#I did not do well in that retake

[lupadracolis]

Too late to participate in the poll but it was just over a week from Christmas Adam into the new year. There was a bad storm and a lot of lines came down, as well as lots of the people necessary in the repair process being off for the holidays. We're out in the British countryside and our electricity line came down in a spot where it was only connecting the three homes down our lane to the main line so after they made sure it was safe and not going to kill anyone who touched it it was super low priority.

It was kind of cool all spending time in the living room under piles of blankets, around the fireplace, but god going back up to your frigid bedroom in the dark to go to sleep was Unpleasant.

We get a powercut that lasts several days maybe every few years or so, but will fairly often (like a couple of times a month?) get a power outage for a few minutes to a couple of hours. Sometimes due to work on the line sometimes because of?? other reasons

I've had some interesting conversations about this subject recently (representing perspectives ranging from "losing electricity is a thing that happens???" to "eh, where I'm from we used to have power outages lasting weeks at a time, frequently"), so am just curious what a larger sample might have to reveal!

If you wish to share any details about where you live/your living situation in the notes (country, region, urban, rural, apartment, mobile home, etc.), or the frequency of power outages (regardless of length) for you, feel free.

[lesbianralzarek]

i got 99% on an exam i was dreading and i was sooo brave and i only threw up a little bit :) unfortunately i had to take 2 tabs of adderall at 4pm and subsequently i will not be escaping my dogshit sleep schedule tonight :( but i got 99% :)

[wolfchans]

Oh my godddd

Remember how i had an exam on Monday and that i was upset that it didn't go well? Well, in fact it didn't go well but my professors are willing to give me one last (unofficial) chance to take it bc they saw I went to class and never skipped an exam and saw my efforts in trying to pass the class 😭😭😭😭😭 I'm so happy i could cry lmao this was so unexpected 🥹

[seithr]

i passed my alc serving exam :]

[phagodyke]

FORGOR I HAD AN EXAM TODAY AHHHH

[thedragonemperess]

Guess who failed their chemistry midterm

[sysig]

Twisted Phoenix (Patreon)

[wewontbesleeping]

YAY!!!!! i took my math final. and not only did i pass. but i got an A. which means i'm passing the class. with an A!!!

[mythicalcoolkid]

Overheard my one prof talking to a group of students about having CFS/ME, stayed late to talk to her about The Chronically Ill Experience^TM, and cannot emphasize enough how incredibly healing it is to unexpectedly have a long conversion with someone who genuinely gets it

[quietwingsinthesky]

making mass effect OCs that are such fail loser idiots i love them

[becca-alexa]

my professor gave me a C+ on an assignment and i am in tears

[daydreaming-in-daisies]

sadly i dont think i'll be graduating this semester

[preserve-or-raze]

my tags got out of hand

i keep thinking about hobbies and how i often spill over myself to pick up new ones. i have adhd, i end up trying something for like a month and then just getting far enough in it that i move on, satisfied.

and that should be fine; but it's never fine.

i am a pretty decent artist; but i can't just make art for my dnd campaign, i should be selling dnd maps and character designs and scene setting pieces. i can't just make my friends matching earrings, i need to get an etsy and ship them internationally and take bulk orders. i make pretty good props and decorations and use them to throw my friends parties - but i should be running a party planning business and start taking paying clients and networking and putting my skills to actual use.

for some reason, i never figured out the specifics of pottery. it was a fun class and i enjoyed myself - and still, i'm embarrassed, years later, that i put in all that useless effort. everything i make has to be stunning. stellar. i should have applied myself more. maybe i'm too lazy. maybe i'm broken and selfish and needy. actually creative people would have kept going; they would be bettering themselves at every possible opportunity.

we find ourselves in this trap, even accidentally: we need to commodify our time, because it is a commodity. if we spend our efforts and our time not earning, isn't that the same thing as burning free money? and god forbid you ever take up a hobby that ends up being more expensive than you thought. you sit in your car and you look at the receipt and in your head you hear a conversation that isn't even happening - your mom or your friend or your partner all saying oh great. not this shit again. it's always something with you, and it never actually means anything.

i have realized this horrible thing, recently - i'll get excited to start a project, pick up a new hobby. and then i just... stop myself. i start thinking about the amount of time it will take, and how it'll look in my monthly budget. what if i can't even produce a good enough final product. sure, it's exciting to think about how i could make my friend her own custom dice. but i'm just polluting the earth if i don't get it right. better not bother. better not try.

restless, i get caught in the negative space. the feeling that oh god, i want to create. and that horrible sense - yeah, but i don't have the time to just put to waste.

[thelightintheattic]

wasted 5 hours of my life taking a retake only to get a lower score lmao

[sweet-as-kiwis]

International business is officially the Podcast Class

[wolfchans]

Sigh I knew that exam was miserable 😞 oh well