#cujo is their messenger

[sleepy-writes-stuff]

DP X DC PROMPT #24

Been a while since I wrote a prompt. Let's change that!

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Pen Pals

Red Hood comes across Cujo somewhere in Gotham (location and reason like feeding off of ambient ectoplasm, looking for a new toy, lost, etc are your choice). At first, he's kinda freaked out over this pup that glows Lazarus Pits green but slowly learns that Cujo is relatively harmless as long as no one threatens him or anyone under his protection. Kinda hard not to learn that since Cujo has been glued to his side ever since he found the pup roaming the streets at night.

Cujo eventually gets into Red Hood's good books when the sweet little pup turns into a rottweiler the size of a small house and nearly bites the Joker's head off due to him being his usual creepy, rancid self.

Once he's gotten comfortable enough around the strange dog, he gets close enough to spot a tag/nameplate that reads the pup's name along with "Belongs to Phantom" scratched onto the back in messy handwriting.

He thinks nothing of it until Cujo starts getting restless and Red Hood gets the feeling that he'll be leaving Gotham soon. So, given the dog is clearly supernatural and his tag had no contact information, he assumes Cujo is basically a free roam pet and is able to get back to his owner on his own.

The night before he feels Cujo is going to leave, he ties a letter to the pup's collar. The next night, Cujo is gone.

Weeks pass and he thinks of Cujo often, wondering if he made it back to his owner. If his owner got the letter. If this "Phantom" is similar to him. He doesn't think just anyone owns a Lazarus green dog that reeks of death magic.

It's not until he's out on patrol one night, almost two months later, that Cujo suddenly appears and barrels into his stomach. As the excitable pup slobbers kisses all over his helmet, he sees an envelope covered in stickers attached to Cujo's collar.

Looks like he's got himself a pen pal.

#dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #danny and jason become pen pals #cujo is their messenger #cujo gets many treats/toys/belly rubs for his efforts so its not a thankless job #I'll probably add more tags later #brain isnt cooperating rn #danny phantom #dp x dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #writing prompt #prompt #sleepy writes stuff

[mariaportadoceu]

Convite para Curso de Consagração

A Consagração à Jesus Cristo por meio de Nossa Senhora, pelo método de São Luís Maria de Montfort, atrai muitas graças àquele que se consagra, assim também o foi comigo.

Padre Ricardo Basso, do Arautos do Evangelho, iniciará amanhã um curso de Consagração à Jesus Cristo por meio de Nossa Senhora, online e gratuito.

O Padre também disponibiliza o Tratado da Verdadeira Devoção à Santíssima Virgem Maria, de São Luís Maria de Montfort, a obra mariana cujo método de Consagração é embasado.

#igreja católica #nossa senhora #consagração

[neusastorti]

Como assumir o controle e ser capaz de fazer coisas difíceis.

(Leia até o final)

Quer dar certo na vida? Aprenda sobre Emoções. Aqui tem Educação sobre as Emoções!

Hoje, quarta, 14-09, às 19:30, tem live no Instagram @neusastorti. Se você estiver vendo esse post em outro aplicativo, convido você a vir pra cá e me seguir, pra prestigiar o meu trabalho e aprender sobre Emoções. Convide também as pessoas do seu contato para as lives.

O mundo estaria melhor, se as pessoas não negligenciassem esse assunto. Não haveria tanto d3scontrol3 emocional, surtos, 4ss4ssin4tos, suicídi0s, m0rt3s, f3minicídi0s. O mundo precisa com urgência de mais Equilíbrio das Emoções. Esse assunto é mais interessante, sério e pertinente do que parece, e não pode mais ficar debaixo do tapete; precisamos falar mais sobre isso em casa, nas escolas, nas empresas.

Neusa Storti é terapeuta pós-graduada em Psicologia Positiva, Ciência do Bem-Estar e Autorrealização pela PUCRS e aqui traz também contribuições da Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental.

⚠️Fale comigo no direct/Messenger/celular/WhatsApp para agendar palestras e workshops em empresas, escolas, igrejas, hospitais e atendimentos online (poucas vagas: teleconsulta, mentoria, consultoria).

Salve e compartilhe este post, porque ele é válido por mais tempo, já que as lives são às quartas, mas entre para o grupo de avisos do WhatsApp, cujo link está na bio do Instagram @neusastorti, para saber de mudanças e novidades na programação. #emoções #ressignificaçãodavida #otimizaçãoderelacionamentos

#gestãoeequilíbriodasemoções #educaçãosobreasemoções

https://www.instagram.com/p/CifOlZ5OLdh/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

[creepy-spooghetti]

Horror Movie Night

Y\N: I wanna watch The Conjuring.

BEN: No way dude, we gotta see The Shining.

Toby: Mrs. Doubtfire is funnier.

Y\N: That’s not a horror movie.

Toby: It could be.

BEN: But it’s not.

Toby: Wh-who says?

Y\N: Toby, it’s literally marked as a “comedy”.

Liu: I say we watch Paranormal Activity.

BEN: Is that your or Sully’s opinion?

Liu: Does it matter?

BEN: Yes.

Clockwork: Y’all, just pick something, already.

Y\N: What if we don’t wanna pick something?

Clockwork: Then why are we here?

Y\N: To eat buckets of popcorn and watch dead air, of course!

LJ: You forgot the candy!

Y\N: Yes LJ, the candy, too.

Helen: Look, whatever we do, can we make it quick? I’ve got work to do.

Cody: What if... we watch... hmm...

Everyone: ...?

Cody: What if we watch Cujo? Or, no! Mama! We have to watch Mama! No- how about The Exorcist? Or what about-

Y\N: Cody, one suggestion.

Cody: Only one??

Y\N: Yes.

Cody: But there are so many to choose from!

Jeff: Everyone shut up and put in IT.

Y\N: *Laughs* Oh Jeffery, if you wanted to see a clown you coulda just looked in a mirror.

Jeff: Alright you little bitch-

Cody: I know! We can watch The Messengers!

BEN: Totally agree.

Jeff: Psh, you’re just saying that cause you have a crush on Kristen Stewart.

BEN: She’s hot!

Y\N: I guarantee you’ve seen Twilight, like, five times.

BEN: *Mutters* Fourteen, actually...

Y\N: *Gasps*

Jeff: Woa-ho-ho, Benny boy! You really enjoy vampires, huh?

BEN: You can’t say anything! You like Olivia Newton John!

Jeff: I do not!

BEN: Yes, you do! You’ve rewatched Grease seventeen times!

LJ: Oooo~

Y\N: You have something to tell us, Jeffery?

Jeff: No!

Clockwork: I think BEN would know what he was talking about.

Sully: I can’t believe this Joker wannabe has a crush on Olivia Newton John!

Cody: Isn’t she, like, in her seventies?

Jeff: She was cute when she was young!

Y\N: Oh, so you’re actually admitting it?

Jeff: I’ve admitted nothing!

BEN: He also watches Kakegurui!

Toby: Really?

Y\N: I did not take Jeff the Killer as a weeb.

Jeff: I’M NOT A WEEB!

EJ: *Facepalms* I just wanted to watch a movie...

#Creepypasta #Movie Night in Slendor Manor #Jeff the Killer #BEN Drowned #X-Virus #Bloody Painter #Homicidal Liu #Clockwork #Laughing Jack #Eyeless Jack #Sully #Ticci Toby

[verratensduo]

{{Eren Jaeger}} @ofmonstersandsaints

He takes a bite of the chocolate mix bar in his hands and proceeds to fix the strap of his messenger bag as he nods at the other in a negative manner even thou he was using a hoodie. Yes this hoodie belonged to Marco but it was actually not the one the other was inquiring for. Even is pretty sure Marco doesnt even remember this hoodie andn he is counting on that to get away with theft. You see as things are so hectic lately Eren as been developing this coping mechanism. Things that make him at ease is what he has been attaching too. So far Marco has left some items on the mans apartment upon visiting. He has 3 hoodies and 5 tshirts from Marco. He is pretty sure the other hasent even noticed. Or so he Hope’s so.

Eren brushes his face against the bunched neck/hoodie part and pockets his hands in the frontal pocket.

