#learn their methods of organizing learn what worked and what didn’t it’ll make u a better activist

[p1anether]

besties once u read actual feminist theory off of tumblr dot com and queer theory and learn about women & lgbt history u will be set free i promise u

[poptod]

Hiya, can u do a ahkmenrah x reader request where the reader is ill and ahk is ofc panicking but trying his hardest to help you, thank u <33 n can it be at the museum

notes: thanks for requesting! ive done similar stuff so i decided to change it up a little, still follows the prompt tho. hope you like it!

warnings: cancer. WC: 1.3k

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You hadn't spoken since the news. Voices of doctors and relatives faded out as your vision zeroed onto nothing, willing yourself into an abyss of silence. There were options, of course––they said something about chemical treatments, healing mushrooms to help you along, CBD oil and lotion to soothe the soon-to-come, overbearing pain. And, of course, the reminder that new treatments were coming out every day.

Archivers in museums didn't get paid much; that meant that, unfortunately, you couldn't really afford much more than basic, more dangerous treatments. A pit inside you whispered it was pointless, that death was closer than you thought. Still, you returned to your place of work in the evening, your feet dragging along the floor as you stared blankly forward, automatically unlocking and locking the door without thinking.

Moving like sludge through muscle memory.

You stood in the middle of the room, crowded by people––exhibits, at least––who didn't know your ailment, or the words of the doctor that still rung in your ears…

"Stage 4," he'd said, but you didn't hear the words surrounding that piece of information. Actually, the ongoings of yesterday were lost to you, absorbed by only a few words and blank stares.

"(Y/N)?"

The darkness on the edge of your eyes began to fade.

"(Y/N), are you alright?"

Ahk was standing in front of you, his hand on our shoulder as he attempted to meet your wandering eye.

"Oh, uh, yeah, I'm okay," you mumbled, unable to look at his face.

Despite your words, it was clear to anyone who saw you that you were not in fact alright, and Ahk frowned, wishing you would speak the truth.

"Let's go somewhere quieter," he suggested, and led you up the stairs to the marine exhibits.

Dark blue light rippled around you, the sound of bubbles and swishing water the only accompaniment to your quiet walk. Ahkmenrah stood as always at your side, matching your crawling pace, and pausing with you to stare at the massive tanks.

Still, you didn't speak, and Ahk was forced to coerce you into giving up whatever was bothering you.

"What happened?" He asked, standing in front of you to keep you from walking. You had your arms crossed, and your shoulders pulled up tightly.

"I went to the doctors," you said with clear discomfort.

Ahk nodded––you told him what a doctor was a few months ago by now.

"It's cancer," you said as you sucked in a sharp breath, nodding shakily. "I don't expect you to know what it is, but.. it isn't good."

"You'll be alright though, won't you?" He asked, his brow knotted tight. "You people have so many different medicines than we ever had access to."

"We don't have all the answers," you said softly.

"Then... what will you do?"

He stepped closer to you, sharing his warmth with your dull, ashen skin. But his question––despite its relevance––left you spinning, staring out past his shoulder as your expression fell into further disrepair.

"... nothing," you finally breathed out.

Answers and possible outcomes were swirling around your waking and sleeping consciousness for hours on end, without pause or rest. The price of treatment, the methods, and how you would continue to live after chemotherapy, if you even lived at all. You could kill yourself slowly in two different ways––by cancer and by chemotherapy, or you could die a more natural death with sickness like black ink stretching over your organs just as a spider weaves massive webs.

"Nothing??" He hissed. "You can't do nothing, have you lost your mind?!"

"I can't really afford the treatment, Ahk," you whispered, as tears who had been building for hours finally fell over flushed cheeks. "And if I do get it, I'm never going to be the same after. And that's if I live. Even if I get it, the doctor said it's not likely it'll help in time."

His hands pulled your face in, the bottom of his palms on your jaw and his fingers stretching out behind your neck to pull you in.

"I can't let you die," he said, his voice breaking.

You stared at him with weary eyes, dragged down by the dark circles beneath them. There was little else you could think to say to him, so you leant forward on shaky toes, and pecked his forehead in a kiss that was barely ever there.

"I'll think about it," you mumbled, and left.

For weeks you kept coming to work faithfully, only calling in sick when the chemotherapy side-effects left you bruised and exhausted. Your hair was already falling out, but Ahk insisted he didn't mind, and you believed him––in ancient Egypt, it was customary to shave your head for religions undertakings.

Each evening when you entered the museum, Ahk would come greet you and take you to the pillows and blankets he piled up in the marine exhibits, allowing you the comfort of soft light and whale calls while he prepared a tea for you. He wouldn't tell you what it was, but you could tell it was some sort of ground root you assumed was a healing tactic from ancient Egypt. While you were sipping at the warm concoction, he massaged the aching muscles, and applied an ointment Larry had gotten for his arthritis.

Sometimes he would tell you stories––only if you asked, of course, but you enjoyed the gentle rumble of the Pharaoh's voice, and the magic happenings within his tales. Rueful Gods and Goddesses littered the stories, within vivid imagery he piece together in your failing mind.

"Ahk," you murmured on one of those harder days that, for some reason (Ahk), you returned to the museum.

He stopped mid-story, turning expectantly to you. You raised your arms to him.

"Come here," you said, and he obeyed, gingerly sliding himself down next to you in the makeshift bed.

"Are you feeling alright?" He asked, his nose brushing yours.

"No," you chuckled with a weak smile.

You fell asleep within a minute, passing out in Ahkmenrah's embrace holding you tight to his chest. When your breathing settled into a slower in and out, tears welled in his eyes, falling upon your shared pillow as his shoulders began to shake. His thumb gently rubbed your cheek, relishing in little touches and gestures.

Memorizing. Just in case.

He took care of you, as much as he could within his own death, and continued to warm your tea, make sure you were eating, and comfort you with various medicines and stories. Curled up in the blanket nest, you did your best to smile whenever you met his eye.

And then one day, you didn't come to the museum. Ahk caught McPhee saying something to Larry; something about you, and something along the lines of 'they didn't call in sick'. Larry took a visibly deep breath, speaking in hushed tones Ahk couldn't hear from his distance.

You didn't come the next day, either, nor for the entirety of the week. In attempts to find answers Ahk grilled Larry for what had happened, but he didn't know, as you were an intensely private person who only gave their number to their employer.

But you never came again, and Ahk could feel himself slipping, the image of you in his head already blurry and unclear. He tried to remember your warmth, the softness of your skin, and your breath on his bare chest, and at times he could feel your weight still on him. It only made him yearn all the more, reaching and almost feeling something that no longer existed. Lain on his chest and too far to reach.

He learned that silence is an answer in the most hellish way possible.

[neocatharsis]

NCT Members Share Plans For 2021, Talk About Their Achievements, And More

NCT’s Jeno, Doyoung, Jaemin, Mark, Kun, and Sungchan sat down for a recently released interview with Star News about their 2020, what’s coming up in 2021, and more!

NCT won the Daesang (Grand Prize) for Album of the Year with their full-member comeback “RESONANCE” at the 2020 Asia Artist Awards. When asked if this was an extraordinary experience for the group, Mark agreed, as it was the first time they’ve won a Daesang. “It’s an award that all artists dream of, so it was such an honor and we were of course grateful toward our fans,” said Mark.

“Since our debut, I’ve been looking forward to receiving a big award and imagined it a lot too, but I also felt like we suddenly received it,” said Doyoung. “If we had received it somewhere with our fans and fellow singers there, it would have been more meaningful, but we inevitably received it without our fans there and the awarding happened through a pre-recording too. That’s why I thought that it would be good if we could share the grateful feelings with our fans a bit more. It’s a shame that the situation is the way it is right now, but I tried my best to express my gratitude through social media.”

When asked if they’d thought about all they’ve gone through in the years since their debut when they won the award, Jeno replied, “Rather than having a lot of thoughts about difficult things, when we got the award the 23 members of NCT all went up on stage together to receive it and I felt reassured and proud when I thought about how this many people have grown this much. It was great to be able to experience the joy together as 23 members.”

On the topic of the reaction of fans overseas, Doyoung said, “When there’s something to celebrate, our fans overseas create a hashtag and make NCT rise in the realtime trends. When we see that, we can feel that there are many fans who are congratulating us on the award and supporting us.”

Regarding their success with album sales and on overseas charts, Doyoung shared their thanks to fans and Jeno said, “To be honest, I didn’t know that NCT’s ‘million seller‘ would happen this quickly. I thought we would need time, so it feels like it’s happened faster than I expected.”

Describing their 2020, Jaemin shared that he thought the NCT 127, NCT DREAM, and NCT U promotions had gone well. He added that the most memorable part was NCT’s two promotions for “RESONANCE” with 23 members. “We were able to show many different versions of ourselves as various units,” he said.

Kun shared that he felt like he grew a lot as an NCT member and said, “I felt like all the members improved their skills while promoting, and it was an honor to take part in a great project. It was also really fun.” Sungchan said, “As I debuted as an NCT member this year, I learned a lot from the older members and I’m getting to know them gradually as I watch them!”

While talking about their teamwork, Jeno commented about how many of them have been training together since they were trainees. He went on to say, “Regarding teamwork, it would be hard to say who is better or worse, but the more we’re together, the greater our synergy becomes. It’s to the point that when there are fewer members, it feels a little awkward.”

Doyoung also commented, “It’s not easy to keep showing something fresh to the public as an idol and as an artist, but we keep up that newness because of the members with new styles who keep joining, and I think with that freshness NCT has become a million seller and keeps building our career. I think that constant newness is part of the team NCT’s image.”

Mark was also asked to talk about SuperM’s teamwork or their presence abroad. “Fundamentally, NCT and SuperM both work hard to communicate with overseas fans,” he said. “The members come from many different countries so we’re all working to communicate with overseas fans through different methods like singing in various languages such as English. Our overseas fans enjoy that and it makes us proud too. We’re trying to maintain that good relationship.”

On the topic of their 2021 plans, Mark said, “The members are in different teams so it’ll be different, but you can look forward this year to each unit releasing an album. I also think that there might be various other combinations too. NCT is an organic group that pursues new things each year!”

For their individual and group goals for the year, Mark named world peace. Jaemin shared, “I think that it’d be great if there were many chances this year for us to meet with fans in person,” saying that he wants to soon experience performing and the response from fans again. Doyoung shared, “After we haven’t been able to meet fans, receiving a great award and selling a lot of albums are happy and great things but to be honest, there are times when they seem not as good as meeting fans.”

“We and our agency are aiming to show us through a lot of content on social media,” said Doyoung. “Every day, new content comes out on YouTube.”

When asked if there’s an international stage that they want to perform on in 2021, Doyoung said, “I used to dream of being on stage at the Grammys or Billboard award ceremony, but now I want to go to whatever stage where fans are. Although the Grammys and Billboard are important [of course to us], I want to look at fans and feel how our fans are the people who’ve achieved great results for us.”

Lastly, Sungchan ended the interview by sharing words for fans. “In 2021 as well, a new unit will come out too together with all of NCT’s teams, so please look forward to it and I love you. Thank you,” he said.

© https://twitter.com/soompi/status/1349438078159626243?s=20

[vxllainoxs]

‟ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢᴇᴛ ᴜᴘ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ, ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴏꜰꜰᴇᴇ, ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴇᴀʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ɢᴏ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏʟᴅ-ʙʟᴏᴏᴅᴇᴅʟʏ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ. ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴᴏᴍᴀʟᴏᴜꜱ, ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏᴘᴀᴛʜɪᴄ ꜰʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ? ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀʏ? ᴏʀ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀɴʏ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ, ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴇᴅ, ʙᴇ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴇxᴇᴄᴜᴛɪᴏɴᴇʀ? ” 

(  shay mitchell.  27.  she/her.  )   everything’s fine,  OKSANA “VILLANELLE” ASTANKOVA,  you’re in the good place!  do you remember your last days in  KILLING EVE? but don’t worry, your  ( sleek pantsuits for every occasion, a thick russian accent dripping from blunt remarks, a misplaced, childish glint lingering within ice cold eyes, an undeniable and magnetic pull towards a foe, crimson red blood caked within perfectly manicured fingernails. )  will fit perfectly with the rest of the good place, so long as you commit to the  THE FRIGID FEMME FETALE  despite your tendency to commit to  ( impulsiveness )  that the architect of the good place said you were. it’ll just be like a fun acting exercise! just play along and everything will continue to be fun. 

