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Schmeb You Unlocked pages
Scans of images from the Schmeb You Unlocked pages. Sorry about the black line intersecting them, as on the website itself the image were fractured, and I had to reconnect them.
#Gravity Falls#Schmeb You Unlocked#Website#Disney#meta#lore#Schmebulock#Pacifica Northwest#Sibling Brothers#Flibrick Pines#Anti Mabel#Tate McGucket#Grunkle Stan#Stanley Pines#The Author#Ford Pines#Dipper Pines#Mabel Pines#Stanford Pines#Mr. What's-His-Face#The Key is Inside Job#Alex Hirsch#website scans#Gravity Falls Lost Legends
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I know my experience is not universal, but I biked 5+ miles to do my errands today and I genuinely think we'd be much happier as a human collective if we increased residential density and switched to largely alternative modes of transportation.
#I don't know /how/ you'd do it exactly but this is my vision:#all cars are kept outside a certain perimeter. you can own a car and rent your outside-the-city parking spot;#or you can just reserve/rent a communally owned car when you need one#trucks and deliveries can cross the perimeter on a job but after the work is finished they must be returned to the exterior#inside the city perimeter you can: walk or run; bike or scooter or skateboard#or you can take public transit! there are many more buses and they can move much more freely in a car-less environment#there is also the option of cabs but - and this is key - the cabbies are unionized and the service is public#like the trains and buses.#there is no privately-controlled transit in the city. it belongs to everyone.#and because the lines of parked cars disappear from the streets; they are much better utilized#more kids play in the street. more block parties. more street fairs.#take back the space!!!#anyway this is my vision.#celestial emporium of benevolent knowledge
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#artists on tumblr#artwork#inside job#reagan ridley#low key still pissed they've canceled the show#another old one btw
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hello everyone PLEASE think about the concept art for fabby's workshop with me please
#ieytd#the fabricator#i expect you to die#sorry i'm still losing my mind about this i've been thinking about this for several days straight thsi is tearing me UPP#its SO CUTE??#yarns and threads with the little tomato needle holder#her little experiments with PRESUMABLY live (and poisoned) animals(?) inside#her grenegg chandelier#THE ZEECEE MUSIC BOX ššš that- considering the key up above her desk- you were supposed to open yourself at one point#the fact that the zorb was going to be THE thing to shut off her security systems. do you feel safe having them protect you sweetheart? mm?#you should really check out the link it's so much fun it's really interesting#+ them talking about 'building the personality of the (currently unreleased) character THROUGH the decal of the room'. god. they SO knew.#i'm striving for a job i can love as much as she loves her's dude
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How the hell do you find every accurate representative culture fashion for the avatar gang? Like it pains me the hell how people this good and hardworking can find these gorgeous cultural clothes and accessories and draw them so well and detailed like you- TELL ME YOUR SECRETS (Please)
idk about accurate. at the end it is still a fantasy world inspired by real life cultures contrasting or soothed out to fit a charakter personality and traits. listen if i spot an option to have a older fire lord zuko with his titts chest out i will go for it and nothing can stop me not even accuracy i say this as if i didn't already do it in private with seethrough material hahah
there is not much secrets behind it though, sorry its research, fact checking. often even the most random things. at least that is my method. you go to google and type in what you need and would like to know. read the wikipedia article for some general understanding on the topic but them go to the source part and check these out. or like double check these. if reading is not your thing there are lots of dedicated youtubers or ticktockers that love to share and explain parts of their culture or tradtions (clothing included. depends on what you research.) contemporary to that or after that you build up your visual library by collecting images on pinterest, or google or websites covering the topic you are researching. make your own folders or pin boards.
an amazing blog for atla real life culture sources is of course or beloved: @atlaculture blog!
https://www.tumblr.com/atlaculture who recently began to dedicate some post in flashing out more water tribe and air normad cusine, also instruments. its a delight to read through.
