclusion, and almost startles at a sudden Lucanis being behind them.

"Any joy?" They say, already knowing the answer.

"With you around?" He leans over the arm of the chair. "Always."

He kisses their hair, their head, their cheek.

"Thank you, amor."

They turn in the chair towards him. There's that faint hum of purple. "Feeling better?"

And there's that telling pause. "He says thank you too. And that he enjoyed the part with the giant eagles."

Rook breathes out a laugh, letting out a thoughtful "good to know" before leaning up for a soft, comfortable kiss, something with dark feathers and tingles around the edges.

[viarayy01-blog]

just waiting for it all to get better!!!!

[nekrosmos]

Nik and Price try to build an Ikea wardrobe, proceed to lose their minds

cw: slightly NSFW towards the end but nothing too explicit

...

“No - Nik, this part goes here, not there.”

“Nyet John, I’ve looked at the plan, it says we need to screw this part at the top of the plank you’re holding, not the one on the floor.”

Multiple pieces of wood, glass, screws, nails and other furniture parts were scattered on the floor of Price’s apartment. Three hours. Three hours had the two men been fighting over this wardrobe, a new one the two had decided to get so that Nikolai could leave more clothes at Price’s place. What had started as a sweet and symbolic sign of their strengthening relationship had however turned into a logistical nightmare.

“Nikolai. How can a man this smart be this bad at reading a furniture plan. This obviously goes here, it says right there!”

Price was trying, and mostly failing, to keep his voice down, not wanting to sound like a right prick for being unable to build a fucking wardrobe, but feeling his nerves truly start to be tested by the damn thing.

“This “plan” is ridiculous, how are we supposed to build this with such unprecise instructions ? It doesn’t even show which screw we’re supposed to use. I’ve flown planes that were easier to understand than this bullshit.”

Sitting on the floor like they were, surrounded by signs of their defeat, must have been quite the sight, John realized. He chuckled at Nik’s last remark, and dropped the plank he was holding, unwilling to let this go on any longer.

“We’re screwed.”

“Da.”

There was a moment of silence, broken only by the sound of a screw rolling down the floor and under a nearby heavy furniture, making this particular screw a lost cause. The silence held a little longer, before the two men began to laugh almost at the same time. Their bodies were tired, sore from all the bending and moving and shifting they had to do while trying to build this wardrobe. Price came back home from some ops less tired than this.

“Alright, what’s the plan, then?” He asked, head turned towards Nik who was still holding the instructions right to his face.

“Hmm …. I could call some people.”

“Nik, we are not calling people to build a fucking wardrobe for us.”

“Why not?”

“It’s bloody humiliating. Two grown men, soldiers, who can’t even build an Ikea wardrobe ? If word gets out, I’m never hearing the end of it.”

Nikolai pondered the argument for a second, a grin on his lips.

“And how would word even get out, John ? It makes no sense. You are just stubborn.”

A loud grunt echoed in John’s throat at that, before quickly grabbing the plan from Nik’s hands.

“We are building this bloody wardrobe together, even if it kills us, alright ? We took down an entire terrorist infested building two days ago, we cannot be defeated by a piece of furniture, Nik, this is ridiculous.”

“Hmmm” Nik chuckled, still smiling. “If you say so.”

His eyes still fixed on the plan, Price stayed quiet, trying very hard to understand what the drawing was showing. Two screws, nails maybe ? Going into holes on the side of one plank. Which plank ? Which holes? There were about 15 of them on the biggest plank. He was losing his mind, not noticing the large hand that was now grabbing the back of his neck, until a long hum left his lips instinctively.

“Nik …”

“Da, John ?”

Nik’s hand played with Price’s skin for a bit, thumb caressing the side of his neck, right under his earlobe, the back of his scalp, grabbing him at a spot he knew Price was sensitive.

“I really don’t think this will help …”

The large hand left his neck, now going under Price’s shirt, sliding further down, past the waistband of his boxers, fingers teasing his ass while Price relaxed.

