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Confession time, I tried reading Gideon the Ninth a couple years ago and it made NO sense I was so confused and either hated all the characters or, more likely, couldn't keep track of who was who I was so fucking confused the entire time. What happened? Got no fucking idea. I think maybe there was character named Gideon? It might have been in space? Bones? Unclear. I hated the experience. I have never been so confused or unable to comprehend what was going on while reading. I think an advanced medical textbook in french would make more sense.
And like I see book reviewers and stuff talking about The Locked Tomb series now and I was like "I know it's a bit cerebral and confusing, but it seems like that is part of the point and people still liked it like why didn't I? I sometimes like weighty stories?? How come I hated it so viscerally?" And I looked back at the Libby history to figure out when I read it and like, guys, I read Gideon the Ninth in January of 2021 after having been in a months and months long reading slump since May that I had only broken in December with Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; then I read the ENTIRITY of the ACOTAR series that was out at the time (4 books and according to my history i read one of them in 2 days dear lord this was before the hype and i was IN it); reread of Avalon High; and finally started January with Red, White, and Royal Blue.
And i followed my romance and middle grade easy reading experiences that were gently getting me back into reading with fucking Gideon the Ninth. No fucking shit I was confused I was not genre savvy at that moment. I was like in basic predictable trope land.
Anyway I saved myself from a reading slump because apparently I just fucking reread Demon King series and started it's sequel. Which I was slowly able to work my way back up to reading from there.
I guess I should try it again, but the memories of it are so painful. I've never felt so stupid 😅 I was like do I have comprehension skills at all? Do I even speak English? I remember feeling embarrassed listening to the audiobook alone in my car because I had no idea what the fuck was happening 😐
#gideon the ninth#i feel bad tagging it because I not being nice to the book but i mean the fans no ill will#i am simply confused#reading#thank you demon king for saving me from my slump#seven realms#will always have my heart#and i can't believe i read acotar almost 4 years ago!!#everyone is talking about it#a bunch of coworkers are reading it#and im like uhhh#yeah it helped me get back into reading but i wouldn't reread i didn't even buy it!!#library only#and i haven't read a single book thats come out since that fever read in dec 2020#the rest of the series? i dont know her
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i got lazy in the second panel
#i love having art skill manifest out of literally nowhere#i guess i was just charging up for this shitpost or something#still no idea how to stylize n's textboxes so i've been bouncing around a bit#my favorite gag ever is when a character has an emoticon or curse bleep or whatever and other characters are just like “how did you do that#funniest thing ever to me#gonna go vanish for another 3 months while i fuel my old bird obsession and get yelled at by my coworker#art#murder drones#murder drones uzi#murder drones n#serial designation n#me my boyfriend and his pile of a bunch of suspiciously familiar plushies he found in an abandoned building#suprisingly soft. you should try smothering yourself with plushies sometime#apparently i was REALLY lazy with the second panel because i forgot to two tone uzis top dialogue#btw first time two toning the dialogue if thats difficult to read then ill quit it
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Went to the bookstore today and asked about their mythology section and this frickin guy had the gall to be like "Yeah it's over here, but these are really dense and difficult so let me show you the children's mythology section." I was so baffled I didn't say anything. Normally I would've been very offended, but I couldn't help but laugh because I was like "I've been reading those massive textbook-esque mythology books since I was a literal child as research for my novel, sir. But sure, show me the kid's section, I like reading kids' books too."
