#time to study hard and code until 3 am

[chronic-crassicaudiosis]

Wish me luck tomorrow with my exam

[nepotismthis]

INSIDE JOB REWATCH NOTES

A little while ago, I did a full IJ rewatch over three weeks, which is the first time I’ve watched the seasons back to back. I made a point to take notes for fic-writing purposes, and I wanted to share them. They’re color-coded by character, worldbuilding, and production. Enjoy!

Part One:

They briefly mention the shadow-lev system in Unpresidented. I assume this is the primary mode of transportation for most of the series, and all secret societies have access.

I didn’t realize this show had a Dave Matthews needle drop

Rand is very conniving for a lot of Part 1 and a lot of the fandom forgets this… myself included I am in no way immune

This show has a lot of blood. Much more than I remember.

There’s also a LOT of electronic transition music early on, which makes the Dave Matthews needle drop even more absurd.

Reagan’s arms look really strange in Blue Bloods, which is great. The proportions are always just a little off when she wears the robot-arms, which I didn’t notice until now.

The Reptoids have a rivalry with Atlantis!

Reagan frequently wears a barrette in flashbacks (which may not be huge news to you but as someone who’s written an AU Reagan who wears a barrette it was crazy to see)

One detail that really only shows up on a big screen is that they gave Reagan pinkish coloring around her eyes when she doesn’t have the exaggerated purple eye bags, which looks really nice.

The Reptoids say that Reagan is considered an upgrade from Rand. Do with that information what you will.

Tamiko is on first name terms with the rest of the team! It makes me curious how often she sees them.

Atlantis is REALLY big. It’s also in the South Atlantic Ocean

Each opening scene is around 3 minutes in Part One, which actually changes to around 2 minutes in Part Two!

The Illuminati is referred to as a company in Mole Hunt. They’re not just an elite club, they also likely have some sort of business model.

Part Two:

In the summary for “How Reagan Got Her Grove Back,” they give away the hookup. This makes me a little frustrated, but oh well.

The Illuminati canonically toilet papered Cognito’s office in the past, which means it’s likely not hard to break into their office.

While Part One has mostly electronic background music, Part Two uses a lot of keyboard chords for transitions.

I genuinely think Reagan and Mychelle’s Hive School Reunion has my favorite opener. (where they sneak in to change the Constitution) We see the gang on a smaller mission, everyone has new outfits, and also Reagan knocks out a guy with a suitcase.

Rand canonically has a remote-controlled teleporter, which could also solve my transportation confusion from earlier.

“In the Hall of the Mountain King” is played during the roast in Reagan and Mychelle’s Hive School Reunion

Ron initially takes it upon himself to complete the mission in Rome. This is SUPER interesting to me, because he already knows it’s part of Reagan’s job. You could read this in so many ways. Did he want to keep her separate from the part of his past he repressed? Did he want to protect her from another secret society? I am not the person to give judgment on this, I just think it’s intriguing to consider.

Ron is canonically good with technology… Not only did he hack that recorder in Bohemian Grove super fast, he also mentioned literally building the Catholicizer. More on this later.

Gigi’s VA is SO good. She’s so expressive and her joke delivery is consistently on point.

Glenn is canonically a high ranking general, not just some guy (also, he’s my favorite. This is largely because I had to study most of what he references in the two years since I last watched the show.)

During the Mouth of Truth scene, Reagan mentions Ron hopefully changing his mind about sleepovers. Did they just not… stay the night with each other before We Found Love In A Popeless Place? (sadly if this is true it makes one of my fics inaccurate)

Side note: The word ‘sabotage’ is used across four of the eight episodes in Part Two. (episodes 1, 2, 4, 5) I don’t think it was used once in Part One. (take a wild guess about why I noticed this)

They use classical music in Part Two again, at the Hand mansion. I couldn’t recall the title, but it’s there.

The character animation is SO GOOD in Brettwork.

I’m obsessed with how insane JR gets once he becomes an intern.

Rand canonically collects blood samples of all his employees. Again, do with that information what you will.

Brettwork is the best written ‘episodic’ episode of the show. Fight me. Also, it was cool to see Reagan in a support role.

Ron canonically has a private instagram account

During the climax of Rontagion, Ron suggests “hotwiring the gun to the building’s lighting system,” connecting to the pattern of him being good with technology. This guy was in the wrong field. He should’ve been building stuff instead of erasing minds.

Brett remembers Ron post-memory wipe. I don’t know why that was written in, but it’s definitely theory fodder for someone.

They use a cappella music in the JRand college flashback montage! (College a cappella is very special to me and this made me giggle)

In Gigi’s Illuminati cutaway bit, she’s flanked by people in red robes. We also see these guys cheering for the Illuminati in Bohemian Grove, and one going through the TSA in the Rome episode. However, because Ron initially wears a purple robe, this begs the question: does the Illuminati have robes that indicate rank? Does this mean Ron was a higher rank, beyond just being a mind eraser?

In the opener for Appleton, Reagan checks her phone at 9:05 after it buzzes. However, the text she gets from Ron (the only notification) is timestamped as 45 minutes ago. Interestingly, she looks again at 9:50 and the notification is still from 45 minutes ago. It’s probably a production error, but it could also be theory fodder...

Ron never said Reagan needed to make a decision about Appleton, just to think about it. This is canon. I'm not making this up. I don’t deny that this was a huge (and abrupt) ask on Ron’s part, but it’s worth noting that Reagan rushed herself.

You can tell most of the soundtrack budget went into Project Reboot and Appleton. There’s a specific motif they use for emotional moments between Reagan and Ron (once when they kiss at the beginning, once in Appleton proper) which is pretty easy to pick up on.

Ron has a Illuminati mind eraser in the timeline where he works at Cognito… huh?

And... that’s it. TLDR: I love this show, the work put into the soundtrack is underrated, and there’s definitely still more out there to analyze.

[alien-magnolia]

Mine and His <3

Fic Description: As a background type scientist, you aren’t very special in the world of Pandora. That changes, when you are noticed by Jake Sully, and fortunately, his rival, Colonel Quaritch. 18+ MDNI!!!

Tw: Implied non-con, power dynamics, dom-coded! Jake sully + Miles Quaritch, sub-coded hyperfem!reader, fingering, Jake/Quaritch talking down to reader/ bimbofication, ownership, major size kink bc human reader.

A/n: this turned out way longer than I thought, and I originally meant to post it on Christmas.its a bit hard for me to consistently post now. Anyways, merry belated Christmas/ holidays, and hope yall enjoy my first time bringing the very (hot) Miles Quaritch to life!! Don’t we love the balance between a young Jake Sully and an older Miles Quaritch <3 I am planning to make a part two with more intense smut! Stay tuned! (this was lacking a bit 😭) alsooo pls help a gorl out and reblog if you like this!!

The moon rose above you as you made your way to the forest, your mask in tow, and your boots. You were meeting Jake at the edge of the forest. He would not want you to venture in alone. Your tiny human form could not take it, as he would say. The Na’vi man was extremely possessive over you. The leaves rustled amongst the wind, bioluminescent crickets danced in the air.

You stand still as the ferns brush against your leg, wondering where your Jake was. You came to Pandora as a sort of background character — always behind the scenes, never noticed, usually brushed to the side. You were apart of the anthropological and religion team, researching and observing Na’vi culture, religion, and social relations and norms.

Every morning, you rose from your cold, metallic, cot, put on your oxygen mask, and worked at the lab from 8-5. Sometimes you would be invited into the community to learn, yet you never lingered around too long. The other scientists were more fluent in Na’vi than you were, and so, they would make a better impression.

It was only until one night, where the half-moon rose and shone over the sky, swirled as if it was cotton candy, was the night where you became noticed. You, made an impression.

~ Three months ago ~

You stayed to observe a Na’vi ritual, one called the “Sun Dance,” where one ingests a hallucinogenic worm in order to have a vision of their fate for the future, their destiny. This ritual served to breach the gap between the sacred and the normal, the ordinary, to alter reality in which a religion exists everywhere — not only in a book or a house. This was Na’vi religion — Animism.

