#also not professionally i just have a degree in it!

[minsh0e]

mini astrology observations 2/?

hi hi ! i am back with another mini astrology observations. I want to thank you all for such an amazing reaction to my “work”, and for all your positive/negative comments that you left for me. these opinions make me realize a lot and will definitely make me grow further in the future… before you move on to the reading, i want to say, that I am not a professional, so take everything lightly. as always, have fun reading <3

p.s. - photos are mine :)

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☆ people with empty 1st house may lack life guidance or be less aggressive while voicing their opinions. on the contrary though, they might judge people based on their personality and manners, not appearance or first impressions.

☆ libra risings literally don’t have to wear makeup as they look/feel better without it

☆ in my first/last observations, i talked about the mars and/trine venus synastry and how it can be the first thing that pulls you in. in this case, mars represents the man and venus represents the woman. last time, i talked about how i got attracted to the men, who have mars in the same element as my venus but i haven´t mentioned, that all of them had virgo mars...

i have a theory of mine (that i observed on me and others) in which venus mostly gets attracted to the mars sign of same element that is positioned clockwise (e.g. scorpio -> cancer) and mars mostly gets attracted to the venus that is positioned anti-clockwise (cancer -> scorpio)…i have, however, observed this on people who are attracted to the opposite gender not the same gender, therefore, i can’t really tell you nothing about how this works for homosexuals.

-> please let me know what you think about this/what are your experiences if you have time :)

☆ this is a very random observation that you can skip if you want to…our dog it considered to be beautiful by most of the people we met/meet. he has shiny, colorful fur, symmetrical face and body color placements. i decided to check out his natal chart for fun and found out, that he has libra venus in 5th house…interpret this as you want, but i guess, that you can really apply astrology to anything :)

☆ people with sagittarius mars are the ones, who love the sports/movement the most. they are amazing at doing anything physical, so you can literally see them being great at any sport…even if they do it for the first time. they may be interested in a lot different kinds too.

☆ those with lilith in 8th house get sexualized/objectified a lot. if you have lilith (or any other lilith) in this house, you were most likely introduced to the “sexual” more early in your life. you most likely matured more faster then your other peers. also, you might be randomly called/shouted at by other disrespectful people on the streets…i was really surprised to find out, that this is not really talked about that much, so here i am…

☆ another observation i talked about in past were pisces/12th house placements. i talked about how sleepy and tired they can get without any specific reason but let me tell you…all the water signs/house placements get like this and is mostly because of said no reason or when they get tired just by thinking about working on something/having to describe something to the other person.

☆ degrees are a very important part of reading an astrology…if you have time, please learn/read about them

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the end.

these observations were slightly shorter, so i am sorry about that :(

again, feel free to leave your feedback :)

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[likeadevils]

Why isn't TTPD (based on Metacritic score) as critically acclaimed as Taylor's recent past albums, specifically Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights?

after reading the negative interviews here’s some common threads (i’m saying these as charitably as possible but like don’t get me wrong i disagree with some of these)

it’s long, and there’s definitely some tracks that could be cut (there is no common consensus on which tracks exactly, largely because they don’t actually say which ones)

the album isn’t playing in new sonic territory as much as folkmore, and to a lesser degree, midnights, especially the jack antonoff tracks

a combination of the more laid back sound, mixed metaphors, and flowery language make it hard to feel like the songs are building to something. instead it just ends up putting equal emphasis on the whole thing and thus making it all fade into the background

she’s saying she’s struggling in her lyrics but it doesn’t come through in her delivery or instrumentation

it’s still the same types of things she’s been singing about since she was a teenager, making the album seem even more muted

her songs swing from super flowery language to super conversational language and it makes the flowery language seem overwrought and the conversational language seem cringey (can not stress how charitable i am being with this. the amount of reviews that will just take a lyric out of context and be like, isn’t this bad? moving on!)