of course you have an easier time with some research than with other. some things are clear others a contradicting some are barley documented. it is also necessary to have an occasional reality check. like reread your sources see if there is something new. replace what you misunderstood before. don't always go for what looks pretty and aesthetically good to you. there is a reason why things looked like they did. was it the material, was it protection, was it culture.
a part looking at contemporary photography i personally preffere to look at how people liked to depict themself at that time. Statues, wall painting, illustration, old fotos from that time and compare them to current pictures to see how they used to stylize this element or to see what was essential to them. thats probably my old art-history phase flaring up again though hahah. at the end it is also how you Interpret and headcanon the atla world for yourself. before i were able to redesign jet i had to figure out how i want to draw fire nation armor. because to me jet repuporses a lot of the armor from the enemy. a shin guard will be used as an arm protection. the red shirt he wears is fire nation, a shoulder guard that fits will just be used as it is. i just assume that FN armor is better in being fire resistent than earth kingdoms ones.
but fire nation armor is a chellenge on its own again. because is it tang dynasty? is it song? but the collar protector is a typical thai armor element. how do i combine that? is there a history behind it?
speaking about armor what would be the southern water tribe one? if it is lamellar ivory armor, how and why does it look so different by season 3 at the day of the black sun? did the southern water fleet separated form their home begin to adopt EK styles. switching out kuspuk and parkas in for sleeveless wrap shirts and armor with inside plating like they have in ba sing se? because that what was aviable to them?
(appart everything the talk of armor is in general really curious because... what do you wear when you go in to fight against fire??? in the poles you can argure that it is not a concern. if you burn you roll in the snow but in the EK... hm.. they dont have fancy heat resistand clothing like fire fighters have now.... armor is ment to cushion off impact and or slicing. our standard armors conzept can work well against earth-, water- and air bending (to some degree) but fire burns what do you idealy do against that? leather helps to some degree)
while the southern water tribe is clearly circumpolar people inspired (although lacking lots of world-building which you can kind of excusing it with... the war destroyed everything but also... uh.... its a nearly 20 year old show.... ) the northern water tribe shows korean or even mongolian elements. so what do you want to focus on? i personally like to make things connect because these characters live in one world togheter and trade and exchange happens. (yes even during a 100 year war or at least there had to have been a time of influence and the lack of exchange froze(*snorts*) this culture in time) you know... migration? and transition of style and life through out history.
maybe i overthink things to much for just drawing some clothes... -srugs-
#chip!ask#chip!talks#atla#atla worldbuilding#honestly i probably ended up rambeling here to much...#but yeha reasearch is just.... the key?#like for everything?#sorry#tbh don't ask me stuff because i still don't know things.... i know things but i am in this you know....#i know what i don't know - mode#and i don't know a lot and i am just drawing fanarts with a 40+ hours job on the side#i know some!#i guess#which makes me wonder world building kind of stuff...#like how is the EK palace layouted form the inside#whathappend to the AN aerias after the got whiped out#what consequences does the lack of airbender have to the world in sense of conection and exchange#were there really only bending airbenders?#are there still people out that belive in airbender philosophy#like the bending form died but people that lived near by still have similar dress food traditons and belives like the AN did?#is FN stuck in time too? because the royal clothing is tang and song styled but EK in BSS the fashion progressed into qing style#did kyoshi trade blue dye or blue fabric with the southern water tribe regularly before war?#trading pelt for fabric?#just... migration patterns???#yes? no? uhm.... okay i shut up now...