You enjoyed the ritual and truly felt that you were starting to grow connected with the community. However, you were still a bit unfamiliar with the forest, and accidentally happened to wander onto a slippery log — that also acted as a bridge for a deep canyon below. Your tiny human feet stumbled across the bridge, and then slipped. You landed on your stomach, then realizing the vast canyon below — and that you would face sudden death if you were to drop into it. You screamed out in pain as a branch pierced your leg. You hear heavy steps behind you, you pass out.

You wake up beneath a bioluminescent large plant, with its long tendrils gently swaying over your face. You feel something on your leg, and look to see quite a handsome Na’vi man tending to your thigh, which had a large scrape on it.

“Hey. You’re awake. Almost fell there, girl.” You study his features a bit more. His hair is long, black, his eyes a deep yellow. Chiseled jaw, veiny arms, and wide shoulders <3 adorned with an interesting necklace. You muster the courage to speak to this beautiful man in front of you.

“Yes, I — um, sorry. I should have been more careful. I’m still a bit unfamiliar with the forest, although I’ve done many studies here,” you explain to him. “S’alright. I can take you back to your home base, if ya like,” the man offers, his tail swishing a bit. He must have been excited to talk to you. You blush at the note of attention from him, and agree.

The two of you begin walking back, the Na’vi man stopping momentarily to make sure there were no creatures of harm nearby. You learned his name was Jake. Jake Sully. You watch his long braid sway from side to side, like a pendulum, as you walk behind him. The two of you have been talking, sharing your stories, your journeys, what brought the two of you to Pandora, respectively.

“Was a marine, when I first came here. I was trying to pay for my surgery, to well — get my legs back. M’sure you know, the RDA loves screwing everyone over. ‘Specially me,” Jake explained to you, as he led you through the dark, softly glowing canopy of trees.

“So you weren’t very good at school, then, I assume,” you snicker, trying to poke a bit of fun at him. “And you are?,” he retorts back, emitting a deep hearty laugh, a sound you liked. “I do have a PhD, yes,” you giggle a bit as you look to see his reaction. He only huffs, yet you swore you could see a little smile behind that stoic face of his.

The two of you continued to walk back and engage in this somewhat flirtatious banter. He led you back to your lab, wishing you a goodnight.

“Jake, wait,” you touch his arm as he was about to leave, and he flinched, his ears folding back. He turns to you. “I would want to see you again. It would be nice, I think,” you offer, hoping he would take the initiative. “Hmm. Doubt it. You stay safe, miss PhD,” he retorts, and runs off into the forest.

Yet you wouldn’t take his “doubt it” for an answer.

The following night, you ventured again into the forest, hoping to find him. You might as well take a few pictures, hoping to find your way into the Omaticaya village. You did not find your way there, and instead ended up running into a few creatures. Jake saw, luckily, and saved your “prissy lil’ self” (as he called it) again.

Nights with Jake became a regular occasion. Although you and him had more of a fair share of differences, you found it to be true, that opposites attract.

————

~ Present Day ~

You smiled as you remembered how you first met him. The two of you only went on ‘dates’ together, where he would show you an interesting place he liked in the forest, or take you on a ride on his ikran. Nothing more, just conversation.

Yet, the more you got to know him, the more you wanted him. In a way that surpasses conversations or dates. You really had hoped that tonight, you could go further.

Everything about him was just perfect. His shining eyes, his strong arms, his beautiful voice that made you feel so safe <3.

You hear his footsteps behind you. “Babygirl. How’s my favorite scientist doing?,” he chuckles, his big hands gently gripping your face, giving you a kiss on top of your head. “Good,” you giggle, reaching up to give him a hug. You always have felt so safe in his arms.

“Where are we off to tonight?,” you curiously poke at him as he leads you over a bridge — the both of you hearing the gentle splash of the pond below. “You’ll see, hun. Somewhere real special,” he reassures. Where could this place be? How exactly could you get here, to be spending time with this beautiful Na’vi man, who possibly could be yours??

The anticipation was simply too much to handle. “Wanted t’a bring ya here, to ask somethin’. Was thinkin’ you see, that you could become a true member of the Omaticaya. Pass all our tests and all,” he says, while you lean your head on his shoulder.

You think on it for a bit. “But why, Jake? It would mean that I need a Na’vi body…,” you trail off. “Exactly. Ever since the day I met you, sweetie, I wanted you to be mine. You’re just too goddamn adorable for your own good,” he chuckles. “Can’t make you mine though, officially, without you becoming a tuté (woman) of our people. You will prove yourself to the Tsahik. We will mate, then. For life. You’ll be mine, girl,” he smiles warmly at you.

You agreed, overwhelmed with happiness!! “My Jake, why can’t we mate now?,” you ask, although as a Pandoran anthropologist, you knew the answer. Your human body was no match for his Na’vi strength. If you were to mate now, not only would it be against Omaticaya customs, his sheer power would most likely kill you!!

“Thought you knew the answer there, Miss PhD,” he teases. “How’s about this. I give you a little taste of what’s to come if you join the people of the forest,” his voice shifts to a deeper tone, his eyes a bit hooded now.

A large blue hand the size of your head gently grips your face, turning you towards him. His soft lips plant a few kisses on the top of your head, moving down to your neck. All of a sudden, your oxygen mask gets a little too hot for your face <3 your heartbeat quickens as well.

“Jake…I’d love nothing more than to join the Omaticaya,” you pant, in between breaths as he continues his ministrations. “That’s my good girl. See if those scientists of yours can make you an avatar. Want you to be mine,” he purrs, with a bit of a darker undertone as his large hands squeeze and grope the plush curves of your body — to the point where it’s painful.

You pant and squeal as his fingers trace patterns on your soft tummy, his large face planting a few kisses there as well. “Love this human body, babygirl. Bet your Na’vi one would be even better…,” he praises you. <3

His fingers were getting lower and lower, tracing circles on the hem of your waistband. “Jake…,” you pant out. “Want you…,” a cry, a plea for help. You had no idea how intense your fervor was for him, until now.

“Can’t give you all of me, hun. You can’t take me yet, m’ too big for you. Don’t want ta hurt your pretty little body,” he chastised you, his yellow eyes full of concern.

Just about when you were to agree, to let him give you a taste, that taste that you’ve been waiting for, that taste that your heart (and other parts of you) ached for, the two of you heard a rustling behind, in the bushes.

Out step two steel toed boots, a blue RDA uniform. At first you thought it was someone human — you were surprised to see that it was a Na’vi man wearing the suit. You quickly try to hide, using Jake’s wide chest as a safe haven.

Jake’s eyes burn with rage, disgust. His ears fold back, a low growl escapes his throat, his Adam’s apple moving slightly.

“Miss me, corporal?”

This man had a smug way of expressing himself, hands on his hips. He looked to be a bit older than Jake.

“Forgot about our agreement, all those years ago, Sully?” Jake hissed in response, telling this man, whom he called ‘Quaritch,’ to kindly fuck off.

Quaritch, a man of his word, did not take this as an answer, and continued to move closer.

Until he saw you. He stopped. “Whose this you’ve got here, corporal?” Jake hisses again, standing up this time to shield you from Quaritch. “Leave her out of this,” his tone low, possessive, angry.

“Why don’t you come on out, cupcake?,” his eyes turn towards you. Just like your Jake’s, you saw that they were full of lust, hunger. No affection, though. They were cold, empty. This man was attractive — yes, yet something about him felt off.

Jake reassures you that you don’t have to do it — until Quaritch himself pulls you out from behind Jake’s back. Quaritch circles you, tutting, eyebrows raised.

He turns to Jake. “Got yerself a sweet little toy, huh, Sully? My, my, she’s quite a looker,” Quaritch comments, his voice sickeningly sweet, as his large blue hand plays with your hair. Jake was fuming — ready to start a fight with the man. It was clear that the two had a past rivalry, and never made amends.

It was also clear that the two wanted you.

