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meghiemoo · 7 months ago

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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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umblrspectrum · 6 months ago

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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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shikai-the-storyteller · 5 months ago

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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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opens-up-4-nobody · 8 months ago

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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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pseudodog · 30 days ago

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during those weeks id tie my hair up into a bun, took my wallet off its chain, tightened the straps on my backpack and had my pepper spray in my hand constantly cause i was so scared of being Grabbed on the street while making deliveries

#i had nightmares about him forcing his way into the store and my pepper spray not working on him cause i read somewhere it doesnt affect #some people cause it works off their #capsaicin receptors and some people arent affected by that #i still sometimes have nightmares about him XD #once i get a new job or have enough disposable income im buying a fucking taser XD #electricity will affect you goddamn #i fucking hate how nervous he made me #i missed my workwife so badly during that time #sorry for being UNwoke here but i really felt like we needed a MAN working with us during the night shift #having a bunch of young women out super late in the city…………. i did not like #and at 25 i was the OLDEST one there at night!!!!!!!#why i got so protective over my coworkers #god i hope theyre okay #i hope after i quit and told my manager everything she fucking. idk.#got the store proper security that actually worked until we closed #we were one of the stores who were open the lastest…..#blows a kiss up into the sky. for all the double blunts we smoked together. i loved yall #i still feel so guilty about leaving them alone

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deathishauntedbyhumans · 2 months ago

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had my first stress dream abt my new job last night everybody clap and cheer

#a bunch of stoners were Not being helpful trying to go see a show #and i had to try and explain homestuck to my old man coworker #which amounted to me giving a one-sentence summary and in the dream going ‘idk i’ve never read it’#hilarious #wade talks #my dreams

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captainjonnitkessler · 11 months ago

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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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eowyntheavenger · 3 months ago

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It's just one of those days when I'm REALLY mad. One of the editors at work has always been rude, condescending and disrespectful towards me. But of course he treats my male coworkers with the utmost respect, so they think he's a normal and reasonable person. Yesterday I heard my male teammate talking about sending the editor emails updating him on a project, and I was like wow... When I've sent him emails he has literally lost his temper because I was "wasting his time" by "emailing him too much," FOR WORK, ABOUT THE WORK WE DO, meanwhile it's totally fine for men to send him as many emails and updates as they want because????? Like what the fuck? I've had it. I've fucking had it. I'm just done.

To clarify: the "too many emails" that I sent the editor were literally either a) me correcting typos that he had posted ON OUR WEBSITE AND FAILED TO NOTICE or b) drafts of papers that he needed to receive so that he could edit them. Because the authors (who we contracted with) did not have his email address. I was literally a messenger. Meanwhile, the emails my male teammate was sending him were needless little updates of "I'll send you my paper soon!" and then two days later "I'll send you my paper soon, but it's not ready yet!" and then two days later the same thing. Like. SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE NECESSARY. OTHERS WERE NOT. Guess who got criticized and insulted, though? Me.

#why yes our editors do in fact post multiple typos on our website regularly and then get mad AT ME when I point it out :)#also the complete fucking lunacy of getting mad at me for sending TOO MANY EMAILS and then being fine with it when it's coming from a man #in the past this guy literally insulted me and my male coworker... and then apologized TO MY MALE COWORKER and not to me #and then he said a bunch of other condescending and rude things to me #and my managers were like “yeah that's bad” but they did nothing #and then he read one of my articles and called me “strident”#I have never heard a man call another man strident #I have never heard a woman call a man strident #“strident” is a word that men exclusively use to refer to women #(my article was opinionated yes - not strident)#I'm just so fucking DONE WITH THIS SHIT #personal

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newlyy · 3 months ago

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Still have nothing to work on at work, which is atypical, so my boss was like I don’t mind if you want to take off early, so I did, I was like can I work from home the rest of the day? And he was like sure no problem. So now I get to play animal crossing and watch YouTube videos :)

#I had nothing to do yesterday too and I did a whole bunch of busy work #like going through all my old emails from months ago and relabeling our archived cases and just reading documents from my coworkers cases #just to have something to do #and there’s legit like. nothing else for me to do.#hopefully we get some new cases soon cause I don’t like feeling unnecessary.

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in-tua-deep · 1 year ago

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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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silhouettecrow · 1 year ago

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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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flamagenitus · 2 months ago

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Hehe hoho mental illness. Feels bad

#personal #love to read a bunch of medical pages. like do i have autism or social anxiety or cptsd #either way i feel the dread all the way down to my bones every time i talk to someone 👍#i took the RAADS test bc my friend was taking it to see if he's autistic and i regularly get a 90 smth score. which is an autistic result #except 60 of those 90 points are social based. and i already know i have a social anxiety disorder (no diagnosis of any kind #but ppl without social anxiety do not have hour-long panic attacks about the notion that their coworkers could enter their office whenever)#so it's hard to define my deal in easily describable labels

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languagendersex · 2 months ago

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anyone else cry-red like me today?

#personal #rhymes with tired #this weather is making me feel Things™️#it's so bizarrely warm and humid all of a sudden #the atmosphere is unstable #and so are a bunch of people in my life right now #i even have a coworker who's going to the psych ward #no clue why she's getting so bad all of a sudden #i'm blaming the weather #which is to say global warming #which is to say us #or rather the oligarchs controlling us #and also us #everything is collapsing and expanding right now #too much change #more change more problems #i think i'm done. thanks for reading

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se7ens-oc-heaven · 3 months ago

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I've been writing quite a bit for my amogus ocs, and I think this particular line is going to sum up everything you'll ever need to know about the dynamic between Yellow/Xanth and Black/Ciar:

"Yellow remained smug, much to [Black's] annoyance."

#yes they're impostor coworkers who constantly get assigned to the same jobs. no they don't mix well one bit sjfjdjcj #forutunately work harmony isnt as big a deal when both of you are at risk for getting found out and killed at all times anyways #also I probably won't post the writing for a bit... I Want to get better at posting my writing more #but my approach is 'write a whole bunch out. let it sit til i forget most of it. reread months later. edit during the read'#so a lot of it is still in the stream of consciousness stage and also in general none of this is thought out at all #like. it's not researched and frankly i have no intention of that bc its not meant to be realistic at all its for Fun #but there's a difference between 'intentionally made up as i go along but still enjoyable' and 'straight up bad and unstructured all around #so i want to flesh things out more before i share a lot of it #maybe i'll share out of context snippets though who knows #blablablah #ocs among us #xanth #ciar #beanbuilding

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killjoy-prince · 4 months ago

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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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arolesbianism · 7 months ago

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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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