#step 1

[sunnydaze4ever]

Qiu Lin x Reader

Flowers

Romantic, fluff

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Ever since your very first day in Golden Grove, you’ve never seen many flowers. The few you’ve seen were more warm tones. The forest was beautiful, you knew that for sure, but not much floral accents.

Another thing you’ve noticed since you first arrived in Golden Grove was Qiu Lin. Qiu was charming, beautiful, and overall friendly. And it caught your eye. Since around then, you’ve had a small crush on the brunette. And, so far, you haven’t noticed the reciprocation. Its been you, Qiu and tamarack. Not just you and Qiu… yet.

Today there were no plans with Qiu’s club, or foraging with tamarack, or unpacking to do. It was just an empty Saturday. You were sat on the curb, occasionally looking up at the sky. You subtly played with an orange leaf between your fingers, but not much else. Soon you heard boots stepping on the concrete roads. You move your gaze, catching sight of one of your neighbors, Qiu. The light autumn sun illuminated his hair, catching the dark brown perfectly.

“Hey, (Name)!” Qiu called out. You looked towards his hand, noticing light red petals. You spot his usual smile, charming as ever. Blood went to your cheeks, which you hoped wasn’t noticeable. They held out their hand, showing a red Gardenia in his palm. It was pretty and truly fit the autumn colors illuminating the world around you.

“What’s this for Qiu?” You asked, looking away from the flower and into his eyes as you stood up. That wasn’t a good idea if you were aiming for getting less flustered, as when his charming eyes caught yours more warmth went to your cheeks.

“I saw it in the forest. It reminded me of you! And I thought it’d be nice to give to you, since you only moved here recently…” Qiu explained, putting it into your cupped hands.

You weren’t aware that being a new kid wasn’t the only reason. It was more so Qiu’s hidden crush on you that fueled that decision, along with how much it reminded him of you.

You looked down at the flower again and smiled. “Thanks, Qiu!” You said with a smile. Even without knowing the reasoning behind this gift, the gesture caught your eye. You rubbed the petals lightly with your thumb and a smile on your face. “I better go home now, Qiu. Moms making dinner soon.” You walked to your house, careful of the blossom in your palms. Once home, you’d find a way to preserve it. One thing you were sure of is that the new house felt even better with the beautiful flower inside, a sign of your hidden affections.

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Thank you for the request @boa-hoa ! Sorry it took so long for me to finish it!

I choose Red Gardenias as it means secret love between two people (if google is correct-)

#our life #our life now and forever #qiu lin #x reader #qiu lin x reader #Qiu x reader #our life x reader #our life now and forever x reader #step 1 #requests open #romantic #fluff #our life fluff

[rosesnblunts]

#weed smoker #weed lover #weed smokers #weed lovers #weed #420 #funny meme #funny memes #funny #meme #stoners #stoner #homer simpson #homer #the simpsons #life problems #how to deal with people #people #step 1 #reblog #stoner life

[shy-veiled-wolf]

My ol mcs during step 1

#our life mc #our life #visual novel #our life beginnings & always #shyvwart #my artwork #step 1 #olstep1

[aurora-daily]

We Are Walking Portals: Aurora Interviewed by Monica Uszerowicz

Interview for BOMB Magazine by Monica Uszerowicz (January 6th, 2023).

The music artist on giving live concerts in the world of video games.

When you play Sky: Children of the Light, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) by independent game developers Thatgamecompany, the first and last sound you’ll hear is Aurora. Tapped by Thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen to provide the soundtrack for two of the game’s pivotal moments, the Norwegian singer, writer, and producer becomes an invisible guide, her preternaturally sweet voice navigating players through Sky’s most poignant scenes. Sky is wondrous, an inclusive game that incentivizes touch and communication with a narrative rooted in ancestral memory, communal care, and sacrifice. In addition to its foundational storyline, Sky features themed seasonal adventures, often involving unique collaborations; the last month and a half was the “Season of Aurora.”