“How’s about this, corporal? Your little girl here, could very well seal our agreement, don’t ya think?,” he taunts Jake.

“She’s mine, Quaritch. Don’t even think about it.” Quaritch then retorted that it was either this, or his rifle. Jake then agreed.

“Glad we’re on the same page, Sully. She’ll be ours, to share, won’t ya, cupcake? How’s about I show you how we do things where I’m from, hmm?,” his southern accent cooing at you goes straight to your core, between your legs.

You glance at Jake, hesitantly watching. Quaritch then sits down, his giant arms pulling you into his lap, one hand behind your head, the other on your hip.

“Such a pretty girl. Gonna give you something to feel good about,” he chuckles, peppering your face and neck with kisses, his fangs slightly biting into your shoulder as you gasp!!

Jake is infuriated, still watching from the side, although he looks like he is enjoying watching you get ravished by the older Na’vi. Quaritch’s soft lips trail down your soft tummy and waistline, your small hand intertwined with his rough, calloused one.

His fingers trail your waistband — realizing that Jake already pulled off your clothes — your wetness soaked his thigh. <3

“Aww. How cute, pussy’s all soaked f’me. I think I know what she wants,” he taunts you, showing you his big fingers, almost the length of your arm. <3

You nod vigorously, completely forgetting about Jake. “Yes. Please, please, anything,” you beg him. “How’s about you call me sir, hmm, sweet cheeks? More fittin’, don’t’cha think?,” his southern voice drips as if it were melted caramel, seeping through to your inner submission to these beautiful, tall, men.

You were their toy, theirs to own, theirs to play with, theirs to use as they please and see fit. That’s all you could think about, as your tongue hung out, your eyes closed, small hand gripping the watch on Quaritch’s hand, as his two fingers worked and massaged your gummy walls over and over.

You thought of belonging to the two Na’vi men, passed around from the loving arms of your soon to be mate, to the vicious and unrelenting force that was Miles Quaritch, your ‘sir.’ For these two men, you were fine with leaving your life as a scientist behind, just to trail them around.

You were giddy with the thought of it, as you came undone around Quaritch’s fingers, his reassuring words, “let go f’me, cupcake…,” and Jake’s hands behind you, rubbing the small of your back, this was a taste of a life you never knew you wanted.

Now that you had this taste, you were ready to risk it all to keep this.

You fall asleep in Jake’s arms, as Quaritch bids him a ‘till next time,” and your soon to be mate is left wondering what that phrase entails.

Avatar taglist: @aerangi @jake-sullys-whore @drinking-tea-and-be-obsessed @brioffthegrid

[justgivemethephd]

26.11.2024

Good morning everyone!

Yesterday was such an awful start to the week. I really don't understand how I can be this tired every single Monday and feel completely fine the next day despite sleeping for the same amount of time! It's so frustrating. I wonder if there's anything I can do to change it. Speaking of changes, I think it has hit me that the vitamin D pills have been working. My mood has improved overall, I feel a lot more energetic most days, and my body just generally feels better to exist in. It's good that such a small change could have such a significant impact!

I had a really hard time getting anything done yesterday. It was difficult to get into the studying mood and it was even more difficult to retain focus once I'd started a task. The coding exercises are kicking my ass (I'm still stuck on the first one) but hopefully I can get through them if I just sit and think things through slowly. I'll just keep trying things until it works!

Other than that I have another busy week in the lab. I am so happy to be back doing ex vivo stimulation assays, and after receiving some results from last week's sequencing I can continue with experiments as planned. It feels so good to be gathering and analysing data again. Overall, this is setting out to be a pretty productive week, and I'm looking forward to seeing what it has in store for me!

I hope everyone feels refreshed and energised today. Remember to hydrate and eat properly, it's important to maintain those energy levels if you expect to be productive.

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🎧 - Feeling Good by Michael Bublé

🎮 - Baldur's Gate 3

📖 - Different Seasons by Stephen King

[raccoonfallsharder]

✩࿐࿔ stop frickin' apologizing. [new 4/9]

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fluff | gn reader | no use of y/n | anthology one-shot | word count: 1,207. read ✩࿐࿔ stop frickin' apologizing on ao3

hey, kid. for many of us, the impulse to apologize is conditioned so deeply into our subconscious that we don't even realize how often we do it until someone says, oh my god. stop apologizing. (which often makes us... well, apologize again.) luckily, the captain is here to offer his patient counsel and support. lol.

for @raccoon-coded ~ babe. i had a hard time writing this one, probably because i identify with both reader and here. (watch me barely holding back the impulse to apologize right here.) i am both the over-apologizer and the person who tells other people not to apologize (which does not work lol). i really hope this is still able to provide some comfort or validation for you. i will work on apologizing less if you do too, and maybe together we'll feel free to just exist without having to be sorry about it.

When Xlomo Smeth trips on the bone-pavement and bumps into the Captain — who in turn bumps into you — the words find their way out of your mouth before you even realize you’re saying them: an impulse as natural as drawing breath. “Oh! Sorry.” You don’t even notice Rocket stilling and stiffening in the street — not until you’ve already left him five paces behind. You stumble to a halt and turn, only to find him gazing up at you: eyes burning, arms crossed, tail and whiskers twitching. “Would you fuckin' knock that off?” You blink. “Excuse me?” Xlomo Smeth has already ducked into the laundromat where he’s been headed with a basket of his clothes. Other than the two of you, there are only a few people out and about right now in the early wake-shift hours. The Broker is sitting at a table across the street, daintily sipping something that you assume is the intergalactic equivalent of espresso. Sssaralami is leaning out of her window, hanging wet laundry to dry. Hoobtoe and a few of the Star Children are watering some plants in a series of box-gardens set up in a nearby alley, and Drax is lounging in a doorway: keeping a casual eye on them while he rips grilled orloni off a stick with his teeth. The streets are quiet, and the manufactured morning light is pearlescent and misty. “Apologizin’ so much,” the Captain growls at you.

read more on ao3 ✩࿐࿔ for @raccoon-coded ♡ ✩࿐࿔ take what you need masterlist | take what you need queue

need more reminders from rocket?

the world is hard, and sometimes it's difficult to complete daily tasks & take care of yourself (aka rocket bullies you for your own damn good).

feel free to ✩ request reminders ✩ via reblogs, asks, and tumblr or ao3 comments if they would be helpful for you. it may take me a hot minute to get to them depending on life n stuff, but i will do my best. ♡ view the take what you need queue to see upcoming installations & the current backlog.

this is about as wholesome as it gets (for me) i think. can be read platonically or romantically. mcu-based anthology, meant to take place post-volume-3, but headcanon however you want ♡

✩࿐࿔ take what you need masterlist

eat somethin. (wc: 576)

go to frickin bed already. (wc: 737)

get outta bed & get your shit done.(wc: 925)

take a damn bath. (wc: 1,375)

leave your frickin skin alone. (wc: 1,579)

take a fuckin study break.(wc: 1,020)

drink some goddamn water. (wc: 1,209)

stop destroying your frickin clothes. (wc: 1,609)

just buy the damn thing already. (wc: 1,271)

it's frickin laundry day. (wc: 1,923)

get some sunshine, sunshine. (wc: 1,614)

did you take your damn meds today? (wc: 1,288)

schedule your fuckin' appointments.(wc: 1,222)

do your goddamn dishes. (wc: 994)

brush your frickin' teeth. (wc: 1,774)

nobody fuckin hates you (wc: 1,231)

stop biting your goddamn nails (wc: 2,920)

take a frickin' shower (wc: 1,359 )

take care of your fuckin injury (wc: 2,102)

cook some goddamn food. (wc: 2,707)

clean your frickin room. (wc: 2,465)

stop hittin shit. (wc: 1,862)

do your frickin homework. (wc: 2,121 )

chill the fuck out. (wc: 1,499)

i'm damn proud a' you, kid. (wc: 1,639)

fuck heartache. (wc: 1,781)

stop frickin' apologizing. (wc: 1,207)

if you find any of these at all helpful, they're meant for you.

