#gits 2017

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[morganhopesmith1996]

Ghost in the Shell DVD 📀 💕 It also came with this cool little picture with Scarlett Johansson On It.

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Simon Snow by Rainbow Rowell (2015-2021)

Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen.

That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story—but far, far more monsters.

Gentleman Bastard by Scott Lynch (2006-present)

An orphan's life is harsh — and often short — in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains — a man who is neither blind nor a priest.

A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected "family" of orphans — a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting.

Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld's most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful — and more ambitious — than Locke has yet imagined.

Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi's most trusted men — and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr's underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game — or die trying...

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (2020)

Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house. 

There is one other person in the house--a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.

The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin (2015-2017)

This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time.

It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. 

This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy.

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (2011)

Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.

Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (1990-2003)

In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all-powerful madman.

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (2018-2020)

When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.

But surprises aren’t always good.

Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.

For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .

Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.

Villains by V. E. Schwab (2013-present)

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?

Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2015)

Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life.

Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.

The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows—everyone knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her.

But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.

Legacy of Orisha by Tomi Adeyemi (2018-2024)

They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie's Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her powers -and her growing feelings for an enemy.

[izicodes]

Hiya! My name is Izzy-Loa, and a Jr Web Developer and today, I thought it would be a great idea to just share my own personal coding journey! I have answered a lot of asks in the past about how I recommend other people to start their coding studies, what websites to learn from and roadmaps etc. But one question I kept having to repeat myself answering is the "Okay how did you get started?" - it is completely my fault not writing this down properly~! (I did actually)

Anyhoo, I'll just speed through my journey, sharing what I learnt at what times and what I'm currently doing now! ✨

☆ Starting from Scratch

I started coding back in 2017 during the summer break when I was just 15 years old. At that time, I didn't even know what coding was! It was my dad who suggested that I learn HTML. I hesitated at first, thinking HTML was some "complex high-level programming language". Little did I know, it was just a markup language...

I started with HTML and then moved on to CSS during that summer. However, once school started in September, I set coding aside and forgot about it. The following year, 2018, I decided to give it another shot and relearned HTML and CSS. But again dropped it because of school work and upcoming exams!

☆ The Turning Point

Fast forward to 2020, a year that marked a turning point!. I started creating websites using HTML and CSS. I briefly played with JavaScript but decided to focus on mastering HTML and CSS.

In January 2021, I made a significant decision. I dropped out of school due to personal reasons and decided to fully commit to programming, plus getting my first remote job (non-Tech). From there, I gradually delved into JavaScript a lot more and even dabbled in Python along the way. My learning process was on and off, but I was making progress! Around this time I learnt Git and GitHub!

☆ The Apprenticeship

Around September/October time, I applied for an apprenticeship. My skill set included HTML, CSS, Python, and basic JavaScript. I got accepted and continued to learn Python, delving into C# and Java as well. It was a challenging but rewarding experience! Happily dropped Java towards the end!

At work, I also learned SQL, working with Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL. I even explored .NET Framework and ASP.NET. It was a lot to take in, but I embraced the learning process! The older developers at the workplace were super helpful and very experienced - felt as though they were happy to give me all their knowledge as best they could~!

☆ Expanding My Knowledge

During my apprenticeship, around October 2022, I decided to further expand my skills. I enrolled in a front-end bootcamp, where I revisited HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I also learned jQuery, Node.js, npm, and even ventured into React. Though, due to not practising it enough, I forgotten React and Node.js~!

☆ My Ongoing Journey

Currently, I'm continuing to explore Python and experimenting with Lua. I'm also revisiting JavaScript, jQuery, and recently, I've started working with SCSS (Sass) to streamline my CSS development - I highly recommend people in Web Development to learn SCSS!! I love it so much!

Looking ahead, my learning wishlist includes TypeScript, React, Vue.js, Angular, and C++. However, I'm not rushing into learning everything at once. I'm taking my time to absorb each language and framework thoroughly.

In summary, it has been a continuous evolution, from HTML and CSS to SQL, .NET Framework, and various other languages and tools. I've faced challenges and taken LOTS of breaks, but each step has brought me closer to becoming a proficient developer. I want to be better! But slowly and in good time!

Hope this was somewhat helpful to other people and yeah, have a nice day/night!

