#speechie stuff

[ejzah]

Survived the first teacher day at work. We started out the morning after breakfast with the district’s version of Olympic Games. I stayed back and low so there wasn’t much chance anyone would try to pick me. Let’s hope year two goes well!

[thelastspeecher]

My work's report of injury form says to write what item exactly caused the injury

Which means that I get to struggle for a few minutes before typing "ground"

[ssaalexblake]

I had the dumbest interaction & I had to share this with someone who has had the same problem -

Apparently people flat out missed how at the end of Flux 13 was told she was going to die? I mentioned to someone that 13 comes off as someone with a terminal illness in LotSD & got "where are you getting this terminal illness stuff from?" & it is LITERALLY IN THE TEXT.

I get annoyed at people missing really obvious subtext but how do people miss THE LITERAL TEXT? One of the complaints people have about the chibnall Era is people turning to the camera to metalize, but then they somehow miss literal major plot elements that are spoken to the camera?! Like, the heck?

it's like how people like to rip 13's line out of the timeless children out of context, where she ~apparently~ deliberately tries to insult and degrade him so she can cruelly kick him while he's down like a big 'ole meanie she is by saying she's better than him, and conveniently ignore the other half of her SENTENCE where she says 'you think that makes me lesser' like she does not explicitly state that she thinks he's degrading HER, not the other way around, and that this explicitly informs the dynamics in their entire relationship, this entire episode, which is not even to mention that entire scene???

I know the man has gorgeous wet cat anime eyes at that part but we really need to watch the rest of the scene :/

I have a complex where i have to go back and rewatch bits if i'm gonna talk about it to check i've not made a memory error most of the time, so i'm like... okay. Shout this stuff out with your whole chests while not remembering very important plot points. Sure. I'll go back to compulsively script checking and cross referencing with the closed captions provided on the screen.

(literally looked up the scene in ttc to write this answer i s2g)

And i'm gonna be honest, most of the time now whenever i see somebody complain that everything in 13's era is just spelled out to the audience, i just assume the very obvious subtext and basically anything Not said out loud (which is, honestly, a lot of things) sailed over their heads bc ironically they actually Needed to be told it to understand, and therefore think that everything that happened was spelled out for them. This is not very charitable of me at all, but it's been years and i'm very tired now.

[jessidogg]

GUYS REMEMBER WHEN WE SHIPPED BRARB AS SIBLINGS WHEN TWT CAME OUT?!!

WE HAVE TO DO THAT WITH BRIVA (Branch and Viva)

THEY ARE SO SIBLINGS (and eventually actually will be) CUZ THEY'RE SO OPPOSITE YET SO THE SAMEEEE

I have always been obsessed with digging deeper into their relationship - we neeeeed to do that more

ALONG WITH BROPPY Y'ALL EVERYONE BE FORGETTING ABOUT BROPPY WITH PEEPS FOCUSING SO MUCH ON CLIVA AND FLOOM AND VIVARB AND STUFF- OKAY HAVE FUN WITH UR NEW SHIPS, BUT REMEMBER THE FIRST ONES AS WELL PWEASE BROPPY NEEDS SOME LOVE 💘

My speechy speech is done:)

[transparentlyfallingasleep]

7. How do you choose which POV to write from? (Especially for starbucks)

25. What fic do you wish you got more of a response on?

26. Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

39. Share a snippet from a WIP

aw wow! People never ask me questions on here.

let’s see number 7. Honestly I tried to come up with a better answer than this but it’s just the vibe of the thing. The first story was really just a response to “Clint Barton shows up 15 minutes late with Starbucks” insert Troy with the pizza meme that was out in the ether post his absence in Winter Soldier. I decided to try making myself write from Natasha’s perspective after the Clint heaviness in marketplace etc but in the Starbucks sequel I just wanted to imagine/ write down the Robert Downey jr voice in my head reacting to spy kid 3D. And then they all joined in. Clint’s voice is my most comfortable place to be Natasha, Cap, Maria, Jarvis the least but I think that’s because being that fucking competent seems heptapod level alien.