funny things i noticed

people still don’t like taylor swift writing songs about things that happened to taylor swift and at this point i just don’t know what to tell them

there’s a lot of thinly veiled, or just outright said, “young fanbase means bad art” going on

the paste’s review is ridiculous. in one paragraph she’s like “she’s too relatable!” and in another she’s like “she’s too unrelatable!”. i’m pretty sure it implies taylor wrote my boy only breaks his favorite toys to capitalize on barbenheimer. like. i get having someone who isn’t a fan of taylor review her album but at a certain point it’s like, well yeah if you’re looking for reasons to not like taylor swift then you’ll obviously find them. and like, for a random hate listen, fun whatever, but if you’re going to be professionally reviewing her album at least be consistent about why you hate it (also. side salad. whenever people hate taylor but love cjr i’m like. right cool uhuh you sure are invested in not liking taylor as a personality trait rather than a matter of taste)

everybody likes but daddy i love him. even the most negative reviews were like, to be fair, but daddy i love him slaps and the line “i’m having his baby! no im not but you should see your faces” is funny (which feels a bit hypocritical in all the reviews that are like ‘she keeps writing the about same stuff that she did as a teenager!’ but like. bdilh is just that good so i understand)

#asks*

[politemagic]

hey gang if you're in the market for some new ambient, "naturey" metal music, might i suggest checking out the band til fauna?

they're a small band & they've only got 3 songs out now but they're working on a full album! i'm really digging their music so far and i'm excited to see what else they release!! breathe is my fav right now, but honestly all of the songs are good. (also i followed them on instagram and they messaged me to thank me for listening and gang i went 🥺 i think they're really good please listen to them🖤)

#if any of you actually listen to them please let me know!!! i would love to hear what you think #i discovered them literally an hour ago but they FUCK okay?? #they're based not too far from me and i'm hoping that if they start playing shows i can go to support!!! i think that would be sick #also lowkey trying to hype myself up to reach out to them about trying to do some video/photo work for them in the future #because that would be so fucking sick & a goddamn DREAM but i feel like its so silly like i'm sure they could do better than my amateur ass #(i say amateur like i don't literally have a mass communications degree in film & professional experience. it's just not in music) #but idk you never know unless you ask or whatever but ohhhhh that would be too much. don't think i can do it. #em's tasty tunes #Spotify #til fauna

[oddlittlestories]

Do I NEED to rewatch all of s1-4 + “Wilson” to understand it through the lens of Wilson / Spencer’s recent post on 97 seconds

before continuing on in HH:Reprise

in order to make sure I nail his & House’s portrayal in HH:Reprise?

No, no I don’t.

I don’t.

I do not.

This is NOT in the spirit of the “make it finished” > “make it better” poll

#someone help me #this is fine #I’m allowed a degree of perfectionism in my fanfic #it’s what I don’t allow myself in my professional writing #it’s also not fine though #it would take me 65-66 hours to do this #aka 10-11 days at six hours per day #anyways I’ll just be warring with myself in the corner if anyone needs me #(to be clear I’m not unhappy about this I just really want to get it right and my eyes have been opened) #house md #gregory house #james wilson #hilson #fanfic writer blues

[chronal-anomaly]

park ranger park ranger park ranger park ranger rahhhhhh

#my heart and soul is in this job i s2g #if I wasn't already 3 years into my degree when I realized that this was passion I would have switched but also I have bills to pay #but rahhhhhh I'm so excited to tool around in my little john deer cart #might fuck around and make them teach me the new skid steer (last year I learned how to drive the manual tractor) #and I got my professional chainsaw cert for free #and my cpr license #listen i love this job so fuckin much #i cannot wait to be outside #i cannot wait to meet people coming from around the country #it's just so FUN #like yeah i've had people nearly die on me to the point of using aed/cpr on them but like also #pretty sunsets and gov wages to drive around in a golf cart i love it so much i love it #( ooc. ) #tbd

[hella1975]

im due on and not in the mood for much of anything but of course there are stepladders that must be painted

#my mum doesnt half pull chores out her arse sometimes like what. no ofc that's a thing that needs doing #like okay tbh i LOVE the way my mum decorates it's something i rave about to all my friends bc im genuinely very proud of her and our house #bc basically my mum has an interior design degree and generally has an Eye for decorating like she's just Good at it #but she never ever ever spends loads of money if ANY when she can help it #put me in any room in our house and i can point at all the furniture and tell you some dumb story about it #'my mum's cousin sold that sofa to her for a fiver' 'she literally pulled that dining set from someone's skip' etc #like everything is always aquired for free or bc of some niche 'i know a guy' connection or she paid pennies for it #and then either me my mum or my sister will sand it down and paint it ourselves and it always looks amazing when it's done #like ive said to my mum before she could probs start a business with it bc she does it to such a professional standard #so it's given me and my sister not only a real respect for DIY and second hand and generally not spending extortionate amounts #but it's also given us handy skills like painting and sanding and glossing etc etc #and ive always loved that about my mum like she doesnt NEED to be doing this anymore like she has the money now to buy things new #but she just doesnt she genuinely prefers doing stuff like this and having furniture that has a story behind it etc and i love that #but my GOD is it annoying when we're doing it like i HATE painting it's sooooo dull #and when im due on and cant be arsed to do ANYTHING let alone chores this is just. nail in coffin #AITA my thrifty aesthetic is making my daughter contemplate offences against the person via stepladder #hella goes home