“ nope…” he makes sure not to look at the freckle man as he says so.

~~~

Marco groaned. Eren was getting through on a loop whole that it was a hoodie he had previously left here at his boyfriend’s apartment, great. He couldn’t afford to lose this hoodie that he had originally bought for near one hundred dollars, it was hand made so how could he say no to that price? He also was aware of the t-shirts. Eren had looked so cute in them on the mornings after he couldn’t very well just take his shirts back, the bagginess made Eren look even cuter then he usually did. Of course if he and Eren did indeed find a place like they had been looking into, Eren would be able to steal his hoodies all he wanted and Marco may or may not get them back.

He let out an honest chuckle as he looked around more for the one he had already been wearing.

“Well can you at least help me find the one I brought today? Not the one you stole two weeks ago?” He teased. “Seriosuly if we are going to go get Cujo before we head to that pet friendly drive in we wanted to check out I’ll need my hoodie.”

#ofmonstersandsaints #{{freckled jesus}}; marco bodt #{{a better world for all}}; modern #hope this is okay? #if not let me know and i'll alter it #ship; erenxmarco

[personalarsonist]

My Horror Movie to Watch List

These are just horror movies I haven’t seen yet due to reasons such as not having time and work, etc. Will edit this as I watch. To be completely honest there isn’t too many horror movies I haven’t watched...

Purge (All)

The Collector & The Collection (I will assume this is a part 2 to the Collector) 

Rest of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movies (Except of 1974/2003/2006)

It Chapter 2 

Midsommar

Us

A Quiet Place 

Hereditary

Get Out 

The Nun

Halloween (2018)

Gerald’s Game

Train to Busan

The Witch (The VVitch?)

It Follows 

Annabelle Series

Goodnight Mommy 

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 

Let the Right One In

Freddy Vs. Jason

Happy Death Day & Happy Death Day 2 U 

Scream 4 

You’re Next 

Switchblade Romance 

Nightmare on Elm Street (Except for 1984 & 2012)

Cult of Chucky 

Blackcoat’s Daughter 

Woman in Black 

ABC’s of Death

The Hallow 

The Strangers 

Hush

Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil

Sorority Row 

Hatchet 

Friday the 13th Series (Except for 2009) 

See No Evil 

All the Boys Love Mandy 

Carrie (2013) 

Cujo

Graveyard Shift 

Cat’s Eye 

Hannibal 

Wolf Creek & Wolf Creek 2 

Curse of La Llorona 

Oculus 

Zombieland Double Tap

Poltergeist (2015)

The Messengers 

Alien: Covenant

The Predator (2018)

The Thing (2011)

The Invisible Man (2020)

Apollo 18

 Candyman (2020)

[shakirabrasil]

Promoção Desafio Shakira: Concorra a três pares de ingressos para show de Shakira em São Paulo

A espera está chegando ao fim. Falta pouco para a primeira apresentação de Shakira com sua El Dorado World Tour no Brasil. A colombiana toca no Allianz Parque, em São Paulo, no dia 21 de outubro e depois segue para Porto Alegre, onde toca na Arena do Grêmio, no dia 23. Os ingressos para o show na capital paulista já estão esgotados, mas quem não conseguiu suas entradas vai ter uma nova chance. A plataforma Musicalize, a Radio Mix FM e a cerveja Itaipava acabam de lançar uma super promoção e vão sortear 3 pares de ingressos para o show de Shakira em São Paulo.

Para participar do Desafio Shakira é muito fácil.  Você deve acessar a página do Facebook do Musicalize (clique aqui) e responder corretamente às perguntas do Muze, o robô inteligente da plataforma, no Messenger. No final você deve responder de forma criativa “Por que quer assistir ao show da Shakira com Itaipava?”. As três respostas mais criativas ganharão um par de ingressos cada para o show da artista em São Paulo, no dia 21 de outubro.

Mas atenção que há limite de idade. Podem participar do Desafio Shakira somente pessoas físicas com idade igual ou superior a 18 (dezoito) anos, residentes e domiciliadas no Brasil, que cumpram os requisitos de inscrição e de participação. Estão excluídos de participação nesta Promoção as pessoas jurídicas e qualquer funcionário das promotoras do concurso.

O prazo para participar é até o dia 05 de outubro.  Pessoas residentes em São Paulo ainda podem participar de uma nova etapa da promoção, chamada Desafio Realidade Aumentada, que vai sortear mais três pares de ingressos. As informações constam no regulamento abaixo.

Regulamento Oficial:

1. EMPRESAS PROMOTORAS

Razão social – Mandatária Nome fantasia PEEB PROMOÇÕES E PUBLICIDADE LTDA. – ME – Endereço – Bairro Cidade/UF Rua Lima Barros, 117, Jardim Paulista São Paulo/SP CNPJ CEP 26.263.932/0001-10 05426-100

Razão social – Aderente Nome fantasia RÁDIO SP-UM LDTA. Endereço – Bairro Cidade/UF RUA VERGUEIRO, 1211 – 22o andar São Paulo/SP CNPJ CEP 60.680.444/0001-47 05426-100

Razão social – Aderente Nome fantasia CERVEJARIA PETROPOLIS S/A Endereço – Bairro Cidade/UF ESTM BATISTA FAVORETTI, 350 – SALA 11 BOITUVA /SP CNPJ CEP 73.410.326/0055-53 As Empresas são denominadas “Promotoras”. 2. NOME DA PROMOÇÃO Desafio Shakira. 3. MODALIDADE PROMOCIONAL A SER UTILIZADA

Concurso. 4. ÁREA DE EXECUÇÃO DA PROMOÇÃO Todo território nacional. 5. PRAZO DE EXECUÇÃO DA PROMOÇÃO

24 (vinte e quatro) dias. 6. DATA DE INÍCIO E DE TÉRMINO DA PROMOÇÃO

Início em 21 de setembro de 2018 e término em 14 de outubro de 2018. 7. PERÍODO DE PARTICIPAÇÃO

O período de participação na Promoção se inicia às 00:00 no dia 21 de setembro de 2018 e se estende até às 17:00 do dia 14 de outubro de 2018 horário oficial de Brasília. 8. PARTICIPANTES

Participam desta Promoção as pessoas físicas com idade igual ou superior a 18 (dezoito) anos, residentes e domiciliadas no Brasil, que cumpram os requisitos de inscrição e de participação. Estão excluídos de participação nesta Promoção as pessoas jurídicas e qualquer funcionário da Promotoras e de qualquer agência, empresa ou escritório terceirizado contratado para atuação nessa Promoção, incluindo aqueles que tenham participado em qualquer fase desta Promoção (desenho, desenvolvimento, aprovação ou execução) ou tenham tido acesso a informações confidenciais ou privilegiadas sobre qualquer fase da promoção (desenho, desenvolvimento, aprovação ou execução). 9. OBJETIVO DA PROMOÇÃO A Promoção tem o objetivo divulgar as marcas das Promotoras, bem como o show da Shakira que ocorrerá em São Paulo/SP no dia 21 de outubro de 2018. 10. INDICAÇÃO DA QUANTIDADE, DESCRIÇÃO, VALOR UNITÁRIO E TOTAL DE PRÊMIOS Serão distribuídos pela Promoção 06 (seis) prêmios, conforme discriminado na tabela a seguir: Descrição do prêmio Quantidade de prêmios Valor unitário (R$) PRÊMIO 1 – Desafio ChatBot 1 (um) kit contendo: • 1 (um) par de ingressos para o show da Shakira, no setor cadeira nível 1, que ocorrerá no Allianz Parque em São Paulo/SP no dia 21 de outubro de 2018. • 1 (uma) camiseta Personalizada 3 (três) R$ 790,00 (setecentos e noventa reais), sendo R$ 370 (trezentos e setenta reais) de cada ingresso e R$ 50,00 (cinquenta) da camiseta. PRÊMIO 2 – Desafio Realidade Aumentada 1 (um) kit contendo: • 1 (um) par de ingressos para o show da Shakira, no setor cadeira nível 1, que ocorrerá no Allianz Parque em São Paulo/SP no dia 21 de outubro de 2018. • 1 (uma) camiseta Personalizada 3 (três) R$ 790,00 (setecentos e noventa reais), sendo R$ 370 (trezentos e setenta reais) de cada ingresso e R$ 50,00 (cinquenta) da camiseta. VALOR TOTAL DOS PRÊMIOS (R$)* * Os valores acima se referem ao valor de mercado atual e aproximado do bem R$ 4.740,00 (quatro mil, setecentos e quarenta reais)

Os prêmios apenas poderão ser fruídos nas datas estabelecidas pelas Promotoras, sendo que, em caso de impossibilidade de utilização em referida data o ganhador perderá o direito ao prêmio. É obrigação exclusiva dos contemplados cumprirem todos os requisitos exigidos para usufruírem do prêmio. Caso ocorra qualquer imprevisto por parte do contemplado não caberá nenhum ressarcimento ou pagamento em dinheiro pelas Promotoras. As Promotoras não se responsabilizam, em hipótese alguma, por quaisquer danos, avarias ou prejuízos que possam ocorrer ao contemplado, bem como aos seus bens materiais durante a fruição do prêmio, tais como, mas não se limitando, roubo, furto, acidentes e/ou extravio de mala, os quais deverão ser objeto de reclamação diretamente com a pessoa ou empresa prestadora de serviços responsável pelos prejuízos. Todas as despesas, taxas, impostos, contribuições previdenciárias e emolumentos necessários para a entrega dos prêmios serão de responsabilidade das Promotoras. 11. DESCRIÇÃO DETALHADA DA OPERAÇÃO

Para participar da Promoção, o interessado contará com 2 (duas) formas distintas de participação, conforme descrito abaixo. O participante poderá concorrer aos prêmios mediante as 2 (duas) formas de participação/desafio. DESAFIO CHATBOT: Para concorrer ao Prêmio 1, o interessado deverá ter uma conta na rede social Facebook e, no período de 21 de setembro de 2018 a 05 de outubro de 2018 interagir com o Chatbot da página www.facebook.com/musicalizebr. O interessado deverá responder as questões informando nome, idade/data de nascimento, número de CPF, endereço entre outras informações pessoais, para fins de cadastro na Promoção. Finalizado o cadastro, o interessado deverá responder corretamente no mínimo 05 (cinco) questões de um total de 25 (vinte e cinco) sobre a cantora Shakira no próprio Chatbot, podendo errar apenas 1 (uma) resposta antes de completar as 05 (cinco) respostas corretas. Ao responder corretamente pelo menos 05 (cinco) questões, o interessado deverá responder a pergunta “Por que você quer assistir o show da Shakira com a Itaipava?”. A Promoção contará com uma comissão julgadora que escolherá as 03 (três) melhores respostas, cujos participantes serão contemplados cada um com o Prêmio 1 desta Promoção. As Promotoras, a seu único e exclusivo critério, realizarão moderação de todas as respostas enviadas e poderão desclassificar do processo de apuração os participantes que incorram em condutas consideradas inadequadas pela Promoção, tais como, mas não se restringindo a, conteúdos que: a) Incitem a pedofilia, homofobia, racismos, violência, intolerância religiosa, discurso de ódio e/ou que sejam contrárias à moral e aos bons costumes, isoladamente ou em conjunto com outras. b) Incitem ao uso de bebidas alcoólicas, drogas ilícitas, tabaco, armas de fogo, munições e explosivos e/ou assemelhados. c) Utilizem palavras de baixo calão, palavrões ou ofensas ao nome, à imagem ou à moral de qualquer pessoa e/ou entidades. d) Incitem qualquer tipo de discriminação por conta de gênero, nacionalidade, origem étnica ou ofensa à liberdade de crença e às religiões. e) Representem qualquer tipo de merchandising ou fizerem referências a qualquer marca, logomarcas e símbolos de qualquer marca que não seja das Promotoras e/ou de quaisquer concorrentes direitos e indiretos da Promotora. f) Possam denegrir a marca e demais sinais distintivos das Promotoras ou de quaisquer outros terceiros. g) Constituam ou possam constituir crime ou contravenção penal, ou que possam ser entendidos como incitação à prática de crimes ou contravenção penal. h) Violem qualquer lei ou sejam inapropriados. i) Violem a direitos autorais, de personalidade ou de propriedade industrial das Promotoras ou de quaisquer outros terceiros. k) Sejam de temas distintos ao desta Promoção e/ou que não atendam à pergunta proposta. l) Apresentem tratamento descortês, demeritórios e/ou com falta de urbanidade perante as Promotoras ou das agências contratadas para assessorarem a Promoção. Os participantes são os únicos e exclusivos responsáveis pela criação e envio da frase ou texto objeto da sua participação na presente Promoção e ao enviá-los declaram que elas não constituem plágio ou qualquer outra forma de apropriação autoral vedada pela lei, assumindo inteira responsabilidade por eventuais reproduções de trabalhos de terceiros. Caso o participante envie mais de 1 (uma) resposta, será considerada, para fins de avaliação e premiação, apenas a primeira resposta enviada. Caso sejam recebidas respostas idênticas de participantes diferentes será considerada válida, para fins de participação e premiação nesta Promoção, aquela que primeiro houver sido recebida. Toda e qualquer frase ou texto enviados serão submetidos à análise prévia por uma comissão julgadora visando identificar se o conteúdo possui alguma das características que os impeçam de serem aceitos nesta Promoção. A Promotora reserva-se o direito de não aceitar qualquer conteúdo, se, a seu exclusivo critério, este for considerado inapropriado para a Promoção. A Promotora não prestará quaisquer informações a respeito da razão pela qual qualquer conteúdo não foi aceito. A comissão julgadora estará desobrigada a justificar as razões pelas quais as frases e/ou textos vencedores se enquadraram nos critérios estabelecidos. DESAFIO REALIDADE AUMENTADA: Para concorrer ao Prêmio 2, o interessado deverá baixar em seu dispositivo móvel o aplicativo Musicalize RA disponível gratuitamente nas lojas App Store e Google Play e, no período de 05 de outubro de 2018 a 14 de outubro de 2018 realizar seu cadastro, informando nome, data de nascimento, número de CPF, endereço entre outras informações pessoais e aceitar o Regulamento desta Promoção. Após a realização do cadastro, no dia 14 de outubro de 2018, das 12h às 17h, o participante deverá utilizar o aplicativo Musicalize RA na Avenida Paulista em São Paulo, o qual apresentará uma realidade aumentada pela câmera do dispositivo móvel em que participante poderá encontrar imagens de ingressos virtuais para o show da Shakira. Ao localizar a imagem dos ingressos na realidade aumentada, o participante deverá clicar em seu dispositivo móvel para captura-lo. A cada ingresso capturado, o participante ganha 1 (um) ponto. Se capturar o ingresso +10, o participante ganha 10 (dez) pontos a cada ingresso +10 capturado. Os 03 (três) participantes que ao término desta ação, às 17h do dia 14 de outubro de 2018 tiverem obtido o maior número de pontos obtidos por meio de ingressos virtuais capturados serão contemplados cada um com o Prêmio 2 desta Promoção. 12. AVALIAÇÃO DOS CONTEÚDOS PELA COMISSÃO JULGADORA

Todas as frases ou textos que foram enviados ao longo do período de participação e que cumprirem com os critérios de classificação previstos neste Regulamento serão avaliadas por uma comissão julgadora composta por profissionais de livre escolha das Promotoras que atuarão com autonomia e idoneidade e escolherão as 3 (três) melhores respostas enviadas, de acordo com os critérios abaixo: • Criatividade. • Coerência e coesão. • Originalidade. • Compatibilidade com o tema proposto. A desclassificação das respostas poderá ocorrer, além das demais razões expostas nesta Promoção, em razão dos seguintes critérios: • Criticar personalidades, pessoas públicas ou partidos políticos. • Possuir erros de português. • Falta de coerência ou roteiro fora do tema proposto. • Descumprir qualquer indicação do Regulamento da Promoção. Serão considerados ganhadores os 3 (três) participantes que tiverem as respostas mais bem avaliadas pela Comissão Julgadora, sendo cada um premiado com 1 (um) prêmio desta Promoção. A decisão da Promotora, representada pela Comissão Julgadora, será soberana e irrecorrível. 13. DATA E LOCAL DA APURAÇÃO

As apurações ocorrerão nas seguintes datas: • DESAFIO CHATBOT: 08 de outubro às 12 horas na Rua Lima Barros, 117. • DESAFIO REALIDADE AUMENTADA: 14 de outubro às 17 horas na Rua Vergueiro, 1211, 22º andar (Rádio Mix).

14. LOCAL ONDE OS PRÊMIOS SERÃO EXIBIDOS

Os prêmios serão exibidos de maneira ilustrativa no site www.musicalize.com.br. 15. LOCAL ONDE A PREMIAÇÃO SERÁ ENTREGUE

Os prêmios serão entregues em até 30 (trinta) dias após a apuração, conforme artigo 5°, do Decreto nº 70.951/72. Os prêmio serão entregues conforme indicado abaixo: Prêmios 1: serão entregues na residência dos contemplados. Prêmios 2: serão entregues aos contemplados Rádio Mix, localizada na Rua Vergueiro, 1211, 22º andar, São Paulo – SP, de segunda-feira à sexta-feira em horário comercial. Os prêmios não poderão ser convertidos em dinheiro e são pessoais e intransferíveis. Os ingressos serão entregues ao contemplado mediante assinatura da carta-compromisso. No ato da comunicação ou recebimento do prêmio, o participante contemplado deverá assinar o recibo de entrega do prêmio. Este documento constituirá prova da entrega do prêmio e será mantido sob guarda das Promotoras pelo prazo de 03 (três) anos, após o término da Promoção. Na hipótese do contemplado não poder receber pessoalmente o prêmio, por qualquer razão, será admitida sua representação, por meio de procuração, em conformidade com a legislação vigente. Deverá o contemplado constituir procurador por meio de mandato, por instrumento público ou particular, com firma reconhecida e poderes específicos para o fim que se destina. Na eventualidade do contemplado falecer, o prêmio será entregue ao respectivo espólio, na pessoa de seu inventariante, que deverá comprovar tal condição e exercer o seu direito no prazo previsto nesta Promoção. A documentação pessoal que se fizer necessária ao recebimento, retirada e a fruição do prêmio será de inteira responsabilidade do participante contemplado. 16. PRAZO DE PRESCRIÇÃO DO PRÊMIO

Caso o Prêmio não seja reclamado no prazo de 180 (cento e oitenta) dias, contados da data do término da Promoção, caducará o direito do respectivo titular e o valor correspondente será recolhido pela Mandatária ao Tesouro Nacional, como renda da União, em até 10 (dez) dias passados da data do término do prazo prescricional. 17. DESCLASSIFICAÇÃO DE PARTICIPANTES

Todos os participantes deverão observar as condições, formas e prazos de participação, podendo ser sumariamente desclassificados os participantes que descumprirem quaisquer regras desta Promoção, que cometerem qualquer tipo de suspeita de fraude, incluindo, mas não se limitando a, à criação, benefício e utilização de ferramentas automatizadas, uso e benefício de dados e identidades falsas, bem como utilização indevida de direitos autorais e de propriedade intelectual, ficando, ainda, sujeitos à responsabilização penal e civil. Em qualquer hipótese de desclassificação de participante(s), as Promotoras buscarão novo(s) ganhadores, de acordo com os critérios de participação e premiação previstos neste Regulamento, sendo considerado(s) contemplado(s) o(s) participante(s) que tiver(em) cumprido todas as regras e condições de participação previstas neste Regulamento. Os participantes poderão ser excluídos automaticamente da Promoção em caso de suspeita de fraude comprovada ou de apresentação de inscrições e/ou projetos em desacordo com as regras deste Regulamento, bem como por utilização indevida de direitos autorais, podendo ainda responder civil e criminalmente pela devida infração. O correto e completo preenchimento do cadastro de inscrição é pressuposto de participação neste Concurso e, caso seja identificado pelas Promotoras o preenchimento incorreto ou incompleto, o uso de informações falsas ou a adoção de outras práticas que porventura possam ser enquadradas como atos irregulares ou ilícitos, as Promotoras poderão imediatamente desclassificar os participantes que adotarem tais práticas. Serão desclassificadas as participações que infringirem quaisquer das condições estabelecidas neste Regulamento, bem como, apresentarem qualquer conteúdo inadequado, inapropriado, obsceno, ou impeditivo, observadas as políticas e condutas corporativas das Promotoras, e que possam vir a causar prejuízos a terceiros. As Promotoras se reservam o direito de realizar auditorias aleatórias dos participantes, ao longo do período de participação na Promoção, de modo a conferir se os dados cadastrais informados estão corretos, bem como checar a veracidade das informações imputadas pelo participante. Se o participante não puder comprovar as informações fornecidas ou se elas forem identificadas como incorretas ou inconsistentes, será desclassificado – podendo, a critério das Promotoras, se reinscrever na Promoção com informações legítimas. 18. DÚVIDAS, CONTROVÉRSIAS E RECLAMAÇÕES As dúvidas e controvérsias originadas de reclamações dos participantes da Promoção serão, primeiramente, dirimidas pelas Promotoras e, persistindo-as, serão submetidas à Representação Nacional de Promoções Comerciais (REPCO/CAIXA) e/ou aos órgãos integrantes do Sistema Nacional de Defesa do Consumidor. 19. DISPOSIÇÕES GERAIS No ato de sua inscrição os participantes declaram desde já ser da própria autoria e/ou titularidade dos textos submetidos, e que não constituem plágio de espécie alguma ou reprodução, ainda que autorizada, estando isentas as Promotoras de qualquer reclamação relacionada ao uso indevido de direitos de propriedade intelectual de terceiros, devendo os participantes arcarem com eventuais danos decorrentes de tais atos. Somente serão consideradas válidas as inscrições que preencherem todas as condições necessárias, realizadas dentro do prazo e pelos procedimentos previstos neste Regulamento. Os dados fornecidos pelo participante, no momento de sua inscrição, deverão ser corretos, claros e precisos, sendo de sua total responsabilidade a veracidade das informações. As inscrições submetidas não poderão ser contrárias à moral, aos bons costumes, ao art. 5º da Constituição Federal, à Legislação Federal, Estadual ou Municipal vigente e não poderão incentivar a violência, tampouco poderão conter qualquer espécie de indicação de preconceito racial, de gênero, sexual, religioso, social ou político, sob pena do participante ser desclassificado e ainda responder integralmente por qualquer dano porventura causado, não cabendo desta decisão qualquer espécie de recurso. Os contemplados autorizam, a título gratuito, o uso de sua imagem, voz, performance e nomes, em filmes publicitários e institucionais veiculados em mídia eletrônica, digital, internet, fotos, cartazes, anúncios em jornais e revistas e em qualquer outra forma de mídia impressa, para divulgação da Promoção no território nacional pelo período de até 01 (um) ano após a data da divulgação dos contemplados. A utilização e/ou divulgação dos conteúdos objeto da presente Promoção pelas Promotoras não dependerá de prévia autorização do participante desta Promoção nem lhe dará direito a qualquer remuneração. Os participantes, contemplados ou não, firmarão com a Realizadora, a título gratuito, uma cessão total de direitos patrimoniais autorais e de propriedade intelectual dos conteúdos enviados, por prazo indeterminado, em caráter exclusivo, irretratável e irrevogável, válido em todo o território global, inclusive, mas sem limitação, aos direitos de expor, publicar, adaptar, distribuir, alterar, fazer obra derivada, reproduzir, armazenar e/ou de qualquer outra forma dele se utilizar, em caráter gratuito e sem qualquer remuneração, ônus ou encargo, podendo referidos direitos serem exercidos em qualquer tipo de mídia e/ou peças promocionais, inclusive, mas sem limitação, em televisão, rádio, jornais, revistas, cartazes, faixas, outdoors, mala-direta, na internet, redes sociais e tele mídia, nos termos do Artigo nº 49 da Lei nº 9.610/98 (Lei de Direitos Autorais). Os participantes da Promoção, incluindo os contemplados, assumem total e exclusiva responsabilidade a respeito de todas e quaisquer eventuais reivindicações de terceiros que se sintam prejudicados pela cessão do direito de autor, sendo esses direitos cedidos livres e desembaraçados de todos e quaisquer ônus ou restrições às Promotoras. A participação na Promoção implicará a aceitação total e irrestrita de todos os itens deste Regulamento, sendo imprescindível que todos os participantes concordem com as regras de sua realização. As autorizações supra descritas não implicam na obrigatoriedade das Promotoras de utilizarem/disseminarem/veicularem os conteúdos submetidos, nomes, vozes dos participantes. As Promotoras não se responsabilizam pela realização, organização e promoção show da Shakira nem por quaisquer cancelamentos ou alteração de data e local do evento. A disseminação/divulgação da imagem, nome e voz dos Participantes por terceiros durante ou após o término do presente Concurso, por quaisquer meios, incluindo, principalmente, em meios digitais, tais como Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, etc., mas não a esses se limitando, não será de responsabilidade das Promotoras. Considerar-se-á fraude todos os atos praticados, para participação na Promoção, em desacordo com a lei e os termos do presente Regulamento, bem como que visem à obtenção de benefício e/ou vantagem de forma ilícita, incluindo plágio, informações não verdadeiras na inscrição, violação de direitos, ofensa à moral e aos bons costumes, e ainda, o não cumprimento de nenhuma das condições estabelecidas neste Regulamento. Nessas hipóteses, o participante poderá ser desclassificado. Às Promotoras reservam-se o direito de, soberana e unilateralmente, desclassificar e excluir os participantes cuja conduta demonstre estar manipulando a operação da Promoção, bem como os participantes que tentarem fraudar ou burlar as regras estabelecidas neste Regulamento, sendo esta decisão irrecorrível. Os participantes autorizam a utilização de seus endereços físicos, eletrônicos, telefones e demais dados informados com o propósito de formação e atualização de cadastro, reforço de mídia publicitária e divulgação da própria Promoção, nos limites do Código de Defesa do Consumidor, sem nenhum ônus para as Promotoras, sendo que, no entanto, de acordo com o que dispõe o artigo 11 da portaria MF nº 41/2008, as Promotoras estão expressamente vedadas de comercializar ou ceder, ainda que a título gratuito, os dados coletados nessa Promoção. Os dados e informações coletados estarão armazenados em ambiente seguro, observado o estado da técnica disponível, e somente poderão ser acessados por pessoas qualificadas e previamente autorizadas, em observância a legislação em vigor. As Promotoras não serão responsáveis por problemas, falhas ou funcionamento técnico do participante, de qualquer tipo, em redes de computadores, servidores ou provedores do participante, equipamentos de computadores, celulares, tablets, hardware ou software do participante, ou erro, interrupção, defeito, atraso ou falha em operações ou transmissões nos sistemas, incluindo, mas não se limitando, a transmissão imprecisa de cadastros, em razão de problemas técnicos, congestionamento na Internet, vírus, falha de programação (bugs) ou violação por terceiros (hackers). O participante será responsabilizado por todos os danos causados às Promotoras e também a outros terceiros decorrentes de sua conduta durante a participação na Promoção. O participante reconhece e aceita expressamente que as Promotoras não poderão ser responsabilizadas por qualquer dano ou prejuízo oriundo da participação neste Concurso ou da eventual aceitação da recompensa. Fica, desde já, eleito o foro do participante para solução de quaisquer questões referentes ao Regulamento da presente Promoção. CERTIFICADO DE AUTORIZAÇÃO CAIXA Nº 3-7209/2018.

[grupocasais]

Como pedir ajuda no trabalho

Já todos passamos por isto: estamos a fazer o nosso trabalho, bloqueamos e precisamos de ajuda, mas não deve ficar preocupado por estar a incomodar os seus colegas com questões óbvias.

Ao falar com mais de 500 profissionais, para o meu livro The Unsopeken Rules, das mais variadas áreas industriais e funções, sobre o aspeto mais duro que tinham de enfrentar no trabalho, obtive a mesma resposta: pedir ajuda. No mínimo, ficamos vulneráveis ao julgamento dos outros, o pior é que damos a ideia de ser incompetentes ou preguiçosos.

Felizmente, durante a minha pesquisa descobri que há uma forma melhor. Vamos tentar perceber como é que tudo funciona.

Faça o trabalho de casa.

O primeiro passo ao pedir ajuda, não é pedir, é confirmar se vale a pena pedir. Isto significa que temos de fazer o trabalho de casa.

Primeiro, imagine três círculos concêntricos. O círculo do meio representa aquilo que sabe neste momento.

O do meio representa o que não sabe, mas que consegue descobrir sozinho. Qualquer questão que se situe entre estes dois círculos, será uma má questão. Estas são as questões que deixam os outros a pensar “Vá lá... eu descobri a resposta em 10 minutos, enquanto estava online.”

O círculo periférico representa o que não sabe e o que não pode aprender sozinho, e, portanto, tem de perguntar. Qualquer questão que esteja situada dentro deste círculo é uma boa questão. Estas são as questões que quer perguntar.

Se pergunta algo do género “O que é que X significa?” (Quer haja uma resposta certa ou errada), tente procurar a resposta por si próprio, fazendo uma pesquisa online ou através da verificação na caixa de email, na pasta da equipa ou até mesmo na intranet da empresa. A ideia não é abrir todos os ficheiros ou emails, ou ver todos os websites, é apenas tentar fazer aquilo que é possível fazer sozinho, para que tire partido do tempo que está com os outros.

Terá feito o trabalho de casa se tiver a certeza de que a resposta ainda não foi partilhada consigo, que não é fácil de encontrar e não está na primeira página de pesquisa do Google. Se encontrar a resposta certa durante a sua pesquisa, então, não há necessidade de colocar a questão. Caso não consiga encontrar a resposta, então o melhor é perguntar.

Se vai perguntar “O que é que faço a seguir?” ou “Como é que faço isto?” (nestas situações não há uma resposta certa ou errada, apenas uma abordagem melhor ou pior), junte opções variadas e identifique aquelas em que as vantagens ultrapassam as desvantagens. Faça de conta que não tem ninguém a quem pedir ajuda. Quais são as opções que consideraria e quais são as opções que tentaria escolher? Uma das opções é tentar completar a frase a seguir para a sua situação: “Eu poderia tentar a opção A, opção B ou C. Dado que (apresentar razões), a opção B é a que faz mais sentido.” Se consegue identificar uma opção claramente superior à dos outros e é uma decisão que consegue tomar sem ter impacto nos outros, então não há necessidade de fazer a pergunta, de certeza que encontrou a resposta que os outros lhe iriam dar. Caso não consiga, então sim vale a pena perguntar.

Encontre a pessoa certa no momento certo.

Quando tiver uma questão que faça sentido colocar, o passo seguinte é identificar a forma menos disruptiva, e, portanto, a mais efetiva, para colocar a questão aos outros. Neste ponto, talvez, seja melhor perguntar-se a si próprio estas três questões:

1. Qual a melhor pessoa para colocar esta questão?

2. Qual a melhor altura para perguntar?

3. Qual o melhor local para perguntar?

No que diz respeito à pessoa certa, talvez seja melhor começar pelo mais jovem colaborador ou alguém que esteja ao seu nível ou alguém cujo trabalho é responder a questões como a sua, como por exemplo os recursos humanos ou a área das tecnologias de informação. Antes de os abordar, pergunte-se, “Será que vou precisar da ajuda deles novamente?” Se a resposta for sim e se a sua questão não for crucial, pense em escrever a pergunta e esperar até acumular uma série de questões ou estar na sua melhor forma para perguntar. Assim, pode fazer cinco perguntas de uma só vez em vez de cinco questões em separado. Se esta pessoa não o conseguir ajudar, então peça ao colega a seguir na hierarquia.

No que toca à melhor altura e local, ponha-se na pele da outra pessoa. Qual será a melhor altura para abordar esta pessoa? Qual é o meio de comunicação preferido? Muitas vezes a melhor altura é quando já se está a falar. Por isso, se vão estar juntos numa reunião, tente perguntar “Será que tens um tempinho depois desta reunião para responder a umas questões?” Se contactarem por email ou messenger, considere acrescentar as suas questões a uma das conversas.

Se ainda não está em contacto com esta pessoa, mas tem acesso ao calendário ou ao estado online, tente entrar em contacto quando mostra que estão disponíveis online. Isto pode significar apanhar a pessoa em horários fora das reuniões, nas férias, ou mesmo no fim do dia de trabalho, no tempo de descanso. Se perceber que essa pessoa envia emails logo pela manhã, tente enviar um email a essa hora.

Faça o trabalho de casa e mostre gratidão.

No que toca a fazer perguntas, o estilo pode ser tão importante como a substância. A forma como coloca a questão pode marcar a diferença entre a ajuda que necessita (ou não) e a construção de uma boa relação profissional (ou não). De modo a causar a melhor impressão possível, não basta só fazer a pergunta, partilhe o duro trabalho que fez para se ajudar a si próprio antes de procurar a ajuda dos outros.

Se estiver à procura de uma resposta objetiva, resista à tentação de ir direto à pergunta. Em vez disso, tente utilizar a seguinte estratégia: “Esta é a minha questão e é por isto que estou a colocar a questão.” Por vezes, pode ser uma simples questão “Como é que submeto a minha folha de horas?” ou “A Lisa disse-me que tu és a pessoa certa no que toca a folhas de horários. Esta v2.4 que encontrei na intranet é a mais utilizada?”

Se procura uma resposta subjetiva, torna as coisas mais fáceis para os outros o ajudarem. Isto significa que é necessário dar aos outros algo para eles reagirem, em vez de impor uma pergunta aberta e por isso difícil como por exemplo, “O que faço a seguir?”. Comece por partilhar o contexto da sua questão, seguida de uma pergunta fechada, do tipo de escolha múltipla (“Qual é que prefere: plano A, B ou C?”), ou uma resposta do tipo sim ou não (“Estarei a pensar da maneira certa?”), ou por defeito (“Eu estava a pensar no plano A ou B. Sugiro o plano A pelas razões X; concorda?”).