25: I wish people read unfinished business more… it was my first story in the marvel space and my second fanfic ever. And I still kinda like imagining it’s running in the background of the avengers… and it could have too if not for that pesky Joss Whedon. I also I’m proud of my Game of thrones fic. It was an attempt to self sooth and I think it turned out rather well all things considered.

26. I’m not sure I do wild rides I’m definitely not much of a plot writer. I tend to focus on small intimate character moments. Probably because I suck even more at the other stuff, possibly because being a speech pathologist I’m better at getting voices of characters ‘right’ than I am at making things happen. But I am proud at how I salvaged age of ultron for the rewriting in Market Place and how much I was able to reuse, reduce, recycle might be surprising to readers.

39. So my clinic shut down suddenly in September. If you are Australian I will just say this about it. The NDIS and in particular the Government have been making it harder and harder to work as a paediatric disability clinician and hell bent on telling our clients that it’s because we are rorting the system. I didn’t want my clients to loose their therapeutic alliance and a speechie that has known them most of their lives so I started my own sole trading. It’s long hours, crazy stress and I don’t even know if I will be able to afford the audit come 2025 but for now my kiddos are safe and getting therapy. All the govt has managed to do is privatise the old block grant system and lie about choice and control and that’s all I have to say about that. As a result I’ve got no real WIPs but I have this… you can see that I write dialogue first.

If you’ve come to tell me I’ve besmirched my honour, that the castle is in an uproar… I care not. 

Your grace. 

Ser Davos I am no princess. 

The laws of the realm say

So Tyrion Lannister crowns my brother and frees the north for my sister and now I am smothered by titles? I knew I should have killed that-

Id never really thought about it like that Milady. Allow an old man a small courtesy? I accepted my title for services to Stannis Baratheon. Plenty of times I thought better of it but I did it for those who came after me. Lord Gendry well he doesn’t say, quiet sort that he is -

Surly 

As you say, but i think I’m right in saying he had similar thoughts. I don’t think either of us thought that there might be others on the other side of it. Born to the titles and the power and wanting none of it, wanting to be rid of it. 

He is a good lad lady Arya. Give him longer. He can’t stay this angry for long. 

I can’t stay ser Davos

Forgive me but I’ve lived longer on decking than I have on dry land or had till your brother made me hand. The tides they come again. Like circles they are. Why not tarry even if he’s determined to make himself unpleasant. 

He doesn’t have to put effort into that. He’s had it mastered for years. You are married Ser, children? 

Aye My Lady

[speech-love-and-caffeine]

About me - UPDATED!

So a little about me, or as much as I feel comfy giving out on Tumblr.

I'm a speech-language pathologist, newly minted as of Spring 2024 (finished CFY). I had been chronicling little bits of my grad school journey on my main blog in-between random silly stuff and Star Trek geekery.

I graduated in May of 2023 from my alma mater (went there for both bachelor's and master's). However, this was after being rejected by them and the other school I applied to my first cycle. I regrouped, rebuilt myself, reapplied, and got in off a waiting list. (I say this to give all my young future grad school applicants hope.)

I worked in pediatric private practice, what I thought was my dream setting, for CFY and for several months after. My clinic downsized and was generally not a good fit for me, so I went back to work in pediatric home health, which isn't bad but is challenging in maintaining cash flow. However, it fits my brain better and I prefer my team in my current company. Someday, I hope to be an SLP supervisor.

I am medically diagnosed AuDHD as of this year, after having long suspected I was (since at least my late teens if not earlier). I am a level 1 Autistic and am currently trying to get on medication to manage my ADHD. If I find solutions for the problem that is Documentation Hell, I will happily share strategies for my fellow neurodiverse speechies.

I am a non-traditional grad; I began undergrad later than most and was the second oldest student in my cohort.

I'm extremely geeky and goofy

I identify as a demigirl, which is a non-binary gender identity. I'm not publicly out as I live in an area that is not always the kindest to LGBTQIA, but I find it wise to let y'all know this here. I am barely learning about what it means to embrace who I am.

I'm of Mexican descent and extremely passionate about bilingual advocacy.

My favorite areas of the field are AAC, autism and ADHD, pediatric feeding, and early intervention. Ask me about these and I'll talk your ear off.

I started this sideblog as I began to run into more and more aspiring SLPs on Tumblr, many of them looking at grad school, many neurodiverse. I wanted to share my experiences as like a practical guide to help others.

[wally-franks]

Setting up some art boundaries!!

|| Reposting my art

I am absolutely not okay with anyone reposting my art to any social media. This also includes reposting with credit. I do NOT want that. I, myself, am on most social media. So If I wanted my art on a certain social media, I would post it there myself. Please respect that.

|| Using my art

Please ask me before you wanna use my art for something and specify for what you wanna use it for. I'm very picky when it comes to that. So please don't be sad if I don't give you permission to use my art. Also, credit is required when using my art. Either @wally-franks or @florickxs works.

Friends can use my art anytime without having to ask but telling me beforehand that you're gonna use it somewhere would be appreciated. Credit isn't needed.

|| Using my AU designs

I'm not okay with you using my designs/characters for your own AU. Fan crossovers stuff is okay! Otherwise please don't use then for your AU. Please don't get too heavily inspired by my designs, makes me feel kinda icky!! thank you!

I am also not okay with you using them for roleplays. Friends on the other hand have permission to use them. Thank you for understanding!

|| Fanart

Fanart is always welcome! You don't even need to ask me, just go wild and draw xD This also includes writing/fanfics! No need to ask! Just make sure to show me later/tag me. ♡♡

Just don't draw anything problematic/hate speechy, please please please. </3

[thewickedbohemian]

Another TV show idea poll

and no I didn't just make this one because of the circumstances and it having a political idea with a better president

Either way;

Some additional notes that couldn't fit in the poll blank

the faerie lawyer thing would be intended to provide a law counterpart to shows like Lucifer where supernatural-being-in-semi-disguise helps the cops and/or a fantasy counterpart (but that doesn't mean all its cases would be fantastical sometimes the fantasy would be reserved for the B-plot) to She-Hulk's whole superhero law thing, and I thought there's some obvious reasons why a faerie would be a good choice for the kind of supernatural being at the center of a lawyer show and not just all the puns you could make in potential title or tagline or w/e about "fair folk". Also my idea for this show is part of why I'm glad Elsbeth's eponymous show is a detective show as if she was still lawyering she'd be similar-enough-for-people-to-call-ripoff to my vision of this show's lead

the "gimmick" of the political dramedy wouldn't be just that the president's neurodivergent it would be that they're the sort of same kind of "quirky neurodivergent specialist" or w/e you often see in cop or medical procedurals (like to politics what someone like Shawn Spencer or Morgan Gillory would be to crime-fighting or someone like Gregory House, Shaun Murphy (at his best-written) or Oliver Wolf would be to medicine) and might even have no first-lady-or-gentleman if I can find an appropriate position for the slowburn to happen with to keep The Dynamic going

the token NT kid would be kinda the "viewpoint character" or at least audience-surrogate or w/e and every other member of the family would be a different variety of autistic (potentially ranging from someone who'd have what I grew up calling Aspergers whatever you call it now and basically be the super-smart STEM-inclined hyper-executive-functioned archetype you see a lot on TV and Sheldon's meant to caricature to someone nonverbal who uses the same sort of thingie as JJ from Speechless and everything in between)

if you didn't see my other posts about the idea with the multiversal video store basically the idea is when protagonist has parent win Nobel Prize for discovery of multiverse travel, protagonist decides to use that to save the Blockbuster-esque-but-independent video store she works at (my idealistic mind hoping this would make video stores cool again/come back again) by tracking down movies and TV from parallel universes (as who wouldn't want e.g. a version of a thing you already like where the gay subtext was allowed to be text) but sometimes the retrieval isn't as easy as it seems and the show would balance that with workplace animated-sitcom stuff with the whole thread of dealing with the fame that comes from this and the prize-win

the speechie teen drama is intended to have a bit of a Glee-at-its-best vibe (as best it could without the songs to sustain it) inspired by both me being a Gleek who did speech team in high school during its peak years and how apparently Chris Colfer was also a speechie and said in an interview that speech and debate for him was kinda what glee club was for Kurt

