#I'm really happy we're friends

[lesbiancolumbo]

I know your field is quite different from the one I work in, but as someone who is currently job hunting- any advice on how you wrote your cover letter?

sure! first of all: i want it on record that i hate cover letters, think they're stupid, but they're basically a requirement if you want to get anywhere with any job 🤕, so my philosophy regarding them is work smarter, not harder. since i'm in a very specific industry, i can get away with keeping essentially the same template and changing up one or two sentences to apply to the specific job/employer i'm applying to. this has allowed me to just plug and play with my specific cover letter and helped me easily apply to many jobs. you shouldn't be writing a different cover letter for every job! i don't know who needs to hear this! that is a waste of time!!!! my god!

so i've done my fair share of cover letter research over the years as i've applied to and it seems like the standard industry advice is this basic ass template:

this is from an article titled, no joke, "how to write cover letters that stand out".

employers read so many of these damn things and this template ironically does NOT make you stand out. the likelihood of an employer reading this is low. here's a redacted excerpt of a cover letter i submitted years ago that got me hired at my current job (ignore the whited out typo lol!!! that's how good my letter was tho, that they ignored my typo).

see the difference?

with the caveat that you should take my advice with a grain of salt, because different industries look for different types of cover letters, i always lead my cover letters with a story in my distinctive voice that grabs the person reading it. getting in the room is always the hardest part, and this was an easy way for me to grab hiring managers' attentions. when i had my first interview with the place i now work at, the first question they had was........ tell me more about the power outage! i'd been using the traditional format for months (years before that), and after a bunch of insta-rejects and canned "no thanks" i was going crazy and had nothing to lose, so i chose to get creative with it, and it's been serving me very well ever since!!!!

personally i think it sucks that job hunting has become so much of an Event - but if you do a little bit of work on the front end and craft something unique to your voice, i've found that employers WILL respond to it. and when i go to submit to a new job, i change very little, just a couple of sentences, and boom. here's MY bare bones template:

paragraph one: [lead with a story written in your unique voice that shows off your skillset and strengths. end with a version of "and that's why i'd be a great [JOB TITLE]"]

paragraph two: [this is where you hit 'em with your past job experience, but don't just sum up the resume]

paragraph three: [and here's why i would REALLY be amazing at this job, because i'm (insert whatever it is the job is looking for - "i'm passionate about this organization's cause! i'm a master at multitasking, i love working with people!" etc). you've set them up, now you gotta knock it down].

i hope that was helpful. again i can only speak to my experience, and my industry is much more receptive to creative voice in the application, but i've got a pretty decent batting average on jobs applied to/interview requests, so i think there's something to this strategy. good luck with the job hunt!

[burningcheese-merchant]

Okay so. Don't tell my boyfriend or (one of) my best friends. But. I was not that invested in Burningcheese UNTIL I read your fics. I liked them fine, but then i did a funny burning cheese roleplay with the aforementioned best friend AND THEN your fics induced the brainrot. How could you do this to me. Shadow Milk and Pure Vanilla are crying in the corner of my mind. They're being ignored. /silly

Here is my reaction every single time someone comes to tell me I lured them into the BurningCheese cult

Enjoy your stay, you don't get to leave. You get to suffer with the same brainrot I do. I'm going to Hell when I die and so help me I'm not going alone

[silenzahra]

Hey Zahra! I know I haven’t read every fic of yours yet but from the ones I did I thiiink I gotta go with “Biggest Fears”, “Keeping him warm” and “Anything for him”.

Love, love the part in “Anything for him” where Mario brings Luigi back. It was such a heartwarming moment. Also, loooooooove that Mario jumped out of the painting to protect Luigi but also at the end when Luigi realised that Mario was scared that he returned the favour.

That being said, yes, I love protective Mario, so “Keeping him warm” was an obvious choice as well hehe.

“Biggest fears” what can I say? Vulnerable Mario with Luigi comforting him is my absolute jam. The comfort in this one was one of the sweetest I have ever read. I really love it so much.

I’m so glad I got to meet you here and I’m so glad we became friends. I know I’ve said it before, but you are one of the kindest and sweetest people I have ever met.

