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wolvesloveyou · 3 years ago

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This is another rant post cause life decided to shit on me this week, so ignore me.

I had my advising meeting yesterday to plan out my schedule for next semester. Scheduling wise, I went fine, and I can register for classes. Great. But then she asked about my assistant design thing.

For context, I'm a theatre major who specializes in costume design. This semester, I'm assistant designing for Taming of The Shrew. It's great. I also and a student worker for the costume shop, so I get paid as well. Awesome.

My advisor asked how it was going, I said it was going good, all the stuff I've been assigned are almost done (hopefully since we open next week) and she asked how much of that was I working on outside of work. I was confused, but I had done plenty of research outside of it so I said that. She said that as an assistant designer, that's not enough hours that can be counted since I'm being paid by the school. Meaning there's a difference between work and design. Which makes sense. I knew that. But, because of that, technically I can't be counted as assistant designer, but because she's nice (-_-) she'll let it slide and just make me assistant design again before I can be a ful designer. Fine. It's a little frustrating, but whatever. No biggie.

She then proceeded to ask how much I've been in the costume shop this past week. Well, outside of the 8 hours I work a week, none. I have other organizations that I'm a part of and hw that I need to be working on. She told me, verbatim, "you need to be spending every waking moment you can in the costume shop. You can go to class, eat, and sleep. Otherwise, you're in the costume shop. The Designer is here super late at night working on this, you should be here too."

1) No. I shouldn't have to sell my soul to work on this. I have OTHER THINGS that I've committed myself to doing that are not negotiable, and this is what happens when you encourage students to join organizations. We get conflicts. And guess what. I'M WORKING WHEN I HAVE FREE TIME. I literally took a day off my available schedule to allow myself 4 HOURS to do homework. Weekends are a whole other deal, but I'm not gonna entertain that for now.

2) the costume designer for this show is a professor. He is in his late 40s I think? I'm a 20F. I don't feel comfortable staying on campus late at night working on costumes alone with him. I'm sorry, but to me, my social anxiety and the slight fear I have of being left alone with a man significantly older than me late at night disagree with that statement. Granted, I might be overreacting here. He's gay and I'm straight, he's not going to actually pull something like that. But he's already proven himself to be extremely petty and passive aggressive. I don't want to be put in that position, and frankly, the fact that you think it's a good idea to put me in that position is worrying. Also, he works here. He chooses to be here for super long hours. That's his job. I'm a student. I'm here to learn, to take classes so I can get a degree and do something with my life. I have more things spread of a wide variety of categories to think about and manage where as he only has his job as a professor and costume shop manager. Our priorities are very different here, and staying late working on costumes isn't one of mine, especially when I have homework to do and a pet to take care of.

My advisor also said that "I should be aware that things get more demanding the week before a show, so any homework you have you should do ahead of time."

To be fair, yes, I know that. For most people who work in theatre, the week before a show opens is the most stressful and demanding. However, as a student I can't always plan around it. Non-theatre professor won't care. Even if they have a calendar out that has big projects and their due dates, they can still assign homework the week of with warning. They can make it due the next class, which gives me 2 days. I'm already nearly fully booked throughout the week, so I need the time to do it. You telling me I should have planned around it is irresponsible. Have you ever tried asking a professor who doesn't like working with students to give you homework early so you didn't have to do it the week of? It doesn't work most of the time, and some don't even see theatre as a reasonable excuse to work around it.

Now. Some of these points are valid to some degree, and I realize that. If I was working full time somewhere, and not taking classes, then yeah, I can see that and would agree. But I'm not working somewhere else. I'm a student. I'm paying to take classes and get a degree. You pushing me to spend EVERY AMOUNT OF FREE TIME I HAVE WITH YOU is just as irresponsible and annoying as those professors who think their class is the most important thing in the world. I'm sorry to break it to you, but its not. Even if it's important to my career, it's not important enough to push me to a breaking point.

I already struggle with time management and taking care of myself. I have a hard time making myself eat and drink water and do laundry and take showers and literally any other self care thing you can think of. It's hard. I can barely make myself do it without that kind of stress. I've already had instances where I've gotten sick after a show because I was dehydrated, because I FORGOT TO DRINK WATER FOR A FULL 2 WEEKS. That's not healthy. I recognize that. It's a work in progress. It's harder for me to take care of myself when I can't go home and make food, and rest properly. And you basically saying I shouldn't be leaving to do so, but staying here is astonishing.

On the bright side, instead of having 2 years left, I have a year and a half. 3 semesters. I'll be graduation in December instead of May. Hopefully I won't snap before then.

#thats my job #again #this is a rant #im probably overreacting #but at this rate #its irritating #the strangest thing is she talked about important self care is #directly before saying i need to spen ld every avaialable moment i have working #on costumes #because #no it isn't #my job is to be a student #first and formost #just because i work in a costume shop doesn't mean that all i do ever #its fucking part time #im only allowed to work 10 hours #i already work 8 #and you want to me to stay and work more without pay?#i don't get paid enough for the hours i work anyways!

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sweetkeiji · 3 years ago

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hi hello here's what happened today and why i'm utterly exhausted and up to my neck in school work

i worked at our school's club fair today. fun right?

...sorta!!

it was for us to introduce our clubs to incoming freshmen (current 8th graders) and get them more involved with the school

let me tell you: it was SO overwhelming

like there was a shit ton of them (it'd just occurred to me that we were doing this to the entire class of 2026) and our principal's voice was booming over the speakers to tell them how this worked

and most people were masked too so it was so hard to get them to hear us

naturally, the people, including yours truly, at the tables had to shout so that they could

as someone who does not and cannot interact with tons of people on a daily basis, to say i was overwhelmed would be an understatement

imagine me scrambling around a cheap plastic folding table, trying to tell kids why they should join science olympiad.. yes

it must've been hilarious to watch from the outside tbh

4 hours later (yes, FOUR) we finally finished and i had a splitting headache because as i said before, i don't talk to this many people in a single day much less in 4 hours

like i've probably talked to more people today than i have in the past year

oh i should probably add here that there were almost 400 of them

also idk if i established this before (i think i did but many of you weren't around in the very beginning of keijinn) but i get headaches super easily

so i went home and immediately went to bed because i could not focus on my school work with the migraine i had

slept for ~1 hour then woke up, IT WAS STILL THERE and after completely half-assing my bio hw i took an aspirin and went back to sleep

then i woke up 1.5 hours later and it went away! yay!

but y'know what's not yay? the us history exam i have tmrw and all of the hw i have yet to do

so now it's 8:40pm and i still have hours of work and studying ahead of me, wish me luck <3

#screaming crying #jin's adventures with the american education system #[💬] — thinking out loud

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storytelling-timelord · 3 years ago

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Hello! Literally so much has happened in the last, I think it's been about five months??? I had a girlfriend, and now I don't, and, also I've gotten into knitting, which is what I've been wanting to do in my classes instead of paying attention. Hopefully everythings going okay with you? ~Katherine 💙

Oh my goodness that’s a roller coaster 😂 sorry about your ex-girlfriend (unless you’re happy about that idk 😂) and I’m glad you’re getting into knitting! I’ve always wanted to but it seems like a lot of work and I don’t have a lot of time :(

Everything is pretty much the same with me 🤷‍♀️ my quarter for school is ending in like 2 weeks and I couldn’t be more excited for I had just written an 8 page psychology essay yesterday because I thought I had more time but it turns out I didn’t lol

Also there is like some sort of lawn fest going on like right outside my dorm and it’s really hard to concentrate on my hw at the moment and in like an hour I have a zoom call and they are blaring music 😐

#Katherine 💙

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floatservices · 5 years ago

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wrong numbers/right answers

iwaizumi hajime/reader wc: 3.9k

When Hajime had started catching feelings for the mystery number, he'd rationalised that it could never be you. Slowly but surely, his mystery texter had been getting him out the slump Iwaizumi had been feeling over his unrequited feelings, and instead of wondering about you, he was wondering when the next mystery number text would come.

But now you're her and she's you and his brain is going to explode. He doesn't have enough brain cells for this.

Curse this stupid, stinking crush.

“You've been on that damn phone for, what, 30 minutes now?” Iwaizumi growls, waving Oikawa's less than impressive test score across said boy’s face. “What are you, texting a new girlfriend?”

“Iwa-chan, I'm flattered you think I have a new girlfriend!” Oikawa’s ecstatic, typing with one hand and snatching away the sheet away with the other. “But no, I'm just trying to have a good time with our favorite classmate,” Oikawa metaphorically dangles you in front of him, and smirks as his friend’s eyes widen. “Oho, I’ve got your attention now, have I?”

Iwaizumi wrinkles his nose, trying to get the test back. “Shut up, shittykawa. If I knew her better, I'd apologize to her because she has to deal with the likes of you.”

The spiker makes a wild lunge for the test paper, because they came to his house to study, not so his disgraceful excuse of a best friend could tease him about a girl, but Oikawa leans just out of reach, his long arms stretching as far as they could.

“You wound me, Iwa-chan.” Oikawa chuckles, shuffling the paper under the cushion he was sitting on. “My test score wasn’t that bad, anyways-“

“You call a 52% a good grade?!”

“Well, it's a pass, isn’t it? I have more important things on my mind, anyways, like beating Ushiwaka, texting my favorite girl in class, don’t you have something to do? Oh, wait! I forgot that you were-”

“Shittykawa," Iwaizumi cuts in, a seething expression on his face, but Oikawa pays no mind. "If you finish that sentence-“

“-Socially awkward! You can’t even talk to her without blushing! But funny how that doesn’t happen when you talk to anyone else like that, hmm, Iwa-chan?”

Hajime gets up and launches himself across the chabudai, tackling Oikawa, a fist raised.

It’s 8am when Iwaizumi gets a text.

From: ??? To: You rinrin this is you right!?? buddy???!! pls send me ur jpnese lit hw I NEED HELP otherwise tatsuya-sensei will have me impaled bro my entrails will be sacrificed to whoever the hell Yamada Kai was, helpppp!

There’s a string of different crying emojis after that, which Iwaizumi finds adorable. He doesn’t know who this is, but it’s obvious that the poor guy went to Aoba Johsai. The woman who taught Japanese Literature was famous around the school for being a harsh marker and a harsher teacher style. They’d been studying Yamada’s works so far, and Iwaizumi expects whoever sent it was panicking- it was 8, school started 8:30, and English was their second lesson of the day (or it was for tomorrow, because Classes 3-4 didn’t have Literature today, but Iwaizumi assumes it’s today, otherwise they wouldn’t be this distraught.)

He glances at his watch- he had a few minutes to spare. He fishes his work out his bag, and he thanks God he's used his best handwriting (Tatsuya-sensei had caused quite the scene photocopying his work last time, showing off to the entire Class-2 how “insufferably illegible” his print was,) hoping whoever was behind the screen could read it. He takes a quick picture of it, making sure it’s not blurry and the script is clear before sending it off and hurrying out of his house.

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You [sent: IMG20151219] you’ve got the wrong number but i’m from seijou too. this is the worksheet you mean?

From: Crying Emoji lmao To: You aaa i’m so sorry for sending it to the wrong number!

but yes, it is the right one! thank you so much, i owe you one, mystery man!

Oikawa’s waiting for him outside as always, and Iwaizumi deliberately speeds up so he can walk past. Behind him, Oikawa makes a sort of whine from the back of his throat, quickening his pace to fall in next to him.

“What’s gotten you so cheery?” Oikawa asks, and Iwaizumi realizes he’s been smiling. He replaces it with a scowl, quickly shoving his phone in his pocket so Oikawa can’t get anymore curious.

“It’s no thanks to you.” Iwaizumi quips, and Oikawa pouts.

Iwaizumi only risks a reply when he gets to school, because Oikawa Tooru will never shut up if he sees him texting someone that is so obviously a girl.

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You how do you know it's a guy..? for all you know i could be a girl, you know.

He gets a reply soon after.

From: Crying Emoji lmao To: You well, if you are a girl, i'm sorry!! i didn't mean anything by it... also i kinda assumed you were a guy because of your handwriting.

He should be offended by that, right? Right. He’s offended by it. He's about to defend himself when his phone buzzes with another message.

From: Crying Emoji lmao To: You SHIT I'M SO SORRY THAT WAS RUDE TO SAY!! I BET YOU WON'T TALK TO ME ANYMORE

IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE IF YOU DO...

He blinks, an ungraciously amused smile making it's way onto his face. He leaves his phone alone for the school day, because his teacher has just walked in. He figured he'd reply to you after school, just before volleyball.

It's kind of a mistake, because he comes back to 12 more messages, each message reading a variant of "I'm sorry," the amount of sincerity in each message growing as the hours passed by. He figures it's time to ease the stranger out her misery, and begins typing his reply.

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You no need to get worked up on it, lmao you planned on talking to me again?

While waiting, he has enough time to go to the clubroom early and change out of his school uniform to his jersey. He's halfway through fixing one half of his laces when his phone pings.

From: Crying Emoji lmao To: You it's because i thought i owed you one.... but i guess if you don't want to talk it's okay lol

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You i hope it's not me that offended you this time. i do want to talk. you seem... cool?

He hits the send button, rereads it, and recoils. That sounds awkward.

Iwaizumi starts typing more.

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You besides, you don't know me. how are you gonna give back (whatever. i don't know how! you're the one that wants to owe me.) if you don't even know me?

From: Crying Emoji lmao To: You won't it be funner if it's a mystery?

i guess... we could help each other out! anytime we need hw help we just call each other, like a private help line.

(also, why the question mark? of course i'm cool!)

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You i think that sounded less creepy in your head.

(sure, you're cool. [heavy sarcasm, if you can't tell.])

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao

is that a no?

(rude!)

Iwaizumi stares at the screen. Well, he didn't really mind. And whoever this was sounded pretty trustworthy, and not a random creep that pretended to be a Seijou student in their free time. His time to deliberate is cut short, because Oikawa slams the clubroom doors open, singing a Christmas carol Iwaizumi didn't recognise, along with Hanamaki and Matsukawa, who were discussing what kind of forfeit Oikawa had to pay today if he didn't set as well as he should; ramen or oden?

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You fuck why not

i'll be looking forward to... being helped out? bye.. i'll talk later.

my best friend is here and i'm not ready for him to annoy me straight to satan's asscrack.

Iwaizumi whips the phone away from Oikawa's line of vision, only letting him see his asscrack remark. (It backfired, because Oikawa spends all of the time from putting his shoes on to the start of practice whinging.) The boys slowly file out of the clubroom, Kunimi shutting off the lights as the door softly clicks closed.

Iwaizumi's phone lights up in his blazer pocket, a simple "see you later!" on the screen that brightens the whole room up.

___

It's two weeks later when Iwaizumi needs the help he's been promised. He opens up his chat- they'd just been talking last night about Seijou's annual fair, and what they each were going to do.

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You hey english is kicking my ass

can you help a me out please

To: You From Crying Emoji lmao ofc !! what do you need help with

i would let u copy my answers but i feel like you actually have to learn english at some point phone-chan lol

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You the english were on crack when they

made up their language i swear

does the sentence "the star shine brightly" work

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao

LMFAO

weh that's a trick question

"shone" is for no object and "shined" is for when here's no object. so like shone works for 'light' and shined can be for like

a car headlight

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You what the hell

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao ikr english is crazy

you also forgot the "d" at the end lol

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You that one is on me that's simple

but the other thing isn't. aren't the both shining anyway? what's the point in having two. i hate this devil language i swear

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao

if it helps no one really cares and i think

you could get away with either english has a lot of rules and no one follows them sooooo... it's whatever!!

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You

try telling that to fukuoda-sensei i swear that guy has a grudge against me or smthn

To: You

From: Crying Emoji lmao WAHAHAHA i had him last year.... he literally hates fun i don't think i've ever seen him smile

good luck with that phone-chan :P

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You

one last question btw

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao

ooh okay shoot!

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You what's 好きな食べ物は揚げ出し豆腐 in english

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao ...

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You don't tell me you don't know :(

To: You From Crying Emoji lmao phone-chan, if i say i'll make your agedashi tofu for the festival tmrw will you please stop making vague hints towards it for the rest of the night?

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You :)

To: You From Crying Emoji lmao the things i do for you, phone chan!

___

"Iwa-chan, don't eat too much." Oikawa says, blinking as he tries to process the sheer amount of beancurd his friend is wolfing down.

"Says the person who hogged all the milk bread once." Iwaizumi retorts, rolling his eyes. "This is one plate of tofu, unlike when you once wasted 2000 yen to buy the school's entire daily stock of milk bread so you could eat it." He pauses to finish another cube of his favourite food. "And school milk bread doesn't even taste that great."

"It was cheap, Iwa-chan!" Oikawa tries to defend himself. "Makki, Matssun, help me out here!"

Matsukawa only shrugs, and when prompted by Oikawa to give a 'real' answer, he sides with Iwaizumi, apologizing sheepishly.

"Sorry to admit it Captain," He chuckles, "But I don't really like school food anyways."

Iwaizumi shoots Oikawa a teasing smirk, and Oikawa's just about to say something when Hanamaki pipes up.

"I like it," Makki makes a non-committal gesture, and Oikawa looks happy with that. "I mean, sure, school food isn't that great but I think the milk bread is the only good thing about it."

"Like striking gold in a coalmine!" Oikawa nods his approval, and Iwaizumi just sighs. Looking around, he spots you out of the corner of his eye, looking as good as usual and serving a few parents and students. He knows he can't call you because he'd end up sweating through his blazer, so he asks another classmate instead.

"Okuhara-kun," He calls, waving to a boy in his class. "Do you know who made the tofu?"

The boy shakes his head. "Whoever it was came early to drop it off. It had a note with it though."

This gets Iwaizumi's attention. She'd left something for him? "Oh? What did it say?"

"Uh- this is an exact quote, by the way- 'Phone-chan, don't you dare!'" Okuhara replies, drawing out quotation marks in the air. When Iwaizumi lets out a loud laugh, he takes it for disbelief.

"Is it... really that funny?" He questions, looking bemused.

Hajime grins. "Not really."

____

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You you didn't even drop any hints!

all you gave me was a note that told me to go away

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao i knew you'd go looking, phone-chan! my intuition is as good as ever!

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You unfair. that was like, my best friend's level of unfair.

so unfair that i'm thinking about moving my best friend back to the top of my favourites list :/

That was a bold faced lie. Oikawa had never been on the top of his favourites list: that was reserved solely for Makki.

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao you wound me!

who is this best friend?

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You

not telling lol

you'd know who i was then

To: You

From: Crying Emoji lmao spare hint ma’am?

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You you didn't give me any!

and you're the one who wanted to keep it a secret in the first place :/

...but fine.

he's on the volleyball team

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao oikawa!!??

To: Crying Emoji lmao

From: You ... :( yeah

see i told you!

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao actually, i don't know the vb team that well. oikawa's one of the only guys i know because he's popular. and loud

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You oh so i’m not popular?

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao aww phone-chan it’s not like that <3 ur popular in my heart :)

Iwaizumi curses at the blush that follows reading that. He will not allow himself to get flustered over that, it was a joke!

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You gee thanks

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao besides i still know the third years! i'm just saying i don't know them that well!!

hanamaki, matsukawa and iwaizumi. they're a close friend group, so i expect one of then is you

When he reads his name, he doesn't know whether to deny it completely, or confirm that it's him. Hajime puts his phone down and paces for a bit, wondering if he's fucked up. When he checks his phone again, chewing on his lip, he guffaws at the message they've left.

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao ...judging from how you're not replying, you are.

but since i don't know which one, i'll decide on calling you phone-chan, yeah?

When Iwaizumi met whoever they were, he was gonna give them a lecture of a lifetime about not being a smartass.

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You fine, yeah. i am one of them. but now you owe me a hint too!

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao

well, i suppose i do!

i'm one of the girls in the class that actually has oikawa's number. he half forced me to give it to him, actually, but it's still been fun talking with him.

(not as much as talking with you, phone-chan!)

and i also totally get why he's annoying.

Iwaizumi feels a tiny bit of jealously bubbling up- irrational, because he's only been texting them for about half a month. His friend's statement about liking talking with him more than Oikawa makes him a little pleased, because people didn't usually pick his pretty best friend over him (selfish, yeah, but he's tired of girls asking him to deliver chocolates to the setter and befriending him in hopes of getting closer to Tooru.)

But girls who had his number? Only the ones Oikawa actually had an interest in.

The grand total of the people in his class with the brunet's number was three, because as courteous and as flirtatiously he acts, he accepts and turns down people normally, and doesn't like hurting girls as much as his playboy rep boasts (Iwaizumi's always liked that about him.) The three girls he knew of consisted of Aoi, his ex, Reina, who unbeknownst to Oikawa at the time, swang the other way, and...

You.

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao i know that aoi, reina and (name) has his number...

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao well, one of them is certainly me!

we're both down to three, phone-chan. even ground!

Iwaizumi feels the world cave in on himself, reading the message over and over. Aoi was a nice guy, but he was also the same brand of pompous that Hajime disliked and Oikawa had found cute. They’d ended it horribly, so Hajime was decidedly not looking forward to the possible outcome that it was him, so he casts away the thought before it can solidify in his mind’s eye. Reina didn’t even like guys, so if you were you…

Huh. His mouth’s gone dry suddenly.

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You cool cool

hey i'm gonna head to bed i gotta emotionally prepare for voluntarily walking into japanese lit class with tatsuya sensei on my ass

sorry to cut it short

To: You From: Crying Emoji lmao aw don't worry about it phone-chan <3

good night! and see you tmrw, whether we know it or not!!

To: Crying Emoji lmao From: You sleep well

Iwaizumi curses during the 5th hour of trying to sleep. Curse this stupid, stinking crush.

___

He wishes he hadn't asked. He's fine with his favorite crying emoji user knowing who he is, but knowing that it's you sort of struck a pang in his heart that couldn't be undone. He can't concentrate in class, and though he fights it because Oikawa's caught on to this habit, he finds himself staring at you instead of listening to the teacher. The whole situation was annoying!

First he thinks you're cute but he'd chalked it up to never working out because Oikawa had managed to snag your number. Then Oikawa assures him that it's platonic and they only talk about school work which is, to say the least, bullshit, because Oikawa can't actually text without getting distracted. His best friend has a tendency to rant about volleyball or start gossiping when his phone is within reach, and it's why his study sessions happen with Hajime next to him (and even with him, Oikawa still manages to get his grubby hands on his phone.) His best friend was absolutely up to something, and it had been killing Iwaizumi that he didn't know what it was.

And then he'd gotten that cute, fated, statistically impossible text from a wrong number, and fallen into a cute flirting-but-not-really routine. They were kind, sweet, and willing to help him with trivial things like homework and make him his favorite food.

It was easier not really knowing who it was! That was mean to admit, sure, but even when Hajime had started catching feelings for the mystery number, he'd rationalised that it could never be you. Slowly but surely, his mystery texter had been getting him out the slump he had been feeling over his unrequited feelings, and instead of wondering about you, he was wondering when the next mystery number text would come.

But now you're her and she's you and his brain is going to explode. He doesn't have enough brain cells for this.

Hajime sighs, looking away from you and back to his worksheet. Algebra stares back at him with no mercy. "I have no brain cells." He mutters, amending his thoughts. In the seat next to him, Oikawa chuckles lightly.

"You've got enough to stare at her, though." He whispers, and Hajime feels his blood boiling. "I swear, when the bell rings, I'm going to-"

The teacher clears her throat loudly. "Iwaizumi-san, if you could refrain from speaking until I've finished..."

Iwaizumi feels his hot rage flood into his cheeks as embarrassment instead. "Of course, sorry sensei."

You catch his eye as he averts his eyes from the teacher, and you smile encouragingly. Hajime thinks the knot in his forehead gets worse. He feels himself go hotter, somehow, and quickly goes back to looking at his math equations. Oikawa's still fucking smirking.

"Denial, Iwa-chan."

There's something fishy in the way that Oikawa texted the group chat about getting lunch. Firstly, Oikawa liked western food for whatever reason, and whenever he asked to go out, he would picked a pricey French place. The rest of the team would debate for about 8 minutes before usually settling on a cheap soba place near the town centre. He'd claimed it was for a post-midterms celebration, and since the Christmas holidays had started, they might as well go somewhere altogether, as a team.

But Oikawa's suggested this expensive ramen place (which... alright, it's not like Oikawa never eats Japanese. But he doesn't prefer it, and Hajime is paranoid about whatever plan his best friend has hatched) and instead of shouting at him to lower the price, Makki and Mattsun agree immediately. Iwaizumi knows Makki is broke this week, after having to buy a replacement volleyball for the one they popped while roughhousing, so he doesn't understand why he'd agree to blowing 2000 yen on a single bowl of ramen.

The rest of the third years decline or agree. Iwaizumi thinks this is for plausible deniability, to make him think it's all alright. But when Oikawa @'s him in chat to confirm for the coming Thursday, he grudgingly agrees. He's wanted to try that ramen place for a while, anyway, and he's putting too much thought into this. It was just lunch with the team. It's fine.

Then the coming Thursday rolls around, and he's been standing outside the ramen place for 5 minutes and no-one is here and he's going to kill Oikawa-

To: [crying baby noises] From: You oikawa i swear to god where the fuck is everyone. i'm going to aim every spike in practice to you i swear. yahaba would help me

To: You From: [crying baby noises] WAHAHAHA it's okay iwa-chan, someone else you like much better than our sweaty volleyball team is coming ☆⌒(ゝ。∂)

To: [crying baby noises] From: You die in a ditch

To: You From: [crying baby noises] you won't be saying that after ur first date! (☆ω☆)

here's her number, since ur gonna need it!

[CRYING BABY NOISES] HAS SENT YOU A CONTACT

Iwaizumi grumbles the entire time he's punching in the number, intending to tell you that you've been set up and you don't need to bother coming, but his phone shows up with an error that he's already got the number saved. He stares at the notification, blinking once, twice, before the elation sets in and-

"Ah, Iwaizumi?" You call his name, walking quickly towards him and giving him a bashful smile. "Sorry I'm late. I wasn't worried because I thought it was just going to be Oikawa talking my ear off, but he texted me to say... well."

He just says your name, blushing but still grinning. You chuckle, and the little display of happiness pushes him to at least try and say something, "Oikawa gave me your number, but..." Iwaizumi trails off.

"He sent yours too." You explain, pulling your phone out and, at last, he's given proof that you're the mystery number and his grin manages to get wider. The cool winter air bites less than it did before. "But I already had it saved."

"Me too." Hajime says, taking a step closer to you and taking a hand tentatively. Your fingers slip between his, and your cheeks are pink from more than just the cold.

"I had a feeling it was you." You admit, still looking at him the way you do in his dreams. "It's nice to finally meet you properly, Phone-chan."

#haikyuu x reader #hq x reader #iwaizumi x reader #iwaizumi hajime x reader #hq imagines #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu!! imagines #this was SO hard to format please like n subscribe SKDVGSLKJFDLSK #this was crossposted to ao3 !#also i should rly write smthn huh. like something actually new

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retrorealeyes · 4 years ago

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a rife with misspellings rant where i promise to be better @ the end ...and then i psychoanalyze myself lol (what did you expect)

ahhaha since we're all ranting about how much we're failures. Lemme join in. I just feel so awful in every aspect my life has been slowly detoriating. I basically hat emyself, though the hat eis not as bad as it was before (I thouhg I was better at least but it turns out i'm still subtly suicidal, just that when i feel better my mind forces me to forget that ever happened so I literally didn't even know until I looked at some notes I wrote), my life certainly is. (keep in mind there's one guy that is extempt to some of this) I keep distancing myself from my friends, I don't have people I regularly contact, I grow tired of texting people and just close myself off. I don't tel other irl people my issues, further scaring them away. I haven't been exercising for 4 months. I don't have any particular skills I cna boast of (or maybe I do, but I wouldn't anyway because who needs to tell people what they like). I haven't done anything all summer further detoriating my position. Every single interactionw ith my family I come out of being tired, and I'm always annoyed with them. I sleep 9-11 hours and yet it's not enough. I have basically all Fs in my classes because I distract myself and procrastinate on my homework because I don't have any motivation and supplement that time with useless entertainement. I'm not resposible with anything. And i'm tired just so tired. I was gonna say something else so i'll keep gong until i get it again. oh yeah-- and i am just so, so slow on everything. i'm gonna fail my grade and cry myself to sleep everynight because i can't get into college. And I barely do anything to beign wiht, just useless emotional nonsense I'm cutting myself off now. Cold turkey gonna do my hw this week, 7 days, then I'll be back. I know no one on tumblr cares, or will hold me accountable. I might go on discord (but i’ll time myself), tumblr if i need to vent (no liking, scrolling, or reblogging), and whatsapp, and instagram for just messaging (NO VIEWING STORIES AND it’s timed). And i’ll probably use spotify and YT for music but i’ll try to controla and limit that. responding quickly or not at all; not checking servers on discord except for designnated times; NO watching videos on YT/tiktok or whatever; no scrolling twitter

I can’t think of what else I shoudl restrict-- my drawing time since i’m trying ot do school; not visiting any websites; not spending time on other unccesay things; gettin readyin the mornig; keeping my walks under 60 minutes; waking up when told to; belieing in my will power and not giving myself a boost before (except now, it’s a bad habit ik, ik sorry); no negative self talk; keeping my room clean; being positive to everyone; focusing during class; FOCUS ily 2 i’ll see nobody later but succesfful hw-done self. I know it’s 4 p.m. and my stomach is literally zooming in my torso, but i can do it.

no. i WILL doit. i was gonna say something else. oh yeah:

1) eat or whatever (10 minutes)

2) history ch. 24

3) history ch. 25

3) change and 10m walk (or 20) [ignore the repeat, i’m not good @ formaatting on tumblr so i numbered it by hand and i don’t have the will to fix it]

4) sit outside; write short story, brainstorm w/ notepad (or phone) on walk

5) clean room

6) dig des thing anyway (1h @ most)

7) algebra video notes x3 (or 2)

8) message you know who + someone else, finish hannah’s card

9) algebra work x2-4

10) chem notes for 1h (try to finish all)

11) read frankenstein (+ do the other assignment)

12) @this point, probably sleep

13) if not japanese notes 1h

14) english charts x2

15) close tabs maybe please??

16) Forensics hair lab

-to add this started because I was suppsoed to “love myself” but instead decided to a. completely ignore crush guy for uknown possibly angry self esteem realated reasons (? my emotions are unreasonable) b. hate myself again lol that’s pogs

-guys guys guys i’m gonna meet my (kinda sorta) best friend this Wednesday and by that point i’ll be a better person and i’ll get to talk to her about my crush and i’ll have improved by then and aaaaahhhhh I really am excited because being around her destresses me. bruh. why did i not meet up for this long (your bad hw guilt lololoollo criessss) and maybe i’ll come out ahhhh i love herrrrrr (platonically, i get to clarify because i’m bi)

-myy grandparents are yelling at each other :( good to know that i’ll have to go down to that (they think im not home) disturb them and eat. it’s also good to knwo their marriage is unhappy and htat’s what my parents will end up as and that’s what i’ll end up as (probably not, but i acutaly didn’t want to marry anybody for a while ebcause i didn’t want to end up w/some body like my dad) [”the good to know”s are sarcastic]

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runfast-runfar · 5 years ago

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Quarantine Day !?@#$%%^&

6/16/2020

- Yesterday I ended up biting the bullet and investing in all the school stuff for this upcoming summer/year online (boo) and got myself a desk (because I never did my homework at home before, but now I want a place in my room to be able to do work besides on my bed bc it is actually so uncomfortable and probably horrible for my (already not great) posture. I also bought an ipad since all my reading will be online (and it’s a ton of reading... and I hate reading on my computer, so I decided to get the ipad so I could easily mark up my reading and annotate as if it was a hard copy. (I also got the apple pencil to do so lol) And then I got the yoga mat because I wanted one to be able to do yoga outside in the backyard but my yoga rug in my room does not do the grass outside well... lol it just gets ruined. So that one I am keeping inside and then I’ll bring this yoga back and forth to do outside yoga :)

And then I fucking splurged big. time. and decided to get the fenix running watch! I am stoked because its specs are incredible and I am getting back into training so I needed a new running watch, but this one... it tracks everything and also has pulse ox and monitors your sleep and stress levels (lol yes please) and just YES. So, so, SO excited.

- Anyways, after I spent fucking way too much money I don’t really have to actually be spending (good job P *pats myself on back*) I need to freaking chill out now lol

- I’m reading the Percy Jackson series just for fun, bc I need to get into the habit of reading a lot since my upcoming school year is looking like I will be reading 8-10 books a semester for 4 classes.... and so I’m honestly just trying to get my speed back with reading since I will have to consume a lot and I am pretty out of practice with consistent reading haha. So I am starting with the fun, easier stuff :)

- Yesterday I went on an hour run, then an hour bike ride, and so today I made it a short run (40 minutes) and then did a 45 minutes easier vinyasa flow class. I may go on a bike ride later, but tbh it’s ~that time of the month~ and so the cramps have me on the struggle bus.. so I may just call it a day in terms of exercise today. Idk, we’ll see later.

- My brother and I have two of our friends coming over in a few for a backyard hangout for a few hours, then we’re all going to walk downtown to get salt and straw ice cream (THE best!!)

- I do have hw I need to get done before tomorrow night so gotta get on that soon, but apart from that, no big plans.

- Also, just want to note, I understand the IMMENSE privilege I have being able to make such big purchases fairly frivolously. I am very lucky and privileged to be able to make these purchases, I am super aware of that!

#me #vegan #personal #runner #running #yoga #yogi #college #school

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amillionpinkroses · 5 years ago

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March 8 2020

I’m too emotionally drained to make full sentences/transitions today so point form it is

~it’s interntional women’s day yay!

~I feel like I don’t have any friends. No one wants to hang out with me, makes planas to hang out with me even though they do with others

~when I planned a get together so one friend in specific could make it he bailed and didn’t have the decentcy to say he (and his girlfriend) weren’t coming and didn’t respond to my calls or texts until an hour after the event started. I felt hurt and disrespected

~a guy at my uni that I met online via the uni’s insta page who I thought we were friends asked me on a date and I turned him down and now we’re barely talking despite him saying we can still be friends

~dating is confusing

~the guy I started having feelings for isn’t looking for a relationship which I didn’t know until a week after our date when he told me. but we’re still talking like everyday and I can’t tell if we’re friends or if I’m annoying him? I might be overthinking things because he snaps me everyday but doesn’t start a conversation unless I do (usually) so I can’t tell if I’m annoying him

~my hw is stressing me out. I’m behind in everything

~I got 49% on a midterm

~I feel like crying 24/7 but also can’t

~I just want a hug, but I also want to sleep

~I keep thinking like I want to die but I actually don’t its more like I just want everything to stop for long enough for me to breathe

~I still haven’t fixed my resume or applied for a job

~I’m scared mt marks will be too low that I will be kicked out of university

~I want to talk to a psychologist but I don’t want my parents to know I’m struggling because I’m the older sister and am supposed to be okay especially since my sisters aren’t. also it might/might not be covered on my mothers health plan so it would cost money which neither parent can really afford since they’re focused on how much they spend now more than ever

~my mom doesn’t have the right channels for basketball so I can never wtch the raptors game

~I have no motivavtion

~ I want to feel loved but I also know I’m my own person and am enough on my own but I also want someone who will talk to be everyday and ask how I’m doing and want to spend time with me

~I love the stuff we’re learning in psychology, developmental psychology and the unconscious mind

~ I feel dumb

~I am not doing good in or enjoying classes that I loved in highschool

~I miss highschool

~I usually go to the university and see no one. Mondays are the worst because I leave before my family is up, am by myself at university and don’t talk to anyone in class and then get home and maybe see my mom and dad and then go to sleep

~my cousin came for a short visit and I won poker when we played even though it was only my third time playing ever

~my sister is doing better....barely

~I realized how long she really hasn’t been in my life despite living in the same home, she’s missed out on a lot and so have I. I almost miss being called her name

~my Oma is still in the hospital. I think it’s week six. I think she’s somewhere in between dad saying shes getting better a little bit everyday and my aunt saying she is preparing to die and is giving up on life

~I actually finished re-reading a book I started a month ago

~I still haven't journaled in about a year

~the weather has been pretty nice. I haven't had to wear a coat outside a few times in the last two weeks

~I’m tired

#sad #tired #stressed #hospital #cry #hug #dating #oldest sibling #oldest sister #sick

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thesportssoundoff · 5 years ago

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“A very weird card for a very weird month” UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs Reyes Preview

Joey

October 14th, 2019

It's Octobr and the UFC's scheduling usually goes like this in my estimation:

Jan- New year, we're all excited, folks get injured, overpacked shows in December hurt the new year but we deal with it.

Feb- Injuries/cold means makeshift cards, people get mad.

March- Shows are a bit fatter, big title fights are coming around, people are excited.

April- The "set up" for the summer months, usually really good fight cards on paper with little to no name value.

May- Normally the "bad" PPV month, free events are good.

June- The last month before things get wild and wooly. PPV's tend to be damn good, free cards tend to be pretty balanced.

July- Everything has to be BIG so you get BIG PPV and then an event or two after the PPV that drag down the blocks average.

August- The end of the summer, injuries get heavy because of the seasonal change, focus is on prepping for November and December.

September- OH MY GOD EVERYBODY IS HURT! EVERYTHING IS REALLY WEIRD! THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON!

October- The down month where they're scrapping and salvaging just to get to MSG. Shows are pretty much whatever they can put together without working too hard. Usually where they do some kind of weird Canadian card. The cards tend to bounce between "This is surprisingly good" and "I don't have the time or the energy for this".

November- IT'S MSG! IT'S LOADED! What about the rest of the month? Ah, okay then. Carry on.

December- The end of the year where they try to end with a bang. Normally a lot of drama, prep for 2020. We get fights announced for next year that usually top what we're being offered this year. Big PPV to end things on the right note.

This card is pretty much 100% October. You have a kind of weird but kinda good main event at the top of the bill, a really good yet weird co-main event under it, a really weird but kinda good HW fight and then a bunch of Northeast projects and prospects. If you remove the top three fights, finding the next good fight that is objectively good might depend on how you feel about Gillian Robertson vs Maycee Barber. Me personally I think you can do far, far worse than Barber vs Robertson and actually quite like the fight as a good test for Maycee Barber. After that? You have some highly touted prospects coming off losses (Manny Bermudez, Randy Costa, Boston Salmon), some guys off the Contenders Series trying to find their niche (Brendan Allen, Sean Woodson, Jonathan Pearce) and a bunch of filler. It's kinda not bad filler though? Everything about this card is just weird, folks. Bare with.

Fights: 13

Debuts: Tanner Boser, Brendan Allen, Sean Woodson, Sean Brady, Diana Belbiţă, Ben Sosoli, Jonathan Pearce

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: (Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Calvin Kattar CANCELLED/Eric Spicely OUT, Kevin Holland IN vs Brendan Allen)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 5 (Greg Hardy, Jeremy Stephens, Yair Rodriguez, Chris Weidman, Joe Lauzon)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC: 1 (Joe Lauzon)

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: 6 (Dominick Reyes, Chris Weidman, Greg Hardy, Gillian Robertson, Maycee Barber, Kevin Holland)

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2017 (in the UFC): 24-15

Chris Weidman- 1-2 Dominick Reyes- 5-0 Jeremy Stephens- 3-3 (1 NC) Yair Rodriguez- 2-1 (1 NC) Greg Hardy- 2-1 Ben Sosoli- 0-0 Joe Lauzon- 1-3 Jonathan Pearce- 0-0 Gillian Robertson- 4-1 Maycee Barber- 2-0 Deron Winn- 1-0 Darren Stewart- 3-4

Fights By Weight Class (yearly number here):

Featherweight- 3 (52) Women’s Flyweight- 2 (31) Middleweight- 2 (40) Heavyweight- 2 (31) Welterweight- 1 (62) Light Heavyweight- 1 (39) Bantamweight- 1 (53)

Lightweight- (66) Women’s Strawweight- (26) Flyweight- (15) Women’s Featherweight- (8) Women’s Bantamweight- (18)

2019 Number Tracker

Debuting Fighters (33-55-1)- Tanner Boser, Brendan Allen, Sean Woodson, Sean Brady, Diana Belbiţă, Ben Sosoli, Jonathan Pearce

Short Notice Fighters (28-35)- Kevin Holland

Second Fight (52-34)- Randy Costa, Boston Salmon, Deron Winn

Cage Corrosion (Fighters who have not fought within a year of the date of the fight) (20-37-1)- Charles Rosa, Joe Lauzon, Daniel Spitz

Undefeated Fighters (35-37-2)- Dominick Reyes, Sean Woodson, Maycee Barber

Fighters with at least four fights in the UFC with 0 wins over competition still in the organization (11-8)-

Weight Class Jumpers (Fighters competing outside of the weight class of their last fight even if they’re returning BACK to their “normal weight class”) (29-20)- Chris Weidman, Manny Bermudez

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- Why is a New York vs New York fight taking place in Boston? I know that might not matter from a lot of folks but as the guy who grew up with boxers headlining in their home markets, this irks me.

2- I feel like this main event almost depends entirely on how you view Volkan Oezdemir as a fighter. The last time we saw Dom Reyes, he was given a really hard tough fight against Volkan Oezdemir in London. I don't think "robbery" is fair but I do think if you scored it for Volkan then you have a justifiable grumble about him losing that decision. What has gone under the radar is that Reyes did a tremendous job to adjust to what wasn't working and mix in more work to the body to keep it close and then the general rule of "win the third round, win the fight" wins out. I think there's no shame in a young prospect getting tested on his way up the ranks and managing to get by. You'd rather see warts now than in the middle of the first round of a title fight. Also Volkan Oezdemir is proving to be a pretty good quality 205er who even in his losses has moments of success. As such, I'm left to wonder if folks are a bit too harsh on a dude who iced Jared Cannonier, had no issues with OSP and remains the most exciting LONG TERM prospect at 205 lbs.

3- Is it too late for Chris Weidman? Despite the calls of folks to move up in weight, Weidman held off until seemingly all options were exhausted at 185 lbs. The fact of the matter and the unbearable truth is that Chris Weidman's style was based all on his durability and versatility simply fell apart when he needed it the most. He couldn't withstand the wars he was putting himself in at 185 lbs and his wrestling isn't as advertised anymore. At the same time, he still subbed Kelvin Gastelum, has a Hall of Fame worthy resume and enters a division where mid tier MWs are having breakout runs to title shots. Weidman can still crack, has a variety of offensive tools in his backpocket and in SPURTS he's still a good wrestler. Weidman's biggest problem for me as a wrestler has always been his lack of control once fights hit the turf but maybe cutting less weight will help. Then again Luke Rockhold didn't get much help in that regard either.

4- Here's how I'm beginning to feel about guys from 185 lbs going up to 205 lbs. If you're an athlete (Thiago Santos, even Anthony Smith to some degree) then it can work because the athletic barometer at 205 is better than HW but lowert han any other weight class. Guys who are fast at 185 lbs will remain fast at 205 lbs because that travels. They're also likely to hit a lot harder given the increase in weight. That said, if you're slow or clunky, no amount of weight cutting is going to fix that. Luke Rockhold simply looks and perhaps may just be a slow and clunky guy. Against Jan Blachowicz, he LOOKED like a heavier version of his usual self. What makes me worried about Chris Weidman and his chances at 205 lbs is that he's slow, clunky and kind of sort of broken. I don't think his body and his (lack of) speed will travel much at 205 lbs.

5- So who is hurt more by having to cut weight again for this fight, Yair or Jeremy Stephens? I kind of think it'll be Yair but I also saw him show up on two weeks notice to fist fight the Korean Zombie.

6- I really hope there's a chance, honestly and truthfully, that Joe Lauzon calls it quits win or lose. Lauzon feels like one of those guys who would be better suited in his personal life giving up the ghost and embracing the next phase.

7- This feels like the first real card to roll out the Contenders Series for season 3 so I'll break down who is whom and how they got here:

HW Ben Sosoli faces Greg Hardy- Sosoli is an Aussie kickboxer who made the MMA transition, fought on TUF and emerged on the DWCS in season 3. He had a "no contest" but was on his way to winning the fight before an eye poke (by him) ended the fight. Sosoli is being brought in to have a slugfest with Hardy.

LW Jon Pearce has a pretty crazy story. He was in a coma after getting jumped by somebody at his gym after hours. He recovered and fights like every southeastern dude who has ever fought in the UFC; basically scrapping when he wants to and wrestling out of trouble when he has to. I would say "He's the kind of guy who can give Joe Lauzon trouble" but I think at this point anybody with a working pulse gives him trouble.

FW Sean Woodson is REAL interesting. He took on a super prospect in his DWCS fight and struggled with the consistent wrestling----then he hit one of the cooler flying knees ever and scored a walk off second round KO. Dana even admitted that his finish was TOO good to not get signed despite the concerns he had about his wrestling.