“I think it will, actually.”

Before Price could even respond, Nik’s lips met his, the kiss quickly deepening as Nikolai’s larger hands grabbed Price, pulling him closer until he moved to straddle Nik’s hips while he laid on the ground, careful to avoid any wandering screws. In seconds, Nik had already opened Price’s pants, big hand teasing his cock while he was too busy kissing Nik and grabbing his chest.

This would have gone further had Nik not suddenly yelped in pain, surprising Price so hard that he almost fell back with his semi hard cock out of his boxers.

“Bloody hell, what was that ? What happened?”

Nikolai was growing in pain, trying to sit back up with Price’s help, although the captain still sat on his hips. When he finally managed, the clear view of a nail sticking out of Nik’s back made the situation a lot more clear.

“Ah.”

There was a single drop of sweat on Nikolai’s temple and a frown on his face. Despite this, the two men glanced at each other, Nik’s dark eyes meeting John’s blue, and before they knew it, they were back to laughing together, Price gently grabbing the sides of Nik’s face and planting a kiss on his cheek.

“If this is not a sign that we need help with this, I don’t know what it is, John.” Nik’s voice was soft but joyful, clearly not minding the nail embedded in his left shoulder all that much.

“No, Nik, this means war. The wardrobe drew blood. This requires retaliation. From us.”

“John, let me just call Gaz, I am sure that he will be happy to help us, no ?”

“Absolutely not. Gaz would tell Soap, Soap would tell Ghost, and they won’t ever let go that their captain couldn’t build a fucking wardrobe on his own. Now, let’s get rid of that back nail of yours, patch you up, and then we’ll finish this. Together, Nik.”

A long sight was Nik’s only response. Captain John Price may have been the love of his life, but he also was as stubborn as they came.

The day was far from being over.

[l3viat8an]

Stuck somewhere between Mammon can solve a rubik’s cube in like 30 seconds or Mammon can’t solve a rubik’s cube to save his life.

[msmimundo]

God I just love how versatile Perryshmirtz is. They are enemies to best friends to lovers. They are hero x villain. They are affectionated sunshine x serious tsundere. They are forbidden romance. They are idiots in love. They are power couple. They have big size difference. They are different species. They are both traumatized. They have a dark relationship with their parents/the people that raised them. They have a dark relationship with the government. They are possesive. There's the whole situation with Peter and Lyla. They are protective. They are good parents. They like to fight each other. They will always be there for each other. They are both tired adults that could drink or smoke. None of their "first languages" is english. They are both males. They both cross dress. You can portray them as future transfem. They both have femenine qualities (Perry laying eggs... Doof having pitchy voice...). You can portray them as intersex/afab transmasc. They are both legally animals. Heinz is a man raised by animals. Perry is an animal raised by men. They are both workalcoholics. They are coworkers. Their jobs is to thwart each other. They like that job. They do stuff outside their job too. They keep hanging out after retirement. Perry falls into traps willingly. Heinz tries to make the traps fun and entertaining. They get sad when they don't see the other at work. They are misserable without the other. They are harsh with the other. They turn soft for the other. They get worried for the other. Like more shady stuff? You can focus on the enemies part of their relationship. You can focus on the interspecies part. You can focus on the age gap/experience part. You can focus on the bondage part. You can focus on the agent and criminal aspect. You can do 2nd D Doof x Platyborg instead. You can drop that animal on fucked up situations. You can drop that man on fucked up situations. You can not give them a happy ending. You can do a major character death. Like lighter stuff? You can focus on the best friends part. You can focus on the idiots in love part. You can make them domestic. You can make them understand each other's trauma. You can make them help heal each other. You can make them be flirty with each other. You can make them be silly at work. You can make them hang out after work. You can make Heinz quit being evil. You can make Perry defend Heinz from authorities. You can make them take care of the other when they are sick (canon on Perry's part so far btw). You can make Perry rescue Doof when he is in trouble (Lost in Danville episode). You can make OWCA ask Doof to rescue Perry(Doof to the rescue comic). You can make them remember and celebrate the others birthday. You can make them a happy family. You can give them a happy ending. There's still stuff you wanna change? No problem! Heinz can build an inator to solve it. Heinz could turn into Doofapus for same species stuff. Perry could turn into a human for same species stuff. They could use an inator to be the same age. They could use an animal translator (if you don't wanna write Perry doing ASL). They could swap bodies for funny shenanigans. They could use an inator to get inside the other's mind. There's also AUs! 2nd Dimension AU. Doof n Puss AU. Steampunk AU. Frankenstein Perry AU. Star Wars AU. Medieval AU. Wizard of oz AU. You can continue Doof 101 timeline. You can continue OWCA Files timeline. You can invent Professor Time timeline. And of course, you can always use fanon AUs! You can do Human Perry. You can do Ocelot Heinz. You can do reverse species. You can do reverse personalities. You can do evil sidekick Perry. You can do good sidekick Heinz. You can even make Phineas and/or Ferb turn into Heinz's evil scientist apprentice for fun adventures!

