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[cancersurvivinggingerjew]

Hi! You seem really cool

Hi! Thank you! I think you're pretty cool too!

[poetrysmackdown]

some informal thoughts

hello! hope the holiday season has been kind to all of you. and i hope all my jewish followers had a lovely hanukkah! anyways, since i said a few months ago that i’d pick poetry smackdown back up sometime around this time of year, i thought i should make a post. the gist of it is that i’m still quite busy, i have a break that’s about three weeks shorter than I was planning on, and i don’t currently have the mental bandwidth required to read, contemplate, and sort through poem submissions in a way that does justice to them, even if i were to recruit some friends to help out. since running a tournament format requires at least five weeks of continued engagement once it’s underway, and since i’m not at capacity to offer that right now due to the change in my schedule, i’m gonna have to bow out for now. sad bc i was looking forward to it!

my hope is that i’ll have some more time over the summer to hunker down with it, in which case you’ll be hearing from me. it’ll frankly depend on the kind of job i land in for the summer, but i find that my unemployed spirit can typically keep me doing stupid shit regardless of workload...to a point. i don’t want to make any promises because i don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up just to let them down again LOL. i do admit the amount of exposure the first tournament got has made me feel like more of a perfectionist this time around, doubly because i don’t feel that i’m very suited to being a public online presence (even a relatively quite small one)—i’m bad enough at responding to emails for my own real life responsibilities, let alone tumblr asks for the silly responsibilities i invent for myself lol. that’s not to say i no longer want to do it, or i don’t enjoy it, or even that i don’t feel capable of making a really interesting bracket—just that if i am working to put something new together, and if people are taking the time to submit poems they care about, then i don’t want to half-ass it.

my second admission is something like this. I made the original bracket as a celebration of poetry and our relationships to it. yes it was silly and competitive, and the poems were very tumblr, but still, celebration was the intention—I wanted to have conversations about poetry. I stand by the bracket format as a fun and valuable way to foster conversations about poetry, but truthfully, the poems i’m wanting to have conversations about right now—the poems that we should be talking about right now—are ones that i'm not comfortable putting in a bracket. I reblogged The Baffler’s Poems from Palestine collection on here earlier, and Najwan Darwish’s “Who Remembers The Armenians?”, which I still often find repeating through my head when I'm traveling from one place to another, walking home or riding the bus. I came across this beautiful thread recently where people have been translating Dr. Refaat Alareer’s “If I Must Die” into their own languages (this just makes my translator's heart sing!!!!!!). @havingapoemwithyou has been posting some great poems from and for Palestine as well—check out their tag here.

There's always more to add, and I'll be posting more on here as I come across it, but that's what I feel anyone should be focusing on right now when it comes to poetry. i think poetry can be an escape but it should never be a distraction. does that make sense? i wouldn't be against doing a one-off poll here or there, but it feels weird to be making a tournament for poetry right now, or anytime soon. i feel like what free time i have right now is still best utilized helping my friends with organizing in the real world. and god, a bit off-topic but while I'm talking, fuck poetry foundation—I have so much respect for all the poets keeping up the boycott, because while i think it's a simple decision, it's not always an easy one (Aurielle Lucier discussed that here).

anyways, if you read all of this, thank you for your time!! I could go on and on, but really this was just meant to be a message telling y'all that there won't be another tournament for a while lol. even so i'll be trying to use this small silly platform as best i can until palestine is free because that's the absolute least i can do.

[la-galaxie-langblr]

job rant incoming

[harmonytheme]

First off I apologize for the reblog spam. Finally had some time to clear some of my drafts.

Second, I want to thank you for taking the time to make Hayray gifs. I only started watching Hollyoaks live in May after someone (apologies, I don't know whose gif this is) posted this gif

and it showed up on my Twitter timeline. I had to know who they were, then binge watched all their scenes on Youtube. I was hooked. I try not to get deep into fandoms anymore to protect my mental health so I lurk mostly, but I will reblog and share everyone's creations as much as I can. Who knows I might open up Photoshop again and make some fanart again. Hayray has been my go-to soap opera ship since all my US soaps are boring me currently. Watched their couples era live over the summer. Now I'm strapped in to watch their second round of angst. Thank you again.

Heather

Wow, this was such a wonderful message, thank you so much.

Please don’t apologise for reblog spam :’) you made my day, honestly. I just went through and read all of your tags and it’s the best thing in the world to feel like you’ve inspired some kind of feeling with a gif or a piece of art. Thank YOU so much for sharing my gifs.

Hayray are something special. I’m the same as you. I have tried to stay out of fandom for quite a while for the same reasons as you but something about them just managed to totally enthrall me this year. It’s been really nice to dust off photoshop and google docs and make things again after taking such a big break from fandom. I’ve met some truly lovely people too and it’s been the best thing ever to be able to share my love for them (and my stress over them!!) with others.