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[lordjimp]

What I think the vanillia FO4 companions eat on a normal day.

“fanfiction-y headcannons i sscratched out this morning. Lol idk when the sun rises in america so this might be completely weird and off. Sun rises 5:30 or 6 where i am. i suppose it shouldn’t matter too much tho. im not a writer, i was just possessed this morning so please dont take this too seriously, thx.”

Warning! 

Some companions I headcanon as having some poor (but pretty normal) eating habits (eg; forgetting to eat, not eating for long periods of time in the day, substituting not-meals for meals, or eating habits that are synonimous with depression or other mental illnesses). If in general topics about eating habits make you uncomfortable, best to skip this one. 

Codsworth:[read first]

Breakfast(8:00am)-when sole is around, he would naturally cook for them. Some friends (and settlers) started joining Sole for tea some days, which slowly turned into him cooking pretty much every day. Breakfast is always coffee, fried eggs,fresh fruit, and grilled meat if they have it.

Lunch(12:00pm)- spends the first half of day running around getting ingredients, will go out hunting if he has to. He has lots of different michelin star recipes in his code, but he has to get creative with what he has. If your not showing up to lunch you better tell him, he’ll be really upset if you usually come but decided to flake off that day.

Dinner(7:00pm)- starch, meat, veg, and carb. The time of the day where. Shit. gets. Real. expect no less than beef wellington, or an apocalyptic adjacent wellington. it also means bad table manners will not be tolerated. You get amazing free food, but if you put your elbows on the table or get unruly, codsworth is gonna whir around and bonk you on the head with his metal claw.

Cait:

breakfast(10:00am)- wakes up too late to have what codsworth cooks. And girl is hungry. No such thing as breakfast ick with her. One 4 egg omelet, salted, and a coffee. 

lunch(12:00pm)- 2 servings of whatever codsworth makes. If she can help it, she will not cook. Not a huge fan of mirelurk if there's any.

dinner(7:00pm)- starch and meat, she doesn't care about anything else on the table. Despite drinking, she is surprisingly well behaved. The fights start after dinner is over though.

Curie:

breakfast(5:00am)-tea, extra sugar

snack/lunch(12:30pm)-she usually forgets. it's hard trying to read her new body, especially when she can get so consumed by her study. Codsworth usually brings her something to eat or tries to tear her away from her work. He doesn’t mind seeking her out since shes always so polite.

Dinner(10:30pm)- steps out of her chair to stretch for the first time in hours only to realize she's on the verge of fainting- oops. It annoys her since she knows exactly what would constitute a perfect diet, but just can't perform it. Has a serving of dried muit fruit and something canned. Not technically a vegetarian, but she does avoid meat. 

Danse(post brotherhood):

Breakfast(4:30am)- 3 boiled eggs (destroying the egg supply #3) and a ‘black’ coffee (extra extra sugar shhhh). After he goes on his morning jog and then workout, he’ll go on until basically lunch if he has nothing to do.

Lunch(12:00pm)- always joins for codsworth’s lunch, he can get a little ‘homesick’ about the BOS. and eating at the exact time every day with everyone at the same table gives him back a little bit of that routine he was so used to in the brotherhood.

dinner(7:00pm)- same goes for dinner, routine is his best friend. He also just wants to eat with his best friend, Sole. Nobody else really, well… talks to him… I laugh but it's kind of very sad.

Macready: 

Breakfast(9:00am)- used to eat fresh muit fruit every morning, but for unknown reasons now muit fruit gives him the ick. Now he usually has Canned soup, tomato is his favorite.

lunch(12:00pm)- yes he's showing up for free food, but hes not close with everyone at the table so he is kinda quiet and standoffish during lunch.

dinner(7:00pm)- he’ll go if he's in the mood, but its alot of people and with Codsworth always breathing down his back about his manners, the vibe at dinner just really pisses him off. so it really depends if he's up for it. If he isn't, there is usually somebody else who didn’t go making stew or something around he can mooch off. He’ll also eat something sweet after, religiously believes in dessert.

Preston:

breakfast(8:00am)- eats breakfast with the sole survivor every day. Breakfast it's a good time to do a morning briefing. Coffee addict btw

Lunch(12:00pm)- he honestly wouldn't eat lunch if it wasn’t for codsworth. He gets so anxious and kinda spirals in his head. As the day goes on he’ll either just forget or not really have the appetite to eat. Eating with people also makes him feel much more relaxed, and he’ll have an easier time having an appetite.

dinner(7:00pm)- gets paranoid that the spread is an improper use of resources, and takes it up with codsworth at times. Codsworth defends that he gets everything himself and none of the food is ever wasted, but then Preston says something about corn beef being a more sustainable use of food and gets kicked out of dinner for being problematic (problem? Corn beef is the worst.) (piper; first time?). Everybody’s mouths were too full to disagree with codsworth. 

Piper:

breakfast(5:30am)- cigarette. Wow, she's so french /j

snack(??:??)- snacks on gumdrops and lollipops constantly throughout the whole day. When she eats natural sugars she feels                   n o t h i n g

dinner(9:00pm)- she eats way later because she's always bouncing around and its hard for Piper to center herself to sit down and eat. she’d go eat what Codsworth cooks, but he usually kicks her out. It's like the fact that he gets up and arms about things at dinner makes her want to act up. Whatever, she's having blamco and some dandy boys.

Deacon:

snack(9:30am)- his diet is inconsistent and random. Hes actually already been up and down since one, the first thing he has is a handful of potato chips.

lunch??(12:00pm)- if he's up for it, he’ll show up to lunch. But, he barely eats anything. Mostly has a bit a coffee which he still doesnt finish. Dogmeat sits in front of him the whole time under the table getting pats and fed. Then he leaves before anyone is done eating.

snack(2:00pm)- finds someone else having lunch and picks off their food while they aren't looking

snack(8:00pm)- rest of the potato chips- he acquired salsa.

dinner??(10:00pm)- has a few beers and a bit of fruit. Maybe. He's probably just gonna drink. To wrap up, he’s a serial snacker.

Dogmeat

snack(5:00am)- dug up bone from dinner a few days ago.

snack(9:00am)- no bad guys, all is well. Back to the bone.

lunch(12:00pm)- will circle around the lunch table and give everyone puppy eyes. If he’s there, stays by deacon, easy gains.

dinner(7:30pm)- fed dinner leftovers or dog food by either preston or sole. dogs arn’t allowed at dinner apparently, so no shaking down his friends for food ,’( 

Hancock

breakfast(2:00pm)- wakes up after lunch and immediately goes to Codsworth to ask for leftovers. If there are leftovers, hell make some weird cold leftover sandwich. If not, he's happy with canned beans.

snack(4:00pm)- Snack cake, courtesy of Danse. Well, like- STOLEN from Danse.

snack(6:30pm)- Bourbon, hey it's 5pm somewhere. Heh. what? It is 5pm?

dinner(7:00pm)- attends dinner. Great food, great company. Nowhere else he’d rather be. *gets kicked out*

snacks??(12:30am)- wanders into Danses room drunk and/or high, wakes Danse and Hancock gets caught snooping through his fancy lad stash. Danse hated that, and he won't let him live it down until he repays him back. What? He's serious about his lads, stop laughing.

Nick

breakfast(5:30am)- has a smoke with piper. Same spot every morning. Piper talks shit the whole time.

breakfast(8:00)- usually just pops in to see everyone, but if he stays, codsworth will pour him a black coffee. It doesn't do anything for him obviously, but it feels nice to just sit and have breakfast with friends 

dinner(7:00pm)- I like the theory that the reason Nick’s asked by Vadim to drink his moonshine is so he can test the alkaline or ph level, or whatever it was. So he comes to dinner and has a glass of whiskey, and the sensation is almost like he can taste it. Dinner is a nice change of pace. People sitting around a table civilly enjoying good food reminds him of certain happy prewar memories with prewar nick and his family. He's content sitting there with an empty plate just enjoying the conversation. 