There's literally so many things you can do with them, so many situations you can put them through!

[likesdoodling]

More stuff from stage play photos I have saved! This scene was definitely one of my favourites, XD

[itsevansart]

sketch

make my day by reblogging and not reposting!

[unpretty]

the most unhinged thing i do in excel is make a table with my to-do list with all of my scheduled tasks for next year and then use pivot tables to create a printable planner

the source table has 2214 rows

[bachaboska]

SAS Rogue Heroes text posts #7

[turtleblogatlast]

Something I really like is that April’s constant stream of odd jobs she goes through is somewhat reflected in the boys as well. Like, you have April working at random pizza places or getting a crane license or being fully willing to apply for a job at a place clearly made out of cardboard. Then you have the boys as well who do anything from working as a basketball mascot, building a massive dog park, being waiters, getting a whole band gig at a theme park, etc, etc-

Main difference is that April actively applies for these jobs (and is hopefully paid for the short time she’s in them) whereas for the bros the jobs usually find them (and they practically never get paid.) It doesn’t even stop at jobs either, they just seem to casually amass skills in general.

I don’t know, I like how both April and the turtles are just so ready and willing to do things. Sure, they’re not always good at these things, but they do them readily! In a way, being heroes is just another job (well, more like volunteer work/vigilantism/another fun activity) that they initially took on because of their general sense of “why not?”

They’re very willing and open to trying out new things despite their tendency to revert back to what they enjoy (and how commonly trying new things ends up going wrong), and I think that adaptational interest of theirs really helps them be well rounded in multiple regards.

[w1f1n1ghtm4r3]

(wip) i guess the entire post office crew is bugs now

[sadlynotthevoid]

Dreamed about OgCale and Rok Soo being roommates besties in a modern fantasy Earth AU—

Except the whole dream was OgCale swinging and humming in the kitchen, preparing a dessert as breakfast. Then he opened Rok Soo's door and threw a pillow at him, saying "WAKE UP, BITCH. THERE'S BREAKFAST"

Then the two of them had a quiet "Rok Soo's birthday" breakfast and fed a cat while recalling how they met.

Apparently Rok Soo was sitting in a bank outside a house/apartment complex? And OgCale came and told him no one sits there because the woman living in the store above likes to water her plants too much. Cue Rok Soo getting a whole bucket of water rain over him. OgCale then got him to come over to his apartment, which was nearby, to get him dry. I don't remember what he said exactly but we know the real reason is he's kind when he doesn't have to put an act.

Anyways, Rok Soo ended up staying for the night. Later they became roommates because OgCale's cat kinda adopted him, so OgCale decided he was fine. OgCale jokes about that a lot. So does Rok Soo, just most people don't notice he's joking. He calls the cat "Milky-nim".

[hellonerf]

my favorite loveless love triangle now in cardverse

non nyo version here too 🤷‍♂️ also i gave ame a hairclip cz everyone else has head accessories?! felt like something was missing...