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[salvadorbonaparte]

2024 in Films Part II

The second quarter of 2024 and the films I watched during that time

April

Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) - What I learned is that Chuck Berry was difficult to work with but probably fun to hang out with

Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia (2014) - Billy Joel ended the Cold War. Jokes aside a really good documentary about a historic tour and how music connects people across ideological and geographic borders. the song Leningrad hits very different now.

Next Goal Wins (2023) - the most underdog story to ever underdog story

Gran Turismo (2023) - What if gamers were oppressed???

Az Men Git Nemt Men (1982) - charmingly bad yiddish disco musical. As a living language, Yiddish has the right to have bad media produced in it. It doesn't just have to be serious, sad classics.

May

Batman Returns (1992) - Iconic

Batman Forever (1995) - Obsessed with the outfits

Batman & Robin (1997) - Obsessed with the outfits again

Chantal im Märchenland (2024) - Surprisingly fun

The Batman (2022) - Dark but like visually as well, couldn't see half the film. I rewatched The Lego Batman Movie immediately afterwards and it was such an experience. I also rewatched the Dark Knight trilogy the day before.

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - Cute but I feel soo bad for Bill Pullman

July (I didn't log any films in June so I am including July in this quarter, sue me)

Psych: The Movie (2017) - I binge watched Psych in a worringly short time span and then binged the films in one evening. You know I am NOT normal about this because I screamed when Shawn had the glass fish in his office

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020) - the totally legal website I watched this on kept recommending me Beethoven and Hachiko. Also seeing how they incorporated Timothy Omundson's stroke in universe and how he is recovering nearly made me cry. Also seeing the credits say James Roday Rodriguez for the first time also nearly made me cry

Psych 3: This is Gus (2021) - That ending is so chaotic and I hope they make a fourth film. "Previous Holiday" by Curt Smith is a banger

[transbookoftheday]

Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett

Winner of the 2018 American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award Barbara Gittings Literature Award, this original collection brings together 25 beautiful, funny, and fantastical short stories of science fiction and fantasy from transgender writers.

In 2017, MEANWHILE, ELSEWHERE, a large, strange, and devastatingly touching anthology of science fiction and fantasy from transgender authors was released onto the world. The collection received rave acclaim and won the ALA Stonewall Book Award Barbara Gittings Literature Award. When its original publisher went out of business, the book fell out of print, and LittlePuss Press is now pleased to bring this title back to life for a new audience of readers. What is MEANWHILE, ELSEWHERE, SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY FROM TRANSGENDER WRITERS? It is the #1 post-reality generation device approved for home use. It will prepare you to travel from multiverse to multiverse. No experience is required! Choose from twenty-five preset post-realities! Rejoice at obstacles unquestionably bested and conflicts efficiently resolved. Bring denouement to your drama with THE FOOLPROOF AUGMENTATION DEVICE FOR OUR CONTEMPORARY UTOPIA.

[aquadestinyswriting]

Old writing snippet-ish

I was looking though my notes folder for something to inspire me and came across this scene I had originally written for Nano 2017. Naturally, I want to re-write this at some stage, but I thought the taglist might appreciate some of my early attempts at Edwin/Selene angst

Taglist: @druidx, @sparrow-orion-writes, @mariahwritesstuff, @ashirisu, @thesorcerersapprentice, @philosophika, @the-down-upside-finch, @lexiklecksi

Edwin frowned as he knocked on the door to Selene’s office, unsure of what to expect after Chrackle’s sudden and unexpected appearance in his bedchambers. While the cleric was no arcanist, he knew the magpie well enough to know that something was wrong for him to wake the Galanite up at this ungodly hour. The frown deepened when he received no response from the other side. He rapped more firmly on the door,

“Selene, is everything ok in there?” he called, “Chrackle was pretty insistent that I follow him all the way up here.” The cleric waited with bated breath as he heard a groan, a shuffle then, finally,  a soft click as the door he stood in front of was unlocked. Edwin gingerly took the handle and pushed the door open, peeking nervously into his old friend’s office. The room was dimly lit, but Edwin could make out the piles of books and scrolls scattered on top of the various tables around the room, but he paid them no mind as his gaze settled on the Grand Wizard. Selene was sitting at her desk, her head buried in her arms, glasses perched on top of her unruly mane of hair. She looked up with an unreadable expression as Edwin closed the door behind him, cast her gaze to her familiar, who was still sitting on the man’s shoulder, and glared at him. Edwin winced as Chrackle squawked indignantly in his ear, ruffled his feathers and took off to land on a hat stand that had been placed behind the door, keeping his back to his mistress. Edwin tentatively looked between Wizard and Familiar for a moment, noting with a great deal of worry how exhausted Selene looked at that moment. Selene sighed irritably, finally pushing herself into a more upright position,