[caffeinatedopossum]

Instead of saying "my special interest is x" I love just saying "I have a special interest in x" because then it sounds less like I'm obsessed and more like I have a degree or I'm going to college for it

#im not a professional!! #honestly you cant tell me though that autistics are not over qualified when it comes to their special interests #like it may as well be a degree #im always like because i talk about health (mental and otherwise a lot) and 1) i know thats a thing people say #and 2) i also genuinely dont know that much. just slightly above average. but if i come accross things i dont know i will discover them #so its basically like im going to school for it except i dont pay to study stuff and i wont get a fancy piece of paper #and also i can learn whatever i want and dont have to adhere to a curriculum or pander to my professors and classmates

[alientoastt]

im not mysterious and aloof its the autism

#my therapist agrees i have autism and adhd. weird to have confirmation when its been #''ah i dont know im just one guy maybe its too much introspection. i dont have a degree in this.'' but also fully supportive of others' #seld diagnosis. strange to have a professional basically go ''yeah dude. you're right. lets work with that!'' #babble

[jellogram]

Maybe it's because this is the Hates Sports website but I feel like discussions on here about transgender athletes miss two very vital points:

Height is a crucial factor in almost every sport. AMAB are usually taller than AFAB on average and that's a huge reason they're usually better at sports. If you grouped people together by height i.e. played everyone who is 5'6" together regardless of gender, you'd likely still see some gender variance, but significantly less. How much variance depends on the sport and the individuals. So AFAB are at a disadvantage, yes, but it's not because women are overall inferior. A lot of it is just because we're shorter.

The sports that are typically nationally or globally popular are almost invariably things that play into male body strengths. In addition to being shorter, females also typically have less upper body strength in exchange for things like flexibility. Activities that require this, like gymnastics, figure skating, and dance, are generally not valued in this country to the same degree as stuff like football and basketball which are tailor-made for people with AMAB bodies. So there are sports where being tall isn't a requirement, the public just doesn't tend to care about them as much.

So like, yes integrate sports, but there's structural misogyny at play here that I don't think should be ignored. Of course all of this is sweeping generalizations, there's a millions exceptions, not everyone is male or female, etc, but in general I think these two points get left out of the conversation too often.

#my credentials here are that I was a student athlete #I have an anthro degree that is heavily gender studies based #and I also just watch professional sports sometimes

[dismalzelenka]

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#today i had a pianist during a rehearsal go “wow your voice you just have so much natural talent i mean some people really work for years—” #and i kinda snapped #and i was polite but also i unloaded the entire story of the last thirteen years in the cosmic joke that is my life #this lady got thirteen years of trauma in a twenty minute speed run #she Learned Things today about existential despair and the societal clusterfuck that is the Trans Experience #and how that intersects in the classical singing world in an incredibly challenging and fucked up way #and how i went from scooting under the door into a voice program with seven lessons under me #and then three years later proceeded to fling myself into a testosterone fueled vocal puberty in the midst of a professional singing degree #and lost the respect and support of most of the vocal and choir faculty because everyone thought i was committing professional suicide #if it werent for my own voice teacher (who at some point became the mother figure I'd never had) keeping me afloat i would not be here #i have c-ptsd from the shit i went through in the choir department #i had to drop out of school for a semester because my body just folded under the stress #i started getting migraines severe enough i was hospitalized twice with stroke-like symptoms #two weeks ago i had a former teacher from the early days deadname me in front of our colleagues #she tried to play it off as no big deal and it just reminded me no matter how successful i become in this field #no matter how much work i put in to overcome my past #its always going to come back and find me through people who refuse to learn respect #and somehow! im still here! im making a living in the field i trained for #how many people in my generation in the arts degree sector can say that?? by some metrics i am thriving but jesus goddamn #i clawed and fought and bit and dragged myself to where i am right now and had to find my voice TWICE and the worst part is #she meant well #the pianist i mean #and i was polite when i told my story but it was so important to me that she understood #no amount of talent would have gotten me here without sleepless nights and long hours and blood and sweat and tears and you know what #maybe i am a better person for it but dont compliment me by implying i have some inherent gift from a god i dont even believe in #dont tell me your god put me in this place to teach other people compassion #i didnt brush the door of death as many times as i did for the sake of someone else's enlightenment #its been a long 13 years. hell its been a long 2023. in the last eleven months ive had a fundamental upheaval #of everything i thought i knew and understood about myself #so yea im standing at the gate to hell looking the devil in the eye. try me bitch. ive endured worse.

