#i need like 12 pages of conversation and goofs
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Hoping 🤞to finish a bigger comic for patreon within the next few days. I have a work trip til Monday so hopefully I can get it out before or on Tuesday
#its the first time first part and its like 20 pages bc i cant just draw smut#i need like 12 pages of conversation and goofs#//personal
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Treat you like a lady
• Your boyfriend doesn’t pay enough attention to you. Chris doesn’t like that.
• This is extremely cheesy!! That’s just how I am. Contains smut.
• Word count: 2,031
Sunday
Today is a weekend like any other; you’re lounging on the triplets’ couch.
The tv is playing as background noise. Chris is on his laptop working on new Fresh Love designs while you lay next to him scrolling pinterest. You've known each other long enough that you can enjoy each other's company without forcing conversation. Simply being around him allows you to relax, and vice versa. You can’t find that with many people.
A sex scene causes the pair of you to look up. You exchange looks and chuckle like teenagers at it.
Chris breaks the awkward silence.
“Is it actually that good or is she playing it up?”
“Don’t know.” I shrug and go back to my phone.
I can see Chris’s brows furrow from my peripheral vision.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean I’ve never had a guy go down on me before.”
“What?”
You look up from your phone.
“…What.” You echo.
“No, what do you mean you’ve never had head before? You have a boyfriend. You’ve had a boyfriend for 3 months.”
Your cheeks get warm.
Think of a way to brush this off.
“It’s not a big deal. Not everyone’s into that.”
He seems stunned, gaze focused on his sneakers.
“... Do you do it for him?”
A sigh leaves your lips, “Chris-”
“No, listen to me. If he’s not reciprocating then the problem clearly isn't that he's uncomfortable. It's that he's selfish.”
Who does Chris think he is that he can judge your love life?
“This is none of your business.” You scoff.
“I think I should go.” You stand up and grab your bag.
Chris doesn’t give up yet.
“Okay, forget about that part for a second. When’s the last time he took you out? When's the last time he surprised you?”
You're struggling to swallow down a still-beating heart. You're avoiding eye contact with an angry version of one of your closest friends, and you’re trying to block out the possibility that what he's saying could be true.
“I’ll see you later, Chris.”
7:00 pm
Chris: I'm sorry. I overstepped earlier. just think you deserve better.
You read and reread the message. Typing out a reply and deleting it. Maybe what you need is space. You put your phone on do not disturb and crawl under the covers.
Trying to distance yourself from Chris would prove to be a waste of time because you end up having a dream about him.
“Hey gorgeous” a voice whispers in your ear.
It sounds familiar but there’s no one else with you in this room, so you can’t match the voice with a face. Whoever it’s coming from, their voice sounds like silk.
You're twisting your head around to try and find the source. Whoever’s in here with you finds that amusing because laughter follows.
“I'm over here, goof.”
It’s him. He walks over to you with a smile on his face and those big blue eyes.
“What are you doing here?” you asked
“I just missed you.” he says as he grabs your hand and twirls you around.
1:12 am
Well, that’s a first.
Monday
Chris opened the front door.
“Hey, I’m so glad you wanted to come over.” He said smiling.
Your face however wasn’t as cheerful.
“Yeah about that,”
You cleared your throat and walked inside.
“I think we should spend a little time apart. Like a refresh.”
His expression dropped instantly. You can’t keep eye contact. It’s too hard.
“What?”
“It’s not personal, it’s-”
“Did he put you up to this?”
“Chris , this is my relationship, stay out of it.” You say sternly.
“How can I when you’re all I think about?”
The air in the room gets thick.
“What?”
“I mean,” He scrunched his eyes and rubs his forehead. Flipping through the pages of his brain for the right words.
“I could treat you better than him.”
You laugh, “What are you talking about?”
He slowly brings his hand up and tucks a stray piece of hair behind your ear.
“You know it’s true.”
He takes a step toward me, his breath on my cheeks.
“I can make you feel good.”
You involuntarily gulped, which caused him to smirk. He tries to hide it.
Your mouth moves but no sound emits from it. You feel paralyzed.
He must be bluffing… right?
“Let me show you.” he whispered, pulling you out of your thoughts.
You don’t know exactly when he stepped closer but your noses are now touching.
I need to stop this.
“I have a boyfriend.” You say in a meek voice.
Chris very lightly put his right hand on your stomach. You can feel the warmth of his large hand through your shirt.
“Does he make you nervous like I do?”
Chris' eyes fall to your lips.
“If you want me to stop, I will. Just say the word.”
Shit.
Soft, pink lips touch yours. You don’t kiss back but don’t run away either. Just wanting to take in the dimensions and texture of his lips. He starts to pull back.
Wait, don’t go anywhere.
You press your lips forward, chasing him.
It makes him smile into the kiss, which in turn makes you smile. The weird sensation causes you both to start laughing.
He straightens up.
“I wanna be with you too. Wo don’t know why I was ever with him in the first place.”
Chris can’t contain his smile. He covers his mouth.
“Sorry. I know I should be more… apologetic? I guess? But I’m not. I want you all to myself.”
“Yes, you've made that quite clear.”
You pull Chris back in for a kiss by his hoodie, it makes his insides stir. He places both his hands on the sides of your face, deepening the kiss.
You pull back for air.
“I should go tell him it’s over before things go any further.”
“Ok.”
But Chris goes right back to kissing you. Sliding his thumb across your cheek.
It’s so dreamy. You have to will yourself to stop.
“Ok I’m serious this time!” You chuckle. “Can I come back tonight?”
“I’d really like that.”
4:15 pm
Me: just left his house. whew.
Chris: im proud of u and so grateful.
6:00pm
“How long have you liked me?”
“Almost our entire friendship. I don’t think I realize it until you started dating Andrew.”
Laying on Chris’s chest is the happiest you’ve felt in months. You two have been talking about all the things that made you fall for each other. He’s been rubbing your back for the past 20 minutes but decides to put his hand under your shirt to enhance the feeling.
You sighed and relaxed even more on top of him, closing your eyes.
“Damn, you have some knots right here.”
“Ugh, yeah. That’s where I carry stress.”
“Here, lay on your stomach. I bet I can relieve it.”
Chris moves so you can lay flat. Once you’re comfortable he straddles your hips and brings his hand to the hem of your shirt.
“Is it ok if I bring this up?”
“Mhm.”
He lifts your shirt to where your bra starts ,then gets to work.
Maybe it’s the skin to skin contact, or the fact that your muscles were tense, but his hands feel heavenly. You can’t help but let out a string of sighs.
“That feeling good?”
“Yes, oh my god. Thank you so much.”
He chuckles. “Anything for my girl.”
After a few minutes of the same motions he decides to explore new territory.
He rubs his hands over your hips, your ribs, and now your thighs.
“Seems like there’s a lot of heat coming from your legs, baby.”
“You’re such a good massager it’s hardly my fault.” You tease back.
You try to close your legs together but he doesn’t like that. Keeping a hand right between them.
He brings his mouth right next to your ear. Lowering his voice.
“Do you need relief somewhere else, baby?”
While he talks he maneuvers his hand so it’s nearly flat against your clothed center.
You try to keep it together. You can’t already be at a loss for words.
You nod into his pillow.
“Turn over for me. Let me see that pretty face.”
Your cheeks heat up immediately as you position yourself on your back. The two of you make eye contact and any anxiety you had about intimacy with Chris is gone.
“We can stop whenever you want.” He says before kissing you.
“Let me show you how a real man behaves.”
He smirks and lowers himself to your stomach. Kissing your happy trail. Leaving tiny bites.
Since you’re wearing sweats he slides them off in seconds, taking your underwear with them. He tosses them over his shoulder and they hit some things in his dresser, causing them to fall. It makes you giggle but Chris is entranced by the sight before him.
“Jesus Christ.” He says to himself.
He runs his nose where your leg meets your hip. Kissing further and further. Creating a puddle before he even touches you. He licks your inner thighs. Painting them with purple marks.
Finally, his mouth is where you crave it. He’s apprehensive at first but once you let out your first moan it’s all over for him.
Chris sucks your clit and your mind goes blank. Nothing ever felt like this before.
“I can’t believe you’ve been hiding this from me.”
When he goes back down he licks a stripe from the bottom of your pussy to your clit.
Your back arches off the bed.
“That’s it.” he says into my skin.
He’s lapping at your folds like it’s water and he’s been in a drought. Grabbing onto your thighs to make sure you don’t go anywhere. Not that you'd want to, but his actions do cause quite a bit of squirming.
“God, you’re everything.”
It almost seemed like he was saying it to himself. Like he couldn’t believe youre real.
“Next time you want something done right, come to me.”
“Fuck yes.” You moan.
When he lifts his face up again, your juices are dripping down to his neck. You’re so mesmerized by the sight you don’t register what he's saying. It just sounds like white noise.
Chris tsks.
“Looks like I fucked you dumb, huh? Poor thing.”
“Shut up.”
You push his face back down. He starts fucking you with his tongue.
“Yes ma’am.”
Jesus
Your thighs tighten around his neck, he squeezes them back as a response.
“You taste so sweet, baby. Like syrup.”
You can’t do anything more than whimper and grind into his face.
Chris grabbed the hand that was clenching the bedsheets and guided it to his hair. You happily thread your fingers through.
He touches you like you're all he asked god for. The sounds coming from you are his favorite song. This is the alchemy he does.
“Oh god,” your voice goes up an octave.
“Are you gonna cum for me, pretty girl?”
“Please, so close.”
“Cmon, be a good girl and cum on my face.”
He made you a whimpering mess. Arousal dripping down your legs, down his lips, on the sheets. Chris continues to reach his tongue deep inside you while drawing figure eights on your clit.
In an instant your vision goes black.
The next minute was spent shaking and catching your breath. Goosebumps littered all over my body.
You don’t know when but at some point Chris must’ve turned you so you were laying on your side. He pulled a lightweight blanket over you and was now playing with your hair.
“Hey pretty girl.” He said softly as you opened your eyes.
“Hi”
“You did so well for me.” He kisses your forehead. “I’m so proud of you. Don’t move.”
