#study-with-aura

[study-with-aura]

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Friday, January 3, 2025

I'm staying up an hour later tonight for no reason other than I can. I am almost out of holiday days! I might as well take advantage of the extra hour with my brother while I can. We might be doing our own things, but we're together. That's what is important.

I got a new calendar today! It's for 2025, and it has inspirational messages each month. I want to decorate it, but none of the stickers that I currently have work for what I want to do. Is this an excuse to buy more stickers? I think so. I discovered today that I even have a sticker that says "Buy more stickers". How funny is that? 🦄 Have a great weekend! 🦄

Tasks Completed:

Duolingo - Studied for approximately 15 minutes (Spanish + French + Chinese) + completed daily quests

Piano - Practiced for two hours

Reading - Read pages 187-230 of The Getaway by Lamar Giles

Chores - Laundered my bedding

Activities of the Day:

Personal Bible Study (Luke 23)

Morning hike with Julien

2 hours gaming

Volunteered 4 hours at the mission

Watched 2 episodes of Forest of Piano on Netflix

Evening yoga and stretch

Journal/Mindfulness

[aurae-rori]

can we talk about the isolation that comes with being a genius? can we talk about the reason why dr. ratio might come off as cruel and harsh is because he never had any friends nor learned how to be kind? can we talk about how he's stern because he wants his students to succeed, but never learned how to say it in a gentle manner? can we talk about how he's probably autistic, and how that made things worse for him in the social department?

can we talk about the dehumanization that comes with being a person with intellect. the loneliness and the way that it eats at you.

it must have been so fucking lonely, being a middle school kid who's up in university level classes. surrounded by people who are so much older than you, and since you're a kid, nobody wants to talk to you. you can't talk to the kids your age because you're too busy studying.

what else is there to do but improve, and live up to the expectations set for you?

guys im fucking sad about him please

[fratercrucis]

i was bored

[crimsonglow-art]

This was from yesterday's twitch stream

I really enjoyed trying to figure how breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom works and I thought making the aura sphere would look better by using the magic system in TOTK for lucario.

[aca-sonia]

[maxterclass]

sims characters look eerily realistic these days

[kagooleo]

the zine’s officially out, so I can post my contribution for the @extraordinaryzine :D!

my piece is an interpretation of the caverns on Iron Island 🏝️ so I wanted to incorporate more of the water surrounding it by creating a sea cave to have light spill inside (akin to the modra špilja/blue grotto)

the focus of the zine was on the daily lives of trainers and their pokemon, so Riley uses a spot inside the caverns like this to meditate with his team, although any new Riolu he trains can’t resist wanting to jump into the water to play υ´˶ ･ﻌ･ ˶`υﾉ”

this piece alongside a ton of amazing artists can be found free to download digitally here! (and lastly some closeups bc I liked getting all the little deets down)

[cwckcncdtruth]

Starter for @path-of-blue-eyes 🐉💰

The sweet scented ancient cookie moves slowly and quietly throughout the strange giant metal eque building he woke up in, everything looked so much bigger than him and it made him a bit uneasy as he then gripped his staff.

A bead of icing dripping from his doughy cheek as he walked on, noticing the many doors as well as various machines.

Was this a workshop or something?

He couldn't tell fully so he walked on, all the while sensing that he was being watched as he moved with each step.

☆☆☆☆☆

[wintergreenoreo]

Better view of Fernando’s 4L0NS0 helmet for his 400th career grand prix 🎉

[study-with-aura]

Duolingo 2024

This is as of November since they do the wrap up in November. I'm at a 514 day streak as of today.

[aurae-rori]

DR RATIO ANALYSIS: PART 2, ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

SPOILERS FOR 2.1 CONTENT.

Now, you might be saying - "Aurae, you already did one, why do you need a second?" And my answer is, "LORD, I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT HOW HIS DEFINITION OF 'IDIOT' IS DIFFERENT. AND ALSO HE DOES NOT HATE AVENTURINE NOR DOES HE THINK AVENTURINE IS STUPID." Once again, here is my disclaimer - although I have been researching psychology for a solid six years, I am NOT a professional. (I will be, one day. Just you wait, just youuuu wait-) So understand that everything I say has been analyzed with personal judgement, with my own conclusions, come to with logic and my personal interpretation. This is just what I have concluded, and you are always free to disagree.

