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sadisticyouko · 2 years

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"dont be afraid to reach out im mostly normal!" number one way to directly not appeal to me JGKZJF /JKJK LMAO but u should know back when i first made my tumblr my url was weirdobsessivenerd and Weirdo was literally what i went by as my name (then i discovered kinning and started going by rouge and now also kurama lol) so like. im Absolutely one to embrace weirdness and encourage it in others, so! dont hold back that unhinged-ness! its precisely what draws me to people HFKHZKG when i say Chill i absolutely mean someone that feels like theyd probably be easy to just relax n be myself around. hang out being Cool Bros. which basically equals being unjudgemental and a bit of a freak (said absolutely positively but i wont use that again if ur uncomfortable with being called that!!)

but ANYWAYZ yeah sending out asks n responding through that feels a lot less...... contained? whatever the hell that means for Conversations but its the vibe lol. exactly like what u were saying. its like im pokin my head out of my lil fox den and yelling out across the field instead of inviting someone inside bgksbfjnzf also yea i totally get the social battery thing thats Super how it is for me too. if were ever chattin n u just drop off out of nowhere and show back up in a couple days continuing the same convo i will not judge bc i Super Relate JFKHSJF

also im not like Super exactly like my kins all the time its more like an internal thing. they may not always reflect me but i still get the feeling of Thats Me. cant always explain it tjjsbf then theres the case of some kins of being exactly how i am irl and some i connect to so hard for one reason or another that i just absorb all of their characteristics into myself bkdjfkd i have a lot of mha kins bc it was my Big Hyperfixation before yyh completely steamrolled over everything in my brain lol, most of them are lower kins tho but my bigger ones are def himiko, la brava, ochako, and shoto!

tbh i kinda wonder how into yyh i woulda been if i discovered it when i was younger, it feels like i may not have been as into it as i am now? which is weird to picture bc rn im Severely hyperfixated on it, i cant imagine having any other sort of relationship to the series jfkdhkf AND HIEI IS SO. FUCKING. ATTRACTIVE. only the second character to break through my asexuality and sex repulsion fjkdjfkd i cant believe he actually makes me so wild over his muscles when ive literally never given any fucks about abs n shit all my life. his hotness is just too powerful fjsjf AND IM ALWAYS ADORING HOW TINY HE IS BUT IN REALITY HES JUST A FEW INCHES SHORTER THAN ME TOO BC IM 5'2" LMAO. but. i always picture his height in comparison to kuramas human and youko forms and it makes me crazy HFKSJKF little man i want to pick him up and kiss him as hes frustrated and flustered about being carried so easily like that and annoyed at himself that he actually likes it 🥰

also if u do like those songs lmk owo!! im always curious to see if others will like a song i recommend hehe. and if u like aggressive music then boy do i have plenty of that bc edgy shit is like my #1 thing i love to listen to HFKSHKF

Omg pretending I’m normal is how I try to fit in ! That’s my inner shuichi trying to blend in with this classmates 😂 I’m a little bit of a weirdo too but I like pretending to be normie passing, I’m like a snail hiding all it’s weirdness under the shell 😂 my first username was tsukisbadgirl so I GET IT 😂😂 I was SUPER into bakugou I mean I still like him but he’s been replaced as my #1 since I got into Tokyo revengers 😂 I will let you know all about my weirdness tendencies but pretend its perfectly normal like 2 seconds later hehe

& yea wild open asks are the best lol IDK WHY but it’s all so true ! I’m glad u won’t judge if I can’t reply right away cuz sometimes I need to disappear and then I feel bad if I try to come back later ! Ohhh the kin thing makes sense too ! Maybe I’m not kinning too many ppl from mha rn cuz I’m hyper fixated on Tokyo revengers now ! I kin like SO MANY PPL from there but I am hopelessly obsessed with it so that might be why 😂 (especially manjiro, he is plaguing my every waking & slumbering moment now 👀)

asbfoajsos Hiei’s MUSCLES keep drawing me back like a little magnet and I am RESISTING 😂😂 why is he built like that ?? I mean I know why but omg WHY DOES IT LOOK SO GOOD ?? i hate it, if Kurama had nearly half the shirtless scenes hiei did I’d be even more unhinged but they didn’t give him the chance !! 😭 SOBBING. I like to be the one that gets manhandled tbh but I feel like even with Hiei’s height he could still get it done 😏 and then im like NO ! INTRUSTIVE THOUGHTS I WANT KURAMA ! and ahdisnsiaosndk 😂 im mostly attracted to ppl based on personality rather than physicality but once im attracted to the person it opens the flood gates and all of a sudden everything about them seems hot 😩

But yes I will let u now about the songs !! It might take me a while like my reading list lol ahdisbskdn BUT I will eventually get to it ! I do things very sporadically and depending on inspiration level so I can’t be held accountable 😂

#sadisticyouko asks #i don’t feel like working today #that’s unrelated but still ! i need coffee lol #sadisticyouko rants #not writing

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orcelito · 3 years

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Ok I don't have a 3ds charger. I've got enough charge for maybe one map, which I'll wanna play, but After That... I'm gonna have to stop

Which means I will be forced to do Other Things. I did the dishes last night and i cleaned Tally's litter box this morning (out of fear that if I fed her before i cleaned it, she'd poop in front of it again). All that's left on my To Do list is laundry, homework, and chapter 30.

I am GOING to (try to) get chapter 30 out today. If I do not. Feel free to kick me.

#speculation nation #need to chill and cultivate the writing brain. bc i dont have it rn #i need food and tea and some fire emblem time to set my mind okay #man i hope i have enough charge. i had 2 out of 4 battery bars after finishing playing yesterday #but also the 3ds has been sitting for A Bit #so some of that charge may have leaked out. idk #it's surprisingly good at holding charge tho. certainly better than the switch.#that's an old system for you ❤#god my 3ds is almost 10 years old. i got her for xmas in 2011. so. just a few more months and i'll have had her for 10 years #and what a 10 years it's been...#for better or for worse she is here with me always. and i wouldnt have it any other way.#anyways yea with what i have left to write i just need to sit myself down. could maybe finish it in half an hour.#then it's editing and beta reading and then posting #gotta check w beta reader to see if they can beta today. they usually can. but if that doesnt work out it could be longer #but i WILL finish the chapter today. & even if i cant Post today it will be soon #better to wait a bit to ensure quality than rush it out if they cant read it immediately #idk if it's been apparent but i think my writing quality has gotten better since they started beta-ing for me #good to have someone to catch my minor mistakes i miss #and for me to actively consult for bigger mistakes #restructuring sentences is a normal part of editing process and most of the time i got it #but sometimes it's Hard to figure out how to Make Things Right. & theyve been a great help for times like that 😊#andi ilu and u r the Best

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flamingredanon · 3 years

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I think I've sent this prompt before but Im not sure - hope your recovery from being sick went smoothly btw)

Reginald let out a happy sigh as he slumped into the drivers seat of the Airship. He had just come back from a rather peaceful dinner with Right, who was standing next to him.

Actually it had been peaceful for a long time. like really REALLY peaceful. No government raids in forever and Reginald and right hadn't seen or heard from Henry Stickmin for even longer. He just kinda disappeared. Better for them he supposed but he couldn't surpress the slight worry in his chest.

Nevertheless, Reginald basked in the comforting silence, extending an arm to grasp rights hand. Right smiled and the 2 held hands.

However the peaceful moment was ruined when Reginalds radio crackled to live and the fimilar voice of Burt came through.

"Uhhh.. Chief?" Burt drawled in his usual tone.

Reginald sighed, pulling his hand away from rights to grab his radio. He pressed the button on the side, hearing the fimilar beep before he started speaking.

"Yes I'm here, what is it Curtis?"

"uhmm... I don't mean to ruin your 2 month chill streak but.. Henry Stickmin and uhh.. Some other girl with red hair, is on the Airship."

Reginald nearly dropped his radio and he could see right visibly stiffen from the corner of his eye. Henry stickmin here? Right now?! With some girl?!

"I- Well stop them then!" Reginald barked into the radio, standing up.

"uhh yeah well.. We tried but.. We can't."

They can't?

"What on earth do you mean you CAN'T?"

"Uhmm.. Their in, what is that?... Like these Kart things? Like the ones in Mario kart? You know what I mean? Yeah their.. Speeding around, I think they ran over some toppats."

Reginalds brain stopped for a moment and he couldn't form a response. His eyes tore from the radio to right, who seemed just as perplexed.

"S-Sorry, could you uhm.. Repeat that?"

(I kinda want this to end with some Copperrightrosemin tbh lol I need some of that fluff in my life rn)

Burt repeated what he said, the sound of a certain Swedish man cursing can be heard in the background. Reginald thanked Burt and told him that he would handle it.

Reginald took one look at Right and an evil smile formed on both of their faces.

---

Henry never thought riding go karts on the Toppat Airship would be so much fun, but thanks to Ellie's suggestion, here he and her were, driving go karts, on the Toppat Airship, no Galeforce or Charles to be sour pusses.

Henry and Ellie took a turn in the hallway, only to be stopped by an even more surprising sight.

Reginald and Right were in go karts as well.

"Well Stickmin, since you disappeared without telling anyone for the longest while and then dare bring go karts and a stranger into our Airship at random, I, Reginald Copperbottom, challenge you to a race."

Henry raised his eyebrow as Ellie spoke up with a smile "From where to where and how many laps, twinks."

Right let out a snort as Reginald glared at Ellie "From this hallway, to the treasure room, to the kitchen back into here, ten laps, winner gets one free Toppat request of their choice."

"You and Captain Hotpants over there are on." Ellie smiled as everyone got into position, Right's face dusted with red from the nickname.

And then the four were off, chaotically driving their go karts around the place and making silly taunts at one another.

Too bad no one made it past five laps, with everyone's go karts eventually running out of battery. But it didn't matter as the four of them were laying in the hallway, laughing and calming down from the adrenaline and overall silliness of everything.

Soon Reginald spoke up, a smile still on his face "Henry, Miss Rose, if you ever want to do something like that again... just call us ahead of time. I know of a great go karting place next to a solid diner, and my deal stands if you win, since none of us really won this time."

Henry smiled and shook Reginald's hand in agreement as Ellie was busy braiding Right's hair.

And an unlikely friendship formed that day, one that with time, would grow into something much more.

