#The other day I was at a gig

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

someone help them

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#the way they’re just so constantly aware of each other #the (not so subtly) edging closer to each other #the little knee bump #the way they lean into each other’s space so automatically #miles fixing his hair for alex #the giddy laughter #the lingering eye contact #oh you know #just a few things that make me UTTERLY INCONSOLABLE #also #do not even SPEAK to me about the way alex’s face lights up with such pure joy and love when he hears their gig was miles’s best day ever #i will simply pass away if i think about it too much #god #they’re just so utterly gone for each other it’s actually ridiculous 🥺 #i know this is not news but sometimes i’ll watch something like this and the enormity of their connection will just hit me all over again #milex #milex gifs #baby milex #taotu era #tlsp #lulu posts #my gifs

[jossun-kyyneleet]

loma!Jere rakkaimpani <3

#käärijä #jere pöyhönen #käärijä fanart #drawing #pencil drawing #my art #kärtsä lomalla #as much as i love this version i do miss him a lot :((( #but luckily it's only 41 days to böle arena #and i'm going to three other gigs this summer as well #so yay :)

[petrodragonicapocalypse]

i don't usually say i'm embarrassed by my generation (i don't like to generalise) but the stories and videos coming out recently of how young people are acting at concerts is fucking shameful. throwing stuff at the musicians, holding up phones with fucking south park episodes or whatever, yelling stupid meme phrases whenever there's a quiet moment. oh my god, these people are baring their SOULS to you and you're exploiting it for a fucking tiktok. it makes me so angry. how DARE you

#music kids/young adults following me. DO NOT DO THIS SHIT JESUS CHRIST. IDC IF ITS FUNNY. show some respect fucking hell 😭😭😭 #apparently death grips walked off stage the other day cos ppl were doing this stuff. good on them honestly #greep blackmidi was talking about it too... i stg if i go to a bm gig and people are disrespecting the greep ill start swinging #if youre not a) watching the band normally b) having a respectful and fun mosh or c) hanging over the barrier gazing at the guitarist like #the twink looking up at bear meme then wtf are you doing #my posts #death grips #geordie greep

[lexosaurus]

Hello! Very random and no worries if that's not your intention for the blog, but I love reading about your teacher experience and insights! Take this ask more so as encouragement to write more about it if you feel like it, because I'm going to start teaching soon (and yes, many people I've met have warned me about both its miracles and horrors lol) and it's really helpful to hear others' experiences :)

Thanks for the ask! Honestly I'm just a first year, so I don't have a tonnnn of advice to give. But here's a few general first year tips from one to a future another:

1 — No matter what, having a good department team is ESSENTIAL. You're going to be relying on them a lot your first year for help, advice, curriculum stuff, behavioral management stuff, etc. Talk to them, get to know them, have lunch with them, share issues/seek advice from them. You're going to encounter situations that your degree did not prepare you for (likely, in the first week lol. For me, it was Day 1) and having people around to help you judgement free is going to be crucial. I was super lucky that my department team and all the teachers from other departments that I work closely with are really amazing, easy to work with, etc.

2 — You're also going to want a good relationship with the "other" departments. The library staff, tech staff, sped department, guidance, janitors, etc. They're all lovely people, so don't be afraid to pop in to introduce yourself on the first week!

3 — Crazy things are going to happen. Like....all the time. Don't bring them home with you. As soon as you exit the doors, shake it off. All your students made it on the bus to their parents alive, so it's fine. Your job is done for the day. I've been going to the gym a lot right from school, and it's been really helpful to prevent myself from taking anything home with me so to speak.

4 — Document, document, document. Did something happen? Document it, email a copy to whoever's applicable: admin, guidance, sped, BCBA, etc. "Hello, just emailing a summary of what happened today" is not an uncommon email for me to send out. If an IEP isn't working, well at the next IEP meeting it shows they have 10 emails in the last month from you about little Timmy's hourly verbal threats and attempted physical violence to his classmates, so maybe the BCBA needs to do some data collection to adjust his BIP, or they need to give him a 1-1, or give him more resource intervention, etc.