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i have a few inside job clips saved on my phone but i didnāt realize tumblr is one video per post so instead ill only leave this one
#brettās āHAHA.. SHE DOESNT MEAN THAT CHILDRENā is so funny to me#he was my favorite character when i was fixated on the showā¦ loved his silliness#it was back a year ago i think? but still.. interesting media. key word interesting#inside job
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#ugh im so anxious and like i think i have more pains bc of it#i overslept bc ever since i got a new phone my alarm is so quiet i never wake up?? this is the third time this happens for this class#but i cant miss more bc if i have more than three weeks absence they'll fail me :< so i hurried and walked to school#i wish i had a bus pass T-T since they introduced civilian clothed controllants i havent dared taking the bus at all i dont wanna get a fine#so yes anyway. on top of that im pretty sure my sister stole my keys. bc they were in my jacket pocket yesterday and today they werent there#and she left somewhere earlier this morning. so now im anxious abt not knowing where they are + will i get inside?? my mom wakes up late af#ummm what else???? idk im just so stressed. i got to class and have been here for 40min now and the teacher left for lunch#i'll leave now bc i cant focus enough to sit here more. my tooth aches too :((#i just wanna cry tbh#the entire way here i was like i wanna die i wanna die i wanna die#i feel so awful.. and stupd and worthless. why am i incapable of getting a job? or even studying at university? im so bad at everything#im like an anxious wreck who can barely function. everything hurts both physically and emotionally#i dont even wanna walk home im just sitting in my empty classroom bc i dont wanna kove#move*#what's wrong with me? how did i turn into this? i miss school. like i miss being able to actually do my work and talk to the teachers etc#im only a shell of what i used to be. and im scared i'll never be anything other than this :((((#well i gotta move ig bc the sooner i do the sooner i can get home and lie in my bed & cry over how useless i am :3
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After seeing a playthrough of Bowserās Inside Story, I gotta say Iām kind of mixed on Starlow, and no, itās not just because of the Luigi bullying.
The thing with Starlow is that, on one hand, itās great to see a female character who has no hesitation talking back and who can be a bit of an ass. But at the same time, the way they wrote her justā¦it really makes it hard to like her sometimes.
I think the main issue is that sheās written as someone who talks back but most of those interactions are with people doing their jobs and messing up. This leads to moments with Starlow criticizing someone for the things theyāre doing, but then proceeding to do nothing whatsoever to help. On top of that, sheās kind of useless in the game, making her āIām better than youā attitude really come off in a bad way.
(btw that moment with the doctor/fortune-teller calling her out on it is very satisfying)
The best way to describe the issue, and thatās when it gets interesting, is to compare her to how Bowser is written in this game. There are essentially two things that are similar yet different about those two.
1. Like I said, Starlow is often criticizing people for what theyāre doing, which is something Bowser does as well. But where Starlow goes āMan you suck at your job. Do better !ā Bowser goes āMan you suck at your job. Here, let me do it for you !ā and that automatically makes Bowser more likeable. Because instead of just complaining, he actually does things (the section with the Monty Moles for example).
2. A bit longer to explain but the Tl;Dr is that Bowser actually learns from his mistakes and grows while Starlow doesnāt. To explain this, I want to describe two interactions between those two.
The first interaction is when Bowser forgets the code to his safe and orders Starlow to find it, to which Starlow gets angry with his tone and tells him to fuck off, only accepting to help once he politely asks her to search. That right here is really good, and is an example of a moment where I really like Starlowās attitude.
But then you have their next interaction. Bowser just spent hours stuck in a safe (btw someone stuck in a liminal space like that is a form of torture), was thrown into the garbage so hard the safe broke, and understandably is in enormous pain. Because of that, Bowser asks Starlow to help with his back, and his dialogue here echoes the previous one in a good way.
He starts off his sentence as an order, only to catch himself halfway through and ask politely. Bowser just went through hell, is in a huge amount of pain, and yet still finds it within himself to be polite because he knows thatās how Starlow wants to be addressed. This also shows that he respects Starlow since he remembered that detail about her and is willing to avoid falling into his usual bossy attitude despite his terrible state.
And what does Starlow do in return ? She basically calls him a whiney bitch for complaining. Yeahā¦.this is not a good look.
This actually reminds me of one of their first interactions, when Bowser canāt produce fire and panics about it, with Starlow telling him to just deal with it. The first time I saw this dialogue I was like āHey Starlow, buddy, how would you feel if you suddenly lost your ability to fly, with no idea of why and the only one that might help is some random voice you donāt know anything about coming from your stomach ?ā Although, Iād cut Starlow some slack for this one since this is very early on, so Starlow has every right to be mad at him.