#lizzyask #henry stickmin #right hand man #reginald copperbottom #ellie rose #copperrightrosemin #go kart #karts #racing

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daenerys-targaryen · 3 years

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k i saw you guys talking about it yesterday and rn something just happened at work i also wanna share with the autistic fam

1. like besides the point but it’s 12.30pm my social battery has died already and an out-of-schedule meeting was set and my superiors keep telling me my emails are too straightforward and i need a little more tact and i still have 5 1/2 hours to go bUT-

2. literally i was walking towards the bathroom and people were talking and when i passed the door a woman was like “well, what’s gotten into her, why wasn’t she replied” and i did a 180° and was like “you were talking to me? why didn’t you say my name, why didn’t you cALL ME?“ like how do people just engage like that, pls tell me when you’re talking to me

I love talking with my autistic fam cause it helps me feel less alone in the way my mind works so don’t apologize and always send me your stories!!!

Oh noooo I hate that my social batter drains so quickly. Especially because I’m an extroverted introvert so I am very energetic when around people so it drains even faster and it’ll be like 2pm and I’m like don’t talk to me please 😓

Aaaahh yes be more sensitive be more considerate andjshshshsh I’m sorry my brain doesn’t work that way that literally happened yesterday with my mom cause she said she was going to a friends mother’s funeral and wanted me to go with her and I was confused because I didn’t know the person who passed away and she was like well you still should go for the family and I’m still like it doesn’t make any sense for me to go when I didn’t know the person who died but after she explained it to me I guess that makes sense I’m just very blunt and bad at the whole social thing ugh

ajehehehehehe omg yeah! I can tell if someone is talking about / to me but what I have a hard time understanding is peoples moods and tones like my mom could be washing the dishes while I’m sitting on the couch and she’d be like ‘enjoying your time on the couch?’ AND I’D BE LIKE YEAH I AM not understanding that she’s being passive aggressive and basically asking me for help. Like just ASK me if you want me to help. She does this too when she wants me to do something she’ll phrase it like “why don’t you do x and then x” and I’ll get upset because it feels likes she’s bossing me around but she sees that as ‘asking’ which I still think is bs but whatever I try not to let it bother me much but it does still LOL

#(that’s not to say I don’t do chores without her asking I do my fair share)#aaaaaahh #leah has mail #anonymous #autism tag #:((#long post

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assim-eu-sou · 3 years

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Temporada 2, Capítulo 78

- Alright Luna, time to run

- Sharon, you’re not helping your case

- Ámbar really dropped that phone like it was hot

- NOT TAKING THE BATTERIES OUT

- You have to give her credit… too bad she doesn’t put that brain to good use

- Obligatory “I Like Her Style And That’s All Yep” moment

- Nina must be STRUGGLING rn not to say the truth

- I’ve definitely watched this but we’re gonna finish this out like we should

- Jazmín had a great idea there :’)

- TinoyCato alert

- LMAO “¿Les gusta Sharon?”

- PROPOSE? Ok, good luck.

- A little late for that advice

- Aw….they’re all so excited

- I miss going on trips with colleagues from whatever orgs I’m in

- She’s definitely not picking up that phone

- Wasn’t wrong with that one

- Sharon has put WAY too much pressure on Ámbar to keep this up for her

- Sharon’s looking at little more put together

- Mexico! Where it all started!

- They wonder who the new member is…. They will be very displeased to find out

- Ay Matteo, let Luna and Simón have their moment, they get to be in their country

- Ayyy mis bebés pasando por Cancún

- I’m so sad for Ámbar oh my gosh

- She just wanted to say hi and Sharon was just like “Go away”… the nerve after Ámbar has been working for her

- We see a preview of Dark Ámbar with this outfit

- REY?

- He’s so amused by them lol

- IS REY GONNA HELP?

- Ugh I love the colors of Cancún

- Everything is so nice and bright

- Ohhhh no I know what happens now

- You can see Ámbar switch into acting mode

- This is painful to watch… I wish everything she was saying was true

- Simón knows it’s all false

- He’s already so sad…. He’s gonna be so much more sad when he finds out the truth…. Sigh…

- Aw, sweet Jazmín/Delfi scene

- La Familia Valente <3

- How did Luna not know Ámbar went with her parents

- Did Luna have friends other than Simón back in school in Mexico?

- OMG REY coming to save Alfredo

- Which rose petal scene is better? Cato and Amanda or SImbar? (JOKE TOTAL JOKE)

- They talk a little too loudly about sensitive information for my comfort

- THE TRUTH

- Now we have Nina and Ana, Alfredo and Rey, and Monica and Miguel with the truth

- Dark Ámbar :(

- Oh no…. I know what happens now as well…

- I am stressed….

- She really doesn’t want to face them… she talks big talk bit she knows it will hurt

#sl liveblogs #sl liveblog #sl2

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thewriterslament · 5 years

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writing a resume from scratch

as with literally everything i write, this got really fucking long! like, wordcounter.net estimates this will take 7 minutes to read. so i’ve placed the bulk of this post under a read more

this is not a quick tips kind of post; this is a detailed breakdown of how to write a resume from scratch, with examples that are largely taken from my own resume. this is primarily a resource for people who don’t know where to start with writing a resume, not for people who just want resume hacks

i’m saying all this so i don’t get people in my inbox complaining about how long this is. writing a resume takes a lot of time and effort, and this post does not shy away from that

creating a resume will take you a while, especially if this is your first attempt. don’t be discouraged! take breaks, and don’t try to make the perfect resume on the first try. this tutorial is designed to be completed in rounds

it usually takes me a week to get a new master resume into working order

don’t worry about page length right now. you should make a multipage master resume that contains every relevant experience before making a 1-page resume. after you’ve made the master, you can build custom resumes from it for job applications

this post is best viewed on desktop, because i use nested bullets, and tumblr mobile hates those

let’s get into it!

step 1:

list out everything you’ve ever done that could feasibly count as a resume entry: extracurriculars, jobs, volunteer positions, research, organizations you were a part of (professional or casual), freelance work, long-term hobbies. i will refer to each different experience as an “entry”

for each entry, write where (city + state) and when (timespan) you did that thing

ex. tritones a cappella group, los angeles, ca, august 20xx - present

going forward, update this list as you join or complete new jobs/hobbies/whatever so that you don’t have to wrack your brain a year down the road wondering how long you held down that job or leadership role

step 2:

describe each entry

use bullet points to list out all the things you did within that role. start with the big picture, then move on to the small stuff

big picture: the goal of the role/organization/research, overarching and long-term projects, what results you were trying to achieve + why

ex. “studied the neuroanatomy and synaptopathy of the inner ear to determine the role of glutamate receptors in hearing loss”

small stuff: literal day-to-day tasks, every software and hardware you worked with, any particularly successful moments

basically, walk through a typical day or week in this role and list out every single thing you have to do, even the grunt work.

ex. “used redcap to administer neuropsychological batteries and collect biological data”

ex. “designed and implemented a novel article format that yielded a 10% increase in audience retention”

if you still have access to the original job posting or a corporate description of responsibilities for your role, pull that up and see how much you can paraphrase from it

no duty is too stupid rn. did you google weather forecasts for your boss every week? write it down. you can make it fancy or choose to delete it later

step 3:

fancify this shit

rewrite your bullet points from step 2 with better jargon. tell your employers what you did in a concise yet assertive manner

it helps to break down each point into its most basic components, which you can then generalize or rephrase

ex. “googled weather forecasts” might become “compiled weekly reports on changing data points to assess weather trends over time”

use action words. you can find resources all over the internet for this, but if you’re still struggling, shoot me an ask and i’ll link some of the resources i’ve used myself

caution: you don’t want to sound like you used a thesaurus on every word. make sure you aren’t obscuring the meaning of your bullet points. “googled weather forecasts” should not become “utilized online databases to assemble weekly communications on meteorological variations”

start thinking about how your responsibilities for each entry relate to a) what skills you want to showcase and b) what the employer wants from you. does the employer want you to demonstrate familiarity with online databases, or does the employer want you to demonstrate familiarity with weather forecasts? your bullet point for “googled the weather” will change depending on the answer to these questions

step 4:

look at the big picture

you probably have a metric buttload of bullet points for each entry. now you need to cut that down to what’s relevant. think about which bullets are most impressive, noteworthy, and descriptive of each entry

aim for 3-5 bullet points. any less than that and you have to ask why you’re including that entry. any more than that and the employer’s eyes will glaze over

try to combine bullet points

ex. “identify content and write articles when necessary,” “maintain a pool of freelancers,” and “identify key graphics and maintain tagging structure when uploading articles” all involve the process of creating an article, so they can be combined into: “identify content, assign stories to freelancers, write articles when necessary, and upload with appropriate graphics and tags”

start thinking about tailoring your word choices and bullet points to what the employer is looking for

if you can, pull up the job posting or a sample resume for the job you’re applying to and compare your resume to it. are you using similar language? are you demonstrating similar skills?

jobhero.com is a lifesaver

finally, eliminate redundancy in your resume, both in every individual entry and in the resume as a whole. if a skill can be demonstrated by multiple entries, you only need to list it once

kill your darlings! it may sound harsh, but the things that seem super impressive to you probably won’t even be a blip on the employer’s radar. “but saying i made coffee runs shows i’m dependable and a team player!” the employer isn’t looking that deep, my dude. you can showcase your dependability in your cover letter or your interview

you should redo steps 3 and 4 several times, soliciting feedback from your parents, peers, career center, etc each time

step 5:

add the Other Stuff

education

typically, you should only include institutions for the highest level of education you’ve attended. (undergrad and grad school both count as college for this purpose)

there are exceptions to this, depending on how long you’ve spent at a higher level of education, whether your alma mater will earn you brownie points, whether you had genuinely impressive accomplishments earlier in your life, etc.

once you hit, like, 2 years in college, you should try to get rid of high school achievements and showcase college achievements instead

list the school name, city + state, degree type (BA/MA/etc) and expected graduation date (even if it’s in the future), your major(s) + minor(s), and any related coursework (ie preprofessional tracks, specific courses related to the job). you can list your gpa if you feel it’s relevant, but i caution against doing this once you’ve graduated

ex. (where // indicates a new line) harvard university, boston, ma, may 2020 // bachelor of arts in cognitive neuroscience // minor: english: focus in creative writing // related coursework: pre-medicine, computer science 101 and 102 // gpa: 3.9/4.0 (dean’s list, all semesters)

skills

a list of items without descriptions. you can do a bulleted list or you can list the entries in paragraph form, separated by commas or bold bullets

hard skills: hardware, software, languages (spoken and programming), digital and communication platforms, social media proficiencies, other technologies and devices

ex. microsoft office suite, java, wordpress, slack, familiarity with ap and chicago style

soft skills: general qualities, buzzwords, personality traits

ex. leadership, conflict resolution, time management

certifications and awards

can be one section or two depending on how many of each you have

list each one on a separate bullet point

for each, write the certification or award, the institution that granted it, and the month and/or year you received it if relevant

publications

tbh i just cite my publications in the following format instead of following a style guide

lastname, firstname. “article or chapter title.” book title, publisher (aka company or website). publication date.