“I’m sorry for the disturbance Edwin, Chrackle should know better than to go disturbing other peoples’ rest over nothing.” Edwin shrugged and walked over to the desk, freeing his arms from his cloak,

“It’s no trouble Selene. He seemed fairly worried and I believed it best to come by and make sure nothing was amiss.” Selene shook her head and rubbed at her eyes,

“Everything is fine, Edwin.” she retorted, “The feather-brained git is clearly going through a ‘mothering’ stage.” she muttered. Edwin crossed his arms and leaned against a nearby table, narrowing his eyes a little,

“I think I can see why. When was the last time you slept?” Selene glanced at the cleric, her own eyes narrowing a little as she perched her glasses back on her nose again,

“I really don’t think…” Edwin merely raised an accusatory eyebrow, causing the woman to trail off and look at the floor. After a moment of uncomfortable silence, Edwin sighed and gestured to the chairs by the fireplace,

“I’ll get us some tea, and then we can talk about what’s on your mind.” he said firmly. Selene grumbled slightly, but nodded and pointed to a door off to one side of the massive room,

“There’s a small kitchenette through there, I should have some tea knocking about in there somewhere… at least I think it’s tea, it’s been a while since I last checked.” Edwin bit back the urge to ask what else might be in the larder, it was probably best he didn’t know. He cast another, somewhat worried look around the room, noting how… higgledy-piggeldy everything looked. He had visited the Library since arriving and it was completely immaculate; this was anything but. 

While Edwin busied himself with making the tea, Selene grudgingly collapsed into the wingback chair closest to the fire and ran a hand through her hair,

~If you were better at accepting help in the first place -~

~Oh do shut up you insufferable creature! I already told you I don’t need help.~

~Sure you don’t. It’s totally normal to not sleep for three nights straight and blow up at the junior wizards having a bit of fun before the New Year holiday.~

~I really should have picked a familiar that didn’t know what sarcasm was. At least then I wouldn’t need to put up with snarky attitudes.~

~My attitude is fun, carefree and loves to take long flights around the Garden of Galana thank you very much!~

~I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that. It’s just… Of all the people to go and wake up in the middle of the night, why Edwin?~

~He’s the only one you’ll listen to.~

~*~

“I can’t help you if you keep pushing me away Selene!” Edwin snapped, his patience finally wearing thin, “What in all the hells are you so afraid of?” That seemed to finally get the woman’s attention as the wizard spun around to glare at him,

“I am not afraid, Edwin.” she hissed, “I just fail to see how any of this is any of your damned business!” Selene hugged her arm and turned back to the window and sighed, “Look just... go back to the Garden… please.” Edwin’s glare lifted as he watched his old friend continue to close him out, “Jij heimsk kvinde…” he sighed, “This whole situation is my business, Selene. It’s kind of in the job description to listen and advise, even when the people in question don’t want to hear it.” he said. He watched Selene’s expression from the reflection in the window. The wizard’s jaw twitched slightly, it seemed Edwin had struck a nerve. Seizing the opportunity, he pressed on, “Besides which, you are afraid, you just don’t want to admit it.”

[vermillioncrown]

🎇the phd process🎇 part 2, electric boogaloo:

let's talk about the phd dissertation: the big brother to the thesis (a lot of people just shorthand it to 'phd thesis' so it doesn't sound so pretentious), a dissertation is a formally presented research effort that contributes a novel idea in your field of study. you need to bring the facts. you need to know the history. you need to crazy-red-string connect every idea you say, prove and justify every statement you make, and demonstrate the idea you are contributing in as water-tight of an argument as possible. …actually, it's a long-winded argument. think about how we talk about ideas or opinions colloquially. and then think (since this is a fanfic blog) about some of the great meta you might have encountered on tumblr--the ones that cite their sources. now dial that up by 1000x and you'll get a dissertation. think about if those meta posts had to anticipate every ill-faith take in their responses, misconstruing from others, and had to work all that to prevent those people from opening their mouths. you don't get to kill the poster inside--you need to embrace it and think in 5D chess mode to kill them before they kill you (that's why it's called a 'defense', for you fighting for your metaphorical life). =