This is my legacy. To be an analyzer. So let's go.

Okay, now that my disclaimer is over, let's take off Ratio's plaster head and chuck it into the sea, and see - what does he mean by 'idiot'?

This will be much shorter than my last, so don't worry - I will not be flashbanging you with another 4k words. This is more like a follow up, than anything else, because there's a few things I wish to touch on.

Dr. Ratio doesn't hate idiots in the sense that he hates people that have 'low IQ' or are 'stupid' in terms of being 'slow to understand'. I definitely touched on this in my last analysis, but he hates people who take their education for granted and don't go places with the gifts that they've been given. He hates "idiots" - "narrow minded" people who have the capabilities to do more and perceive more than they choose to do. People who deliberately look away or take what they know and what they could do for granted. He wants to open people's eyes and allow them to see life from multiple different angles and he believes that everyone should have a chance to learn - with the whole "knowledge for everyone" thing he's got rolling.

He wears a plaster head around people he doesn't seem to know too well in order to think more, or so that he doesn't have to see the faces of the people he dislikes. Pretty good roast. However, he does NOT wear that plaster head around Aventurine. Let's listen to the doctor's judgement - Aventurine is far from stupid. Although he likes to chalk up a lot of the things he does to his own luck, he is an INCREDIBLY capable individual who's managed to get this far because of his own form of genius. He's a man who relies on chance and good fortune, yes, but his charm, his way of scheming, and the way that he's good with people? That's skill. A talent he doesn't take for granted. Dr. Ratio respects him for this - because despite the fact that he has no proper education, he has his eyes wide open to the world and doesn't take shit for granted. He learns what he can in order to survive and he does it fucking well - Aventurine is a very smart man. He's observant, quick on his feet, and great at going with the flow and thinking in the moment.

Aventio aside, I actually believe that Dr. Ratio would be a really good teacher to those who struggle. He's patient where it's needed to be, even if he's got a quick temper, and I believe in his pursuit for knowledge he would do his best to go out of his way to find strategies that would work for their individuals. We're all unique, and he's aware of this - and because he wants to allow people to think for themselves, whatever helps the individual works. Depression? He's got a psych degree, I'm sure bro could give you some strategies. Autism? He has a touch of the 'tism himself. ADHD, and not feeling organized? Bro will help you. It's canon that he's a great fucking teacher - those who finish his classes go on to become successful people who are intelligent and critical thinkers. Round of applause for Ratio, the man that kins my father. He's shit at emotions, but great at knowledge.

Also, on that note, I believe that he would most likely hate parents that push thier "gifted" students to the limit without any compassion for the person that they really are. He's most definitely got some of that academic trauma so I believe that bro holds a secret disdain for parents who just use their children to gain more recgonition. Well, not so secret. He'd cuss them out. (Ratio please cuss out the horrible parents.)

Dr. Ratio, the Teacher ever. (Hey, maybe he'd get along with Kunikida...)

Also, I am definitely planning on making a fic where he teaches Aventurine Latin. As long as you're eager to learn and willing to look past the chalk being thrown, he's got a place for you.

Thanks for coming to my tedtalk. I did not read this through, so this is not edited. Take my unedited rambles.

[whollysensei]

big fellas stronk boobas

[bayonetta-origins]

aa5 bayo origins au doodles for today yay^_^ still figuring out designs .. rambling in tha tags

[the-flabbergasterer]

how many aura points did i lose when my friends asked me how studying was going and i said "bad but I can knit now" and then I showed up to the exam completely unprepared but with a ball of yarn and needles, knitting an ear warmer

[l3onart]

☆ Mini femslash february day 6: it still bleeds ☆

[ssruis]

hit ‘em with the lmm pose birthday boy

Me: idk what to draw for tsukasa’s birthday

This picture hiding in the depths of my photo library: