#this is drawn solely so i can get my two cents in about the ship name scamster nation rise up

[silverlistenstothings]

gay people who do not respect you

[astralaffairs]

voltaire to versace 03 | thomas jefferson TEASER

title: voltaire to versace 03 TEASER

pairing: professor!thomas jefferson x reader

words: a lil over 10k

warnings: sex jokes n references again, dolley simping for james again, but probably more this time, implied sex except dolley’s having it instead of mc, maria and angelica are girlfriends, lafayette is basically everyone’s plug for weed so like,, drug references and alcohol references??

desc: from francis bacon to foucault, descartes to dante, your political philosophy seminar doesn’t promise to be a blowout — and yet, one mysterious stranger and a risqué evening later, your burberry-clad professor gives you the feeling it won’t be quite the snoozefest you’d expected.

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"Are you sure I was included in that invite?" Y/N's voice was skeptical as she crossed the green toward Thomas's office. Apparently, Dolley and James had spent their afternoon together, taking a walk through the city. (When Dolley told Y/N that the two-mile loop near the Lincoln Memorial had taken them two hours to walk through, she had a sneaking suspicion walking wasn't all they were doing. Hopefully, they'd at least escaped the watchful eye of our oversized 16th president.)

"Yes, I'm certain you were," Dolley insisted from the other end of the phone's line. "He said it'd be great if I brought you."

"... This sounds suspiciously like a pity invite."

"It isn't a pity invite!" Y/N could hear the indignance in her voice.

"Dolley, why, exactly, would he want me there if it wasn't a pity invite?"

"... Because you're my best friend, and he's decided to make an effort to get to know you better?"

She laughed. "As much as I appreciate this idealized James Madison, I have a feeling it was more to the effect of 'I just saw your roommate and feel obligated to invite her'," Y/N corrected her. "But go to the party without me! Don't let me hold you back from having your fun, alright?"

"Please come? It wouldn't be the same without you." Dolley's voice was high, containing traces of what almost smelled like desperation. "It'll make me much more comfortable to have you along."

Y/N groaned. "So when you and James go make out in the bathroom, I'm supposed to, what, play truth or dare with all the other PhD candidates?"

"Why not?" Dolley's tone was mild, which made Y/N roll her eyes.

"No offense to James's friends, but I'm not sure I want to spend an evening making stunted small talk with them."

"You're such a warm person, though! You'd be quite alright."

"It'd be awkward!"

"Please, Y/N? I'll beg you if that's what it'll take."

She scowled at how soft, forlorn Dolley's voice had become. As far as she was concerned, this was akin to emotional manipulation. "Does it really mean that much to you?"

"Yes. I like him so much."

She sighed. "I'm gonna say yes solely because I have somewhere to be and can't deal with this argument anymore. But you owe me."

Y/N could almost picture Dolley’s sappy smile. “Thank you so much, dear. You’re too good to me.”

"Yeah, yeah, what else is new?" Her words elicited a laugh from Dolley, and Y/N continued, “But you know I’d do pretty much whatever you asked if you asked it in that I’m-about-to-cry voice, so I’m not sure this relationship is healthy for me anymore.”

“Oh, of course; I’m truly a parasite,” Dolley sighed. “Taking you in as my roommate, paying for your ramen — how evil of me.”

“I pay half the rent, and ramen costs fifty cents!” Y/N defended, but the words were lighthearted nonetheless. “Next time you give up five perfectly good hours of a Friday night so that I can get laid, we’ll call it even.”

“Don’t make any calls about Friday just yet. You haven’t even seen James’s friends.” Dolley’s voice was just teasing enough to placate Y/N. “I may not be the only one having some fun.”

“Have you even seen James’s friends?” Y/N asked dubiously, and Dolley’s silence told her all there was to know. “That’s what I thought. He’s an econ student, so it’s probably gonna be about eighty percent entitled rich men attending school on family money.”

“Or they could all be just your type,” Dolley reasoned, but by then, any efforts to talk Y/N out of her convictions were futile. “Tall, hot, and older.”

“First off, I don’t have a type, and second, just because you’re dating an ‘older man’,” — The final two words were said mockingly — “doesn’t mean that his older friends aren’t still douches.”

“I hate to have to be the one to break it to you, but that is absolutely your type.”

“Based on what?”

“That professor of yours?”

“Dolley!” Y/N scowled, turning down the volume on her call just in case some passing pedestrians were notorious gossips with super-hearing. It was certainly possible. “Can you please stop talking about him like that? Don’t make it a thing,” she murmured, jaw tense.

“Oh, we’re well past that, dear,” Dolley said matter-of-factly, and Y/N could only roll her eyes. “But if you’ve agreed to the party, I won’t push my luck.”

“Smart choice,” she muttered bitterly. “Anyway, I’ve gotta go. Talk to you later tonight?”

“Of course.”

With that, she hung up the phone before Dolley could take advantage of her giving mood and start making further outlandish demands, tucking it into her coat pocket as she pushed open the door to Melos Hall. Unfortunately for her, the elevator was broken, and Thomas's office was several flights of stairs above her.

After at least eight long pauses for her to catch her breath, heaving as she leaned against the railing in the stairwell, and three stomach cramps, Y/N knocked on his door. "Anybody home?"

"C'mon in." His voice was soft, muffled through the door, and she opened it to find him all but slumped on his desk, resting his head on his hand as he graded papers he appeared to be rather cross with, and with more of said papers covering the entirety of the desk’s surface (and much of the floor). He glanced up when she entered, and a soft grin split his expression. "Hey, I thought that was you."

"I'm in absolute awe of your pattern-recognition skills, really," she replied, tone dry as she let the door fall shut behind her, and despite the playful smile she wore, Thomas rolled his eyes.

"You actually here for anything, or am I gonna have to kick you out?"

She laughed. "I'm not here to derail your work, I swear." He raised a dubious eyebrow. "I was just stopping by to let you know that, assuming it's still on the table, I'd love the TA position."

"Oh, yeah?" His smile widened almost imperceptibly at her words, his eyes crinkling at the corners. "'M glad to hear it. Could've just shot me an email, though."

She shrugged. "I was headed this way anyway. Figured I may as well stop by."

"I'm not complainin'." She let out a soft huff of laughter at the words, but she could feel heat beginning to creep up the back of her neck. "'S good timing, anyway. Intro to IR just turned in an essay on Kant."

The soft groan she let out only served to amuse him further as she surveyed the wreckage of his office. "That's what all this paper is?" He nodded in confirmation, and she scrunched up her nose. "I'm not sure if I feel worse for the freshmen who had to write them or for you having to read them."

"Well, I should hope it's the freshmen," he said matter-of-factly, sitting back in his chair. The smile he wore was concerningly self-righteous. "'Cause, now, readin' these is your job, too."

Her eyebrows shot up; the dread in her gaze was the furthest thing from contrived. "... Is it too late to rescind my application as a TA?"

He shook his head. "Mm-mm. You're welcome to abandon ship."

She didn't like the satisfaction which grew in his gaze as she weighed her options; they both knew she wasn't considering turning down the position in earnest — that simple fact left Thomas unnecessarily smug. Another beat passed, and she sighed. "You're lucky this is going to look good on my grad school applications."

He laughed. "Sure am. I could use all the help I can get, right now."

"I can see that," she replied, voice laden with amusement at the state of his office.

However, Thomas said nothing more, and she shifted on her feet, uncomfortable with the drawn-out silence. He raised an expectant eyebrow, and it took her a moment to grasp his intention. "Wait... d'you mean, like, right now?"

"Unless you're busy." He shrugged. His gaze was hopeful as she eyed warily the small stack of papers she'd spent the past few minutes trying not to crush under her boot. She sighed.

He grinned when she bent over to pick up the papers that'd floated to her side of the desk. "As depressing as it feels to say, I've got nowhere else to be on this fine Friday night."

"That's the spirit." He winked, and though she rolled her eyes, her amused smile was deep-set. "So, you're gradin' for accuracy and watchin' out for grammar, of course, but the points are really earned for analysis. The paper's on changes in the international system. They’ve gotta connect ‘em back to Kant's maxims."

She let out a low whistle as she took a seat across from him, plucking a red pen from his cup and dropping her bag onto the floor. "That certainly sounds pretentious."

He laughed lightly. "You really tellin' me you didn't have to do anything like this as a freshman?"

"Oh, I wish I could say that, but unfortunately, my professor was apparently every bit the pseudointellectual you are.” She nodded sadly, and Thomas rolled his eyes.

"Hilarious, sweetheart, really." In the dry sarcasm of his tone, the casual pet name didn't seem to register with him, but Y/N couldn't help but notice, and her breath caught. "Here, lemme get you a copy of the rubric. 'S nothin' too complicated; go easy on 'em. Got some STEM majors in the class who're just takin' it for the graduation requirement, so I'm not expectin' much."

She pursed her lips. "Are the essays that bad?"

He deadpanned as he turned back to her, sliding the rubric across the desk. "At least as bad as I'm makin' 'em sound."

Y/N let out a long, dramatic huff, rubbing her temples, and Thomas looked thoroughly entertained at her reaction.

"I'm in for a long few months, aren't I?"

[localaakash]

Is Hotel Management is a good career option?

Hotel management is a branch of the service sector that generates more job opportunities and revenue than any other. Hotel managers are educated in business, human resources, and customer service. Hotel management is not as simple as you may believe; it is a challenging career in which you will encounter interesting individuals and intriguing opportunities. Both men and women can enrol in the hotel management program.

A bachelor’s degree in hotel management prepares students for management roles in the hotel business as well as related fields such as retail, banking, and insurance. A postgraduate degree in hotel management can lead to a variety of job opportunities. In semester 3, students can choose between human resources management and sales and marketing, as part of the postgraduate program’s built-in specialism.

Anyone considering a career in hotel management should keep the following factors in mind.

Confidential communication skill

One of the most important factors for organizational success is communication. To engage with new people and have an interest in meeting them, it is necessary to have a healthy and confidential relationship. This is a field that necessitates this consideration.

Patience

When dealing with people in the hotel management field, the most important thing to remember is to be patient. It will come in handy when you are confronted with unreasonable demands and impossible expectations. In such cases, the best thing to do is to pay close attention to the customer and have a calm, confident demeanour. People who do not behave in this manner may find difficulties in this industry.

Dealing with an uncomfortable situation

As a hotel manager, you’re likely to be in an area with a variety of individuals and their awkward situations. You’ll need skills to deal with these situations and people effectively.

Having a pleasant and presentable demeanour

As a hotel manager, your outward behaviour, such as the way you speak, stand, and present yourself, is quite important. You must be approachable. Before enrolling in this field, think about the following points.

We feel that the above-mentioned considerations are taken into account by anyone serious about entering this field of study. This means that anyone who meets the eligibility requirements can enrol in this field of study.

Let’s have a look at some of the prerequisites for hotel management.

What are the prerequisites for a career as a hotel manager?

It is common knowledge that any course has prerequisites that must be met before enrolling in the course. The following are some prerequisites for obtaining a hotel management degree.

The minimum requirement for the Hotel Management program is a 10+2 diploma. Students can also choose between a certificate, diploma, and degree programs.

For the final selection of students for the hotel management course, a group discussion and an aptitude test are held.

A certificate course might last anywhere from six months to a year, while a degree program lasts three years.

An entrance test is performed every year in April to select students for government institutions and institutes.

Hotel Management courses

Students fascinated by Hotel Management have lots of options when it involves courses. Hotel Management courses are available at the undergraduate yet postgraduate level. Plus, not only there are degree courses but also various diploma and certificate courses additionally.

Before choosing a hotel management course, students should make sure that they meet the eligibility criteria for that individual course. Not only this, but students should even have an understanding of what the course curriculum will include and why they’re taking over that individual course.

Certification Hotel management course After Grade 10

Certificate in HouseKeeping

Certificate in Hotel and Catering management

Certificate in Front Office Operation

Diploma Hotel management course After Grade 10

Diploma in Hotel Management

Diploma in Hotel Management and Catering Technology

Diploma in Food and Beverage Service

Diploma in Front Office Operations

Undergraduate degree Hotel management course After Grade 12

BA in Hotel Management

Bachelor of Hotel Management

Bachelor In Motel Management and Catering Technology

BBA in Hotel Management

BSc in Hospitality and Hotel Administration

Postgraduate Hotel management course

Masters in Tourism and Hotel management

Masters in Hotel Management

MBA in Hotel Management

MBA in Hospitality

Difference between Hotel Management and Hospitality

Don’t get the terms “hotel industry” and “hospitality industry” mixed up. While many people believe the two terms refer to the same thing, there are some distinctions between the two.

Hotel management is solely concerned with hotels, and job opportunities are limited to those in the hotel industry, including managerial positions in rooms, housekeeping, and operations. Hospitality management, on the other hand, is a broad term that encompasses a variety of industries such as restaurants, bars, cafes, travel and tourism, events, casinos, and so on.

What you should know is that it is the hotel manager’s responsibility to guarantee that the hotel is always warm and friendly, making us feel at home, and offering services that exceed the expectations of the guests. Hospitality is the term used to describe the interaction between the host and the guests.

Why Hotel Management is a Good Career Option?

Hotel management is one of the most dynamic, fast-growing, and demanding professions in the twenty-first century. You need to comprehend the explanations before deciding on a career in hotel management. For travel-obsessed graduates who want to start their careers in India and abroad, Hotel Management offers exciting options. Students are drawn to this field because of its numerous advantages.

More diverse and wacky work prospects emerge with each new technological innovation or guest experience. There are even impending economic changes, but the hotel sector has always demonstrated a high level of resilience in its operations. It’s even managed to stay afloat while other industries couldn’t keep up. Numerous top-tier universities offer you aim degrees in hotel management.

If you’re thinking about pursuing a career in hotel management, consider the following reasons to do so.

Fast-growing industry field

According to the business world, the hotel and the tourist industry is growing at a pace of 7.5 per cent, and according to a forecast by KPMG, this pace will climb to 16.1 per cent by 2022, with the hotel industry earning around rupees two thousand seven hundred and ninety-six thousand corrodes. So dismissing this industry as a viable choice is out of the question.

A wide range of Job Opportunities

The first thing that comes to mind is where can I get a job once I finish my degree, therefore we looked at all of the career opportunities and divided them into five groups.

Typically, you’ll find work at a huge hotel chain, such as the Taj group of hotels, Hilton Marriott over constantly, and so on.

You could work in a chain restaurant, a quick food restaurant, or a resort or a club.

The merchant navy and cruise ships are two places where hospitality graduates from hotel management often find work.

Railways, the military forces, tourism boards, banks, and other government institutions are all places where you can work.

Flight kitchen’s and Hospitals

Another aspect of hotel management is that it is a key employer. They, directly and indirectly, employ 48 million people in India, accounting for 8.27 per cent of the entire workforce. So, what are the reasons why we shouldn’t undertake hotel management or why you should choose hotel management as a career?

A Sufficient wage

Historically, salaries in the hotel, travel and tourist industries have been lower than in other businesses. Nonetheless, there are a plethora of reassuring jobs in these fields that can be financially rewarding. If your hotel company provides excellent guest service, the top-performing employee gets rewarded handsomely. They will provide you with competitive starting packages, frequent wage increases, bonuses, and other incentives in exchange for providing excellent service.

Life long career and work abroad

Another benefit of this field is that you can jump between segments, so the career for hotel management graduates is frequently recruited by other industries as well. Because the skill that you are learning is all about customer service and interaction, industries that will gladly hire you to include aviation, tourism, retail, banking, insurance, and many others

Hotel managers who work for chain hotels have the opportunity to attend work-related seminars or work in different chains around the world. Hotel managers who want to relocate to another country may be given the option to do so while keeping their current job.

Apart from the perks listed above, hotel managers have the option to work in five-star hotels. As a hotel manager, the more experience you have, the more prospects for promotion into higher management roles you will have. Take business or management courses to get the most out of these prospects.

Job Satisfaction

As a hotelman, your job is about people and you, therefore, must be a nation person. You aim to make sure that each guest’s stay is as pleasant as possible while the very best standards of customer service are met. briefly, it is your job to form people happy. Knowing that this has been successfully achieved through regeneration and good reviews will bring you an excellent sense of job satisfaction and can spur you on to realize even better results.

A new day brings a new challenge

There are no two days alike in the hotel industry. Every day, you’ll meet new people and face new difficulties, so the chances of a hospitality career becoming monotonous are slim to none.

Training programs

Few renowned hotel chains like the Taj, Oberoi offer their training program which offers the proper confluence of classroom studies and job training experience. After completion of the program, students are appointed at the junior management level. this can be a substantial boosting factor and advances your career by five to seven years.

Hotel Management in India

According to a report by rating agency ICRA, the Indian hotel industry will likely see just a marginal revenue growth of roughly 7% in 2012–13, due to the uncertain economy affecting demand. According to the report, the hotel industry hit new lows in the second quarter of 2012–13, with declining RevPARs and rising electricity prices reducing operating margins, which, combined with rising fixed costs (interest and depreciation), resulted in numerous players incurring net losses.

Hotel management courses provide students with a variety of opportunities in the hotel business. Hotel management students can find excellent prospects in both the public and private sectors, thanks to the growing demand in the business. Hotel management courses are available at the undergraduate, graduate, and diploma levels in India. Tourism Studies and Travel and Tourism Management are two of the most popular specialities. In the discipline of hotel management, interested people might pursue an undergraduate, postgraduate, or diploma program.

Hotel Management career with Nowadays Technology

We can’t consider job advancement without being tech-savvy in today’s knowledge economy. Technology has guaranteed that the hotel and tourism industries are never short of fresh and innovative job opportunities. A computer user, U/X designer, Cybersecurity specialist, designer, or social media manager are all possibilities.

The traditional job possibilities of the past have been supplemented by a slew of new ones. Furthermore, many technological occupations pay exceptionally well. So, if you’re a tech-savvy hotel management graduate, you’ll be able to look into a variety of technical positions that could help your hospitality career take off. From engineering to food and beverage; from housekeeping to front-of-house management; from pilots to cruise directors, and the list goes on. The numerous job possibilities available in hospitality and tourism make it one of the most rewarding professions.

As a result, hotel management remains a good job choice for college students, as graduates can choose from a variety of job routes within the industry. Furthermore, technology and innovation are only going to make things better for individuals interested in working in the hotel sector. As a result, hotel management is an excellent career choice. There is a lot of hostility around hotel management jobs, which has gotten worse as a result of the COVID outbreak. However, rest confident that the hotel and leisure business will continue to be one of the fastest-growing businesses, providing employees with endless prospects.

Source: https://aakaksharmahdev.medium.com/is-hotel-management-is-a-good-career-option-fa042673f842

[yellowfang89]

It’s wild how much has happened and changed since 2010, and now going into 2020. I was going to put in a "read more" out of courtesy but for some fuck ass reason, when I came in to edit it, Tumblr isn't giving me that option and the code ain't working and now I'm slightly buzzed so what the fuck ever you can just keep scrolling if you don't care lol.

January 2010- Obsessed with Legend of the Seeker. Wrapped up finishing playing Pokemon Diamond- my first pokemon game on recommendation of my best friend at the time. My last semester of community college started.

March/April 2010- got acceptance letter to the local state college I planned on transferring to. Best friend didn’t get any notice on whether she got accepted or not, but got an acceptance letter from another college about an hour away, and decided to go there instead. After making this decision, she finally got the acceptance letter from the local state college. But she still ended up going to the hour away one. Also, I turned 21 and had my first margarita.

May 2010- Graduated community college with an AA in art. God, I remember when I used to love art.

At some point I ended up officially leaving Myspace for Facebook, kicking and screaming, because everyone had ditched Myspace for it. I hated Facebook but got used to it.

August 2010- went on a two week cruise to Alaska. Came back and started new college afterwards. Had no friends and was lonely, though kept in close touch with best friend over Facebook. Got new Macbook.

September 2010- Finally found myself in a new friend group. Saw a beautiful boy on lightrail I wanted to talk to, but had no courage to. Realized that this kind of shit was probably why I didn’t have a boyfriend, and I wanted a boyfriend for the sole reason of not feeling like a loser for never having one.

October 2010- Saw same beauty, gathered up the nerve and talked to him. Turned out he also went to my school. We started seeing each other regularly on there and things started taking off. 

November 2010- Started hanging out with him regularly, got my first kiss from him. Became an official couple.

2011- Can’t remember what months and for what, because things start blending in together. But

- Beloved cat of five years died.

- Lost my virginity

- Didn’t have much money in bank account and stressed out over it. Couldn’t get a job to rectify the situation cuz no experience.

- Started feeling guilty over the smallest things like asking to borrow a piece of paper from someone. Mentally acknowledging this was weird but also shrugging it off. 

- Lost my appetite and had food problems overall- despite always having “food problems.” Never wanted to eat.

- Distinctly remember my stomach rumbling in class and thinking, “good maybe i’ll starve to death!”

2012- Shit blended in together again this year, and for every year here on out.

- Came to the realization one day when walking to the bus that I literally would not care if someone came at me with a gun because I just… didn’t want to exist anymore. Saw nothing wrong with this.

- The thought “things would be better if I was dead” came to my brain out of nowhere. I briefly wondered if this counted as a “suicidal thought.”

-Decided to Google shit like suicidal thoughts, went down a rabbit hole that made me suspect I had depression. It explained things that I thought were off but didn’t care enough to do anything about.

- Eventually saw a counselor at school about this.

- Got a hamster. Hamster died this same year.

- Got a volunteer position at a library scanning old yearbooks onto a computer so I could have some sort of “work experience” to get a job.

- Boyfriend had got me Pokemon Heartgold earlier. I started trying to “collect them all” because why not.

- I switched from using an ethernet chord to WiFi and it changed my life. Especially since I was able to go on the GTS in Pokemon and trade, though it was fucky cuz you could only trade Pokemon you’ve already seen back then.

- Ended up getting Pokemon Black, and it introduced GTS Negotiations which allowed me to match with other trainers and trade Pokemon live. Due to this, I managed to obtain every Pokemon I couldn’t get in my other games. Except event legendaries, unfortunately. I consider this one of my greatest accomplishments and keep up with this to this day.

- Considered switching my major from Graphic Design to Digital Media because I liked my Digital Media class a lot more than my Design classes. And made that switch.

- I decided to minor in psychology because I had already taken a few psych classes for GE credits so why tf not.

- Towards the end, got a “student” job at that same library doing the same thing except with artwork instead of yearbooks. Finally had money. Depression starting to lift? But job was only a 4-8 hour a week deal so not that much money in the long run.

2013-

- Discovered demisexuality via a comment on Reddit. It described me pretty damn well. Weight lifted off shoulders I didn’t even realize was there. Things made sense omg.

- Joined Tumblr.

- Best friend came over for what turned out being the last time. She was moving to Arizona.

- Got a second job working at the tech company my Dad worked at, helping out the customer service rep.

- Slowly found myself drifting apart from friend. Depression still present. Made things hard but tbh she never contacted me either. I got the impression she was mad at me given she unfollowed me on Tumblr without explanation.

- Since not a lot of work to be done helping the csr, I ended up helping our our shipping guy and became his backup. Eventually the purchaser left on maternity leave and I took her place, eventually becoming the main purchaser because they moved her to accounts receivable.

- Decided that my depression was making me a piece of shit friend so I decided to contact best friend to see how things were, only to get a cryptic, passive aggressive, two-word response back. Ended up just dropping it and figured she’d eventually come around and tell me what was wrong. She never did…

2014

- Depression on and off due to the stress of going to work and going to school. At this point I hated all art and wanted nothing to do with any of it and only went to school for the piece of paper saying I graduated college.

- I think this was when I started calling myself gray ace instead of demi because why the hell not and I’ve only been sexually attracted to one person anyway. Possibly still demiromantic though- to this day I’m still unsure tbh.

- Boyfriend taught me to drive. I got my license. I got my first car.

December 2014- I graduated college. It cured my depression. Unfortunately, it was replaced with carpal tunnel. 

2015

- Carpal tunnel still full force. All I could do was read.

- I caught up on all the books I’ve wanted to read. Eventually came across Warrior Cats. Thought it was stupid for the first 50 pages, but then became addicted. Lost interest when I had to wait several months for the next arc to come out.

- The year I got into wrestling. I shipped Rolleigns so fuckin’ hard.

- Undertale came out and became one of my favorite games of all time.

- Find out brother is addicted to painkillers which is why he had been acting like such an ass.

- Dumped Facebook.

- Driver at the company I worked at quit. Company wants me to be “temporary” driver on top of purchasing, shipping, and assisting the customer service rep.

- Got into writing and wrote a book and continued writing off and on from then to now.

2016/2017/2018? I can’t even keep track anymore.

- Pokemon Go came out and I finally got a smart phone because of it.

- Brother gets girlfriend and then gets married after only being together a year. Brother seems to have gotten better.

- They started having marital problems almost immediately. My brother turned out being an alcoholic and fuck knows if he’s still doing drugs or not he says he’s not but he’s also a chronic liar. A lot of drama happens that I don’t want to get into. They are now divorced- after two years of marriage. 

- Got new laptop cuz Macbook got too old, although it still works.

- The company I had been working at, which had always been a shit company with no money, starts going down the shitter more than it already was.

September 2017- customer service rep quits and I have to do her job on top of purchasing, shipping, and driving. Mental breakdowns become common. Depression worse than it had ever been in my life. 

January 2018- get a 45 cent raise because minimum wage went up meaning I was now making minimum wage doing all the bullshit I was doing.

May 2018- Get new job doing ONLY shipping for a few extra bucks more an hour. Depression cured.

2019

- Got in a car accident (not my fault). Car totaled. Replaced it with a 2018 car so it’s all good.

- Experienced my first flat tire half a year later.

- Still get random bouts of depression.

- Still with same boy from 2010. Would love to move in together but fuck if I know when that’ll happen. 

- Still wondering wtf happened with my (ex) best friend and am still trying to get over it. Am considering the possibility that it was probably my depressed ass not talking to her at all for like 4 months. Unfortunately I have no way of contacting her to try and make peace because we both dumped Facebook.

- Got back into Warrior Cats.

- Dad got new girlfriend. Parents finally working on getting the divorce they wanted to get 20+ years ago but never did cuz neither one wanted to spend money on it.

- Briefly considered taking up drawing again but my skills have tanked significantly because I haven’t drawn since graduating college. Plus I’m lazy. 

- Obsessed with The Witcher.

So much has changed throughout this decade and fuck if I know how next decade is gonna turn out for me but I sure hope it's a better one.

Happy New Year to all, and to all a good night!

[leonardofrei-blog]

I have come to bring this dead Tumblr back to life solely so that I can say this (S7 spoilers)(also really long because I like to write)

I absolutely loved Voltron season 7 and it is my current favourite season

I’m doing this post thingy because I’m seeing a failry big backlash from fans here because of the events of Season 7 and pretty much treating it like the worst season ever so I”d like to throw my 2 cents into the mix

The actual plot of this season (the Galra war on Earth and everything around defeating the fleet and the battle that comes right after that) is good, is just pure and of quality GOOD

the 3D animation was also amazing compared to other seasons, that fight coreography on the last fight was simply amazing

Just throwing that out there becauce the things that actually matter get buried by the hate

the main things I see people complaining about: the whole deal with Adam and Shiro, Lance and Allura’s relationship and Keith and Acxa’s possible future relationship

The big deal here is of course Adam, he’s Shiro ex boyfriend

and he dies

the shitty commander refuses to listen to the dude that knows bout alien stuff and gets all of the best pilots killed when the invasion starts, including Adam

the controversy here is that the crew has been hyping LGBT representation ever since 2016 and when they finally deliver it they kill the character

Personally I’m okay with it

the way they dealt with Shiro’s gay arc is that they completely ommited the fact that he was gay up untill now, and even then it wasn’t a big part of him or he’s identidity, mainly that the fact that he’s gay only affects wich person he has a romantic interest in, not who he is as a person, wich is great because it distances himself for any form of tokenism wich are rarely done well

Adam himself wasn’t much important, the scenes we got of him during the flashback were not the main focus, he was a side character on a scene designed to explain and develop Shiro and Keith’s relationship, counting the fact that the scene in question is him breaking up with Shiro since Shiro would put more focus on the missions than on Adam or himself, given he was sick

That (and the fact that Shiro spends 6 seasons without ever even mentioning him) shows that while they were a thing in the past, that’s it, it was a thing of the past, he’s still care for Adam as a person or friend, but lover was never the question, (also because Shiro is the calm and collected type and in the middle of a war situation like that it would be in character for him to hold anything back, specially since they were about to go discuss important stuff) and the scene that he dies? well a lot of people do, they likely just used Adam to try and get more emotional response of the scene where a bunch of people we never heard about die offscreen deaths

Characterwise, the whole thing with Adam was fine, he had one purpose and he filled it, while also introducing Shiro’s sexuality in a normalized way, instead of making it a big deal for his character, wich is indeed wasted potential, but when it comes to representation, normalizing it does better than bringing attention to it

the whole thing about they introducing a gay character solely to kill him, yeah I can see why people would find it offensive, specially since the crew did alluded to a lot bout a character being gay, but then again they were refering mostly about Shiro and most of the hype and attention drawn to Adam was made by the fans for the fans, so yeah

Next is the whole deal with Lance-Allura-Keith-Acxa

as we all know Klance is the big ship of the fandom, everyone seems to ship it and you can’t find a single Voltron crack video on YT without finding one with a Klance reference on it, that also likely led to the popularity of the theory that Acxa was Keith’s long lost sister that no one ever mentioned

long story short, fans wanted Lance to move on from his crush on Allura since she showed no romantic interest on him, and people wanted Acxa to be Keith’s sister because it would be different and if they used the scenes they had to build a relationship it wouldn’t be good since they had few scenes together and a lot of them revolved one of the two being attacked by the other one

I’ll do this quick, Lance’s entire romantic plot revolved around him going from “this chick’s hot I wanna date her” to “Oh my god I am in actual love with this beaultiful and amazing woman”, spending 6 seasons worth of development of that and just have him choose to get over it and not get with her is simply dumb and makes no sense, you don’t spend that much screentime of a character building said feelings up to then have they give up when the other one doesn’t immediately love them solely to sell this idea of maturity, if that was the goal they’d focus more on it on earlier volumes and deal with it quickly (plus he literally died for her, kind of awkward to not follow through with the subplot after that)

the deal with Allura not being in love with Lance, well it happened mid season, while she was still being woo’d by Lotor and before she learned he was comitting genocide on a global scale

Also note how these relationships were build up, Lotor did nothing but constantly tell Allura how awesome she was and how he’d never get anything done were not for her, he was constantly making moves on her by forcing this romantic vibe on a constant basis, basically he won her over by constantly using pick-up lines

the scene where she learns that LAnce actually loves her and not just hits on her like he used to do to every other girl, her reaction was that of pity/sadness that he felt that way because she liked Lotor

Then Lotor turned evil and on a non romantic scene (wich ironically is what makes it romantic) Lance comes to her and pretty much does the same that Lotor did, tell her how awesome she is, but unlike Lotor, it comes from a place of actual respect, Lance admires and respects Allura as an individual, and that is why he grew to love her, she realized it by the end of season 6, and knowing he liked her would help getting her to either start liking him or getting the feelings that were there to emerge and morph into love, culminating in the scenes from the last episodes where they make it clear she also loves him

Grantes, yes it short of came out of nowhee given that on previous episodes they basically had no interactions by themselves, specially on Allura’s part that would help show a progression

but then again next Season IS the last season to they might have rushed it because of that, this show has always had some pacing problems in the end

Acxa and Keith tho, they have had few interactions, and I think that is enough

unlike Lance, that had a lot of his character based on a romantic subplot, Keith has a lot of plot going on for him, so it is not necessary for him to get a lot of screentime dedicated to it, specially since Acxa is a really secondary character that doesn’t appear much on the plot

the whole scene with the other ones basically screaming at the camera that she had feelings for Keith were probably meant for the audience to make it clear, given how many people were still passing the whole sister theory around (even tho it was never shown to have any proof or anything that would led one to consider it being true, also because having them being siblings given the ammount of coinsidences that led them to believe and form a very weird and f**ked up “friendship” would just be bad writting) and because Klance was still a thing going strong, also the characters didn’t pay much mind to it because it was clear the others were just taunting them

it does seem that from now on they will build something that could become a relationship, since they already had short of a mutual respect and now they can build it up more without needing to kill each other everytime they meet

Overall, this insanely long post is solely my opinion on the matter, that Voltron Season 7 was amazing and that maybe I can get someone to look at it on a new light

Hopefully

seriously tho it was an amazing season, I mean have you guys seen the final fight? Holy S**t

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An In-Depth Look at the Trezor Model T Hardware Wallet

Cryptocurrency hardware wallets have become a mainstay within the digital asset economy and over the years these devices have evolved. After designing the first bitcoin hardware wallet on the market, the Prague-based firm Satoshilabs has released a new Trezor product line called the Model T. The following hands-on review details how to get started with the Trezor T cryptocurrency wallet and outlines its primary features.

Also read: A Review of the Swiss-Made Digital Bitbox Hardware Wallet

Testing the Touchscreen Trezor Model T

This week I received a Trezor Model T in the mail and decided to provide a rundown of how to set up the hardware wallet. In this review I also note the differences between the new version and the Trezor One. The box is very well packaged compared to the Trezor One I purchased years ago and comes with various accesories. Inside the box, there’s a Trezor T device, a USB-C cord, two recovery seed cards, a magnetic holder for the device, and a bunch of stickers. The machine itself features a RGB LCD touchscreen display and USB communications are enabled only after authentication. The directions inside the box explain that the owner needs to go to the Trezor website to initiate the wallet.

Everything the Trezor Model T comes with and the magnetic wall mount.

One thing that is noticeable is the amount of pressure needed to insert the USB-C cable. At first, I had issues initiating the firmware because my computer couldn’t recognize the Trezor through the cable. All shipped Trezors come empty and never have firmware installed for security reasons. However, I learned from the folks at Satoshilabs that you need to push the connector in hard enough until you hear it click. After choosing the T version on the website, it takes you to the beta Trezor browser wallet to initiate the device firmware. The setup can be initialized using the main Trezor wallet instead if you don’t want to use the beta version. The T only took two minutes for the firmware to install and from here I was able to begin the wallet setup and backup process.

Initiating the firmware, creating a new wallet, and backing up the seed.

Backing up the Seed, Adding a PIN and Naming the Wallet

The device screen will warn the user that a backup has not been completed and the wallet browser will initiate the start of this process. From here, after the usual disclaimer about no screenshots and writing the seed down alone, the device screen will reveal a 12-word mnemonic seed phrase. After writing the words down on the seed card supplied in the box, I was prompted to confirm some of the words randomly in order to verify that the seed was written down correctly. Once the device confirms that the owner has written down the phrase, the setup moves on to adding a PIN to the device and a name. Each action needs to be confirmed using the device’s touchscreen. While pondering a name I decided to name my gadget ‘Satoshi’s Trezor’ because, after all, we are all Satoshi. Moving on, the browser wallet asks if you want to add an email and I opted to skip that step.

Setting a PIN and naming the device.

After the wallet was all set up, I sent a small fraction of bitcoin cash (BCH) to the wallet to make sure everything was working correctly. The Trezor T also supports BTC, BTG, DASH, DGB, DOGE, LTC, NMC, VTC, ZEC, ETH, ETC, XLM, XEM, and ADA. Some of the cryptocurrency wallets like ETH, ADA, and XLM take you to a third party wallet which essentially tethers the account to your device. Just like the Trezor One, the Model T can also act as a U2F device for online accounts like Dropbox and Gmail. Additionally, Satoshilabs has added an exchange feature which lets the hardware wallet interact with a third party trading platform so the user can swap coins without leaving the secure confines of the Trezor software.

The Trezor dashboard and all the steps involved with creating a seed backup.

A Model One Evolved

Overall, the Model T worked well but it took me some time getting used to the USB-C cord insertion, even though I use USB-C hardware regularly. The Keepkey cryptocurrency hardware wallet I recently reviewed also has a noticeably tougher USB insert. After getting used to the plug, it became much easier, but you may want to use a longer cord. The LCD touchscreen display is nice but was not so friendly with my fat fingers. The touchscreen takes some time to get used to as well and the screen is used for the wallet’s PIN entry, instead of the onscreen randomizer PIN pad used with the Trezor One.

Sending 15 cents’ worth of bitcoin cash (BCH) to test the wallet.

The device works just as well as my first Trezor wallet, but users will find subtle differences between each one. For example, the Model T comes with a micro-SD slot for advanced features that will be added to the operating system at a later date. Even with the T’s touchscreen, prospective buyers may still decide to purchase version One because it’s significantly cheaper than the Model T and just as secure. The T version is roughly $169, but that doesn’t include DHL shipping costs. One thing for certain is that I will continue to use the Model T hardware wallet, unlike some of the devices by other manufacturers I’ve previously reviewed that are now collecting dust.

What do you think about the Trezor Model T? Let us know what you think about this hardware wallet in the comments section below.

Disclaimer: This editorial should be considered Review or Op-ed material. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support views, opinions or conclusions drawn in this post. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the review article. Review editorials are intended for informational purposes only. There are multiple security risks and methods that are ultimately made by the decisions of the user. There are various steps mentioned in reviews and guides and some of them are considered optional. Neither Bitcoin.com nor the author is responsible for any losses, mistakes, skipped steps or security measures not taken, as the ultimate decision-making process to do any of these things is solely the reader’s responsibility. For good measure always cross-reference guides with other walkthroughs found online.

Image credits: Jamie Redman, Trezor, and Satoshilabs. 

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A Short Review About Best Screen Recorders

Relating to gaming, special peripherals give PC avid gamers a aggressive edge over their rivals. Keyboards and mice are the weapons of alternative for many who play on their computers, versus gamepads for those who play on consoles. Gaming keyboards are specialised hardware that focus not on typing, however on the keys that control the video games, especially MMORPGs and first-individual shooters. There are a couple of hardware producers who've capitalized on this; the main companies are Razer, Logitech and SteelSeries. They've a lot of products in the market catering to this area of interest.

The very best gaming keyboard has to have responsive keys, good ergonomics and even backlighting to verify the person can quickly react to any motion they see on-display. These keyboards also have to be comfortable to make use of, in addition to have recordable macro capabilities which are very helpful for individuals who play MMORPGs incessantly. Logitech's G110, in accordance with many reviewers, has all of those capabilities and extra. It additionally has built-in USB audio with separate headphone and microphone jacks. This helps gamers who voice chat on-line, especially in shooters the place fast communication is necessary. It additionally has media controls, together with quantity control. Lastly, the keyboard has twelve programmable keys with three macros per key, making this a must have for many who play online titles equivalent to World of Warcraft.

Microsoft SideWinder X6 is one other notable product. It has comparable options, but additionally has a "sport mode" that highlights special keys with various colours, making them simpler to focus on. It has an interesting choice referred to as "cruise management" Thor Ragnarok that continues an action with out the consumer having to carry down the important thing or keys assigned to that motion. Finally, it has additional software program that detects the game that is being performed and adjusts its profiles based mostly on the title.

Razer's Arctosa is a extremely-rated product on this area of interest. It has all of the options different keyboards have in a special design that ends in responsive typing and high ranges of consolation. The product has a detachable wrist rest and media keys. Its promoting point is its 1ms response time; this makes the keyboard the quickest in its class, letting avid gamers make cut up-second selections that rather more quicker.

There are lots of gaming keyboards in the market, and these are probably the most notable ones. The perfect gaming keyboard cannot be decided upon, seeing as how they're all great at what they do - giving players the aggressive edge they want. Finest Gaming Keyboards In The Market.

Individuals buy the iPhone not just because it is a pretty wanting phone but additionally as a result of it has a multitude of different functions. One among these is having the ability to play video games via the usage of downloading totally different purposes. These apps can turn your iPhone right into a gamer's paradise.

The first app is comparatively low cost at lower than a dollar and is Doodle Jump. It's a very simple sport to be taught where your levels go up and your score does as nicely. It appears that you shoot little dots from your marker or pen to attack the drawn out area ships. All of the graphics appear like they had been drawn by someone to give it an artistic feel with different scenery options and settings for the levels.

Chopper is another game that you might get drawn into and find yourself spending numerous hours enjoying. You're operating a helicopter with a mission to try to save as most of the civilians that you can. Bombs and bullets are a vital a part of this game as you try to defeat the enemy who is harming your individuals. It actually takes advantage of the built in elements of the iPhone in its aspect scrolling motions.

One other free sport that will don't have any issues sucking you in is named Unblock me. It is a simple concept with a bunch of blocks being on display screen with one in every of them darker than the others. The blocks all kind a traffic jam along with your goal to try to get this block or "automobile" out of the jam. You use the touch display interface to move the blocks round merely and shortly without having any issues. You possibly can even set personal data for the number of moves it takes you to get your block free for each stage and attempt to beat those.

There are a whopping 200 ranges on the free model however if you happen to're simply that good and find yourself out of ranges for a small ninety nine cent charge you can get the opposite levels for a total of 2,000 challenging levels which is able to amuse you for hours and even days on end.

Fans of shooter games will wish to you'll want to obtain DOOM Resurrection.

It is just like the pc sport Doom and the graphics that are used on the iPhone are excellent and some folks would have by no means thought these to be ever doable. You're a marine that's compelled to fight off hell whilst you attack every thing that appears on the display screen. Obviously it is not as extensive because the PC model however you will find it works whenever you want something to occupy a while and it does it quite effectively. This carries a price ticket of $6.ninety nine.

