#at least like up it to 500 or something

[goldensunset]

my random unprompted enthusiasm post for the evening

#peach rambles #i flipping LOVE this trope soooo much #for those who don’t get what i’m talking about take kingdom hearts’ org 13 for example #like ‘superior of the in between’ or ‘graceful assassin’ etc they all have their own titles #or simple examples from twewy. ‘the composer’ ‘the producer’ ‘the proxy’ #if i have a cool phrase to call a character then my appreciation for them goes up 500% #even better when these characters actually DON’T have real/other names (at least that we know of) #so they’re literally just known as ‘The [Something]’ #ok this just in: apparently there is a distinction between epithets and titles. however i do not care #because yes i am celebrating both at once in this post #good tropes tag

[lucalicatteart]

-- Poorly Constructed Enchanted Tool --

A small tool carved from a fruit tree seed. Energy to power the enchantment has seemingly run-out long ago, and the method of recharging is unknown - but, based on the appearance, it's very likely that this was once used for detecting magic. Usually, looking through the glass center would highlight areas of higher magical energy concentration present in the viewer's environment, even if they were otherwise obscured to the naked eye. While this form of enchantment itself is highly advanced, the craftsmanship of the item is far less neat or complex than what might be typically seen in similar devices. It may have been made as part of training/practice, or as a hasty replacement for a previous tool that had broken.

#written from the perspective of some fantasy traveler who checks all of the local thrift-stores and lost & found places for every #town they visit - looking for interesting items and documenting them or something #In reality - just another one of my goofy little avocado pit carvings lol. Still working on inlaying little stones in them and stuff #I don't really have the tools to make super intricate stuff but doing little plain swirly patterns is still fine enough lol. #WORKING ON NEW POLL ADVENTURE also I know I know it's been months.. I have been Busy and struck by the evils of summer #But like I mentioned in the previous one I do want to at LEAST finish the quest with the egg lol #ANYWAY. #Things like this would plausibly exist in Nanyevimi (my fantasy world) but wouldn't be very common as - like mentioned- this would be an #extremely advanced enchantment. REALLY advanced mages could sense magic around them (to varying degrees of pinpoint accuracy of location #) without even having to use any external device. But for a majority of people there's really no way to know someone is using magic near #you unless you either see visual proof or if it's strong enough to feel effects from it (since magic is kind of like radiation in that the #higher energy/more of it youre exposed to the more it damages you/can make you sick/etc.) and even then most people would just be like #'hmm why do I feel so nauseous and bad out of nowhere?' likely wouldn't directly think to link it to magic. Thus the only really reliable w #way isto just hone your senses over like 500 years as you become an expert mage - OR use enchantments like these. But a 'sense magic' encha #ntment is not as common as a just 'magic is not allowed here' enchantment. If you wanted to prevent magic from being usedin a space #it's easier to just put up a broad barrier enchantment around that space than to have some sort of Magic Sensor to pick out if it's being #done and then handle each individual case of it . etc. etc. These sort of things can have their uses (especially for people investigating #things or trying to be secretive about detecting something etc.) but are less common - especially in this form (where visuals are used. itd #be more likely to jsut have like 'piece of metal that gets warm or cool depending on magic nearby'.) ANWAY so this is why it's a notable #object. Though a majority of the realm is not very magic literate - if you were a researcher or a mage and found this at a pawn shop you'd #definitely be like 'oohhh!! :0 inch resting... ' if not you might just be like 'oh cool necklace!' lol #also love the quick 2min ''costume'' for the image of it being used. literally just 'wrap yourself in scarves from the waist up' and slap o #a wig and ears lol #on this blog I guess since it's worldbuilding related and technically art.. maybe more like crafting? I should have a crafts tag lol.. hmm

[rigelmejo]

The only language studying advice I’ve got that matters much, as in isn’t take or leave (because most advice really depends on the person and their preferences for how to study), is this:

if you study for enough cumulative hours, and are regularly spending study time on some new material that is requiring you to learn something (compared to picking 1 study material and reviewing it but never ever moving onto a new material with unknowns you must learn), you will make progress. 