dissertation pre-proposal, the preparation: you need to come up with an idea or topic to be obsessed with. people like to say they did it all themselves, but the real answer is, through encounters with various research, peers, your mentors--each and every one of them will shape that topic. a throwaway line, a frustration, something. my topic (vaguely put: a mathematical model for early conceptual long-term space mission planning, because it's so niche that it's google-able 😅) was a group project i did in first year in a very slapdash manner, my advisor said "haha what if you did it properly as your thesis?" and i said "lol no way i want to do hardcore controls and optimization" and now here i am, seven years later as a clown 🤡. i technically did the work, diving into a subject area (operations research and discrete optimization) that i had no formal education in (this is where my thing on autodidactism comes in as one of the exceptions). dug into the literature, pulled all of my research work in this area to understand the current state of the art. but the thread connecting it all was a question my former supervisor asked of my project team years ago, matured through discussions with my current supervisor and my academic advisor. it's never just you, and it's disingenuous to act like it. =

dissertation proposal: you need to formalize your idea, show that you've done the legwork, and ensure the idea and proposed contribution coheres. and as a STEM major, the scientific method and experimentation are key--whatever i propose, i need to be able to test and falsify; "can i definitively say yes/no?" "can i prove it wrong? because if i can't, then it means i can't prove it right." <- and then you need to have your work vetted by five experts in your field: three professors of the department, one outside phd or technical expert of 10+ years, and a final professor that can be inter-departmental. so that should give you an idea of how much work you need to do to handle people who will be going over your shit with a fine-tooth comb; their reputation is on the line if they let slipshod work through (or they don't care about you so much so they'll let you through). THE WORDING AND SEMANTICS. that's what killed me for months. the idea was there, but it was the rhetoric and formality, the logical progression, explicitly stating everything in a coherent manner that needed reworking. you'll get slapped again and again to revise. my proposal document and its logic was ripped to shreds even after i reworked it (i passed, but like, no one has a 'perfect' proposal because it's like universal to be given a hard time). now, some schools let your proposal document be a brief "hey i wanna explore this idea" and you get some light grilling on it before the professors in your department pat you on the back and say "be on your way, have fun science-ing." not my fucking lab and not my fucking professor; my proposal document had to be a draft of my final defense document. i legit was hammering it out on my flights to and from my conferences, every waking hour, all of fall last year; some chapters were just bullet summaries of my literature review and the whole with (without the bibliography) was more than 100 pages. and then it's roasting time: you invite your panel of committee members (three to start with; so it's my supervisor, my academic advisor, and two other professors that that did space-related topics) for the proposal session. you bring the refreshments, the powerpoint, the printed documents for them to read (most pretend to unless you really piss them off into reading it). anyone can attend. it's 45 minutes of you presenting, then open questioning from the audience, and then the audience gets booted out for the panel to really grill you. it's getting cinemasin'ed by three cinemasins at the same time--which is why you have to had anticipated it. every time they need to question you on your logic rather than something open-ended, you lose a bit of credibility and might be told to redo your proposal. or get dismissed. fortunately, for all of the roasting i got, i passed. = post-proposal or 'congrats you are now an official phd candidate': now, it's time to put your money where you mouth is. the more work you did before the proposal, the clearer your timeline for reaching the state of your defense and graduating is. do the preliminary revisions that your panel asked. find the remaining members needed for your panel. implement your theory. fuck up, realize you need to revisit your math. cry, redo it, clenching your buttcheeks the entire time because you literally put all of your eggs into one basket. you also still need to do research work to get paid. you might still need to take classes. oh, it's also time to look for a job or post-doctorate research position so you're not out on your ass for months on end after graduating, but you're not actually sure when you're graduating? ugh. and this is where i am in the process. then you need to write everything up with the understanding of however bad the proposal was, the defense will be worse. =

phd dissertation defense: we've reached the end. or have we? it's the same drill as the proposal but with more pomp and circumstance. this time, it's usually tradition to invite friends and family to watch (even if they don't have the relevant field experience to ask meaningful questions). 45-90 mins of you talking, 30 mins of open questions, and then you will be grilled by all five panel members. at the proposal, a meta-roast that my academic advisor had for me was "verm you just took all of their critiques lying down. wth?" to which my answer was "it's not the defense--i'm still soliciting feedback. right?" nope, here you are going to be fending off all comers. no mister nice guy, no taking it lying down--by this point you should be such a niche expert in this specific topic that you have the "fuck off i'm right" stick to hit these old guys with. and if you don't...something went wrong and your advisors didn't pull you back in time. and then they boot you out to gossip among themselves for an hour to decide your fate. =