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

in life i often feel that i have two pathways: to become a poor corporate worker with no life, living out the same day over and over, not being paid for their work and not having the strength to care, who falls so so easily to the pressure of capitalism, working overtime every day and trying harder than necessary for everything. or to become a clown. one of these was my childhood dream (corporate worker) and the other i just think would be for the best (clown)

#ajkhashd #there's a clown school near enough to me #a clown school #that teaches u to be a clown #can i get my degrees and also be a clown #i think school would be much more enjoyable if i already had a job lined up that i like #like being a clown #and i don't mean birthday party clown i mean circus clown #can i be a clown and have a degree in psychology #would that make me a better or worse clown #will they teach me how to juggle #hmmmmm i shall put a lot of thought into this #ftr i probably won't become a clown bc that costs money and whatnot but i need to know the option is there #just in case #because maybe i want to clown around professionally

[arthur-r]

emily wilson out here translating the iliad and i am once again wishing i knew how to read and translate ancient greek

#listen where there’s a will there’s a way but i just finished my degree audit and looks like i will only be able to manage a classics minor #with latin emphasis (unless i abandon latin for greek which i’m not going to do even though it pains me) #but i really want to make my own iliad someday…. #at this rate i’ll only ever end up making a queer prose adaptation and be criticized for projecting modern notions of sexuality onto a #completely different set of values and social understandings of homosexuality…. #(which. if anything there should be more gay people in the song of achilles. don’t be mean to me i promise i understand ancients) #anyway i might just have to make a book of poetry or a novel adaptation or whatever whatever but what if i want to learn the script #and painstakingly translate every single word through years and years of dedication. while also being a librarian as my main thing #shdhdhdf i’m never gonna be classics scholar enough to professionally translate. and if i were it would be latin. but i can dream…. #anyway i’m no longer failing my french class (have a 70% that should only be going up) but i’m still failing historical linguistics #my latin grade is great i’m acing it but my library science class is a D (which should be fixed in two days though — just needs more data) #so i am giving myself permission to sleep early tonight and go into class well rested for once. i’m not feeling well but that’s a constant #anyways if anyone reads the wilson iliad let me know!! i’m a fake fan of her work and haven’t read her odyssey (something about the iliad…. #there’s a brutality and a raw humanity to it that puts the odyssey at a lower priority to me) but im so freaking excited to read her iliad #i have to prioritize schoolwork but soon. i’ll have to ask my latin teacher about it tomorrow though she’s an iliad enjoyer #anyway good news i think i’ll be able to get a history major with certificates in digital studies and classical studies (the two genders….) #and graduate comfortably in four years with honors in the major. this is ignoring how i’m failing my classes. i promise i won’t be forever #anyways the point is: wilson’s iliad — i will read it as soon as possible and i’m very excited #also i checked out a book from the library called the lexicographers dilemma: the evolution of proper english from shakespeare to south park #but i haven’t had the chance to read it and soon it will be due…. college is evil i’m too busy learning things to learn other things!!!! #anyway if i do honors in the major then i’m excited to eventually earn credit from a capstone thesis which i would do on lexicography #throughout history with an emphasis on classification systems and basically peter mark roget #ok anyway. wandering all over the place but the point is. wilson’s iliad. very exciting. can’t wait to find the time #and eventually i will write an iliad adaptation of my own i will. just not a full translation shdhdf that’s an unrealistic goal #especially when again. my capstone project is going to be about taxonomy of ideas. ancient epics are secondary…. #anyway i hope everybody is doing well!! i am going to bed soon-ish but other than that i am around so lmk if you need anything #me. my post. mine. #college talk #delete later

[lightyaoigami]

do you have any tips for fic writing?

