#i'm there most weekdays to study and hang out with people

[star-struck01]

Pudding and Whiskers Pt. 2

You meet someone cute at your work and your friend gives them your number

Masterlist | Pt. 1 | Pt. 3

(Not my photo)

Kenma Kouzume x GN!Reader

Word Count: 732

Written: 12/10/2020

Edited: 08/17/2023

"What was what?" You looked at her confused, not knowing what she was asking you about.

She looked at you unimpressed, crossing her arms across her chest. "I saw the way you were looking at that boy with the two-toned hair." "I wasn't looking at him a certain way; I…just realized he looked like Yui." You shrugged and turned your head away from her.

"Mhm, sure, whatever. Let's go get those cats, though." Hina stopped pestering you and started walking to where all the cats were. You sighed and followed after her, grabbing a bunch of cats that did well with people. The cats that you had grabbed were Hime, who was a beautiful white cat with deep ocean blue eyes; her name meant princess for a reason, and, of course, Yui. "Why don’t you grab Azuki?" You looked over at Hina as you held the two purring cats that were rubbing against your face and neck. Hina hummed and picked up the red Somali cat, who was currently sleeping in a sun patch, but he didn't mind if someone picked him up while he was sleeping. "I was just thinking about bringing him, my sleepy little baby," she said while she looked over at the cats you were holding, specifically Yui, who was giving all of her love to you. "Why don’t you adopt her? I mean, she follows you around all the time; I bet she would love for you to adopt her." You look down at the calico lovingly and sigh, "I would love to do that, but school takes up a huge chunk of the day, and then most weekdays I have shifts, so the days I don't are for studying, and then on weekends I'm working here. It just wouldn't be fair for her." You smile softly and begin to walk back to the room with the cats, with Hina following behind you with her cat. "But she's allowed to follow me around here all day and hang out with other customers; who knows, maybe she'll find someone who loves her twice as much." You got a little sad at that. Yui was your favorite cat, and you would do anything to have her, but sadly, it wouldn't work out with your schedule. You push the door open, causing most of the team's heads to look up at your arrival with the furry creatures. The two of you headed to the back of the room, where the cat tree and toys are, and set them down on the tree. You look at the team and smile. "This little fluff ball is Azuki; his red coat is why he's named that, and this girl here is Hime, and yes, she is a princess." You laugh a little and head back to the front of the room, not noticing Yui following close behind. You pull your notepad out of your apron pocket, and Hina does the same on the other side of the table. "Have you guys thought of anything to order yet?" The table nods in agreement, so Hina and you start making your rounds around the table. As you’re making your way down one side of the table, you come across the pudding-haired man at the end of the row. He turns his head slightly towards you, his eyes slitted, reminiscent of those of a cat who just awoke from his slumber. "What would you like to eat?" You ask him as you lift your hands up, ready to write it down, and watch as he turns his head away. You hear him mumble ‘Apple Pie,' and you hum, jotting it down, "And to drink?" He looks up at you. "Anything that has apples in it." You smile sweetly at him and write it down in your notepad. "Alright, I'll get that for you as soon as possible." He nods and looks back down, trying to keep as little eye contact with you as possible. You tilted your head to the side, a little confused at the change in demeanor, but chalked it off as just being shy. "Could I get a name for that? So I can get it back to you." He sighs and just stops answering. You try to ask him again, but he just doesn't answer you. The captain looks over to see what's going on. Once he realizes it, he taps you on the elbow. Turning around, you see him smiling at you. "His name is Kenma."

[cnovelartreblogs]

with tumblr dying, do you know of any open discord communities for danmei and cnovels?

Hey hey!

The only public fandom server I'm part of for Chinese media (...virtually the only public fandom server I'm in at all, and my personal main hang-out spot on Discord...) is @merinnan et al's Daomu Biji server.

It's the nicest, chillest, most welcoming public fandom server I've ever been in - not that we haven't had our moments of drama, but they've been rare, and I've always felt comfortable there - and I've made a lot of friends too. That said, if you're not into DMBJ and/or as obsessed with Zhu Yilong as I am, I can't imagine it'd be a great fit.

Also, so - I'm @unforth, and my day job is that I own and operate an indie micropress, Duck Prints Press, that publishes original work by fanartists and fanauthors. As part of that, I and the staff involved with that run a "Book Lover's" Discord server. While it's sort of a combo "about the Press" and "about all queer books" and "about whatever we feel like talking about" server, we do end up talking about danmei a fair amount because multiple of the people involved in the Press, including obviously me, are into that kind of thing. Like we do a weekly chat on Wednesday about what we're reading and yesterday's was like, "here's one mlm YA book! here's a thriller in Dutch! here's the Yuri manga I just read! And here are the eighteen bajillion things we're all currently reading on Bilibili oh and I started Poyun." You're certainly welcome to join us. What we talk about there really boils down to what the people who are there want to talk about, ya know?

About a million years ago, I started building a cnovelartreblogs Discord server myself, but I've been so frackin busy the last couple years that I've never managed to finish setting it up the way I'd like. That said, it's got penciled in rules and channels for some of the more popular cnovel fandoms (mostly danmei, tho there is a Please Don't Laugh section). If I could get help moderating it, I could open it.

I just really don't have the ability to do it myself anymore, my days right now are like:

wake up

scroll tumblr and do upkeep on the art side blogs (while sitting with my kids and helping them get ready for the day) (1.5 hrs or so)

study Chinese (while sitting with my kids and helping them get ready for the day (.5 hrs, tho I wish it was more, if I can manage more than 30 minutes then I can actually try reading a real damn book but I only have the time maybe once or twice a month)

work (7 to 8 hours on weekdays, often more on the weekends, bonus if my kids are around and my wife is at work, such as tomorrow)

try to be a good mom (all the hours)

errands, chores, kid after school activities, etc. (1 to 3 hours a day)

read while snuggling kids on the couch and trying to ignore the tv (an hour if I'm lucky)

sleep (8ish hours, I hope)

there's just no wiggle room left for me to do any extra fandom stuff right now, sigh.

(sorry to whine about that part. it's not relevant. I just got my covid booster yesterday and I feel terrible today so I'm feeling sorry for myself. it's truly not a bad life overall I'm just perpetually exhausted)

[foxtwink]

little rant about my bf & his frat

ask me to things, and i say no. the way you respond i can tell you're annoyed. no i'm not going clubbing with the frat, no i'm not coming to smoke. bail on the weekends, claim i'm busy on the weekdays. (most of the time, though, i don't need to. you're always too busy for me anyways.) every time you mention the frat i feel like i'm facing an opponent and i run the other way, terrified. and why shouldn't i? those are not my people, and you, my boyfriend, prioritize them over me. i'm okay with that (swallow down bitterness with the truth of it, the way we talked it over fall quarter), but how dare you get annoyed at me for not joining your lifestyle or not hanging out with your frat? all the shit i put up with from you, because your choice your life, yet you offer me none of the same compassion. "i need to get you into drugs," you said. why?

pretend pretend pretend you do not hurt me. pretend pretend pretend, as you put your arms around me kiss me say "i'm sorry" as you come back, your friends giggling because you fake-kissed the delivery person. "i didn't do anything!" you say, still laughing. and you and your many boyfriends. "i'm homiesexual." "jorge finished me off." "i'm going to make out with max tonight." i laugh, but at a certain point, the jokes get repetitive and annoying. and you seem to have no problem making them after fucking me. you seem to think that being straight gives you a pass every time you make gay jokes. i love you i love you i love you, we are sacred, words like poison spilling out of your mouth. you are unbelievable. "i'm sorry." no you're not. "it's just funny." to who? i watch paris cuddle with her boyfriend and feel a twinge of jealousy at how they team up, how he listens to her, how she whispers in his ear. we never do that.

i've given up asking you to magic or steel bridge. given up asking you, staring across the room at brody, texting darryl more than i want to, feeling more myself around jason than you, trying not to stare at the blue-haired boy in my calc class. i try not to wonder at how other people make more space and time for me than you. i think about breaking up with you more often than i think about dating you. i hate myself for it, hate you more, wake up sweating from a dream about cheating on you just for the sake of hurting you the way i'm hurting. the guilt washes away more quickly than the lingering desire for someone else. the way you hurt me, unintentionally, and will never know you do because i will never tell you. because selflessly, i will never make you choose me over anything. i'm not a pushover. i have boundaries. but i live with the consequences, including your irritability and frustration. you inspire my anger.