He quickly wet a washcloth and grabbed a water bottle.
You could drift off to sleep at any moment, but Chris made sure to clean you up first.
It felt nice to be taken care of for once. He made sure you were warm enough. every few minutes he laid kisses on your face. You were too tired to say anything but he could see how happy you were. That was enough for him
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Every Comic Has A Story
Tomura Shigaraki x Reader
Warnings: softboi shiggy, fluff, swearing
Summary: When Japan’s most dangerous villain meets a witty and flirty comic store clerk.
The mall was unsurprisingly packed, as it was the weekend. Everyone had something to do or somewhere to go. Shopping for items, chatting with friends. Not for Shigaraki though.
After his tight encounter with Midoriya, he walked the crowded mall all alone, stuck in his own thoughts. How could he become stronger? To become better than Stain? To defeat All Might? His thoughts would be dispersed when a loud angry voice boomed from his right side.
“How many times do I gotta tell you kids? This stuff is 18+!” Shigaraki turned his attentive gaze towards your voice, a voice that could instantly gain anyone’s attention. Well, aside from how loud it was. He slowly walked into the store, staring at a messy rack full of comics but secretly eavesdropping on the conversation.
“Ma’am, I’m 18! See?” The boy handed you an ID card, one that instantly made you aware of how fake it was. The card was poorly constructed and taped for crying out loud. “You all look 12. Now get lost before I call one of those bad guys to come down and beat your asses.” The boys ran out of the shop in a hurry, fearing for their lives. You turned your attention to the new customer who wore his black sweater a bit too suspiciously. “Aye, you.”
Shigaraki calmly turned his head towards your direction. He was sure to cover his face, hanging his head down low. “You’re lookin’ hella suspicious. Did you come here to shoplift?” He stood in his place, squinting his eyes at the ground. Were you always this talkative and annoying? “Are you profiling me?”
You were taken aback by his response, moving your hands and shaking your head frantically. “Uh, no. Not at all. Sorry.” His face filled with annoyance, moving to grab a random comic and walking to your counter. You glanced at the book he chose, ‘Pretty Princess Diaries’. A giggle couldn’t help but escape your lips, causing Shigaraki to grow more agitated. You reached under the counter and grabbed a more suitable comic for him. “I think you’d enjoy this better. It’s about the psychology of the villain, Memphis, and how he defeats the heroes.”
There was no reason as to why he even stepped foot in the comic store but this was perfect for Shigaraki. It would give him many ideas and ways to help in the current situation he was in. However, he wasn’t willing to pay the price. “I don’t feel like buying this.” He began to lower his final finger on the cover page, ready to deteriorate it. That way, you’d be frightened by him. “Oh, don’t worry. It’s on the house.”
He removed his entire hand completely away from the comic, watching you take it and place it in a white bag. Confusion was the only emotion he was feeling. You handed him the bag with a smile. Even though you could barely see his face, he strongly caught your interest. He looked mysterious and interesting. Or maybe you’ve just been reading too many romance themes. “If you like it, come back and get the next one.”
Shigaraki looked at you with disgust, fully aware of the love eyes you sent him. He mumbled a quick “sure” and left the store, hoping to never step foot inside ever again.
When he got back from the long travel, he tossed the bag to the side and slumped on his cold bed. He glanced at the plastic bag before pulling out the comic and taking a long look at it. A dark matte cover, red cheapfire font imprinted in the center, and underneath was the main villain. Shigaraki had nothing else better to do so he decided to read only a bit of it. Going from one page, to thirteen, to forty, until it reached the end. He wasn’t aware but it was already 4am in the morning.
Shigaraki entered the store, the same place he refused to step foot in again. He placed the white bag on the counter, setting his empty hands back in his pockets. “I need the next one.” You could barely understand him through his mumbling, causing you to lean in closer. You noticed a few of his hidden features. His fragile face, chapped lips. Chapped lips?
“Nah, what you really need is some chapstick for those crusty ass lips.” You grabbed your cherry lip balm from your purse, holding it out to him with a wink. “You can have mine. It’s my favourite flavour.” Shigaraki snatched the item from your hand, shoving it in his pocket with a huff of annoyance. Your flirtatious presence really started to get on his nerves.
This would be his last visit to you and he couldn’t wait to leave but then, a thought popped off in his head. He needed a pawn to do his dirty work. The work that he nor his group could carry out due to the huge attention it would gain. He needed someone who was as easy as you. “You know, you’re quite a view.”
You raised a brow, not expecting the sudden compliment. “Oh, thanks.” Shigaraki wasn’t the best at flirting but he needed to try in order to fully wield you in. “When’s your lunch break?” You sat straighter in your chair, a smile slowly forming across your face. You weren’t really sure when but you knew your friend would cover your shift if he knew about the situation. “I can end now. Eijiro!” You called in the back room. “I need you to cover my shift please.”
Without even waiting for a response, you grabbed your purse and stood beside an irritated Shigaraki. He didn’t expect to be hanging out with you so soon and wasn’t fully mentally prepared for your excessive energy. It was going to be a long dreadful day.
You both sat on the edge of the water fountain, ice cream in hand. It had only been an hour and Shigaraki was ready to end himself. You gladly licked your ice cream while he sat still, staring at you. Everything about you annoyed him. The way you sat perfectly under the mall sunroof or how graceful you looked eating your ice cream. You took notice of the way his pinky extended away from his cone. “What are you, British?” You pointed at his finger, causing him to look down at it. “I don’t think all British people do that.”
You shrugged your shoulders, standing up from your spot. He followed your movements, his height causing him to look down on you. You embraced him in a tight hold, feeling the rigidness of his body. “I had a great time. By the way, what’s your name?”
He wasted no time in saying his name, incapable of standing your presence any longer. “Shigaraki.” Finally, you’d regret spending the day with him and leave him alone. You stood there silent in confusion, resting a finger on your chin. “Huh, like the villain?” Holy shit, this girl was dumber than he thought. “Anyways I gotta go. Come by tomorrow so we can do this again.” You left him speechless, standing all alone in the middle of the busy mall.
He was sure of giving up. You weren’t worth all the mental suffering but here he was with you again, walking around the same mall. Earlier, he had mentioned how he hated holding hands so instead, you linked your arm with his while he had his hands in his pockets. The big advertisement sign of skincare caught your attention, stopping you in your tracks and making him do the same. “Look Shigz, we should go in. You need that.”
You looked up at him with a cheeky smile, causing him to groan in revulsion. He wasn’t sure why he was going along with it. Applying chapstick was enough for him but to you, if it worked on his lips, it would definitely work on his face.
He noticed all the skin products on display, walking down the extremely bright aisle. He heard his nickname being called and turned around, feeling your soft hands rub against his face. “You said you had a skin condition so the employee recommended me this.” Shigaraki watched as you ran your fingers from his face, all the way down to his neck. He never recalled feeling another human’s touch in such a caring way.
You both made your way towards the counter, paying for the product and leaving. To his surprise, he actually bought the cream. The very first time in his life, he actually bought something instead of stealing it. You were a bad influence on him and his work and he needed nothing more than to depart from you.
“Shit, it’s almost time for my shift.” You stood on your tippy toes, placing a gentle kiss on his cheek before steadily jogging off. “I’ll see you soon!” Never in his life had he been given such affection. Shigaraki touched the area of where your lips had kissed with delicate fingers.
That night, he tossed and turned in his bed, struggling to find sleep. You were an internal battle to him. On one side, he hated your guts and wanted nothing more than to escape from you. On the other, he hated to say it but he enjoyed your company. The way you made him feel something he’d never felt in all his years of living. He decided at that moment, he’d confess to you. No, nothing romantic in any way but strictly his identity. The identity that you somehow failed to process.
“What do you mean she doesn’t work here?” The next day, Shigaraki stepped foot in the comic shop, only to be told you weren’t there. The new clerk adjusted his glasses. “I’m sorry, sir. You’re gonna have to describe her.” A now frustrated Shigaraki grew heavily impatient, not having the time to deal with this. He realized he never asked for your name, a stupid rookie mistake he made. “She’s this short, (y/h/c) hair, (y/e/c) eyes, a little slow, annoying, and dumb.”
The man shook his head with a puzzled face. “I’m sorry but I just started working here and I don’t know much of who works here.” Shigaraki scratched his neck, seconds away from decaying him but restraining himself. “What’s the point of asking me that question then?”
He walked out of the store defeated. Shockingly, he didn’t reach over the counter to kill the goof. You really were a bad influence on him. A moment of walking later, he felt a tap on his shoulder. “Shigz.”
He recognized the fine voice all too clearly. He started to broil in anger. In a matter of seconds, he quickly spun around to face you. “Where were you? I tried visiting you and you weren’t there.” You were astounded, never witnessing Shigaraki this mad before. Usually, he was calm and quiet. “I quit my job. They weren’t paying good.”
He closed his eyes, letting the stress leave his body. “Listen closely.” He opened his red eyes which met yours. In that instant, he wasn’t sure what to say. He wanted to express how he felt but his feelings were too complicated and corrupted. “Like I said, I’m Tomura Shigaraki. The leader of the League of Villains.”
“Uh, yeah. You already told me.” He paused in perplexity, having the inability to speak or understand the situation. What did you mean you already knew? For the longest time, he thought you weren’t the brightest and he was okay with that. You began to laugh, trying to maintain it with a hand clasped on your mouth. “Did you really think I didn’t know? It was pretty obvious, Shigz. I just wanted to get to know you as you. Not how everyone sees you.”
He stood motionless feeling flabbergasted, allowing you to grab onto his arm. “I never asked you for your name.” If he never mentioned it, you’d had completely forgotten about it. “(Y/n).”
“(Y/n)” He trailed in a slight whisper, repeating after you. “Why don’t I take you on a proper date?”
With the biggest smile that warmed Shigaraki’s cold heart, you held him in closer.
“I would like that a lot.”