if you’re the sole author, you don’t need to list the author’s name

interlude: stretch the truth a bit. don’t lie about having experience or skills you don’t, but if you can reasonably google how to do something, boom! you’re proficient in it. if you worked with two team members who never pulled their weight? you just became the sole project lead. were you a beta reader for anime fanfiction back in the day? you’re a freelance editor, baby!

step 6:

now you have to organize all the entries from step 4

separate your entries into relevant sections. what’s relevant might change based on what you’re applying for

i’ve had, at various points in my life, some subset of the following sections: work experience, volunteer experience, leadership experience, research experience, writing experience, other relevant experience

list sections in order of descending importance

write all entries in reverse chronological order: start with the most recent and work your way backwards

write all bullet points in order of descending importance. unfortunately, i don’t have any quick tips on determining what’s important, but it helps to look at the job posting and see what matters to the employer

i tend to list big picture goals, then personal accomplishments (leadership skills, projects), then daily tasks

step 7:

format this shit

you can find resume templates online or in your word processor. templates serve as a good starting point, but i recommend creating your own format so you can edit and customize it with ease. this will probably involve a lot of fiddling with indentations, paragraph spacing, and moving things around

don’t go smaller than 10pt font

mess around with line and paragraph spacing to get the right balance of white space. if you’re curious about what i use, shoot me an ask and i’ll share my weirdly specific settings

keep an eye out for bullet points with orphan words (ie lines containing only 1-3 words) and get rid of them to streamline your resume

margins can be anywhere between 0.5″ and 1″

consistency is key! make sure each entry has the same kind of spacing. don’t use hyphens in one entry and en dashes in another

in the header, write your name, email, phone number, and address

interlude: save this version of your resume as your master resume. this gives you an unedited list of everything you ever did that you can now pick and choose from when you apply to jobs. update this list every 3-6 months.

step 8:

customize your resume for the job application

unless you’ve been in the industry for several years, your job-specific resume should be no more than 1 page

if you have more than 1 page: compare the job listing and your resume side by side and ask which entries demonstrate your capabilities most effectively, which bullet points are the punchiest, and if there’s any extraneous info

match each job requirement to one bullet point on your resume. then match each bullet point on your resume to a requirement in the listing. get rid of any bullet points that don’t meet either of those criteria. if multiple bullet points match the same job requirement, get rid of the extra bullet points

if you have significantly less than 1 page: see if you can add more bullet points or reformat your resume to introduce some more white space. a 2-column set-up is great for this, with section headers on the left and bullets on the right. do you have any hobbies you’re forgetting about? any soft skills you could add?

emulate the language of the job posting; use the same action words, the same soft skills

coda

your resume should work in tandem with your cover letter, but that’s a topic for another post. maybe in another 6 months i’ll write a post on that, too

always save your resume as a pdf! you don’t want your employer to have access to your metadata

if you made it through this whole post... i’m so sorry lmao but also thanks for sticking with me

let me know if you found this helpful or if this method scored you a job!

#studyblr #adulting #adulthood #job hunt #job applications #applying to jobs #resume #resume writing #studyspo #study blog #mine

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thestaffofgrayson · 6 years

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1-100 for the unusual asks, you meme lord

Mmmmkay so I cant help being sassy but also wanna give a real answer so we gonna do this -> Anything in parenthesis is a real answer everything else is sass central station

1) Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? Im a dank soundcloud rapper check out my soundcloud at nobodycares540.soundcloud.fuck (I dont really use any of em tbh)

2) is your room messy or clean? *glances over* clean (m e s s y)

3) what color are your eyes? All 16 of em are different colors actually (blue)

4) do you like your name? why? No because its not Jojo (Yes!!! Love the name Perrin gonna be honest)

5) what is your relationship status? *sets status to its complicated* you could say im a bit of a player (deathly single)

6) describe your personality in 3 words or less? Im sorry who? (Described meme lord)

7) what color hair do you have? Minecraft Steve Brown (Ver Ver Pink)

8) what kind of car do you drive? color? No I run like sonic next question (nope fuck driving fuck boulder)

9) where do you shop? Uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh (For what Next question)

10) how would you describe your style? Goku Black cosplay (Goku Black cosplay)

11) favorite social media account? The one with the Z U C C (Tumblr fuck snapchat)

12) what size bed do you have? Uuuummmmmmm my size OBVIOUSLY next questions (Dont know tbh queen maybe?)

13) any siblings? Little shit brother (thats not even a joke)

14) if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why? Why this world fuck you what about mars (uuuuhhhhhh no idea gonna be honest)

15) favorite snapchat filter? Oh man! Love this one altho its not well known what ya gotta do is hit the delete button and when it asks if youre sure say yes :D (they change so often I dont pay attention)

16) favorite makeup brand(s)? Whatever it is Genji uses as eyeliner (dooont wear makeup)

17) how many times a week do you shower? I get clean by rolling around in the snow so maybe like 3 times a year (depends usually once a day with exceptions)

18) favorite tv show? I dont watch tv I AM the tv (The Office or if its Anime then Jojos Bizarre Adventure)

19) shoe size? M Y S I Z E (size 10)

20) how tall are you? hOWs ThE wEaTHEr dOwnTHeRe (5′9 - 5′11 somewhere in there)

21) sandals or sneakers? Gadget Shoes (legit those are cool but sneakers)

22) do you go to the gym? I think theeessseeee muscles speak for themselves (nope but I do martial arts)

23) describe your dream date Killing all mortals and achieving a state beyond that of a god (iiiii dont know I dont really see myself going on a date)

24) how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment? Why do YOU wanna know (no really why tho)

25) what color socks are you wearing? Well I’m at home on the sofa playing sonic the hedgehog and typing up responses to an ask on tumblr that about 5 people are gonna see. That being said, Dragon Ball orange. (not wearing em but I have a fuzzy pair of polar bear socks my friend Ana sent me that I love!)

26) how many pillows do you sleep with? Wait what do you mean not everyone sleeps with 25 pillows are they mad? (One for my head, one on each side, smol pillow, pillow pet)

27) do you have a job? what do you do? I am assistant regional manager at a paper supply company named Dunder Mifflin. (Not currently but I’m gonna apply to Gamestop and Costco here soon)

28) how many friends do you have? Toooooooooooooo many I hate mortals (honestly I’m too lazy to try and count rn)

29) whats the worst thing you have ever done? Well I haven’t seen Mulan don’t call the cops (Iiiiiiii’m not sure I guess cheated on my Chinese final freshman year but hey I needed to pass that)

30) whats your favorite candle scent? V o i d (I dont use candles that much and I shooouuulld)

31) 3 favorite boy names Jo[seph] Jo[estar], Jo[taro Ku]jo, Jo[nathan] Jo[estar] (uuuuhhhh I like my name so it would be Perrin, Joji, Donovan)

32) 3 favorite girl names Jolyne Kujo there is no 2 and 3 (Jolyne yes I know but I actually really like the name, Perrin is also a girls name so, Milly)

33) favorite actor? Shrek from Shrek the musical (Robert Downey Jr and Chris pratt)

34) favorite actress? Taylor after she sasses me and acts like nothing happened (Millie Bobby Brown)

35) who is your celebrity crush? McCree (Matt Mercer)

36) favorite movie? UM IS THIS A QUESTION LIKE??? OBVIOUSLY THE SHREK AND BEE MOVIE CROSS OVER SHREK B: HONEY AND SWAMPS (I LOVED Black Panther and Thor Ragnarok but Secret Life of Walter Mitty’s stuck with me for a loooong time)

37) do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? I don’t read cuz I’m not a NERD (I mean actual books I don’t ask me about it another time but comics I sure do I love the Marvel Civil War storyline)

38) money or brains? They say Money can’t buy happiness but it can buy me more games! Eat that SUCKERS (Honestly brains because then you can be smart which can make you a lot of money. So many more benefits)

39) do you have a nickname? what is it? Perriushium, destroyer of life and bringer of the new age (Pey given to me by my brother when he was still a baby and couldn’t say my name)

40) how many times have you been to the hospital? Enough to be immune to every disease known to man NOW IM UNSTOPABLE MWAHAHA (none for any of my own conditions or injuries but for family stuff about twice)

41) top 10 favorite songs All Star, All Star, All Star, Chum Drum Bedrum, All Star, All Star, All Star, Never gonna give you up, All Star, All Star (Bloody Stream, Sono Chi no Sadame, Flying Battery Zone, Stardust Speedway, Stand Proud, Goku Black theme, Halo theme, The Apparition, Shovel Knight main theme, Hooked on a Feeling)

42) do you take any medications daily? I take a shot of cold hard whiskey when I get up (nope I dont have anything)

43) what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc) The largest organ of my body I’ll tell ya that much (I honestly dont know?? Smooth and soft I guess?)

44) what is your biggest fear? The Communists lol jk Communism is the only way (I’m not so sure on this one gonna be honest I do fear something I just cant think of it at the moment)

45) how many kids do you want? I mean I’m a 16 year old teenager in high school with no job and no relationship that being said 5 (NONE EVER NOPE 0 KIDS)

46) whats your go to hair style? Super Saiyan 3 (Idk I just kinda comb it to the left)

47) what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) All Star. Wait fuck wrong quest- (Two floor medium sized house)

48) who is your role model? Uuuuuuuuhhhhhh (uuuuuhhhhhhhhhh)

49) what was the last compliment you received? A like on my post we did it guys we hit one like so I’m here making this 1 like special (I was told that everytime my friend see’s my dyed hair it absolutely makes his day :D)

50) what was the last text you sent? Yeah that’ll be $5000 for the kill nice doing business with you (Maaaannny pictures of Genji Shimada)

51) how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real? WHAT SANTA ISNT REAL????!!!!!?!?!?! (It kinda faded over the years my last strands of belief were gone by 12)

52) what is your dream car? Odie’s car from Garfield Kart (The Mach 5 from speed racer there’s a street legal car look it up)

53) opinion on smoking? Jotaro does it so I do it too (PSA: Smoking doesn’t make you cool or look cool you’re just killng your lungs. I won’t try and make you stop as long as you’re aware I don’t want you smoking around me and you understand the consequences)

54) do you go to college? After that SAT I meeeaaaaannnn McDonalds might be hiring (I’m still in High School but I want to)

55) what is your dream job? To stand in a corner for 8 hours with a lamp shade over my head and make a clicking sound every so often (I would like to be able to draw, animate, design and/or play games for a living. Achievement Hunter would be a fantastic job but I doubt that’s happening)

56) would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? I wanna live in a cloud In the sky and abduct people to harvest their DNA and make clones which I can fight to the death with (eh somewhere quiet and disconnected from people tbh)

