The Overly Caffeinated Warmage

My name is D. This blog is dedicated to my Cassie Palmer universe fandom though occasionally other fandoms (Marvel) will creep in. I like my coffee the way I like my war mages: incredibly hot and strong enough to destroy a god.

[overlycaffeinatedwarmage]

I'm sorta here. Officially in grad school now and am beat!

[overlycaffeinatedwarmage]

The Phone Saga

In Mid November, I bought my kid a PrePaid cellphone from Walmart.  Well, after having it and digging deeper into the plan, I realized that the “prepaid” phone would end up costing me more than getting him one hooked to my plan. So I post the phone on Facebook Marketplace. Now, this phone is brand new. It has never even left the house. I paid a bit over $60 for it, so I ask for $60.

Person one: How much less are you willing to take for the phone.

Um, I don’t know dude, make me an offer and we’ll see. That’s not how negotiating works my friend. Deal falls through.

I get a couple people who seriously lowball me.  The first I just said “pass” and nothing else. The second I tried to negotiate with but never got any where. Another asked me if it was unlocked and I truthfully answered that I didn’t know. They get belligerent with me and demand that I figure it out. I declined and blocked them.

Another wants my address to send me a money order. I said I would only accept digital payment or cash on hand. They also get incredibly rude. Blocked.

I had one nice couple who asked about it being unlocked. One asked if I could hold it for a bit so they could check with their wife. I agreed.  The couple dug into it a bit more and come to find out it wouldn’t work for their service. No worries.  We both thank each other profusely for being so kind and not creepers. The person was so genuinely sorry that the deal wouldn’t work. I really wish it has because I liked them.

Second to last person contacted me. We agree on a price and a local pick up spot. I vaguely describe myself and what I’m wearing that day (coat color, hat color, and mask). I’m pretty easy to spot. Well, they would only give me a description of the car. Once I get there and wait a bit, I contacted them to find out where they were. They only will tell me what the car looks like. They refuse to walk up to the store or even drive up. I got in my car and took the long way home constantly checking my mirror. While it was 10am, I really get the feeling that I narrowly missed a snatch and grab scenario. It makes me incredibly glad that my kid was at home instead of with me for once. After that I deleted the listing and relisted it. I also reported him, but I doubt it will do much good.

Finally a nice man from Florida contacted me with an offer. He didn’t speak much English and my Spanish sucks. We managed to communicate, laughing at our mutual poor language skills in the other’s primary language.  I accepted the offer and mailed the phone off, finally done with the damn thing.

Ya know, I thought it would be hard to top the drama surrounding selling pole shorts last spring. (Got contacted by several creepers, but that’s a whole other story).

So now my kid has a phone on my plan for $10/month instead of $35/month on the Walmart plan and I have a creepy story to tell.

[rhodeys]

#tony ‘parkour’ stark

[overlycaffeinatedwarmage]

I’ve been gone for what feels like forever.  This semester utterly kicked my ass.  Like many, I was 100% virtual for the classes that I both taught and took. All of the classes that I taught were real time, one of the classes that I took was also real time, the other was not. TBH, I love teaching and taking virtual classes. No commute, decent lunch ever day, I can pee whenever I want in a reasonably clean bathroom. My coworkers can be a touch annoying. They meow a lot, but they can be quieted if I stick them on my office futon.

I actually took two high level undergrad math classes this term. It was a little intimidating at first, but I was able to get an A and A-, so yay! One class, Abstract Algebra, I have taken before as a graduate student and BOMBED it. It was a combo of awful teacher, awful book, and me not knowing that I had some HUGE holes in my math background. Well, I worked and worked hard this semester and got an A :)  I needed that confidence boost. All but failing out of grad school really did a number on me. I’m currently signed up for three classes next term. Not sure if I’ll take all three, but we’ll see. I’m excited.

In addition to having a pretty big work and class schedule, my kiddo went from hybrid, to full in person, to full virtual, back to hybrid this term. So I was responsible for making sure he was on task and learning. Working with him really solidified that I do not belong in K-5 education. Algebra and above sure, but anything below, ugh. Plus the maturity level of the kids. Give me teens any day. I also started tutoring virtually, which has been fun, but kept me pretty busy.

Finally, my husband was out of town for most of October through mid December, so I was doing all of this essentially as a single parent. There was a COVID scare in there, dental issues, and I don’t even know what else.

I. Am. Tired.

At the same time, I feel successful. The house didn’t burn down. I managed to get dinner made every day (and lunch, and breakfast). I had plan A, B, and C ready to go if one of us did get COVID and were housebound 100%.  Oh, and did I mention the A and A-??

So yeah, a few things had to go for a few months and Tumblr was an easy one to set aside. I have missed it though. My fan communities, the nonsense. So I’m happy to be back.  Later, I’m going to write up my saga of selling my kid’s old cell phone. It was an adventure.

Happy holidays everyone!

[lickystickypickyzzz]

[bundyspooks]

reblogging for the sheer Halloween ambiance of these pics

[365daysofhalloween]

!!!!

[sarenderpity]

The black cats are witches that summoned their pumpkin friend for a cuddle party

[negativefeedback-teen]

👏🏾Education 👏🏾is 👏🏾a 👏🏾right,👏🏾 not👏🏾 a👏🏾 service 👏🏾

Pass along and use the shit out of them

[itistired]

All I want is a moment where Tony insults Dum-E and one of the Avengers say “why don’t you just fix him?” and Tony just gives them the nastiest look

[stars-and-scripts]

tony: dum-e youre so fucking useless

an avenger: haha yeah your bot is kind of useless

tony, repulsors lifted: the fuck did y-

[marveladdicts]

[naamahdarling]

Things are scary.