Thanks so much again for being so lovely. I really look forward to seeing your art if you ever decide you want to create some for them. ♥️

[changingtidesandtimesss]

Officially taking AFTG/TSC art requests if anyone is interested! <3

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

was watching my mum responding to text after text getting frustrated because she wanted to make lunch but people wouldn't stop texting her

and i was like just. ignore them? just ignore the texts? i will ignore texts for hours until i feel like responding sometimes it's fine?

anyway my dad called me shallow for that one lmaoooo

[lilowoof]

ngl gamers, I think I'm gonna inevitably lose to the hormones and depression in the near future XD

Can't bring myself to be active cause I'm using a lot of energy to not vent post all the time. But fuck it, into the tags I go!

[billowingangel]

Welcome to my Account!

Call me Angel (ˊᵕˋ*)з or anything, I don't care what you call me. I go by she/her pronouns and I'm 20 years old

Fandoms: Harry Potter and Hetalia

I'm slowly trying to integrate into the Harry Potter fandom! I'm currently obsessing over everything Hermione Granger. I've been into hetalia since 2016 and I don't think I'll ever leave.

I'd prefer people to be 18+ when interacting since I occasionally post nsft/nsfw other than that feel free to interact, message me, tag me, interact in any and everyway possible! I'm currently spending most of my time reading fanfiction but I plan on writing more soon and being more active here.

My Other Accounts: Discord is billowingangel, AO3, FF, Side Blog

Hetalian and Bored? Click here! Canada in the gangsta au? Click here! Fake Hetalia Wiki? Click here! My Old Pinned

My Tags-

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#₊ ° ⊹ graphic design...is my passion!˖°.✧* - edits, blinkies, stuff I make digitally. If i reblog a digital edit/resource I change the my to you

#(>’o’)> ♡ y...y...yuri! ♥ - yuri teehee

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#˚₊·͟͟͟͟͟͟͞͞͞͞͞͞➳❥ ꒰ ✎ fanfic in progress | ⌨︎︎ - when I talk about a fanfiction I am writing

#fanfic imagine.•˖💭 - imagining a fanfiction but not writing it

#✐ fanfic recs 〰︎ - fanfiction reccomendations

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Will (try to) Tag - ships and content warnings (nsft, incest, blood, murder, stalking, yandere). If you have something you want me to tag please let me know! I'll do my best to!

[shippingmyworld]

Hi there! I am usually hella shy on the interwebs, but I just wanted to let you know how much I love your tigerghost fics and how they've been a great source of joy for me recently. I've re-read all 3 roughly 6 times over (it will be more) and I'm very much looking forward to your future works!

hold up, need to cry in a corner really quick cus i'm emotional and don't know how to respond to positive validation from strangers

HI THERE AND THANKS. You don't know how much it means to me whenever I hear someone say they've reread one of my fics because they LIKE them, so to hear you've reread all 3 of them 6 whole times leaves me flabbergasted. Especially since I wrote them all as a form of self-indulgence in the first place and never expected other people to actually enjoy them like I do.

I haven't had a whole lot of time to actually sit down and write anything beyond basic outlines lately, but I do have lots of other tigerghost shenanigans planned. I hope that I can post more stuff soon, because it's honestly become a comfort ship for me and I want to write more about them plus i get physically sick when i don't think about them at least once a day lol.

[bougainvilea]

GUYS i baked all afternoon!! i went to my sisters house at 5pm and got home around 11. i made a lemon slice + a choc cake. the lemon slice is for the school bake sale and the chocolate cake was for staff morning tea :) i feel so enriched i did something for my brain something for my body AND something for my hands today!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!

[u3pxx]

hey!! your art is amazing!!! i participated in your bad omens doodle exchange a few months ago, and was wondering if youd ever get back to that as i never heard back from you about the exchange! no pressure at all if things changed but i was just wondering if you were planning on going through with it?

oh of course, still on the to-do list, anon!

i was planning to post them in bulk (with all of them done) and managed to get started on a few of them but then i kind of hit an art rut two months ago and now it's finals week orz i am planning to finish them after i get all my school stuff done so never fear, very much still on that! :0]

[visceravalentines]

this is a post scribbled angrily in glitter pen in my diary pls ignore <3

[aseikh]

Hey! Saw your latest post. Man, I used to run gilan-davidsson back in the day, and being part of the RA fandom like 10 years ago is such an integral part of why I think tumblr is great and why I’m still here. I’m so glad I still follow you and see you post, it’s like a little reminder of being in high school and having fun interacting with strangers online over something so special.

oh my GOD DUUUUUDE gilan-davidsson was THE blog back then, it's so good to hear you are still around. i honestly think nostalgia is why i keep this blog around, but i've also met so many wonderful people through RA and i wouldn't be who i am today without them.

it's always been a treat to be able to come back here and see that other people still have the party going, even if i'm not on this blog every day anymore.