X6-88

 dinner(7:00pm)- the others call it his snake meal, it's always exactly 2000 calories (he works it out in his head) and he eats all of it in like 5 minutes. It's actually really disturbing. He shows up first for dinner. Fills his plate with food. And, like an eating competitor, stuffs it all down his throat with a straight face. Then leaves without ever saying a word. X6 says it's so he doesn't have to waste time with allocated eating, but so he’ll still get his required fuel. This is how he's always done it, no one can convince him it is bad or unhealthy because he's so sure it is more efficient.

i forgot strong oops. might do him latr soz

[mozarting]

Day 2 : Rust and Data Structure

This is second post and I am realizing that documenting the learning progress with blog is so hard for me, I studied error handling in in Rust, I watched second lecture from Algorithms course, I understood the most of it. but when it comes to writing the blog, My brain don't know what to write and how to write ?

What I learned ? What challenges I faced ? What I found interesting ? Key takeaways ?

YEAH RIGHT!! I KNOW THEM. BUT IT'S JUST NOT COMING TO ME AT THE TIME OF WRITING.

Anyways, I still tried!!! and I will do it again tomorrow.

🦀 Rust Book: Error Handling

Today, I studied the 9th chapter of the rust book: Error handling, So, rust groups errors into two categories : recoverable and non-recoverable.

Rust has this Result type which is an enum with two variants Ok and Err. I also got to know the ? operator, which at looked like magic, it’s a shortcut to pass errors up the chain. Pretty cool, How this example

turns into just few lines of code by using ?

This chapter was easy to follow. I typed and ran all the examples, I spent 3 hours with it.

📘MIT 6.006 Introduction to Algorithms : Lecture 2

I watched 2nd lecture from the course. It was about Data Structures.

I got to know difference between interfaces and data structures. Now, I want to implement static and dynamic array and linked list from scratch.

Tomorrow's plan

I'll start the 10th chapter in rust book. Generic types and Traits and continue the 3rd lecture in the Algorithms course. Well, I want to start working on a project with Rust, right now I am thinking about writing interpreter. But, I'll wait until I complete the 12th chapter from the book.

[phillipfancypants]

I wish I knew people irl who like Stormlight so i shall submit you all to my ramblings instead.

This song is so Kaladin coded and I feel like people more creative than me need to be aware of its existence.

My personal interpretation of the lyrics below the cut:

“There’s a voice that pulls me stumbling through a symphony // and the less of it I need the more I get” (the calling of honor and his need to do the right thing, even when it always ends up with him worse off than he started)

“Till I’m swept up by the shape of all the centuries // like an echo in the chambers of my chest” (his connection to the history of Roshar as a Knight Radiant)

“I think she fears I’ll be a servant to my history” (the “she” in this song reads very much as Syl to me. This is referring to every time Kal goes into a dark place when he thinks of all the people he’s lost)

“Or worse a slave to someone else’s misplaced doubts” (he’s often feeling he has to prove himself as worthy)

“And so I try to hard to kill what’s out to kill me// until I’m blind and hiding in the lion’s mouth” (he’s often blinded by his duty to protect himself and his companions that he ends up in over his head. This reads very much like book 1 to me with the bridge maneuvers)

“And the words she aches to hear pour through my canyon//and they’re singing in the caverns of my limbs” (the words are the ideals, also caverns makes me think of the chasms )

“And though I do my best to try to understand them // they only follow me like vultures in the end” (most of book 3&4 have Kaladin struggling to find and speak the fourth ideal. Also the symbolism of vultures being animals that prey on the dead. Kaldin’s 4th ideal is that there will be those he cannot protect, and the words follow him like vultures, surrounding those he’s lost)

“I once read that I should write something worth reading // or I should do something worth writing about” (these feel like the influence of Lirin and Dalinar on his life, Lirin wanting him to help people through the study of medicine and Dalinar encouraging him to join him in battles)

“As my ears they buzz like bees upon the ceiling//I start to pour a little more than I’m allowed” (all the feelings of what people want him to be and what he himself wants to be are overwhelming)

“I said our hearts know deeper seasons than our memories//she said this harvest might sustain us for a year” (this one is weird but I think it’s saying that the gut feelings of why you make the choices you do are more important that the logical reasons. Kaladin nearly breaks his oaths a couple of times doing what’s right, and Syl is telling him that this way of living isn’t sustainable for either of them)

“And of all the thousand ways the world could tempt me//I’ve never met a better fighter than her fear” (the world seems to be designed to make Kaladin give up, which is Syl’s biggest fear)

“So as I try to breathe the air that she is breathing//and we dance a lightless dance upon my floor” (idk I haven’t found a way to connect this yet other than that air and dance are often associated with Syl)

“I am yearning to tell her she’s all I’m needing//but I’m drowned out by all the noise outside the door” (the noise outside the door being all the directions Kal is being pulled in between his family, his squires, all of urithuru, his own depression, and everything else that I’m forgetting)

“Carried by the current of the morning//miles below the surface of the dawn” (Kaladin’s depression is like night, and the dawn is the light of being able to move on. Being miles below the surface, he knows a better world is up there, but it seems impossibly far)

“This is not the place that I was born in//that doesn’t mean it’s not the place where I belong” (he was raised a dark-eyed surgeon’s son and now is a soldier and a symbol of hope to his country. I love that the song ends with him coming to terms with his place in the grand scheme of things, and knowing that he is enough and he can protect those he loves)

[scapegoated-if]

it occured to me belatedly that since youve only played 3 COG-system i.f.s that you MAY be unaware of code-diving?

it can be helpful if you want to study how other COG-system authors organize their code, or how they accomplished a bit of coding that you admire. (like this isnt a critique or anything, im surprised how many times you have scenes repeat per branch. it's not good or bad to do that, it's a style choice. tone in text is hard, so im just reaffirming youre fine and im not judging. anyway, i assume its a style choice anyway. it is not one ive seen often. so, for that style of coding, idk how many other i.f. authors youll find do the same, but im sure youll still find it fun to potentially code-dive in other people's demos and explore how they organize things)

it can also be helpful to know readers can code-dive and read your code and, if you happen to have spoilery label-codes within it, get hints from it. one of my favorite demos, Mind Blind over at the blog @/mindblindbard had no idea code-diving was a thing until code-divers themself informed her they could see that she wrote the secret identity of the Supposed To be Nameless Villain in the code. she was informed really early in the i.f. though, so VERY few people saw that whoopsie as she fixed the issue immediately and was much more careful about potential spoilers in her code

to code-dive is really easy. all you have to do is go to the dashingdon demo in question, and after the final backslash in the link, add the word "scenes". and then you click on which chapter you want to read the code of. that's it. idk how to code-dive on itch.io, you are on your own there, but i enjoy the simplicity of this. it helps me a lot in understanding stats and the tone/consequences of certain scenes that my autistic ass may not have picked up by accident within the text itself

anyway, thats a thing that people were talking about a lot in 2020 thats now been kind of Unsaid in years since, one of those "if you know, you know. it's an open secret, or i guess not 'secret', just... a thing that exists that we moved on from doing tutorials of and discussing after The Brief Time We Did Them, good luck finding that tho" type of things i guess?? idk how to explain it

anyway, just something that occured to me while reading the three demos you mentioned. i have a google doc of all my favorite authors, their blog-names, and demos, my MCs names and other short facts about that MC's playthrough, and i have like.. over 30? idk. point is, id love to add more to your list once you, on your own time, publish the ones you tried and liked. feels potentially overwhelming to bot wait until youve comfortably caught up in what you already are reading. besides, all the ones i favorite might be already ones you know and therefore making my recommendations moot lol

i digress. bye! have fun!!

I was going to keep this anon ask in my inbox just to have it stored for myself, but I thought this may be useful to any fellow new writers or anyone interested in developing their own IF; even anyone reading IFs in general that may be curious about the implications of certain choices.