awesome question. i wrote my first fic ever in october of last year so just note that i am a very inexperienced writer lmao. i think my best tip is to like write down EVERY idea that you have and try to build around the ones that speak to you the most. and also, write for yourself, publish for your friends. exchange ideas with people who inspire you and gas you up. i LOVE showing excepts to my friends it's literally the reason i keep writing. i think the community is amazing. also, keep reading. read and make note of what you like about others' writing. good luck, can't wait to read your works <3

#also you can ALWAYS ask me to beta!!! #also i have a bachelors degree in literature so im cheating a little #also im literally a professional writer just not fiction #so like. i have a bit of a leg up in that regard but anyone can write well it just takes practice #anon

[caimitos]

my most self indulgent hc that is closest to my heart and haven't talked about in years is vespa ilkay filipino (her eyes have a rage you only see in 3rd world med students)

#when u grow up in a place where going into healthcare is a ticket out of ur shithole country that exports 10000s f healthcare workers yearly #but only if you're a nurse or some other profession that can still get ordered around in hospitals #the amount of MDs i know who tried working abroad thn got their degrees & licenses rejected so they had to pick up...a wildly different job #and also vespa ilkay medtech grad real in my heart of course (points at heart of it all pt 2 the blood tells you everything) #and vespa ilkays mom ofw na unti-unting hindi na umuwi also real in my third secret heart #her network of med professional friends is fucking huge bc filipinos go into pre/med expecting half the ppl to leave for richer countries #which is to say most of my friends are already making plans of leaving for the usa/australia/singapore etc etc and some are there already #most of her college batch is scattered across the galaxy they have a groupchat named 'brain drain gang class of 2XXX' or wtv the fuck #but also college swamp girl vespa is just so dear to my heart like the mental image of her #studying under a mosquito net sweating wearing a neck fan with her illegally photocopied medical textbooks from rangian recto avenue #she broke my 'characters i love are southeast asian (in general) characers i hate and want to suffer are filipinos' rule i'm sorry queen #skl.txt #rangian recto avenue whee she gets a fake marriage certificate for her and buddy for shits n giggles #guy who knows all the alumni gives her one for free when she visits they have copies of the vesbud wanted posters behind the counter

[nostalgia-tblr]

the fuck is ezri doing on the bridge of the defiant anyway is she there to talk the engines down if they start having a bit of a panic mid-flight? oh no our weapons have low self-esteem get ezri to have a chat with them and maybe try some sort of cognitive behavioural therapy on them to help them feel better?

#i know the reason is so everyone has something to do in a given episode #but like..? #LET HER DO HER FUCKING JOB? SHOW? #similarly why is julian always just STANDING AROUND behind sisko on the bridge what's that?? #it's contractual obligations so he can be in the episode isn't it? #i'll just stand here and make occasional bitchy comments thats my job i am a doctor i have a degree in something #see also how them ds9 books just changed her job because her actual one was effort to integrate or somthin #ds9 giving ezri a job then not knowing WTF to do with that #that's why she should retrain as a serial killer in this essay i will #idk i dont know what i'd do with her either but i dont write TV professionally and that's why

[bluejayblueskies]

i feel like i've got whatever the opposite of imposter syndrome is going on in grad school rn where i constantly have to be like 'actually, i do have a background in this and i do know what i'm doing and i'm allowed to make mistakes without being looked down on because of them'

#my bosses and professors are not the problem (they're all super chill and actually really good at. you know. trusting me with stuff) #it's my classmates and coworkers #(specifically my male classmates and coworkers though given that my program is male-dominated idk how much that actually says) #like. i don't want to jump right to it being bc i'm female presenting but also. idk idk #it's just really frustrating bc like. idk #i was talking about one of my projects with one of my coworkers yesterday (who i work with a lot and am semi-friends with) #and i was talking about how i'm seeing some things in the analysis of the recordings i made of myself etc. etc. #and i was like 'but you know since it was just me i would need a bigger sample size in order to make a conclusion about this' #and he was like 'yeah yeah like an actual professional saxophonist' #and i was like '.... i *am* a professional saxophonist' bc. i am! i have a degree in saxophone! #never forget the time a guy came into the office asking me to take some stuff of an SD card #off* #and then when i was having trouble finding it (turns out it was compacted into this weird file type i'd never seen before) #''''helpfully'''' told me that files are usually stored in folders #anyway. i'm very tired #personal