Tente evitar que os outros tenham de lhe dizer a mesma coisa duas vezes. Se os outros lhe dizem alguma coisa, repita, repita para si, tome notas, faça o que for necessário para se lembrar do que foi dito. Se tiver de perguntar outra vez (ou se depender da mesma pessoa), pense em procurar alguém diferente. Pode admitir algo do género “Peço desculpa, eu sei que já falamos sobre isto, mas só quero esclarecer.”

Depois de obter a ajuda que precisa, não se esqueça de mostrar alguma gratidão. Pode ser algo simples como dizer “Agradeço ter despendido do seu tempo para me explicar, dado que está sempre tão ocupado.” Pequenos gestos de apreço podem aumentar a possibilidade dos outros o ajudarem, outra vez.

No fim de tudo, pedir ajuda é apenas parte do processo de pedir ajuda. É também fazer por merecer a ajuda. É menos gratificante pôr de lado um colega de trabalho no momento em que a questão surge e desaparecer imediatamente a seguir, um bocadinho de trabalho de pesquisa pode fazer a grande diferença na produtividade, para não mencionar na reputação.

Texto adaptado do artigo da autoria Gorick Ng, na edição da revista da HBR da edição de abril de 2021, e disponível em https://bit.ly/3jGScSC.

[dachi-chan25]

The Dark Half (1989)

What is it about?

Thad Beaumont, writes crime novels under the pen name George Stark, due to his insecurities, but now has decided to finally reveal the truth to the world “killing off” George, unfortunately George was way more alive than he ever suspected and is now looking for revenge.

Thoughts:

-It’s so good!!!!!!! Honestly I expected something different but this book surprised me.

-George Stark was awful, but such a badass, like the things he managed to do under the police’s nose. Honestly as a GoT/ASOIAF fan is so hard to associate the Stark name to such an awful creep.

-I feel sad for Thad, he was trying so hard, and he loved his family, honestly It’s not fair he had to deal with so much.

-Stephen King always manages to write about his experiences as a writer and It’s pretty clear this book was about his own experience using a pen name, I find it amusing.

-Another book from the Castle Rock series!!! Of course the events of “The dead zone” and “Cujo” are mentioned specially the death of the sheriff George Bannerman, which introduces us to Alan Pagborn, he was so great because he was in conflict, his instincts told him Thad was innocent even if all the proofs pointed to him.

-I liked the sparrows motif, the messengers of death, living between 2 worlds, I love that stuff.

-Liz Beaumont I love that woman, she was always strong and was even willing to fight that fucking psycho.

Movie/TV adaptations:

There is one: George A. Romero’s “The dark half” from 1993

So good, they changed a lot of stuff, but it was pretty accurate, not the best acting but still pretty decent, super mild violence-wise there is almost no gore at all for a book full of crime scenes, I really liked it but I think it could be better, maybe it will be included on the Castle Rock series.

Quotes:

“But writers INVITE ghosts, maybe; along with actors and artists, they are the only totally accepted mediums of our society. They make worlds that never were, populate them with people who never existed, and then invite us to join them in their fantasies. And we do it, don’t we? Yes. We PAY to do it.”

“He sometimes believed that the compulsion to make fiction was no more than a bulwark against confusion, maybe even insanity. It was a desperate imposition of order by people able to find that precious stuff only in their minds … never in their hearts.”

“…he was after all, a novelist…and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay.”

#The Dark Half #Stephen King #Stephen King's Challenge #dachi rambles #booklr #dachi reads stuff

[thisishomenicktoonsau]

Just A Typical Morning

Sophie is just the typical 10-year-old girl. Except for her family life where she grows up in a foster home with a mom, a dad, 15 older siblings, six younger siblings, and several pets. Yup. Definitely typical. 

Hi, whoever is reading this. My name is Sophie Hathaway and this is my life. I am 10 years old and just moved to a new school. I’m not like other kids my age. I mean I go to school, hang out with my friends after school, I draw for competitions, I like soccer and video games but I also like stuffed animals and musicals. So I would say that I’m mostly normal.

Sophie was looking in a mirror getting ready for school in her tiny closet bedroom. She was dressed in a white tank top, a red plaid flannel shirt, jean leggings, and black converse. She tied her long curly ebony hair in a ponytail before putting her signature dark blue messenger hat on and turned to her white Maine Coon cat. “Well, Lion? What do you think?” Lion responded by lazily sprawling out on one of her shirts. Sophie rolled her midnight blue eyes and said “Thanks for the input Lion. Seriously that helps so much.” The moment Lion started to chew on the shirt she yanked it out from under him. Lion started to meow loudly in annoyance. Sophie smirked and said, “Yeah love you too bud.” She ruffled his fur and left her room her door ajar so Lion could wander in and out.  

The only way I’m not normal is family wise. I live in a foster home with several other kids. I’ve lived here since I was six years old and grew up in the younger half of the family. Lion came with me because he’s been my cat since I was five though he was my original mother’s cat. I kind of have learned to thrive in chaotic situations after living here for so long.

Sophie was looking for her backpack for school. She didn’t know why it wasn’t in her room with all her other things but she could chalk that up to it getting mixed up with some other moving boxes. She looked in the closest room to her own bedroom, being her brothers Timmy and Snap’s room, and saw a familiar bag strap sticking out from under the blue bed while Timmy’s Golden Retriever puppy, Sparky, was lying on the bed. She grabbed it and pulled it out from under the bed. “Timmy Turner! Can you please explain what MY backpack was doing under YOUR bed?!” Sophie yelled.

A brown haired, blue eyed, buck-toothed boy poked his head into the room. “I needed crayons for my comic book and you have the best crayons in the house,” Timmy explained like it was obvious.

This is Timothy Turner or “Timmy” for short. He’s older than me by a few months and has been here longer than any of us. See when he was two, our foster parents moved next door and noticed something not so good. His real parents were neglecting him and Timmy had a caretaker that was abusing him. So Cosmo and Wanda, who are our parents, did what was best and called social services on them. Cosmo and Wanda eventually adopted Timmy as their son and the rest is pretty much history. The weird thing about this story though is that we think Timmy may have had a twin sibling. Keyword: Think. There were two cribs in the house although since there wasn’t any record of Timmy’s birth and no other evidence that there was another baby in the house, it’s just theory for now. Sparky was Timmy’s tenth birthday present. Mom and Dad got him in March so he’s just a puppy.

Timmy acts like what you think a “typical” ten-year-old boy is. He likes gross things like dead frogs and literally has no idea how girls work to point I’m pretty sure he thinks females have a whole different language. He can be a selfish jerk sometimes but he can be a good brother too. We play video games together a lot and he once told I’m the sister he didn’t know he could wish for.

“Dude. Stop stealing my crayons!” Sophie said rolling her eyes.

“Then buy me some fancy ones like yours.”

“Right. Like I have my own money. We are literally both 10.” Sophie said deadpanned. Sophie was checking her box for missing crayons. Okay, everything seemed in order except. Hang on. Something was wrong with her blues. “Slate, Sky, Navy, Indigo, Cobalt, Teal, Ocean, Peacock, Azure, Cerulean, Lapis, Spruce, Stone, Aegean, Berry, Denim, Admiral, Sapphire, Arctic…. Hey. Where’s my blue crayon? I have all my other blues but not the normal blue one.” Sophie said looking up from her crayon box after counting them.

“Oh yeah! Nerd-tron borrowed it for his science junk notes,” Timmy said getting his own backpack for school.

“Ugh, you gotta be kidding me with this!” Sophie groaned as she stomped to the room next door and knocked.

“Jimmy! I need my crayon! You know I hate having an incomplete box!” Sophie waited for a few minutes before Jimmy opened the door and Jimmy’s mechanical dog Goddard suddenly ran by her legs.

“Oh hey, Sophie. What did you need again?” Jimmy asked.

“My blue crayon. You stole it from Tim who stole it from me.” Sophie explained.

“Oh, that was your crayon! No wonder it was such high quality!” Jimmy said.

“Yeah, so can I have it back?” Sophie asked.

“Of course! Let me get it for you.” Jimmy said as he started to search his desk area. Sophie followed him into his and ZIM’s shared room.

That’s James Neutron or “Jimmy” for short. He’s older than me by about a year and came here shortly after Timmy did. Nobody's quite sure what happened to his parents but Mom and Dad found him just wandering in traffic and took him to CPS. They did find some of his relatives on his father’s side but nobody took him because he’s apparently some sort of “bad omen” or something, so mom and dad took him in. It was then they were like “Well we already got the two kids, why not open up a foster home for more?” So he kinda started the whole Vanguard Home for Wayward Children in a way. He built Goddard when he was around six so it was a year before I got there.  

Jimmy is super smart, probably the smartest of all of us entirely being skilled in several different fields of science already. Though this can be annoying when he acts like a know it all and won’t admit when he makes a clear mistake. He stays mostly serious and doesn’t really play too much with us. Mostly because of Timmy. Timmy annoys him. However, he acts like a leader to us and takes care of us so that’s pretty good.

“Ah! Here it is!” Jimmy said holding up the crayon.

“Thanks, Jim. You’re a peach!” Sophie said as she put it in her bag.

“No problem. See you downstairs.” Jimmy said as he grabbed his bag and headed out. Sophie also started to head out starting to recount her crayons until she bumped into a teenage boy with black hair and ice blue eyes.

“Ow sorry, Danny…” Sophie said grinning sheepishly.  Danny rubbed his head as he stood up with his Bulldog, Cujo’s leash in hand.

“It’s cool Soph I was just gonna take Cujo out real quick. Hold on. You got a smudge on your face.” Danny said trying to wipe it off.  

“Mom c’mon stop!” Sophie whined as she tried to squirm out his grasp.

Danny groaned and said “Sophie. If you just hold still this would be over in a second.”

A high-pitched male voice called to them interrupting the squabble. “Danny! Sophie! What type of eggs do you want for breakfast?”

“Scrambled, please! And can I have hot chocolate to drink SB?” Sophie asked politely as she rushed to the banister to get away from Danny, making him sigh shaking his head.

“Of course sweetheart! Danny! What about you?” SB called back from the kitchen.

“I’ll take sunny side up SB!” Danny said as he and Cujo walked down the stairs. Sophie watched SB’s elderly cat Gary go downstairs followed by Lion and Sparky.

Those were two of my older brothers Daniel Fenton/”Danny” for short and Spencer Bob Sawyer-Patterson or “SB” for short. They both came here not too long after Timmy and Jimmy.

Danny is 14 and a freshman in high school. His parents were great scientists but died tragically in a lab accident when he was around four-ish. While his sister’s Jazz and Dani went to an all girls home Danny was not allowed to follow them making him end up here. Soon after he got here Mom and Dad got him a bulldog named Cujo to help him cope.

Danny is a really kind older brother. He’s kind of one of our parents second in command. So much so we actually call him mom because he always scolding us for doing the stupid things we do and wiping crap from our faces like you just saw. Danny always groans when we call him that even though he tells groan-worthy puns in return. Though we all know he secretly likes us calling him that as a term of endearment.

SB is 20 and currently going to culinary school while he lives here at home with us. Like Jimmy, we don’t actually know what happened to his parents. Every time he’s asked about it SB just bawls his eyes out. So we just stopped asking. All we know about his parents is that they are the ones that took SB to get his cat Gary, who has lived so long none of us know how old he is. Not even SB who got him as a full grown cat. Timmy swears he’s immortal while I’m just hoping we don’t come home from school one day and find him under a sofa “sleeping”.

SB is super sweet to all of us though he can be a little clueless and super innocent at times. Though I think he knows that strangely enough. Mom and Dad let him cook the meals for all of us cause he’s just such a good cook. He even makes all our lunches for school which takes so long he actually gets up at 4:00 AM to take his time making them. He’s definitely more of an early bird than any of us.

“Danny! Hurry up! We gotta leave in 30 minutes!” a black haired and violet-eyed teenage goth girl called from downstairs. Danny got to the bottom of the stairs with Cujo in hand and Sophie followed close behind.

“I know Sam. I just gotta take Cujo out to pee.” Danny said as he kissed her cheek before going outside.

“Morning dad,” Sophie said as she passed Sam to get to the kitchen.

“Good morning to you too son,” Sam said as she bumped the back of Sophie’s head.

Sophie went into the kitchen where she saw her brother SB with his curly dyed bright yellow hair with his original ginger hair peeking out and bright blue-eyes putting food down in front of her other older brother with dyed pink hair and dark brown eyes named Patrick. Jimmy and Timmy were already in the kitchen racing each other in an egg eating race. “Morning SB. Morning Pat-Pat.” Sophie said as she kissed both of their cheeks.

“Morning Soph-a-Loaf! Your breakfast is almost ready!” SB said cheerfully as he put down a fruit salad down for Sam who just walked in with her spider-shaped bag.

“Thanks, SB,” Sophie said sitting down next to Patrick who was scarfing down his food loudly which went along so nicely with Timmy and Jimmy’s muffled yelling. Sophie giggled as Sam pinched the bridge of her nose.

SB put a hand on her shoulder and asked “Tea?” Sam nodded quickly as SB poured her a cup of earl gray tea.

That is my sister Samantha Manson or “Sam” for short and my brother Patrick Star. They both came here about a few months after Danny and SB. Both have connections to Danny and SB too. Sam has been Danny’s best friend since kindergarten and now she is his girlfriend. Patrick has also been SB’s best friend since kindergarten.

Sam is the same age and grade as Danny. Her parents tried to force her into a life of fame and fortune that she frankly never wanted. So much so she ran away from her parents and ended up here. She and Danny just kind of clicked and got together by the end of middle school. Mom and Dad were pretty accepting of this. They just ask Danny and Sam make sure if and when they do something they are either out of the house, the entire family but them is out of the house, or lock the door which I’m still not sure what they mean by that. Do they mean kiss? Cause they’ve kissed in front of us before. Like more than once.

While we call Danny “Mom” we call Sam “Dad” a lot as an inside joke between all us. If Danny mothers us by taking care of our injuries and wiping stuff off our faces then Sam fathers us by punishing us when we do something wrong. Like when one of my older brothers, Manny,  “wandered” into a Victoria Secret to see girls. Even Danny knew that he was a dead man when Sam went to fish him out. I do still look up to her as one of my female role models. I mean she so strong-willed and passionate that I kinda wanna be like her when I’m older.

Patrick is 22 and currently going through community college though he’s not that great at it. Not that he’s stupid, he’s just a little slow. His parents have been out of the picture for a while so his older sister was taking care of him. A few years later he said his sister got “lost in the tide”. Whatever that means. He also has a pet a rock named Rocky that he randomly just found in the park one day and took it home with him.

Patrick’s such a sweetheart and really tries hard for us despite his faults like him being slow and kinda lazy too. Seriously he like sleeps a lot. I think I tend to pick up habits from my siblings cause I swear I have fallen asleep in some weird places just like him. Mom and Dad depend on him to feed the pets while SB feeds us.