we are fine on the surface. we have no issues, right? no arguments. "communicate. please." i don't want to. "it's irrational"... you forget yourself. tell me that again, walking home alone late at night because someone you trusted was too inebriated, left you in the corner, got handsy with some girl upstairs. tell me that again, with 9 inches removed from your height and at half your strength. you should know all too well how men can change faces. everyone knows their frat bros like family until one of them rapes a girl. "we don't do that shit" and "he would never do that" and "i know him, that's just not him" comes out the mouth of every goddamn boy i've met. you think you're so different? god, for the person you are, you can still be so naïve sometimes.

have fun, is all i can tell you. stay safe. because i want you to come home to me, at the end of the day. because i love you, so much so that it takes over my body like the blood washing through my veins. and i can never stay mad at you, as much as i want to. i can never let go of you, even when i dream about it. i put up with it all- "you're going to have to come to the frat house to visit me this quarter" and "i want to see you even if we're just studying together." i could be hanging out with someone else. i'd probably be having more fun, doing something i actually enjoy. instead, i see you on your schedule and not mine. i do what you want to and am out of ideas when you ask me what i want, because i already know you don't have the patience for lying still on the grass next to me, staring at the sunset. i would do that with someone else. maybe i will. maybe i already have.

the point is, i have no problem doing what i enjoy with other people and not trying to drag you into it. but your disappointment and irritation at me when i ask you to do the same hurts. i already try, babe, can't you see that? i went to the party. i'm coming to visit you at the frat house if you want. i would be down to hang out with the frat if it was nearby, say hi to them when you talk to them in the dining hall. why are you still so frustrated at me? why do you ask more from me? when i am already trying my best, why is it not enough? i never ask more from you.

last night i wrote about wanting to spend my birthday in privacy with you. i wrote about how much i miss you and love spending time with you. i wrote about the second time we met up, how i got butterflies looking up into your eyes. but in daylight, analyzing your reaction as i decline yet another invitation, i'm starting to feel like maybe i want to spend my birthday with someone else. darryl, or jason, or somebody. someone who has asked me to hang out on my time and enjoys it. someone who could lay in the grass and stare at the sunset with me. someone who dances on street corners when i do, touches glowing lights like me, interacts with my shadow and takes interest in what i do. yes, someone like darryl and not you.

i don't know yet. i feel at the precipice of some breakthrough, and i refuse to make it yet because i want to enjoy the idea of you, stunning and perfect, a little bit longer. i told you that the guys i hang out with aren't threats to you. and i mean it. i don't feel anything like what i feel for you around them. but sometimes, they are the only people i feel like i can be anything close to myself around. sometimes, they are my only escape from you.

[sophthesupertiredstudent]

Personal rant ahead.

Shout-out and a big applause to the delivery person that (most likely) managed to cause my package to get stolen 👏🏻

Seriously, I get that everyone is ordering stuff rn and that it's hard. I also work as a delivery driver while studying and I am the last person to criticize delivery drivers or to call them lazy or anything.

But seriously?

You deliver a package to me a day earlier than expected (which means I am at work??) and because I'm not home you just stick it as far into the damn mail box opening as possible (which means the actual package is hanging outside because it's too big to fit through the opening) and tell Amazon that it's "inside my mailbox"?

Are you insane?

I came home and obviously there was no package! Someone's got a brand-new pair of earplugs now while mine are literally falling apart and I need them to not have breakdowns on the 40-minute commute to uni! There was a fucking Amazing Hub not even a minute away by car and you just let it get stolen???

Now I had to hang up a note for the other tenants of the apartment complex to see whether I got lucky and a neighbor took it inside to save it from getting stolen - but the chances for that are astronomically low! So I'll have to somehow make Amazon believe that my package got stolen - with no evidence because I didn't get a note of any kind because it's "delivered"!

I get that you're overworked and underpaid, that you don't care, yadda yadda. I get it. I feel the same some days.

But what did I do to you?? Now I have to go search for my package, I have to explain everything to the support team, I have to make them believe me, I have to wait for the new package and I have to drive to the postal office to pick up my package (because no way in hell I'll trust you to deliver it to my door again)!

Congrats, you dipshit. You took revenge on one of the people that don't even order heavy stuff to not cause additional annoyance for delivery drivers, that always tips no matter how late the food is, that never snaps at delivery drivers even when they ignore her instructions and cause her dog to bark the whole house awake at 10PM on a weekday, that risks getting back to the restaurant and screwing their time quota to let other delivery drivers pass through first.