Most people, eventually, will move onto studying something regularly challenging them with new material to learn. Usually when they realize they weren’t learning anything new long enough. (I’m a perfectionist so I perhaps realize slower than some people when I’m reviewing material to the point of refusing to move onto new challenging material that would provide more to new stuff to learn). So for the most part, as long as you just study Enough Hours, you will eventually make progress. 

There’s no fancy perfect or ‘better’ study method. Maybe there is for you personally. So it could be fun to explore various study methods. But in the end it mostly comes down to time spent studying. So WHATEVER study methods are ones you can do, and keep getting yourself to do, are the BEST ones for you to make progress with. (And its fine to change study methods if it gets you to KEEP studying). Because in the end, its going to be hundreds or thousands of hours you just need to spend reviewing what you’ve learned by practicing with it, and studying new stuff to increase what you know.

People like to argue sometimes that textbook study is best, or classroom study, or tutors, or immersion, flashcards, mnemonics, context learning, drills, audio lessons, etc. Pick whatever you can stick to, change it if you realize now you can get yourself to Do something else easier. If textbooks are something you get yourself to do, then do them. If you refuse to open textbooks you buy, then use something you WILL use more often. Whatever you pick will work if you put in the study hours. 

TLDR: the best study methods for YOU are the ones you will do, because the amount of total study time you put in is the biggest thing influencing if you make progress. 

Don’t worry too much about if your study method is perfect or if another would be ‘better.’ If you feel like switching it up, have fun. If you feel a method you’d hate looks effective, if you won’t do it then it wouldn’t be effective anyway.

*Note: if you have perfectionist tendencies or tend to stick to trying to master current materials (my worst tendency), my personal suggestion is maybe try to make sure 50% of your study time is spent on something containing Something new and challenging. To make sure you’re regularly making some progress in learning new material. (Examples: if you have read a graded reader then listening to the audiobook would provide at least 1 new thing to challenge yourself and learn - listening skills of those words you read, if you find a new novel chapter with mostly known words but a few new ones - it has some new words to learn and new sentences combinations of words you know, if you are listening to review of something you entirely know and can comprehend in listening then consider trying to shadow the audio so you can challenge yourself with new pronunciation practice, and of course stuff like reading a book/watching a show with a bunch of new words or having a conversation in a new topic would contain new challenging material to learn). 

#rant #90% of reddit language forums drama comes down to the arguement of what works 'best' #in reality most people who fail to learn a language fail because they give up before they put 500 hours - 2500 hours into it #so the most important factor of if you will succeed if if you will simply KEEP studying #so pick whatever you'll keep doing! #classrooms/tutors work well for people who like to be held accountable by a teacher #learning by context works well for me because it requires me to run into new material to learn and lets me learn by Doing which is what i #personally prefer. audio lessons work GREAT if you listen to stuff a lot while commuting/exercising #drills work Great if you do them! its just some people refuse to do them so of course they wouldnt work if you arent doing them #learning by reading works but only if you WILL read the amount it requires #and i only mention the *must regularly study something new* part #because as a perfectionist. in japanese i literally reviewed 300 kanji for TWO YEARS STRAIGHT refusing to study anything else out of fear #i wasnt prepared for ANYTHING else until i MASTERED the 300 basic kanji #so u know what happened? i only learned the 300 kanji. nothing else. in tons of hours. in at LEAST 700 hours of study #in retrospect. i know i could have learned at least 2000 words. at least 1000 kanji. at least basic reading ability with a dictionary #in 700 hours. if i had actually regularly been studying new challenging material as at least 50% of my study time #so as a person with perfectionist tendencies. i personally need 50% or more of all study time to always have SOME new content to learn

[you-are-my-neverland]

ok. nano in one week and i have two (2) options:

drafting the post-chosen one wip. obviously this is the choice is should do with it as it is already started, i just kind of dropped off the last couple weeks. unfortunately, i have one glaring problem, which is that the most recent chapter went off the rails and i also reached the stopping point in my plot and now idk how to move forward. i know what's theoretically going to happen later on, but i need to seriously sit down and outline to smoothly draft. will i actually do that in a week? who knows.

start my pirate wip. the option i want because it's my current obsession, but i'm also very much in the creation stages and fleshing out worldbuilding details. so it's all bare bones, and i know starting it might be fun, but i don't have a firm enough grasp on the story itself yet unless i plan like crazy over this week. again, do i have time to do that? who knows.