57) do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? They fetch pretty high prices on eBay you’d be surprised (Nope I dont use them at all I bring my own and take my own)

58) do you have freckles? My face is a giant freckle little known fact (not really thank god I would look real bad with em)

59) do you smile for pictures? *leans in* I’m gonna let ya in on a secret kid. I wait until the photographer is just about to take the picture and then I hold a middle finger over my face to block the proper shot. Do it enough times then they’ll be payin YOU to get the picture done (I do but I only open my mouth slightly)

60) how many pictures do you have on your phone? They’re all of people I’ve killed because they showed me a stale meme dont worry about it (960 exactly and they’re all either memes, fan-art, or my cute friends)

61) have you ever peed in the woods? Ew no I don’t go outdoors thanks (Yep once on a school field trip in which we hiked to the top of a mountain it was fun)

62) do you still watch cartoons? Well I mean SOME ONE spoiled my belief in Santa earlier so I’m a bit too old for that now. I have a boring desk job thanks LAZLO (I do spongebob is really funny to me still and I LOVE the original Teen Titans)

63) do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds? McWendy’s next question (I dont eat either so)

64) Favorite dipping sauce? Drip dip dip I’m boutta rip please i want to die (I dont use dipping sauce either call me a heathen all you want)

65) what do you wear to bed? Well I take off the clothes I wore for the day, take off my earring, ring, necklace, eyes, hair, 3 layers of skin, and call it a night (Pajamas mostly and sometimes sweatpants)

66) have you ever won a spelling bee? *Obligatory Bee Movie Joke* (I’ve never even heard of a spelling bee in any of the schools I’ve been to)

67) what are your hobbies? Well I like to kill all mortals #ZamasuWasRight (I enjoy martial arts, drawing, video games, game design, and walking around my house with nothing to do)

68) can you draw? UH BOI YOU DONT KNOW WHAT ART IS UNTIL YOUVE SEEN A SHITTY JOJO DRAWING OF MINE (I mean yeah but not well)

69) do you play an instrument? Electric Triangle (Actually, I play the Violin but not super well)

70) what was the last concert you saw? SORRY WHAT I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE CONCERT (I’ve never been to one that seems like the opposite of fun for me personally I hate hyper loud music, people, and crowds)

71) tea or coffee? Coftea next question (tea. I don’t drink caffeine if i can help it)

72) Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? I need my sugar sonic rings (Again, Don’t drink caffeine)

73) do you want to get married? I’m already getting married. MARRIED TO THE LIFE OF CRIME THAT IS UP TOP (I mean I would like to one day)

74) what is your crush’s first and last initial? My Self (I don’t have anyone I’m crushing on)

75) are you going to change your last name when you get married? What’s crimes last name? Smigglesworth? (If my partners last name is something with an S cuz then I can be PJS)

76) what color looks best on you? You know the color mario turns when he uses the super star? T-that (Pink and Black)

77) do you miss anyone right now? PPFFFFFT NOOOOO WHATS A FEEL *CRIES* THOSE ARENT TEARS ITS JUST SWEAT IVE ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS OKAY (I miss all my internet friends :( *cries*)

78) do you sleep with your door open or closed? It is neither open nor closed it is in a hyper dimensional state between open and closed in which no mortal can enter or exit but also cannot be blocked from passage (clooossed because otherwise the cats are gonna kill my fish)

79) do you believe in ghosts? I mean how else would I make a long and successful career as a ghost buster (I do!)

80) what is your biggest pet peeve? My pet, Peeve! Biggest one I know! (depends on for what tbh the other day a guest speaker was talking to the class and this kid was playing music in his headphones really really loud and it pissed me off)

81) last person you called? Called what? Called them a nerd? A good bean? A meme? MAKE MORE SENSE YOU ******* **** *** ******** (Well according to my phone, the name listed is “Mom”)

82) favorite ice cream flavor? I’ll ice your cream if you’re not careful (Vanilla with chocolate syrup mixed together is hella everyone GO TRY IT)

83) regular oreos or golden oreos? The fuck is a golden oreo?? (No seriously, what the actual is a golden oreo)

84) chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? *mario invincible star song plays as I flash color and dash down rainbow road* I’ll have to think about it (rainboooowww!)

85) what shirt are you wearing? Well I…. You see… The thing is…. excuse me for one second (yeah I can’t think of sass to this one but my favorite shirt! Sonic mania that my friend Tasha bought for me and I love it!!!)

86) what is your phone background? RYUJIN NO KEN WO KURAE!! “What do you think of this color? Is it not beautiful?” If you dont know those HOW DARE YOU LEARN THEM AND WE ARE WATCHING DRAGON BALL (Genji lock screen and Goku Black home screen)

87) are you outgoing or shy? Does THIS answer your question >:D (Outgoing when I want to be, but I’m antisocial so it’s like I CAN be outgoing and personable but it’s highly on my terms ya feel?)

88) do you like it when people play with your hair? My hair is a pride to my race the Saiyans hair is a sacred thing I will advise you not to touch it (YYYEEESSSS I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT BUT THAT HARDLY EVER HAPPENS)

89) do you like your neighbors? …..the what? Never heard of it before is that a type of appliance? (I mean they’re chill we don’t interact a lot which I’m cool with)

90) do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? Nothin can cure this ugly face fest of spring 2018 (I use face wash when I shower which is typically right after school not sure why it matters but there ya go :V)

91) have you ever been high? “I’m high on LIFE maaaannn” -Incorrect Shaggy quotes (N o p e never have don’t plan on it)

92) have you ever been drunk? shots ShotS SHOTS SHOTSSHOTSHOTS (nope but I will one day maybe in College years)

93) last thing you ate? The shattering realization that my friends will keep saying OWO to me every chance they get (Pancakes! asked for french toast but I loooove the breakfast food so no complaints)

94) favorite lyrics right now someBODY Once Told Me The World Is Gonna Roll Me… (The lyrics to Bloody Stream dude it’s a g r e a t op)

95) summer or winter? Sorry I’m on Mars weather its ZXAR right now (eeehhhh winter cuz then I have an excuse to be inside and it’s also the ski season)

96) day or night? I am the darkness. I am the night. I am BATMAN (Night honestly I’m a fan of the darkness)

97) dark, milk, or white chocolate? Plllleeeeaaase its like asking if you’re heart is pure of evil or not. Dark Chocolate is a sin (Milk chocolate is the best chocolate fight me on that)

98) favorite month? See, some may argue for their birthday months, christmas, new beginnings to the year, but I say there’s only ONE spooky time :3 (Altho I’m one of the fools that’s gonna have to go with March because it usually has my favorite kind of weather for where I live)

99) what is your zodiac sign I refuse to go by Zodiac signs until Ted Cruz is proven to be the Zodiac Kill————–”OLD MEME ALERT THIS IS THE MEME POLICE” “I AINT GOIN BACK TO JAIL” (Cancer! I wear a necklace of my sign all the time fun fact for ya)

100) who was the last person you cried in front of? Me after writing all these (Don’t know actually I try not to cry in front of people ever)

#Perrin answers #Thanks for the ask!#About me

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Episode 10 | “Calm before the storm” - Amir

so jordan pines went home, and im at peace. he was acting in a way to actively be detrimental to my game, and he also was bringing this kind of toxic energy to the game that i'm very much glad to see go. i also have... never felt such fear as when jordan called me out of the blue yesterday KJHASDFJKLASLKJFAS also i kinda wanna write an apology to kendall here? i made this whole ramble at tribal about how we shouldn't make this game personal, but i've also talked about how i dont like her energy and this kind of stuff, and i just wanna apologise? i think i had mega-preconceptions of her and just because we dont always 100% click as people doesnt give me any excuse to be rude! im gonna do better, that's the mission. moving forwards, me and tj squashed our beef which is fun. apparently people think i leaked that lovelis was the vote to him which JKASDLFAS hello?! i sure did not. also i wonder who leaked to jordan that he was the vote? i kind of assume someone told tj, who told jordan? jake suggested devon which i could see. i think this round jake is going to want duncan gone, but i think i want augusto gone? i think amir is a beauty who i want around because we are winners and i also? really like amir on a personal level. and then kendall is sweet, and also i think less threatening, while i could see augusto being able to continue to wriggle through which is scary. anyway so: who i'd vote as a juror: autumn > jake > amir > devon > augusto > duncan > kendall > adam > tj ideal bootlist: augusto > duncan > tj > kendall > amir > autumn > f4: me/adam/devon/jake I LOVE Autumn with my entire soul by the way, but I also do think its becoming apparent that I... would be a complete clown to go to the end with her... but i also do not think i can vote her out, so i hope someone else does...anyway we will see hehe

Jordan Pines really left… I’m gagged! A whole lot of buffoonery went down during the last few hours and I felt like I had to talk MULTIPLE people off a ledge when it came to flipping. Devon for whatever reason wanted to use his double vote and get out Duncan or TJ but imo, those are very easy votes and we need to save the double vote for something that packs a punch. Adam told me if we should join Jordan in his plan to vote Duncan (which Jordan never told me about so I didn’t want to make it anyway) but I told Adam that if Jordan stays, he’ll go on a revenge rampage and who would be able to stop him. Not only that, but I know Adam and Autumn are close so I told him that we need to build more allies/connections so keeping Jordan could alienate people from working with us like Autumn. Even with Kendall, she did not want to do it for most of the round but as sis had to put his foot DOWN with all these people because Jordan leaving really helps me. I feel I did good also at getting TJ to really trust me? I let him know that he could be receiving votes and that Jordan’s name was out there and we really connected on being scapegoated by the others that round which helped. It’s interesting xoxo

Amir and I were talking about being scared of making match ups for this immunity and then I was starting to think about the tribe dynamics and who might be working with who. Side 1: me, Amir, Kendall (Devon lowkey) Side 2: Autumn, Ali, Adam, Jakey (?) Loose ends: Duncan (tighter with Autumn and possibly Jakey), TJ (tighter with Devon, Kendall, and myself) Am I perfectly right? Probably not but that’s just what I’m observing tbh. I do feel good that my connections to certain individuals (Devon, Jakey, Autumn, TJ, Adam) might be pretty strong which is cute! What I see happening is that Duncan leaves this vote (which is what I really really want), Ali or Kendall next vote (Ali is THE move I want to make because he and I are playing similar and he scares me. It would only be done if me/Kendall/Amir/Devon + his extra vote make it happen. I can see Kendall leaving since there would be big Beauty numbers still in the game which I get. I don’t wanna see her leave because I adore her but in a way, maybe it’d be good for my game idk?), and after that Autumn leaving would be KEY. After that, it’d be me/Amir/Devon/Adam/TJ/Jakey I think? And I don’t feel bad about that in the slightest. I’m getting ahead of myself but I’m a Virgo Sun AND Rising, it’s what I do ghfjdksl