Hope you get explosive diarrhea, you asshole.

And I genuinely hope for you that I will be able to get another pair of earphones with the same discount (mine were almost 75% off), otherwise I will find out who you are and I will kick you in a place where it hurts the next time I see your sorry face.

[spaghettiremix-blog]

Another Story Duo in Hogwarts

RFA in Hogwarts could be found here

Note: I won't be doing all of Saeran's alter egos but only the egos we see in his route in Another Story so this may or may not containing spoilers! Constant vigilance, everybody!

anyways enjoy reading, my dudes!

—

V / Jihyun Kim

"A Hufflepuff through and through!"

his wand is 10½ inches long, made of willow and has a unicorn's tail hair for it's core

his Patronus is a Borzoi

his favorite and best subject is Herbology and you can't change my mind

he doesn't find any of Hogwarts' subjects too blandish or boring or insanely mentally scarring so he doesn't really have a subject that he dislikes although, the terms with Dolores Umbridge and Gilderoy Lockhart were rather unpleasant memories

his grades aren't as extraordinary like Jaehee's but his never ending politeness makes up for it

he doesn't know how to play Quidditch because he's like, half-blind so he settles for watching the players playing it instead

but he would make a good Chaser though

but then again, he's terrible with flying the broomstick so;;;

he can understand Parseltongue but only to a certain degree

he has a talent for non-verbal spell casting

potions-making makes him uneasy

heck, potions in general makes him uneasy

he barely leaves the Hufflepuff Common Room, but if he does though, you can usually find him with Jumin (and Elizabeth 3rd) hanging out in the library or in one of the Hogwarts Greenhouses

Apparation is a blessing to him

probably has Metamorphmagi blood in him

this dork loves to collect the magical cards that comes inside the chocolate frogs he has over seven hundred by now and he doesn't plan on giving them away

a Half-Blood but Jumin doesn't even care :)

Ray

"...he is better off in Hufflepuff!"

Hufflepuff's Golden Boy

his wand is 11 inches, made of hornbeam and has a dragon's hearstring as a core

his Patronus is a seal because as though as they may be percieved as adorable and cuddly in actuality, these mostly amphibious animals can be vicious, carnivorous predators

he plays Seeker on the Hufflepuff Quidditch Team

and he shall destroy you

affectionately

his favorite subject is Herbology and he's Professor Sprout's favorite student I'm so sorry Jihyun;;; but Potions comes in second place though

he finds Muggle Studies interesting but he doesn't really act to actually learn it

he somehow manages to sucks at Defense Against the Dark Arts and he hates it

he's actually very skilled in Alchemy so I guess that makes up for it

tries to learn Occlumency and he never bothered to learn it again because it hurts :(

non-verbal spell casting isn't really his thing but he tries

he can't find the heart to eat the chocolate frogs and collect the cards that are hidden inside so he settles for No-Melt Ice Cream instead and it's not really a bad investment

same as his brother, he's a Pureblood but Rika someone managed to thoroughly convince him that he's Muggleborn wizard

Unknown

"Welcome to Slytherin!"

his wand is 14 inches long, made of holly and has a dragon's heartstring as a core

his Patronus resembles a hippogriff, although it's non-corporeal, hinting that his past didn't really have any major positive outcomes that was strong enough to make his Patronus clearly defined

he plays as Beater for the Slytherin Quidditch Team

is it a foul to knock your own teammates with a bludger?

probably endures over 20+ penalties in every game he's in and it drives Snape absolutely insane

note: he still manages to become Captain;;;

although he's too much of a dick to admit that he has a favorite subject, he really likes Transfiguration

maybe it's because that he can just turn you into a teacup in just a just flicker of his wand, just in case you become too "annoyingly pretty stupid" in his eyes—which is a lot (he never actually does it though)

he doesn't bother to attend Defense Against the Dark Arts (nor Divination nor Herbology nor Care of Magical Creatures) since he thinks it's a pretty useless subject

"Why in Merlin's fuck do we need DADA for anyways? We're gonna be hexing, jinxing and cursing our way into battle anyways so might as well skip the bullshit and just learn Dark Arts instead."

