#do your freaking research

[marisatomay]

i’m so sick of writers who proudly proclaim that they don’t read and directors and actors and other filmmakers who smugly say that they rarely watch movies or any artist who acts like an audience is stupid for connecting with their work like what the fuck is wrong with you that you hold such contempt such derision for the art that you have chosen to make the art that so many people dream of the opportunity to make the art that brings meaning and connection to people’s lives it’s unbelievably disrespectful to both your audience and the art-form and if you can’t muster basic respect for either your art-form or your audience then kindly fuck off and do something else

[moonshynecybin]

What are the top 10 crazy bananas vale quotes about marc?

1. this:

2. anything else he has ever said

[averageclawcodeenjoyer]

Average queer person falling in love with their best friend crisis trope (it never works out)

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Aaaaaaaand closeups :3

Plot twist: It's Ganke's computer and Miles forgets to delete his search history

Hahahah what if clears throat what if I sweats a little What if I wrote a little story about them on here big cane comes out and yanks me behind the stage

[happi-tree]

Happy wip Wednesday, everybody! This time, I'm trying my hand at the cringefail will-they-won't-theys of all time. Oakworthy has consumed me, body and soul, and so has the Pomona High!Hermie theory. Hopefully I can finish this one up real soon before the next episode obliterates this, but for now, here's a sneak peek!

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[comradecowplant]

so things are not going well with my new elderly socdem friend unfortunately.

[duskittycat]

i'm convinced that everyone freaking out about discord's new clips feature all have zero reading comprehension or something. it's literally the same thing as someone else recording their discord call

[eightfordentistry]

[all-of-your-mercy]

already spoke about this on twitter but. the biggest feared thing for transmen (other than hairyness) is such a. thing i never even like realized until i did like a more proper physical checkup. aaaaah bottom growth!!!! and then when it literally happens its. oh. its there. that's literally it.

[ninjaaa-go]

do you ever just

[gayspock]

buying perfume sucks btw the most worstest experience designed for my specific flavour of autism

[shieldretired]

// I can't believe roleplayers are getting stupid (or even nasty) anons because they depict their muse's sex life as something other than absolutely perfect and freaking exciting and always, always working correctly.

We all love to point out how some (especially military) muses have PTSD, but unless it's some handy angsty nightmares, we ignore all the other symptoms? Fun fact: stuff like erectile dysfunction for penis-havers is quite common. You don't have to play that if you don't want to. But don't get into people's faces because they want to explore this part of their muse's trauma as well.

[cartoonrival]

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Hi, do you have any general tips for getting into grad school lol?

I'm trying to get into a clinical psych phD program which I know is very different from what you're doing but hey, I'll take any advice youd like to share ! Also love your art :-)!

I'll just explain how i got to this point and hope theres something worth taking from that.

For me, I did my Masters 1st bc I hadn't done in the lab work until my last year of undergrad and I wasn't sure how I would handle working on a big project and I had a general idea of what I wanted to study but it was still kinda blurry. So, I thought ok 2 years on a project that seems ok, then 4+ on something I really wanna do based on what i learned from my masters. I found my Masters advisor through a string of talking to different people about my interests, reading her papers, and asking if she happened to be looking for students. I sort of stumbled into a good situation on a bit of luck

For my PhD I had a very narrow focus for what I was looking for in terms of research, so there were only like 5 ppl doing exactly what I wanted in english speaking countries. I found them all through reading a bunch of papers, stalking their lab websites and then emailing them like: Hey! I found u through reading X paper, ur research is so cool! Here is how it fits with my interests and here is what I've done that qualifies me to work with you (in as few words as I could manage). Are you accepting students into your lab? And then if they reply that they are: would u be willing to talk with me?

During meetings the questions I always ask (aside from questions abt their research) are: what's your lab space like? How hands on are you as an adviser? What do you like about what you do/what compelled you to take on X research? And then it's also good to ask about their other students (what research they're doing and if you could email them to ask if they like this adviser as a boss/whats it like at the school).

Honestly, I feel like the best advice I could give is treat an interview like it goes both ways. You don't want a boss that sucks so grill them a bit to try to figure out what they're like as a person. And it helps to let a little passion shine thru ✨️

Hope that helps? And good luck!!!

[superstar49]

y’all… in light of the rumour going around that kimi antonelli will be replacing logan sargeant in imola i’d like to remind everyone of a few things: in order to race in f1 you have to be at least eighteen years of age and be in possession of a super license.

kimi is seventeen years old and will continue to be seventeen years old for the next four months. he also is not in possession of a super license.

so, no, kimi is not replacing logan in imola.

[the-music-keeper]

Happy 2024!

Alright. So, quick updates. Comps are this semester. My thesis needs to be deposited this semester. I find out whether I got into either of the PhD programs I applied to this semester.

Basically, everything is happening this semester. It's fine.

But I'm back at home, I'm back at the job I had two years ago, and I'm taking trains to and from DC for class. It's great -- I like trains, and when I focus I actually get a lot done on the train. It's built-in study time.

Also, I'm thrilled to say that my last UT Austin rec letter was finally sent in on Monday night. That two weeks felt more like an eternity.

Anyway. I have a heck of a to-do list this week.

Musical Diplomacy/Book History Seminar

1. Read an article. (By my advisor.)

2. Read an essay. (Also by my advisor!)

3. Look at a score PDF. (Yeah, I'm not printing that.)

Theory

4. Look over slides before class. (They got posted today, so I went ahead and looked over them.)

Thesis

5. Finish my lit review. (Technically, I sent it yesterday, but there was one really important body of literature I looked at that I haven't addressed in the lit review yet.)

6. Finalize my case studies. (I definitely know what four of them are going to be.)

Comps

7. Fill out the form and send it to my advisor. (I really needed to do this last week.)

8. Make a plan for studying. (Any tips would be SUPER useful.)

9. Order the textbook for one of my past courses through the Consortium. (So I can pick it up on Monday.)

Research Assistantship

10. Program notes. (Well, at least I got them in by the end of the business day.)

Doctoral Programs

11. Research four faculty at Indiana. (Your girl got invited to a virtual interview day in a couple weeks and found out who she gets to meet!)

Latin American Music Center

12. Figure out an article topic. (Somehow I've gotten myself roped into writing articles for the Latin American Music Center this semester.)

13. Send a headshot and bio so they can post a blurb about me. (Forgot about this until literally two hours before I needed to send it in.)

Adulting

14. Laundry. (My sheets and clothes are all nice and clean!)

15. Clean my bathroom. (All clean!)

16. Clean the kitchen stainless steel. (My family recognizes me as the queen of cleaning the stainless steel.)

17. Gym trip #1. (I have a Y membership now, which is cool! My first trip of the week is happening tonight.)

18. Gym trip #2. (I ended up doing a step class.)

19. Gym trip #3. (Ended up with a buddy!)

Now if I can just refrain from going down rabbit holes @q-berts-mind tells me about (*hint hint*) ... I should be fine.