#anyway yeah this week’s been super fun 🙃

[fangirlwithasweettooth]

I really love that both of my bosses are constantly talking about the diets they’re on and how much weight they’ve lost and are giving me well-meaning nutrition advice 🙃 it’s not like I get enough of that from my parents already 🙃

[internetgremlin-writes]

girl, u started posting things for Christmas and then just went missing 😭😭😭 what happened to you??? is everything okay?

Hello I'm okay I promise!

Yeah that one was on me for thinking a December writing challenge would be a fun little thing I could do in the evenings whilst on an ICU hospital rotation 🙃 long story short it was super busy in the department and I stayed late pretty much every night and then had to do the keeping the human alive things and study for quiz time at rounds with the specialist each morning so I literally did nothing but study, eat and sleep for the whole month and I just didn't get a second to relax or write 😭

It has been CRAZY since the start of December!! I had a week off for Christmas and then I was travelling again for more placement, I've been applying to jobs and my finals are in 4 months time (which sounds like a while but I have 5 years of content to review and full time rotations in the day). Have also been lowkey seeing a new guy so that's been taking up a lil bit of headspace too 😶

I've also decided 2023 has got to be the year I decide to grow up and get my shit together before I enter the real world and honestly who knew meal plans and food shopping and working out took so much time!? Not me.

As the guys who've been here for a while know, I'm never gone forever!! I'm gonna need a couple more weeks to get through a round of job interviews, finalise my revision plan, survive an equine hospital rotation and get settled in a healthier routine, then I'm planning on making a partial return once I've got a bit more control over things and I can afford a bit of a break from all of this, but I won't be back online and posting regular-regular until the end of May after my exams

The good news is I'm taking two months properly off in the summer so you can bet your assess that's going to be a project finishing marathon!!

The Christmas fics are going on pause and will be re-released next year (I know, I suck, I'm so sorry for letting you all down) and I'm going to finish Flat Spin and Obvious by September and hopefully work through my request pile as we go from now onwards to keep me in the writing mindset

Anyway, I love and miss you guys like mad! I'm shocked by how much attention this blog is getting even when I'm not posting and I promise once I've got my real life together I will be back. In the meantime keep rereading and sending stuff in, I love hearing from you all!! <3

[wosofanstuff]

Hello, I’m back to annoy you😇

We won the DFB Pokal💚🐺🏆🥳

How are you?

Also I saw you had some interviews a while ago and did definitely not forget to ask about them until now🙃

So, how did it go, also if you don‘t mind sharing, what were they for and where (as in are you staying in Australia or are you going back to Germany)

Sorry if I’m being to noisy, you are in no way required to answer all my questions, just answer the ones you feel comfortable sharing😊

I‘m on my second internship, it’s radiotherapy right now, the first two weeks at one of the two locations I’m at wasn’t great cause there is some tension within that team and also I still had ( and still have) a lot to learn, and well let’s just say while the people were mostly very friendly they were kind of, impatient? Anyway it just wasn’t exactly a great situation and I just kind of felt like I was getting on their nerves or always in the way? I dunno it was not good

Now that I’m at the second location it’s way more fun, it’s still kind of mentally and emotionally draining cause I work with cancer patients all day long, but I think I’ve found a good way to recharge and handle it. Anyway the people there are great and I love em, I honestly don‘t want to leave there. They take time to explain stuff and answer questions as good as they can and honestly it’s a dream. They also just straight up tell me if I made a mistake or if I did something well, which luckily it’s mostly just been me doing things well, but I dunno I just need that transparency, like please do talk to me and tell me how I can do this or that better or how I can handle a situation better and don‘t just say at the end of the internship, you remember this situation from like three weeks ago? Yeah you shouldn‘t have done that, said this or whatever. And at the same time it‘s also nice hearing that you did something well.

Welp that got long quickly, sorry for the rant.

I hope you have a great day🫶

Einmal Wolfsburg, Immer Wolfsburg🐺💚

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Hey, I missed you and you never annoy me 😊

We did I was pumped even tho I was absolutely freezing and dead tired 💚🏆

I‘m good on camp in the Outback at the moment. Honestly can’t wait to return from it. In 6 days a friend is flying over to visit so I’m hyped for that one.