It’s like 1 AM and I’m bored but I’ve been in so many alliances for some reason ghfjdks OG Hathor: Bringing Sexy Back (me, Amir, Kendall, Connor), Leaning Tower of Penis that is also french (me, Amir, AJ, Connor, Kendall), Quadruple A Batteries (me, Amir, AJ, Adam), and The Soviet Oreo Cheesecakes (me, Kendall, Austin). NuThoth: Thots R Us (me, Amir, Kendall, Jakey, Scott), Beauty/Brain Sandwich (me, Amir, Devon), Sexy Procrastinators (me, Kendall, Amir, AJ), and Hehehehe (me, Amir, Kendall, Scott). Merge: dumb betches (me, Amir, Kendall), Beauty/Brain Sandwich (me, Amir, Devon), real riders (me, Amir, Devon, Autumn) Not to mention the one on one alliances I have too (me/Jakey, me/Devon, me/Amir, me/Kendall, me/Autumn [ish], me/Adam [ish], me/TJ [ish]) like I-

me after that entire round https://twitter.com/TheMemesArchive/status/1248726674440695809?s=20 I had to take a day off Skype just to process but now that I'm back? Let me just say that was a masterpiece and some of my finest work. I really orchestrated Jordan Pines' demise from start to finish without getting a vote or an idol played a round BEFORE an all flash game round. I love that he said we've been planning this for a long time and I just wanna clarify. I ALWAYS wanted Jordan Pines out, I just never thought he would play into my hand that fucking early lmaaaaooo. The tea is I just wanted Jordan or TJ to be captain because they've been sitting on their asses all game and have never had to actually work to not be targeted or god forbid earn being in a good spot. Like the winners are awake, the POC's are awake, Devon's been to 50 tribals so he's awake, Jake almost died so he's awake, and Kendall knows she's on borrowed time so she's awake. Miss Jordan and TJ however? They're just along for the ride and I'm sorry if I'm not trying to carry anyone to Final 4 just so I get 4th. But no I had no idea that me organizing the captain thing would set it all off but here we are. These boys really thought y'all- they really thought they did something by choosing the bottom half of the list and hanging me and Duncan high and dry in the process wouldn't mean the end of that alliance. Oh OF COURSE it's the end and it gave me permission to now movely free about the cabin. That Jordan vote was airtight for 21 hours, got leaked, and still worked so know that I will be coming to collect my flowers when this is all over. AND it gets better because soooo many people told on themselves leading up to that vote. Between Duncan snatching immunity from Augusto after agreeing to vote Jordan and then pressuring Devon to vote Jordan in the final minute to Jordan going ballistic on the whole cast and people wanting him out just to have peace again, I have never been prouder of my gameplay lmao. I really turned on an alliance but got the allies to piss a bunch a people off in the process, which sealed the fate of Jordan, Duncan, and eventually TJ. I pushed one whole domino y'all and it done set the course of the ENTIRE merge I'm screaming God is really that good. Like all the men losing trust amongst each other?? Ugh it's glorious. Adam mad at Duncan for lying to his face and pretending that he never wanted Adam out. Amir mad at Duncan for never telling him about that alliance in the first place. Augusto mad at Duncan for snatching immunity all over Jordan just for it to get snatched from Jordan anyway. Jordan mad at Amir, Duncan, Ali, and the whole motley crew because "they were supposed to be friends." Devon and Jakey mad and want each other out because Jakey is onto Devon and they each want TJ to themselves. And I'm over here playing Veronica Mars trying to figure out who the rat is. WHEN I SAY I CANNOT MAKE ANY OF THIS UP But if there's one thing we can all agree on is that it's time for Duncan to go lmao I am getting NO votes in the end I love it. Literally name an ally I won't kill https://twitter.com/TheMemesArchive/status/1248726674440695809?s=20

heyo so... im having a kind of upsetting realisation right now, which is that i think i'm setting myself up for a path that ends in me being a losing finalist. autumn is legit the love of my life, but rn my game is too autumn-centric, and then my information is like a one way tunnel to jake. SO i need to turn my game around, because even tho i think i can get away with my lesser game presence so far as a winner, i cant keep coasting. i think at f9 i can ramp it up, i need to use f10 to set myself up. i think adam/devon are going to be crucial to my game and my differentiation from jake. i am gonna make moves that go against his agenda, because i know i can. i have idols to force through what i want to happen, so its time i get that done. goal bootlist: duncan > augusto > tj > kendall > autumn (!!) > amir > f4: me/jake/devon/adam and i boot out whoever is the biggest jury threat

BY JOVE I HAVE DONE IT I HAVE TURNED ALL MY FEELINGS INTO MEMES!!!!!!!!! PUT LEAST TRUST WORTHY PERSON IN THE GAME? MEME HAVING TO VOTE OUT MY OLDEST TUMBLR SURVIVOR FRIEND? MEME SPILLING TO SAID TUMBLR SURVIVOR FRIEND THEY WERE GOING? MEEMEEEEEEEE PUT IN A CHAT IN ORDER TO SAVE TUMBLR SURVIVOR FRIEND AND ACTIVELY CHOOSING NOT TO SAVE HIM? MEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PERSONAL ISSUES??? MEEMEEE THAT'S RIGHT NO LONGER DO I HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CRY OR SMILE OR CRY AGAIN IT IS ALL MEMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AJKDFADFJKSFADJKSKJDSDKSFMNVNVANFKKAVNNKVN MY SANITY IS GONE AND SO IS MY FEELINGS!!!!!!!! ALL HAIL OUR DEAD SAVIOR JORDAN PINES HAILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL This confessional was brought to you by Alcohol, Alcohol giving the support your family refuses to provide for you.

Well well well....Going from 16th place on a unanimous vote to a guaranteed spot in the final 9 feels pretty nice. I've been able to leverage my double vote as a source of trust to others, and this could be the round in which I send out Duncan from this game. So ironic that he's the one on the bottom after all this time. I feel like I'm in a strong position in this game, but I'm playing with fire: - 2 person alliance between me/Kendall - 3 person alliance between me/Amir/Augusto - 2 person alliance between me/Ali - 2 person alliance between me/Adam - 4 person alliance between me/Amir/Augusto/Autumn - 2 person alliance between me/TJ This basically leaves my options past this round to Jake or a blindside.

oh unkie dunkie. oh unkie dunkie. everytime we play together you underestimate me, and for what. literally duncan is pulling a jordan and trying to pull in the beauties as like.. one round numbers... like did you not see with jordan that that does not work hello? the beauties have brains and can see you are just trying to pull them in for a single vote like make it make sense. so duncan is gone tonight and im at peace. and then moving forwards i want adam around for the LONG HAUL. we had a great talk today and he is so fun!! i feel bad because i lied about the idol but hopefully i'll play it in a mutually beneficial way. i think a good f3 would be me/adam/devon? so the plan is bootlist: kendall > augusto > tj > autumn (!!) > amir > f4: me/adam/devon/jake (i think?) but getting jake to vote tj will be hard. but having all three winners at f6 would be PERF for me.

ok hello confessional time, ive been trying to cut back to like 1 confessional a round to make sure i dont just ramble on and on and keep the tea as organized as possible because things switch like a dime in this game, so to start, i think last thing i mentioned was how jordan was probably going home, even though i had told him to start a campaign against duncan, which he did and then i ended up not going with it hsfkdj love my mind, the bipolar TRULY jumped out.... however hehe now that jordan is gone, and since a lot of people already wanted duncan out, that could very well be the move this round. Devon is immune which is good for him, decent for me, i did NOT want immunity this round because i had it last time and 2 in a row wouldve put a target on my back considering i still have the challenge advantage from the auction and at this point everyone knows about it, so i made a really big risk throwing this immunity because of that and also because of how the challenge was set up, where if you won a round, you have to single out 2 people to be next, which would put an unnessecary target on my back and i still am trying to recover from my dumb lie, so it's about picking and choosing your battles, and after last round where someone went home solely based on shady immunity choices, i want no part in that! I'm also ABSOLUTELY trying to get my foot in everyone's kitchens serving you rachel ray teas, so that would expose who i do and dont really trust (which is pretty much no one ahkdsf), but devon winning is ok because i think he's with me (but idk i wanna trust him/autumn but im also well aware they're both kinda running around trying to play everyone a bit, so ill keep that in mind for future rounds) and now i just have to hope im not the target this vote, but i dont think i am unless people are even better than me at being fake the only person who picked on me in the challenge was amir which he asked me beforehand and i didnt wanna win so i gave him my permission, and now that it's almost vote time, things have got a little hectic, apparently duncan is trying to go around and tell people to split the vote between the 3 beautys besides me.....BUT THEN HE'S GOING TO THE 3 BEAUTYS PROPOSING TO THEM TO VOTE WITH THEM TO TAKE OUT ME OR ALI?? Duncan, strike 1 was throwing my name out 2 rounds ago, strike 2 was lying right to my face when i asked you about it, and now this mutiny you're trying to lead is strike 3. luckily for me i stopped being petty with the beautys and we're all kinda good again at least to me, so im hoping theyre not playing me since they spilled the tea to me all individually and duncan will be the only one blindsided tonight :) (love you as a person asdfh but game wise, get outta town!) also had some calls today, apparently people are starting to see me/ali as a duo....which while i do genuinely like ali as a person and i do trust him a little more than others, that could mean trouble for me down the line so ive gotta start causing doubt with people about that somehow, also me and jake spoke for the first time on call in years and...... i wanna be able to say that went good like i was making some jokes and laughs here and there and he mentioned he was making progress on the merge idol to me which kinda caught me off guard but he says he doesnt have it so we'll see.... also he seemed a little reserved, so im either a nutjob and being paranoid for no reason, or he's still got a grudge against me and ill have to deal with that at some point. But now is not that time yet, he did confirm to me devon has told other people about his extra vote which is funny because he told me it was just me who knew and has always been saying like "our extra vote" implying it's me and him 100% in it so consider yourself CLOCKEDT on that fib sir, unless youre lying to others and telling me the truth then carry on afshdkj also everyone is kinda figuring out how autumn is in good with everyone, and while i do want to trust her, it makes me nervous how close she is to jake because if those two together come for me..... i could be oop'ing my way right to the jury ... autumn is just giving me like kim one world vibes and im not trying to be her sabrina thompson even if i can trust her. I will have to make a move against her too eventually, hopefully im just around long enough for that to happen but anywho.... hopefully duncan goes tonight, im hearing he's just been saying me to people so i play my idol WHICH AGAIN I DONT HAVE. IS THIS HOW ELIZA FELT BECAUSE I SWEAR ITS JUST A FUCKING STICK IS WHAT I HAVE AT THIS POINT ....and if anyone but duncan goes ill most likely be soon to follow