On December 8, Sky presented a virtual concert during which a winged avatar of Aurora led an audience of nearly four thousand players on a journey of immersive music videos, call-and-response, and storytelling. We became butterflies, fish, manta rays encircling Aurora in a kind of fey, digital mosh pit. It was unlike anything I’ve witnessed, somewhere between a virtual reality, an online concert, and a cyber-choir—a brief, charged experience of togetherness. It was repeated throughout the day for the next several weeks. Aurora, who often sings and speaks about the importance of caring for each other and the planet in the face of real grief, is an apt choice for a game that emphasizes tenderness as the antidote to loneliness.

— Monica Uszerowicz

Monica UszerowiczYou care deeply for the planet, and you speak often about the magic in this world. You’re also a bit of a gamer. Do you find magic in virtual worlds too?

Aurora

Absolutely. I’ve always been a huge fan of games. I think it’s so cool to be able to live many lives and go on adventures with people. What I need from video games has changed. I’ve been gaming since I was eleven. When I was a bit younger, I found a lot of online friends and belonging in these worlds. I think I also learned most of my English from gaming. Now, I feel more at peace in my own skin, my own self, and in the world. The real world is as exciting to me as the gaming world; it’s healthy.

MU

The themes of Sky remind me of the themes in your music. I’m curious about how you connected with Sky and came to work with them.

A

I connect with the soul of Sky: Children of the Light. It’s about connection and feeling at home—like you belong somewhere. I know many of the people who play Sky play it for this reason. The spiritual side of it; death, to me, is a very spiritual thing. It’s inevitable, and it colors the way we live our lives because we know it’s going to end, and that loving comes with loss. It’s just the entire soul of the game. I have a love for the people who play Sky and the creators behind it. They’re a beautiful, beautiful couple [Jenova Chen and his partner]. It’s impossible to not want to be included in what they create when you meet them. The first thing I did for them was a few years ago — the intro for the game and the ending song. I met them on tour, I think. They said hi, talked about their connection to me and how they think I would fit into this game. It was just us meeting. It was meant to be. I love them, and they love me. It’s based on nothing else: They are people, and I am people, and we like each other, and then we want to do something together. It’s very organic, this collaboration.

MU

You’re written into the storyline as one of the ancestor spirits players get to meet. Did you design or write some of the quests that we play—set to your music—during “Season of Aurora”?

A

I wanted there to be someone to help in each song and chapter. There’s this reminder that you must help each other out, be good to each other, and then help yourself. I talked about what colors I think my songs have, and we chose the songs together, songs we felt had enough darkness and light. I figured out which characters and which small story fit with each song. We talked about it together and sent emails until we were happy. It’s been a very easy collaboration because we agree so much on most everything.

MU

By the time this interview is published, you’ll have given a virtual concert in Sky.

A

Everyone’s going to be able to have a part in making magic. I think it’s going to be an emotional, beautiful moment for all of us. I’m very excited about it — I love the people. It’s very much about how you experience it and how it makes you feel. It’s a very individual thing, but I hope it’s going to feel like we’re a big family even though we’re all playing it from different corners of the world. I hope there will be a moment of true connection with all of us sitting in our homes and being lonely, but lonely together, which is very cool.

MU

You’ve spoken at length about the title of your latest album, The Gods We Can Touch (2022), and the inspiration of Greek mythology. What happened in the space between your two most recent albums? What were you thinking about and researching in the quiet?

A

For my first album, I had space from people because I spent a lot of time alone in my house writing those songs. My second album was very full of people. It became more political because there were things I was discovering as a traveling human being, wanting to use my voice, wanting to make good warriors of light of myself and my fans. With this album, I had a break again. The biggest core of this album is playful, childish, but also divine and kind of grand. It talks a lot about religious, God-like images.

The album’s about this issue I have with modern religion, which is very modern because it hasn’t even existed for a smidgen of time. I wonder why we removed God from the earth, from ourselves, from the water, from things we could touch, and put him up in the sky far away and let him, or her, judge us for who we are. The Bible says a lot of things, and it’s up to every person who reads it to use it, hopefully in the best way they can. But when mixed with power, and the potential of having power by the way you interpret a book written by people you don’t know, there’s a lot of risk there. People have found weakness and exploited it. It’s a conundrum for the history of mankind and how we live now: what’s happening in Iran, women’s abortion rights, the way we turn against ourselves and against women again, the way that we go back and forth, in and out of progress as we please. Well, we don’t; but it seems that many of the men who rule the world choose to, and they drag us with them. It’s a complicated life, a complicated world, and this album is me just dealing with all of that, trying to remain free and playful within all the mess of how it is to be a human.