practically done: eh. you can fail the defense and be told to come back. or you can pass and be told to make 'corrections.' the former's more humiliating, though. everyone i've talked to, friends that have defended already, all said that after their defense, there was no feeling. just numbness. it doesn't feel real. you don't feel happy, you don't come out feeling like you've won. it's just done. you'll eventually feel relief. but never victory because at some point in this arduous journey, you'll realize that a dissertation is, for all intents and purposes, "baby's first research document." you're not going to peak at your dissertation, and god forbid you do. no one i know tells anyone to read their thesis; they always shamefacedly point at "um. please read the journal paper for it instead..." revisions, turning your work into publishable journal articles, cementing your job offers, wrapping up life where you've been staying for up to the past decade... big stuff. but congrats, you now have a phd, or as my friends all call it "a pretty huge dick." =

and that's that!

life progress so fucking real now. i know i've said "haha i'll finish my dissertation by end of year 202X" multiple times now but legit. i need to or i can't have my job lmao

so, i likely won't be (i really shouldn't be) updating any of my fics for the rest of the year.

seriously. if you see me updating on ao3 you gotta metaphorically beat me back to my thesis w a stick. when i have a legit job w real hours and a work-life balance, then we'll have ALL the fic

but i won't be hanging you all out to dry--roz and i will always be throwing ideas in chat, i'm down to always answer stuff or drop snippets (in fact, there's a snippet for ands i want to write that's vivienne's encounter with tim) so yeah!

[val-creative]

Fictober Day 13: “that’s not the point”

Hutch/Luke

For @fictober-event Day 13 prompt!

Type: Fanfiction | Fandom: The Ritual (2017) | Ship: Luke/Hutch | Warnings & Triggers: Explicit Language, Implied Sexual Content

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Separate tents never worked for them. Hutch makes himself right at home while Dom snores away and Phil mutters from the depths of his own tent, crawling into Luke's doss bag, stealing all of the heat.

"Fuck hiking," Luke mutters, shivering, fisting whatever of the insulated doss bag to him. "Fuck whichever one of you suggested it."

A snort of air hits his Luke's ear, warming it.

"That would be all of us, mate," Hutch reminds him.

"Hate to admit it because it's Dom," Luke says, "but he was right... going on holiday? Everyone would be less miserable. Think about it."

"That's not the point."

"Well. Fuck me then. Dunno what I was thinking in agreeing..."

Luke's complaints vanish, as Hutch's hands turn him, as the other man half-presses against Luke's chest. Hutch's blues piercing in the dark. "Careful what you wish for," Hutch breathes out, smiling like a git into Luke's face. "There's only a few of layers between us, as it were, and your arse is the closest thing to a radiator as I'm getting..."

Quiet and mutual laughter.

Luke shakes his head, still lying back.

"Fuck off," he mutters again, feeling Hutch's mouth pressing on his. Luke arches his neck, pressing closer, kissing him more openly.

[bilmece]

Bizde her düğün sezonunda başka başka abiyeler alacak ne sabır var ne bütçe. Bu nedenle misafir listesinin çakışmadığı etkinliklerde elbiseleri tekrar tekrar değerlendiriyoruz.

Yıl 2017, düğünümüz olacak. Annem tabi gelinin anası mod on çok şık olmak istiyor. Annemin İstanbul’da yaşayan bir kuzeni kendi kızının düğününde giymek için kendine çok zarif, şık, mor bir elbise diktirmiş bir tasarımcıya. Bu annemin aklında kalıyor, kuzenden rica ediyor elbiseyi. Kuzen de severek veriyor, annem düğünümde giyiyor bunu.

Yıl 2021, annemin 40 yıllık dostunun kızı evleniyor, kız kardeşim sayılır. Annem bu sefer anne yarısı pozisyonunda, yine şık olacak tabi! Mor elbise tekrar çıkıyor meydana, bu düğünde de giyiliyor.