Alright, so Damage Control TJ has been doing some work. Has it been perfect? Not even close. However, I think I've made some ground. So I started by having an open conversation with Duncan/Autumn in our chat with Jordan (I already miss you being here) and then with Ali who I think all had their suspicions of me after that last tribal. Can't blame them, but I used that time to hopefully get the target away from this next round and at least get a little footing. Then, last night I had calls with Devon, Augusto, and Kendall. They all agreed that the two biggest threats in this game are Ali and Autumn, which I'm so glad people understand this. So I think I've done a decent amount to connect with those two moreso than I had before (Devon and I were always close). And then I talked to Amir today, we talked for over an hour, and I genuinely cannot believe how much on the same page that we are on. Maybe I'm just being very optimistic about the convo, but I think I have another avenue that I could easily pursue at this rate. He basically made it known that he is close to Augusto and not as much Kendall (the exact quote was "I'm being put into a trio with the other two, but I'm not close to Kendall"... so like... yeah...), but even better he suggested a group of four between me, Devon, him, and Augusto which I think makes a lot of sense. It doesn't include my closest ally of Jakey, which probably is good because it gives me a couple roads to pursue, and it allows me to go after the two people who need to go in this game between Ali and Autumn (or else they would easily be two time champs). Yes, I know Amir is a champ too, and I will do something about that a little later, but for now I think this might be a good move to work with. So after this Duncan vote, I think I can make a move against Ali/Autumn (probably Ali by the sounds of it) and have some numbers that I don't become a target. But the question lies in where these idols are and how they will affect the next round or two.

duncan is so funny thinking he is gonna pull off this 4-3-3 blindside to send me packing... like it doesn't make sense or add up KJLSADFDAS. i'm kinda getting a rush and also getting votes is very good news for me because i was one of two who hadn't got votes yet hehe.

well.. provided i live through this 4-3-3 vote i should be set to make f9!! i just want to say how much of a king amir is, i had so many preconceptions of him and im so glad i could work through them. i think i want to go to f5 with amir/adam/devon/jake... they are five people who have been straight up with me and who i feel good about having in the endgame. autumn is the literal love of my life, but from talking to adam today, its clear autumn in the endgame is like kim spradlin. legit every single person trusts her and i'd be a clown to have her at the end even tho it breaks my heart. i would like to see duncan, kendall and tj as next three boots for sure. duncan is legit trying to blindside me so he needs to go ASAP jsakdfa. next up kendall, i kinda want a beauty gone so that their group is less threatening, because if i want someone like amir in endgame, i need one of the others gone. then tj because he is a loose end to me, plus he is gonna be a jury threat i just FEEL IT in my bones. but this all relies on me getting through this vote and who knows if that is gonna happen KJSDAF

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Okay quick early round confessional, I kinda am like mind jumbled right now. Ali - Autumn - Jakey Ali - Autumn - Adam Tj - Devon Me - Kendall - Augusto - (Devon??) Me - Augusto - Devon Duncan - (on his own) Everyone wants duncan out, and like even I can’t trust him. He still is being fake to my face about most game facts and alliance, but he’s someone that would go after Ali, so I don’t want him to go, but it might be better to stay the course. I love him but this is what has 2 happen and It’s another round when me kendall and Augusto survive when we weren’t even suppose to survive one. Then Kendall is still a meat shield because she will get targeted first, but I want her to stay as long as I can keep her and I’m lucky I even got to keep her this far. If duncan and Kendall are the next to go, which like I hope it’s not but this may be what happens, then at the 8 me Augusto devon, his double vote and I more person can pull a move on Ali. It’s just going to depend who people are more scared of, me or Ali

Ali is literally Going to win this game 2 idols, an idol block, adam’s loyalty, autumn’s loyalty, jakey’s loyalty, secretly a comp beast, British accent, hes so likable He has all the tools of a winner And he downplays it so hard

I am trying so damn hard to stay alert in this game But honestly I keep feeling like Ali or autumn will strike I don’t think it’ll be this round But next round, I think I’m going to try and make a move It’s time Me Augusto devon tj and double vote or me Augusto devon kendall double vote Don’t know if I can’t trust devon and tj Well we need devon’s double vote And I need jakey to be okay with it cuz if he tips Ali off, I’m gonna go it’s risky af But like we can’t just keep letting him win so Gotta make a move I’m thinking about if it’s better to let kendall go first To help Jakey devon and tj to feel better about it and ease them into it Because Augusto can work tj, we can both work devon, and I can secretly work jakey but jakey is a control freak and might tell Ali to play the idol but I’m gonna trust him This game a is a personal prison I am in mental torment If Augusto and I do this Ali plan for the next round after duncan goes this round And it leaks, it’s over for me But people were gonna come for me anyway So we should try this round is the calm before the storm cuz everyone is doing duncan Next round W A A A A A R

I just tried so fucking hard To get jakey on board with blindsiding Ali next round If he tells Ali to play an idol, well! Good luck Charlie (I’m Charlie) He is talking about getting everyone in the game to split the vote on me and Kendall, and then me kendal him and Augusto will vote Ali or adam. So I agreed, and went and ratted him out to adam autumn and Ali, cuz I knew they weren’t gonna agree with Duncan’s plan so it was not actually applicable, so I have no choice but keep the course, and now Ali and autumn and adam trust me more, Duncan is gonna be mad, but he played himself into a corner. He lied to me about his alliance, and has always had different motives since he asked to work with me at the start, rip king, I feel so bad cuz he’s actually a really really cool person, but he’s about to get a rude game awakening

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11 questions meme

Ok so i got tagged by @the-mirador for this who thought up questions that frankly i am not clever enough to answer today because my brain is literally soup. so forgive me for incoherency, here goes haha 1. Is there a trope you really like in theory but really hate/find unsatisfying when it’s actually executed? um, well i like villain winning as a trope but in a super specific way in that the villain needs to be the protagonist otherwise it's just a mess of "I don't want this" angst. and that's really rare. 2. What’s one song that immediately brings you back to your childhood? Anything by steps, s club 7 and the spice girls. pure distilled childhood right there 3. What’s the weirdest food preference you have? Dry/plain food. Don't like gravy over things that were not cooked in it, not the hugest fan of additional sauces etc. And i always eat my cereal dry. 4. What is one book-to-movie adaptation you’d love to see but will probably never happen? id rather people stopped adapting books that they do shittily than get a dream book adapted. but um, good omens appears to be getting a very nicely casted (so far) tv series so I'm good for now 5. Which article of clothing do you have that makes you feel most comfortable about yourself? i like my various nerdy hoodies but these days i mostly wear work clothes sadly 6. Analog or digital clocks? Digital. The ticking drives me crazy because I'm not used to it when i go home and try and sleep in a room with my various childhood clocks. I had to take the batteries out of all of them. 7. Do you tend to prioritize individual desires over community needs, or vice versa? sometimes i am selfish but most of the time i care much more about other people than i do myself. if this is about political views, then community needs every time. Idm paying tax that helps others. 8. What’s one work of fiction that really sums up your philosophy/outlook on life? oh god. um. the very hungry caterpillar. i too have the urge to eat everything in the world. but for real idk at all 9. What’s the most recent factoid you learned that absolutely blew your mind? all facts i have ever known have left my brain. I've been sat here five minutes. perhaps i knew a fact once. 10. If you could recover one lost artifact/manuscript/etc. from history, which would it be? i can't even remember facts, you think i can pick an artifact i want back?? (I'm so sorry haha these are great questions i am just Bad) 11. If there was one class you could add to the standard student’s schedule, which would it be? It depends on the sort of student. and where the classes are. UK school is very different to American school which in themselves are different to most European schools afaik. More actual world history would be nice, we did a little but not enough. Rather than adding an extra class can i use my vote to stop people complaining about being taught "useless maths" like calculus etc? just because you don't use it doesn't mean it's useless :/ thanks for the tag, sorry for these non-answers. I would make my own questions and tag someone but rn laying my head on my desk and dreaming of hometime sounds like a better plan

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Ideas for publications on a screw driver

Screw Driver:

1. Publication on the various colours of screw driver handles

2. The multipurpose handles that some screw drivers have

3. The was in which an artist arranged screw driver heads to resemble a galaxy and astronomy exhibition.

4. How the term Philips screw driver originated

5. How the development of screw drivers lead to the creation of a drill with a screw driver head

6. How screw drivers have an infinite number of screws to potentially un screw and how this is one of the few unfathomable abundances of the 21st century.

7. How the queen once used a master craft screw driver to un-screw the battery compartment of her double XL vibrator tm.

8. How if it wasn’t for screws there would be no screw drivers, and the relationship and dependency the two have on eachother

9. Another artwork whereby screw drivers are assembled and arranged from smallest to biggest until there is a screw driver so huge that a crane had to lift it out the building and the person that bought the artworks foreman miscalculated the weight and the giant screw driver fell and crashed over his entire archive of art and the market went befok because he owned like every Monet work ever and now there was only one left and everyone was selling every work they owned so that at the Monet auction they could buy the work but then everyone realized that no one actually cares about money and there is no actual point in owning this work unless youre a fucking bank that wants to rule the world.

10. How many times through the course of history a screw driver has been used as a murder weapn vs a sex toy (Youd be surdpised)

11. How the misuse of a screw driver can lead to fucking the thread and head of a screw thus rendering you a dom poes

12. How we can create edible screws that can be used to keep burger patties in buns and hot dogs and food like that in oone piece

13. How a screw driver is gender less but very phallic 14. How screw drivers were invented under the likes of white male supremacy and should be turned against white men and used as objects to reconcile the frailness of masculinity and used to tickle every mans anus because that way men will respect the penetrative nature of heterosexual sex and how a protruding object entering a body part is actually fucking intense and scary.

15. How screw drivers are always straight and never really bent

16. How without screw drivers we would have to replace screws with nuts and bolts and things would probably be allot firmer and more ridged. Then again people would also start using rivets more and that would be fucking annoying

17. How there are tiny screws in mechanical objects but somehow every living thing is linked by some chemical/flesh bond that no body probably actually understands.

18. How accountants hate screw drivers because using one would entail them actually having to engage a part of their brain that requires them to manipulate a physical object and not just some virtual, completely made made and quantitative system that has no real physical entity except for the odd paper/note or coin form.

19. How for every Christmas and birthday for as long as I can remember my granny has bought my dad a set of screw drivers. This shit is truu!