I think as long as we keep our inner child untouched as much as we can, as long as we don’t give anyone space or permission to touch what is inside of our soul, we’ll be okay. You see a lot of progress. You see people raising their voices for good for each other. There’s a lot of beauty that blossoms out of what happens in the world.

MU

I'm glad you mentioned how important it is to maintain our inner children, that sense of self, as truthfully as we can.

A

The world can do a lot to us. It can hurt us in many ways. But our soul, our mind, is ours entirely, and can never be sold. It gives me strength, at least in moments, to think about what I do carry in me. We even carry the possibility of life within us, not because we should do it or have to do it, but just because we are a magical bridge between life and not existing, between new life and the world. We are walking portals. It doesn’t surprise me that the world is scared of that. It’s incredibly magical.

I do have hope for the planet, for the world, as long as we don’t get too overstimulated by the internet. As long as we remember that we do exist here together and that our ability to care goes beyond just the people we know. We are all here together. It’s a very Western-world idea to only care about your own cloud. The world is hard to understand, but luckily I can make albums and try to understand it a bit better for myself.

#aurora #aurora aksnes #collaborations #sky children of the light #season of aurora #the gods we can touch #step 1 #ioadk #step 2

[dailydoseofhealthinfo]

Some biostats information for the USMLE’s.  These notes I’ve made are the entire reason I don’t completely hate biostats anymore and I’ve been using them to teach others and revise stuff for my own exam.  Step 3 in two weeks.

More to come if anyone needs them.

#biostats #usmle #uworld #study notes #biostatistics #Medical Notes #usmlenotes #step 1 #step 2 #step 3 #medblr #medical school #medicine #mednotes

[youngmissi]

Time is relative, follow your dreams.

#studyblr #medstudent #doctor #MD #USMLE #Step 1 #Step2CK #medicalboards #NBME #ENARM

[rekkamaiden]

That's much better! Added shading and highlights to Cove and Melissa (yes, my MC is named after me) and put more detail into the background!

#my art #our life #our life beginnings & always #step 1 #cove holden #mc #digital art

[cupcraft]

My Step 1 Study Guide

Hello! I recently took the step 1 test and passed and I thought I'd share what I did to study and prepare just in case it helps anyone out. Plus advice i'd give looking back on things i didn't do. Hopefully this helps and sorry it's so long. Feel free to send me asks on anything at all!

1: during m1/m2 year -> utilize the Anking deck/study sheets + first aid + things and videos like amboss/scholarrx/sketchy/boards and beyond + pathoma as you go through the blocks. Don't focus on step studying but utilize these resources to bolster your block exams. I used anking & sketchy & first aid primarily but kinda too late and i wish i utilized it earlier. Also, if your school doesn't have step 1 style test questions overall (like mine did for a bit) i'd do scholarrx questions to practice right before a test (it helped me with the tests and also got me to see patterns ahead of time). I wouldn't start using UWorld right away, at least not intensely. If you want a first pass you could start in November/December but honestly for me that was too much so I didn't.

2: Last block/pre-dedicated -> Make a study plan. You can use things like cram fighter or you can do it by hand or in excel/google sheets. If you need mine as an example feel free to ask, though my general plan was review first aid/content review/practice exams and questions/free 120/rest/exam in that order and i did the stuff i forgot first and ended with the info i did in my last block which was msk/derm/heme/onc/ct. It should be noted that you must tell yourself now that this plan won't be adhered to 1000% and you will get behind and you will just say fuck it to some stuff as you go. And be honest with yourself that you may give up studying earlier than you think or sleep in a lot of days. Just be kind to yourself now. This is just a guide to help you, not a strict rule book. For example, i meant to do cardio block review in 2 days and my mental health tanked so it took me like 5 days and i still had a ton of questions i couldn't do.