5 — This isn't so much of advice, more like reassurance. The small moments when it clicks for a student and they get something, and then the confidence and excitement shows, it's really the best. That's probably why I've fallen so in love with working where I did. The other day, after weeks of struggling to help this student with Downs with his math, I tried a totally different approach based off a few example problems I saw in a math intervention workbook and hOLY HELL IT WORKED. It totally clicked for him, and the kid was so excited to do a problem out on the board for the class. It was amazing. Another student with an LD who I've been helping heavily school aced a quiz in one of her classes and legit ran into the room to show me. Cue me literally jumping out of my chair to high-five her, and her calling her parents to deliver the good news. Like, little things like that are really really special, and they're going to mean so much to you. And I hope you get to experience LOTS of them too!

#ask #not dp related #teaching #it's a great career but it can be stressful if you don't have other outlets #having lots of hobbies outside of school has helped prevent burnout significantly #i also do gig work in my other career outside of school #which has been another great outlet! #i have ppl i work with who i can see are reaching burnout now #and being in a place where you dread going to work every day is both not good for your mental health #and also isn't good for the kids you're working with #so preventing that is honestly key #i'd like to think that it's because i haven't been afraid to rely on those around me for help when i need it has been a huge factor #if something happened i have a few veteran teachers who have kinda taken the mentor role on me that i can go to #and when they need a judgement-free listening ear im open to be that person for them as well #i've also gotten to know some ppl in other departments pretty well #which is helpful when i'm struggling with a specific student #i can go to one of their other teachers and see how it's going in their classes #compare notes and whatnot

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

please pray for me I feel like I'm falling apart

#somewhat surprisingly I mean physically #I have this one sensitive spot on my gums that off and on bothers me sometimes that's flaring up #and a swollen gland or smth in my neck -- again something that's happened before is probably caused by stress and always #goes away in a day or two #and I have been chugging water but I still feel dehydrated #amongst other things #I know it's probably stress from being in charge of a whole house and farm by myself for two weeks #(my usual gig is two dogs and two horses for four days at a time #) #allll of my issues can probably be explained by the stress of being Locationally Isolated but it's stressing me out #even MORE #like. help #anyway. #prayer request #Lu rambles

[sibelin]

I haven't worked on style/outfits since a while, I miss it. I need to work on it!! goth it up a little cause I look cute when I do!

#I went to a gig the other day and i looked sooooo cute #there's another one next week so i'll try it again :)

[elegyofthemoon]

(sits here shaking and vaguely annoyed) hsr update save me

#avil speaks #i'll be fiiiine #my schedule for the day just kinda got thrown a wrench so i'm like :I hmmmmm why. #but!! we shall get through it and then i really hope i'll be able to work on other stuff that i really want to work on for aspirations blah #side gig that pays well so i can keep myself afloat while i use that pay to work on actual career goals #thats at least the plan right now askldjfah #but then afterwards at least i have the hsr update tonight. #and im playing honkai w friend too #but um. after my little cryfest last night im going to walk into honkai like Q _ Q ah.....ahhhhhhhh #but its fine aslkdfjah

[undertalethingems]

What was "the royal we" animatic about? and would you still consider doing it in the future? it sounded interesting 👀

well, it boils down to one thing: I Am Not Immune To Cool Murder Route Imagery

the murder route of undertale is not usually one I find particularly ripe for fanworks, partly because it's been, uh, pretty well covered for a long time. but that isn't to say there hasn't been some really excellent art and character analysis to come out of it, and of course, where would i be without the gaster blaster XD

so, like I said in the other ask where i talked about the animatic, the lines in the chorus are really great for a murder run--and particularly, a murder run from Sans' point of view. the "we" singing is Sans, playing with the idea of casting him as the royal fool, and follows him as he follows the murderous human's path. I can picture the whole narrative, starting just after Papyrus' death, and ending with... well, provided i get around to making it, you'll see. :>

and yeah, as long as a given project still needs to be worked on, it'll remain an option in any polls I post. So even though the animatic won't win this time, it's not out of the running. what's been good is that knowing at least a few people are interested in the concept at all, so I might even work on it outside of streams ^^

#undertalethingem chats #the main problem i'm encountering is that i only know how to make an animatic in windows movie maker and i. don't know if it still exists #and the other problem is that idk if i can post this anywhere with the music. because it's copyrighted. hrgggh =-= #long gone are the days of looking up AMVs on youtube that used your favorite songs........ #i have one other murder run animatic idea: papyrus-focused and set to 'the great gig in the sky' by pink floyd :> #but maybe that one could just be a series of paintings since there's no lyrics