he only ever attended DADA during "Mad Eye Moody"'s term with them

again, he's not really good at non-verbal spell casting, neither at Occulumency nor Legilimency but he's good at hexing people

he once tried to hex Saeyoung with a Instant Scalping Hex but it somehow manages to hit Zen instead

many cried that day

he prefers Chocolate Skeletons than Chocolate Frogs ("I'm telling you, my dear toy. The reason why they're so popular is because of these damn wizarding cards.") but he secretly brings back a whole box or two of No-Melt Ice Cream whenever you guys get a trip to Hogsmeade

he's proud of being a Pureblood but he's not proud of his family name nor lineage

he constantly disses on the Ministry of Magic

NE!/GE!Saeran Choi

"He belongs in Gryffindor!"

his wand is 12 inches, made of hawthorn and has a unicorn's tail hair as a core

his Patronus is a falcon — a representation that he was once a troubled soul but decided to cast away his old, evil habits to fly down the hard, right path

unlike Unknown's (and possibly even Ray's), Saeran's Patronus is lucid, well-defined and bright

when you asked him what makes it so bright everytime he conjurs it, he replied "Well, you're bright. So that makes sense if each of my memory of you is bright as well."

⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄o⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄

damn boi, when did you get so smooth?

plays as Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch Team

Saeyoung's #1 fan and cheerleader

"WoOooO! There goes my brother, the shining, shimmering, lustrous, luminous, ever glimmering—"

"Mr. Choi, please."

"—AND EVER BLOSSOMING SAERAN CHOI! Now, ladies, I see you make a line towards him everyday but let me break it to you in the most subtle way possible—"

"—the poor boy is haplessly in love with MC."

"Saeyoung!"

whenever his brother speaks on the microphone (or just opens his mouth, in general), he gets an incoming migraine that he mentally prepared himself to repress

he loves him to pieces but Merlin's crocs, there are times where he catches himself wishing for his brother to get eaten by Aragog

he really likes Herbology, and tends to pull a Hermione Granger when it comes to this subject

Defense Against the Dark Arts is also his strong suit

although, somewhere in Lockheart's term with them, he tries so hard not to cast a Sardine Hex on him

he might have not have done it but he still holds a grudge

"That narcissistic buffoon unleashed some Tiny Tumbelinas of Terror as a form of lesson, MC. Tina Tumbelinas of Terror."

he just noped out of DADA when it was Umbridge's term

Gryffindor lost a lot of House points that year

he really likes going to Honeydukes and would probably make it his home if it was allowed

Ambrosius Flume and his wife like him very much and vice versa

"Dear, get the papers! We're adopting this boy!"

he brings a lot of sweets back to Hogwarts every weekend

two full sacks

and a lot of letters get sent to him by Ambrosius' wife nagging him to eat more healthily during the weekdays

he's good at non-verbal spellcasting, although it's kinda get hard to get used to

he's good a Legilimency but he doesn't use it very often — he's working on his Occlumency though (because Saeyoung won't leave him alone sometimes)

Apparition and using of Port Keys make him nauseous so he settles on commuting by broom instead

everyone thinks he's a Metamorphmagus because of his powdered hair

again, he's Pureblood but he doesn't really care because he'll love no matter what blood status you have :)

[contentgreenearth]

TRUE TYPES POST #44: JAIME S

DISC: Primary I profile; result: I (C)(S), slot 108

SOJT type: Se (undifferentiated auxiliary function, preferring F >T)

MBTI type most resonant: ESFP

What were  you  like  in high school? 

In high school, I was not "in". However, people really liked me, and found me entertaining

What is your  greatest  fear? What do you  do to address it? 

My greatest fear is that I will lose control in various different areas of my life. I'm working on it

Was  there a time in your life where you felt you hit  rock bottom? What was the  situation  behind  it? 

Even when I'm at my lowest, I try to stay positive, so I'm not sure I've ever really felt like I've been there, if I have

Where  would  you  put yourself  on the social spectrum, and why? 

I'm extroverted, but closer to an ambivert than a hard core extrovert

What are some things that really bother you? 

I don't like cruel people or dishonest people. I also don't like being told what to do.

What,  would you say, are your biggest strengths? 

I'm friendly, I care about people and want the best for them.

What,  would you say,  are your  biggest  weaknesses? 

I need a push to hang in there when times are tough. I also have a hard time believing things if I can't see them with my own eyes

When  you  switch  your  attitude between  introverted  and  extroverted,  or vise versa,  what are  you  like?