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Tarot and Tequila: A Tarot Guide with Cocktails. David A. Ross A Review 18+ only pls
Howdy doo y'all! Welcome to another review of a thing that had a 98% chance of being an impulse buy. Also, please if you are not an adult no interact with this post. I don't want to be in any hot water cause some underage goof decided to do a naughty and break whatever rules/laws or whatever would get us in troubles. Obviously mentions of alcohol and drinking, if it makes you uncomfy this won't be the post for you and that's fine. Stay safe lovelies!
Basic Info
Author- David A. Ross
Publisher- Tiller Press
Price-$19.99~ish at Barnes and Noble
It's a book I don't really know what else to say about it here.
First Impressions
When I saw this book on the shelf of the local Barnes and Noble something told me I had to have it. It's tarot related and has recipes for fun wooble drinks? Sign me the fuck up. I remember walking around clutching this book to my chest having that internal debate of buy or don't buy.
"You don't need another tarot book you just want it."
"Put it back, you don't need it save yer money ya dingu!"
But we all know how that ended. It ended with me giving the Noble store my money and waddling out of there with my book like a happy duck with my exasperated father 4ish steps behind. I may be 21 and an adult but at heart i am still a child and I will waddle if I want to dammit! Anyways, the front cover has raised lettering for the title and I love that it has texture. Also that bright pop of pink you get on opening up the book is a show stopper.
Organization
The introduction
Our author has an amazing voice that really comes through. It's almost conversational, like they're sitting across from me with one of the drinks from this book and telling me. Each sentence flows nicely into the next creating a very pleasant reading experience that gripped me. Me who tends to find introduction sections a bit boring and dry love it. I love that they decided to keep the pink from the initial pages and use it as a text color in the margins for little side notes.
Tools of the Trade
A solid two pages giving us a rather humorous rundown of what all we'll be needing for this reading and drinking experience. There's a blip on everything from the shaker to candles and crystals cause ya know every good bartender needs a candle or 12 around.
Major and Minor Arcana
These next two sections are set up in basically the same way so why split these sections. The first page of these sections gives a blurb that explains what it is. So for the majors we get a brief talk on the fool and their journey, and the minors gets a rundown of what the suits mean and a bit on the courts.
Turning the page on the Majors section has us looking at a near full page full color picture of the Fool card on our left hand side and then on the right we have all our words. The name of the card across the top and then both a basic and a tequila definition of the card. The meanings pull from the Rider-Waite meanings so this makes this book and deck good for someone getting into tarot. The basic meanings get the point across without needing keywords to preface and is also a fun read, the tequila meanings are wild relating the traditional meanings with party and general alcohol consumption.
Past those pages we have the drink part (or in the case of some of the minor Arcana the next one in the series). This consists of the left hand page being a blurb about the drink, it sets the scene for the drink as well as at the very bottom telling us what glassware we ought to put the drink in. But it's really just a suggestion not me saying that cause some glassware can be espensy. The right hand page has the drink directions on it. The drinks are all named after the cards that they represent, so no fun names here but there are some wild flavors here. There's one drink that calls for a simple syrup made from a specific cactus and I'm just sitting here like how the hell am I gonna get that?! (For reference its on page 55 and its for The Hanged Man.) The only real difference between the Major and Minor arcana sections is that the Majors each get their own drink the Minor arcana only has a select few from each suit that get a drink dedicated to them.
Outro
This is such a fun book, I'd recommend this to just about anyone. Even if you aren't really into to tarot it seems like it's be nice to have around for ya know on the witchy coffee table to flip through occasionally and maybe make a drink or two out of from time to time. These drinks all seem like a trip and I will most certainly make posts about them as I slowly make them (alcohol has a tendency to be espensive). Definitely use it in conjunction with the accompanying deck if you feel so inclined to purchase that as well. i personally think its way too much fun having this book around to put it away on a shelf and I hope you love it as much as I do if you decide to pick it up as well. Toodles ya noodles!
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All of it sis 💁🏻♀️
WELL OKAY THEN
0:Height
5′2 me and my short self
1:Virgin?
YUP
2:Shoe size
Um… Hold on gotta check (I don’t know cause I don’t get shoes often) Okay so I wear 3 sizes I wear 7 ½ in heels, 8 and 8 ½. My feet are apparently weird.
3:Do you smoke?
No, I have before tho when i was like 6 with my brother grosses shit ever. But I also use to smoke marijuana but like I havent done that since last year around May.
4:Do you drink?
Occasionally. But I don’t get drunk. Never have gotten drunk either.
5:Do you take drugs?
No only thing that came close was weed and that was for my depression and anxiety. It just wasn’t prescribe.
6:Age you get mistaken for
20 or older. Like I got to see a kids movie tho because of how short I am. So yay!
7:Have tattoos?
NO Sadly
8:Want any tattoos?
FUCK YES I HAVE LIKE 17 Tats drawn up and I know where I want them to go.
9:Got any piercings?
Ears.
10:Want any piercings?
Yes my nose.
11:Best friend?
Evelin mi hermanita, but also VIVIANA aka @notanotherdolantwinsblog
12:Relationship status
Single until Grayson notices me or some shit
13:Biggest turn ons
FUCK THIS HAD TO BE ON HERE. Um… Jaw clenching, Grey sweatpants, “Babe”, “Baby”, Cute nicknames, Biting, hair pulling, choking, scratching, certain laughs, spanking, deep conversations, weird but like when someone picks me up and I don’t expect it, lip biting, eye rolling, cheesy jokes, puns, dirty jokes, someone being so focused on something like full on has their attention.
14:Biggest turn offs
Feet, anal (like shit comes out of there no thanks), Smells that would make me like revolt to Jupiter, douche bags like the I am better than everyone type of cocky douche.
15:Favorite movie
Romeo + Juliet, Titanic, Nemo, Monsters Inc., Scream, It Follows, Little Mermaid (all of them), Austin Powers (all of them). Sucker Punch, Kick Ass, 5th Wave,Let Me In.
16:I’ll love you if
Oof okay ahhh um get to know me for me and we have a form of bond like that honestly I feel so bad if people give me things they pay for like I feel like I am just taking and I feel like shit so yeah become my friend and I grow to love you for you and you hopefully do the same.
17:Someone you miss
My Haybug. ( my cousins daughter who I call my niece who I helped basically raise) um Grayson and Ethan, my cousin Austin and my other cousin Pierce.
18:Most traumatic experience
Yeah this is great, um I have a couple one really fucked me up and the other one almost made me kill myself so I won’t be posting about it because it is not something I want in the world.
19:A fact about your personality
Uhhhhh…. it is still forming because I am trying to find who I am.
20:What I hate most about myself
My weight and teeth.
21:What I love most about myself
My eye color and laugh.
22:What I want to be when I get older
Financially stable lol but also a musician and actor
23:My relationship with my sibling(s)
Well I live with my little sister and we annoy the hell out of each other but we love each other too and then my brother is away in a different state with the national guard and trying to join the army, so complicated?
24:My relationship with my parent(s)
Well fuck. I… this is so complex no one is ready for it.
25:My idea of a perfect date
Surfing ( hopefully not dying from it) followed by a hike to a high place to over look everything followed by pizza and ice cream and a movie where we cuddle (after a shower of course)
26:My biggest pet peeves
EATING WITH MOUTH OPEN AND SMACKING IT LIKE NO STOPPPPP.
27:A description of the girl/boy I like
He is just so beautiful, the way his laugh lines crease when he smiles with or with out teeth is just incredible and the way his brown eyes that change color due to lighting and emotion shine through even when he isn’t at his best because he has the most amazing heart and puts everyone else before himself even though he knows he needs to take time and get to what makes him happy. His hair that goes through hell but it still maintains a soft poofy look and as of right now it is a light brown almost ash brown with bits of dirty blonde. His jawline is the kind you wouldn’t even see on a greek god because it is so unique to his face hell his bone structure is his own and yet in some ways completely different from his brothers. He has an athletic build that I barely pay attention to because his droopy eyes capture my attention with the intensity that he stare with. Not to mention he has the most creative beautiful mind I have ever seen with theories and words he has and things he acts out. His sense of humor is amazing he is such a goof ball and it’s a mix of stupid corny jokes and dirty jokes that he can’t fully say out loud because he is caught in the public eye all the time. He can’t be himself and it is the most painful thing to know because he has the biggest kindest heart ever and is human with insecurities beyond what I know. Plus his scars that add characteristic details to his face that tell a story of a young boy having fun without a care in the world is the most beautiful construct of his humanity. Whoa.
He completely owns my ass…
28:A description of the person I dislike the most
Cheeto with a blonde toupee
29:A reason I’ve lied to a friend
To protect them. Or myself.
30:What I hate the most about work/school
That I don’t do either
31:What your last text message says
I didn’t know I could describe someone like this
32:What words upset me the most
You aren’t wanted here.
33:What words make me feel the best about myself
When someone thanks me for helping them. I don’t help people for that reason but I like to know that I helped in some way. It makes me feel good that they feel good.
34:What I find attractive in women
Confidence for sure. LIKE YES BOO YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL!!!! YES WORK THAT OUTFIT! YOU ARE GLOWING!!!!!
35:What I find attractive in men
Honesty, pure real deep honesty. Like how they feel or asking them questions to where they give deep meaningful answers or even if its like “ I just wanna fuck” like Okay you hot but I aint down for that thank you for being honest but oof damn even hotter now but like I am good. (unless they are strangers then thats creepy)
36:Where I would like to live
Greece, Rome, Italy, California, New Jersey like the nature aspects of all these places oh my damn it’s so beautiful.
37:One of my insecurities
My smile
38:My childhood career choice
Musician, I have always wanted to be a musician in 4th grade I even started a band with no instruments and wrote songs but my dickwad of an ex said songs had to be at least 2 pages long and it kind of made me mad and I stopped writing them for a few months. FUCK YOU ETHAN ( not dolan my ex fucking douche side note I dated him in 2nd grade he dumped me for my friend who he dumped for our other friend who only went out with him to dump him)
39:My favorite ice cream flavor
Vanilla only cause you can add other flavors to it and make a delicious concoction.
40:Who wish I could be
A better version of me which I am working on currently.