And more on that topic, the thing with comparing Bowser and Starlow is that you quickly realize how much better Bowser is than her. I already mentioned Bowser doing things himself and showing respect to her, but then thereās also moments like him being humble enough to eat Wigglerās carrot when being ordered to to ātake responsibilityā, or when he out loud says he will break the rocks in his path to free the Koopas, and decide to commit to it upon realizing the Koopas heard him. In that second case, he couldāve easily gone a different path and tell the Koopas to shut up if they were to say anything, but he didnāt. Instead, he said he will break that rock and thatās what heās going to do ! Same for the Wiggler btw. He couldāve beaten them up instead of eating that carrot, which he does end up doing afterwards when Wiggler loses their shit.
So yeah, when you look at how not-very-useful Starlow is compared to Bowser, when you look at how they treat others, and when you look at their interactions with each otherā¦itās kinda hard to find Starlow likeable when a literal villain is a better person than she is (granted Bowser is more of an anti-hero in this game but the point still stands).
Funnily enough, some of those moments like the Wiggler, the Koopas and him saying please to Starlow while in pain actually show that yes, Bowser is a pretty decent king. At the very least, you can understand why his people respect him.
So all-in-all, yeah, Iām kind of 50/50 on Starlow. Itās great to have a female character on the hero team who has a lot of flaws for once, but itās also hard to find her attitude likeable. Ultimately, I think the issue is how sheās acting the same with everyone. Like I said earlier, it is satisfying when Bowser is being a dick and she tells him off. But when Bowser is being nice, or when sheās interacting with someone whoās only trying to help, Starlow really comes off as an ass, which is not a good look.
And yes, while still a minor thing in BIS, her bullying Luigi doesnāt help either.
#Mario and Luigi#Bowser's Inside Story#Mario and Luigi BIS#Starlow#Bowser#Super Mario#Flor talks#long post#of course I had to give my opinion about the yellow orb the fandom seems divided about#not me low-key calling Starlow a Karen in the way I describe her#I mean I really don't think she is one; but she does talk badly to people just doing their jobs#especially if that person doing his job is a green man with an L on his head#btw the let's play I saw didn't do any sidequests; not even the Shroobs one; so it's possible I missed some moments of Starlow being nice#(also Starlow is weirdly incredibly nice to Peach and acts all buddy with her despite them barely knowing each other#and makes quite the big deal about Peach needing to be kept safe + is already on a first-name basis with her#like forget 'Starlow likes Luigi but hides it behind bullying'; I think Starlow's actually crushing on Peach !)#also I really hope the next two games have more interactions between her and Bowser#because they do make a really good duo with a fun dynamic
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Person A, reading the pre-written eulogy Person B wrote to them: āHi, Iām Person A. Gee, I hope I donāt roll this eulogy up and smoke it.ā Is that what you really think of me? Iām not just a drug guy, you know? I speak latin!
Person C: Yeah, sure.
Person D: Yeah, dude, you love weed, we get it.
#source: inside job#incorrect quotes#incorrect quotes prompts#tw: drug mention#incorrect quotes ideas#i get A (andre) so much fr like bitch iām not just the addict high 24/7 who sells u stuff. i speak 3 languages. iām a doctor#iām a young anesthesiology progeny. know everything ab pharmacology. AND while i was learning to do surgery i was also a philosophy major#at the same time. AND WHILE HIGH 24/7! iām better st brain surgery while high on ketamine than some ppl are sober. that should count for smt#(iām rambling about it cause iām drunk sorry. branching out cause morphines just too expensive rn!)#((i donāt actually do surgery while high. i have Morals i guess.))#tw drugs#(and mostly iām too dehydrated to do ketamine or opiates. i canāt explain i just like Feel too dehydrated sometimes)#(i touch my skin and im like. jesus i canāt have key rn or iāll hurt all over ā my knees and just whole body hurt idk ā I KNOW alcohol#dehydrates u too Dont ASK me ab it idk!!!!!!)