I have been given some useful advice about my convoluted coding on CoGs (which was how I was alerted readers could view my coding at all haha). I won’t be making any changes to the Prologue as of yet, but I have applied these tips to Chapter 1–that so far is functional as far as I’m aware thank goodness.

I will apply code-diving to Scapegoated, thank you for letting me know it exists!

In general, I don’t mind anyone seeing my coding, simply because there aren’t any spoilers outside of what occurs in each chapter at a time. I feel like I conceal a lot, even to myself, just for the sake of keeping myself in the headspace of where I am in the story. But this has been extremely useful to know, you have no idea!

You’re the goat for this, friend.

Stay groovy!

[crazylittlejester]

Daily brainrot and today I've got a load of headcanons I've been mulling over because they won't leave me alone.

I know we've all done a college AU at some point in our lives, but I was up at like 3 am last night debating over which academia aesthetic each Link embodies because I may have spent way too much time on the aesthetics wiki recently. Did I procrastinate for an hour to work on this? Yes. I have no regrets. YOLO and all that.

Sky -- Definitely has light academia vibes. The man does not own a single dark piece of clothing, and everything in his closet is very soft and cozy. He double majored in aviation and environmental science, but he's debating transferring over to the biology department to pursue grad studies in ornithology.

Time -- He is not in charge of his own wardrobe, okay? Malon picks out his outfits. They match. It's always something tasteful and neutral with a little bit of color, but nothing that marks him as belonging to academia. He's part of the philosophy department and a strict teacher, but the students all love him because he genuinely wants them to do well and lets them know. Most of his work is writing for philosophy journals when he isn't teaching.

Legend -- Has more of a general/miscellaneous aesthetic that leans hard into gender non-conformity. He takes his work with him everywhere and whenever someone asks about it, it goes completely over their heads because they have no idea what he's talking about. There's an ongoing bet about whether his dissertation is about linguistics, sociology, or both.

Hyrule -- I don't think there's a word for his aesthetic, he just gives off "outdoors creature" vibes so hard. He's a cryptid and rarely in the classroom because he's always out doing field work. The most human contact he has is outreach programs with the environmental science and biology departments. No one knows exactly what his grad work is supposed to be because it's incomprehensible combinations of wildlife photos half the time and the other half the time he's off the grid.

Twilight -- This is what happens when cowboys and gothic academia have a kid. It's really freaking weird, but somehow he makes it work, so nobody questions it. He technically works for the agricultural department doing research and outreach programs, but he also haunts the English department and occasionally teaches 100 level literature classes online. The freshmen like him because he rounds grades up.

Four -- An unholy combination of academia and his unique color coding system. You don't know what you're getting until he shows up. He generally wears neutral stuff, but his socks and ties are color coded, much to everyone's chagrin. He's got multiple projects going at any given time and helps out the other departments when they get stuck on details. He's really cagey about his dissertation, but he practically lives in the science & engineering building, so he can't exactly deny that he's doing something in STEM.

Wind -- He tried being fashionable, but as soon as he decided to major in oceanography he was swept away by ocean academia. The amount of blue clothing he has is frankly horrifying, and Warriors is trying to get him to branch out into less garish shades of gray and stop wearing almost exclusively rubber boots as footwear. It's a work in progress.

Warriors -- I think he'd fall under general or queer academia because he'd be fashionable in a mostly-normal-but-also-queer sort of way. Stylish, and fruity. Definitely prefers autumn/winter because that's peak scarf season. He's the kind of guy who manages to casually slip representation into any curriculum you hand him and makes it look natural. He got an assistantship with the history department because the professors love him.

Wild -- 100% chaotic academia and doesn't even have to try. Everything is a mess, but it's his mess, he knows exactly where everything is, and to be honest it's not a safety hazard, so it's fine. Besides, he dresses appropriately for department events, and he's the only grad student that Flora hasn't scared off. No one actually knows which department he belongs to, but he knows something about everything.

IM SO FUCKING OBSESSED WITH THIS YOU HAVE NO IDEA

THESE ARE SO PERFECT AND YOU’RE SO RIGHT ABOUT THEM ALL I LOVE THESE SO MUCH IM SHAKIN EM AROUND LIKE A JAR OF MARBLES

[finalsentence]

hi everyone!! this is going to be a very simple introduction; depending on how this goes i might get fancy and do something nicer in the future!

this is my second or third time trying to create a space for myself in the writeblr community. both times i failed because consistency is hard. but i’d like to put myself out there and make friends with other writers, so i’m giving it another shot!

about me.

i’m nineteen years old and pursuing a ba degree in english literature! i have absolutely no idea what i want to do after that… if i had it my way i would simply spin my favorite characters around in my head for a living but i’ve been told that’s not how it works. :(

i enjoy reading a variety of genres, including literary fiction, horror, and post-apocalypse!

my top favorite books are: the stand by stephen king, frankenstein by mary shelley, and the kite runner by khaled hosseini. (yes, they are wildly different stories, but they all hold a very special place in my heart. <3)

my writing.

so. confession time. i am a fanfiction writer. i know how that sounds, but don’t scroll away just yet! i put a lot of care and effort into my work to make it accessible and enjoyable for everyone; so even if you aren’t in any of the fandoms i write about, you will still be able to follow my work the way you would follow someone’s original novel. all of my work is a study of canon storylines, settings and characters, but i try to present it in a way that does not assume the reader has any prior knowledge of the source. (and if you do, you get to enjoy the little easter eggs hehe.) there’s something for everyone, i promise! <3

generally speaking, i enjoy writing in the same genres that i read! i write a lot of horror and post-apocalypse, but overall i am trying to develop a more literary style. my work tends to focus on anti-heroes and their super dysfunctional relationships. and lots of my favorite characters are queer-coded!

i want to venture into writing original fiction one day, so you can look forward to that!

my wips.

i only have one active wip at the moment, so that’s what i’m going to talk about here. i might introduce some of my future projects later if i’m able to get this blog off the ground!

the book i’m currently working on is a five nights at freddy’s fanfiction suburban horror novel. it doesn’t have a title yet, because i am notoriously indecisive and i haven’t found one that fits, so until i figure that out, i’ll be using temporary tags and referring to it vaguely as ‘my michael novel.’

the story features an unreliable narrator, sketchy family entertainment restaurants, and lots of paranormal activity!

summary:

michael afton is miserable. living alone in a crappy apartment, unable to hold down a steady job, and haunted by nightmares of a tragic event in his past, he starts to suspect that things will never get better. but then, his estranged father reaches out to him with an unexpected and cryptic offer, asking him to return to his hometown and take a job as a maintenance technician at an animatronic rental facility. though he is unhappy about returning to the town where he grew up, michael dutifully follows these instructions, convinced that rekindling a relationship with his father is the key to turning his life around. however, he quickly realizes things in the facility aren’t what they seem. something sinister is hidden inside those walls, and it’s putting michael’s life on the line. in order to discover the truth about his father—and, eventually, to make things right—michael has to come to terms with his own past mistakes.

it’s not a fantastic summary; i’ll probably rework it soon, and hopefully i will have an entire wip intro to share at some point!

aaand that’s pretty much it! if you’re interested in interacting with me at all, please don’t be afraid to reach out! i am always open to chat, especially about your wips—and feel free to include me in dash games, too! i want to interact with people as much as possible, to build a little space for myself on here with some new friends, and have fun. <3

i hope you enjoy my little corner of writeblr!