[born-to-lose]

I know the working conditions were kinda shitty and my colleagues and bosses didn't appreciate me enough but damn I miss the bar already 😭

#maybe it's my anxiety and the drama queen in me acting up more than necessary and they have other problems rn but #i already vented a lot to my family in the last 3 days but at some point i might just make something up so i can go back as a guest for gig #like idk lying about them inviting me to come back because they wanna see me and miss me or smth idkkk #sure there are other venues but this is like a second home at this point 💔💔 plus cheap and close up concerts with iconic bands #even if they don't get paid well or even at all but i can make up for that by buying their merch and inviting them for drinks #arenas are lame i can't meet the musicians and make out with them as easily 🙄 #i'm posting a poem about the bar later 💔 started it before i even thought about leaving but now it stings and feels nostalgic #hell i cried writing the goodbye message and seeing the lacking replies except for two colleagues' nice texts and my bosses' dry ones #i'm never working somewhere i loved as a customer again i swear it only ruins the experience if you know the behind the scenes #mel talks

[emmavakarian-theirin]

so back in 2011 i went to my first concert - simple plan - and they held an -18 concert at a small venue (i was virtually at the back filming this) and hearing the crowd sing louder than the band themselves is one of my favourite life memories

#i should clarify that this was a last minute gig thrown together for 15-18 year olds due to popular demand as all their other shows were 18+ #i thought i'd lost all my videos of this only to discover the other day i had them saved on my PSP of all things lmaoooo #simple plan

[b4kuch1n]

hey lads. I loathe the idea of doing a speedpaint just cause so I'm gonna put this one out there for a potential near-future thing. is there anything in my art you'd like elaborated on? concept to execution, anything inbetween, how I do ink, how I draw specific things, how I use references, anything’s game

#bakuspeech #nowadays if anyone asks abt speedpaints I usually point towards my stream vods but #I realise 1/I havent streamed any piece beginning to end for like at least a year lmao and #2/me on stream is decidedly not my most prepared to talk abt. anything really. that man is NOT lucid #so actually I have no materials to give folks who ask abt my process rn lol #and like. it's not gonna be easy for my level of intellect to summarize. I do NOT have the brain for this shit #I do some new bullshit every other day. my art for the last gig was close to nothing like what I do normally #so to make up a spine of what I should record myself is at its core impossible. I am just not very smart is the thing #so uh. I'm exporting this to u guys ksgjfsdh #if there's enough inquiries I'll get the video done! it'd be nice. I'd have the opportunity to learn how to edit videos for real #indulge this man I am in my ''make something idiot'' brain and I want to make something

[dirtbra1n]

wanna go back to ssmy reread later I just have to suffer and struggle through one proper task that should take maybe 45 minutes for another four hours on top of the three or so it’s already been. Wait for me ssmy I’ll get there

#aaaany day now #anyway was thinking. how funny it is how much i love sasamiya The Couple #when i have spoken about them. not very much #it’s complicated! they’re so easy with one another and i’m a guy who likes weird it’s really hardly even my fault #really not my fault. imagine me going on a tangent here about how important it is to me that sasaki not limit all of his social capital #to miyano. Examine your relationships with your friends sweet boy. because if you don’t i will (i am) and i’ll be much more. Much about it #(i already am) #i always enjoy a main couple! but i can entrust that literature and analysis largely to other people. as i go spelunking #etc etc etc i could kind of use a nap i’m talking out my ass a little. being strange and offputting is a full time gig you know

[bonyfish]

hi i’m so sorry if this is weird! i saw your post about doing some film archive work and i wanted to ask a little about it if you have the time, like qualifications, education, what the job’s like and how you liked it, etc. i’m finishing up a major in studio art and minor in film right now and my original career plan will not be possible for at least a good while, so i’ve been considering other options. 90% of my experience is in library work so film archiving seemed like a good option!

thank you for taking the time to read and do feel free to ignore this message if you don’t have the time or just don’t want to! have a good day!

Hi! No worries, I don't mind answering questions, though I don't know how helpful my answers will be.