[project1939]

200 Films of 1952

Film number 170: Arctic Flight

Release date: October 19th, 1952 

Studio: Monogram 

Genre: drama 

Director: Lew Landers 

Producer: Lindsley Parsons 

Actors: Wayne Morris, Alan Hale, Jr., Lola Albright 

Plot Summary: Mike is an American bush pilot working next to the International Date Line, always cautious about flying too close to the Russians on the other side. While waiting to take a rich businessman polar bear hunting, he must fly a pretty young teacher to the edge of the line on Little Diomede Island. They share a mutual attraction, which must be put on hold when the businessman arrives. Mike slowly begins to sense that something is off about the man, however. 

My Rating (out of five stars): **¾  

This is one of those films that isn’t good but is good fun. I enjoyed it quite a lot- it was engaging, easy to follow without being too dumbed down, and unintentionally funny in some good ways. (Anti-Commie propaganda is always ridiculously ham-fisted in this era!) This movie was so much better than Red Snow, a similar low budget film I saw about Inuit people and nefarious Russians in the Arctic. (some spoilers)

The Good: 

Wayne Morris as Mike. He was an excellent and natural actor, very high caliber for a cheap lil’ Monogram movie! He was the standout. 

The acting in general was better than most low budget films. Alan Hale, Jr. was a treat to watch playing a character very unlike the Skipper on Gilligan’s Island! 

All of the Alaskan location footage was cool to see- especially the aerial shots. 

The specific location of the International Date Line was an interesting and unique backdrop for a film. 

The portrayal of Inuit people was mostly respectful. They wore modern clothes, used modern technology, and didn’t behave in a primitive or childlike way. 

The whole thing looked really good for a Monogram movie. Monogram was one of the lowliest of all the studios when it came to prestige and budgets. Surprisingly, this film didn’t have too many markers that screamed “cheap!” 

For once the Anti-Communists weren’t defined by how religious they were! None of our good ol’ American heroes offhandedly said or did anything religious. It was refreshing. 

The Bad: 

More white people playing Inuit characters! Most of the Inuit people in the film appeared to be non-white- except of course for the two characters who had lots of lines. For example, Carol Thurston, who played Saranna Koonuk, was born in North Dakota with Irish ancestry. At least she spoke fluent English instead of that insulting broken speech, though.

The side “romance” between Dave and Saranna. It was sad? Saranna didn’t want to marry him, and yet it was played as mildly humorous? 

The plot didn’t really get going until one hour in. The last 18 minutes were the most thrilling, but why couldn’t it have come sooner? 

So a Communist spy just goes around carrying his Soviet identification card in his pocket?? Really? That’s elite spy craft? “Well, gosh, who would ever look in my pockets?” 

The big fight scene between Mike and John was so impossibly long it was comic. Apparently, a man can take almost a dozen full blown punches to the face keep fighting like he just got slapped on the hand!

The anti-Commie preachy/speechy stuff was pretty cringy.  

This film also had the Red Scare trope of one character who was not a Communist sympathizer but was also not terrified of Russians. And what always happens? That character must learn her lesson, of course! The Commies are right under your bed all the time, you fool! Live in constant vigilance! 

There were also some gross examples of the way men spoke to women back then. Our romantic hero tells a woman he just met under professional circumstances: “I’ll bet you got plenty of wolf calls while you were in the army. I never saw you in uniform, but even with that robe on, you make a liar out of that thermometer!" ........................