#i talk#I genuinely think he just phrased it really badly and was just being stupid#which is the ONLY reason I was like ''yeah alright I'll let you live''#but I was very amused by that entire interaction#Went up to the register later and he got excited over some of the audiobooks I chose and we had a nice chat about that#I saw he was reading a BNHA comic which surprised me (especially after his previous comment)#and I told him I heard it ended recently and he said he was glad to hear that since so many comics he read as a kid just went on and on#and never ended#I think I've reached that age where I'm just like#''I can recognize you're not being an asshole you were just a bit stupid. Bless your soul''#Coincidentally the big textbook section was right in front of the checkout counter#which was funny because I DID just sit there and flip through a bunch of things for almost half an hour#That reminds me I really do need to read 100 and one nights (Arabian Knights) sometime. That's like the one Big one I've never read#Beowulf too that's the other big one#I just need to find really good audiobook versions of them. I can't sit down and read anymore#Another interesting moment from that same bookstore:#I overheard that dude and his coworker / boss talking with an older guy#and the guy said he was a psychic or something#and the bookstore guy was like ''Can I ask you a question then? I am going to judge you for it if you get it wrong though''#pftt#it was all very lighthearted but I was just like yeah that's my city alright#I miss seeing those random interactions and random moments
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#my dads back in ohio again so im back on my own. i still feel terrible but at least i have a plan#i have 2 weeks of this semester left. so i have to not fail my genomics exam and work on a group project plus grade a bunch#shouldnt be too hard but everything makes me so tired rn and i just feel this barrier between myself and everything else#even when my dad was here. i just dont kno how to feel happy. just varied levels of stress#but after the semester is over ill have to find a job for the summer. which super stresses me out bc i havent really had a real job outside#academia and im worried about how stressful ill find it bc im sure its gonna suck but at least i wont have to work on my project#i just think if i had a normal job that doesnt dominate every aspect of my life id feel a little less terrible. or at least i wouldnt send#myself spiralling so much. if i stay here i might not survive it#but what if ill just make myself miserable wherever i am? i dunno. but im gonna try to find a non academic job this summer with the epa or#maybe the usgs. i mean ive gota a bachelor's and a masters in environmental topics. that's gotta count for something#just get a government job. pray for a not terrible set of coworkers. and build something from there#it just sucks bc i feel like everythings falling apart and like i kno if i gave it my all i could pull thru and get my phd but im just so#tired of struggling against something everyone else can do. i just cant read at a level appropriate for what im doing#ugh. i dont wanna study for genomics. i just wanna sleep. i just wish i wasn't in this position#and now i a baby about it. i mean my sisters r in similar positions bc the youngest is currently looking for a teaching job. and my middle#sister is looking to move to new york city in the next 6 months and she'd be quitting her job for that. so we're all sorta in flux#i just wanna not be flailing. not watch my hopes and dreams collapse. be excited about anything. im just sad bc i have to make hard choices#even if i know theyre the right ones to make if i want to continue to exist. sometimes u cant have the things u wany.#and that sucks and i hate it. theme of the year: sometimes life sucks and theres nothing u can do abt it#unrelated
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I know everyone thinks that they're the only competent person at their job . . . but genuinely am I the ONLY person at this jobsite with functioning brain cells
#the ceiling guys have been hounding us for WEEKS about our cable tray being too low#my coworker has re-worked it 3 times. they went to put the ceiling up today and it's STILL too low#so i had to fix it because apparently SOMEONE can't read a fucking tape measure#the drywallers also had to cut apart a bunch of drywall so my coworker could fix some switches that got fucked up#the drywallers are fucking PISSED and frankly they have the right to be. the wall was plastered and painted ffs#and then my foreman discovered that a place where he put a bunch of boxes was going to inaccessible so the boxes need to be moved#and then he didn't relay that information to anyone else so i caught two other coworkers trying to add boxes to that area#two apprentices tried coring through a wall without a bucket to catch the water from the cooling system and almost flooded the floor#that's not their fault. they should have had a fucking journeyman with them but my company is too cheap to hire enough journeymen#the lack of apprentice supervision is becoming a SERIOUS problem at this job site#i've always liked working at this company but i am beginning to consider jumping ship when i make journeyman this spring
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Hey book side of tumblr I am looking for any book recommendations for if I wanted to do like. A multicultural/diversity book club type thing - all book recommendations welcome
Rn I have white fragility by robin diangelo, a positive view of LGBTQ by rowman and littlefield, neurotribes by silberman, and a race is a nice thing to have by janet helms
Looking for recommendations for ANY populations, and preferably multiple for each culture/identity piece to get some different perspectives and voices! Can be autobiographies, anthropological/psychological/sociological type books, or just really neat perspectives
#book recommendations#books#multicultural#diversity#if people have opinions about books already on my list as well I am down to listen#I really want some books about disabled and abled bodied people#I may go digging later to see if I still have the textbook from my Deaf culture class as well#qualitative literature about a whole bunch of different experiences DEFINITELY welcome#trying to broaden the fuck outta my own perspective#and be more aware of my own cultural identity pieces#also need a good book about gender identity to make my coworkers read if anyone has a recommendation
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"life starts outside of your comfort zone". No, I'm sorry, but it's just uncomfortable out of your comfort zone. Every day I'm happy I'm back in my comfort zone. Being overly social and doing things that you're not comfortable with each day isn't for everyone.