#.txt #nano 2023 #don't think i did nano last year?? i literally cannnnnot remember #but it would be so fun to do it again even though it is so hard with 25 hour work weeks and 15 credit semesters. #also i have two papers to write throughout the month at least... #BUT!!! i need to focus on writing so i might make a smaller goal of say 15k #500/day or something #the problem with my post-chosen one wip is that there is just so many plot threads and i need to visually plot it out #like there's the whole doomsday prophecy and then the rot returning #but also alice chasing the magician and her & kel and then alora all alone and then belen waking up & rani #and also the political layer of the white wraiths vs the govt which i need to flesh out #also alice is supposed to break some guy out of prison. that's a thing that's going to happen #then on the other hand the pirate story is sooo fun! even though i've only had it for like two weeks #i love to create worlds...actually drew a little map shockingly #and the characters are already half formed in my head i just keep adding more #but it'll probably be option one since i have been working on that story in various ways for at least three months

[cave-monkey]

Favorite thing from the books that I bring up anytime I get the opportunity:

The mountain the Buddha dropped on Sun Wukong wasn't enough to actually contain him. The seal had to be added later because Sun Wukong was clawing his way out.

#jttw personal #also it's only because Sun Wukong managed to dig himself partly free that his head and hands were exposed at all #he was originally (apparently) crushed under the mountain in his entirety and that's how they were going to leave him #like at least this way he had air and light and could kind of see things #gah #always reminded of this during events like that story later with the gold and silver horn brothers where they keep desperately throwing #MULTIPLE mountains at him trying to stop him and he just shoulders them and keeps coming #it took like...four or something? to finally put him down temporarily #five phases mountain was a very SPECIAL mountain sure #but it was still only (mostly only) one mountain #look everyone had a reason to be shitfaced terrified of the guy is all I'm saying #even the Buddha THOUGHT it was enough (he was even about to just leave entirely) but thankfully for Heaven he was convinced to stay for a- #'ahahaha how are we nOT DEAD-' party of the kind where everyone talks mad shit like they're not still vibrating with adrenaline #and in the middle of this some poor Minister comes sprinting in (I like to imagine Professor Quirrell with the troll) all #“The Great Sage!!! His head is sticking out!” #and once again the Buddha is the only one keeping chill and drawing up his seal while everyone promptly forgets to be cool and freaks out #and when THAT'S wrapped up he then decides to throw in the 'molten copper and iron pellets' thing on his way out the door #which I'm taking as him being super annoyed #I guess that's still better than 500 years crushed immobile in the airless dark but like #I don't know that's definitely a toughie in the 'would you rather' game #entirely appropriate this is the first post here I literally never shut up about this #this isn't even all of it

[time-slink]

ive been keeping a collection of all the art i like on tumblr and a little sc of the url for the past few months and the file has finally gotten so big that i can literally, physically hear my (fairly beefy) computer chewing on it every time i open it & it takes like a solid two minutes to load. o7 finally making a separate one

#shush slinky #my habit of hoarding art i see has come in handy one(1) time actually #saw something i faintly thought was traced and booted up the ol file to check and BAM! the original #not sure if i can ask it how many images but i estimate like at least 500 PLUS the usernames

[nomaishuttle]

its like actually of the devil when i eas little i used to pick all the strawberries iut of the strawberry banana frozen fruit mixture . and now i do the same but with the bananas and i look back at my.younger self like . why did yiu not take the banana why would you do that

#i still like the strawberry theyre judt like. an entire production to eat a frozen strawberry. rock solid good luck trying to get that shit #to thaw enough to bite it... and the taste is sosososo strong nad its GOOD it tastes good its judt like ok this is just the taste thats #gonna be in my mouth now yk. with a frozen banana? you could put that shit into -500 degree freezer pull it out bite into it and itll be #justt firm enough to be like Omg j am eating a drozen thing. but still i wants to be eaten and it loves you. and it tastes so good and is #beautiful. #like even in a blender. the banana? effortlessly blended beautiful smooth in 10 seconds perfect smoothie so yummy. you put frozen #strawberries in there? brother forget the blades you have to start calling in archers... youll think Ok its been like 30 seconds surely.. #you open up the blender hugs chunks of strawberry that the blade clearly HAS HIT theyve got gashes and shit in them they just are not #blended. and they look like moby dick. and yr like fuckjng om #and god forbid the frozen strawberries arent at least cut in half bc rhen sometimes you get the perfect little strawberry spheres where the #blender blended it inot a sphere andnwell look i wont lie that shit is awesome. i kjnd of love when that happens but also #IM TRYING TO MAKE A SMOOTHIE !!! #sorry i feel like every post i make is something jerry seinfeld would joke abt. airplane food tier rants.