Watching a polar bear hunt was upsetting enough, but when they just took the fur and left all the meat, I wanted to scream. The hunter flat out said he just wanted to kill the now endangered animal to make a f*cking rug. 

[d0nutzgg]

Update: Plans for Speechy: the First Neurological Speech Disorder Identifier

Hey everyone, I have been hard at work on Speechy and I am happy to say I made a lot of progress last night! I now have a fully functional Youtube "Speech Disorder" audio clip scraper for the dataset.

It also now labels the videos into the right folder for me which is making the data scraping easier. It allows input of your own API key, and the ability to name the folder yourself.

Despite the roadblock on publishing the dataset itself (sorry to hype y'all up for nothing I really wanted to make the data publicly available but I also don't have lawyers like OpenAI to defend my ass lol).

For those who don't know OpenAI uses a dataset that was scraped from Google Searches. Not the most ethical but they haven't really made their stuff available and it's all currently proprietary which is saving their ass with lawsuits too.

Good news though, I also got the first very Alpha version of an NLP speech pattern recognition program to recognize the first of the disorders I am focused on - Ataxic Dysarthria which is what I have from my ongoing battle with Huntington's Disease.

This is very basic and I really need to train another neural network just for this but it'll pull out the *definite* matches and then only save those to another folder which cleans things up a bit then I can go back over some of it and add more to the files. It makes my life easier.

Also I want to note that this software is completely open source so anyone can fork it from my github and use it themselves! In fact I encourage you to do so!!

Here is the actual full code for the Youtube Scraper too

It's a bit hard to see but you can find it on my Github here:

Anyways, I got quite a bit done, now onto making the rest of the ID scripts (I would put them together but realized this would not be effective tbh. Here is the current state of the Github repo right now:

I also plan to make some visualization programs and do some of my own scientific research (ah.. reminiscing over my academic researching days with Michael J Fox Foundation data..) and I will probably even submit my own findings to be peer reviewed later on.

Thank you for your continued support and I will continue to post my "Dev log" of sorts every day (if I can remember, sorry I have Early Onset FTD).

Cheers!

[ejzah]

Got a second (smallish) speech assignment added to my caseload, and also have to rush through an eval on a student who never got finished last year. Let the good times roll.

[thelastspeecher]

Oh also btw anyone who saw my posts last week about my heart doing the two-step and I wound up at the ER don't worry I'm not like. Actively dying.

But I WILL be having a follow-up with my cardiologist and probably some more testing done yaaaaaay 🎉

[penisliker-moved]

reading th newspapers t look at th local candidates for my mom and one of these guys is insane i kinda like him

[jessidogg]

DOOMSCROLL

My Youth Pastor: saying his speechy speech stuff Whenever you scroll farther down on social media, the more likely you are to get caught up in depression, low self-esteem, and less time with your family. DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE DOOMSCROLL

Me: just now looking up at him after doomscrolling for trolls for the past three hours on Tumblr What'd he say? 🤨

My Friends: who have also been doomscrolling for trolls longer than I have honestly 🤷‍♀️I don't know, something about scrolling. Maybe it was that we should scroll further down our feed for the good broppy and trolls stuff.

Me: GASP THATS SO SMART. 😃See, this is why we go to our pastors for advice, they really speak truth!🙌😌

My Youth Pastor: Oh lord help me with these teens-😖

DON'T GET STUCK IN THE DOOMSCROLL YALL AND REMEMBER HOW FANTASTAMAZING YOU ARE! HEARTSSSS❤️❤️❤️ -@jessi4branchifer

[citrispace]

Do u do commissions!!

Hi!! I don’t have any set commission sheets made, but depending on what it is, I might be willing to take one!

If you DM me what you’d like commissioned and it’s something I’m comfortable drawing I’d be happy to give you a price estimate!

[rays-of-gold]

if you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not! let’s get to know the person behind the blog <3

1: I can fit an entire reed in my mouth (tenor sax)

2: I placed in my first tournament with an informative speech on DC comics

3. I like reminding my friends about Motham x Batman when they lest expect it