#personal#I'm happy I'm able to be more social and do more things#but I'm also so so glad when they're over and I'm back home#I'm happiest reading or painting or watching a movie#I have to Perform when I'm out of my house All the time#none of the social things I do - and I do a bunch of them - feel comfortable for me or come natural to me#I push myself into these situations because I'm told that's what having a life is#going out making friends doing new things#but it's never comfortable...#I just had drinks with coworkers and I did the whole social thing#but I'm relieved to be home with a drink nine inch nails an some painting supplies
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god i have so many little tasks i need to complete today please wish my luck
#i have to go pick up the present i ordered my mom for her bday#renew my drivers license#return a bunch of stuff to spectrum that i was supposed to send back like months ago now#meet with old coworker for lunch (yes this one feels like a task too)#test remoting into my work computer from my laptop#take out the trash#cook the hello fresh meal in my fridge before it goes bad#i don’t think i can do it all 😭😭#also all i actually want to do is read fanfic and make gifs
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365 Days of Writing Prompts: Day 220
Adjective: Magenta
Noun: Void
Definitions for those who need/want them:
Magenta: red-purple in color; possessing a light purplish red that is one of the primary subtractive colors, complementary to green; colored by the dye fuchsin
Void: a completely empty space; an unfilled space in a wall, building, or other structure; an emptiness caused by the loss of something; (in bridge and whist) a suit in which a player is dealt no cards
#today has been a rollercoaster#i was supposed to get three hours off#but because a coworker put a bunch of stuff on me as i was leaving for lunch (i was supposed to be off afterward) i only got one hour#so that was fun#and im still dealing with other more pressing and scary issues at work#but im hoping they will at least be talked about tomorrow#anyway i love this prompt for a variety of reasons#one of them is that it makes me think of the recent film adaptation of l*vrcr*fts 'colour out of space'#and how 'magenta' was used for the titular phenomenon because 'magenta' is basically a phenomenon to the human eye/brain#and the idea of a 'void' being 'magenta' for this reason has a lot of fun and/or ominous implications#as i often am im excited to write something for this prompt#thanks for reading#writing#writer#creative writing#writing prompt#writeblr#trying to be a writeblr at least
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tfw you’re a walking disaster
#prolly loooooooong and incoherent rant incoming pls stand b y#so like… i very stupidly embarrassed myself to the point of tears at work today. but it wasn’t even my fault i s w e a r#a bunch of us ordered food via this delivery app for lunch bc the food options around the workplace kinda suck#but then this person who ordered a similar order to mine ate my food by mistake ಥ‿ಥ#and bc i have no impulse (and volume) control… i… immediately ran out of the break room to voice my complaint to the dude who ordered it#unfortunately for me… the big boss of the workplace was ✨right there✨ as well and she popped in to 👀👀 in on the situation too#thanks to that… my complaint of disbelief got way out of hand (with the boss plotting to exchange my food with someone else’s and stuff…)#the dude who ordered the food also repeatedly offered to buy me something else instead which was big aaaa i’m s o sorry for blowing this up—#and so i… got so embarrassed that i cried. i think my face remained bright red for an entire hour. which made it even more embarrassing…#as for the coworker who stole my lunch… i extorted the price diff and offered to enact ✨physical violence✨ (read: i cracked my knuckles)#so i’m content… maybe. (ʘ‿ʘ) my grudge will never disappear. (ʘ‿ʘ)#but then one of the interns screwed up biiiig time a couple of hours after that so maybe(?) this incident won’t remain in my boss’s memory?#i hope so at least… lol. _(:3 」∠)_#it is suiyoubi my dudes#(using my wednesday tag bc half an hour is pretty insignificant as a whole)
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all libraries in my area should be part of the same consortium. BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME THERE IS ONE THAT IS NOT!!!!
#and that is the town im going to TODAY#I should just get a card there as well but its like#i rarely go to that town#do they not know that i only have 3 books left to read of my last bunch....#and i want to not have to go to town next week cuz im going this week...but im going to have to...for my books....#im just going to town today bc i have to pick up my coworker from the carshop#this was not planned#but i'll probably get some fancy cheese or something. as a treat.#ok forgot i have literally like 40 books ive bought for $1 in my house i havent read#its not actually a disaster LOL
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Had a child at work ask me my gender then insist that no, I'm a girl, because (among other things) my shoes are sparkly. Buddy, they're from the kids section too but you don't see folks saying I'm not my actual age because of that
#overall it was like eh she's 8 she doesn't mean it maliciously#at most it was like. at one point she said 'you look like a girl and you sound like a girl so you're a girl' which was#a little bit ouch. but also something i know is subjective and i sit on the borderline for that perception#and often the fact im short and skinny tips how people read me to the fem side of things#but that was more 'ouch this kid is gonna have to unlearn some stuff' than actually upset on my own behalf#i was both entertained and touched by the parent behind her (not hers bc birthday party) doing her best to simultaneously cut her off#and apologise to me and also not draw any attention to the fact she was doing either#shout out to liv my new favourite coworker for jumping in there with 'lukes my main dude hes a guy'#and also the one little boy at the party who agreed i was a guy because of my hair#you sir are also wrong but i appreciate the support especially since i just got a haircut#from this description I've realised it sounds like it went on for a while it absolutely did not#it was like a few minutes tops its just that so much happens in so little time when you're herding a bunch of 8 year olds