[floral-hex]

no see I WILL write something eventually, I haven’t been putting it off, I’ve just been uhhhhh cultivating the story for a couple of years yeah yeah

#stop cultivating and start harvesting idiot #no but I CAN’T write until I have at least a dozen books of story ready to go #how am I supposed to foreshadow anything if I don’t know what’s going to happen 500 chapters later??? #how am I supposed to write a character even a minor one if I don’t have their entire future backstory and parent’s backstory planned out?? #I can’t worldbuild unless I plan out all of the major cities including their political systems religions economy food production trade etc #also I just don’t want to sit down and write #so I just sit an worldbuild in my head all day #I have been for like two years now this is the longest I’ve seriously ‘worked on’ (ie daydreamed) a story in my head #and it’s really cliche and has a billion well worn tropes but it’s like… this is my comfort world building #and by comfort I mean really kinda fucked up world but whatever every edgelord or loser with an over active imagination has one #I need to read more people’s uhh… like.. not published authors… like tumblr users writing or whatev. like what is it called ao3? that stuff #not to be negative to them or anything but to like hype myself up #like see you don’t have to be a big named author to put your mind out there #I’m just kind of babbling here #suddenly reminded that a book I like John Dies At The End was originally released chapter by chapter online #so like… you don’t have to be like ‘this has to be put out whole in one book to be real writing’ #I just need to write for fun but im a very shy boy 🥺 #im fucking 34 im not a little boy I have to remind myself #anyway… if any mutuals read this much and you write online you should message me something you have that you like so I can read it #and I’ll be extra sweet and supportive and happy bc you’ll be helping me and I’ll get to support you #or whatever. I dunno. this is dumb. I’m sorry for wasting your time! jeez! #you can ignore this #text

[roseband]

has anyone seen that rent stabilization case they're trying to push to the supreme court cuz i'm ready to punch some idiots

#personal #omg nooooo they're trying to push an ''equality'' spin like they did for the affirmative action one #and i'm already seeing dummies fall for it PLEASE stop i'm locked in at 1600 base for queens STOP #literally we pay 1640 for a really large 1-bed a few blocks from the train if dumb dumbs ruin this for me i'm gonna go ballistic #like only 25 mins from manhattan too LOL #after two years our lease got raised a whopping 40 bucks a month so PLEASE PLEASE I AM BEGGING PPL #the little old lady paying $500/month in rent control in soho is NOT the reason rents are $3k STOP #that's literally the reasoning i've seen behind some of the posts like ''ohhh we're subsidizing boomers'' NO YOU AREN'T STOP PLEASE STOP :< #like it's such fucking obvious conservative astroturfing pls??? #like we're planning on staying here until we have like a 4yo... cuz we can divide our bedroom in 2/3.. 1/3 with like an ikea kallax #or something like that if we have a kid ever bc it's HUGE!!! and both sides of the room have windows cuz it's a corner #so we could turn the bedroom into bedroom + baby/toddler room #and since we don't plan on having kids for at least another 3 years that's 7 more years we could stay in our apartment with no issues #like the MOST our rent could be by then (bc we do the two year leases) with current trends is like... 2k #and our landlord hasn't raised it the full amount cause i do /most/ repairs myself #sooo pls don't fuck this up for me LMAO

[v-iv-rusty]