MW Brendan Allen is your yearly "LFA has a middleweight champ and we gotta sign him" guy. He's accomplished-ish at 12-3 with some losses to good competition (Anthony Hernandez and Eryk Anders are both having solid runs). He's a violent kinda dude but I think he's a step below Ian Heinisch and Anthony Hernandez IE: he's kinda sketchy.

8- Boston Salmon was a really hyped L(R)FA prospect, the kind of guy who the UFC normally signs before he's ready and rushes out there. Salmon won on the DWCS in Season One and disappeared, re-emerging this year before losing in ugly fashion in his first fight with the organization. We've detailed here how badly debuting fighters struggle but also how much better they do in their second go around. Of course the same could be said for his opponent Boston Salmon. I guess win or lose, I think Salmon's going to look worlds better than he did in his debut. It couldn't in theory have looked much worse?

9- I wish I knew about Molly McCann's opponent so I could somewhat excited about her fight upcoming. Diana Belbita lost to Ariana Lipski who Molly McCann beat so....I dunno dudes.

10- I wonder how many fighters people would know off of this main card. 4 or 5 tops? Manny Bermudez, Molly McCann, Kevin Holland and then?

11- So let's talk about Kevin Holland briefly, shall we? Holland's UFC run has been weird to say the least. Holland debuted on short notice against THIAGO SANTOS (!), took all of Santos' best offense and somehow lived to tell the tale about it. In large part, Holland's ability to just talk copious amounts of shit no matter the circumstance endeared him to UFC fans and supporters. In the end, Holland got his best opportunity and since then the UFC has taken it slow and steady with him. Holland has wins over John Phillips, Gerald Meerschaert and most recently a close decision win over Alessio Di Chirico. Holland's rep as an action fighter is overstated (as is most of his game) but to go 3-1 in the UFC under any circumstances is pretty solid. He's the sort of guy who doesn't like to work too hard theoretically but lacks the middle ground to carry himself beyond that point. Yet he's so gifted, long and determined that he tends to be able to get by doing the bare minimum. Brendan Allen is probably going to give him plenty of opportunities to be offensive if he wants to be but that's entirely up to Holland and his mentality.

12- The last time we saw him, Deron Winn was having a FOTN style war with Eric Spicely on short notice. Winn has a lot of "poor man's DC" about him which is a really unfair comparison but I can't think of a guy that short in a weight class who prioritizes the same arsenal of strikes that he does other than DC. He gets a kind of risky step up in competition with Darren "The Dentist" Stewart. Stewart has a bit of a funky UFC record, he started his run 0-3 and then hit a stride of sorts since then, going 3-1 with the sole loss being a super close split decision to MW prospect Edmen Shahbazyan. Stewart hits really hard and has found some tremendously timely resolve with his takedown defense, creating a sort of fight that should be closer on paper than some folk might realize.

#MMA #UFC #ESPN 2 #Weidman #Reyes #Fights #Yair #Jeremy Stephens #DWCS #Boston

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pennyfynotes · 6 years ago

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7.24.18 // 9:30am // starting a semester without shooting yourself in the foot

hola! recently got an ask from an anon about how to start the new semester so here it is. (sorry for the early back to school posts but like? winter is coming? yeah sorry don’t watch game of thrones) xoxo, m

general tips:

1. make a schedule: put in the things that have to happen each day. so classes, sports practices, work etc. this’ll help you evaluate how much time you have to do things like homework and if you have time to take on more extracurriculars and things. it’ll also prevent you from scheduling stuff during these times where you have to be somewhere else.

2. plan somewhere: ok so despite owning a studyblr and a bullet journal that i share with you guys, i kinda suck at planning. i completely relate to the abandoned planner/bujo situation. ideally, you might want to implement something like this. if that doesn’t work for you, just have a notebook where you jot down all your lists (that can be events, to-dos, reminders). you could even use an app (google keep is helpful bc you can sync bt phone and computer). just find somewhere to put down your thoughts.

3. read the syllabus/any emails from your prof/teacher: make sure you do all your summer homework. there might be a quick assignment/supply that you need to bring on the first day. also figure out where your class is. that’s kinda important. get familiar with policies like when to turn in hw, what their late work policy is. write yourself a cheat sheet if you have to.

4. map out your route: this is more of a first day/week type deal, but just figure out how you’re gonna get from place to place so you’re not stressing about being late. you can do this in person by walking around campus or just mentally if you’re familiar. if you’re in college and need to factor in meal/bus times, figure that out too.

5. get on your teacher/profs good side: i’m not saying to suck up or anything, but treat them with courtesy and try not to be late. if you’re one of those people that likes to be really familiar with your prof/teacher, start going to office hours just to say hi (or obv if you need help). i’m generally of the “invisible student” type, but there are definitely pros to having your instructor know your name.

6. compare your schedule: if your teacher/prof has already given you dates of major projects or exams, look that over. make sure you don’t already have any pre-planned trips (ex: my cousin is getting married and we’ve known the date for months). teachers/profs will always be more flexible about changing the dates of things or allowing you to take exams early/late if you let them know asap. you might think, “oh it’ll be easy to ask them to take it early”. not necessarily. if they haven’t made up the exam yet and you ask them a week in advance to take the exam early, not going to get a happy prof. and they’ll probably say no.

7. establish a routine: ok i kind of suck at this too, but mapping out when you’re going to do work etc is helpful. if all else fails, establish a sleep schedule. determine if you work better early in the morning or late at night. in my opinion, there’s no point in trying to be an early bird if you’re most productive from 11pm-1am.

8. make a clear organizational system: for most of us, this will inevitably go to shit once the semester drags on. but having one at the beginning of the year will make things go more smoothly and give you a structure to go back to once you realize you can’t find a damn thing.

9. find a good study spot: find a spot you like. actually find a few spots. now’s when you’ll have time to scout around campus/your town. nothing sucks more than needing to study for an exam/make the most of your time and having your only study space be occupied. i have actually spent like 20 minutes looking for a spot during exams. don’t do it.

10. experiment a little: if you already know what works for you, great. but if you’re trying to decide between going digital or using paper. rewriting your notes vs making them legible the first time around. do some quick experimentation when things are as hectic.

11. find a friend in each class: i am also horrendous at this. but it’s really helpful if you’re stuck on homework or didn’t quite catch something important the prof/teacher said. if no one you know is in the class, maybe think about making a new friend/study buddy.

12. go the extra mile while you still can: now is probably the time when you have less going on outside of school. take advantage of that to build a little “grade cushion”. take the time to do assignments early and go over them with friends so you’re sure everything is correct. go above and beyond on that project, your super busy self will thank you later when your rushing to finish homework and probably miss a bunch of questions. now, i also want to mention that you should only do this if you can reap some kind of benefit. it could be getting a 100 instead of a 93 or just for self satisfaction. but don’t waste your time painting a masterpiece when your english teacher asks for a stick figure drawing to illustrate a scene from huck finn. the highest grade you can get is 100% and you could probably do that with some well placed lines. unless, like i said, you get personal satisfaction from said masterpiece. and you have the time to do it. :) hint, hint: i was that extra af kid in english class.

college specific tips (that might also apply elsewhere?)

1. go to class: ok i am an advocate of the “skip class when you need to” method (unpopular opinion), but you should go for at least the first week if not month. your teacher/prof will outline important policies that might not be in the syllabus. you’ll be able to tell if you really need a textbook (i usually rent for easy returns or wait until a couple days in or both) and get a feel for the prof. are they super strict on things like deadlines/guidelines or more relaxed. you’ll learn where you can bend the rules. from there, at your own risk, you can evaluate if you really need to go to class or not.

2. make sure you unpack so you can find things: don’t just toss everything into a drawer. it will come back to bite you when you’re frantically searching for that one item.