İstanbullu kuzenin kızının boşanma kararı aldığını duyuyoruz. Ah vah, iki çocuk var, olur öyleler, kabulleniş ve kapanış. Gel zaman git zaman ben boşanmaya karar veriyorum. Annem espri yapıyor mor elbise lanetli hangi düğüne giyildiyse çift boşanıyor diye.

Az önce annem, bahsi geçen kız kardeş arkadaşım ve ben görüntülü konuşma yaptık, arkadaş da boşanmaya karar vermiş. Annem artık mor elbisenin suçlu olduğuna emin asdfjslf. Üç çiftin evliliği boşanmayla sonuçlandı yani?! diyorum teyitlemek için, meğer kuzen de kendi yeğeninin düğününde de giymiş onlar da boşanmış!

Velhasıl varsa arayı bozmak istediğiniz bir birliktelik bizde boşanma garantili elbise var asdfldşg

[bluepeachstudios]

If you’re still taking playlist song recs, then I recommend Patchwork Staccato [English Version] by JubyPhonic for the Ghost In The Shell playlist! (Also, fun fact, your GotS fic shares a name with a manga that got adapted into a 90’s animated movie that later got a live action adaptation in 2017! Interesting little tidbit I learned the other day, right? :D)

I actually know about the Ghost in the Shell movie! I watched it a long time ago. Can't remember it much now. I actually did this on purpose, because the movie had a huge theme of humans being over-dependent on technology, which suits Ghost for reasons that shall come later. Also theme with Donnies, though.

It's why I tag all my GitS stuff with "tmnt ghost in the shell". I feel so bad for the people on tumblr who just wanted to find stuff about Ghost in the Shell the anime and got a sad old ninja turtle instead fhgkdjfgkhdj

[morganhopesmith1996]

Batou 😍

[gjordis]

I was drawing for the first time in a while today.(clone stamped some smudges out)

And I thought about those AI-techbros who are like ”Oh I have to use generative AI to make stuff because I can’t draw.” Huh.

You know, I might not be the next Picasso or whatever, but even I didn’t pop out of my mom’s cooch drawing the way I do. Hell I’ve got recipts to prove it. Just look!

”Oh but showing drawings you did when you barely knew how to use a pencil isn’t fair, doesn’t prove anything.” Okay bet.

(2015, 2016, 2017) ages 12-14

(Oh yeah, I’m 21 rn btw)

That might be a better comparison, eh? Not pictured is the gazillion horsey doodles I did between the two example sets.

Drawing is one of those shitty things that take a million years to master, especially for those of us who did the majority of their art journey without the help of online resources. It sucks, but the only way to git good is to just pick up the damn pencil.

[minnesotamedic186]

Rules: list eight TV shows for your followers to get to know you better

@undisclosed-serendipity tagged me for this

The Owl House: Do I need to explain this one-?

Rabbids Invasion: Listen, I'm a big Rabbids fan, had been since I was 10 or 12, and I love to see whatever shenanigans the bnuuies would get up to

Octonauts: HEAR ME OUT, this show walked so Casual Geographic could run-!

Mixels: I don't care what anyone says that show did NOT deserve the treatment it got

Ducktales 2017: I, did not watch the original Ducktales(because I wasn't alive back then-) but this was the best reboot I've ever seen!

Steven Universe: Don't hate me for this but I don't think the Diamonds had to be slandered so badly, especially Pink. We saw her arc BACKWARDS you gits-!

Craig Of The Creek: Another Cartoon Network show that deserved to be treated better! I don't know why it's getting canceled but I hate that-

Ben 10 Omniverse: This show might as well have shaped the way I am today, despite the backlash it sometimes gets

And I'm tagging @monsterbride99 @chocolate-milfy @water-loving-shadow @pastelprince18 and @bramble-scramble for this

[casualneonglitterpainterposts]

A recent illustration of my original character (inspired by the 1995 (and a little by the 2017 live action) movie GITS) "Codec"- and yes she is a cybertronic human - her body is synthetic and her brain is human (one salvaged from her past human self who was murdered by a powerful Gang lord). This piece is actually based off of a scene from her backstory. What I really enjoy most about this piece is her expression- it captures her emotions very well.  

"Codec" Koharu Usami belongs to me !!!!"

[starrybluez]

Thanks @modernmanblues 💙

Rules: shuffle a playlist and write down the first 10 songs without skipping.

Tagging @vanillaveils @musicacuantica @tiggertaylor @pauls-mccharmly @lovevoodoo @shoutlikethewolf and whoever else wants to participate!