20. How the world would explode if all the screw drivers in the world suddenly vanished but all screws stayed the same

21. How there are so many expensive and cheap screw drivers and the guide to purchasing the right screw driver for you

22. How there is a substantial amount of screw driver porn on the internet

23. How when I typed in screw driver porn there was a link that said screw driver defloration and when I googled the term defloration the dictionary definition “the taking of a woman’s virginity” note TAKING not giving and WOMAN not girl. Wow wtf why are there so many things that make me sad rn…

24. How alan keys are strating to overrun screw drivers and replaceing screws 25. How screw drivers could be used by galactic forces uknown to man but still use screws to hold their sips together

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Ask D'Mine: Sleazy Advertising, Insulin Embarrassment

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Ask D'Mine: Sleazy Advertising, Insulin Embarrassment

Welcome back to our spankin' new diabetes advice column, Ask D'Mine. We just kicked off this series last week, and we're already getting lots of queries — so thank you, Curious PWDs! As a reminder:

This is a place to send all your quirky or potentially embarrassing questions, behind-the-scenes curiosities, lifestyle queries, or even ethical dilemmas related to life with the Big D.

"Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at [email protected]"

And now, to your host, veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois:

Frank from Arkansas, a type 2, asks: I saw on TV that there is some sort of meter that can check your blood sugar without poking your finger. Is this for real? I pray so! Poking my finger hurts so much I hate to test!

Wil @Ask D'Mine answers:Sorry. You're the victim of sleazy advertising. The dream of "non invasive testing" has cast dozens companies onto the rocks of bankruptcy. Testing blood sugar while leaving the skin intact, while theoretically possible, is proving darn tricky. Bottom line, today there's no meter available that doesn't require poking a hole in your epidermis.

So what about the ad you saw? Well, it's a half-truth. You don't have to tear a hole in your finger. Instead, you have to tear a hole in your arm. Lately, especially on late night TV, Medicare suppliers of various stripes have been stretching the truth to gain market share. The fact of the matter is that most meters in the US are FDA approved for what is called "alternate site testing," which allows for taking samples from the forearm, upper arm, thigh, calf, or palm all of which are supposed to be less painful because these areas have fewer nerve endings.

Some caveats, however. First, alternate site testing is old news. For reasons too obscure and complicated to detail here, the blood samples in the alternate sites reflect where the blood sugar in your brain was about 20-30 minutes ago, and it's the flow of sugar to the brain that keeps the lights on (or shuts them off). This is why all the meter makers urge you to check using your fingertips if you think your blood sugar is low or dropping. My feeling is why get into bad habits in the first place?

Alternate site testing can also be a figurative pain in the ass, even though it saves you from having a pain in the finger. Testing on your forearm requires a ritual that vaguely resembles the Macarena dance. You need to briskly rub your skin to develop friction, bringing blood to the surface. You then poke a pretty deep hole in your skin with a lance that has a clear cap. You pump the lance up and down, like milking a cow, until you see a large enough blood drop to test from. Then you lift the lance straight up being careful not to smear the blood drop.

Oh. And you'll most likely get a bruise. If you test a lot the cops will be checking your car for illegal drugs when you get stopped for speeding. You know, 'cause of the track marks on your arm.

But, before we run out of space, let's switch gears and talk about the pain you are suffering. Done correctly, fingertip testing really shouldn't hurt that much, and there are three things that are responsible for 90% of testing pain.

One. Is the clear cap on your lancing device? If so, put the solid one on right now. The clear one is for those alternate sites and it lets the needle go waaaaaaaaaay deeper than you need on your fingertip.

Two. The lancing device has some sort of dial or a twisty cap with numbers. The higher the number the deeper the needle goes. "1" is for little children or well-to-do heiresses who've never worked a day in their lives. "8" is for Canadian Lumber Jacks. I'm guessing you might not fit into either category and need to be in the middle somewhere. Choose a number that gets you a nice blood drop with a gentle squeeze of the finger. If you are pumping your finger and praying for blood, you need a higher number. If you are using language that would make a special forces commando blush you need a lower number.

Three. Sooooooooo..... When was the last time you changed the lancing needle? Oh really? The same day you changed your smoke detector batteries? Well here's the deal. You don't really need to change them every time you test, like the folks who want to sell you more lancing needles advise. But neither should you over-use them. Skin is tough. It will make the needle dull over time. Me? I change my needles when testing starts to hurt just a little bit. Then I know the lance is getting dull. Some folks get a day out of a lance. Some a week. Some a month. It depends on how tough your hide is and how many times per day you test.

So bottom line, there's no magic meter that you can wave at your skin and divine your blood sugar. Not yet. Sorry, you're a person with diabetes. Ya gotta test. But that said, it shouldn't be torture. Work with your gear and find the settings that get you the best results: tiny bit of blood for a tiny bit of pain.

Jennie from New Jersey, a type 1, asks: I'm embarrassed to take my insulin in public. Does Ask D'Mine have any suggestions?

Wil @AskD'Mine answers: First off, who gives a s—t what other people think? If someone looks at you funny because you took a shot that's THEIR problem. You are doing what is necessary to keep yourself healthy. There's nothing wrong with that, and you should be proud that you have your priorities straight. If you were skipping your insulin in public because you worry about what strangers think, then YOU have a serious problem.

But I do have a few tools for you to employ. In a perfect world, you'd recall that as a PWD you are also an ambassador and you'd embrace the opportunity to educate the ignorant fool that looked at you funny, so that person would leave educated about diabetes and improved as a human being. But of course, your soup is getting cold.

You can always fall back on humor. If someone sees you inject and looks at you funny, make eye contact and just say "I'm just having the worst time kicking this heroin habit." That'll pretty much be the end of the conversation.

If neither of those suggestions feel like a good fit for you I want you to ask your doctor for an insulin pen. Lots of insurance plans don't like to pay for pens 'cause they cost, I dunno, like 25¢ more than a vial, but you can probably get at least partial coverage—enough for public injections.

All the various fast-acting insulins for meal coverage are available in disposable pens. The business end of the pen uses a pen needle—a tiny little screw-on hub with a short thin needle. The back end of the pen has a dial to select the appropriate dosage. The whole thing is pre-filled with 300 units of joy juice and is disposable. To inject, just pull the cap off, screw on a needle (you can do that part in advance at home), dial your dose and shoot up. It's even safe to shoot through your shirt. The whole operation can take place under the table with no one the wiser. Even your table mates will likely miss the action.

So eat, drink, and be merry. But take your damn insulin.

This is not a medical advice column. We are PWDs freely and openly sharing the wisdom of our collected experiences — our been-there-done-that knowledge from the trenches. But we are not MDs, RNs, NPs, PAs, CDEs, or partridges in pear trees. Bottom line: we are only a small part of your total prescription. You still need the professional advice, treatment, and care of a licensed medical professional.

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Ask D'Mine: Do Lows Cause Brain Damage, Does Diabetes Cause Cramps?

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Ask D'Mine: Do Lows Cause Brain Damage, Does Diabetes Cause Cramps?

Diabetes is both painful and a pain to deal with, so it's no surprise to us that it can affect our body in mysterious ways. In this edition of our diabetes advice column, Ask D'Mine, our host, veteran type 1 and diabetes community educator, Wil Dubois fills us in on whether or not lows can cause any permanent brain damage (yikes!) and whether cramps are yet another diabetes complication.

Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at [email protected]

Michael from South Carolina, type 1, writes: My wife can tell if my BG is below 50. "You're getting stupid, better check your glucose." I realize my brain requires glucose to function, but have there been any studies on long-term damage due to prolonged low BG? Not that I believe I'm losing it, but just curious.

Wil@Ask D'Mine answers: Actually, when my wife read your question, she said, "If hypos cause brain damage that would explain a lot." She was just teasing, of course.

I think.

Then again, if I'm brain damaged, I'd be the last to know, right?

So you're correct, that many of us get "stupid" when we get low. The brain is fueled by sugar and when the sugar is low the brain doesn't work right. But is it more like having a low battery or more like drowning? Are we losing brain cells every time we go hypo?

In virtually all the clinical literature about lows you can find a line something like this: hypoglycemia can lead to seizures, unconsciousness, brain damage, and death.

And everyone agrees that the deeper you go, the longer you stay down, the more often it happens, and the older you are—the greater the likelihood of brain damage. The most likely types of brain damage from hypos can result in mild paralysis on one side of the body, memory loss, diminished language skills, decreased abstract thinking capabilities, and muscle coordination and balance issues. Ummm... so really, looking at it, sort of a permanent state of feeling hypo.

But, pinning down any solid statistics or solid clinical studies on the whole brain damage issue is a lot harder. I did discover that cats are more resistant to brain injury from severe hypos than other animals. Oh, and that you can reliably brain-damage monkeys if you keep them below 20 mg/dL for 4-6 hours. (Your tax dollars at work for the greater good of science.)

Now the scary part. Oh. Right. Sorry. I meant to say the scarier part. Several recent studies strongly suggest that the low isn't the brain-killer so much as the rebound high that sometimes comes from fixing the low. Quoting a boxed summary attached to a trio of studies in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, findings "suggest that, at least in the setting of profound hypoglycemia, therapeutic hyperglycemia should be avoided."

Of course, they're talking about the dangers of the ICU filling your veins with dextrose overly enthusiastically if you're lights-out on arrival. Still, when was the last time any of us "corrected" a low blood sugar without having a rebound high? Could our Yo-Yo insulin-infused lifestyles be frying our brains? Maybe so.

But, you've got 1,000,000,000 or so neurons in your coconut in the first place; and around 9,000 of them drop dead every day under normal circumstances, anyway. If you want to speed up the process check out this list of 50 ways to kill brain cells. Sniffing glue, by the way, seems to be the most effective way to do-in your brain easily, snuffing out 300,000 neurons per day.

On the good news front, it turns out that brain cells can grow back after all, and that booze only makes neurons drunk—it doesn't kill them.

Of course booze can make your sugar go low, too...

Warren from Alaska, type 2, writes: Does diabetes cause cramps? I have had cramps in many different parts of my body for at least 10 years. I talked with every doctor I came in contact with and they all had a different answers: exercise more or less, more calcium, less calcium, more magnesium, less magnesium, the same with potassium, salt, and almost every vitamin supplement in the book. Only one doctor had a partial answer. She said drink 6-8 oz. of diet tonic water before bed. Other than water, are there any real solutions?

Wil@Ask D'Mine answers: Diabetes 101 review: Diabetes causes everything. OK, so now that we got that covered...

Let's talk about headaches instead. What causes headaches? Very high blood pressure can cause headaches. So can taking a break from caffeine if you usually consume a lot of it. Sinus pressure can cause headaches. So can chocolate, in some people. No shit. Lack of sleep can cause headaches. So can monosodium glutamate (MSG) in Chinese takeout food. Grinding your teeth can cause headaches. So can wearing glasses with a prescription that is out of date.