I'm rly glad I have the patience to deal with rich people bc a lot of the clients I interact with at my job have more money than I could ever even hope to imagine having and it's. it feels fucking weird. it's just so strange. for the most part it's actually fine but. not to sound like a greedy peasant but I can feel my patience severely wearing thin every time one of them tells me how much they appreciate the work I'm doing at their 7k square foot seasonal mansion but they can't drop like 10 bucks as a tip ever. do you know how much 7k sqft is. that is approximately 35 of my apartments. and you may be thinking 'echo that's like 200sqft that's a tiny ass apartment that's your problem' and you are correct! this is because it was the only decent place within a reasonable distance I could feasibly afford

7k sqft. 35 of my apartments. of course I wouldn't expect to be able to afford something huge. I'm just starting out. but 35 of my apartments. no tip. idk what kind of point I'm trying to make here, maybe nothing, maybe this is stupid (and I'm probably going to delete this whole rant in 5min anyway), but it feels. weird. and I keep thinking about it every single time I clock in to work

#misc.txt #idk. working in airbnbs that are $500+ a night for rich ppl coming up to wine taste n I'm lucky I even get to SEE the interior #spending 4hrs working on some asshole's estate and getting 'tipped' w a half eaten box of stale cookies. yes this actually happened. #like this job is.....fine. (at least it's not retail) #+I dont plan to have it for more than a year ish so nbd. but. like. idk man. it's just. it's something. yk? #overhearing the client is absent on a 6month luxury vacation in spain. vs. #me being able to take 1 week off to 'camp' in my cold ass car in the middle of the mountains #and yeah! I'm lucky+privileged to have the time and money to blow on even that tbh! I have spare money! #but. there's. something about this job. idk if it's really jealousy. it's something else. the customers arent mean. they're giving me work. #supposedly we get large tips towards jan/feb so maybe they tip then. I can hope. just. weird as hell experience #and let me restate I'm not like....poor. it's just #the sheer distance between me and them. wild shit

[icewindandboringhorror]

misc. photos of the past few weeks or so :0

#descriptions and context in the captions as usual #I build up TONS of these types of pictures that are just random daily life stuff and not actually costumes or anything interesting and I #always forget to post them or do anything with them so... I will spam a few in a row #but then will be all caught up. This is the most recent one and I think covers like.. #feb 2022 - july 2022 #the other ones I just posted .. gods I'm not sure how far back some of those are #2021 or 2020 at least lol #I do not take a lot of personal pictures often hbhbj #OR I DO but they're literally ALL of the sky #something about me is I take constant pictures of the sky #but like it'd be weird for this blog to post 8 cloud pictures a week and just become a cloud blog and not a 'personal/art blog' so its #like ....... what do I do with them #YEA h in my folders right now (I sort pictures into like 'personal' photos 'cat' photos' nature photos etc. ) #my cloud/sky folder has 685 pictures in it gybhjbhgjh #when I say I love cloud print and sky imagery and stuff I am not joking. that's one of my Big Things on a similar level to cats and snow #(+ other precipitation /weather. I also like rain and sleet and stuff just not as much as snow) #ANYWAY trying to catch up on images since Why Not #I really need to clean pictures off my computer more often since the space is being taken up #I mean not REALLY I think out of 900GB storage I have like 500 used so I still have 400 left AND I make videos #so that's good considering I have hours and hours and hours of game footage laying around #BUT still. that's another thing I'm weird about is being bothered by and always trying to clear away digital clutter lol #if you don't want to see posts like this then just block the tag 'photo diary' since I think thats what I've always used for them in the pas #t and now #and if you do like to see posts like this then you're in luck since I've just posted like 10 of them lmao #anyway #photo diary

[bi-panic-at-the-disco]

y’know maybe I should just try to continue working on my fics

#disco speaks! #like a little bit on each every day or so SO I CAN POST THEM AND NOT HAVE THEM SAVED IN MY DRIVE #the fnaf dca knight light one has like 4000 or more words written for it #i have a sisters grimm one that’s got 500 or more words #another Cassandra and Casey Jr one plus one that I’ve had in my drafts and the final chapter of GRoS #why is that the acronym for Getting Rid of Structures D: #and then I have at least two chapters planned out for Four Million Years Later #plus I have ideas for two fnaf sb aus and then probably could do one aww man I forgot no wait!! I could write something for #Raph gets his Driver’s License!!! cause I have that finished page of a comic that I’ve never posted #technically I have a Donna and Ronan ficlet that I’ve written #and if I even wanted to I could write a something for my ocs #I’m not out of options for this stuff #the reason I bring this up is because I may have unhealthily tried to see what page of AO3 is Getting Rid of Structures on in the Cassandra #tag and also I actually updated the tags to make it more accurate and also I realized that I did the bare minimum of tags

