#11 things

[thewaragainstapathy]

I didn’t figure out I had ADHD until I was 29, so I never discovered a lot of the coping strategies people learn when they get a diagnosis early. But I thought I’d share something I’ve tried with that has really helped me.

If my place is a pigsty (which it usually is), I’ll take a few minutes to pick up 11 things. It’s a small enough number that I can keep track without losing count, it never takes more than 10 minutes, and once I start I’m occasionally motivated enough to keep going for a while. Before I know it I’ve counted to 11 enough times to clean the kitchen or pick up my bedroom. 

Maybe it’s folding 11 pieces of laundry (and putting them away--it doesn’t count if I don’t), or loading 11 dishes into the dishwasher. Or maybe it’s 11 tasks like cleaning the toilet or cleaning the mirror. Sometimes I’ll just set a timer for 11 minutes and clean everything I can until the timer goes off. No matter what I do, though, narrowing it down to 11 helps keep me from feeling overwhelmed before I start.

I don’t know why, but 11 works for me. It might help you, too. Or maybe you’ll find a number that works better for you. Either way, executive function is a bastard and this is one way I’ve found to deal with it!

[whydamnitwhy]

About Me Tag

Tagged by: @zombiejosten We gotta stop meeting like this XD

Name: E

Gender Pronouns: She/Her pronouns

Height: 5′7″

Sexuality: Pansexual? Demisexual? Sexual?

Fav Animal: Not to sound too cliché but Foxes.

Average Hours of Sleep: 4-5

Dogs or Cats: Dogs. 100%

Current Time: 14:33

When I Made This Blog: June 29, 2012

Why I Made This Blog: Tumblr was better suited for fandoms then Neopets

Reason for URL: I am a multifandom blog, so I figured I wanted something that could easily transfer between fandoms. And 9 times out of 10 I’m usually cursing the characters so... here we are.

Tagging:  @saestrah, @foxsoulcourt, @aftghasruinedme, @dysregulardyke (I had to! :D), @bitingonroses, @strangemyg, @moonbugpresence, @ninety-three-percent, and anyone else who fancies it!

[kimmy-writes]

15-year-old me: OMFG THIS IS THE BEST FANFIC I’VE EVER WRITTEN!!! ASDFASHDFAHSKFALSJFA PLS DROP A REVIEW!!! 

25-year-old me: omfg what have i done 

[crashing-blue-b]

Tagged by @dontbugmeimantisocial

Rules: Answer 11 questions, make 11 of your own, Tag 11 people!

*Inmortality or Infinite power? —infinite power

*What super power do you want? —The combitation of Ice Man, Colossus and Nightclawler

*Favorite animated movie? —The incredibles or Megamind

*Do you believe in magic? —I Don’t call it magic… But Yes, I believe in energy that make things sobrenaturals and everyone have the potencial to use it

*What’s Your Favorite childhood memory? —The cartoons/ my books and things of dinosaurs

*If you were to choose between having one type of pet the rest of your life, witch would you choose? —Dog

*How many direct members do you have? —4

People you’d want to meet? —There is an Infinite big list : -Chris Pratt -Brandom Vietti -Christopher Jones -James Franco -Ryan Reynolds -Alex Ross -Ezra Miller -Doug Jones -Erick López …. A lot of people

*what’s 9+10? Ammm ammmm… 19? 109? 910? 100? BLUEPULSE?! *Head explotes*

Favorite meme? I don’t have One Favorite XP

Favorite Disney Character? Counts Héctor Rivera? 💙

QUESTIONS:

-What’s your Favorite Superhero?

-What’s your Favorite serie?

-Your OTP <

-What’s your hobby?

-If you could kiss a Fictional Character… Who will be?

-Favorite Song?

-Marvel or Dc?

-If you were in a desert island… Who o with what do you keep?

-With what you can’t Live?

-Favorite videogame/book?

-Were are you from?

@gayskeletonreborn @azulso @viva-la-devo @exchess-17 @nmtakumi @puddingmcmuffin @bee-tle-bee-tle @irlbartallen @ruinedchildhood @weirdnonsensefandomstuff @jaimekun @jaime-baeyes

[todorokishouts]

11 Things (3rd time’s the charm!!)

Tagged by @rindiculous!! Thank you for tagging me, your questions are awesome!!