3: Dedicated ->

Prioritize getting through First Aid srsly and supplement it as you do content review. I read First aid one pass and then i supplemented information from Boards and Beyond videos and some information from pathoma. Mostly, i kept my notes within the pathoma textbook (as i bought a subscription and received the textbook).

As you do content review do Uworld questions and once you get through review really prioritize practice questions and finishing Uworld. You won't realistically finish all questions or blocks but at least try to do as much as you can. I ended Dedicated about 64% through. With Uworld your average will be low and at times will barely improve, honestly as long as you are improving on the net and your average is 40% or higher i think you're doing just fine imo (as that was my experience). UWorld is meant to be harder. When you do UWorld at first do tutor mode and always write down questions you guessed on/got wrong/don't understand in a notebook for review later. I wish i had made anki on them as i went along but i was too burnt out for that realistically for many reasons.

Looking back on it i watched every sketchy but i wish i at least did the anking for the sketchy (as i did no anking during dedicated) to help me remember.

Do practice exams. I did 1 uworld one and 4 NBME tests plus the free 120. the UWorld one in my opinion was not worth it and it lowered my confidence majorly as it was so fucking hard and full of trick questions. The NBME ones were much more useful. The free 120 was the most useful as many of the questions you get may reappear on step, and so it's the best one to do the week of your test so it's fresh in your mind. Make sure as always you review the questions you got wrong because it's so so helpful.

Day before the exam what do i do? -> maybe light review (ie stuff you got wrong a lot, some anki, first aid notes) but otherwise do nothing. srsly just rest, eat, and go to bed!

Remind yourself that you just need to pass. 60% is passing. No one will know your score. It's pass fail!

4: What resources do you recommend? Don't? Etc? ->

Resources I used: Boards and Beyond (videos), Pathoma (videos and textbook), First Aid, Sketchy Micro & Pharm, UWorld, NBME Practice tests (the CBSE), NBME free 120.

Usefulness of the resources: I really found everything I used to be useful but there's some stipulations. I found that neither UWorld nor First Aid prepared me for the biostats questions well other than memorizing equations. Biostats/public health is often a lot more problem solving oriented not just "can you do an odds ratio" for ex, so the NBME practice exams were more useful for that concept. I also did not find every boards and beyond video useful so there were many i skipped, esp pharm videos as i used sketchy! Along with first aid i bought the other first aid book, the clinical reasoning one. TBH it is a useful book (i used it a bit during my blocks) but during dedicated i was so tired and didnt have time to use it so do with that what you will. Sketchy was so so useful esp for micro but like I said i wish i supplemented with Anki. Also, Boards and Beyond cardio was so helpful but a lot of info i skipped through as i found it too detailed for step overall, but it is good to use looking back on it for clerkships i imagine (as there's info specific to clinical practice).

Anki specifically: I stopped all anki during dedicated because I just was too overwhelmed and couldn't keep up with it. Looking back I would've used Anki a lot earlier than i did during the blocks and kept up with it in small amts cumulatively, and then during dedicated done the sketchy ANKI primarily/old reviews/+anki for stuff i got wrong on questions a lot to make it easier. But, i still did well without it during dedicated.

5: test day tips ->

if you have stomach problems like me don't drink caffeine and prioritize sleep the night before (if you can tolerate caffeine then this is fine).

Pack lots of snacks that you know you will be able to eat while exhausted and stressed. I find it hard to eat something heavy on days like that, so i packed things like grapes/oranges/granola/pretzels/pbj/beef jerky. Stuff that would fill me and fuel me but not make me feel sick. Pack lots of water and potentially Gatorade or something.

Go to the bathroom before you enter the exam room.

Before the test day plan how you will take your breaks (this helped me because it was really overwhelming otherwise) and then you'll be able to read yourself on the test day to modify your break time.

Go through all the questions and then review marked ones and then review all of them together. Just know you will mark almost every question and it doesn't mean you got them wrong and failed.