41:Where I want to be right now
In a relationship with Grayson so I can cuddle in bed with him and watch scary movies so we both get scared and like grip onto each other for the rest of the night.
42:The last thing I ate
Dark Chocolate covered pistachios I know it sounds weird but surprisingly good.
43:Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately
Grayson Dolan
44:A random fact about anything
I am related to Abraham Lincoln and Tom Hanks on my Grandfathers side ( my moms, dad.)
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Writer’s Block: 30 Ways to Roundhouse Kick it in the Face
Want to know how to beat writer’s block? Today’s your lucky day.
Let me guess…
You’re staring at a blank page. Your brain is fried. And you can feel a headache coming on.
You know you should be writing, but…
You can’t do this anymore. Your muse is gone. Your well of inspiration is empty. Finished. Stone-dry.
You’re not just bored or tired. No, no. This is far worse:
Writer’s block.
You try to stop your mind wandering off. You try to stop being distracted by your long to-do-list. And you try to write, but you feel like everything you do manage to jot down is… well… terrible.
You know you have to keep going, but how? How do you overcome writer’s block and get back into your writing groove?
The truth:
You need to have some fun.
Not take a break, not go for walk, not get some sleep. All of that is fine and good for a simple case of boredom, but the real cause of writer’s block is you’re holding on too tight.
You need to loosen up and go a little crazy. You need to let the goofy side of you out for a little while and get your creative juices flowing again.
How to Overcome Writer’s Block Once & For All
Here are 27 refreshingly original ways for overcoming writer’s block (plus 3 bonus tips provided by Smart Blogger’s Editor-in-Chief).
Let’s dive in:
1. Talk to An Imaginary Friend
Whether you’ve just started a blog and have 10 readers or have been blogging a long while and have 10,000, thinking about them makes writing a post daunting.
So, forget about your readers. Instead, create an imaginary friend.
Your friend is a real fan. He (or she) loves everything you write. He supports everything you do.
Give your imaginary friend a name. Create a little drawing or find a picture of a lookalike. Pin this picture on the wall above your desk.
Instead of writing a blog post, start a conversation with your friend. Or write him a letter. Discuss his dreams and challenges. Help him with whatever he is struggling with.
Be a good friend.
2. Curse Like a Sailor
Feeling a little frustrated?
Well, let it out.
Before you start writing, curse like a sailor. Get angry. Be emotional.
Write something you’re passionate about. Have a good rant. Don’t worry about going too far.
Good writing isn’t about picking the right words. You need to make your audience feel something. Inspire them.
Writing is emotion.
Sure, you’ll have to edit your first draft. You might even decide to toss it.
It doesn’t matter, though, because the point is to overcome writer’s block, not write the perfect post.
Just remember: you can correct mistakes in a passionate piece of writing, but you can’t add emotions to a flat post. So, let it rip.
3. Use a Different Writing Tool
Stuck in a creative rut?
Try using a different writing tool.
Switch from Microsoft Word to Google Docs. Or type your post directly into WordPress.
Switch from a serif to a non-serif font. Or try a script font and change your font color to blue. Or my favorite option: Increase your font size.
It seems silly, but it’s amazing how those small changes can cure writer’s block and make writing interesting again.
4. Take a Short Trip to Overcome Writer’s Block
Missing your family? Got a friend you haven’t seen in a while?
Well, let’s go see them.
The key:
Don’t drive.
Instead, hop on a bus, a train, or a plane that takes you there. Then challenge yourself to write a short story before you arrive.
My advice: leave your iPad or laptop at home. Just bring your mobile phone or a pad of paper.
And don’t stop writing until you arrive.
5. Chug Some Caffeine
Okay. Okay. I know caffeine isn’t good for you. But sometimes you need something to keep going. Don’t waste your fantastic ideas just because you can’t keep awake.
Try this schedule: Set a kitchen timer for 25 minutes — or use the focus booster. After 25 minutes of concentrated writing, take a break. Stop even if you feel like finishing a paragraph.
Make yourself a cup of tea or coffee. Start your next 25 minutes and drink your cup of coffee.
Green tea fuels my blog posts. What fuels yours?
6. Stop Writing for Your Readers
To get over writer’s block, sometimes you just have to write something you want to write. It doesn’t matter whether it suits your blog or not.
Just get on with it. Get it off your chest. Why not?
7. Stop Planning Your Posts
Writing a post outline can speed up your writing project. It’s a proven technique.
But it can also suck the joy out of writing.
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When you find yourself bored with a particular piece, stop planning. Write whatever comes into your mind. It may all be gibberish, but somewhere you’ll find a precious idea. A thought you can use to create a full post.
8. Clear Your Head of Noise
Give your mind time to wander. Get distracted. Embrace serendipity.
Don’t read only blogs about your topic. Don’t just follow industry peers on Twitter. And don’t just read the latest books of thought leaders in your niche.
Go to a random movie. Watch a random channel on TV. Go to a museum. Surprise yourself. Find unexpected metaphor examples.
The creative process is unpredictable, mysterious, and serendipitous. Fuel your creativity by reading outside your niche.
9. Write at a Different Time
We’re always told about the importance of forming habits and having a fixed writing schedule. Stephen King has a fixed schedule. So does Haruki Murakami. And John Grisham.
Routine habits can be good for creativity and reducing writer’s block. But what if your writing practice gets associated with lack of inspiration, procrastination, and despair?
Break your writing routine.
Try a different writing time. Experiment.
10. Write at a Different Place
Leaving your desk is a proven cure for creative blocks. If you can, take a break and go traveling. If you can’t travel, just drag yourself away from your desk.
Go to the park. Try your local Starbucks or go to the library. Go somewhere that’s not associated with work.
Day after day, you sit down to write at your desk. Mix things up. Take your iPad and write wherever your feet take you.
11. Go to a Bookstore
If you’re lucky, your bookstore sells coffee and tea. So, make yourself comfortable, find the shelf with books about your niche, and open up your notepad. (Thank you to Sean d’Souza for this idea.)
Look through the table of contents of each book to find blog post ideas. Write them down in your notepad.
Don’t leave the bookstore until you’ve written down 10 story ideas for new blog posts. And if you’re enjoying yourself, outline one or two posts in your notepad while finishing your cup of coffee.
Don’t read any further than the table of contents. You should write the content of your blog post yourself (of course).
12. Wash the Dishes to Get over Writer’s Block
Do you get your best ideas in the shower?
Your brain needs to relax before coming up with an insight. Staring at your computer screen might work counterproductive. Trying to force an insight might actually prevent the insight from appearing.
If you don’t want to waste water by showering three times a day, try other routine tasks: Vacuum your room. Fold the laundry. Or wash the dishes. Above all: Relax.
13. Create Your Own Merry-Go-Round
Done all your household chores? Or just don’t feel like cleaning again?
Try this alternative routine: walk around in circles. Or just pace up and down your room.
Seems silly, I know, but sometimes just the simple act of movement can help you overcome writer’s block. Give it shot.
14. Shut Down Your Computer
In his book Steal Like an Artist (affiliate link), Austin Kleon describes his digital and his analogue desk. The analogue desk is where his work is born. The digital desk is for editing and publishing.
Come on. Shut down your computer. Get a pen and paper. Or pencils, markers, and index cards. Try free writing. When you free write, you get the feeling that you’re making something. It will inspire you.
15. Browse Your Photo Albums
Sharing tidbits about yourself is a good way to build up a relationship with your readers.
Browse your photo album to find anecdotes to share, and link these stories to your topic. That’s how I came up with the idea of comparing cycling trips with surviving a content marketing journey.
Remind yourself of who you are. Think about the lessons you’ve learned. Who has inspired your career? How have your travels influenced your thinking?
16. Stop Worrying About Grammar to Deal with Writer’s Block
Perfectionism can discourage you from writing.
Stop trying to be perfect.
Accept your first draft may be crappy. Just write as fast as you can. Editing can come later.
17. Goof Around on Facebook, Linkedin, or Instagram
Social media can be a huge time suck. We all know that.
But if you feel stuck and don’t know what to write about, then social media is a rich mine full of precious ideas.
Give yourself half an hour. Interact and ask some questions. Enjoy yourself. Above all, absorb what others are talking about. You’re bound to find a good idea.
Just be sure to set a timer. You don’t want to get lost out there while trying to get rid of writer’s block.
18. Start in the Middle
You know you need to draw a reader into your post with a fantastic introduction. That’s true. But trying to write the perfect opening can obstruct your writing process.
Leave your introduction for later. Just get going with your post.
19. Reread Your Glory Posts
Feeling down?
You’ve lost your mojo and doubting your writing skills. It happens to all bloggers at some stage.
Remember that post you’ve written a while back? Your best ever post?
Go back and read the post. Word by word. You see how good you are?
That talent didn’t go anywhere. It’s still inside you.
Sometimes we just need a little reminder.
20. Take a Cigarette Break to Get past Writer’s Block
Whoa. A smoke?
Well, you don’t have to light up. But a cigarette break takes about five minutes. And that’s the perfect time to recharge yourself.
The secret to creative productivity is to take breaks while you’re still in a flow. It helps you to get started again after your break.
If you don’t crave a cigarette every so often, good for you! Just set a timer to take a break.
Don’t spend your break tweeting, liking, and plussing. That’s not truly relaxing.
Spend five minutes staring out of the window. Stand outside on your porch or balcony and listen to the traffic. Or watch the clouds float by. As if you’re a lonely smoker.
21. Listen to the Rain
What’s the most relaxing sound?
When you take your “cigarette” break to stare out of the window, switch on the sound of rain.
22. Be a Misfit to Overcome Writer’s Block
Being a blogger isn’t about conforming to the norms.
Don’t feel the pressure to be like your hero bloggers. You have to stand out on the web. You have to be YOU.
Accept you’re a misfit. Just like me. And just like Jon. Just like all other bloggers.
Be yourself. Enjoy yourself. Because your enthusiasm is contagious.
23. Steal Ideas
Is your wish to be original causing your writer’s block?
Learn how to steal ideas and make them your own. Snatch post ideas from different writers, but don’t copy outright.