Oh. And brain aneurysms can cause headaches, of course. But let's not go there.

In fact, there're four primary types of headaches with over 21 common causes. If you don't believe me, believe the New York Times.

My point here is that when diagnosing the cause of a headache, a dartboard or Ouija Board are as much use as any of the other tools in the medical arsenal. There're just so many things that can cause headaches, and headaches are so common, that it can be nearly impossible to ferret out the root cause. In fact, I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.

Cramps are sorta the same. They can be triggered, as you pointed out, by too much or too little exercise, too much or too little calcium, too much or too little magnesium, potassium, salt, and every vitamin in the book. Cramps can also be caused by some classes of medications, the statin family of cholesterol-lower drugs being the most notorious.

But the difference between headaches and cramps is that headaches are easier to treat. Take two Aspirin and call me in the morning. Cause doesn't really matter if all the sundry headaches respond to over-the-counter pain killers. On the other hand, not all cramps are created equal, and to successfully treat cramps you really need to figure out the cause and fix it, i.e. preempt the cramp before it happens.

So as to your question, Warren, does diabetes cause cramps? Yeah, probably so. But the method of action is a big fat question mark. Diabetes causes many of your body's normal checks and balances to get off kilter. And as you pointed out, being dehydrated is, in fact, one sure-fire cause of cramps, as seen in athletes; but diabetes doesn't cause dehydration (unless your blood sugar is very high). And in any case, tonic water wouldn't be required. Garden-variety tap water would be just as good. Maybe better.

To your second question: are there any real solutions? You bet! But you're going to have to invest some time. As there's no way to be sure if your cramps are caused by too little B-12 or too little magnesium you'll have to go on a lengthy quest to discover the root cause of your personal cramps. Yeah. Good old fashioned trial and error. So get out your dart board or your Ouija Board. Use it to pick one of the likely causes of cramps. Treat that cause for a few weeks and see if your cramps get better. If not, go on to the next most likely cause.

Now if you want to be a real scientist, once you think you found the cause, stop the treatment and see if the cramps come back. If so, quod erat demonstrandum -- meaning you found the cause.

That's your long-term therapy.

But to stop the pain immediately during an acute cramp attack, most people have good results hoping around on one foot, swearing, trying to massage the cramp and praying for a swift death. But, for what it's worth, I find the most successful "charley horse" remedy is two liquid calcium pills.

Sorry, I have no real science to offer on this one. My mother read about it somewhere and has sworn by it for years. I frequently get nasty cramps during sharp blood sugar excursions (the cause of which is no mystery: equal parts gluttony and stupidity in the kitchen) and, for me, popping a couple of calcium pills quickly resolves cramps. Of course, I still observe the hoping and swearing ritual, too. Just to be on the safe side.

Interestingly, both low calcium and low magnesium are believed to increase the "excitability" of nerve endings, one of the leading theories behind the biology of cramps in general. So maybe a shot of calcium mellows out the excited nerves again.

Oh, and one last dose of save-your-bacon myth busting: For many years the malaria drug quinine (also present in tonic water, interestingly) was believed to help nighttime leg cramps. Not anymore. It now carries a strong FDA warning against such use. Apparently science has never proved quinine worked for cramps, but it did prove that it could cause severe bleeding, kidney damage, irregular heartbeat, and stuff like death.

'Nuff said about that.

No quinine. Stick to the hopping and swearing.

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Ask D'Mine: Weigh What You Eat, and Insulin Analogy Troubles

Happy Saturday! It's time for another edition of our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D'Mine, with veteran type 1 and diabetes educator Wil Dubois who tackles all sorts of quirky questions from our D-Community.

This week, Wil's looking at options for weighing food, and also the medical profession's various analogies for diabetes. He's touching on everything from carb-focused apps to diabetes linguistics in this one!

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Darlene, type 1 from Wisconsin, writes: I have been living with diabetes for 41 years, and started on the pump a few years ago. I read labels and use the old, old food-exchanges-measure-and-WAG (Wild Ass Guess) method to calculate carbs for my boluses. In most cases I'm typically right on with my results or guestimations, but recently I purchased a scale just to add another calculation option. A scale is something that I would not utilize every day, but the other day I actually used it to calculate my bolus. I was shocked at the difference in the carbs. What do you find to be the most reliable source of determining the amount of carbs in food?

Wil@Ask D'Mine answers: I'm still waiting for the CarbSniffer App for my iPod Touch. You know, the one where you wave your smart device over your plate and it automatically counts the carbs with an accuracy of 1/10th of a carb, and then subtracts the fiber for you to boot. Unfortunately, there's not an app for that.

(((Sigh)))

Meanwhile, the closest thing is my trusty old Salter Model 1400 nutritional scale. It's my go-to carb counter at home. I bought it at Diabetes Mall years ago. Does anyone remember Diabetes Mall? Does anyone remember malls at all? Here's what I like about the Salter: It's smallish, cordless (it uses a 9 volt battery), measures in either ounces or grams—handy as some food labels use one measure and some food labels use the other—and it has an easy to use "zero" function. That means I can set a bowl on the scale, zero it, then put in cereal or whatever I feel like eating, and get the weight of the food without having to subtract the weight of the container. Then I can use any old calculator to figure out the carbs of my serving (based on the nutrition label). The scale is accurate enough that I can get excellent results even with heavy bowls and light foods.

But it gets even better. The scale also has a telephone-style numerical key pad on the far right hand side. What's up with that, you ask? It has a built-in data base of foods that don't come with nutrition labels. Let's say that I want to eat half a baked potato with my dinner. I can either go to a carb book or data base to find:

Potato, baked, 2 ¼ inch x 4 ¾ inch, with skin = 51 carbs

And then wonder what to do about the fact that my frickin' potato is 2 ¾ inches by 3 ¼ inches instead of the standard size, before dividing by two and worrying about how well I cut it in half....

Or, I can just slap the actual half potato on my scale, enter code number 908 (for potato — you look up foods in the guide they provide), press the carb button and get what I need: 19.44 carbs. Ta-da! Oh, and pressing the fiber button tells me to subtract 1.83 from the total, for the impact carbs. If I were a registered dietitian, I could also press the calorie button to learn that my intended potato serving has 83.9 calories. Additionally, it has buttons that I never use to calculate salt, protein, fat, and cholesterol. The only bummer is that it can only display one thing at a time, but maybe they've fixed that in the newer models.

It is not, however, portable enough to take with me when I'm eating out. For that, I also used to just use the SWAG method (Scientific Wild Assed Guess) of carb counting: Well, that looks like about 35 carbs to me, let's eat.

But recently, my iPod Touch has changed all that. I now have the very good Calorie King app, which actually beats the pants off of the printed book that used to live in the glove box of my Jeep. The book was great for drive-thrus, but of no use when you've forgotten to take it into a restaurant with you, hence the frequent SWAGing.

At the D'Mine Innovation Summit in November, My good friend Bernard introduced me to a new app called, improbably, Figwee. What's cool about this app is that it has photos of various foods and a slider that lets you make the portions either larger or smaller to mimic what's actually in front of your face. As you change the visual size of the portions, the carb data changes, too. They call it a "photographic portion estimator." It's very cool. You can even change the viewing angle on the food. We used it to estimate how many carbs the tiramisu had. How'd that work out? I don't know, you'll have to ask Bernard. I opted for the spumoni, instead.

So there's a lot of technology out there to help us get a better handle on our foods, and I encourage you to use it. When we guestimate, we risk what I call "error creep." A little at a time we get sloppy. Yeah, you think you're pouring a half-cup of corn flakes into that bowl but you're already up to three-quarters of a cup. If you don't believe me, serve yourself what you think is a third-cup of rice onto your plate, then scrape it back off and into a measuring cup to see how much you really served. I'll be its more than you thought it was! And heavily compacting the rice in the cup is cheating.

So to me, the most reliable method to estimate carbs is weight. I think that's the most accurate, and the simplest. But weighing food when you eat out isn't realistic for most of us. So weigh at home, SWAG (with some real science on your side with the help of a friendly app or two) when you are out and about, and you'll be fine most of the time. And for the rest of the time, that's what correction boluses are for!

Brad, type 2 from Georgia, writes: I was recently diagnosed and my doctor told me about how insulin is like a key that unlocks a door so the sugar can get into the cell. My question is, what closes the door again once the sugar is inside?

Wil@Ask D'Mine answers: Gah! I hate that stupid analogy. As a way to try to make some very complicated science easier to grasp, the action of insulin is often compared to a key that opens a door. Actually, as I'm sure you know, cells don't have little doors. Instead, via processes that border on magic, cells, with the assistance of insulin, can suck glucose right through their own walls. OK, well that was sloppily worded. Cells use highly specialized transporter molecules to ferry glucose from outside the cell wall to inside the cell wall. It's more like the international space station's arm reaching out and grabbing a cargo capsule, than like a tired commuter fumbling with his keys and unlocking his front door at the end of a long hard day.

The actual process involves words and concepts like "unpaired electrons, transmembrane segments, amino acids, hydrogen bonds, vesicles, signaling peptides, lipid folding," and the thoroughly unpronounceable "activated kinase domain autophosphorylates tyrosine." Oww, this is making my brain hurt. Ummmmm.... OK, like you doctor told you, there are these little tiny keys....

Don't get me wrong, I love analogies. I make them up and break them out every chance I get. I'm just not that fond of this one. It really doesn't do a good job of explaining either the pathophysiology or the defect of insulin resistance that leads to type 2 diabetes, and you've just identified yet another weakness of the whole analogy with your "closing the door" question. The problem is, I'm apparently not smart enough to come up with a better analogy than the clichÃ© "key and door."

You know what? Maybe we're talking about the wrong kind of door. The whole process of getting glucose from the blood into a cell is more like walking through one of those revolving doors you see in public buildings. The door is never really open and never really closed, right? As it spins you can pass through. First you are outside. Then you are inside the door. Then you are inside the building. That's pretty much how glucose molecules pass from the blood into the cell. Now all I gotta do is figure out how to explain what part of the door the insulin is... I dunno... the motor that keeps it spinning? And insulin resistance is a crow bar jammed into the works...? OK, this is going to require a whole lot more work on my part.

But to answer your original question, the door doesn't need to shut again, because it was never really open. Just like the revolving door, the door for sugar is constantly spinning, grabbing sugar from outside the cell, holding it in the cell wall for an instant, then releasing it into the inside of the cell where it can be burned for fuel.

And now I'm going to shut the door on this whole conversation... I'll see you all next week. Same time, same channel.

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