hi hi !! ellie here , and i’m way too psyched to have the opportunity to babble all about my precious baby assassin . i must warn in advance that some parts of the introduction may contain : mentions of violence , death , blood / gore . however , i’ll absolutely try to keep it from being too vivid . if you’re interested in plotting with miss villanelle ( she only bites a solid 80% of the time ) , feel free to reach out to me here or on discord ! ladies and gents , buckle up because this is gonna be a l o n g ride . 

b a s i c s . 

- full name : Оксана Анатольевна Астанкова ( oksana anatoljevna astankova )   call her anything but villanelle and she will stomp on your foot, though.

- alias : villanelle. 

- age : twenty - seven. 

- orientation: chaotic lesbian. 

- place of origin : russia ; specifics beyond that are unknown. 

- fandom : killing eve ( won’t be basing her off of the “codename: villanelle” novels ). 

b a c k g r o u n d . ( did i go overboard ? you bet ! )

- not much is known about villanelle’s childhood; oksana was born somewhere in russia. however, she spent her life as an orphan, never knowing who her parents were and drifting through the system. for the most part, she went through her years relatively unbothered by this. for reasons that are unknown, she refuses to speak her native russian, however, and refuses to be referred to by her birth name, suggesting that she doesn’t embrace her past. 

- from a young age, she showed intellect beyond compare and was considered a gifted student. she held an affinity for learning languages, her favorite of which was french, and was considered the top of her class. her brains, however, did little to cancel out her unnerving personality and her increasingly violent tendencies. 

- somewhere along the line, oksana developed an intense bout of admiration bordering on obsession for a teacher of hers named anna aanmokoba. the woman took her underneath her wing and fostered her growth as a student, something oksana mistook for love and passion. because of this, she would gift anna expensive perfumes, designer clothing, and write her love letters in french, feeding off of the attention she was showered in. anna, however, claimed that the only reason she paid special attention to oksana was because everybody else feared her too much to be around her. 

- oksana eventually grew to firmly believe that anna’s husband was the one preventing them from ever being together. one day, when anna returned home from work, she found balloons and a cake in her apartment, like there was a special occasion worth celebrating. upon further inspection, she also found her husband -- dead. oksana had murdered him in cold blood and, like a giddy child, took great pride in what she had done, viewing it as simply removing an obstacle that stood in her way. 

- after the murder, she was shipped off to a prison, where she spent five years. throughout those five years, she never stopped writing to anna, however, one day, the letters simply stopped and oksana’s belongings had been shipped to anna’s apartment, leading her to believe that she had died in prison. 

- in reality, oksana had been recruited to be a professional assassin by an elusive organization known as the twelve. she was given the codename of villanelle and was aided in completely ditching her old identity. she had been reborn, and she quickly rose in the ranks as one of the organization’s most notorious assassins; her kills were dramatic and brutal, and she spent years leaving officials that spanned across multiple countries scratching their heads. 

- along the way, villanelle had developed a close bond with her “handler” (the one responsible for keeping her in check and assigning her targets), konstantin vasiliev. their relationship resembled that of a father-daughter bond; she grew easily jealous of konstantin’s real family, which consisted of a wife and a daughter, seeking out what she’d been robbed of for most of her childhood. (daddy issues? check.) 

- all was well, until a fascinating, gutsy, determined woman had her in her sights: eve polastri, a british intelligence agent assigned with taking villanelle down. once more, villanelle found herself absolutely thriving on the attention she was showered in, selfishly seeking out more. it was difficult to determine if villanelle genuinely fostered the ability to fall in love with the woman, or if she craved the attention and the adrenaline that came from the chase.

- villanelle’s connection with eve was undeniable and unbreakable, and like a leech, she attached herself to eve and sucked her dry of everything she had; she ruined her relationship with her husband, she was responsible for the death of eve’s mentor and best friend, and she even drove eve to do truly questionable and morally reprehensible things. the two did, however, seem to care for and about one another, and neither could deny the odd dynamic/relationship they shared. 

- the game of cat-and-mouse that ensued between them didn’t stop. not until, after failing to kill konstantin when a hit was put on him by the twelve (in an inexplicable turn of events that likely suggested that he had betrayed them in one form or another), villanelle found eve in her apartment, the place entirely ransacked in an impulsive bout of rage on the operative’s end. 

- they found themselves lying face-to-face in bed, sharing an intimate moment, before eve had pulled out a knife. after insisting that she wasn’t capable of something so violent, villanelle ended up eating her words, because eve had stabbed her in the abdomen. however, the woman’s humanity shone through, because she grew frantic to help villanelle after realizing what she had done. by that point, villanelle had already staggered off of the bad, grabbed a gun, and tried to shoot at eve in her own fit of rage. by the time that eve had returned to the room, villanelle was seemingly gone. 

- in reality, villanelle had managed to make it outside of her apartment, right before operatives sent by the twelve (with a new agenda: to kill her after she failed to get rid of konstantin) ransacked the place. she miraculously dragged herself, bleeding and on the verge of collapsing, to the street and, when she failed to pick up a ride a la the hitchhiker’s method, threw herself in the way of an oncoming cab with the hope of picking up a ride that way. this recklessness, however, proved to be her ultimate downfall and led to her death. 

long story short: i will be basing villanelle around the end of season 1 / the beginning of season 2 of the series, as far as her memories go. everything from season 1 and the beginning of season 2 remains canon besides, of course, the fact that she didn’t survive the stabbing. she’ll obviously be more chill here and, y’know, not kill people, pft.  ( here is her wiki if you’re too lazy to read this whole thing . i don’t blame you, tbh . a bitch do be babbling about her wife . )

p e r s o n a l i t y . 

- ( + ) : intelligent, clever, observant, charming, bubbly. 

- ( - ) : cunning, manipulative, arrogant, reckless, remorseless. 

[smallblanketfort]

do you have tips on taking notes?

yes!! i have many, so i tried to make it easier for you to navigate :)

L O N G post ahead of you, covering lecture notes and readings notes, from a college senior :)

lecture notes:

i suggest using a notebook and pen, physically writing down. it’s easier to study, and since it’s using your body, you have a much higher retention rate on your side than if you use a laptop.

i have used my laptop for taking notes before. it’s easier to take more notes, word for word, but that’s not always helpful. maybe that’s your style, especially if you enjoy rewriting your notes all pretty and more successfully when you get home. i am not that girl. 

more notes does not always equal better! it’s good for you to listen actively, selecting what is important and what is not. i take very thorough notes. i take a lot of notes. if you need notes for a missed class, i. am. your. girl. that doesn’t mean i write out everything word for word. selecting details, clauses, and images really helps me to not only keep up, but also to memorize later. plus, when you’re typing, it’s easier to type all the words out without really processing the whole meaning. remember that dense notes are harder to study

finally, when you write by hand, you can get more creative with your style. occasionally, i’ll web notes out from one, rather than a traditional outline, bc it makes more sense for the topic

it also helps my anxiety! so much! if i force myself to take great in depth notes, then my mind has to dedicate more brain space to the task at hand than to my anxieties.

stick to one of these though. it really sucks to get into a test and realize you didn’t study half of your notes bc you forgot half were on your laptop. it’s awful lol.

if you use a laptop, get used to how it works first. do u know how much i resent trying to switch from a bullet that is under other bullets (like this one, not filled in) to a main point bullet (the ones filled in). it can be so confusing. also make sure you use a program you like. you can take directly into documents, but i find that i really love evernote, as i can make notebooks for classes, stacks of notebooks for my college, and that i can tag notes with specific classes and topics.

if you’re on paper, for fuck’s sake, divide your notebook into sections for classes. keep it all together. those notebooks with handy dandy dividers are so helpful, and they keep you from carrying around 5 notebooks at once.

i wouldn’t worry too much about highlighters and such in class. there’s just so much going on then. save highlighting and color coding for later, and count it as studying.

don’t worry about traditional outlining styles, with roman numerals or whatever. i take notes very simply. bullets/dashes, subnotes under a broad note. 

do it how it makes sense to you! maybe that includes different bullet styles, different places for different types of information (on a simple level, i start writing chapter numbers and titles as far to the left as i can go, over the margins, in bold and capital letters. i also usually go over these later in a certain color marker)

in some classes it is helpful for me to write the topic along the top of the page in a highlighter (color coding is lovely) the main idea/topic for each page. the classes this was most obviously helpful in were astronomy (COMETS or BLACKHOLES etc) and shakespeare (MUCH ADO ACT 2 or ROMEO etc)

it’s easiest to just note page numbers of referenced complex diagrams, as they are usually in your reading or accessible online

your style might look different in each class. whatever works.

note everything (everything) your professor writes on the board. if it’s important enough for your professor to write it, it’s probably important enough for you to write it.

note examples only if it’s helpful for your memory. however, make light note of things like famous people and their science/psych experiments. but in math and such, note! the! examples! and! reasons! will help you so much.

examples that have emotion, imagery, or sound are going to be more helpful. applicable examples are most helpful. good professors will lecture you accordingly. lazy ones will not.

star anything that the professor stresses or hints will be tested. anything that they say is a major theme or whatever.

note main ideas/points/themes, definitions, conclusions, 

use your tests to help you figure out what you need to know. ask questions about the tests too. in every class i’ve taken, i’m totally shocked at how willingly people ask about exam format and how willingly the professor will tell us how it will work. they want you to succeed.

people learn differently! i suggest taking notes in class and later adding touches that help you. count it as study time too. a warm up, if you will. 

if you’re visual, this might include highlighting, color coding, drawing diagrams, etc.

 if you’re an auditory learner, reading the notes out loud and organizing them accordingly, as well as making up rhymes, rhythms and such, might help you. some auditory learners actually like to record lectures and listen to them later. 

if you learn best through movement, rewriting or making flashcards will be great for you.

sometimes professors go really. fuckin. fast. why. idk? but

dont be afraid to ask them to go back a slide bc i guarantee, you will be the class hero for asking

develop a little bit of shorthand. sometimes i end up using initials, arrows, abbreviations… this is where i got “bc” and “thru” and “u” and such. lol. also, list things vertically, rather than using commas and “and/&/+) it’ll be more clear later

some professors you literally cannot take notes on. it sucks. you’re going to need to do the readings and pick their brains on how the test will be to figure out how to prepare. take home tests are your best friend. thank god for them. seriously. get your butt to church and do some worshipping.

if your professor puts powerpoints online, save the powerpoints, ya never know.

look at inspiration if you want, but remember that notes on studyblr are usually copied from class notes. if you’re too focused on how pretty your notes are, good luck to you

finally, the day before an exam, i review my notes that i have (hopefully) been studying. i like to make a one page cheat sheet / study guide on everything i didn’t remember, leaving out everything i understand, memorized, or want to disregard. 

reading notes:

ima be real and tell you i hardly ever do reading unless i will be tested on it in class in multiple choice. and im an english student. ye i suck, i know. i dont condone shirking the system but u know what, reading shakespeare or 18th century lit literally makes me want to kill myself. so, im a senior in college, and have barely ever done the reading for a class. the thing is, if you do it right, anything is better than just reading the words on the page and not getting the meaning. dont be a reading zombie. read actively, even if it’s not the actual reading. doing this, i have a 3.9 gpa. so. there’s hope for us yet.

first of all, yall need to do your damn reading. idc how. but due to the fact that a test will be multiple choice, essay answer, a presentation, or a paper, you’re going to not love pulling nothing out of your ass. can be done tho. just be fake deep.

that being said, i’m writing a lot below, but the reality is that if it’s lit, your notes dont have to be longer than a sentence. if it’s a textbook, more.

the same formatting question comes into play here, except it’s should you take notes in your book or in a notebook?

listen i’m always going to be pro notebook, pro physically writing it out as it helps me really get the information into my head, rather than more passively highlighting

i tend to do both, if im willing to mark up a book. i underline and highlight things that stick out to me, and i write them down as well. sometimes when reading literature/essays, if i know the contextual/meaning notes will be interesting to me later, i will copy notes both into my notebook and also less in depth onto post it notes (which also make sweet little flashcards btw), which i will stick into the passage. this is so helpful when a) im reading it again later and b) when we are discussing a passage in class

buy used books. it’s cheaper. until it happens to u, u do NOT UNDERSTAND how EXCITING it is to get a book that has highlights and underlines in it ALREADY. DUDE. my work is basically DONE for me. now take that lightly, bc often different ppl will highlight different pieces of information. however, it is helpful.