Loopy Machines is a bit cheaper at $2.ninety nine and is a distinct kind of recreation totally. Machines have to be built within the game with a wide range of simple family objects to use the principles of physics to get the ball within the hoop for example. There are 70 levels to challenge your thoughts right here.

By no means kind or fashion can words describe how I really feel in regards to the South. So when me and a buddy of mine from New York was having a heated dialogue in South Seashore in regards to the 5 greatest southern rap songs of all time. I really started to think about this topic very deeply. So after giving it some deep thought and successful the argument with my pal, here is what I got here up with...

1. My Thoughts Enjoying Tricks On Me - This song by the Ghetto Boys from the 1991 album "We Cannot Be Stopped" is primary on the checklist for one cause. The intro to the tune alone makes this record stand out more so than anything. "I stand alone in my four cornered room staring at candles", this verse by Scarface, is likely one of the strongest lyrics that I've ever heard. As this nice track talks about how a person is dropping his thoughts, paranoid, and assume that he's going loopy, was a subject matter that was never heard of earlier than from the South.

The beat is so catchy and is by far the most effective rap songs period. With the mix of Willie D, Bushwick Invoice, & Scarface forming the Ghetto Boys, this diverse group of MCs proved to the world that the South was a region to be reckoned with. This track sampled the 1974 hit by the late nice Issac Hayes "Hung Up On My Bay" and is nothing but pure genius and a basic.

2. Me So Horny - This 1989 track by the Two Live Crew on the album "As Nasty As We Wanna Be" put Miami, as we all know it on the map. This track is so catchy and unforgettable that there isn't any means that you would not listen to this file and get hypnotized by the music. This beat alone is enough to put you in a trance because it was a pattern by the well-known 70`s funk group Mass Manufacturing.

With sure fireplace horns and a hard bass line made this music shoot straight to #1 on the US Billboard Sizzling Rap Tracks in 1989. And though this report did not get hardly any airplay on the radio, because of the controversial nature of specific lyrics by Luther Cambell, Brother Marques, Fresh Child Ice & DJ Mr. Combine, it nonetheless did not stop the album from selling over 2,000,000 information across the nation.

Me So Horny was so controversial that report store owners in South Florida have been banned from promoting this file in their report shops. The lyrics me so sexy was a pattern from the 1987 movie Full Steel Jacket, and with mixture of the 2 samples by Two Reside Crew, that is what makes this record the most effective in this category.

3. Rosa Parks - There is no denying that this 1998 track by Outkast off of the album Aquemini was a recreation changer for not solely the group, but for the South normally. With the mix of funk, soul, rock, poetry, jazz, blues, and spoken word, this tune took Andre 3000 and Huge Boi to another stage. Mostly every fan and hip-hop artist acknowledges this song as being nothing wanting a traditional.

This beat and instrumentation combined with a circulation so chilly by Andre 3000 & Massive Boi made this song top-of-the-line that the south has ever produced. Whenever you heard this music taking part in on the radio or within the membership there was no means that you could not dance to it. The Source Journal out of New York, known for it is bias views at the time in opposition to any hip hop music that wasn't from New York, even had to bow down and give this album a five mic score. Sufficient said!

four. Back That Thang Up - This tune is the 1999 hit single off of the album 400 Degreez by Juvenile. Do you keep in mind what you were doing at the moment when this tune was being played in every nightclub, radio station and TV display across America? This tune was so infectious that every girl in America was backing that thang up within the streets and nightclubs across country. Often known as the second single off of the 1998 release of four hundred Degreez.

This music by far was the one that catapulted Juvenile and Cash Cash Information to hip hop stardom. The lyrical fashion of Juvenile blended with the up tempo bounce sound, mixed with heavy bass and horns, was something that no one has ever heard of in hip hop before that time. The production by DJ Mannie Recent on this song alone shows and proves no doubt that not solely is this track a work of art. But if taking the country by storm was a criminal offense, then this document would get life in prison. Saying that this report is a classic is an understatement.

5. Lollipop - How might we forget this 2008 classic off of Tha Carter three album by Lil Wayne & Static Major. Lollipop was a song that Static Main (Rest In Peace) had written for his personal upcoming album featuring Lil Wayne, however determined on the final minute to offer it to Lil Wayne, and the rest as we all know it is historical past. Licensed 5X Platinum by the RIAA, this song spent 5 non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard Non one hundred Charts and was Lil Wayne`s biggest file of to date.

Produced by Jim Jonsin and Deezle, Lollipop reached #1 on the 2008 concern of Notarized by BET. Static Major died 2 weeks before the track's release and by no means got to see the impact of one of the greatest rap and R&B data that was ever produced. It`s very seldom that you may hear a tune just one time and be hooked. That was the impact Lollipop had on anybody who got here within earshot of this tune. The melody is so catchy and melodic that you knew that you simply were hearing something very particular if you heard this music. No one can deny that Lollipop deserves to be on this checklist.

Firstly, what we have to have a look at is what do the words "gaming keyboard" truly mean. Properly I'll let you know that it's precisely what you assume it's. It is a keyboard for gaming. Now with most people it stops there because they suppose that just because it's a gaming keyboard it will possibly only be used for gaming and nothing else. They do not realise that a gaming keyboard can be used for way more than just gaming. So this article is aimed toward giving some recommendation in regards to choosing the right gaming keyboard for you. I remember my first programmable gaming keyboard (the Logitech G15) and how I struggled with it.

The one cause why I wished it, was as a result of it was the best available on the market at the time and I felt for that reason I needed to personal one. I had completely no idea what to do with it or what I was going to make use of it for. I did nonetheless, nearly add another function to it's already impressive list of pre-put in options by illustrating simply how effective the keyboard could be in a recreation of cricket or anything involving a bat. It actually irritated me as a result of I did not need it for all of the functions and because they had been there, I felt I had to make use of all of them. I did use all of them in the long run, but that was solely as a result of I superior my recreation play and in doing so required extra features out of the keyboard.