I love you (platonically)! <3<3<3

OMG Stripet!!! 😭😭😭 YOU'RE SO SWEET WAAAAAAHHH. First of all I'm so sorry for my late reply, but please know that your ask has made me incredibly happy and put the biggest smile on my face 🥹🥹🥹 Thank you SO MUCH, dear friend 🫂🫂🫂

I'm so happy and honored to know that these are your favorite fics of mine!! OMG, I swear reading about yor favorite parts of "Anything for him" has brought back so many memories of the time when I was working on it and how much I LOVED writing precisely those scenes!! 🥹🥹🥹 Mario being so worried about Luigi that his love for him literally made him jump out of the painting despite King Boo's magic, oh gosh, how I ENJOYED writing that 😍😍😍

As well as the entire chapter 3! Awww I'm so glad that you loved the moment of Mario bringing Luigi back so much 🥹🥹🥹 And of course, Luigi would also do anything for Mario, especially seeing him so scared of King Boo which is a personal headcanon of mine (I believe Mario would be at least a little bit scared of King Boo at first, since he couldn't fight him on his own as he didn't have the Poltergust 3000). The title "Anything for him" can be read in both directions and I wanted to make that clear in this fic as both brothers literally do anything to protect each other 🥹❤️💚

Anyways, sorry for the rambling 😅 Your words really brought me back to that time and I love it!! And I'm beyond honored that you love this fic and these specific scenes so so much, dear friend 🥰🥰 Thank you so much for letting me know!! 💖💖💖

Hehe, I'm a big fan of protective Mario as well, so it makes me so happy you also love "Keeping you warm"!! 🥰🥰 This fic has gained so much relevance lately as it's received not just one but two amazing fanarts that I just LOVE so much, and I'm over the moon because it's also one that I just LOVED writing 🥹🥹 I'm so honored and grateful and ELATED that it's among your favorites!! 🫂🫂🫂

And gosh, "Biggest fear" has also been getting so much love lately, and again I owe it to the amazing fanart it's gotten 😭😭😭 That one literally made me cry while I was working on it, my friend. I remember needing to take some moments here and there while editing it because I was moved 🥲🥲🥲 So, seriously, knowing that you love it so much and that you find the comfort so sweet here means the entire freaking world to me. I can never thank you enough for your support and love to this fic and it makes me so happy that you enjoyed it so much 🫂🫂🫂

Awwww Stripet 😭😭🫂🫂 I'm also so so glad that we met and became friends!!! Gosh, I'm just so lucky and blessed, and I thank life every day that I met you 🫂🫂🫂 You're so sweet and kind, and I also can't get tired of repeating it over and over again 💖💖💖

Thank you so so SO much for this ask, and for your support, and, just, for being you. I also love you (platonically) very very much!!! 🥹🥹🥹💖💖💖

[liberaetor]

this is an updated plotting call! note that it's going to take me a moment to reach out (hopefully no more than a day or two) because i intend to come to you with at least two ideas about potential threads / dynamics / aus we could write in, so i'll need a little moment to think those up. i also want to note here, and sorry in advance if it's rude, but if you're not receptive / communcating / just plain ol' not giving me anything to work with once i approach you ... i'm going to softblock. we don't have to do any of the ideas i present but if you're stalwart and seemingly disinterested in coming up with anything at all, i'm not going to waste my time any further ... no hard feelings, no offense meant, but i'm very serious about creating collaborative storylines and fulfilling dynamics in this space and this is me taking steps to create that <3

[torchickentacos]

The pokemon anime subreddit fascinates and frustrates me on equally deep levels

[pastafossa]

Thanks to EVERYONE'S recommendations on my post about How Do I Get A Knitting Circle To Adopt Me - A Woodcarver - Into Their Group, I have discovered:

My local library has a knitting/crochet club that welcomes other crafts, too! I will be attending that tomorrow, so maybe they'll adopt me!

There's a local woodcarving group that has monthly meetups! Granted it meets at a senior center and membership is encouraged which I can't do obviously but I'm going to see if that's like, a hard line or not

There are a couple small, independent craft stores that might have leads on more groups, I'll be trying to hit those up in the next few weeks and see if they have any leads!