look up summaries. do not simply rely on cliffsnotes and sparknotes, esp since professors are very aware of these. google “title of book, summary, chapter notes, whatever youre looking for” and use the blog posts, the book reviews, the papers that come up. does this method probably take a bit longer? maybe? but it’s easier on my tired brain.

if you don’t have time to read your textbook one day and really want to, read the introduction and the conclusion to the chapter, or the first and last sentences to the paragraphs. it’s not great, but it’s something.

like your lectures, note definitions, conclusions, and helpful examples, as well as people and dates. if i’m reading literature and i’m deciding to be a smart student i will keep several logs as well. these logs will make it so. easy. to study for your exam:

updated character lists, including name, relationships, and anything defining and important

scene/chapter summaries, just a sentence summarizing what happened where

any quotes or themes that stand out

i highly highly highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of the well educated mind for note taking on a range of genres. this is what i had to use through high school and while it’s involved, it’s incredibly helpful.

if you’re going to have to cite your notes, note the page number in the margin every time you flip the page

the biggest issue i have with reading is when and where to do it. before or after class? always ask your professor if they do not tell you. where in your notebooks? i always do it on the next blank page bc leaving space stresses me the fuck out. make notes on the top of your pages of corresponding lectures/readings. 

for both lectures and readings i really really really suggest either having something to drink or something to snack on (think fruit, loose nuts, m&ms. small loose things rather than things u bite? idk they just last longer?)

okay i hope this was somewhat helpful even tho it’s an incredibly longwinded post. it seems like a lot, but the reality is that while i take a lot of notes, i don’t make them complicated, i don’t have rules, i just do what feels right in the moment. they’re not at all stressful. just take it easy and do whatever works for you :) 

if anyone has other tips, feel free to reply :)

[we-future-first]

6 ideas that would revolutionize the world...

I have 6 ideas for a social media website I wanted under the domain name of www.oooo.com... in that there are two sets of eyes representing two people... I like it because it’s simple and it’s where people can TRULY and EXPLICITLY get in touch with one another.... (it’s not a stab at websites like Facebook or Google +.... it’s just that I’m not the best writer)...

Idea 1 Guardian Witness

I came up with this idea about 8 years ago back when I was engulfed in the tech world and back when I was trying to get it made by organizations such as the CIA....

Basically what the app does is it runs a microphone in the background of the desktop computer, laptop or smartphone ( in addition to taking snappers of gps location) so that anyone with the app can feel safe in that there is a digital bubble of accountability surrounding them. Video can also be taken if the computer can take it( it may have to be low quality image quality to start in that phones are not strong enough to have high quality video taken and saved)...

The idea is basically that it’s a DVR running in the background of your laptop or smartphone and there’s an aura of accountability surrounding you because of that... think of it this way: people feel safer where there are security cameras installed... now imagine this: imagine everyone’s phone and laptop having a DVR on all the time... sure privacy concerns may come up - but this is the direction the world is headed towards....(it’s inevitable)

The Human Element: I feel that the future consists of smartphones being on all the time and recording all data to be stored in an external, retrievable database so that everyone’s lives can be saved and cherished...(kids can have a smartphone hang on there necklaces from childbirth even someday)... it’ll happen when phones are smarter and after a while ( when over a billion people have the app on)...

Idea 2 A.I. Generates Music and Video

I feel that in the future( note: when it’s more transparent?), people will post up detailed Facebook posts and the such, and because of the posts Music and/or video will be made because of it using machine learning algorithms....

What Facebook ( or Google) can do is give the option to fill out a survey after taking in the post so that customizable Music is generated and distributed accordingly...

Basically what people can do is write up a post, answer a few questions, and out comes a song with (maybe) some video... there will also be the option to customize the song either through refilling out the survey.... and by inputting data through something like Garage Band...