One interview was really good like the people I had it with sounded super nice and the job didn’t seem bad as well. The second one was so horrendous that I hope they either don’t take me or one of the other ones work out because I really don’t think I would enjoy that one at all. Like they where so unorganized that they didn’t even know where I or what I wanted to study. The interview was for a duales Studium!? Like come on, it’s also nearly double the hours then the first one.

I have another one next week and one in two weeks hope they will be great since they are kinda from the job description my favorite ones

Oh yeah they are for my studying when I’m back in October

Yeah the first placement sounds terrible, definitely get what you mean.

But the second one sounds good, but I imagine it’s quite challenging so please take care of yourself! And feedback is so important like just tell me what to do and if the way I do it is good or what I have to do differently. Like you would think everyone just does that

Also love your life updates like you made my morning with it…. after obviously the Wolfsburg win 😇💚

Thanks and you too 🫶🏼

Einmal Wolfsburg, IMMER WOLFSBURG 💚🐺🏆

[dirtychocolatechai]

hey babes 🧡

i low key try not to get too personal on here bc its supposed to be fun/an escape from the world but i figured it was finally time to cue you all in on some irl stuff and i’m feeling like i’m in a good place to talk about it rn.

so… back in oct my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer. she had a mastectomy in the middle of dec. during her recovery i was taking care of her… and ofc we all caught omicron from the hospital 🙃. there was a lot of back and forth on where to go from there/what that meant for me as she was diagnosed so young aka putting me at a higher risk etc.

eventually it was decided that she would undergo a hysterectomy as well because the cancer was fueled by her hormones. she just had the hysterectomy a few weeks ago during which i was taking care of her again. we got the results back from pathology - and she also had the beginnings of endometrial cancer. which is now going to involve more doctors and reassessing future treatments/risk factors as to what she needs to do and what i need to do (my wife and i were planning on starting a family this year 🤷‍♀️).

suffice to say my mental stability over the last 6 months hasn’t been the best - hence the periods of radio silence etc. and i know i don’t owe an explanation but outside of those super close to me no one knows and ngl it’s kinda nice to just get it out there.

i’ve had moments where i feel good and i want to write and then it just fizzles away - lend a hand is literally the first thing i’ve written in like a year lol. anyway yeah life sucks atm but i’m feeling more stable as the days pass and i want to create again. and i also just wanted to say how much i appreciate every single one of you for providing a space where i can just chill and relax and forget how crazy everything is.

i adore my little corner i’ve carved out with all of you and your support throughout all of this has done unspeakable wonders for me. no lie i don’t think i’d have handled it half as well as i have. thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the interaction, the laughs, and smiles 🧡

[corancoranthemagicalman]

For the ask game:

1, 3, 4, 12?

Thanks for the ask!! I'll have to go over to your ask box and return the favor <3

1. Who is your favorite superhero?

Oh, call me basic, but Spider-Man hands down.

Firstly, he was my first love. Peter Parker is just beloved and endearing to me. From how dorky he is to how kind he is. Which definitely bleeds over into his herosona.

Secondly, I love what he represents? Everything that I have ever felt for and about him was so well broadcasted in Into the Spider-Verse. The way that ANYONE can be the hero and ANYONE can be behind the mask. That's the sort of inspiration he is. Any last one of us can be the friendly neighbor. The person who is just trying their damndest. And I think that's the large part of what makes him heroic.

Anyway, Into the Spider Verse is a better love letter than I could ever draft, but Spider-Man and all of his iterations. My beloved.

3. Favorite superhero film?

Here is where I'm going to take a left turn. I love love LOVE all of the Spider films. I really do. But I think Guardians of the Galaxy will always be so near and dear to my heart.

When it first came out on Blu-ray, I think I watched it like 14 times in one week. It's just so much fun! And it's one I remember having the most fun watching with my family. We still watch it all the time.

4. Favorite costume?

Mhm. Excellent question. Uh. I'm a huge fan of the Iron Spider suit (both films and comics.) I also like Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)'s outfit from the (forgive my blanking on the name) World War outfit? The black and white outfit she gained circa Symbiote Introduction. That one will ALWAYS be a classic. And traditional Sorcerer Supreme with the big ol' collar? Hell yeah.