Read widely. Mix ideas from scientists and artists. Plunder quote books.
As Austin Kleon says: “All creative work builds on what came before.”
24. Read Health Magazines to Cure Writer’s Block
I won’t lecture you about keeping fit. You know that.
But health magazines are one of the best sources for headline and blog post inspiration.
For instance, the idea to write 36 Quick Fixes to Jumpstart Lifeless Business Blogs came from the headline Food Fixes for Insomnia.
You don’t have to go out and spend money to buy a few magazines. Read covers of Men’s Health Magazine or Women’s Health Magazine online. Or check out the health section on Amazon (affiliate link).
25. Reread Your First Ever Blog Post
If you’ve been blogging for six months or more, you’ve written a lot. And you’ve learned a lot.
Don’t wait for inspiration to strike — go back to your first few blog posts.
Find one you can rewrite. Add power words, glean new insights, develop new arguments, and new examples.
Voila. You got a new post.
26. Create Weird Challenges
Is writing becoming a chore? Fed up with writing how-to posts?
Create new challenges to have some fun. For instance:
Introduce a new metaphor in your next post. Or set the bar higher by stipulating your metaphor has to some from sports, or movies, or cooking.
Estimate your average post length and challenge yourself to write a blog post in 20% fewer words.
Try alliteration. Or rhyming. Or onomatopoeias.
Start with an unnusual writing prompt.
Use the power of three. How often can you introduce three of something?
Tickle your brain to make writing fun.
27. Get Your Inner Critic on Your Side
The difference between good and great bloggers is your inner critic. As Mike Monday says:
“A good producer and a great producer have the same number of ideas — some good, some great. But a great producer will know the difference.”
Your inner critic can help you become a better blogger. So how do you get him on your side?
Start writing a few practice paragraphs. You’re just warming up. Listen to your inner critic to see how you can improve. Write and edit as you go.
Your inner critic doesn’t need to be your enemy. He could be your cure for writer’s block. Make him your friend.
3 Writing Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block (from Smart Blogger’s Editor-in-Chief, Kevin J. Duncan)
28. Dance, Dance, Dance
Ask Alexa to play your favorite song. Get up and dance like no one’s watching.
And if someone is watching, ask them to join you.
29. Listen to a Writing Podcast
Anyone who has suffered from writer’s block knows it’s a lonely feeling. When words escape you, it can feel as though you’re the only writer on the planet who is struggling.
Writing podcasts offer a community of like-minded writers who can provide support, motivation, and writing strategies. They’re people just like you. People who have been where you are right now.
Find a favorite podcast and listen to an episode.
Here’s a good one to get you started: Break Through the Noise with Jon Morrow. Call me biased, but it’s awesome.
(And if you’d like to start your own podcast, but you don’t know how, check out How to Start a Podcast: No Fluff (Just the Essentials).)
30. Bribe Yourself
Working on a freelance writing gig or writing contest? Promise yourself a prize when you reach 500 words. An ice cream sandwich. A thirty-minute “Parks & Rec” or “The Office” break. A hot bath with lighted candles and Beethoven playing in the background.
A proverbial carrot (or literal carrot, if a carrot happens to be your prize) could be just the thing to get you back into the writing groove.
The Truth About Writer’s Block
Writing is hard work. There’s no doubt about that.
But you can make it even harder by accepting writer’s block.
Don’t become a tortured genius.
Choose to get on with writing.
Experiment. Find out what works for you. Write where and when you like. Be as crazy as you like to be.
Come on. Have fun. Let’s try something wacky.
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today i got up soooort of on time. then i got distracted by the internet!!! so i was 2 minutes late for class. the air was chilly today though so the bike ride over to campus was gucci. perfect weather.
i took furious notes in both classical and quantum. classical today was “graded” by a professor who left the comments portion of the lecture very open-ended. we weren’t really sure what to say. i ended up kind of dominating the conversation even though i didn’t really want to.
gotta keep my trap shut!
after that we went to get spaghetti. i missed it, even though we only skipped one week. suzanne asked why i talk to my parents. that got me down a pretty dark lane of conversation. i tried to focus on how i wish i had a closer relationship with my siblings... but i’m still so angry. all the time.
eventually harrison said something like “we need to pick a different awkward topic before my day gets ruined.”
and i said “OH. i’m sorry my life ruins your day.”
i was mostly joking. he apologized but we did change the topic to “awkward topics.”
then i went to group therapy. i had to fill out a survey beforehand. i thought about how i was feeling the last week or two. i only really started feeling like i had any energy at all yesterday-ish. so i kept my answers pretty low mood-wise.
i only consciously lied on one of the questions because i wasn’t sure what the required response would be. and it wasn’t a big lie. i’m not really at “high risk” of killing myself. maybe 5%. right now at least i feel ok. the past week collectively though, i wasn’t feeling too hot.
group therapy was... actually good? we tried to focus and dwell on some conversation topics even though most of us are usually lightning-fast about responding. i ended up talking quite a bit. they seemed worried. they also seemed pretty upset about the department thing, where the professors/coordinators lie about how your classmates are doing to try to push you to work harder.
one thing the group leader said though is “how can we help you?”
i told her i’d get back to her on that. i don’t really know. i said hearing about their self care routines and comparing ideas helps. i have made adjustments to my routine over the last two months. pretty drastic ones. i haven’t yet been able to re-cram in time to meditate before bed but the podcast helps me doze off at least.
i’ve been drinking more tea too and i think that keeps my stomach a little more settled. caffeine free so i can drink it with dinner.
i need to think a little more about what other people can do to help me. i don’t really have any hope of actually being helped any more. i still get let down all the time by the people who are supposed to be in charge. but like... you only get out of group therapy what you put in. if i can find a specific goal to achieve that these guys can help me get to, and how to get them to get me there, that’d be great! but i also might not have Problems if i am able to get that far? i mean, like, you gotta be pretty on top of things to know exactly what you need help with and what that help needs to look like.
after that i went to e&m. something about that classroom really throws me off, because in the last ten minutes of class my eyes started hurting AGAIN. like a cramp, almost? this doesn’t really happen anywhere else. reading for too long i just get a headache and then i grind my teeth which makes the headache worse. i tried some eye exercises and that helped for a few minutes but by then i was way behind and i was just tired.
the frustration builds up. the professor will make a step that doesn’t make any sense and not explain it. someone will ask a question and he won’t explain it still because he thought the question was dumber than it actually was. he goes too fast. just little things, but millions of them for 50 minutes straight. and then trying to focus on the board hurts. maybe his handwriting is too small and it strains my eyes? maybe i get frustrated because he stands directly in front of his writing and his lecture is incomprehensible and the anger and anxiety make my muscles tense up which hurts my eyes? i dunno.
after class i checked my email and then biked back over to the group therapy building. but this time i went to the third floor. the person i was having a meeting with was like 10 minutes late even though i got there 5 minutes before my appointment. i took the time to update pokemon go since i haven’t touched it in over 8 months. i caught a murkrow and looked at the entei raid a few blocks over.
i want entei. not gonna happen at level 20 though. my strongest pokemon is 1400 cp. this thing was like 19000.
anyway this new person is annie. the student “care area” is not a therapy office but they can help coordinate between the drc and my department. we talked about maybe dropping e&m for now since the workload is getting to be too much. (i am 4 weeks behind in grading.)
so i will talk to danielle about it tomorrow, and then see how i do on the test on friday, and then talk to both of them again next week. i’m a little stressed about the consequences of dropping the class. the financial aid requires a certain amount of credit hours. and we’re supposed to be done with classes by the end of our second year, and i won’t even have finished UNDERGRAD e&m by my first year if i drop it. and it’ll give me a glaring weak spot on my next round with the prelim right after new year’s.
well, i haven’t talked about it with the drc yet, so i probably won’t get anywhere worrying about it right now.
at the end of group therapy i said that even though i like to complain, i will try to follow up with actual solutions more.
it just seems like... most of the things i complain about don’t really HAVE solutions. or i’ve already made a decision about how to deal with them but they are still very difficult and/or stressful. my classmates said it might be a good idea to reach out to my brother more after he moves away for college because teenagers are super moody and just not very enthusiastic about talking to family members in general. so that just means being patient for another two-ish years.
after that i biked back to the office.
OH! I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR THIS MORNING. it was like three inches away. they were making a left turn across the road i was riding down and they just... didn’t stop. or go and get out of the way. i had to pull a hard turn and swerve up on the sidewalk and i almost hit a pedestrian.
it’s like they weren’t even looking.
anyway i got back to the office at about 5:15 or so. i took a 45-minute break to eat some food and walk around a bit and goof off on facebook. i felt a little better after that, and then suzanne helped john and i study for our e&m test. we covered the entire chapter, just the main ideas, but it helped a lot i hope. i had my mind blown once at least. i understand dielectrics WAY better now.
we got done with that at 7:10-ish, so longer than a full class period. i was exhausted and antsy by the end of it. i packed up my things, yelled at luis a little bit about the alphabet song since we’d been having an argument about it earlier, and then biked home.
he told me the alphabet song came before the alphabet and that’s why they are in the order they are. i think the vowels should have all been put together.
the alphabet song was based off a mozart piece apparently and copyrighted in 1835. TAKE THAT, LUIS! EAT IT!!
when i got home i made some dinner and hid some cookies around for snoopy to find. she was WAY more interested in looking for them after she watched me hide them. and also had some catnip that i put on her walk-through brush. then she seemed to realize for the first time that her cat bed has two levels, and the lower level had cookies on it.
she’s a goofy one.
by the time i finished eating it was after 8:30 so i watched a few youtube videos and checked the 9 o’clock updates. then i ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND DID SOME GRADING. i got through 2 pages of a whole lab section, which comes out to 36 pages. i did that in about the same amount of time, and then i spent a few minutes feeding snoopy and preparing my daily planner for tomorrow, and then it was 10 so i started writing. now it is 10:43.
it feels like this week has been going extra slowly. maybe it is because i feel more focused so i am losing less time to the Void of the Internet? my breaks have been more... deliberate. i set aside 90 minutes to play smash bros, and then got back to work after i felt more relaxed. stuff like that. it was a lot of fun, too.
i am a little worried about friday, between the test and the fact that i have to have 9 sections of labs graded by the end of the day, which is just not going to happen. tomorrow i don’t even get to sit down and take a BREAK let alone do work until after 4. friday is busy all the way through 4 too. and today was busy through after 5.
