#career loss

[angelinajonesauthor]

Writing About Loss

Loss is inevitable and yet, I am always shocked and saddened when it happens. Loss comes in so many forms. The loss of a loved one, a relationship, a job, a belief…and the list goes on. For me, it helps to write about my losses. Writing about loss can shed light on the situation and help to ease the pain. In the last three months, I have experienced some losses. First, it was my full-time…

[the-woman-upstairs]

Really fucked up that, when they’re young, Patrick and Art are SO tactile with each other, so comfortable sharing the same space. Art lets Patrick touch him and move him and physically overwhelm him and easily acquiesces to it, if not outright enjoys it.

Then in the present, they’ve been so far out of each other’s orbit for so long, held such animosity that when they have their moment alone in the sauna, Art physically recoils from Patrick’s close proximity! It’s so painful to watch because even as Patrick’s goading him, it’s so obvious he wants to be able to get back into Art’s space. But Art has erected all these walls around himself, he refuses to give Patrick an inch or even admit to missing how close they used to be!

AND THEN we see Art and Tashi later and he wants her to hold him, to be gentle with him, and just TOUCH him. Like, he does miss that kind of close physical contact! He either doesn’t know how to ask for it or is uncomfortable being that openly vulnerable. Worth noting that he pretty much always defers to Tashi in regard to initiating physical intimacy (with their first kiss, though he does state his desire, SHE has to be the one to make the first move). And it seems pretty obvious that Tashi herself isn’t comfortable providing that intimacy, whereas Patrick actively seeks to provide it (the hug/forehead kiss after their win together in the early years, dragging the stool closer to him).

Art has tried very hard to act like he doesn’t need physical affection and even though his discipline and devotion to Tashi has made him a stronger tennis player, it’s made him a hollow person, which, in turn, has kept him from becoming a GREAT tennis player.

All of this, of course, is why the ending hits so damn hard.

[political-us]

[not-poignant]

I was thinking back to the post I made about ebooks being so much more accessible for so many people compared to paperbacks/hardbacks and the other thing I wanted to add is the vast, vast majority of the time, the author gets so much more profit comparatively for an ebook than a paperback/hardback.

That's not a problem for huge huge huge authors either way, but for small-time authors, or authors with small publishing houses, the difference in profits can sometimes be $2.00 or $3.00 per ebook sold vs. $0.50c or $1.00 per paperback. Really. You pay more, but the author gets a lot less.

In the case of indie authors like myself, ebooks give the highest returns always.

This isn't necessarily something most readers think about, but I have had readers assume that because the book format cost them more, that automatically means more goes to the author. In fact it's often the opposite. There are very few exceptions (university texts come to mind). But in the case of your run-of-the-mill indie fiction, if you genuinely want the most profit to go to the author, get the ebook.

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

We'll never know his like again. RIP David Lynch.

[the-kipsabian]

@giftober 2024 | Day 09: "numbers"

[bigturtl]

do u have blue sky

yes! i'm zeewa on bluesky 🫶

thank you for reminding me that i need to put my bluesky in my about me 💋✌️

[lifeatthebottomofthesea]

His commitment to working the shoot is next level.

[cementcornfield]

this fucking dude.

[fkmarrycill]

His glam squad has worked magic this awards season... How do you make an already stunning man even more attractive?

[shannonsketches]

something something foils moving in opposite directions Goku's always happy to seek and fight stronger opponents because he spent most of his life being the strongest guy in the room and Vegeta wants to be the strongest/is always exhausted to find stronger opponents because he spent most of his life having to navigate his survival around the whims of the strongest guy in the universe room and so Goku has a foundation of safety and stability and so spends his time craving challenge and adventure and Vegeta has a foundation of challenge and adventure and spends his time craving safety and stability and the overlaid section of their venn diagram is that the only way they know how acquire and maintain those things is through battle

[micamicster]

Spotify edit for THE GET DOWN BROTHERS from The Get Down (2016-2017)

Companion edit for Mylene Cruz & The Soul Madonnas

Credit where it’s due to @9clouds for the template psd I used for these edits. Thank you for making it available!

[loveandthings11]

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I love Jeremy’s press tours ❤️

TIME, 10/08/24

[robinwinghood]

[livinginadumpster]

crystal having a fully functional phone is such a plot hole. how did she remember her phone password? how did she charge her phone, since I'm assuming she wasn't just carrying around a charger on the subway? why didn't she have her parents' number saved? why did she never try reaching out to one of her other contacts, or even just reading through text conversations she'd had? did she have no social media accounts she could have scrolled through? no pictures she could have looked at? none of it makes any sense

[littlemagicalstardust]

Adam Cole Singles Career in AEW (So far) 

First Singles Win: 2021 First AEW Dark Win: Anthony Greene (10/24/2021) First AEW Dynamite Win: Frankie Kazarian (09/15/2021) First AEW Rampage Win: John Silver (11/05/2021) No singles win on Collision.

How many singles total in AEW: 23 (not including a time limit draw^) Out of 23 he has WON: 19

He’s defeated: Frankie Kazarian, Jack Perry, Anthony Greene, John Silver, Wheeler Yuta, Orange Cassidy, Jake Atlas, Trent Beretta, Kaun, Evil Uno, Ten, Jay Lethal, Christian Cage, Tomohiro Ishii, Dax Harwood, Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Daniel Garcia & Chris Jericho 

Total matches in AEW: 45

Longest Timed Singles Match (WIN): Chris Jericho (19:00) Longest Timed Singles Match (LOSS): MJF (27:30) Shortest Timed Singles Match (WIN): Evil Uno (2:28) Shortest Timed Singles Match (LOSS): Orange Cassidy (16:56)