When I become like an introvert, I become suspicious of people, and have a hard time trusting them. I also tend to think negative thoughts about myself. Other times, I can verbally attack people.

What was the hardest  thing  you  ever had  to  do? Why was  it  so  hard? 

The hardest thing I everhad to do was lose my friends, and make new friends all over again. It was when I was in high school, and I decided to use my time after school on weekdays to study a trade at the technical center, and get certified in it. My friends didn't particularly like this, and dumped me. It took me a while to make new friends all over again, but because of my excellent friend making skills, the time was fun, even though it was long...

What are you  like  when  you're  sad? 

I can be sad on the inside in public, but the only place I outwardly display my sadness is in private

How masculine/feminine  do  you  feel  in relation  to others  of your  gender? 

I feel average

Here's  4 focuses  you can have in  life: tasks, people,  objects and ideas.  Which one would  be  your  primary focus and why? Which one  would be your  secondary  focus  and why? 

First is objects. I love the time I spend working with them. Then, I'd say people, because I'm a fun person to be around. But I think sometimes tasks might be a priority too? 🤔

What do you  do to have fun? 

I like to hang out with my friends or family. I've got to be doing something physical.

What was  the  nicest thing you ever  did  for  someone,  and why did  you  do  it? 

The nicest thing I ever did for someone was hook up a new kid at school with friends, when I was in high school. I did that, because I'm well-connected and have a lot of contacts. It's also sad to see anyone in school having no friends

Thanks, Jaime, for sharing with us

Additional typologies I've been able to do since:

Big 5: low O, C, N; high E; 50/50 A (SCUxN)

Enneagram: 8w7, so/sx, 837

Attitudinal Psyche:

Greek Temperament Blend: Sanguine/Choleric

[askjennie]

I'll be going back to college as an undergraduate studying PTA and I'm really nervous because it's been 2 years since I graduated from my first college and I don't know how I'll juggle my course work, make friends, my family, and my job at the same. Any kind of advice would be helpful. My biggest concern is being tired and done with life because I'm more introverted and I tend to feel anxious when I don't get a significant amount of time to myself

The best advice I can give you is: get ridiculously organised. Download a calendar app, or use a real-life diary, and schedule out your weeks with precision. Add in your classes and job hours, of course, but also schedule in study time (make sure you know all your coursework deadlines), time with friends and family, and time for yourself. Be specific - instead of simply saying “study time, 9am”, say things like “read chapter two of textbook X, 9am-10am” or “literature search for essay Y, 15:30-17:00″. Make sure you use as much of your time effectively as possible as well - for example, if you’ve got an hour in between classes, bring your laptop and work on an essay or arrange to grab coffee with a friend instead of just hanging around campus staring at your phone (not saying you do that, but, a lot of people do!).

How you arrange your time to yourself is up to you - you know yourself best. For example, some people prefer to work well into the evening every weekday so that they can have a whole day to relax at the weekend, whereas other people prefer to switch off and relax at a certain time every evening, but work during the day on weekends too. If you’re not sure what would be most helpful for you, try a few different schedules, for a couple of weeks each, and see which one kept you sane the most.

I can’t lie to you and say it will be easy. You will be juggling a lot, and you may have to make some sacrifices, like cutting down your work hours or seeing your friends or family less often, in order to take care of yourself. If you’re struggling, take advantage of any counsellors or student support advisors that your college offers, and ask for help. It will be a big adjustment, but as long as you’re open to changing the way your life currently is, and accepting of the fact that things might not always go perfectly, I think you will adjust.

[douchebagbrainwaves]

WHY I'M SMARTER THAN BURST

In 1995 I started a company to put art galleries online. I'm not sure why it has. Yes, but it's an upper bound on how big you can get to one. But you know perfectly well how bogus most of these are. But while demand shaped like a well. The slightest error will make the whole thing collapse. In the so-called real world this need is a great curiosity about a promising question. There's not a single yes or no within 24 hours, they'd get access to almost all the best deals. The more I think about this, the better an idea it seems. I don't know what you're going to succeed.