3. get to class early: i mean like 20 minutes early. (potentially earlier if you’re in a freshman class full of overachievers). this will allow you to choose where you want to sit and give you time to get situated. if you want to meet new people, maybe sit towards the middle. also, though college classes rarely have assigned seats, you’ll be choosing your unofficial official seat. don’t be that person that moves around all the time and displaces half the class because of it.

4. enjoy the first bit: catch up with friends, make new ones. you won’t have too much work for at least the first 2 days, so be efficient and don’t spend all day in your room/the library “doing work”. there will be plenty of time for that.

best of luck friends! i’ll probably be putting out more masterposts on similar topics as we move closer to school starting (sigh). lmk if you have any requests!

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karagillelandfsem-blog · 5 years ago

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Hi! I’m Kara Gilleland and I am from New Castle, PA which is about an hour north of Pittsburgh. I chose HWS as my college of choice because when I first toured, I immediately felt at home. I loved the focus on career readiness and all the resources HWS has for jobs and schooling after graduation. Also, I love to travel so the study abroad program was another reason why. I am looking most forward to meeting all the new people and being placed outside of my comfort zone. New Castle is a relatively small area where everyone knows everyone, so it is going to be nice being around people I haven’t met that all come from different backgrounds. My most vivid memory is my first figure skating competition. I have been skating since the age of three, but I didn’t start competing till I was 8. I performed a routine to a medley of songs from Winnie the Pooh and even dressed as him. I placed seventh out of ten people. This day was important because it made me want to excel in the sport so I could get first the next competition. My favorite band currently is Bleachers. My favorite song by them is Don’t Take the Money. The band was created by Jack Antonoff who was previously a member and songwriter for Fun. He also writes and produces music for Taylor Swift, Lorde, and Lana Del Ray so you have probably heard some of his discography without realizing it!I do have an interest in art! I love to paint, especially watercolor but I am not the best at drawing. I have been considering minoring in Art, but the one thing holding me back is that I will have a burst of creativity for a month and then I will have no ideas on what to paint for the next few months. Also, I have never taken an Art class in or outside of school so I feel like I will be behind all the other art students.Hopefully this answers your questions even though I probably wrote too much! I look forward to meeting you and being in your FSEM this month!

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That's so cute! You're so cute! I hope you're having a good day! I had to work all day and part of that was spent outside for an hour during an excessive heat warning. I have to do it again tomorrow 🤪

aww thanks!! <333 I had class at 11-2 and then 5-8💀 and I was doing hw in between lmaoo good luck at work bby !! <333

#despite having a relatively long day I a happy gorl #♡⃕ mailbox!#♥︎ mutuals!#☁︎ onyx

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healingmoonlight · 7 years ago

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♡ currently ♡

- I slept in until almost 8, having coffee with my father before he leaves for work; watching the local news, and about to have strawberries for breakfast ♡

my sadness got to me so bad just before and I had to cry. I feel so sad and guilty to not have part time work currently. yes I have online class work to focus on, but to me it is not enough. I don’t like being alone for most of the day, and as much as there are things I want to do, I lack motivation to do them when I'm alone. I am going to change this though and not let my sadness win. I am applying to local stores for part time work, and going to local shops and cafes to put in an application - my family is so great and supportive and encouraging. they say all I can do is try and that is true.

my plan until I find a part time summer job -

- up early each day and have coffee with my family and a light breakfast - if the sun is out, sit outside for about a half hour in the sun to get some color and vitamin D - work out lightly and lift weights and do yoga, shower - sit outside in the sun or shade or in the kitchen and do some HW - rest of the day is tentative, read, watch a new film, see Mia, etc <333 cook dinner with mommy, enjoy my time with my family for the night.

- I have to keep busy and work and feel more accomplished each day. I want to make money to mostly save, but there are beautiful things I want to have, so I will save for those too. ♡

- I will accept myself for who I am. be myself and just be, I will work towards bettering myself.

♡

#diary

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nighttimestudying · 7 years ago

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More random college tips

-don't take 8 am classes, they will kill you, you will never make it on time especially if you stay up late or get caught up in the party scene

-do meet with your advisor, hopefully you get a good one, if something doesn't seem right try to switch or talk to other teachers or older students about what classes they think you should take

-please, for the love of whoever you believe in (if you believe), buy a fricken robe. I personally like the ones that go down to me knees. It will save you embarrassment and if someone else sees you it will give them less embarrassment than catching you in a towel. Yes, you might want to buy a cute short one but honey, when theres random people walking around the halls and theres a possibility of them being drunk or not good people you don't want to be flashin your booty at them

-alcohol makes people mean, stupid, emotional, and overall weird- i was walking with my roomate to get pizza when we saw a group of guys wearing boxers and carrying around pool floaties and noodles waiting at a bus stop

-do try to group your classes together, theres always that one that ends up at a weird time but try to group them together

-going along with above, keep your classes together but give yourself breaks-be that they can be used for talking with teachers, bathroom breaks, food, etc

-give yourself space to eat and try to time it up with the dining hall hours- i made that mistake this semester so know I'm not eating till about 2 or 3 in the afternoon due to the class times and the dining hall hours being weird

-have a designated spot for your phone and your keys. I wear jeans all the time but even if I'm wearing a coat the front left pocket is for my keys and my right pocket is for my phone. That way i can hit it or check to see if they're still there or if I'm wearing a coat i hold them with my hands cuz its cold outside and i get anxious if i think i lost them

-there are mini pocket holder things you can stick on the back of your phone, USE IT! It will hold your ID, (license, credit card, etc. If you feel comfortable with those in there). This makes it easy because if you have your phone then you have your ID, which for my school, is needed pretty much for everything

-walmart sells 50 gallon container things with wheels and a handle for about $20. This is really useful for move in day cuz then you have a majority of your stuff in one container, honestly it turns onto a giant game of tetris and lets see how much stuff i can fit in here.

-take no more than 3 hard classes a semester, you don't want to have a breakdown because you got over stressed and thought you coukd handle more than you could. 1 or 2 is the optimum number

-have a couple of mental health days (2 or 3). These will allow you to destress and relax

-if you need to catch up on homework and you can miss a class you can catch up on then do it. Better to save your grade and gpa and miss a day than tank and flunk what could be a major class

-do use assignment notebooks. I like the ones where it is split up by weeks and days and esch day has a bunch of lines under it so you can write hw and reminders on it

-you will end up drinking coffee or something else to help you wake up at some point

-random bouts of insomnia will hit you for no reason

-be nice to each other, if someone new or is visiting and needs help then give them the right directions, don't be mean, you wouldn't want that to happen to you

-sometimes you get a bad grade, it happens, life goes on and go kickass on the next quiz or test, if its a class then you can probably retake it and you will be better prepared cause you know what the class is like

-look halfway decent even if you don't want to completely dress up for class. Teachers and others do judge and if you look halfway normal then that will show that you at least want to try or are trying. At the very least put in a pair of jeans. You can pair it with a tshirt if its warm or a sweater/sweatshirt/hoodie if its colder out, nothing fancy, have your hair look decent or in a pony and have your teeth brushed and honestly no one will really care

-find a good study spot that will allow you to focus, it doesn't have to be a deadly quiet spot, i tend to do better with a bit of background noise so i sit in the on campus coffee shop place

-have a pair of earbuds or headphones cause you will need them at some point- i have gone through 5 pairs and mine keep disappearing which is annoying but hey, you still need then

-take breaks between assignments- what I've started doing is to finish and assignment, do a 5 minute check of fb, tumblr, or my school email and then start and finish another one and repeat. This way you are getting stuff done but you aren't overloading your brain to the point where you just can't work anymore

And I think thats it for now, hope it helps in some way, i might be putting up a general packing list later

#college freshman #college living #college life #college #dorm life #dorm living #studying #everyday life #life

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