AND i gotta start the classical assignment somewhere in there too so i don’t have to try to slog through a 12-hour assignment over the weekend yet again.
tomorrow my labs ungraded are gonna bump up to 12. but i made progress today. i have doubled the amount of grading i’ve finished. that’s something, right? 4 is twice as much as 2, even if you need to get to 70. and then 20 more after that.
something good. i jumped right away to asking questions when i got to my meeting with annie today. i admittedly did not have time to look up their office before i got over there, but she was very kind and explained how their office was different from the drc and counseling centers and what they are useful for. we got a solid plan set and another appointment scheduled within 25 minutes.
now i just need to apply that “here is how this will be helpful” authority to emotions i guess? i’m not very good at asking for help from peers. i do it a lot but that doesn’t mean i’m good at it. well, i can do academic questions pretty well. but personal help is like... a league of its own.
i think i did a good job making use of some break time today and then getting back to work when i was ready. i didn’t have a LOT of time today but i stayed busy at least. and i paced myself really well yesterday because i wasn’t miserable and exhausted today!
well, i was miserable and exhausted. but not AS miserable and exhausted as i usually get when i work too hard for too long without breaks. because i took breaks!
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29 Office Costume Ideas for Marketing Nerds & Tech Geeks
Halloween is a fun holiday, and it doesn't get the attention it deserves. It doesn't have recognizable songs or vacation days associated with it, and it falls on a busy time of year for most people in the workforce.
But that doesn't mean you should skip the festivities at your office Halloween celebration.
How many days of the year are you encouraged to dress up and goof around at work? Probably just one -- Halloween -- and even then, it can be hard to know what's office-appropriate.
We want you to have fun this Halloween, so we're taking the work out if it for you. We've compiled a list of DIY Halloween costume ideas that are easy to put together, inexpensive, and perfect for the digital marketer or tech professional.
If your family and friends don't get your costume, your colleagues definitely will.
29 Office Costume Ideas for Marketing Nerds & Tech Geeks
Computer Costumes
1. Alt Text
Alt text isn't just the metadata of an image published on the web -- you could also say it's an "alternative" fashion statement with the text to describe the era. This was HubSpot Director of Content Corey Wainwright's office Halloween costume a few years ago. It's great because you don't even look dressed up if you have a casual office dress code, so you can just blend in.
To dress as alt text this halloween, break out your best 90s alternative garb -- our coworker Corey went with black jeans, combat boots, and a flannel. Then, tape hyphenated text that best describes what you're wearing, much like an image of your outfit would do online to help search engines read the file.
We edited a sash of alt text on to the alternatively dressed girl below, just to help you picture your awesome costume.
Source: That's Life
2. SEO Ninja
Speaking of dorking out on SEO, you could be everyone's favorite LinkedIn title -- the SEO ninja. Dress in all black, buy a black ski mask, and tape keywords all over yourself. Voila ... you're an actual ninja -- just one much more concerned with search engine optimization than lurking in the darkness.
Source: Pinterest
3. Mobile App
Wander around holding an appetizer -- candy, cheese and crackers, chips and dip ... whatever you have on hand. Boom. You're a mobile "app."
This costume also doubles as a great way to introduce yourself and make friends at a party.
Source: Opportunity Max
4. Instagrammer
Want another way to turn handing out food into a costume? Dress up like a hipster and hand out graham crackers. You're an "instant" "gram" cracker server -- or, for short, an Instagrammer. Pun absolutely intended.
5. Ghostwriter
Have you ever written something for somebody else's byline? Such is the life of a "ghostwriter." Turn your author-less accomplishment into this year's office Halloween costume.
To dress up as a ghostwriter, grab a white sheet and cut a hole for your head and arms. Dob some black ink spots on the sheet, get a book and one of those feather quills (or just get a feather, I suppose), and boo -- you're a ghostwriter.
6. Whitespace
Whitespace on the internet might just denote all the blank space you use to help your design stand out, but on Halloween, "whitespace" isn't just the absence of space.
Dress in all white -- add white face paint and a white wig if you're ultra-committed. Then add a hint of color somewhere on the outfit, like a colored tie or scarf, or even a paint splotch. That color splotch will make the white space more prominent, transforming you into "whitespace."
7. Error 404 Code
You've most likely encountered a funny error 404 page before, and you can make it a funny costume, too. Grab a sheet of paper, write "Error 404: Costume Not Found," and tape it to your outfit.
A photo posted by RachAel Klopfenstein (@theklopf) on Sep 5, 2015 at 12:33pm PDT
8. (Monty) Python
If you're into programming code, British comedy, and low-effort costumes, being (Monty) Python is perfect. Dress up in anything remotely snakelike in your closet: olive green clothing, snakeskin accessories, and fake vampire teeth that can serve as your fangs.
Then, to amp up the dork factor on this costume, add two coconuts or a gold chalice to embody Monty Python on his quest for the Holy Grail.
9. Facebook
Grab face paint or eyeliner and write "book" across your cheeks. Just like that, you're the world's biggest social network for Halloween.
And for your sake, we hope your colleagues actually get it:
Source: AndPop
10. Unicorn
Here's another tech-friendly, double-entendre costume: Be your own version of a tech unicorn. Here at HubSpot, we love this tech icon, and you can easily make your own version of a unicorn horn with help from this article.
Source: WikiHow
11. Phishing Emails
Phishing emails are nothing to joke about -- they can seriously threaten your technology and data security. But on Halloween, you can dress up as a play on phishing emails for an easy DIY costume. All you need are a stick, a piece of string, and an envelope. Bonus points if you own a bucket hat and vest to complete the ensemble. Check out an amusing version of this costume below.
Source: Car and Driver
12. Copycat
"CNTRL + C" is the popular keyboard macro allowing you to copy items from one place to another on your computer. Well, here's a technology spin on a classic Halloween costume. All you'll need are cat ears, eyeliner-drawn whiskers, and a sheet of paper. Write "CNTRL + C" on the paper, tape it to your outfit, and you're a "copycat."
Source: BuzzFeed
13. The Blue Screen of Death
You know the screen, even if you don't know the morbid nickname the tech world has given it. This classic error screen is known for signaling the end of a computer's useful life, and you know it when you see it. It causes so much stress on site, in fact, that the color alone is scary enough for October 31.
Believe it or not, there are official T-shirts you can get with the blue screen of death copy printed on them. Want to make your own? All you need is a royal blue t-shirt and a printed version of this horrifying error message to pin to it.
Source: Spreadshirt
Emoji Costumes
14. Information Desk Girl
This genius professional found a golden (or, rather, purple) opportunity to be the "information desk emoji, the many gestures of whom we've all come to know, love, and use at some point in a text conversation.
The best part about this awesome tech reference is that you don't need to alter your regular attire to make it work. As Naomi shows us below, it's all in the hand gestures.
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No one recognized my Halloween costume for work until I started texting and striking poses #emojicostume #lazycostume
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15. Dancing Girls Emoji
If you're the owner of one of the nearly more than 1 billion Apple iPhones sold worldwide, you're probably familiar with the dancing girls emoji, shown below.
The easiest version of this costume is to find a buddy and dress all in black together. If you're committed to emoji authenticity, buy black bunny ears to complete the look.
Source: Brit + Co
16. Heart Eyes
Are you just in love with Halloween? Prove it with this passionate emoji face. You don't have to paint your entire face, chin to hairline, to get the Heart Eyes Emoji just right, but it certainly helps. It'll also disguise your stress when you're at your most focused during the day.
"This employee just seems to love her job, I can't put my finger on why," your manager will think ... See how to paint this emoji onto your face below (you'll need some help for this one).
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Topical Office Costumes
17. Fully Vested
At work, "fully vested" usually refers to one's ability to earn all matching funds of a 401(k) retirement plan. But for some, you just can't help but picture someone wearing lots of sleeveless jackets at the same time. Now's the time to personify that image.
If you work in a company where people would get the joke, put on a bunch of vests (at least three, but even more is encouraged), and that's about it. You're fully vested.
18. Nerd
What I love about the nerd costume is that it's effortless and always unique -- there are many ways to be a nerd in this day and age. Are you a tech nerd, a video game nerd, or a book nerd? The sky is the limit with this costume. Show up wearing glasses with your favorite accessories, such as a magic wand, book, or lightsaber, to complete the effect.
19. A Solar Eclipse
Last year, the solar eclipse took over the internet -- and the country. As millions of people flocked to the path of totality to (hopefully) catch a glimpse of this rare event without burning their corneas, millions more made jokes about it on social media.
To dress up as a solar eclipse for Halloween, you'll need a work pal to dress up as the sun and the moon with you. One of you wears black, the other wears yellow, and you both wear dark sunglasses. Then, at the Halloween party, the one dressed in black spends the whole time standing in front of the one in yellow.
Source: Pinterest
20. The 'Evil Kermit' Meme
If you haven't heard of this mega-popular meme this year, you've probably seen it somewhere: It features Kermit the Frog, face-to-face with his evil twin, Evil Kermit. Evil Kermit looks identical, except for the black cloak.
For this costume, you and a coworker can keep it simple: You both wear green shirts, and one of you wears a black hoodie or jacket on top. If you really want to commit to the costume, you'll spring for some green face paint to complete the ensemble. Walk around the party together, facing one another, for maximum effect.
21. Eleven from Stranger Things
Eleven from Netflix's hit series Stranger Things is universally beloved, and it's a bonus that her signature look is a comfortable and easy-to-assemble costume. Rock your best Eleven with a dress, a denim jacket, and a box of Eggo Waffles.
Source: Business Insider
22. Pokémon GO Trainer
Pokémon GO had roughly 45 million people walking around in cities glued to their phones last summer (I, among them). To pay homage to the explosion of this tech trend, you'll need a t-shirt that's red, yellow, or blue. Using fabric paint or permanent marker, write Valor (for red), Instinct (for yellow), or Mystic (for blue) on your shirt.