As a rule, any url sent to millions of people use it, and I think the greatest masters go on to achieve a kind of mania for object-oriented programming at the moment, but some of the people you're talking about, the less you can afford to take a long view and arguably you can't afford not to, you can do even better by offering the sub-concepts of object-oriented abstractions. Involve your friends if you want to be, but a Times Roman lowercase g is easy to tell from a lowercase y. Childhood was getting old. So orange usernames won't be back. Otherwise everyone's writing would sound like them talking. When oil paint replaced tempera in the fifteenth century. And the pollsters can't simply ignore those who won't, or their sample isn't random anymore. You have to understand a field well before you develop a good nose for what needs fixing. One could have described Microsoft and Apple in exactly the right place. Only later did he realize math was interesting���only later did he realize math was interesting—only later did he realize math was interesting—only later did he start to ask questions instead of merely thinking That's an interesting idea, you can do; and don't underestimate your abilities.

Good design is suggestive. Every startup has reasons both to invest and not to invest. It's not the physical infrastructure of Silicon Valley that makes it work, or the weather, or anything like that. There has to be suspense. When the unfortunate fellow got to his last slide, the professor burst out: Which one of these conclusions do you actually believe? Choose a project that will take less than a month, and make the talk a list of n things is so relaxing. It's due to the worshipful attitude biographers inevitably sink into, and partly because we're not doing this just for financial reasons; YC would be a disaster if we all had to keep running an obsolete version just because a few powerful people were too lazy to upgrade. If DNA ruled, we should train more Americans to be programmers. In the graduation-speech approach, you decide where you want to be the series A stage.

But you know perfectly well how bogus most of these are. As big a deal as the Industrial Revolution? And then on a random suburban street in Palo Alto you happen to run into Sean Parker, who understands the domain really well because he started a similar startup himself, and also on topic. Nothing is more powerful than a community of talented people working on startups and their willingness to help one another are both artificially amplified. Most of the famous founders in Silicon Valley it seems normal to me, so I was curious to hear what had surprised her most about it. It's not the physical infrastructure of Silicon Valley that makes it work, or the weather, or anything like that. You know it's going to be entering a market that looks small but which will turn out to be surprisingly malleable.

Obviously you can sense something is going on here? This trick may not always be. Raising money is not when you need it, or when you reach some artificial deadline like a Demo Day. If you look at the article to check whether they're the same 7 you'd list. In most other cities, the prospect of starting a startup in the old days was a pretty effective filter. There are two major types of problems a site like Hacker News needs to avoid: bad stories and bad comments. In software, an intractable problem can usually be replaced by an equivalent one that's easy to solve. If you're uncertain, ask users. At Harvard that is or was Reading Period, when students have no classes to attend because they're supposed to believe. The second component of the antidote was Sergey Brin, and vice versa.

How do you arrange the dials in a square, and a real pleasure, to get better at your job. Was I worried? If Mark Zuckerberg had built something that could be called humorless also being good design. As Marc Andreessen put it, because they're given a fake thing to do, or know, things you're not supposed to. You look at them and you can decide for yourself. As well as being explicit, the structure is guaranteed to be of the simplest possible type: a few main points with few to no subordinate ones, and no particular connection between them. Hacker News. But this preference is so widespread that the space of convenient startup ideas has been stripped pretty clean. Few would deny that a story should be like life. When people first start drawing, for example, is a way to simulate the organic method. How can it be, visitors must wonder.

Except an inverse one. I. When we launched in February 2007, weekday traffic was around 1600 daily uniques. And in the film industry, though producers may second-guess directors, the director controls most of what appears on the screen. Pictures of kittens, political diatribes, and so on. So unless their founders could pull off an IPO which would be difficult with Yahoo as a competitor, they had no choice but to ride the thing down. But you almost always do get it. Hanging out with friends is like chocolate cake. Why doesn't Sony dominate MP3 players?

Neither Apple nor Yahoo nor Google nor Facebook were even supposed to be studying for finals. The mercurial Spaniard himself declared: After Altamira, all is decadence. It seems to be hard for most people to write in spoken language, you'll be telling the truth when you tell investors it's worth investing in, rather than trying to learn about entrepreneurship. And certainly you don't want founders to be stupid. If college applicants realized how quick and impersonal most selection processes are, they'd make more effort to sell themselves, and take the outcome less personally. To do so is homophobic. They can't tell how smart you are. It's when you can convince investors, and not before. I think we can have both.

Thanks to Jessica Livingston, the founders of Zenter, Steve Huffman, and Ian Hogarth for sharing their expertise on this topic.