Patrick got up and started putting down the food bowls for the pets after scarfing down his breakfast. He put down a bowl of nuts and bolts for Goddard, three bowls of big dog for Sparky, Boodles, and Perrito, a bowl of medium dog food for Cujo, two bowls of cat food for Gary and Lion, he put some sprinkles on Rocky, put out a muffin for Minimoose, and he put out a bowl of clams for Grudge. Goddard, Sparky, Gary, and Lion were already eating. Danny came in with Cujo and Cujo made a dash for his bowl as SB put down Danny’s and Sophie’s eggs. As SB poured Sophie’s hot chocolate into a mug, a tan boy with messy brown hair and green eyes rubbing his eyes sleepily came into the kitchen.

“Morning Tak!” Sophie said chipperly.

“Subah mere pyaare parivaar.” (Translation: ‘Morning my lovely family.’ {Hindi}) Tak said obviously not being too terribly awake as he made his way to the toaster. He spent a minute staring at it before he started to hit it. “Why. Won’t. This. Cursed. Machine. Work!”

Danny promptly went and stopped Tak from hitting it. “Tak. Leave the toaster alone. If you want toast so much then just sit next to Sophie and I’ll make it for you but Tak... the toaster isn’t even on.” Danny calmly explained.

“Oh…” Tak mumbled blushing as he sat next to Sophie. Sophie giggled and kissed his cheek.

That’s my brother Tak Pupanunu. He’s 13 and came here about a year after Danny, SB, Sam, and Patrick. He was the first one of us to come from a different country which he was raised in India. As far as we know his parents gave him up at one of the shrines and was adopted by his Uncle Jibolba and his adopted older brother Lok. However, Jibolba started to get sick and had to stay in the hospital most of the time. They moved to America so Jibolba could get better care. With Lok already being of age and Tak wasn’t it was inevitable he would be put into foster care. Tak is still allowed to visit Jibolba and Lok so it’s all good.

Tak’s gotten a good grasp on English though he still isn’t used to the technology. He’s a lot more mature than people give him credit for though he has been dragged into the childish side of the family by me, Timmy, and Snap before too. I was really scared when I first got here but Tak really helped me and actually treated me like a person unlike most of the legal people I had to go through to get here.

Now, this is where stuff gets kind of complicated so listen up. There was a very short pause between when Tak came and when the next kid came. Like maybe a month or so. Then Mom and Dad got five kids in a month. Like no joke. The first week were my brothers ZIM and GIR, the second week was my brother Manny, the third week was my sister Jenny, and the fourth week was my brother Blik. All of that in a row. It’s kind of insane how it happened.

“Good Morning my HORRIBLE family!” said a boy with light green skin, lavender eyes, and black hair strolled into the kitchen.

Sam rolled her eyes as she handed Tak his toast. “Morning ZIM. Did you take your meds this morning?” ZIM paused before shaking his head no.

“Zion Issac Martinez! You are supposed to take those every day.” Danny scolded.

ZIM looked down kicking the floor and mumbled out an apology. Danny sighed as he got him the right amount of pills and a cup of juice. ZIM took them without any protest.

Sophie then realized something. “Hey ZIM? Where’s GIR?”

ZIM looked at Sophie and said, “Well I did think he was following me down the stairs.” Suddenly everyone heard a loud squeaking noise. Sophie suddenly went to the stairs and caught a little five-year-old with bright blue eyes and long curly black hair.

“Hi, mama!” GIR chipperly said. Sophie sighed as a plush moose started floating around her.

“Thanks, Minimoose. Your muffin is on the counter.” Minimoose squee-ed happily as he flew into the kitchen. Sophie carried GIR into the kitchen with her.

“ZIM! You need to watch your baby brother better!” Sophie said as he put GIR in one of three booster seats and getting a bowl of Cheerios for him to eat.

“Not my fault he can’t walk downstairs.” ZIM shot back as Minimoose somehow ate that muffin in one swift motion.

Those are my brothers Zion Issac Martinez or “ZIM” for short, Greggory Ian Ramirez/“GIR” for short, and their robot Minimoose. ZIM is 12 while GIR is only five. GIR actually came here when he was pretty much a newborn. Oh, where to begin with these two. See ZIM was born to his mom as a really sick baby and he still is kind of sick but it’s better than when he was a toddler. I think it’s a sickness that affects his stomach and his liver so he can’t eat right and makes his skin this sickish greenish hue I call ‘I’m about to puke.’ green.

Anyway, their mom died shortly after GIR was born and with no father in the picture ZIM & GIR’s cousins took custody of them. They were abusive towards ZIM and didn’t take care for GIR. Eventually they just kinda got bored of toying with ZIM and listening to GIR’s cries that they just dropped them off here and didn’t look back. ZIM soon built Minimoose to care for both of them with daily reminders for ZIM to take his meds and keeping an eye on GIR.

ZIM is a bit… much? Oh, how do I even describe him? He’s brash, overconfident, and arrogant literally thinking he’s better than every one of us and better than anyone that he’ll ever meet. I have a theory that it’s because of him being bullied for being this sickly that he just ended up like this. He’s also really smart like Jimmy he just can’t really focus on a project for too long. I think mom once said after bringing him home from his doctor that he has ADHD or something like that.  ZIM is a good guy. Really he is. It's just really, really, REALLY hard to find the good in him. He does have his moments though. As for GIR well… I can literally describe him using two words. Sunshine and Sugar. Make of that what you will.

“We should probably teach GIR how to properly walk downstairs at some point,” Jimmy pointed out.

“We could probably cut his hair and he would be fine.” Timmy also pointed out as Sophie got out a brush and gasped.

“Absolutely not! His hair is a gift to society and should never be cut!” She started to brush GIR’s hair and tie it back into pigtails as GIR happily ate his Cheerios.

“So are you gonna brush his hair every single day?” Tak asked teasingly.

“I will if it means preserving his beauty!” Sophie said confidently.  

“What are we talking about?” a boy with tan skin, chocolate brown eyes with a scar over one of them, and curly chocolate black hair walked in with his bag.

SB handed him a plate with a sausage smothered in hot sauce. “Soph-a-Loaf got offended by the idea of cutting GIR-Bear’s hair.”

“I don’t see what the big deal is? It’s just a haircut to make him look shiny and clean!” Patrick said clapping.

“Of course it’s a big deal! How else is GIR gonna get all the ladies in his kindergarten class? He’s stinking handsome with his hair.” The boy said ruffling up GIR’s hair as GIR giggled and the boy took a bite of his sausage.

“Thank you, Manny for seeing my point,” Sophie said.

“Anytime Mi Amor,” Manny said winking at Sophie. Sophie groaned and rolled her eyes.

That’s my brother Manuel Pablo Gutierrez O’Brian Equihua Rivera or “Manny” for short. He’s 13 years old and actually is the second one of us to come from a different country. That being Mexico. His parents got divorced when he was really little and lived with his father and grandfather. However, it was deemed an unsafe living environment for Manny to live in so he was sent here. Both his parents and grandfather do still have visiting rights so that’s good at least.

Like Tak, he adapted to speaking English pretty fast and unfortunately has developed quite a habit of flirting like I mentioned with the whole Victoria Secret incident. Also, he just likes rebelling against authority just for the fun of it. Don’t get me wrong he’s just as protective as all my other brothers but he can be a bit obnoxious sometimes.

“What? Can’t handle my charm huh?” Manny said wiggling his eyebrows.

“Yeah, something like that…” Sophie mumbled.

Manny narrowed his eyes and squeezed her sides as he said “¡Ataque sorpresa!” (Translation: ‘Surprise Attack!’ {Spanish})

Sophie let out an inhuman noise and bumped her knee on the table. “You little ffff,” Sophie growled blushing.

“Sophia. Language. Little ears are listening.” Danny said pointing to GIR.

“...fluffer.” Sophie finished with a bite in her voice. Manny laughed along with Timmy and ZIM as he high-fived them. “Why do I suffer this type of abuse in this household?” Sophie grumbled.  

“Boys leave your sister alone. Just cause she’s younger than you doesn’t give you the right to pick on her just at random. At least be consistent if you are gonna tease her,” a teenage girl with red hair, blue eyes, and a robotic brace on her right arm and leg scolded as she walked into the kitchen. The boys rolled their eyes and each mumbled out an apology.

Sophie smiled and said “Thanks, Jenny.”

“Anytime Soph. Say, Jim? Can you loosen up the brace on my arm? I think it’s too stiff and I can’t really move it around that well.” Jenny explained.

“Sure thing Jen!” Jimmy said getting out a screwdriver from his backpack.

“You keep a screwdriver in your bag?” Sam asked raising an eyebrow. Jimmy just shrugged and got to work.

That’s my one of my other older sisters Jennifer Wakeman or “Jenny” for short. She’s 16 and is the oldest of us girls besides Mom. Jenny and her mom got into a really bad car crash that left Jenny’s mom paralyzed from the waist down and in a wheelchair. Jenny wasn’t hurt nearly as bad but it left her right arm and leg paralyzed and unusable without special braces. Jenny can still visit her mom who now lives in an assisted living facility. She lived in all girls home before being transferred here.

Despite the trauma she’s been through, Jenny is a super sweet and upbeat person if not a little naive at times too. She’s usually the one who takes all of us shopping for clothes whenever we need it. She’s super into fashion and literally spends hours on the computer researching the latest trends so she can be a designer when she’s an adult.

“Finished!” Jimmy said as he pulled the screwdriver away and put it back in his bag. Jenny flexed her arm and sighed happily grabbing a granola bar to eat.

“Much better. Thanks, Jimmy!”

“No problem Jen.”

“By the way after school, we need to go to the mall for some new summer clothes,” Jenny stated munching on the granola bar.

“And who’s exactly paying for this?” a man with brown skin, black hair tied back in a man bun, and goldish eyes asked as he walked into the kitchen with a newspaper under his arm.

“Good Morning Blik!” Jenny said cheerily as she hugged his arm. “I was kinda hoping you would?” Jenny asked batting her eyes at him. Blik side eyed Jenny and it was then decided by Sophie that her sister needed help.

Sophie tugged at Blik’s pants and said in a cutesy voice “Pwease Bliky? We are growing children. We need new clothes.”

Blik blushed at the nickname, sighed, and picked Sophie up placing her on his hip. “Alright fine. I will pay for the clothes.”

That is our oldest brother Blik Cramdilly. He’s 25 and just finished college this year but moved back to help Mom and Dad take care of us all. His father ditched him and his mom after he and his brothers were born. Unfortunately, their mother passed away when they were kids and their grandmother passed away when they were teenagers. This led to them being unable to inherit their massive fortune and while his brothers, Waffle and Gordon, had family members to take care of them due to both their father's side of the family, Blik did not. This is how he ended up in foster care. Six months later he did inherit his fortune along with his two brothers before they went off to college. However, Blik remained loyal to our strange family and would come back to visit us until he graduated. He then came back home to help raise us and help with the finances.

Blik can be a real grump sometimes. And loud. Very loud too. He likes buying things for himself so he can seem very powerful to those who try to cross our family. Even though he acts like it’s the worst thing in the world I think that he secretly likes buying us things. I don’t know, he just seems like he’s in good mood after seeing me with the tablet he bought me for drawing or when SB thanks him for the new set of pots and pans Blik got for him. He also is the one who keeps track of our doctor visits and allergies surprisingly enough. I think that shows he’s at least somewhat concerned for our wellbeings.

“Ugh, do we have to go clothes shopping AGAIN? We already have okay clothes.” Tak complained.

Jenny sighed and booped Tak’s nose. “Someday dear brother you will understand the importance of fashion.”

Blik put Sophie down and said, “Alright does everyone have their backpacks?” He was met with a chorus of Yes’s, Yeah’s, Yup’s, and Duh’s.

“Alright then. SB give everyone their lunches.”

“Okey Dokey!” SB said cheerfully as he handed everyone a personalized lunch box.

The lunch boxes were hanging up on a rack in the kitchen. Each lunch box was a different color to tell who’s was who’s. Blue for Jimmy, Pink for Timmy, Green for Danny, Violet for Sam, Yellow for SB, Lime for Patrick, Orange for Tak, Magenta for ZIM, Teal for GIR, Brown for Manny, Bright Blue for Jenny, and Light Pink for Sophie.

“By the way, your sushi is in the fridge whenever you eat your lunch today,” SB said looking back at Blik who was getting coffee.

“Thanks, SB.” Blik said taking a long sip of that coffee from a ‘Nope.’ mug.

A frazzled looking woman with pink curly hair and wearing a yellow blouse came into the kitchen. “Okay! It is almost time for school! Is everyone in the kitchen? Let me get a headcount,” she said as she started silently started to count.

That’s our mom Wanda Cosma. Her dad runs a successful garbage company and she’s the heiress so we get funds from her dad. It’s pretty cool. She may run the company if she ever gets sick of being a stay at home mom which I don’t think is happening anytime soon.

She’s pretty much our responsible parent. You know the usual stuff. Stopping us from doing stupid things and making sure we don’t go to the hospital more than once a month each. That kind of stuff. She tends to play bad cop in actually disciplining us instead of letting us run wild and free. She’s actually really great at balancing all of us and making sure we get the attention we deserve and/or crave.

“Wait there is only 13 of you and Poof is upstairs with your father so which nine are we missing?” Wanda asked.

Blik looked at what lunch boxes are left. “Indigo, Aqua, Fuschia, Bubblegum Pink, Red, Gray, Bright Green, Powder Blue, and Moss Green.”

Wanda was trying to connect the colors to the kids as Sophie spoke up. “Snap isn’t down here.”

“And Boodles didn’t come in for breakfast…. so Bunsen isn’t up yet either.” Jimmy deduced.

“Neither did Perrito so Dora isn’t up,” Jenny added.

“Meaning Marinette and Tikki aren’t up either,” Sam concluded.

“Now that you mention it… I don’t remember seeing Adrien or Plagg get up either.” Danny said.

“Well, I know Vendetta and Charlotte are up,” Manny said shrugging.

“Where are they then?” Wanda asked with her hands on her hips.

“In the backyard with Grudge doing… something? I don’t know. Vendetta is a weird kid.” Manny said throwing his arms up like ‘what do you want me to do about it?’

Wanda sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose as she walked out of the kitchen and into the foyer. “Snap White! Bunsen Knai’livac! Dora Marquez! Marinette Dupain-Cheng! Tikki Dupain-Cheng! Adrien Agreste! Plagg Agreste! Charlotte Winfrey! Vendetta Mortcheva! It is time for school! Come to the kitchen!” Wanda waited for a moment before she heard feet running from the downstairs bathroom and down the stairs.

From the downstairs bathroom was a pale teenage girl with blueish-black short pigtails blue eyes, and freckles carrying a five-year-old girl with fair skin, short dark red hair, and matching blue eyes. The two coming down the stairs was a very lightly tanned teenage boy with blond hair and green eyes carrying a five-year-old boy with dark brown skin, messy black hair, and matching green eyes.

The two teens nearly crashed into each other as they both said with a slight French accent: “Sorry mom!”

Wanda shook her head. “What were you doing that took you so long? Marinette? Adrien?”

“Tikki’s hair was a real mess so I’ve been messing with it so it stays flat for the day,” Marinette said as she let Tikki down to get a poptart from SB. Wanda nodded to Marinette before looking at Adrien and Plagg for their excuse.

“Plagg was being a butt and whining about going to school so he was not being cooperative this morning,” Adrien said bluntly.

“SCHOOL IS BORING!” Plagg yelled from Adrien’s arms.

