Enter my chaos realm

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[i-swear-i-can-explain]

About this blog and me

I am a person. Probably. I think perfect numbers and grapefruits are pretty cool, and can tell you more about them than you'd probably want to know.

This blog is pure chaos and does not have a theme. Enjoy. Or don't.

Some frequently used/important tags below.

[king-monky]

thanks keyboard, when I accidentally typed hest instead of best I totally wanted the hest (norwegian word for horse) emoji

[lilium-orientalis-deactivated20]

It can happen to the

of us

[thoodleoo]

the joy of working with middle school aged children is that, regardless of how long you've been doing it, they will always find novel ways to annoy and confuse you, which is okay because that's the natural state of the middle school aged child. anyway suffice it to say that for the past three weeks of school my 6th grade class has been greeting me at my door by lining up outside of it, playing the national anthem, and saluting me as i walk in.

[jouster-ari]

What they're doing to you:

[sleepnoises]

i think it's nice that people write books and it's possible to read them. often through the public library system

[smokinghorse]

just had a really good mango it was so good that i had to illustrate how it made me feel afterwards.

[catstrat]

op’s tags are so fucking important to me

[ozth]

found this three year old draft buried in my files. is it funny? I don't remember

[wispsofwhimsy]

no no you’re on to something don’t leave this in the notes!

[swarnpert]

love that kids are emo again. i love walking into the grocery store or goodwill and seeing some teenage emo kid all decked out walking around with their mom or something

[anotherknifeinmyhands]

[mixelation]

things ppl often get wrong in academia AUs (specifically ones in modern university settings with focus on graduate students & professors):

no one is spending enough time complaining about writing

hierarchy is wrong. your grad student TA is not a professor or faculty and might not even be considered an employee. that 32 year old man is not a full professor no matter how talented he is or how old you think 30+ is, and he should be talking more about "the tenure clock"

grad students only ever taking or TAing classes & never doing research or working on their thesis/dissertation. there are masters programs with no thesis component so i'm sure there are ones that have no research requirement, but you can't get a PhD only taking classes

everyone has too much money. but also if it's set in the US there's an obsession with accumulating student debt for positions that generally you would not have to take out loans for

relationship with academic advisor never sufficiently unhinged

not enough discussion of stats where it's obvious everyone only barely understands what's happening

[mixelation]

"what is a sufficiently unhinged student-advisor relationship?"

link to the article

[goth-queen]

[lliveonthesunn]

every other week, my mom would make a giant pot of vegetable soup. she'd pack half of it in a tupperware and take it to her best friend's house. they both had three kids whose ages aligned. they'd lock us out of the house and go through each room, finding every piece of dirty laundry and then spend the afternoon keeping the washer and dryer running, folding and putting away each load while gossiping.

every alternate week, her best friend would come to our house with a tupperware full of chicken spaghetti. they'd stick us in front of a tv with a stack of disney vhs tapes and go through each room, finding every dirty dish, and then spend the afternoon at the kitchen sink, washing each dish by hand while gossiping.

it wasn't always soup and spaghetti and laundry and dishes. but it was almost always a meal and a chore. here is a night you don't have to cook dinner. here is a chore you can cross off your list. and here is a day you don't have to spend alone. because really food and friendship and a feeling of accomplishment are what we all need most.

[pocketss]

houseplant type friend

[theotherwesley]

look at this fucking hamhock he was like this when i opened the door

this absolute cartoon drumstick

[toastyglow]

artist's rendition of the beast

[t4tgempearl]

@animals-with-fan-art

[shiftythrifting]

I have discovered many a cursed things at thrift stores and antique shops, but nothing will ever beat this all-timer

i-is it?

[melonfacade]

[punkrorschach]

someone almost stabbed me with a butchers knife and my response at the time was to turn and ask them "are you kidding me?"

[ominous-signs]

[watercolormagicalgirl]

having undiagnosed autism as like an elementary schooler is like “hi!!!! i love everyone and want everyone to be my friends!!!! :D” and then everyone is really fucking mean to you constantly for reasons you can’t even begin to comprehend

[watercolormagicalgirl]

autistic 2nd grader: i think bugs are really pretty and umm cute :D do you wann hear about all my favorite ones ? :o

that same kid in 11th grade: i want to kill my self

[only-cat-memes]

[candicornart]

Inspiration

[cedar-blogs-stuff]

@animals-with-fan-art