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Puerto Rico is about to face a blackout for SIX MONTHS due to Hurricane Irma

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this is mostly for the studyblrs that follow me :)) but everyone else is welcome to my other blog too!

so!! i made a studyblr about a week ago and tomorrow is the first day of school for me. thus, this blog will be almost permanently inactive (although it has taken on that status for a while already).

sue me, this is kinda a promo? i follow a lot of studyblrs on this account because i was very interested in their content but i have a lot of trash stuff here since i have gone through multiple fandoms, so for pure unadulterated studyblr content and productive posts and stuff like that go check my studyblr at @bujo-ie. i have queued content there (idk for how long tho tbh) and i hopefully will be posting my own content soon!

again this is mainly for the study-centric mutuals i have so imma tag since barely anyone reads personal posts by me lmao

@eat-sleep-stvdy @study-at-the-disco @gereksizislericinbirhesap @charlottestudiis @virgoghstudies @witchy-study @yes-lifesabitch (or your studyblr at @gottastudygottadosonow) @trash-studying

that’s all! have a nice day and wish me luck for tomorrow~

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01/100 days of productivity, 09.05.17.

Been meaning to do this for so long and now I finally am! Planned out all the important events of my week on notecards. I also took notes over my philosophy assignment as I have a meeting with my philosophy professor tomorrow. I got an extension from my writing theory professor on a writing project, which has taken a massive weight off my chest. Remember, if you ask early and respectfully, professors will usually give you at least a short extension on your work if that’s what’s required for your assignment to be your best! In general, communicate with your resource centers, teachers, tutors, TA’s, professors, and whoever else can help you when you struggle with your work. They are there to help!

“Help will always be given…to those who ask for it.” - Albus Dumbledore

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I opened a pandora’s box called drawing Klavier and there’s no closing it now

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Takes this hedgehog in a blanket to wish you a happy, good, warm September! :D Also comes with a mini mug of hot chocolate.

Webtoon Link! 

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Happy Lunar Valentine’s Day😎

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Comedian and vlogger Elijah Daniel became mayor of Hell, Michigan, proceeded to ban all heterosexuals, and then was impeached. This singlehandedly saved 2017

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SERIOUSLY guys, go throw your money at pumpkin online. if you’re like me and you’ve always loved harvest moon style games but were extremely disappointed with the lack of diversity (only being able to be cis and straight, no character customization pretty much at all except for a couple games) and wanted more diversity, pumpkin online is it. if i had to describe it, pumpkin online is gonna do for the 3d harvest moon games like a wonderful life what stardew valley did for 2d harvest moon games. 

it’s made by a very small team and has been in production for a couple of years now. as someone who played the fuck out of a wonderful life, i’ve been drooling over this game ever since it got announced. it’s a life farming sim where the character can be YOU instead of just some brown haired rando as always

there’s so much love and passion going into this game, and even in its early stages with a small team it looks great and oozes charm with a cartoony style. plus, there are NO gender restrictions whatsoever, which means you can have a nonbinary character and marry any npc you want regardless of gender if you choose to do so. the devs clearly care a lot about what they’re making, and any support will help them immensely.

BUT THAT ISN’T ALL! there’s also an extra island in the game with a questline to raise awareness for chronic illness.

it’s called spoonie island! 

all in all, the game looks really damn fun and i can’t wait to play it. it’s an unrestricted harvest moon experience without being limited. i’ve done enough gushing but seriously, go help the devs out, go buy the soundtrack, and vote for them on greenlight!! i know i don’t have too wide of a reach but i’m hoping this post spreads. please help these devs make this game a reality, you won’t regret it

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Taylor Swift doesn’t appear to be very good at shaking it off

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How To Stop Procrastinating

For all the procrastinators out there, here’s a list of tips that a fellow procrastinator has found very useful through the years to get her actually doing stuff.

Start studying from day one

I know you’ve heard this a million times, but seriously, before the panic of “I can’t possibly catch up with all of this’ kicks in. Once this happens, you won’t even want to try so you’ll just procrastinate even more. I know it seems overkill to study on the first day, but think of it this way, you’ve covered almost no material and it will take you no time. Also, it only takes 30 days to form a habit, I promise you revising every day becomes second nature after a while.

But I’m already in the middle of my academic year and I can’t possibly catch up!