I didn't realize until after making my post about my job that most film archiving jobs do require some sort of qualifications such as a degree or certificate, and that our job not requiring that sort of thing is probably one reason they were able to get away with paying us so little. That said, I've heard similar things about getting library work-- that there are people who get degrees in library science and they are able to be hired to be librarians in an official capacity, but other jobs with similar duties may not require the same training. So maybe you will have resources I didn't, through your experience in library work! It is also possible that I am talking nonsense. To the extent that I had any qualifications, they consisted of 1. an art degree (sequential art), and 2. hands-on experience shooting film and developing it in my sink, but many of my coworkers had no prior experience with film that I know of and just happened to answer the job posting.

I did enjoy my job for the most part, though like any job a lot of the day-to-day experience of it is the people, and it became pretty dull after most of my favorite coworkers moved on and management started getting megalomaniacal about productivity. (I think this sort of thing is antithetical to the practice of conservation but as I've established, my lab was not... standard.) It was really cool getting to work with film every day though, and I got to see some really fascinating things (the Kinsey work, but also old instructional programs and silent films, and very occasionally people's home movies).

My duties involved inspecting the film for damage, cleaning and repairing it, noting down metadata about the film as an object (for example whether it's an original or a print, negative or positive, what film stock, whether it has sound), and then determining the appropriate frame rate and scanning it at our very fancy scanner machines. Sometimes I'd get to do color correction and I really enjoyed that. After that point, scanning usually entailed watching the film at slightly faster than normal speed as it ran through the scanner, and keeping an eye out for any debris we'd missed at a previous stage in the process or anything going wrong with the scanner. Sometimes film would be very warped and that would make scanning difficult; a couple times a film popped clean off the scanner and multiple people needed to hold it in place while one unlucky worker wound it back up by hand. We had special metal plates to hold warped film in place, but sometimes hubris got the better of us and we didn't use them when we should've. Also, they would make horrible rhythmic squeaking noises for the duration of the scanning process.

This was really long but I guess the takeaway is: it's fun work if you can get it, but I have no idea how I got it.

Also: lab safety is very important! If, for instance, your incompetent boss spills a huge drum of perchloroethylene and rushes in to try to clean it up bare-handed with some paper towels, you should perhaps consider calling multiple workplace safety organizations about it. That's what we did.

#my archiving job #i can be snarky because i no longer work there #they dropped the mask mandate as soon as they legally could and i started doing remote qc #but the company has basically phased out film to focus on open reel tape and other assorted media #and by that point the magic was gone #so now i do gig delivery work #but i do miss getting to work with film every day #me posts #replies #devilsvine

[ifidiedinadream]

tommi isn't my main blorbo (i don't have a one, i alternate every week) but so so so many of my thoughts are about him in recent months its actually insane

it's because he's so hot and tbh. he's even hotter when he's talking to you

#can't stop thinking about how he accepted my hug the other day qhajsjakaksk #sorry ill stop gushing over the berlin gig sooner or later i just 😭😭😭😭 #gen

[dutybcrne]

Me: Okay, let's sit down and do things before work

My brain: No writings. Only hc's.

#//So anyway; what if Khaenri'ahns and/or the Twins had situs inversus; wouldn't that be neat- #☆ ┆ ( .ooc. ); #//Today is gonna be my busiest day #//I am going to pass tf away after work; Mark My Words #//Alas; I cannot tho #//I have a gig tomorrow #//And they're bringing in my favorite salad & muffins for our dinner before it #//In other news; I GOT NAVIA #//Screenies are on gaming compu tho; not on phone lol

[forged-in-kaoss]

Space Dementia - Riviera Theatre, Chicago - Oct. 11, 2022

#took me long enough to make these didn't it? #muse #muse band #matt bellamy #dom howard #chris wolstenholme #space dementia #wotp era #wotp #riviera theatre #chicago #they were playing it at some other theatre gigs so i knew it was on the table but god damn i could nOT believe it was happening at the time #this and assassin gobe i was just like no fucking way no fucking waaaaayyy im seeing this right now #so fucking incredble #also someone said it in the past few months but how DOES matt just stand up from kneeling so effortlessly?? #like im in my 20s he's in his 40s and for me to get up i have to shift my weight for momentum and use one hand on my knee at least lmao #impressive tbh #maybe some day i'll get the perfect piano angle that isn't horrifically pixelated by digital zoom but not this time lol #happy with the guitar transition tho ouo oh man that lighting #my footage #flashing #strobes #gif