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[ 1 ] Super Secret Deep State Sweetheart in ur area ready to get his hair tousled
#brunet golden retriever#idk heās also low key a ginger itās that reddish underhue#ginger golden retriever?#gods what a darlin#wherever he is rn I hope heās having a good time#ray of sweet sunshine#heās my fave character trope#art#digital art#illustration#doodle#artists on tumblr#sketch#fanart#inside job#inside job brett#brett hand#Netflix#animation#cognito inc
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RANT !!!
i remember the people who caught up just as the shop was closing and we were having trouble bexause we had to turn the lights back on and get the keys again from the back and rearrange the boxes so they could see the display and they just kept saying "its just a littlw bother just bear with it" and didnt even give us the exact change we had to reopen the counter and cashier again and they just kept saying its "just a little bother and we can bear with it" i hope that every day they trip and crash on their face
#they always complain abt how we close too early SHUT UP#SORRY WE DONT OPEN UNTIL THE DEAD OF NIGJT LAURA#Its because we alr have our bags outside and every light is off and all the boxes are piled up inside#and they just come and say 'no no no open it i still have to get something'#we cant even say 'we' re closed' bc theyll still grab a product and put it on the counter#Ugh#it just made me angry at how the guy in specific#judt kept saying āwhats the price of this whats the price of thatā#and then when we asked if he could give the exact payment amount#bc otherwise we'd have to go all the way to the back just to get the keys again an unlock all the lights n doors#he just gave us awhole bill anyway#GAAHHHH#i hate it.#but wer'e low on sales#what can we do?#cant risk losing customers#even the other day ppl kept giving us like 1000 pper bills and we wer running out of change#and som lady got mad bc 'its our job' and why dont we have change#or smn#idk my coworker jus said#but shit bro it tires me out#i might sound selfish but like im also tired dude#i jusgt wanna go home and we'r bout to close but u still try to buy#bro wer'e CLOSED#then they get mad
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Baby girl 2
#inside job#brett hand#art#my art#I low-key kinda hate this but I spent too much time on it not to share#henchieart
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I was walking out of the Walmart today, and a car passed me, and I got this incredibly vivid impression. It wasn't really in words, but if I had to put it into words, the two key points would be
a). I needed to watch that car and
b). That I needed to be careful, because the driver of the car was a massive bitch.
It kind of took me by surprise, because I really had no reason to be beefing with that car, and I also hadn't really had an impression like that since I was religious, which was in my teen years. Right? It'd been a decade since I had a little voice whisper in my ear, and I'd basically written it off as nonsense.
Anyway, I watched the car, because The Spirits or whatever were very insistent that I did. Car drove fine, went into the parking spot, inched forward, and right when it should've just stopped, the driver gunned it for some reason and it ran into the curb and cracked its bumper.
So, the driver got out, and she went to the front of the car to check that yes, she had cracked her bumper, and then she turned to look at me. The parking lot wasn't empty, but we were the only two people standing in that row, and I'd probably been staring at her for tenish seconds now.
She demanded very angrily to know why I hadn't warned her of the curb. And I could have said I didn't know you were about to gun it or is it my job to help every stranger park, or even could you have even heard me, inside your car?
And all of those would have been fine, but I was really, really busy digesting that I had somehow communed with Mormon Jesus again for the first time in fifteen years, and that the communion had mostly been there to let me watch someone park badly (?), so what I responded with was:
"Because it was foretold."
And I can't tell which would be funnier, if she went silent because there's not much to be said to that, or if she went silent because in Utah, she might actually believe me, but we parted ways without more words.
I'm still kind of digesting this myself, actually.