Spend Halloween walking around pointing your phone at objects, and you're the spitting image of a Pokémon GO trainer. Gotta catch 'em all, right?
A photo posted by Odinia (@marshmallowsie) on Aug 9, 2016 at 4:44pm PDT
Group Office Costumes
23. Google Algorithm Update
Find a couple of office buddies for this one -- one panda, one penguin, and one pigeon. You might be thinking, "what the heck is the pigeon algorithm update?" 1) It's a thing, and 2) we checked Amazon for hummingbird costumes and there aren't any cheap ones available.
Source: Opportunity Max
24. Black Hat and White Hat SEO
This is another SEO-related costume, and I think you can figure this one out on your own. I recommend wearing a black hat for one, and a white hat for the other, and having "SEO" embroidered on each one -- which you can easily custom order.
Source: SEO-Hacker
25. Series A Round of Funding
Get a bunch of people together, write the letter "A" on your shirt, and line up. (You could do subsequent funding rounds using the same principle, too.)
26. Snapchat Filters
Here's another group costume idea that pays tribute to Snapchat's filters feature.
There are numerous options that you and your team can choose from to embody this costume. You could dress up as vomiting rainbows, cat and dog ears, a flower crown, or a face swap, and this could be as DIY or store-bought as you're interested in pursuing. For example, here's some inspiration for a couple of the dog filters:
Source: PopSugar
27. Snapchat Ghosts
Put a marketing spin on a classic Halloween costume by arriving as a Snapchat ghost. You'll all need a white sheet and to pick which ghost you like the most.
Source: YouTube
28. PAC-MAN and Company
Here's yet another awesome ghostly costume idea your whole team at work can get in on. Have your team lead wear the yellow pie-shaped garb of PAC-MAN, with each team member dressed as the multi-colored ghosts that roam the screen in this vintage arcade game.
Just make sure the team lead doesn't actually try to eat the ghosts -- you're in an office, and you're all technically on the same team.
Source: Meningrey
29. Instagram Filters
For this group costume, you'll need white t-shirts and fabric markers. Draw an Instagram photo frame on the front of your shirts, and each team member can write a different Instagram filter's name inside the photo frame. Or, create frame props with different filters on them like the group did below:
Source: Nails Magazine
The clothes don't make the marketer, but the costume can certainly make the culture at your company. Find out what it takes to hire and train the best fits for your open roles in the free ebook, available below.
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08/08/2018 To Build a functional Routine
Finally, a huge contributor to my depression was my routine. I did have some kind of routine, it just wasn’t sustainable or functional at all. I had a sleeping pattern, but I consistently fucked it up with random naps and staying up too late for no real reason. I knew I had to study the minute I woke up, but I often delayed it by staying on the phone or watching youtube videos for too long. I didnt really know when I was supposed to work out and what to do once I actually got to the gym.
Therefore, my new routine needs to be a week-by-week routine. as in, no day will be the same as the next day, but overall, one week will look exactly like the other. I have 2.5 weeks until ibiza. So I have only 2 weeks to plan for now. My routine needs to include:
- cleaning days, what to clean and when do I clean it.
- laundry.
- shopping for groceries.
- cooking and meal prep.
- other random life things.
- time to learn/research certain topics im interested in. I could do that at home or spend time in a coffee shop. (like watching vids/reading articles on bodybuilding and diet, or guides on self-descipline or just read the fucking news and learn something new for fucks sake)
- social interactions.
- extracurricular activities such as digital painting, and other stuff.
- gym days.
So the one major constant should be my sleeping schedule. Followed by studying, then eating and gymming. Creating a good routine is hard fucking work, because there’s so much to life that cant just simply be planned or scheduled. Shit happens, and sometimes you cant follow your own recipe. also, too much rigidity leads to feeling trapped and ultimately leads to depression, so some serious flexiblity and room to change has to exist. Ive never attempted to plan something this huge. And since this is basically an experiment, I dont expect myself to get it right immediately. Im going to do my best while also being kind to myself in the process. Its going to take me time to come up with it but we’ll see.
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Wake up at 7.
Brush teeth, wash face, meditate. if extra time do some reading or just relax.
8-12 studying.
4 hour study period seems reasonable for the time being.
12:30-2: GYM
2:00-2:45 gym shake + light meal
2:45-4:15 NAP
4:15-4:45 Another meal
4:45-7 Free period
I can go Grocery shopping (or any kind of shopping), do some light cleaning, light planning, running errands. etc. Great time to check off some to-dos, like online shopping for swimming shorts, paying off bills, sending an email or whatever. (basically this period is a variable that changes everyday depending on needs) (try to write a shopping list here + maybe do some dish washing)
7-8 Final meal + TV show probably
8-10 Fun time:
free to play ps4, goof around on phone. and do anything I like basically. must update blog here tho. just write about the day. Is the routine sustainable? how do I feel? What needs to change?
10-12 Night routine: Shower, brush teeth, no more screen time (phone or laptop).
11-12 reading time. 10 pages minimum. If I have time left and feel bored. write or scribble something on my diary.
sleep 12 to 7.
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ROUTINE BREAK DAYS:
at least 1 day in the weekend: keep sleeping schedule but ditch everything else. Do whatever I feel like doing. and If I feel like doing nothing then SO BE IT.
MEAL PREP DAY: A day where I skip the gym and just do meal prep!!!
POTENTIAL VARIABLES: Days out with sister, and going out with friends. both will need flexiblity and sacrificing something out of my schedule to accommodate. consider them a test of flexibility!
So basically What I did above is the basic format of what my routine should look like. However I can alter it everyday to fit goals I have for that particular day. Again, being flexible and smart about my planning is key...
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GOALS FOR NOW: (until ibiza) 2.5 weeks
- 10 more gym days.
- intermittent fasting and meal prep.
- sleeping schedule.
- finalize ibiza preparations. (swimming shorts, converse shoes)
- studying thyroid, breast, white + read blood cell & neoplasm pathology. (5 chapters of pathoma)
- meditation everyday.
- 1 more digital painting.
Kindness & flexibility, Kindness & flexibility, Kindness & flexibility.
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12 Honest truths To Distinguish Yourself After An Oversight Or Failure.
Did you know that most gals fail along with women when texting due to the fact that they make 3 conveniently preventable, but catastrophic, blunders? After Chaos to Money headed to publish, as well as after copies were actually being actually sold and also shipped out, I discovered several oversights in that. The worst resided in the About the Author" part. Blunders vary in degree and style and some may be tougher to recover off compared to others. Nobody takes pleasure in miscalculating however sometimes they could provide a primary knowing expertise.
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PRE-PRODUCTION: Casting
‘Mother’
Edinburgh Napier University
BA Film (Hons)
Film Genre, Year 2, Trimester 1
Module: Film Genre
Casting
In the early stage of casting I wrote a ‘CASTING CALL’ and posted it across various Film and Acting pages I am part of on Facebook. This is a goof site for networking among Film and Acting students. This gained around 12 responses for the role of ‘Nina’ and around 5 for ‘Bobby’. We also were sent headshots for the fourth year acting students here at Edinburgh Napier and I contacted two of the girls in that class after a discussion with Georgia. Ultimately, casting was Georgia’s decision as the director. However, I was allowed some creative input as my role as Producer. I responded to the girls once Georgia and I had planned dates to hold auditions in a study room at the university. Auditions for ‘Bobby’ were on the 24th of October, and on the 31st of October and 1st of November for ‘Nina’. Below is my casting call for the roles.
CASTING CALL
2 actresses, for a short student drama for BA FILM at Edinburgh Napier. The working title is 'Bobby and Nina'.
Nina is a young girl living in a rough area with her mother Bobby who works as an escort. The scene centres around a confrontation between them when Nina comes home yet again to her mother hungover lying around the flat. It is clear Bobby's occupation is not something she discusses with her daughter as Nina challenges this throughout the conversation. When Bobby finds out Nina is leaving for early admission of college, she struggles to cope with the news and becomes hysterical and violent.
Bobby (playing 33-35) had Nina as a teenager and had no family when she was kicked out of her home, leaving her to raise Nina on her own. When she was young, she was optimistic and independent like Nina. Now she is bitter, angry at her life and damaged by her past. This forces her to lash out on her daughter and resent her too. Their roles are reversed in the sense Bobby acts like the child in this conversation, stubborn and very defensive. She has never discussed this topic with Nina yet expects respect and discretion from her. The thought of Nina leaving her tears her apart when she realises how much she relied on her.
Nina (16-20) Nina is 18 years old and only a couple of months away from finishing school. She keeps to herself most of the time. She is fiercely independent and refuses to take charity from other people. She has a lot of unresolved anger towards her mother because of what she does but refuses to let anyone make assumptions or comments about it. She is very creative and hopes to make a living by writing, even though she knows that her mother has no money to send her to a good college she is determined to try herself. As well as school, she also works as a waitress almost every night to save money so she can get away from her mother and their home. Although she knows of her mother’s ‘occupation’ she has never been able to ask her anything about it or why she started doing it, she is almost afraid to.
This is a student film, so the roles are unpaid. We are casting throughout October and the shoot is on the 9th and 10th of November in the evening.
If interested, please contact me on Facebook or through email at [email protected]
Let me know if you'd like to read the script and please send either a headshot or showreel along. Thank you.
Auditions and the Casting Process
‘Bobby’
Georgia and I had extensive conversations about the casing of Bobby. She is a young mum who needed to look around the age of 32. Our first two auditions were 4th year acting students, both the age of 22. They were both incredible in their auditions. For this audition, most of the crew were present. We all discussed our ability to make the film with someone 10 years younger than her role and how we could make that work. Our production designer/make up artist, Erin Redpath, felt confident we could.
The audition was a simple read through of the script, both of the actresses came in and read with someone standing in for ‘Nina’. We filmed the sessions for reference, and did the same set up for the ‘Nina’ audition. We would ask them to do it once, then Georgia would give her comments, suggesting anything to better their second performance. This was the performance we made our decision of of mostly, it was evident of how well the actresses could respond to direction and how they understood the character.