“Plagg sweetie. If GIR and Tikki have to go to kindergarten then so do you. As much as you want it to be so, Adrien can’t carry everywhere.” Wanda explained calmly.

Plagg pouted and said “Fine but there better be Camembert in my lunch.”

Wanda nodded and looked at SB who was giving the Bubblegum Pink and Red lunch boxes to Marinette and Tikki. “Oh right!” SB said as he grabbed the Gray and Bright Green lunch boxes and walking over to Adrien and Plagg. He handed Adrien the Gray lunch box before kneeling down to Plagg’s height giving him the Bright Green lunch box.

“And I put extra Camembert so you can be an extra good boy today!” SB smiled.

Plagg grinned hopping up and down. “Cool! Thanks, SB!”

If you couldn’t tell the girls are Marinette Dupain-Cheng and her little sister Tikki while the boys are Adrien Agreste and his little brother Plagg. Adrien is 15, Marinette is 14, and Tikki and Plagg are both five years old just like GIR. All four of them are originally from France actually and came around the same time about a few months before Poof was born so it was a little stressful for mom but dad handled it really well. Marinette and Adrien are also dating too and follow the same rules as Danny and Sam.

Marinette and Tikki’s parents tragically died in a car crash on a really rainy night while Marinette was babysitting Tikki. Her parents always dreamed of moving to America with their daughters to start a franchise of bakeries so that’s what Marinette told her grandmother, who really was too busy traveling to take care of her granddaughters. So she came over to America with them and dropped them both off here and they stayed here ever since.

Adrien and Plagg’s story is a bit more troubling. See shortly after Plagg was born Adrien’s mother went missing and Adrien’s father became more and more closed off towards his sons. His father wanted the Agreste name to be absolutely perfect with no smudges what so ever. So he forced Adrien to be a model and controlled what Adrien did, where he would go, who he would talk to, and even what he ate. Plagg though wasn’t as treated as “nice” as Adrien was. Their father didn’t see Plagg as his son due to his skin color and locked him away in a back bedroom. Adrien was the only one allowed to care for him and this caused Plagg to become inseparable with Adrien. After Adrien’s bold move of divorcing his father, he and Plagg were moved to be closer to their mother’s friends, the Bourgeois’, who lived in America leading them to come here.

Marinette is a lot like Jenny actually. She’s sweet, outgoing, and very into fashion. She’ll be the one most likely to help Jenny shop for clothes for us. This is because the boys don’t care except for Adrien, all Sam knows is Hot Topic, I get distracted by the simplest things, Dora is still new to this “teenage girl” thing, and Tikki, Vendetta, and Charlotte are way too young to understand. Though her differences from Jenny, Marinette is a bit more awkward in social situations and way clumsier than any of us. She has her moments of confidence though. Especially when she’s sticking up for Tikki or any of us for that matter.

Tikki is the polar opposite of both GIR and Plagg oddly enough. For a five-year-old, she is incredibly calm and quiet. Like to strange level. Of course, she’s extremely kind and loving towards us. Sometimes though she just quietly follows us around. She does this for cookies. We give her a cookie and she goes away to follow someone else. We know we shouldn’t be feeding her habit but that’s literally all we can do. She won’t accept anything else. The only one that doesn’t seem to mind is Marinette because she’s used to this. Tikki is a really sweet girl though.

Adrien is definitely a people person during parties but he’s actually much of an introvert due to his father’s “brainwashing”. We’ve been helping him get more freedom though. This has turned him into a more fun loving person. Oh sure he’s still kinda serious but he’s getting better. Unfortunately, Danny has gotten him into saying puns and it’s gotten kind of annoying. Still, Adrien is an extremely kind person despite what his father has done to him over the years and is being a big help to us with the smaller kids.

Plagg apparently used to be a very silent and obedient child under his father’s rule according to Adrien. Yeah... I don’t buy it for a second. To me at his best Plagg is carefree and sarcastic, at his worst he’s a lazy and sour little kid. He has become Timmy, Manny, and Snap’s protege when it comes to pranks. It sucks but it makes him happy so why not? Plagg is also an extremely picky eater. He will not eat anything unless we give him Camembert cheese with it. It’s kinda weird.  

“By the way Mari? Tikki? Where’s Dora? Don’t tell me she’s still asleep.” Wanda said.

“Oh no. Perrito was whining earlier this morning so Dora took him out earlier than she usually does.” Marinette said as she bit into a banana.

Adrien came and wrapped an arm around Mari. “I think it was like six o’clock when she left cause I was in the bathroom with Plagg.”

“Well do you know when she’ll be back?” Wanda asked. Marinette tried to remember as Tikki tugged on her foster mother’s pant leg. “Yes, Tikki? What is it?”

Tikki starred at Wanda chewing on her poptart until she finally said: “Dora said she would be back before school.” Just as Tikki said that in walked a 12-year-old girl with tanned skin, long chocolate brown hair, and brown eyes holding a leash with a chocolate lab at the end of it.

“Lo Siento mama. Perrito really had to go to the bathroom,” (Translation: ‘Sorry mom.’ {Spanish}) the girl said.

Wanda sighed and said “It’s alright Dora. Just remember to take your phone with you next time you go out with Perrito. Okay?”

“Si, mama.” (Translation: ‘Yes, mom.’) Dora said letting Perrito off the leash to get his food. “By the way Patrick, could I have one of those little cookies for Perrito? He had a hard time going outside.” Dora asked. Patrick nodded as he got a special biscuit for Perrito and put it in Perrito’s food.

“Dora! Here’s your lunch box.” SB said handing the Fuschia lunch box to her.

Dora grinned and said “Gracias SB!” (Translation: ‘Thanks, SB!’)

That’s Dora Marquez. She’s 12 years old and roughly came here about a few months after I did. Like Manny, she came here from Mexico and moved to the states when she was around eight years old with her parents, her little brother and sister, her grandmother, and Perrito. When she turned nine her parents had to go back on an expedition of the rainforest to help some injured animals so while her grandmother and siblings stayed in the city, Dora and Perrito moved in with us.

Dora is a super kind person. Like to the point that it’s almost sickly sweet and I don’t think I’ve ever seen her get angry at like anything. She is kind of a tomboy like me so I look up to her a lot and like to go on adventures with her. Though lately she’s been getting more and more girly. I mean I don’t mind it so much it’s just that I either have to go with my sisters who are girlier than I am or with the boys who can be very, very annoying. Otherwise, though Dora is probably the nicest sister I could ask for.

“Dora? Did you see Bunsen or Snap get up for school?” Blik asked as Dora turned to him.

“Well I did see Bunsen’s door closed but I’m not sure about Snap,” Dora said shaking her head.

“Oh. Snap is still asleep. At least he was when I left our room.” Timmy said casually.

Wanda and Blik both facepalmed. “Sport, if he was still asleep why didn’t you wake him up?” Wanda asked.

“I dunno. I’m not his keeper!” Timmy argued.

Blik mumbled an ‘Oh my god.’ as Wanda asked: “Can one of you please go and remind your brothers that you can’t sleep in on a school day?”

“I’ll do it!” Sophie said raising her hand and then running upstairs.

“Thank you, sweetie!” Wanda called after her.

I guess it’s my turn to tell you about me huh? Like I said at the beginning my name is Sophie Hathaway and I’m 10 years old. I used to live in Hawaii with my biological family and we were all pretty happy. That was until my mother died when I was three then our family just started to drift apart. By the time I was six years old everyone was kinda placed where they needed to be and while I was supposed to go with my uncle, he was traveling too much to take care of me. So that’s how I ended up here a few years after Blik came but before Dora, Marinette, Tikki, Adrien, and Plagg. I still see some of my older siblings often enough and my dad comes to visit us once a month with my siblings Skylar, Silas, Liv, Nate, and Stef so it’s okay I guess.

I was really scared of everyone when I first got here though. The smells and sounds were all different and while I was used to having a big family these people were basically strangers to me. Also, I spoke Hawaiian primarily in my old house and now I am forced into English daily now which six-year-old me did not approve of at all. However, they were understanding knowing I needed time and over that time I learned to trust them which was very hard for me to do. Now I couldn’t imagine my life without them.

Sophie finally made it upstairs and was pulled from her thoughts when she heard the bathroom faucet running.

“Maybe Snap or Bunsen is already up?” Sophie thought as she knocked on the bathroom door. “Hey, is someone in here?” A few seconds later a man with neatly combed green hair holding a little baby boy with a tuft of curly purple hair and purple pajamas came out of the bathroom. “Morning Dad! Morning Poof!” Sophie cooed at her little brother.

“Morning Muncha-Bunch,” Cosmo said kissing the top of her head.

That’s our dad Cosmo Cosma. He eloped with our mom! His mom never did forgive him for that but it’s fine. She stopped being mad at our mom when we came into the picture. She’s like the super cool grandma that brings us gifts like all the time.

Cosmo is our fun parent that likes to take us on trips and out to eat a lot. Though Wanda seems to rain him in when he goes too far because he can be a little careless at times but he definitely loves us. Like I said he’s the good cop to Wanda’s bad cop. He usually sneaks us dessert when Wanda scolds us too hard.

And that little baby he’s holding is our baby brother Poof. Poof is Mom and Dad’s only biological kid but despite that, they still love us equal. Poof is only like a year old so he’s the youngest of all of us

He is literally the sweetest thing. We all take turns looking after him. Except for Vendetta, Charlotte, GIR, Tikki, and Plagg. Four out the five of them should never be trusted with babies. I mean Tikki is arguably okay but everyone else is a disaster waiting to happen so just trust me on this. Don’t.

“So what are you doing upstairs? I thought you guys were ready for school?” Cosmo asked bouncing a gurgling Poof.

“Well most of us are but Snap, Bunsen, Charlotte, and Vendetta aren’t. They didn’t come downstairs.” Sophie explained.  

“Well, I saw Snap was still in bed with his door open and your sisters are outside but not sure about Bunsen,” Cosmo said tapping his chin.

“Thanks, Dad! I’m gonna go figure this out.” Sophie said.

“Okay. Get your brothers up though. We are on the clock!” Cosmo said patting her head before heading downstairs with Poof gurgling.

“I will!” Sophie called back.

She made her way to Timmy and Snap’s room to see her light blond brother hugging his pillow dreaming. Sophie sat down on his bed and started to gently shake his shoulder. “Snap. C’mon you gotta get up. We gotta go to school.”

Snap groaned and gripped his pillow tighter. “Mmmm five more minutes Buckette…” He said in his thick Bronx accent.

“No, you need to get up like right now,” Sophie said sensing the urgency of the situation. “We leave in literally 15 minutes.” Snap snored loudly to indicate the conversation was over. Sophie narrowed her eyes and said, “You leave me no choice dear brother.” Sophie pulled back her covers, slipped her hands under Snap’s light blue t-shirt, and tasered his sides.

Snap flipped the heck out and made a girlish squeal before falling out of bed. “What the heck Buckette?!” Snap yelled his bright blue eyes glaring at her.

“Told you I was left no other choice.” Sophie shrugged sticking out her tongue.

That’s one of my younger older brothers, Snap White. He’s 10 like me and Timmy though he’s a few months older than Timmy. He came here about six months after Poof was born. He originally came from a foster home in Greenland before moving to the states. Specifically the Bronx part of New York City which is where he gained his accent. So his speaking is a mix of West Greenlandic and English. He didn’t really enjoy being moved again so he acted out a lot which concerned my parents. He got super mad at a teacher for telling him his superhero clothes were ridiculous and put glue on their chair which Mom and Dad were not happy about. Then one day he saw me drawing and asked me if I was an artist. I said yes and suddenly he’s super cuddled up to me. Cut to a day later and we are basically best friends. He tells me that his cape is actually his old baby blanket and it’s the only thing that makes him feel secure. I told Mom and Dad and they took care of it. Since then Snap has been one of my closest brothers.

Snap can be really stubborn about things he thinks he’s entitled to like you just saw with the sleep problem. He’s always looking for ways to get out of boring things like adult parties or school and tries dragging us along with him. He is super clingy though like in a physical sense. He’ll cling to your arm, random hugs, hold your hand, etc. I think he may have abandonment issues but I don’t really wanna say anything to him since he’s just gonna deny them to be a “real man”.

“Þú ert að borga fyrir þetta.” (Translation: ‘You are going to pay for this.’ {West Greenlandic}) Snap glared as he put on his mask and cape.

Sophie laughed and shot back in Hawaiian, “Inā 'oe makemake i wale loaʻa i loko o ka wahi mua au makemake ole i kūpono ai i loko o ka hoʻokolokoloʻiaʻana” (Translation: ‘If you would have just gotten up in the first place I wouldn’t have resulted in the torture.’)

“I’m just saying when you walk through that door this afternoon you are dead,” Snap said as he put on his gloves and boots before walking out the door. Sophie just responded by blowing a raspberry at him. Now she was going towards Bunsen’s room.  

Sophie noticed the door was closed so she knocked on it. “Bunsen? You up? We gotta get to school.” After waiting for a minute Sophie quietly opened the door to see Bunsen’s St. Bernard puppy, Boodles, sitting at the door waiting to be let out for breakfast. “Okay, Boodles go get breakfast,” Sophie said pointing downstairs. Boodles barked and ran downstairs. Sophie quietly went into Bunsen’s room and shook his shoulder while he slept. “Bunsen we gotta go to school. Wake up.” Bunsen slowly woke up and grabbed his glasses rubbing his eyes.

“Sophie? What’s wrong? Why are you rushing me?”

“We need to go to school in like 15 minutes,” Sophie stated.

“WHAT?!” Bunsen screamed as he rushed out of bed and to put his school clothes on.

That’s one of the newest members of this family Bunsen Knai’livac. He’s 12 years old and originally came from Taiwan because his parents thought more opportunities would arise here. He’s still getting used to being with us and speaking English mostly instead of Chinese. He got here about two months ago but he’s made progress at least. The first thing he connected with was Boodles in a pet store so naturally, Mom and Dad got Boodles to give him some stability.  He still does have panic attacks about breaking the rules cause he grew up in such a strict household. We’ve been getting really good at calming him down and he’s even joined theater at school!

People who don’t really know Bunsen would describe him very loud and excitable which I mean is true to a certain degree. However, to us, we know him better than some strangers. He has the anxiety of letting his parents down constantly on his shoulders that he wouldn’t be a real functioning member of society. He can be a total theater nerd sometimes but for the most part, he’s pretty quiet and nice with the occasional bits of snark here and there.

“Ó, wǒ de shàngdì. Wǒmen yào chídàole wǒmen de lǎoshī huì shēngqì, māmā hé bàba huì shēngqì. Nàme tāmen bù zài xūyào wǒle!” (Translation: Oh my god. We are going to be late! Our teachers are going to be mad and Mom and Dad are going to be mad. Then they won't want me anymore! {Chinese}) Bunsen ranted off quickly as he got dressed.

Sophie sighed and put her hands on his shoulders to calm him down. “Bunsen it’s okay. You made a mistake. Nobody is gonna send you away for that Bunsie Boo.” Sophie kissed his nose to drive her point home.

Bunsen smiled a little and kissed her forehead. “Thanks, Soph.”

“You’re welcome. Now finish getting ready and get downstairs.” Sophie said going out of the room.