I’ve heard that excuse a thousand times, from myself that is. So you can’t catch up? Well, don’t. If it’s a class where you don’t need to know the previous material to understand what you’re learning about right now, take it from that point and keep up with it. You can catch up on the previous stuff little by little when you have free time.

But it’s a cumulative class and I need to know the previous material to understand what the heck my profesor is talking about! 

Watch some youtube videos on the material or go to Khanacademy. You just need to grasp the basics, you can perfect your knowledge on those topics later on, if you have time.

I just can’t get myself to open the book 

First, what is it you need to do TODAY? Let’s say you need to study a unit that has x pages and you have three days ro study it. Today you will study x/3 pages. You get it, don’t just study aimlessly, give yourself a finish point. Then write down what you want to accomplish (it’s incredibly satisfying to cross things out) but don’t write more than 5 tasks (unless they’re really small ones) per day.

Now is when you find that you don’t actually want to do any of the things on that list, so what do you want to do NOW? Do you want to watch a youtube video? Read a book? Pee? What were you planning to do to procrastinate? Well you can still do it. That is, once you study a page (or x pages, whatever you feel up to). This can be repeated until you hit that finish point you stablished earlier. You can also add extra weekly rewards like ‘If I do all my studying this week, I can do x or I can buy y’ (think small stuff, x can be calling a friend to hang out and y can be a color pen). But remember, just as important as getting that reward if you do your work is NOT getting the reward if you DON’T do the work. I don’t mean like don’t indulge if you haven’t finished one or two tasks, but, if you’ve been slacking all week yet you get the reward anyway, what your brain understands “It’s ok, I don’t actually need to work”.

I just want to lie on my bed for a bit

Yes, studying on your bed is awful and you should avoid it. But you know what’s worse than studying on your bed? Not studying at all. If you’re like me and sometimes you just randomly get these urges in the middle of the afternoom to lie on your bed ‘for a bit’ and then you fall asleep, bring your study materials to your bed. DON’T lie down, just get into a slightly reclined sitting possition. I find that this kind of tricks your brain into thinking that you’re resting but you can still get work done.

I have to write a paper, not study

I was planning on telling you that I have literally no tips for writing papers and lab reports (these in particular are the bane of my existence, I literally feel such hostility towards them that I will refuse to even look at the document I’m sure it has nothing to do with being a failed writer) BUT luckily I’ve found something that kind of works. So, forget about your paper for a minute, open a text document, and just WRITE. You can literally write about whatever - your day, how adorable your pet is, or a random story that makes no sense whatsoever. Force yourself to write for about three minutes. Now look back at your paper. I find that once I’ve started writing, I am a lot more willing to keep doing it, even if it’s not about the same topic. This may not work for some people though. Also, write a SUPER rough outline or just bullet points of what you want to say like “Then we add HCl. Later decantation. Test for acid pH. Finally filter and evaporate”. Expanding on something is much easier than writing it from scratch.

Clean you desk the night before

I promise having a clean space to put your books on will motivate you the next day.

And finally, a little tip from a recent experience - YOU’RE GOING TO WISH YOU HAD DONE MORE 

Personally, every time “I can just cram for this” even crosses my mind, I remind myself of how stupid I felt last semester when it came to finals and how badly I wanted to go back in time and beat past me to a pulp. But also, I remind myself of how thankful I was to past me for every little thing that she HAD studied because it was one less thing to worry about. So, when you want to slack off, think of your future self thanking you for not doing so.

So, with this advice in mind, go hit your books right now and start becoming a better version of yourself!

Other masterposts

Memorization Tips

Skincare 101

Tips on Organic Chemitry

Taking Notes in College

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Some Tips On Organic Chemistry

When you’re looking at two compounds and wondering how they may react, pay attention to the carbons - if they are bonded to a halogen or something more electronegative than them, then they have a partial positive charge and they’re going to want anything that will give them more electrons (a.k.a. a nucleophillic attack). If they’re bonded to hydrogen, they have a partial negative charge and they become your nucleophile, which will want to give those electrons to something that’s lacking them. Once you get these basics down, mechanisms become much easier to memorize because you can see the logic in them and sometimes predict them.

Get the basic mechanisms ingrained in your brain. Think of SN1, SN2, E1 and E2 as your new multiplication table. Make flashcards about them and take them to class. Or put them at the back or front of your notebook. Just have them handy at all times.