6: other misc tips ->

just avoid the reddit. There are plenty of good advice plus links to resources (ie anking deck/etc.) on reddit and you should use it for that. But often i found the reddit to be a place that made me feel like i was gonna fail just like it was during MCAT/applying to school. I'd be like "is this score good" and they'd be like omg delay your test youre not gonna do well you should be scoring xyz. I just couldn't read that stuff, even if there was good and honest advice in between.

It's okay to push back your test/retake it if you have to (and can! It depends on your situation).

Consult an academic coach/advisor at your school during dedicated!

Work in groups: ie meet up with people at a library and use each other for accountability or if you need group review sessions please do that. All in all, just don't let yourself be isolated. Even do work with friends in other programs, just having ppl there will help you.

Prioritize sleep, food, water. Seems redundant to say but genuinely do this.

Change scenery a lot. Go to a cafe, go to school, go to a library or WeWork, go to your family's house, etc. It really will help you.

Regardless of your schedule and how well you follow it try to stop working at the same time every day. Set a time you will stop work forever and play video games or read a book or just collapse onto the couch. If you study 24 hours a day you will burn out faster.

Accommodations? How do i get those for the test -> this should be a post on it's own so i will just say if you want me to make a post on this I can. I had private room accommodations just to share! But there are many types of accommodations. Just know you really have to do this like a year/many months in advance!

That's really all i can think of. Just ask me if you have any q's! Goodluck ya'll.

#step 1 #advice #usmle step 1

[smillingsadist]

I am so sorry this man is just so pretty

Beast kunikida pls marry me

#kunikida bsd #bungou stray dogs #manga coloring #bsd manga #manga panel #bsd kunikida #kunikida doppo #bungou stray dogs kunikida #coloring #im heads over heels for kunikida help #how to propose to a fictional character 101 #step 1 #you don't

[willhogan0]

#step 1

[usmlequicknotes]

Nicotonic vs Muscarinic Receptors

Nicotinic = ionotropic 

Muscarinic = Metabotropic

just think nicotinic is used where speed is crucial, like the neuromuscular junction. 

Muscarinic will be found where amplification is important, like sweat glands and a lot of CNS applications. Also know that CNS also has nicotinic, which is why people use tobacco 

(think about the SPEED of the tobacco high and how fast it hits 🚬💨)

#USMLE #Step 1 #Biochemistry #Receptors #Mnemonic #Tobacco

[shaylixie]

I was gonna send you a gif to imply that I liked it rough

And I found one of James Deen- 💀💀💀

I had to Google who tf James Deen is and LANA HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM

I like this gif though 👀 👀 👀

#how to narrowly escape divorce #step 1 #flirt with your wife #in all seriousness though em is yours #I'm happy with my man who happens to kill people #on occasion #shay's asks #🌙 anon's lana

[tobe-sogolden]

Not that anyone asked or cares but I PASSED STEP 1!!!!!!!! Hands-down the most demoralizing exam I've ever studied and sat for and it literally made me want to d*e or drop out of med school several times but I'm so grateful it's done and I never have to do that again!!!!

#fyi step 1 is the first of many medical licensing exams to become an MD #you take it after the first two years of med school which are your preclinical years #to make sure you've learned all the information you need to start the clinical portion of med school #i literally start rotations on monday 😬😬😬😬 #scared for my life tbh but also excited #i know it's going to be brutal but i also know im going to learn and grow so much so im trying to focus on that! #but also shout out to harry for getting me through my dedicated study period for that exam bc i genuinely don't know how i would've coped #without him doing things that i was looking forward to #im also SO grateful he's going to be around during my first year of rotations like ik it's gonna make things so much more bearable for me #ill have so much to look forward to and be excited about!!! #anyways cool thanks for listening #usmle step 1 #step 1 #medical school #med school

[prismwaves]

LOVE EXTREMELY EVERY DAY

#journal #step 1

[frogshunnedshadows]

Heist Movie

Step 1: Infiltrate modern art museum disguised as a Jeff Koons sculpture:

#heist movie #costume #jeff koons #humor #balloon dog #step 1 #step 2: ? #step 3: ?

[thefrankshow]

Step One

#photographers on tumblr #original photographers #the 39 steps #no shirt #step 1