[potahun]

(thinking of my most recent + longest lasting fandom ‘experience’ as in franchises for which ive felt the need to dig deeper into the fandom stuff) my feelings about bnha are rly strange in that, if you ask me if i LOVE the story? I dont know how id feel, i think it’s a good story, but there are definitely things that are bit jarring to me, and a weird aftertaste in the way it delivers its themes (msg: reach out and help! result: none of the league of villains were saved. aftertaste: save those who are like you, nd want to conform with just a little nudge. if not, theyre ‘beyond saving’) but yeah i do get simple-minded rush of emotions during certain moments. the character relationships are for the most part interesting. I enjoy it but it’s like Detco, do i think Detco is a GREAT story? I CANT SAY MAN ITS 1000+ CHAPTERS AND THE PLOT PROGRESSION PACE IS COMPLETELY WILD EVEN NOW WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE ITS GOING and it almost doesnt have consistent themes (aside from the moonlight sonata msg) or character development to speak of. shinichi can also be annoying to me personally at times so. both are franchises i enjoy up to tremendous points mostly for the characters and then

and then well there is LHL which just fucked me up over on both character and thematic story telling fronts hng

[ef-1]

legs & lessons in perseverance | march '23

[studyof-love-and-life]

Hi! I’m a first year uni student and I was wondering if you could help me out with something? It’s my second week and I’m already having trouble balancing my time. In general, how much time should I spend on each class outside of lectures a week? If it changes things I go to a decently prestigious school

[don’t feel pressured to respond if you don’t want to. I just saw your other advice posts and thought it was worth a shot :)]

Hi lovely! Figuring out time management was hard for me when I started undergrad, too. A general rule of thumb I've heard from professors is that for every credit/hour of class you have per week, you should spend 2-3 hours outside of lectures on that class. So in theory, for a 3 credit class you should spend 6-9 hours on it per week. However, I'd say that that isn't always the case! Sometimes you don't need that much time and sometimes you might need more, and I think that comes down to the class and professor more than the school (not the most helpful answer, I know, and I'm sorry for that)

I'm just going to brainstorm some general ideas below 💕

What are you studying? If you're in STEM, you might find yourself doing a lot of problem sets (my best friend was a math major and she was constantly doing work because each class would assign a certain amount of problems, and each would take a long time to do), and maybe some readings on top of that. She said that something that helped her was working with study groups can help keep you on track, and if you like them then it's even better because then you're hanging out with a friend too. She also set a cutoff time everyday where she would stop doing work so she could have a little time for herself

For me with linguistics, I had a LOT of readings to do for all my classes. Learning how to effectively skim texts and still understand the general point is a valuable skill, and it saves a lot of time! Most professors don't expect you to remember every single detail from readings, they often just want you to understand the argument and the general takeaway so you can apply it to the class (my point with asking what you're studying is that depending on the types of assignments, you might need different tips - even though I'd say my friend's tips can apply to anyone)

On a related note, lots of people take notes while reading. I had so many readings sometimes that I didn't have time for that, so if you're in a similar situation, instead of doing detailed reading notes, try reading your chapter/article, and then take a couple minutes to figure out your top 3 concepts from it that you think are most important and write those down with a quick blurb to refer to and what chapter/article the concept is from

Plan ahead and prioritize what you NEED to get done. Sometimes you won't get to everything, and you can't be too hard on yourself about it (which is easier said than done)

I've not tried this personally but I have some friends who set timers when they have multiple classes to study for. When the timer is up, they switch to the next class so they know they at least spent some time on it (it worked for them, maybe it would work for you! Again, I've not tried it)

As classes move forward and you have essays and projects come up, try to break them down into steps over multiple days/weeks. I've found doing that helps keep me from waiting until the last minute

I live by my planner. I tend to forget things if they're not written down, and it helps keep me organized as well (I write down my assignments in different colors based on what class they're for). I've found that if I can see everything I have to do it helps me prioritize and keep on track. Also it's silly but it really feels like you're getting things done when you get to cross things off, which can be oddly encouraging

Schedule in some time for yourself when you can. Part of balancing time in uni is making sure you're not being over worked. Join a club or make sure you have time to do something you enjoy, or even just time to relax :)

I hope this helps and I'm sorry I couldn't help more! Figuring out how to balance time can be pretty tailored to the individual and the classes being taken, but I hope any of these ideas are helpful! Also feel free to keep asking me things, or DM me if you want! You're going to do WONDERUL and AMAZING things ✨️

I'm also going to tag @peregrination-studies! She is my go-to studyblr buddy for if I need any tips or encouragement or a buddy to talk to 💛 check out her blog too (also hi grace! If you have anything you'd add, feel free but of course no pressure <3)