12. Do you read comics?

I used to read them regularly! Unfortunately, I've been out of reading them myself for quite a number of years now (due to personal scheduling). Ironically, I work at a comic shop part time. 🙃

Super Ask Game

[clatterbane]

I wasn't too happy to get woken up by a call just a little while ago. Especially since it looked like probably a wrong number?

I couldn't imagine why else somebody would apparently be calling from a local Subway? 🤔

But, no! I ended up being extra super glad I answered anyway.

Maybe they're Subway like we keep getting calls for the custom blinds business which had our newish landline number before us? Who knows.

But yeah, it was someone from our usual, closest hospital calling to finally give me another gastroscopy appointment!

Apparently, I have indeed been stuck in the NHS's infamous Waiting List Limbo. Mr. C also just said that, from what he could see of the report from the last Stent Installation Fail appointment, on the nurse's screen when we were last at the GP's? There may have also been some further communication fail helping gum up the works. 😒 I couldn't see it from where I was sitting, and she only printed out the last page for me to see. (Where a couple of other options were mentioned, which were indeed never brought up to me.)

The last we were told, my next appointment was supposed to be scheduled sometime in November. When services were still running as normal. But, for whatever reason? Not so much. This is the first I have heard from anyone about it.

So yeah, in the meantime, with the latest Plague Resurgence, which has been especially bad locally?

Once again: Non-urgent appointments postponed at BHRUT due to Covid increase. Where Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust does indeed cover some of the hardest hit London boroughs. 🙃 And AFAICT all specialist appointments/services are run out of hospitals under this system, for extra fun.

According to the person who called, they're just not doing outpatient diagnostics at all at our local hospital for now. Which covers all endoscopy. Thus, the appointment at the other hospital in the trust.

As for endoscopy services?

As of 21 December, we are only carrying out cancer and urgent diagnostic endoscopies –  these will all take place at King George Hospital, within the private sector or diagnostic hubs.

So, at least they are indeed classifying this as "urgent", which is honestly a huge relief. I mean, you would hope so if someone is having severe difficulty swallowing anything--which is kinda important to continued life--but yeah.

I have no clue what they are even planning to do. I was very surprised to hear that other options--including surgery! 😵--were even being discussed. I'm just the patient, why would anyone tell me anything, right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And of course the people calling to inform you of appointments have no idea other than it's for endoscopy (or whatever), unlike at the kinds of specialist offices I was used to back home. I learned pretty quickly not to even ask.

So yeah, hopefully they won't spring a "surgery, or no swallowing for you!" on me. 🙄 We'll have to see. No use worrying about it now. (They say, worriedly...)

At least they will hopefully do another extremely unpleasant balloon dilation again, like last time after that defective stent wouldn't open up properly. That may not keep my esophagus more usable for longer than a few weeks afterward, but that's still a few weeks of hopefully being able to eat something other than thin liquids! Which is way better than I've been doing for almost 2 months now.

Oh yes, besides the short notice gastroscopy appointment, for next Wednesday? Of course I need to go for another (likely drive through only! 😬) COVID swab test 3 days before the appointment. Which means...the Sunday right before a bank holiday? 🤔

Maybe during the current crisis, they are indeed keeping that testing center open 7 days a week? Again, who knows. Somebody else is supposed to call me to tell me when to go. At some point before Sunday?

They just won't do the procedure without clean test results in hand, for pretty obvious reasons.

There's no way in hell we're going to get any medical passport appointment letter to show them at the testing center in the meantime. At least I still have the detailed instruction papers from the last time, unless they have switched procedures up a lot. I have serious doubts we'll get the letter for the endoscopy appointment beforehand, with Royal Mail currently working at a crawl.