[jlheon]

okk so you follow est?? i will add it to my international clock. it alright to take a break from stupid studying. but i never saw you on my dash tho- think it is because of time zone differences heheeh.

ohh~~ you will soon be 11th, no problem i will definitely help you pengu <33 because your big sis here is a topper in her class and scored full marks in calculus 😭 i worked hard for it. so please feel free to summon me anytime. i will be there :p

my sister came into 10th this year, she studies pretty average. since you are having your finals currently, do your best and the very best pengu 😌 also i am taking my major in computer science engineering. but i dont know how to code 😶

i am thinking of learning to code the next two months until uni starts sooo, gotta be prepared hehe. let's talk again at your 1pm slot timing or just tell me when you are always free in est. i will come up to you at that time...

sending you energy to fight through your day, since there is half day left for you pengu. hope you do your math final well, you wont get a bad grade. i will literally maifest for you.

sending my math powers to you and there is no way you can no to them my baby <3 hope you really really do well and when is the exam pengu?? anyways good night from my side of the world, muah ^3^

— 🎵 anon

i was super bad at bio last year and good at math but this year it flipped and im good at chem and bad at math LET ME WIN NEXT YEAR PLZ

i bet u will see me more on ur ash after becuz i start summer break after tmrw :3

i am the middle child of three sisters!! my older sister is 22 my older cousin who’s my sister basically is 21 and my little sister is 6 so like big age gap 😣 i’m 16 tho !!

i’m always free so don’t be afraid to spam my ask box i love answering asks !!

gonna dye my hair now i think… GOOD NIGHT :3

[chuuuvi]

Cyn's Top 10 Kpop Songs of 2023

Yes I know this is late but it's still January so who cares. I'm limiting this to korean title tracks and prerelease singles. Perhaps I'II make one for my favorite b-sides later. Alright lets go!

10. Lit by Stayc - I'll admit this one is kind of a sneak. I didn't even really get this song until this month. When I got it though I got it HARD. I think I listened to it on repeat for an hour straight. Do I actually think it's better than Teddy Bear and Bubble? Maybe not but I do think I like it the most. It's so brain scratchy!

9. Rising by TripleS - What a great song to be the group's official debut! I can really tell that they're Loona's little sister group in this song. Not that it sounds exactly like a Loona song but it has all these little moments where I can hear it. Probably because its a jaden jeong + monotree joint. Anyway it's a really good song and the chorus hits hard.

8. Perfume by NCT Dojaejung - My sister described this as a strut song which is so accurate. This song makes you feel like THAT BITCH. It's super smooth and sexy and really really good. Interesting vibe from NCT (That being said l'm a sticker defender so believe me I have nothing against the NCT sound)

7. Air Force One by Odd Eye Circle - The return of oec fully rocked my world. I was ranting and raving about the loonaverse implications of this song / mv / mini album for days. It's also just a really cool song! Daradaradadada~

6. Giddy by Kep1er - my babies!! Their best title track since Wadada. Also the dance is adorable. I immediately taught myself the chorus choreo. I'm incredibly biased towards these girls so I was tempted to put this higher but I held myself back.

5. Zero by New Jeans - Now I know what you're thinking, "Why tf is that your new jeans entry?" and "That's literally a coca cola ad. What's wrong with you?" This is my list though and Zero was legitimately my top kpop song on my spotify wrapped. I listened to it an ungodly number of times. It has like a weird hypnotic effect on me so I listen to it while I study.

4. Kick It 4 Now by The New Six - My top boy group jam of the year. Again shout out to my bg stan sister to putting me onto this. She truly keeps me in the loop in that regard. Pure happiness in a song it's SOOO FUN!

3. Queencard by (G)I-dle - Must every song be deep? Can't we all just have a silly girly time? My boob and booty hot!! In all seriousness though I think Jeon Soyeon is a genius. Ya'll might think her lyrics are weird but you just don't understand her like me. This is the song on this list that I think will have the most lasting impact. We'll all be looking back fondly on Queencard.

2. Underwater by Chuu - Underwater feels like a breath of fresh air to listen to. This song is so comforting; Chuu's voice is like a hug. It for real makes me emotional. It's so Taeyeon coded which is an incredibly good thing in my book.

1. Unforgiven by Lesserafim - This was my anthem of the year no question. I don't know if Lesserafim will ever be able to top this. It's just flawless. Potentially my favorite kpop album of the year all together too. Idec that half of it is songs we've already heard. I love having greatest hits in one place and Lesserafim's greatest hits are really good!

A Bunch of Honorable Mentions: In Bloom by ZB1 (just barely missed the list. They're the boys to watch right now), Madeline by Limelight, Memories by Riize, We Are Young by Tri.be, I Am by IVE (another close one), Bubble by Stayc, Invincible and Girls Capitalism by Triple S (they had a great year), OMG by New Jeans, Bite Me by Enhypen (I actually went to a kpop dance class where we learned this choreo), Fighting by BSS, One and Only by Boynextdoor (naturally snatch-ed!!), Bad News by Kiss of Life

[edgythoughts]

What is the best way to revise before exams?

What Is the Best Way to Revise Before Exams?

Alright, so here’s the situation: exams are coming. Your heart’s beating a little faster. You’re staring at a mountain of notes wondering, “Where do I even start?” “Did I even learn this before?” “Why does the mitochondria keep coming back!?” Revision—everyone says you need to do it. But no one really explains how to do it in a way that doesn’t feel like pure chaos. You might’ve tried rereading everything, highlighting until your hand cramped, or watching YouTube videos at 2 AM hoping it’ll magically click. The truth? Most people don’t revise efficiently. Not because they’re bad at studying—but because they’re never taught how to revise in a way that actually helps their brain remember anything. So, let’s fix that. No fluff. Just real, useful strategies to help you walk into that exam room with your brain actually ready. 🎯 First: What Is Revision, Actually? Let’s clear this up. Revision ≠ re-reading your textbook from cover to cover and praying for the best. Revision = actively recalling, organizing, and reinforcing what you’ve already learned. The best revision helps your brain: - Retrieve the info (pull it out from memory) - Strengthen the connections (make it stick better) - Spot gaps (so you can fill them before the test) So let’s talk about how to do that in the smartest, most brain-friendly way possible. 🧠 Step 1: Use Active Recall If I had to give you one method and one method only, it would be this. Active recall is basically quizzing yourself. Instead of just reading notes, you test yourself on them. Examples: - Read a section → close your notes → write down everything you remember - Use flashcards (make them or use Quizlet) - Answer past paper questions without looking at your notes - Teach the topic out loud (even if it’s to your wall or your cat) Why it works: You’re training your brain to pull info out, not just take it in. And that’s exactly what exams make you do. 🔁 Step 2: Do Spaced Repetition Don’t cram. Seriously. It doesn’t work long-term. Instead, spread your revision out over time. Spaced repetition = review material several times over increasing intervals. Example: - Day 1: Learn it - Day 2: Review it - Day 4: Review again - Day 7: Quick recap - Day 14: Final check Apps like Anki do this automatically, but you can totally use a notebook or calendar too. This helps move things into your long-term memory, which is where exam answers live.