My witchy shop used to have crafting meetups, I saw it on old FB events! That will be starting back up again soon, so I can hit that up too!

And here's a tentative one - there were so many others like me who expressed the same sadness of not being able to find a little crafting group where we could all work on our respective crafts and just have fun with crafty friends and learn neat things. So I'm talking to a friend about how complicated it would be to set up a discord server for us, because gd it, I know we all live far apart but if there's a way for all of us to do a craft night together once a month or whatever and become crafty friends, we should be able to do it, along with showing off our interesting things we make in between! So put a pin in this one, since I've only ever used discord, not really run one, but if I can make it work, I'm going to try when I have some time.

[jils-things]

making good progress with the gen 2 arc with my sister! i got super happy seeing gold again be himself 🥺🥺🥺💚💚

[belle--ofthebrawl]

Tagging me in WIP Wednesday is absolutely not a requirement but I always reblog what I'm tagged in and I feel like even though notes and hits and all that is lower for everyone overall, it's still nice to show we're still here and we're still writing and thinking and goofing off with each other.

[savage-rhi]

Fuschia/Magenta?

[hyunjinz]

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[the-flowerpatch]

always always on our mind. i lov you i lov you i lov you i lov you

[burntpink]

25: vague about someone you like romantically or platonically

They have short wavy hair, a bit unkept because they cut it themselves. Sometimes I forget how much taller than me they can be when we're side to side

Their sense of humor is very... implied, like, nothing has to be said for you to know what they're thinking

They're very active, love sports, fucking live at the gym at this point. We used to skateboard together. And they're always in on anything you call; shopping, ice cream, traveling together, the park, the beach, the club, a cup of coffee, watching music videos at home, anything

And they look very hot dressed as cowboy

[pastafossa]

The Glorious TRT Gift

I needed to make this one its own post specifically so I could link it on my TRT masterlist.

One of my highlights of going to the con was finally getting to meet with @wonderlandmind4​, who I’ve been chatting with for ages after bonding over the fic. It was one of those friendships where you finally meet and you feel like you’ve always known each other. There is no awkward period, no ‘um who are you exactly’. Just boom, we’re hugging, we’re chattering, we’re getting kicked out of Panera because we lost track of time while talking and they’re closing, we’re exchanging friendship gifts. And there was one in particular that was very special. If you’ve been around on tumblr, then you may have seen my mentions of her teasing about whatever this TRT gift was. I know she told a couple other people at the con, but when she finally gave it to me, I was just... stunned, and I immediately teared up.

She'd created a funko display of black suit Matt and a custom Funko Jane she'd ordered. It was set above the streets of the Kitchen, complete with beautiful, glittering threads she'd made and attached herself, with the Hell's Kitchen skyline at night as the backdrop.

Jane even has her key necklace, along with her leather jacket! Seriously, the fact that they have not just a red thread, but Matt also has his white thread signifying his love for his city, is just... perfection.

Girl, this is one of the wildest, sweetest, most thoughtful things I've been given and I have repeatedly teared up when proudly showing it to friends and family. My geek friends on my socials are literally losing their minds over it. I literally carried this in the Keanu Jesus tote bag with me every time I left the car on the ride home because I wanted to make sure nothing happened to it. The second I got home, I was rearranging the Matt Murdock shrine so I could set it up front and center. And I've been looking at it and touching it on and off all day, just stunned that someone loved TRT enough to make it. It is absolutely perfect and I love it so, so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 😭

[faksyan]

Nothing can hurt me. I dealt with my best friend telling me hey remember how we did that together. I am using it for my gay fanfic. multiple times and just walked it off. I am stronger than you'll ever be.

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Okay, so, life update in the tags

[belle--ofthebrawl]

Started following you after I read Let No One Lust for Martyrdom. Stayed for your incredible writing, creativity, very correct takes and overall insanity. Now look at us, we have a whole kid!

(It's just an AU, no one freak out)

No everyone it's real and I'm a seahorse dad. It's f!preg except the f stands for fic. I ask for respect and privacy at this time as we have nearly divorced recently* and are striving for a healthy environment to raise the little one.

*WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU PRONOUNCE IT EE-THER