I feel like in the future EVERYONE will become a musician.... I came up with this idea when I was learning how to write music...and I didn’t know how to do so... people will TRULY be able to express themselves...through music...

and that’s not all.... the music Industry will be Completely revolutionized due to this.... imagine the smash hit records that will come out through the social media community (by chance, out of the BILLIONS of songs to be generated)... and I feel like film will also be revolutionized because of this idea( but not in the near future... maybe after a few years after machine learning for videos becomes more advanced)....

Idea 3 Bosser

I just like to call this one Bosser because the name stuck.... but basically what it is is an app to end homelessness ( it’s how I came up with the app).... but it transformed into a lifestyle app after more thought...

There’s about a quarter million homeless people in the USA and another quarter million homeless people in the EU at any given moment in time( at least in the current state of affairs)...Bosser can help end that...

I wanted to create algorithms which centered around rewarding people who help the homeless to get off the streets( and stay off the streets) with cash rewards... meaning they get paid to help the homeless...

How do you get a homeless person off the streets?... first you got to get his or her social security card from the social security building ... then a license from the dmv.... and then find him or her a room for rent, a cell phone... some clothes.... and of course.... A JOB... ( it also varies state by state, I think, plus, it doesn’t matter because if the life manager is getting paid 25-30$ per hour,... they will figure out a way for the homeless person to get documented! (Not that the app wouldn’t help... there would be assigned guidelines...))

This is where the money comes from( and how the life management specialists get paid... this will probably take a chunk of market away from staffing and life management agencies... but basically whoever takes care of these things for the homeless person will get paid a portion of what the homeless person gets paid ....(around 25% of the homeless persons salaries).... according to my calculations.... the life management specialists will average around 25-30$ per hour helping the homeless get off the streets( and to keep them off the streets)... landlords can install the app and get paid to wake them up for work.... so this has to be done very meticulously to have the app turn success.... but there is a future to this app....

In the future I believe that life management will become a prominent thing... people will pay and get paid to manage someone else’s life....I was thinking about how the homeless people turned successful lower middle class citizens can continue college.... and the life management specialists still get paid to advise them along the way.... mentor ship and guidance will become a thing...( because everyone wants to live the the most away from worries and burdens as possible)....

There’s more to the app... like how the homeless person and the life management specialists will have a rating system... but I’ll leave it at that ( hopefully you understand the vision)...

Idea 4 A.I. Powered Factionalizer

This idea goes well with the A.I. Music generator...in that it filters out opinions and retains only the facts in any given page or post(etc)... but basically that’s what it does.... through machine learning... I don’t see if anyone’s made this or not...

Idea 5 Invest in Movies Online

You know how big budget movies cost around 100 million dollars to make sometimes?... You know how you can invest in companies worth more than that on the stock market?... why not give people the option to invest in big budget movies online??? It would make things easier for the producers ... and social media users can profit off movie ticket sales....

An example would be about how it’d typically work... a movie under preproduction would be posted online... and it would be exhibited... and social media users would be able to invest in up to HALF the movies budget... and the other half would come from Hollywood executives...

Social media should have the option to make money like that.... plus everyone wins... I was thinking of having little Easter eggs in there such as how people could get free movie tickets after investing....

Overall more film would be created this way in that it acts as a throttle for the film industry... much lower budget films can also be involved.... people want to make money ...

Idea 6 Genetic testing community

This one I’m super excited about... celebrities all have similar brains in that their scope and visions are grand.... I was thinking of gathering the DNA of multiple celebrities....and using machine learning algorithms to find similarities between how their minds work...and applying those algorithms to the general public...

I feel that anyone with a social media account should be given a free genetic test( I’ll explain how this is to be funded later).... and algorithms from the above method should be used to find people who they REALLY may know ( not a stab at Facebook)... but I feel that’s what the future is going to be about.... people similar to one another will want to hang out with one another.... and this would spawn new things like new baseball teams ( for example)... and new workspace environments ...

You might be wondering how I’m going to get the genetic data of multiple celebrities... I was thinking that this could happen through the investment phase...( of whenever google or Facebook... or even Apple...) decides to make the idea.... in celebratory fashion...

Conclusion

I wanted to put all 6 ideas in one app idea...and allow it to make the world a better place:)

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