Sophie made her way downstairs with Snap close behind. She didn’t think much of it until Snap’s hands found his way to her sides and Sophie squealed and started laughing. “Snap! What are you doing?!”

“Hefnd er mín!” (Translation: Vengeance is mine! {West Greenlandic}) Snap shouted. Bunsen passed them giving his siblings a weird look as Snap tickled their sister and Sophie laughed like a doofus and clung to the stair railing.

“Jenny! Snap is trying to kill Sophie again!” Bunsen yelled as he entered the kitchen.

Jenny poked her head out and glared at Snap. “Snap! Leave your sister alone! Look at her! She’s dying!”

Snap groaned and rolled his eyes complying with his older sister’s request. “Fine!”

Snap continued to walk down the stairs smirking as Sophie panted and clung to the railing. “Oh thank the gods he stopped.”

Suddenly a knock came from the front door. “I’ll get it!~” SB called as he opened the front door.

A 10-year-old boy with poofy blond hair, hazel eyes, and wearing a dark brown aviator jacket with a glow stick bracelet is on his left wrist was standing there with a smile.

“Oh hello, Xavier! You here to go to school with us?”

“Yup! Managed to escape my stick in the mud parents. Is Sophie around?”

“Hey, Xavier!” Sophie waved as she laid on the stairs.

“What are you doing lying on the stairs?” Xavier asked before sitting next to her.

“Snap nearly killed me!” Sophie yelled loud enough for Snap to hear.

“Not my fault you are so sensitive!” Snap laughed from the kitchen.

“I mean he’s not wrong.” Xavier shrugged sheepishly as he sat next to her on the stairs. Sophie playfully hit his arm in response.

That’s my best friend Xavier. He’s 10 years old like me and is a week older than me. While he isn’t part of the family he might as well be. His parents are kind of overbearing so he likes coming over here more. I met him when his family was vacationing in Hawaii. Since then we’ve been inseparable. He was the one who helped me with my English and helped me to adjust to mainland America. Honestly, I couldn’t imagine living without him. He’s just always there for me and gets along with the family well. He’s kind of like the unofficial kid of the family where he’s part of the family but “legally” we aren’t responsible for him. So that’s pretty cool.

He’s super intelligent in the book smart kind of way. I remember when his family visited Hawaii and we became friends, he would read on the beach and I would just listen to him. Sometimes I would even fall asleep to him reading. Xavier is also 87% of my impulse control. Like if I didn’t have him, I’d probably would've died by now from a stupid decision.

“What? I’m just saying you are and there is nothing wrong that.” Xavier said putting up his hands in a defensive position.

“Ugh, you’ve spent too much time with this family. I swear to the gods. You are starting to sound like most of my brothers. You better not start selling me out to them.” Sophie scolded. “BLIK does that enough!”

“Hey! I have never done that in the four years you’ve lived here.” Blik argued as he walked into the room

“Yesterday you sold me out for a root beer to Danny!” Sophie argued.

“That wasn’t a sellout that was a trade. Very different. Now can you please get our sisters from the backyard so we can leave?” Blik smirked.

As Xavier said “Yup” Sophie let out a less enthusiastic, mumbled “Yeah.”

Blik grinned and said “Oh Timothy!~ Sophie needs-”

Sophie immediately hit his arm. “No. Shut up. I’m fine.”

Blik chuckled ruffling up her hair. “Fine then.”

“C’mon let’s go get them,” Sophie said getting off the stairs and heading towards the backyard with Xavier in tow. They walked into a pretty big backyard which has an above ground pool, a trampoline, a small playground, some swings hanging from trees, a sandbox, and a playpen for Poof to keep himself from roaming anywhere he pleases. It also has quite a lot of trees as well. Sophie spotted two girls around eight years old huddled in a corner doing… something? Sophie and Xavier both couldn’t tell what they were doing. They could only see the backs of the short, curly blonde hair of the peach skinned girl and the long, brown hair styled in messy pigtails of the much paler girl who seemed to be holding something.

“Um, Vendetta? Charlotte? Mom says to get inside. It’s time for school and Grudge still hasn’t eaten.” Sophie said pointing her thumb to the back door.

Both girls turned their heads around revealing the blonde girl’s bright blue eyes and the brunette girl’s dimmed green eyes.

“Okay Sophie!” the blonde girl said chipperly as she skipped over to hug Sophie’s waist. “Grudge made a new friend and me and Vendetta watched it!” Charlotte said bouncing up and down happily.

“What do you mean new frien- oh my god!” Xavier shouted as Vendetta came over holding her pet raccoon, Grudge, who had a snake in his mouth. A dead snake in his mouth. Lovely.

Sophie put her face into her hands and groaned. “Vendetta. You know what mom and dad have said about Grudge… erm… “making friends” with wild snakes,” Sophie censoring herself for the sake of Charlotte.

“Stupid Raccoon wanted to make a fiend.” Vendetta stated simply in her thick Bulgarian accent. “That is not mine or Charlotte’s fault.”

“Don’t you mean friend?” Xavier asked curiously.

“I said what I said.” Vendetta shot back rather rudely.  

Xavier gave a look to Sophie as Sophie sighed, “Look. I’m your big sister now so tell Grudge to drop his snake friend or fiend or whatever and get in the house so we can go to school.”

“Fine. Stupid Raccoon. Drop.” Vendetta commanded as Grudge spat out the snake.

“Yay! Time for school! Come on Vendetta!” Charlotte cheered as she grabbed Vendetta’s hand skipping into the house.

“Do not touch me you stupid blue girl!” Vendetta yelled as they both disappeared into the house.

Xavier turned his face back to Sophie and said: “I’m sorry but what the heck is wrong with your new sister?”

“Oh, so many things…” Sophie sighed shaking her head.

So like you just saw those are our new additions to the family Charlotte Winfrey, Vendetta Mortcheva, and Vendetta’s pet raccoon… yes, raccoon… Grudge. Charlotte and Vendetta are only eight years old and just got transferred here last month. They got transferred here from their old foster home in a place called Clamberg because the foster home was terrified of Vendetta and her and Charlotte are a package deal.

I’ll explain Charlotte first because really. She’s a lot easier to understand than Vendetta is.

Charlotte got put into the foster care system when she was super young. Both her parents died while attending a music festival outside of Vermont in a mass shooting, unfortunately. This caused Charlotte to be placed in Clamberg with her only known living relative, her grandmother Charlene. The sad thing is that Charlotte still doesn’t know her parents died. Charlene told her that they were both astronauts living up in a space station. Nobody has had the heart to tell her yet. Charlene got too sick to raise Charlotte so when she was six years old Charlotte was placed in the foster care system.

Charlotte is a super sweet girl. Like probably the sweetest you’ll ever meet. She loves everything in the world and everyone in it. Probably if you take her to Disney World she would be smiling the whole time and say hi to all the characters. Even the villains! She is a little… “slow”… sometimes though. She doesn’t quite understand what's happening most of the time unless someone, usually Vendetta, tells her.

Speaking of Vendetta, let's talk about her because oh boy. There’s a lot to talk about.

So as you noticed by her accent Vendetta is from Bulgaria. She moved to America when she was a toddler with both of her parents, her older sister Vasilika, and her twin sister Joanna. Soon after her parents had three more children. Vendetta’s younger twin brothers, Darian & Valko, and her baby sister Rosica. However starting after Darian and Valko were born, Vendetta’s father started to get more...abusive towards his wife and older daughters. Well, TWO of his older daughters. He never laid a hand on Joanna or any of his younger children. He did frequently hurt his wife Violetta and Vasilika but it was Vendetta who got the raw end of the deal. Vendetta’s father, if you can even call him that now, considered Vendetta his child from hell. It wasn’t just physical abuse either. When Vendetta was finally admitted to the foster after the incident (which I’ll get to in a minute) she was malnourished and was so dirty that initial reports had Vendetta’s skin and hair color way darker than it actually was.

About the incident. One night Vendetta’s “father” had been drinking quite a lot. Violetta tried to get him to stop for the children’s sake but that just made him angrier. He ended up shouting so loud he had woken up Vasilika, Vendetta, and Joanna and in a moment of panic, Vasilika grabbed the family gun. When the girls got downstairs that had found their father had just finished strangling their mother to death. When he saw his three daughters standing there witnessing him kill his wife. He was enraged and started moving towards Vasilika first and she ended up shooting him once in the head. He fell dead on the floor inches from his now dead wife. Joanna had broken down into tears. Vasilika had no idea what she had just done and just stood there in shock. But Vendetta… oh, Vendetta. She was furious. She began yelling at Vasilika for not doing that sooner. That they all could have been freed earlier if she would have thought of this. She yelled at Joanna to stop crying and blamed her for being the “perfect” one. She yelled at the corpses of her parents. Her mother for not being stronger and her father for being a complete asshole to his own wife and children. She even yelled at herself for being a ‘devil child.’  The only people she didn’t blame for this was her younger brothers and baby sister since they had nothing to do with this. Later in the early morning, Vasilika called the police and all six of them were put in the custody of CPS. Three of them scarred for life and three of them too young to understand what was happening.

After that Vendetta essentially disowned her sisters and refuses to talk to or about them. She doesn’t talk about her parents either. She still visits her younger siblings as long as Vasilika and Joanna aren’t there. When she got to the foster home in Clamberg she never played with the other kids and spent nights alone in the backyard. The entire staff and all of the children were terrified of her. Accidents started happening around the home and they blamed Vendetta but none of them could prove it. She even one night came back with a raccoon which was Grudge. He was trained to essentially be a house cat. This confused the staff for two reasons. One: Raccoons are not native to Clamberg. So where did she find this raccoon? Two: How did she even train this creature? The staff had no idea on either of these questions and they weren’t about to question Vendetta of all people so they let her keep Grudge. It was just the two of them for two years until Charlotte got there. She was the only person that wasn’t afraid of Vendetta and that struck a nerve with Vendetta. So Vendetta became Charlotte’s soul defender even though she still insulted Charlotte from time to time, though Charlotte clearly doesn’t mind.

Cut to a month ago where the Clamberg foster home had enough of Vendetta’s reign and sent her here far away from Clamberg. Charlotte just came with cause they are now a package deal.

Vendetta doesn't seem that bad as her previous foster home made her out to be. Sure she’s dark, sarcastic, weird, sometimes super mean, and cusses in Bulgarian thinking we can’t hear her when we can. She’s also super bright though and probably the smartest girl in the house. We just wish she would relax a little bit and realize we won’t let her get hurt here but we also realize she needs time and we will give her that.

...What? I told you Vendetta is a complicated creature with a complicated history.

“Let’s just go so we can finally get to school. Max is gonna chew the two of us out if we are late again.” Sophie said tiredly. Xavier nodded and followed her back into the house and into the kitchen. They stood next to Charlotte and Vendetta who was letting Grudge eat his clams from the palm of her hand. The two of them just watched the chaos conduct in the large kitchen as everybody was shouting over each other.

“Alright, kids! Listen up!” Cosmo clapped loudly as all his children proceeded to quiet down. “Okay everybody go upstairs one last time. If you have a pet put them up in your room or if the pet is in a cage in your room feed them. Double check you have everything and then proceed to the van as planned. Ready? Go!” Cosmo yelled.

Sophie picked up Lion and motioned for Xavier to follow her. She was followed up the stairs by Jimmy carrying Goddard, Timmy carrying Sparky, Danny carrying Cujo, SB carrying Gary, Patrick carrying Rocky, ZIM leading Minimoose, Bunsen carrying Boodles, Dora leading Perrito, and Vendetta carrying Grudge. The other siblings followed up the stairs to double check their rooms to not forget anything. All except Blik whose room was the garage and Poof who was safe in his mother’s arms.

Sophie lead Xavier into her room and closed the door behind them.It was a small bedroom with a tiny closet, a small bed, and a small bookshelf. When they move Sophie requested she get her own room since she was a growing young lady now and thought it be better if she didn't share a room with Timmy and Snap. Xavier flopped down on Sophie’s bed as Sophie put Lion in his cat carrier. Lion meowed in protest as Sophie answered back “I know Lion you don’t like it but it’s only for the morning.”

“Do you think he can really understand you?” Xavier asked.

“Mmm, I like to think he does.” Sophie answered as she went to her closet and pulled out a box labeled ‘Special Things.’ She rummaged through it and pulled out two books. One was was a glittery sketchbook while the other was a scrapbook with the title of ‘Family is Forever.’ She hugged them close to her chest before stuffing them into her backpack. “Okay, we can go now,” Sophie said smiling.

“Finally. You know Max is gonna kick us out of the group if we keep showing up late.” Xavier said getting up from her bed.

“No, he can’t,” Sophie said as she opened up her door and turned her light off. “First off he would have to find a new second to replace me. Second, I basically own his soul at this point. So even if wanted too he couldn’t kick us out.”

“Fair enough,” Xavier shrugged.

Sophie went to each room to check everybody was out and essentially take roll for their mother as one of her chores.

Timmy had put up Sparky in his crate as Snap fed his hamster Musty and his pet frog Wiggums. For two fifth grade boys, they could sure make a mess of everything. Sophie was glad she moved out of there.

Jimmy and ZIM put Goddard and Minimoose on chargers and left their neat bedroom. It was neat because they both pretty much spent all their time in the basement lab with Vendetta.

Danny put up Cujo in his crate as Adrien put on his mother’s ring to wear on his right hand and Plagg grabbed his black cat plush from the top bunk of his and Adrien’s bunk beds. Plagg refused to sleep with GIR and Poof in fear of losing Adrien.

SB had put Gary in his cat carrier and grabbed his clean uniform while Patrick carefully put Rocky on the side table on his side of the room. The two had shared a room every since Patrick got there and they decided to never ever switch.

Tak had fed Navis, his and his best friend Jeera’s shared guinea pig, as Manny grabbed his soccer uniform for the day. Tak wanted the room with the biggest window and Manny just wanted a huge bed so they ended up with the biggest room on the floor.

GIR had grabbed his green dog plush and Poof’s baby bag from their room as a favor for Wanda and Cosmo. ZIM didn't even want to be near GIR as he slept. GIR had his own room until Poof was born.

Finally, on the boy's side of the hall, Bunsen had put Boodles in his crate and grabbed his script for play rehearsal. Bunsen just had his own room for now until another boy showed up at the foster home.

Meanwhile, on the girl’s side of the hall, Sam had grabbed an umbrella, since it was supposed to be bright that day, and Jenny grabbed some fashion magazines for her and her best friend who was a girl, Misty, to share at lunch. Their room consisted of a lot of black, pink, and purple. The color scheme was a compromise.

While Dora had put Perrito in his crate, Marinette grabbed her late mother’s earrings to wear that day and Tikki grabbed her ladybug plush from the bottom bunk of her’s and Marinette’s shared bunk beds. As the only little girl in the house, Tikki ended up sleeping with her sister and Dora didn’t mind the extra roommate.