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Just saw a self-published author complaining about someone leaving a rude comment on her ad & fretting that ‘it might deter people from reading the book’… girl if they’re anything like me, it absolutely won’t. I love fucked up storylines, I love unlikeable characters, I love toxic romances and I love when a book is straight up nasty
#like apologies to the purity crowd who shit their pants whenever a narrator is a thoroughly awful person but i’m different#i live for that shit. give me a bunch of horrible people and let me watch them be horrible to each other#it’s like when the coworker you dislike gossips about other people you either don’t know or also dislike. give me More#earlier a blogger i usually respect reviewed a book i like & said they dnf’ed it because the characters were so dislikeable and they ‘didn’t#think they were supposed to be’. they absolutely were not supposed to be likeable. you’re supposed to hate everyone in that book#aside from Maybe the courtesan. it’s basically fanfiction based on a classic and the whole gimmick is that the author of the original novel#got all the events wrong and ‘here’s what actually happened’…. from the perspective of an utter bastard who faked his own death#like i understand wanting to read about characters you can root for but there’s something really compelling about a character study#of someone who is pretty much irredeemable#anyway. back to my original point; but a review saying ‘this book is an abomination against god’ honestly will get me to read the book#like i should hope it fucking Is an abomination. what will i do with it if it’s not#personal
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work is killing me today i wanna go home and read manga
#prince's talk tag#i come back from vacation and not only did i have to fix a bunch of mistakes the person who covered me did#but the monthly warehouse return list came out and theyre asking for a lot of summer stuff like air conditioners#also theyre also for specific quantities of a certain brand of leggings in different sizes. like why??#do you know how hard it is to find clothing in this store? how many boxes are shoved under the tables that i have to go through#its all due Tuesday too like ughhh#im so drained and ive barely scratched a dent into this list#oh that coworker i saw at the con is here today and ive been debating whether or not i should ask her how the con was#but the more i thought of it wouldnt it be weird if i just went up to her and ask? we dont talk? i keep to myself#i feel like id just freak her out#like if someone you maybe kinda know at work but you dont talk to suddenly came up to you and asked how the con was not knowing they saw you#would that make you feel weird? or am i overthinking it?#ughhhh i got more stuff to doooooooo#but at least i could go home in about 2 hours and read the manga i got at the con#and i also got another one online that was advertised at the con but was sold out by the time i saw it#it has an anime rn and ive seen gifs of it so i was curious but when i saw it had an omnibus volume i decided to get it
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it’s time for a death note rewatch bc im sitting over here feeling like light the way im monologuing possible motives for my antagonistic-ly sporadic ex coworker’s responses that feel timed juuuust right each time to be less about catching up and more about. help
#i may be reading too much into it and im still gonna respond at some point but idk#also i feel bad bc im like. not good at responding to people i care about in a timely manner so im not judging that about my ex coworker#just the uh. theme of requesting things that seems to accompany most of the lapsed responses#(Also the reference is for melodrama and very much not an accurate emotional intensity equivalent which. kinda makes me sad in that i used#to care way more)#knight’s personal life#and one of my old coworkers from barista days has been posting a bunch of pics with new coworkers that came in right as i was moving and. i#miss my barista coworkers so much. but also#i already felt isolated at times and knowing the vibes of at least one of the new people. it woulda gotten so much h worse
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The amount of times I've started a new post and simply typed "Olivia Broussard" and then deleted it is frankly embarrassing I can't take this anymore can everyone I've ever met just start being obsessed with this sad divorced woman too
#rat rambles#oni posting#like goddddd she still makes me feel so crazy#its so hard to sell ppl on oni lore because its just like yes its abt two divorced women and yeah its told through work emails and#work logs along with a bunch of other unrelated work emails and logs which you should also read no they are not actually relevant to the#plot the vast majority of the time but you need to read them anyways or Ill cry rly hard#oh also some of the divorced women lore is hidden in object descriptions that you have to find in game yourself#and also the wikki is outdated as hell so theres also a shit ton of logs you can't read out of game#also the divorced women arent technically canonically divorced but shhhh doomed toxic yuri guys#can anyone hear me? is anyone there? Im losing it over here#Im kidding ofc Im not broken up abt no one I know getting into oni quite frankly I dont think itd be their thing#there's like what one person I know who I think would enjoy it? and even them Im dont think theyd get as into it as me#but it does kill me that no one makes oni fanart for non duplicant characters#I love dupes but I wanna see the scientist going thru shit I wanna see hcs man#like not just for olivia and jackie but for all of them#for example I hc that ada is the type of person who has a mad scientist laugh as their normal laugh#she also likes to mumble to herself as she works and had a tendency to monologue dramatically as she sets a project into motion#some of her coworkers find her kind of intimidating because of this but she is genuinely rly nice#oh I also hc that she wears glasses 👍#now tbf having any hcs for the scientists risky since theyre prone to be actively contradicted in the future but idc I wanna have fun
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