#Mormon Jesus really wanted me to watch someone crack their bumper?#It was kind of funny to watch#like if this is gods apology i guess i can take it#a decade and a half of radio silence between former highschool friends and then one sends the other a shitpost#and maybe the friendship isnt fixed but its a channel you know?#at least we're talking again#would that all my stupid mistakes could be divine shitposts#amen#Babylon-Lore
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super funny how you can beg & beg & beg & beg & plead & beg with a doctor for help with a debilitating illness & they're like "here's a prescription for a cream that will help" & you go to the pharmacy to get it & they're like "ooh sorry, this one costs $500. but the brand name version is $600 so really it's a deal!" & so you have to pay for it with the $501 in your bank account & then you get home & put it on & the next day your skin is on fire despite washing the cream off asap & you go back to the doctor & they're like. "huh. weird. idk then man maybe go see a specialist?" & send you on your way & you go home with this stupid worse than useless $500 cream & a few months later you finally get to go see the specialist & they glance at you & say "idk man maybe just stop being dramatic?? lol" & so you go home (again) after being berated & you're sitting there & go fuck it & look it up & you see some random guy like "oh yeah witch hazel works" & so you put witch hazel on & within ten minutes it does, in fact, work. *through gritted teeth* doctors are so fun
#based on a true story#i put that stupid cream on & immediately i'm on fire & like bleeding & shit. can't get a refund can't sell it can't fucking nothing#i put witch hazel on? nearly immediate relief. swelling goes down pain disappears no more weeping no more bleeding#plus the whole bottle costs way less has a ton more inside & lasts way longer. what the fuck#imagine having open wounds all over your hands & every doctor you try to talk about it with grimaces at you like you're a sewer rat#i work with my hands dude. i can't even use most soaps & DEFINITELY can't use hand sanitizer cuz it makes it worse#why the fuck is random internet advice better than the actual doctors who (presumably) went to medical school#why is this a normalized thing even#Dr. House save me.......................................................#he would've figured it out after blasting me with radiation & probably causing a bunch of other issues#but the key phrase here is he would have figured it out#fucked that i'd rather Dr. Malpractice treat me simply because despite the malpractice he would. at least. TRY to get a correct diagnosis#instead of just saying ''idk. go away'' & then running off#doctors legit view appointments as unnecessary social interactions instead of THEIR JOB
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When I was working at the sex shop I was pulling poverty wages. I loved my job but I was on food stamps and still barely getting by. When they hired the stores first male employee and he started at my pay rate after Iād been there for three years I quit.
I was initially really nervous when I saw the post for the mattress job. It listed a pay scale that I couldnāt even conceptualize and I appeared qualified. When I got an interview I was over the moon but also petrified. Reactions to my line of work often varied but most people were very embarrassed or skeptical. I worried about how Iād address it in the actual interview.
I lived far to the north of their headquarters and drove almost two hours to get there. When I finally arrived it was in the nicest thrift store clothes I could find, but I shrank inside to see a room full of older white men in nice suits waiting to be interviewed for the same job.
Why did I bother? I was decades younger than anyone else in the room, shabbily dressed, and I suspected I was the only afab person in the entire building. I stewed in my insecurities until I was called in.
The second I met my interviewer I was instantly put at ease. The man had the energy of a therapy dog, he was abound with positive, good natured energy. He was also incredibly beautiful. I grinned back at his welcoming smile as we said our pleasantries. But still. This very beautiful polished man seemed very innocent. How would the sex shop question go?
āI see here you worked at STORE?ā
āYes,ā I said hesitantly.
āAnd that was sales? Or you just rang people up.ā
āNo, it was sales. Iād help people find products, we were encouraged to upsell, there was sales spiffs, and most importantly we educated customers on products to help them find what they liked best.ā
He grinned approvingly and asked, āCan you give me an example of a time you successfully upsold a customer?ā
I paused, wringing my hands before I asked, āHow vague would you like me to beā¦?ā
āNot at all!ā He assured me. āGo for it!ā
āWell. A man came in looking for something to make his fingers vibrate so when he was touching his wife it would enhance that sensation. We had cheap $10 cockrings that I showed him first. But we had a rechargeable waterproof one made of nicer material, and after I showed him a demo he bought that one.ā
āHow much was that one?ā
ā$110ā
āWow! You had an upsell of 100% from what he came in looking for! Thatās incredible!ā
He was so truly genuinely stoked and not at all embarrassed that for the first time I saw a tiny glimmer of a future where I didnāt have ramen and peanut butter tiding me over between paychecks.