Finally, Vendetta set down Grudge down on her gothic styled bed, since she refused to put him in any confinements, and Charlotte fed her hamster Buttons and her bird Buttons 2 before grabbing her brightly colored girl scout uniform along with Vendetta’s black girl scout uniform. Their room was like night and day. Vendetta’s side was green and black the only decoration being her striped blanket… which was also green and black. Charlotte’s side, on the other hand, was bright blues and pinks with posters and frilly things just thrown everywhere.

Sophie counted each of her siblings going down the stairs before yelling down to her parents. “We are all ready to go, mom and dad!”

“Finally! Let’s go already!” Blik groaned as everyone went outside and piled into the large van.    

“Okay, Pacific Grove High School, Summerfield Jr. High, Sunnyside Elementary, Blue River Kindergarten, Grandview School for the Culinary Arts, Seaside Community College, and then the bank. Got it dear?” Wanda asked. “Got it and away we go!” Cosmo announced as he drove away from the house.

Cosmo was driving while Wanda sat in the passenger seat. Jimmy and Timmy were arguing about something stupid again while Danny tried to break them up with Sam chuckling at the three. SB was going over some new recipes he’s learned while Patrick drooled at all of them. Tak was messing with his seatbelt as ZIM was ranting about this kid named Dib. GIR, Tikki, and Plagg were playing with Poof happily. Manny was checking himself in the mirror, Jenny and Marinette were checking their Amazon account for new deals as Adrien listened, and Blik was reading the paper. Snap was telling Sophie something cool while she listened writing in her journal, Xavier read a book, and Bunsen was going over his lines once more as Dora giggled while Charlotte talked to her with Vendetta rolling her eyes in disgust at the two.

So yeah that’s my insane family except for my brother who's in college right now. You’ll meet him later!  Anyway, it’s a miracle I’ve survived this long. I’m glad I’m here though. I feel loved where I am and I know that I will always have a place with them even if it seems like nowhere will let me fit in.

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[rochandre]

Redes: não porque conectam, mas porque apanham.

Numa altura em que é tudo tão fácil de medir, gostava de medir a média de minutos que passo a ouvir uma história do meu filho ou da minha mãe por dia e comparar com a média de minutos que passo em utilização de uma rede social (que não em modo de conversação)... A média de minutos por dia que passo a ouvir um amigo a contar-me o que tem feito com a média de minutos que passo a "cuscar" o que ele tem feito... Ainda bem que não se consegue medir tudo, para não me assustar!

As redes, como conexões entre pessoas existiram (e algumas ainda vão existindo), chamavam-se mIRC ou Msn Messenger. São plataformas, com as suas qualidades e defeitos, que permitem as pessoas estabelecerem uma ou múltiplas ligações entre elas. Embora essas redes tenham/permitam algo de fantasioso e de viciante, esses efeitos estavam sempre relacionados com os que estavam do outro lado e que estivessem ligados.

Mas as redes de maior afluência, não são as redes que conectam, mas antes as que apanham. Quando vou a uma rede e não vou para conversar com alguém, surge um fenómeno de transformação da plataforma (mesmo que seja a mesma plataforma). Ela passa de rede (conexão) para rede (pesca). O que acontece numa rede de pesca: ela é lançada ao mar num local onde, idealmente, circule peixe; ela "abraça" uma quantidade generosa de peixe (há sempre alguns que se escapam); e é depois arrastada para o local pretendido pelo pescador, geralmente o barco. Atenção que não tem mal algum ser pescado! Tomara a mim ser pescado por uma pessoa maior e que me ajude a crescer!! Bem, essa transformação acontece, porque o intuito que me leva a essa plataforma é também outro - o de não procurar pessoas pela frente, mas o de procurar pessoas por trás ou de lado. Indo eu à procura de pessoas que não de frente, estou muito mais aberto à manipulação do pescador: é diferente ver fotos de um amigo de férias, que falar com ele sobre as suas férias (se ele tiver partido a perna, nas fotos só aparece da cintura para cima). Além desse fenómeno, o pescador é tão generoso que ainda nos dá um bónus: diz-nos que, para poder manter a plataforma gratuita, permite que haja publicidade. Eu interpreto isto de outra forma: é apertar a rede de tal maneira que apanhe peixe de todos os calibres. Quando o peixe anda "livre e feliz" no oceano, mesmo andando em cardume, ele tem espaço de manobra para poder exprimir-se (não verbalmente apenas, mas de todas as formas) e ser autentico, mas quando este é apertado com outros, ou ele se comporta igualzinho ou vai incomodar os restantes (se numa discoteca cheia eu começo a dançar de braços abertos, os vizinhos não vão gostar). Então o peixe fica à mercê, por mais que rabeie, o pescador pouco tem de se preocupar, porque todos os seus companheiros vão colaborar para que ele se comporte exatamente como eles.

Houve períodos na história da humanidade onde as referências sociais eram ilustres - desde o período clássico, passando pelo renascimento, até mesmo na modernidade ficaram para a história grande inventores, músicos, pintores, cientistas. Houve até um que só escolheu pescadores para progredirem com os seus ensinamentos e não deve ter sido por acaso. Essas pessoas continuam a existir nos dias de hoje, mas deixa-me inquietado que este período possa estar mais marcado por super-estrelas populares, inventores de telemóveis e fundadores de redes (cujo intuito inicial era até para "ver gajas" na universidade).

É óbvio que o mar tem muitos perigos para os peixes: são as correntes, são os predadores, é a poluição... mas todos eles dão-nos liberdade para pensar e para sermos nós mesmos, todos menos as redes de pesca mais densas...

#pesca #rede #redes #redes sociais #conexões #pescador

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Comunicação com o cliente: 6 formas de ampliar esse contato

É fundamental que as empresas tenham um bom atendimento ao consumidor como um de seus alicerces. Para isso, é preciso realizar uma boa comunicação com o cliente

Para que um processo de comunicação seja eficiente, é preciso que haja entendimento claro. Os interlocutores envolvidos na atividade devem portar-se de maneira a fazer com que os ouvintes (ou receptores) sejam capazes de assimilar o que está sendo dito.

A troca de informações entre cliente e empresa é essencial para se criar um relacionamento de confiança e se esta comunicação não acontecer da melhor forma, o risco deste relacionamento não perdurar é grande.

Por isso, é importante também ampliar os meios de comunicação com o cliente para aprimorar os serviços prestados.

No artigo de hoje, ensinaremos a você como fazer isso com 6 dicas fundamentais. Acompanhe a leitura para saber mais!

1. Disponibilize um canal de chat

Uma das maneiras de facilitar e ampliar a comunicação com o cliente é por meio de chat no seu site. Essa ferramenta possibilita a troca de mensagens de maneira ágil e eficiente.

Por meio de uma caixa de diálogo, um atendente conversa em tempo real com o consumidor, oferecendo soluções e transmitindo informações sobre os serviços e produtos de maneira funcional.

Dessa forma, cliente e empresa são capazes de trocar informações simultaneamente por meio da interface de chat, de maneira segura e dinâmica. Isso facilita o atendimento e oferece maior satisfação no exercício da atividade.

Existem, ainda, os chamados chatbots, em que o cliente consegue resolver rapidamente os seus problemas ou sanar dúvidas ao conversar com um robô.

O objetivo desse canal é estabelecer a comunicação com o consumidor sem que ele sinta que está falando com uma máquina, e sim com um ser humano.

Sendo assim, os chatbots são mais indicados para casos de fácil resolução, cujo atendimento pode ser facilmente padronizado. Caso contrário, o melhor, de fato, é fornecer um colaborador em tempo real para conversar com o cliente.

2. Tenha redes sociais

Atualmente, as redes sociais são as plataformas mais utilizadas na hora do atendimento. Isso porque as pessoas não querem perder tempo ligando para as centrais, então a Internet promove uma comunicação facilitada.

Por isso, deixar aberto o direct do Instagram, Messenger do Facebook, disponibilizar o número do WhatsApp são formas de manter a comunicação aberta e rápida, já que os usuários podem ir direto ao ponto sem passar por cansativas etapas, como geralmente ocorre em ligações telefônicas.

No entanto, não basta fazer uso dessas redes sociais inicialmente e depois esquecê-las. Por isso, é importante olhar periodicamente essas plataformas, de preferência todos os dias, e observar se existem novas mensagens.

A partir disso, inicia-se o atendimento e o laço entre empresa e cliente consegue ser estreitado.

3. Faça pesquisas de satisfação

O cuidado do relacionamento com o cliente precisa priorizar a comunicação e, para isso, é necessário saber o que ele tem a dizer.

Por outro lado, nem sempre o consumidor vai tomar a iniciativa de dizer o que pensa sobre a sua empresa, apontando os pontos fortes e fracos que vão auxiliar na elaboração de melhorias.

Por isso, é importante realizar pesquisas de satisfação, que podem ser feitas com diferentes focos. Ou seja, é possível analisar o nível de satisfação dos clientes em relação a um produto específico ou à empresa como um todo.

Além disso, as pesquisas também podem ser elaboradas antes do lançamento de um novo produto ou serviço ou de alguma atualização, permitindo pensar em estratégias para atender as necessidades dos clientes.

4. Seja objetivo

Ninguém gosta de sentir que está sendo enrolado, não é mesmo? Isso também vale para os seus consumidores, principalmente quando entram em contato com a sua empresa.

Desse modo, na comunicação com o cliente, priorize a objetividade, ou seja, vá direto ao ponto. A conversa deve ser simples e com informações claras para que o outro possa saber como deseja prosseguir.

Lembre-se que muitas pessoas entram em contato com você em momentos críticos, por isso não estão dispostas a perder tempo, já que desejam que os seus problemas sejam solucionados rapidamente.

Então, não dê voltas durante a conversa e saiba escutar o que o cliente tem a dizer para atendê-lo de forma otimizada.

5. Foque no pós-venda

A comunicação com o cliente precisa fazer parte de todo o processo de venda, incluindo o antes, durante e depois.

No entanto, muitas empresas ignoram a última etapa e parecem esquecer dos consumidores após a realização da compra.

Essa não é uma atitude recomendada, principalmente para quem não deseja gastar mais dinheiro ao atrair consumidores, pois o foco é na fidelização deles.

Desse modo, quando o usuário concluir a compra, continue mantendo os canais de comunicação abertos com ele. Ou seja, invista em conteúdos por e-mail, por exemplo, para que eles não se esqueçam de você.

Essa estratégia ajuda a reforçar a comunicação com o cliente e aprimorar a relação com ele.

No entanto, tome bastante cuidado nesse processo, pois a linha é tênue entre dar atenção no pós-venda e irritar o consumidor com constantes tentativas de contato. Por isso, saiba dosar a quantidade.

6. Tenha cuidado com o vocabulário

Um dos meios mais rápidos de afastar o seu cliente é utilizar um linguajar equivocado. Dessa forma, é fundamental prestar atenção no vocabulário usado pela empresa.

Nesse sentido, além de jamais deixar transparecer agressividade, é importante saber utilizar as palavras certas.

É claro que algumas empresas adotam uma postura mais informal, enquanto outras prezam pela formalidade, mas, em ambas, o tom profissional precisa estar presente.

Geralmente, é recomendado evitar gírias e expressões que deixem a comunicação muito informal. Caso o cliente dê abertura a uma leve informalidade, tome cuidado para que isso não afete o diálogo.

Em alguns casos, a informalidade pode, inclusive, aproximá-los. Portanto, para cada empresa, é necessário avaliar isso com cautela.

Por meio dessas dicas, você vai conseguir ampliar a comunicação com o cliente e estreitar o laço que tem com ele. Portanto, comece já a colocá-las em prática.

Como dissemos, na comunicação com o cliente, o pós-venda não deve ser esquecido. Se você quer saber mais sobre esse assunto, confira o nosso e-book gratuito sobre o assunto!

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18 de março

Bom dia a todos!...

Neste dia:

Nasceu, em 1842, o ótimo poeta francês Stéphane Mallarmé.

Nasceu, em 1844, o fabuloso compositor russo Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Nasceu, em 1959, o grande diretor de cinema francês Luc Besson.

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (em russo: Никола́й Андре́евич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков) nasceu em Tikhvin no dia 18 de março de 1844 e morreu em Lyubensk em 21 de junho de 1908. Foi um militar, professor, maestro e compositor russo, membro do grupo de compositores conhecidos como "Os cinco" (grupo formado por Mily Balakirev, Aleksandr Borodin, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky e Rimsky Korsakov). Considerado um mestre em orquestração, suas mais conhecidas composições orquestrais, Capriccio Espagnol, o poema sinfônico Scheherazade e Abertura da Grande Páscoa Russa, são muito valorizadas entre os principais repertórios de música clássica, assim como suítes e fragmentos de algumas das suas quinze óperas. Scheherazade é um exemplo de seu constante emprego de contos de fadas e contos populares em suas composições. Os mais conhecidos excertos no Ocidente são a Procissão dos Nobres de Mlada, Canção da Índia de Sadko e O vôo do besouro de Czar Saltan.

Luc Besson nasceu em Paris no dia18 de março de 1959, É um diretor, produtor e argumentista de cinema francês. É conhecido por ter dirigido os filmes Léon (O Profissional) e The Fifth Element (O Quinto Elemento). Além desses fez muitos outros filmes, entre eles: Nikita de 1990 e The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc de 1999.

Stéphane Mallarmé, cujo verdadeiro nome era Étienne Mallarmé, nasceu em Paris no dia 18 de março de 1842 e morreu Valvins, comuna de Vulaines-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, 9 de setembro de 1898) foi um poeta e crítico literário francês. Autor de uma obra poética ambiciosa e difícil, Mallarmé promoveu uma renovação da poesia na segunda metade do século XIX, e sua influência ainda é sentida nos poetas contemporâneos como Yves Bonnefoy.

É seu o Soneto:

“Dama” “sem tanto ardor embora ainda flamante A rosa que cruel ou lacerada e lassa Se deveste do alvor que a púpura deslaça Para em sua carne ouvir o choro do diamante

Sim sem crises de orvalho antes em doce alento Nem brisa o fragor do céu leve ao fracasso Com ciúme de criar não sei bem qual espaço No simples dia o dia real do sentimento,

Não te ocorre, talvez, que a cada ano que passa Quando em tua fronte se alça o encanto ressurreto Basta-me um dom qualquer natural de tua graça

Como na alcova o cintilar de um leque inquieto A reviver do pouco de emoção que grassa Todo o nosso nativo e monótono afeto.”

Sonnet

“Dame” “sans trop d’ardeur à la fois enflammant La rose qui cruelle ou déchirée et lasse Même du blanc habit de pourpre le délace Pour ouïr dans sa chair pleurer le diamant

Oui sans ces crises de rosée et gentiment Ni brise quoique, avec, le ciel orageux passe Jalouse d’apporter je ne sais quel espace Au simple jour le jour très vrai du sentiment

Ne te semble-t-il pas, Mary, que chaque année Dont sur ton front renaît la grâce spontanée Suffise selon quelque apparence et pour moi

Comme un éventail frais dans la chambre s’étonne À raviver du peu qu’il faut ici d’émoi Toute notre native amitié monotone.”

1887 Stéphane Mallarmé, no livro “Poesia da recusa”.

Posto hoje:

Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov do Conto do czar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57. Com a Russian National Orchestra. Moscow State Conservatory (Grand Hall), Mikhail Pletnev (regente), em 19 de setembro de 2008. Cara, é maravilhoso...

O Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 de Rimsky Korsakov com a Berliner Philharmonic regida por Zubin Mehta . Cara, é lindo...

Trailer de O Profissional (Leon, The Professional). Léon é um filme francês de 1994, dirigido por Luc Besson e estrelado por Jean Reno, a então adolescente Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman e Danny Aiello. Cara, um filme ótimo...

The Films of Luc Besson. A música é da trilha sonora original de O Quinto Elemento. “The Diva Dance” da ópera “Lucia Di Lammermoor” interpretada por Inva Mula com a London Symphony Orchestra. Cara, um fabuloso diretor...