Draw the final steps in 3D. ALWAYS. You can draw the mechanisms and the first steps in 2D because it will make it easier to understand, but never forget that you’re working with a 3D structure that can flipped (and attacked by nucleophiles) every which way. Also, if you don’t know the basic perspectives used in orgo (Fischer, Newmans, sawhorse, wedge-dash) please take half an hour to learn them. Mainly wedge-dash and Fischer, but Newman is very useful when deciding which position you should put your atoms in if you’re dealing with sin and anti.

Colors. If you’re one of those people who ONLY writes in black pen, awesome, keep using it for WRITING. For reactions though, you’re going to want options. you’ll need to differentiate between:

The molecules (same color for atoms and bonds, unless you want to finish your notes on your deathbed).

Your three types of arrows: electron flow, actual steps in the reaction (think intermediates) and steps you may take to make it clearer for you but that happen at the same time.

Formal charges

The electrons that stay with its original atom and the ones that are given/shared, if you’re like me and you like your mechanisms to be spelled out.

This is not an excuse to go nuts with the coloring, 3 colors are enough. Personally, I use purple for molecules, electrons and reaction arrows, black for electron flow arrows and charges and light blue for clarification step arrows. Also optional but to denote a homolytic fission I usually write a blue line perpendicular to the bond. Similarly, if two atoms share one electron each, instead of just one them donating both electrons, I link said electrons with blue.

Remember to be consistent, otherwise you’ll end up like me, looking at your notes from the beginning of the semester and wondering if that dash is a bond or a -1 formal charge (to avoid this, preferably circle formal charges. Lol I never do this but I should).

Flashcards are so helpful! Write the reactants on one side and the mecanism and products on the other. Test yourself until you are one with the electrons.

If it’s a concerted mechanism, number the arrows. You’ll thank yourself a month from now.

Khanacademy. Khanacademy will save your butt when it comes to mechanisms. Chemwiki is likely to have anything that Khanacademy doesn’t. If it isn’t in either of those, Google images just became your new best friend. Books also tend to explain those nicely but I personally find them to be poorly structured and they usually include much more info than what you’ll actually be requiered to know. If you have the time to read two pages on a reaction though, by all means go for it.

Study in advance. Good luck studying for your final two days before if you don’t understand the mechanisms and you don’t have your material organized. Seriously, don’t do it. A week before the exam you could make those flashcards mentioned above. They’re a great way to review but it will be impossible if you are learning these things from scratch.

Get your hands on past tests. This goes for any subject but especially for orgo. Try to get a past test or at least ask an upper-classman who’s taken orgo with that professor. Does his/her tests focus on mechanisms? Retrosynthesis? Or does he/she give you the reactants and ask what the product is or what environment they should be in to obtain x? Ideally, you should be able to answer any of these if you know the material. However, if they focus on retrosynthesis, it may be a little tricky, so make sure to cater your study techniques to that.

You should also check out @colllegeruled’s Surviving Organic Chemistry, it’s super helpful and it has lots of resources (seriously, you introduced me to Khanacademy, I OWE YOU MY LIFE).

So, this is what I can offer so far. I hope it shines at least a faint light into the dark path that is organic chemistry.

Other masterposts

How To Stop Procrastinating

Memorization Tips

Skincare 101

Taking Notes in College

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“I’m making a ‘new Ace Attorney’.”

On a day three years after the production of our previous work “Professor Layton VS Ace Attorney”, while we were leisurely munching on ramune and enjoying the fresh air, Takumi said this to me.

Continuing after that, with his eyes sparkling, “Phoenix’s ancestor will appear in the Meiji era!” Furthermore, he said, quite proudly, “Sherlock Holmes will be there!!”

I have completely forgotten my reaction in response to that, whether it was “Se, se-se-seriously!?” or “H, huh… (already heard from the rumors in the wind)”. I must have responded with the same sparkling eyes, “I’ve been waiting for this! This is surely a worthwhile job!”

In the following two years from that day, TakumiD and the staff members set out to make a “completely new turnabout world”, and through a heap of challenges and trial-and-error, we all used up as much of our energy as possible. To make the world of “Dai Gyakuten Saiban” shine! To try to give life to the characters!

That process was truly one trial after another, and there were many times where my heart was about to break in half. But looking back at this crystallization of drafts, design art, and the many artworks along with the main story, thinking back to the “world” that I imagined with shimmering eyes two years ago, I am filled with thoughts of whether I was able to form it. To those who worked hard by my side without giving up, thank you, and thank you for your hard work.