Georgia and I agreed on the girl we did end up casting, Niamh Kinane. She was already in character, playing ‘Bobby’ as we had imagined. We conferred with Catriona for advice with this role, as I wanted to include her in the casting process and let her know about our thoughts on the character. This was beneficial as she expressed support in Niamh’s ability to play the role and we began to research how to make her appear older with make-up. This included finding You tube videos that showed how this has been achieved in other films and with affordable material. I will attach the links below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJLXMnUwUJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9c6xnOkVLU
‘Nina’
Nina, much to our surprise, was the far harder role to cast. We got about 12 responses to the role, which only resulted in 5 auditions due to time consuming issues with those interested who couldn’t make it. We watched back all of their auditions after we had met with them all, and neither Georgia or myself felt confident in any of them. This is not to say these auditions were not good, every actress we saw gave a strong performance, just not the one we wanted. I identified something about their performance, the way every girl had played ‘Nina’, came across as confrontational. Georgia felt they were playing her too dramatic, as if this was a scene where she shouts and ‘talks back’ to her mother. We discussed the script and decided that Nina was a character who, for the first time, has the confidence to stand up to her mother, she is not talking back, this is not just another fight. It marks a turning point in their relationship and in Nina’s character. This was a reflection of the script and gave Georgia guidance on how to write the second draft that would address these miscommunications. We felt that none of the actresses had captured the balance of Nina’s innocence and her strength. Out of all the auditions, the strongest was Heidi Steel. Georgia felt confident she could work with her in rehearsal to achieve this side of Nina. We then scheduled a rehearsal for Heidi and Niamh, and cast Heidi in the role.
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Feel like you forgot to check something?
Whether you’re the client or the consultant, you need strong intel-sharing for your consultation on local SEO to amount to more than a hill of beans. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to local rankings/traffic/visibility/business woes. If you’re sick, the doc needs to diagnose you. If your car makes a new squeak, the mechanic will ask you some questions. Similar deal here.
For me to do a good consultation and maybe figure out what my dance partner needs to do next, I need to ask a LOT of questions. Some of the more-basic, “name, rank, serial number” questions I try to get out of the way first with my preliminary questionnaire, so we don’t eat up time on those during the call, and so I might do a few minutes of fact-finding beforehand.
Whether or not there’s an exchange of basic intel before your call, the “Eureka!” moment will probably come only once you’ve discussed a pretty short list of super-important questions. Those questions shed light. Whether you’re the local SEO-er or the person who just paid one for a consultation, you should hit on as many of these points as possible:
1. Did you book a consultation with me because of an incident that concerns you, or because you just want to see how to keep improving?
This question can help narrow the scope of the conversation, sooner rather than later. It may expand into other topics again, even if there’s one specific problem you try to figure out, but at least you’ll start with a clearer goal in mind.
2. IF there’s been a drop-off in rankings or traffic, has it corresponded to a drop in customers and/or leads?
For starters, this one gives a sense of how dependent the business is on search-engine visibility.
3. What do you see in Google Analytics?
Helps to determine how bad a possible drop-off really was, or whether.
4. How do you currently get most of your customers / clients / patients?
5. What SEO work have you done so far? If you hired an SEO company, what work did they do, specifically?
You need to know of skeletons in the closet.
6. What are you working on now, exactly?
7. What work do you plan to do, but haven’t gotten around to yet?
For instance, “I know I need to rustle up some good links, but am not sure where to start.” This question is always telling.
8. Are there any activities you’ve stopped or slowed down on?
Sometimes the best move is to resume X and not to bother with Y.
9. Have you changed any of your basic business info? Name, address, phone number, or URL?
Changes like those can jostle your rankings, particularly in Google Maps.
10. Have you recently redesigned your site, or do you plan to?
Visibility / traffic rarely improves after a redesign. Usually it’s followed by (a) more of the same or (b) a drop-off. This is a good time to run down my quick checklist.
11. What’s been your process for earning links?
You may want to bring this up very early in the call. It’s usually one of the problems – if not the problem. Especially if a big goof-up is not apparent.
12. What’s been your process for encouraging reviews?
Bad reviews or a lack of reviews often explains (at least partly) why the rankings see-saw but business is always down. See this. Rankings without reviews don’t amount to much, usually.
13. Does one location outperform the other?
Often one location uses a more-ideal landing page, or has more/better reviews, or significantly cleaner citations, or more good links relevant to it.
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What questions do you think are the most crucial?
What’s a “Eureka” moment you had during a consultation?
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hi guys. today i got up at a less unreasonable hour.
convenience stores often make appearances in my dreams, but rarely do my dreams revolve around them. i spent the majority of the end of my dream in some kind of convenience store/restaurant trying to order ice cream. i’m not sure what was stopping me. i think there was no one behind the counter. i didn’t really want it bad enough to try stealing it. i was mostly interested in the conversation i was having with a “classmate.”
i don’t think this classmate was anyone i know in real life... maybe someone from christian school. i don’t remember their face, or if i even saw their face at any time. the conversation was surprisingly coherent, but i do not remember what we were talking about. it was either something i thought was odd about the dream, or something i thought was odd in general.
anyway i got up and checked my emails and then i went to individual therapy. i tried to plow through everything that’s happened in the last two weeks and my ongoing guilty-ish feelings for being an asshole teenager like ten years ago. i just wish... i could un-hurt them somehow by apologizing. like maybe i hurt them and they’re still hurting. there’s nothing i could really say that would be an appropriate reason to find and contact most of them...
we also talked about motivation!! i made a short list of things i’ve been doing to move forward and we talked about scheduling some time to draw in the evenings. i mentioned i didn’t really have anything i wanted to draw and then i remembered that i’d pilfered some coloring pages from the group therapy’s resources folder.
on the way home i stopped at gamestop to pick up the pokums. i also saw some switch games that looked like they would be fun. i was about to buy a used copy of one when i remembered that my family does not have a switch. i talked to mom about it and she said maybe at christmas. you know, when i won’t be living at home any more!! when i got home i made lunch, signed my lease, and wasted time on youtube.
i watched a speedrun of yoshi’s island and i remembered how much i like that game. it’s just a cute, well-made platformer and i’m glad i had it as a kid. i kind of wonder if there are any rom hacks based around that engine. i feel like there’s a lot of potential there. might have to pick up an emulator again...
mom made the other quiche for dinner, along with some garlic bread and peas. i managed to eat most of it! and i ate all of my mac and cheese that i made for lunch even though i really wanted to stop eating!! i felt really awake afterward so i took wiley out for a walk... for 50 minutes. when it got too dark to see we went home. i bopped to some music on my ipod while i was out.
after i took the dogs out back for a few minutes i went back to my room and goofed off on youtube a little longer. no one has anything interesting to say about adventure time except uncivilized elk and he hasn’t finished his big review for elements yet. everyone else just summarized what happened. i know what happened! i watched the show!! this guy talks about, like, themes and goes into theories about what will happen next and how it relates to stuff that happened a while ago.
at around 10 i settled in and loaded up some music and started coloring. that continued until about 11:45. i am a little over halfway done with the page. i need to figure out which colors i want to use for the little details. might do that tomorrow morning since i don’t think i have any chores i need to finish before group therapy.
now it is 12:10. i will try to get up and go to bed at 12:30. that’s much closer to my target bedtime.
i think the coloring did help... my hand is all cramped up but i feel like i did something productive. and... it just feels nice to draw and color. pencils feel good to use. i have a lot more control over my hands when i make traditional art than when i try to use my tablet, even after like 8 years.
diogi is about the same as yesterday. at least she’s not worse. she’s always excited whenever i feed her anything though, including coconut oil. she’s kind of weird. i am considering buying them more “fun” snacks tomorrow while i’m out, maybe. i mean, what’s the point of living if you don’t have interesting experiences? and since i can’t take her or eve out for walks any more the best i can do is let them try a new treat. right now they just have dry rice meal and lamb or chicken cookies. all three of them went nuts for the chicken jerky strips i brought home the other week.
eve didn’t throw up again today. she’s still not drinking much water, but she never really has. i was still a little more gentle with her today just in case she still wasn’t feeling 100%.
i can’t figure out what i want to bring up in group tomorrow. i guess... the guilty feelings might be a good idea. start talking about/working on the self loathing a little bit.
i am a little worried. i have been in therapy for a while now and i still am not sure where the line between “getting help” and “having my hand held” is. i don’t want to be too needy, but i also just can’t really figure this stuff out on my own. leading questions for me to think about might be helpful i guess. i know i gotta make some decisions about which feelings are healthier to spend time thinking about, and change or build some habits around managing my anxiety and depression, but i feel like i am just not there yet. i am going to try to start using the anxiety box i think. i will have to find a suitable box or jar tomorrow.
it’s basically a way to schedule your worry. you write down an anxious thought you are having and say to yourself “i am not going to worry about that right now. i am going to worry about it for five/ten minutes at 5:00″ or whatever time you want. you put all the thoughts you get over the course of the day in a jar or box, and at the scheduled time you pull out one of the thoughts and think about it for five or ten minutes and see if you can do or figure out anything useful. if you can’t, but it’s urgent, you can think about it for ten or fifteen minutes. if you don’t take care of it, you put it back in the box and try again tomorrow. if you resolve the cause of the feeling, or the feeling itself, then you can throw away the note and pick up a different one at another time.
i noticed that my headache mostly went away when i ate enough food. not entirely, because my headaches are often caused by grinding my teeth and not dependent on how much i ate. but i did feel a lot better when i got most of a meal into my stomach. one thing i noticed that helped me keep my appetite (besides possibly the extra anti-nausea meds) was that i ate a little bit of several different things. so if i got sick of a taste after two bites i could eat a few spoonfuls of peas and then come back to the quiche later and try again. it will probably be important to keep my meals a little varied and small in each portion going forward. i think i can do that. i might need to figure out some, like, full meals styled that way that i can make.
http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/veg.php
that will be helpful.
or i could just go eat thai food every day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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