[motheyes]

alright so that was fine

#i think it’ll be just fine. besides the building being weird and creepy and the stupid alarms i have to set #very scary i hate alarms. hate HATE alarms #and there’s these silent alarms under the teller desks and if u touch them like 500 cops show up #LIKE GIRL WWHAT THATS MY FUCKING WORST NIGHTMARE #i’m gunna have nightmares about accidentally touching them i know it #anyways it’s not so bad lol #i was there real late tonight cuz i was figuring everything out #i hate doing new stuff and learning new floors and shit it’s stressful #anyways. i did have a very good like. talk with my dad a few days ago about my future #one of my new year goals is too at least kinda figure out a career path #like start school again or something cuz i need job security that isn’t ass #and i have been doing a lot of research on social work and it’s like #perfect for me. i’m rlly excited about it #it’s literally directly helping your community and i get paid like HELLO #and i can specialize in lgbtq like get youth off the streets and stuff #literally my dream. isnane #MAN MY CAT PEEING ON THE FLOOR JESUS CHRIST

[rogueofsoup]

What are the prizes??

Really almost everything from cheap plastic rings to little hard candies to plushies to headphones and most anything you'd find at basically an arcade prize counter.

The 500-ticket item is the best there, since the most amount of tickets you can get through perfect scores all throughout is a bit over 500. Only one Monster has ever won that 500-ticket item. That Monster was Papyrus, who also happened to be the one Monster that beat Ingo at the Cheery Chandelure game specifically. That absolutely inconveniently giant plush shiny Gengar he named "Sans Jr" was worth every ticket.

#ns:tu #next stop: the underground #pokemon #undertale #pokemon x undertale au #papyrus undertale #pokemon ingo #he called it Sans Jr because it smiles like Sans and looks like it's up to something like he assumes Sans is #he's also decided Sans Jr is just as lazy and lovable as Sans Classic™ #the 500-ticket item changes every time it's won #so now the 500-ticket item is a hilariously huge derpy Arceus plush #the general consensus among Monsters trying to get it is 'what the hell is that thing I want it' #Gengar was at least spooky this thing just looks weird I want 20

[possum-tooth]

i need to move to a bigger city or at least one that doesnt close at 9pm

#this sucks man i wanna do something but literally everywheres closed. maybe i should move out of this town. #even looking at [redacted] like. its not chicago but its bigger than here so at least the fast food places are still open past 10p #anyway hi im posting a lot bc in fucking bored :) still watching bcs lol #anyon know when season 6 will be on netflix? i dont wanna get up to get my laptop to pirate lol #talk tag #anyway time to refresh this app 500 times

[orcelito]

Bought a new laptop, ordered groceries, scheduled an appointment for my continuous back pain

I'm tired.

#speculation nation #tally knocked over a plant Again. which has not helped anything. #im going insane not having a functional laptop so i found one on sale and ordered it #signed up for paypal credit bc wtf ever. i'll just make sure to keep up with payments #nervous about what the appointment will bring bc it's been two months and the back pain hasnt gone away #im supposed to do cleaning and whatever tf but i do not feel. up to it. #at the very least i will have groceries in a few hours. i need them. #i started applying to health insurance only to realize i actually do have insurance still #my dad's insurance would time out after i turn 26. so im gonna look into this again later. #aka why i switched gears to going and setting up an appointment lol. it's in a week. #for now... i need to eat something. just . Something. #i need some relaxation like Immediately bc lmfao. nearly had an aneurysm spending $400 for tuition installment #AND buying a $500 laptop (tho it's $800 full price so Very good deal there) #(aka why i just jumped right into it bc i need a new laptop so bad. anything would be better than what i have rn) #technically have 3 days off in a row this week (absolutely decadent) but im going in tomorrow for work stuff #i have to put in the new employee paperwork before the next payroll happens. so they can actually fucking get paid lol #but for today. For Today. im going to fucking rest. i need it so bad.