I wasn’t able to introduce every single piece of art material, but I truly hope that this book could create more colorful memories for those people who played the game! It would also bring me joy if this book spurs those who haven’t played the game to go on an “adventure” in the world of Dai Gyakuten Saiban.

Finally, I give my heartfelt gratitude to you who purchased this book. Thank you so very much!

And so, I will see you later…

- Nuri Kazuya (2015, Winter)

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sorry single fräuleins klavier is taken and loves his spiky boyfriend

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08.31.17 // uni starts in three days (1st yr let’s go,,), so I’m not sure how often I can and will post, but dw I’ll drop by c; (can’t get rid of me that easily heh //finger guns//) (I feel like pics look more yellow on my laptop since it looks more grey on mobile .. rip) (ft. my main man mingyu, that alliteration though)

🎧: expectation - svt // find this on my ig @ kaiistudies

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Hogwarts houses as Studyblrs (AKA studyblr moods I’ve gone through)

Gryffindor: Vanilla lattes, incense, mahogany desk. Crams at the very last minute, cites the reason for being that they have photographic memory and don’t need to study all that much. Facetimes their friends from that one class that’s a pain in the butt in order to finish the online homework. Uses Khan academy and Crashcourse to help when their in class notes don’t elaborate. Attends all of the office hours, and ends up on a first name basis with the professors. Makes flashcards when they’re bored of traditional studying from the textbook. 

Hufflepuff: Scented candles, lemon water, crisp bed sheets. Posts aesthetic photos of their layouts and spends 15 min. on Tumblr before actually studying. Forms study groups once every week to review for an exam. Explores their campus by finding a new study place every other day. Religiously believes in taking breaks. Spends allotted time studying, then goes out with close friends to relax. Is secretly one of the smartest kids in the course, but either doesn’t know it or doesn’t flaunt it.

Slytherin: Chai or black tea, classical or electronic music for background, well lit libraries. Studies a little bit every single day for that large exam. Prefers to do assignments alone, until halfway through the term when they realize that they don’t get a topic. A bit afraid to ask for help, but after realizing the free tutors have trouble too, feels more confident that what they’re struggling with is actually hard. Swallows their pride and goes to the professor for help. Uses Eisenhower square to prioritize their work. Uses all of the resources they can to get an improved grade. Treats themselves to sweets when they get their targeted grade.

Ravenclaw: Ice water, natural lighting, instrumental jazz. Religiously believes in the Pomodoro technique. Ends up studying for longer than the Pomodoro timer says, because they end up getting lost in the reading material. Uses their breaks to do productive stuff around the apartment. Wants to do more research on a topic briefly mentioned in the textbook, but realizes that if they do so, then they will go off on a research tangent and end up finishing the assignment at 2:00 AM. Does the tangent research anyways, because DAMN this is interesting.

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✨The language learning tip you have not heard (works for all written languages)

The tip: Copy down (entire) passages of text

Why it works: You get WRITING SKILLS since you are writing down every word. You become familiar with the spelling, grammar, different writing styles, script (if you are unfamiliar with it), etc. You get READING SKILLS because obviously you are reading, exposed to the written text in context. You can even incorporate SPEAKING and LISTENING SKILLS by listen to the audio format (you can try google translate audio if you find nothing else) and/or read it aloud to yourself. Since you are limited by the speed of your writing, you will pay more attention to pronunciation. *Also, everyone knows you retain more information when you write by hand.*

How to:

1. Select a text. Make sure it is appropriate to your level and desired new vocabulary set. If I want to know more political vocabulary, I will read a news article. But for colloquial language/slang, I will read a YA novel.

(Btw you can find tons of texts for novels online if you search: “title name” + pdf)

2. Get a paper and writing utensil (you can dedicate a notebook to this if you want).

3. Don’t stop until the text is done or your hand hurts

4. Limit looking up vocabulary. If the text is more challenging for you, allow yourself to look up about one word per paragraph. If it is at your level, then wait to the end of the session to open the dictionary. Chances are, you’ll figure out the word’s meaning a few lines later.

4. Go back to the text later to review and/or make vocabulary lists from what you learned (flashcards like anki or memrise would be great especially if you put the sentence on one side with the word indicated and a representative picture on the other side

Ex. Side one: I planted a *rose* today

Side two: picture of a rose in a pot)

**btw I don’t know if this is an “undiscovered” method. I used this to learn spelling and writing structures in my native language when I was little. I would even put the writing right in my picture books**