He asked me to wait then came back to tell me he liked me so much that he wanted to send me right into another interview, if that was okay. He didnāt want me to have to drive back later, it was terribly considerate and exciting. I beamed and told him it would be lovely.
I then had the second worst interview Iāve ever had. The worst goes to the time I applied to be a store manager for a pet food place years later. The district and store manager interviewing me passed notes and texted while I was speaking. When the district manager called to inform me I didnāt get the job I told him Iād never have accepted anyway because Iād never had such a disrespectful interview.
The new man sitting behind the desk radiated an aura of a brick wall. As someone with anxiety Iām highly keyed into the emotional states of people Iām talking to. To receive no feedback at all was my personal hell. After a perfunctory greeting he asked me with no inflection to sell him a pen.
I gathered the shreds of my courage and attempted the Herculean task heād set me. Through my whole improvised spiel he resisted all attempts at engaging him, regarding me with a cold apathy as I touted the benefits of my fictitious pen.
Halfway through I broke into a cold sweat. My smile didnāt waver but it grew strained as I projected friendliness and warmth into the black hole of his heart. My thoughts scattered and my sales pitch grew redundant in the face of his nothingness. I finally concluded with a hard close and he simply nodded.
He glanced at my resume and commented, āYou didnāt ask me to touch or hold it. Though I suppose I can understand from your previous line of work why you wouldnāt.ā I shriveled and died inside knowing that I encouraged people to touch dildos all day long and had been too frazzled to offer him the pen.
He bid me a cool farewell. I made it to my car before I started sobbing. I had never been so rattled. I couldnāt understand what Iād done to make him so unfriendly or if my threadbare clothes were what had made him treat me like dirt. I drove an hour and a half to get home, weeping intermittently.
I was therefore taken by complete surprise to receive a call the next day inviting me on board for their five week training program. The first man whoād interviewed me gushed on the phone about how the second guy had loved me and that I was going to be fantastic.
I was in shock. When I showed up to training the second interviewer was charming my new classmates, beaming and laughing. He was an utterly different person. To my dismay I learned he was the trainer for my district and would be my point of contact if I made it through training.
He joked with me later that his interview facade was just a tactic to see how people held up under pressure and I filed him into a category of my deepest enmity. I never forgave him for how small he made me feel that day, but I never showed him the depths of my fury.
I aced every test and went on to be valedictorian of the eight people who had survived the rigorous training process to earn a sales position. When I got my first paycheck I bought myself new clothes, the first non-thrifted things Iād owned in years.
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i had another dream with ochoa in it
#but he didnāt appear till the end#but anyways it started off where me and my siblings had to visit our dad at his job for fathers day#and we needed his help on some paperwork#so while my two siblings waited in the lobby i js bit the bullet and went to his office#bcs none of us wanted to see him fr#and for reference he works at a car dealership (but in my dream there wasnāt a car in SIGHT (this is important))#anyways my and my dad started arguing over sumn so this nigga starts ATTACKING ME#so ofc i take my siblings and runš#there was only one exit in the building tho so we were stuck running around the building tryna find where it is#w/ our dad still chasing us#and once we finally find the exit in some unknown corner of the building and escape him#we realize we have no way to get homeš§šæāāļø#so all three of us were sitting on the curb begging people around us to let us use their car#until a semi truck basically pops up in front of us#so we turn around to see who has come to our rescue#and low and behold itās my husband memo ochoa looking at us from inside the buildingš„¹ššæ#so weāre all like āty memoš¤©ā and he tosses us the keys#and so we get in the truck but then weāre all like āwait. aint nun of us know how to drive this bihš§šæāāļøā#so my sister hops behind the wheel (bcs sheās the only one of us who is licensed) even tho she keeps swerving off the road#but we still made it home in one piece so who cares#i checked to make sure i still had the papers and then i woke up.#003. (chatterbox)
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