Honestly, I have so many questions at this point. But, hopefully things will somehow work out. And I will hopefully be able to eat something again? *fingers crossed*

[alonelystargazer]

so I finished watching the entire JoJo anime last month and it got me thinking what my favorite part is and I wanna say either 3 or 5, but I've just now realized something:

❗TLDR; these are my thoughts about parts 3 and 5 of JoJo, mainly that I wish there was more bro moments and better development for most characters

(BTW I can only speak about what I know, which is the anime, I haven't finished reading part 6 manga or anything beyond)

I like the cast of characters in each of these parts but I don't like the lack of interactions they have besides fighting enemy stand users. I wish they could've had more fun bro moments, being all goofy and shit.

I mean part 3 had 48 freaking episodes, the most of any part so far, yet they couldn't just have at least one freaking moment of peace? Yeah, they wanted to kill DIO as soon as possible but they had 50 days, and not once could they have just stopped in a souvenir shop and bought some wacky stuff or gone to a damn café and actually eaten something and chatted????!!! My boys literally can't catch a break... 🙄

And I think part 5 had a similar issue but I can sorta excuse it bc it apparently only took course over a week or something?! so there really wasn't enough time for anything.

And although I like Giorno, he's probably my fave jojo, he seemed to have the least development of any JoJo so far. But like I said, it's probably bc of the time constraint (like really, I'm not kidding, it was really only a week??) I guess I like him based on surface level things, like he's so pretty (all JoJos are super attractive btw), he doesn't take things lightly, and he is very calculating, clever, and cunning. But these are just things I can only infer about him on the surface, there's probably more about him that is hidden that would make him more compelling besides being a morally gray teen bent on taking down the drug trade using his overpowered punching ghost 🙃 like can he act like someone his age, I mean he's only 15, let him be goofy or some shit idk

Anyway, I do like the other parts for other reasons but I think what I find the most compelling about parts 3 and 5 is the "what could've been" aspect. There's so much untapped potential with these characters and how they could've interacted with each besides just fighting enemy stand users.

The plotlines of each part aren't particularly fascinating but I really like the cast of characters (if I had to choose one it would be the crusaders), I just wish we could know about them. Polnareff felt more like the protagonist of part 3 than Jotaro was, and he had the most development than any of the crusaders. And my boy Kakyoin, oh my kawaii Kakyoin, I love you, I wish you could've had more background and more bro moments, especially with pol and joot. I mean dude, he's a teen but doesn't really act like it, except for maybe the epic gamer moments in the d'arby younger arc. And oh, poor Avdol, man you were so done dirty!

Look, I can rant for the rest of the day about the many flaws in both these parts, especially part 3, which I have a love hate relationship with apparently, but this is already master's thesis length and I don't think anyone besides myself is gonna read this, but I'm tired. Maybe I'll write more about my thoughts on each part individually later, which means like 10 years from now haha.

Anyway I didn't proofread this shit, this was my mind dump

[hongism]

YES but you’re back so it’s nice to see you here🥺SM said we gonna give it to you all by having that concert. It was so long but fun! 2022 goal please give sungtaro a unit we beg. It should not be a dream but a ✨reality✨What if Sehun releases a solo🤭It be nice to have Go on streaming platforms we’ve been waiting for so long😤Anyways Ateez concert👀Thoughts? Because my brain is filled with blonde Yeo🤲

Ahhh that’s good to hear!! And thank you~ I only have a few weeks left until school😭But luckily first two weeks are online so it’s not too bad though I wouldn’t be surprised if I am back online again lol-🥺San Support Anon

honestly i wasn't expecting the concert to be so full of like the crossover stages and stuff that was a fun touch that was really neat to see T-T it feels like we rarely get to see idols do that aside from end of year things, but to see sm doing it with each other was super fun to watch too 🤧 but hold ON!!!! sehun solo 👀 you're onto something omg that would be banger and it's kinda perfect timing with some members being off in the military rn !! sm should hire us we can provide sehun solo and sungtaro unit 😤

ateez concert oh my gAHD i cried screamed yelled stared was speechless baffled and amazed all in one three days of ENDLESS CHAOS between the tears, blond yeo, and strawberry joong, not to mention JONGHO KNEES AND FOREHEAD yeah its not fine T^T

only a few weeks huh it feels like you barely had a break 😭 same for me, im gonna be online all semester 🙃 but i dont mind too too much im hoping to be back next semester after this one tho :c