Maybe you need a soft and gently purring Fancy making big big mashy paws in the air to help you out!

Reblog this to spread the love!

[dantes-hotel-and-casino]

Cassie Con 2020!

Welcome to Cassie Con 2020: Virtual Edition! Normally, we just shove all of our events into one weekend in October, but we thought we’d do things different this year.  Since we’re virtual we decided to do events every weekend in October! We have varied the times of events to help with time zone shenanigans. All times will be listed in CDT.

Anyone is welcome to join us and we do hope to see some new faces this year. All of our events will take place on Zoom.  Details for each panel’s Zoom meeting will be found in that panel’s Facebook event (https://www.facebook.com/cassiepalmercon/). All panels will be recorded, but they many not all make it to our YouTube channel.  

Zoom is free and can be used on computers, laptops, and mobile devices. The software can be found here: https://zoom.us/ If you’re new to Zoom you can find some info and how to’s here! Calling in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AGsLQwjr0o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo1l6Ijz_wg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIkCmbvAHQQ

Our schedule should be posted shortly.  We can’t wait to see you!

[omghotmemes]

[champagnemanagement]

i need some victory today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hoursgoneby]

Some days you just need a velociraptor on your side.

[jordisstigander]

“It might be nice, it might be nice,

To have a velociraptor on your side”

[quiteliterallyhotsauce]

I’m ready

[simpsons-latino]

[say-prettyy-pleasee]

This is Money Marge. Reblog for a miracle of finances to come to you

🙏🏾💰💵

[harriyanna-deactivated20221223]

I AIN’T RISKIN IT

[marveladdicts]

[overlycaffeinatedwarmage]

I have this urge.to dip my toe into writing fan fic. Gods save me.

[ad1thi]

Omg I thought I was the only one who hated winter soldier. The whole fandom thinks it’s a masterpiece *rolls eyes*

NOPE dw you’re not alone. im pretty quiet about it cuz like you said, the whole fandom thinks it’s a masterpiece but over the years my opinion on the film has soured. its not the film itself as much as it is how the film sort of exists independent of the rest of the mcu. i rly hate how anything Tony does ripples through the mcu and we see the effects of it like 3 or 4 or 5 films later; but Steve and Natasha can put the entirety of SHIELD on blast and have arguably burnt the covers of good people without any repercussions. im not saying that HYDRA should’ve been allowed to continue to exist or any of that, but it just bothers me that there’s zero accountability for their actions, especially cuz every single move that Tony makes backfires on him ten-fold. 

[bieddiediaz]

@ad1thi spitting straight facts

[ad1thi]

@rxmanoff isha you don't understand the sound i made when i read your tags it was inhumane - LITERALLY like if a character can make no mistakes how du expect him to grow as a person. the way Steve is treated in the mcu means that there's functionally no distinct difference from TFA! Steve to endgame! Steve because there's simply no growth. Steve never fails.

every other character fails and grows. they get something wrong. Steve gets nothing wrong. the narrative is always favouring his actions, and so he doesn't grow because the narrative just changes or leaves out key developments just so that his actions can seem okay and its so annoying

[mywishfulthinkingstar]

@starklysteve​:   #we dont trade lives#look i love fanon steve to pieces but canon steve creeps me out#and this is why#also can i say that steve in the mcu has the memory span of a fucking goldfish???#like in iw he tells vision that#STEVE MY DARLING#you literally sacrificed yourself by nosediving a plane into the arctic when you could have jumped out of it#so not only is it the rest of the mcu who forgets steve's actions#it is STEVE HIMSELF who also forgets his own past actions#(don't even get me started about how badly they messed up with the carters)#so you have tony who remembers every fucking mistake he's made#and you have steve who forgets whatever he did three scenes ago#it's ridiculous#people who don't remember history are bound to repeat the same mistakes#that civil war scene with rumlow as crossbones was literally the only reminder of what steve did in tws#and by iw steve is like we don't trade lives vision#(we just burn down an entire government agency and destroy some cities and kill hundreds of wakandans by going to war)#but killing you??? one robot person who could be recoded and rebuilt again????#no. horrible. we can't do that#killing hundreds of people is icky too but i've forgotten about all that what world war what shield what lagos??? blank.#error 404 memory not found

[the-memedaddy]

[overlycaffeinatedwarmage]

That happened in my class too! I mentioned the cats and the students were all "SHOW US THE KITTIES." So I did.  Then someone else mentioned a cat.  I joined the class in "SHOW US THE KITTY." It was great!

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tag game! I was tagged by @emberfaye

rules: tag 9 people you want to get to know better/catch up with and then answer these questions

last song: The background music from Animal Crossing.  Before that I don’t know

last movie: we watched part of X-Men Day’s of Future Past yesterday. I’m going to count that.

currently reading: The first/second, depending on how you’re counting, Witcher book, Ironstrange Fan Fic, and Abstract Algebra.

currently watching: Abstract Algebra videos. And Lucifer I guess even though I finished it.

currently craving: Wavy chips or Panera.

working on anything right now?: Math, math, more math. Also maybe a costume and definitely some stuff for my mini con.

currently playing: Animal Crossing.

I don’t wanna tag people, too much pressure!