📋 Step 3: Make a Revision Plan (and Keep It Real) Don’t just wing it. Sit down and look at: - How many days/weeks you have left - How many subjects/topics you need to cover - What your weakest areas are Then spread your revision across your schedule. ✅ Mix hard + easy topics each day ✅ Schedule shorter sessions (25–50 minutes max) ✅ Always leave buffer time for review and emergencies Don’t try to revise everything every day. That’s a straight path to burnout and breakdown. 🗂 Step 4: Use Visuals, Mind Maps & Diagrams Your brain loves visuals. Instead of writing pages of boring notes, try: - Making mind maps - Drawing process diagrams - Creating comparison charts - Color-coding your notes by topic or importance It’s not about making it pretty (though that helps); it’s about helping your brain see connections and simplify complex info. 🎙 Step 5: Teach It (Even If No One’s Listening) This one is criminally underrated. If you can teach something clearly, you really understand it. Try this: - Pretend you're giving a 2-minute lesson - Use your own words—no reading from notes - Record yourself if you want and listen back You'll immediately notice what you understand and what still feels fuzzy. ✍️ Step 6: Practice With Past Papers This is the closest thing to the real deal. Get old exam questions. Time yourself. Write full answers like it’s the real test. This helps you: - Learn how to apply what you know - Spot question patterns - Improve time management - Get comfortable under pressure Even if it’s not perfect, it’s practice. And every time you try, your confidence grows. 🛑 Step 7: Avoid Passive Traps These feel productive but don’t help much: 🚫 Rereading notes endlessly 🚫 Highlighting everything 🚫 Watching tons of videos without testing yourself 🚫 Making pretty notes and never using them If you’re not testing, recalling, or applying—you're not truly revising. Be honest with yourself. Passive study feels comfy, but it doesn’t prepare you for the exam battlefield. 🧃 Step 8: Take Care of Yourself Your brain needs fuel, rest, and movement to function at full power. ✅ Sleep at least 7–8 hours ✅ Eat real food (not just snacks and caffeine) ✅ Drink water ✅ Take breaks ✅ Move your body—walk, stretch, whatever The best revision happens when your brain feels safe and supported. 💡 Bonus Tips - Make a revision playlist (lo-fi beats, classical, anything non-distracting) - Use whiteboards for quick visual review - Pair up with a friend for quick-fire Q&A battles - Review your mistakes often—they teach the most Final Thoughts There’s no one “perfect” way to revise—but there is a smart way: ✅ Active recall ✅ Spaced repetition ✅ Practice under pressure ✅ Break it into chunks ✅ Track your wins Start small. Focus on understanding, not just memorizing. And most importantly—believe you can do it. Confidence doesn’t come from feeling ready. It comes from showing up again and again, even when you’re not sure. You've got this. Revision doesn’t have to suck. It can actually feel good when it works—and it will. Related Articles from EdgyThoughts.com: Is VR the Future of Classroom Learning? https://edgythoughts.com/is-vr-the-future-of-classroom-learning/ Why Emotional Intelligence Is Finally Being Taught in Schools https://edgythoughts.com/are-schools-teaching-emotional-intelligence-now/ External Resource: Explore more about effective studying techniques: Study skills – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_skills Read the full article

[ilysungho]

i don't find it weird at all, it's actually really sweet!

also, oh my god, i'm so beyond thrilled to see what you come up with for that ask. i'm sure no matter how long it takes, it'll be completely worth it, it's your writing we're talking about after all, it's nothing short of magnificent. but don't rush yourself, i'm sure you're busy and i don't mind the wait.

i'm sorry to hear that you've been having kind of a tough week, i know just how exhausting it can be when life seems to be running at a faster pace than you seem to be able to go, but i hope you get some time to yourself and catch a break soon, even if you really do just rest instead of write. what's important is that you don't burn yourself out, which can sometimes be so, so, so hard while trying to study but also engage in your own hobbies.

however, i am glad to hear that your beautiful brain keeps creating new stuff for us, you'll find me eating up every single post once you get to share this content with us.

also, slay smart girl? i didn't know i was talking to an academic icon, excuse me. i bet you aced that exam, so congratulations in advance (in case you haven't gotten your score back, if you did, then just congratulations) but how annoying of your professor, honestly, what's the point of making you stay there doing nothing?

i'm sure that by the time i send this your next class has already ended, so i hope that was good as well!

my day has been alright, i'm taking a gap year after finally graduating high school so i'm not up to much, but i am trying to get my life together haha. honestly it's a tough process, lots of ups and downs, and also struggles with lack of motivation or despair, but i'm managing!

you take care as well, angel, lyy (also, really good to know that you don't mind te nicknames, i'll keep them coming them <3)

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hello again sweetheart <3 i’m glad whew i think a lot about my anons and everyone who sends me stuff and everything, i love all you guys my sweet sugar cupcakes 😞💗 and omg stoppppp don’t have to gas me up so much i’ll fly away like a balloon in the air then… and yes of course! writing keeps me from going insane over constant math and code so im glad to be able to use here as a space to let go. you’re so sweet, thank you for the compliments dear ☹️ well, time passes rather quickly when there’s more to worry about, so i’ve been just trying to get through the day until after my event on saturday 🙂‍↕️ and then im gonna be holed up here answering everything i can hehe i’m excited for that! yeah… my professor is kinda :/ like that, also why i don’t attend lectures (don’t skip lectures guys! don’t be influenced by me! my professor does online lectures! (which i don’t tune in to… oh dear i’m being a bad influence… i say as if i don’t own a literal smut blog LMAO)) but it’s alright. the material we’re covering in this class is something i’ve already learned before up till today’s exam, so i have to lock in for the last two chapters properly until the end of semester 😛 and my class has yet to begin actually 😭 but i decided not to go since she posted the lecture online for today’s class so i’ll just go over that lol (please go to class, don’t be like me). and omg!!! im glad you’ve been having a good day. gap years have their merits, which i’m sure you may have experienced, the way going straight to college does. as long as it’s the path you chose to go on, it’s going to be alright. your happiness matters the most in life, so keep that in mind and choose what you do with your life on your own rather than listening to others. well, i say that but i also know that it’s hard to do so sometimes. we just have to live with our consequences i suppose. anyways, not to get too philosophical or thoughtful haha. take care starrie, you’ll be great <3

[samurai-instillment]

My Raw Honest Intro:

I've never thought I'd hit rock bottom, but here I am, 30 years old, unemployed, and staring at the wreckage of my own choices. Its not pretty, and it sure as hell ain't easy to admit. But I'm done running from the mirror. This blog is a blueprint for changex my diary of redemption, and my oledge to build the man I've always wanted to be. If you're lose like I am, maybe we can figure this out together.

I've done lots in my life, but at the same time, i truly have not lived. But how does anyone who is in my shoes even know how not to fuck up? I never had any real guidance, nobody thought it was necessary and I was practically coddled from the very harsh water of this world (or maybe I just didn't listen), so here I am.

The Switch Up

About a few years ago, I had a sorta breakdown, laid on my bed, looking up, just getting flashback of every fumble, blunder, and terrible mistake I've ever made. I finally decided to change my life in hope for something better. But still, old habits die hard, especially when you try to build with no foundation to begin with. And this blog is something to fix that, one pillar of a foundation that will help me be who I am meant to be.

Body, Mind, and Spirit

My ultimate goal has always been to be able to do a one handed handstand. Going from a guy with barely any physical prowess (can't even run 30 nerd metres without hyperventilating) to someone who can maintain such an athletic feat isn't gonna be easy, and by my calculations, it should take me about 3-5 years just to get there.

Planning on working out consistently, twice a day, for 5 days a week. This won't just be for me to achieve that ultimate goal, but to better my health, and my mind. With this as a part of my routine that will be with me for the rest of my life. I wanna be the husband other husbands look at and think "damn, no wonder his wife is so happy", or the dad who can actually live up to the "my dad can beat up your dad" claims my kids will be spouting off, I wanna get to 80 and still have the body and stamina to run the Comorades Marathon back and forth.

"Do something you love"

Now while my career isn't what I studied when I was in college, its something I found myself loving the money I started working. About a year or two after leaving varsity, I found myself a job as a web dev, learning from scratch of course, and I've loved it since. But because of the place I worked at, plus my foolish mind, I quit I'm hopes that I could make more money working freelance. But the deal that was supposed to actually put me on fell through, basically rendering me jobless and moneyless again.

But now I'm looking for anothet job, and I'm determined to use this as a stepping stone to getting my oen business up until I become the greatest in the world (everybody wants to be the greatest) I know. Each day I'll jobhunt and I'll keep improving my skills, learning more coding languages, and just getting myself on the right track for world domination.

The First C is Camera

Man, I just want to make art with people who make art. That's literally my one dream in this life.

I don't know why but the thought of capturing and bringing am artist's work to life is one of the best jobs ever. Like... When James Arthur and Metroboomin came together for them songs, I wish I was there to at least capture that moment, or be the one to make its music video. Or taking someone's written work and trying your best to make justice of the world this person built in the minds. Shit even some none-artist people, just seeing them do what they do and turning that into some sorta art is amazing, turning an accountant's routine into a painting, making a busy air traffic control office into a symphony. Just... taking something and making art out of it, that's the best job anybody could ever have.

Maybe I'll start taking photos again, maybe I'll get my editing up to par with the world standards, but I'll see how I can make it back into the space again.

Let's Get It!

So... Yeah. That's my intro to this blog. If you see this and you see me not posting, please keep my accountable. I could use as much as I can.