Rules: Answer 11 questions, Make 11 of your own, Tag 11 people

What’s one good thing that you’re glad happened this year?

Writing and posting my first fanfic ever! It was this one in case anyone’s interested. But yeah, that was the first fic I’d ever written for any fandom and everyone’s feedback was so kind, it just jump-started this blog!

Best book you’ve read lately?

The Song of Achilles, recommended by @history-rover (thank you it was painful and beautiful and IT WRECKED ME even though I knew how it was gonna end)

Do you have a ‘sad song’ that always calms you or makes you feel better when something bad happens? If so, which is it?

The Reason Why I Thought I’d Die by amazarashi. amazarashi’s command of words and just the poetry of it all makes me appreciate life more.

Why did you join Tumblr?

tbh I have no idea! I joined like... mid 2016? It was pretty much a reblog space. I figured it was a lot easier to follow things I liked via tumblr (and I still don’t really know how to use twitter lmao). This blog was created at the end of July this year once I really got into bnha,

Mountains or beaches?

Mountains! I’m deathly afraid of the ocean adfdgadsa

Chocolate cookies or brownies? (a debate I hate every time I go out to eat)

AAAAAHHHHHHH chocolate cookies. Honestly bc my best friend makes the best ever!!

Are you a history nerd or a fiction nerd?

Fiction nerd, though I love both! History is just so interesting ; v ;

What are you most looking forward to next year?

Okay so this past year, I had no idea my college hosted a con for artists??? And that my best friend’s campus also had one????? So next year, I’m hitting up both TitanCon and BeachCon! Gotta go support those wonderful artists!!! (and bring along my tododeku ita bag lmao)

What’s your favorite tradition during the holidays?

Okay this is kind of specific. I live in California, and every winter my mom and I head over to Irvine (it’s only like 20mins away lmao,, what a trip) to look at their pretty decorations! It’s super aesthetic over there. And we always hit up the HomeGoods store to look at cute Christmas-y things.

Do you follow or practice any sports?

I followed figure skating for some time, though not so much anymore! ahhh;;;; not really anything else, I guess. I’m really great at badminton?

First happy memory to come to mind! Let’s end this on a good note

Getting my precious son Kubera (my budgie!) to start trusting me a week after I brought him home. I remember it exactly: he was soooo shy and while he was hand tame, he was still nervous because it was a new environment. I was just singing to him because I’m a nerd and--he made his first chirp! New birds typically stay very quiet for the first few days (just observing, etc.) so getting him to actually sing with me was :’))) I don’t have any pics on hand rn but his blog is @quibblepoof!!

Thanks so much for tagging me! I’m short on time so won’t be making any questions/tagging anyone but this was super fun to do!

[wjck3d]

i. everything i wrote before you was wrong.

ii. i was not left packing away memories into tiny little boxers and sending them back or throwing them into a fire.

iii. i was left screaming your name into my pillow at 3 am and scratching at my wrists until they started to bleed. 

iv. i was left choking whenever someone mentioned your name in front of me.

v. i had no one to turn to and cry on the phone with.

vi. you left me biting on my fingers so i didn’t wake my mom and have to explain why my heart feels like its failing.

vii. i drowned myself in coffee and writing. and every once in a while, blood that poured from my thighs to my feet.

vii. you gave me an excuse to be sad.

viii. two years later and i’m over you

ix. now i have no reason to be sad. 

x. what do i say when someone asks me whats wrong.

xi. i can’t whisper your name anymore and expect them to understand.

- 11 texts i cannot (and will not) send to you. 

[lithugraph]

11 Things

I was tagged by @nyhne.  You asked some good questions.  Thanks for making me think so early in the morning :)

1) Do you like giving/receiving flowers?

I love flowers!  My very first job was working in a flower shop and I loved every minute of it, so of course I love giving and receiving flowers.

2) Is there a particular, niche thing in your field of study (or outside of it) that you’re really interested in? The biology of male seahorses in August? American consumerism trends in the 20th century?

Bioinformatics sounds pretty interesting.  It’s an interdisciplinary field that combines two of my interests:  biology – specific genetics – and computer science.  And cryptography will always hold an interest for me.  I love code breaking :).

3) What are some of your “go-to meals”? This isn’t meant as a shaming or comparison, but when you run out of new ideas what are your favorite go-to’s? It can literally just be ramen (but which kind)

Pasta, pasta, and more pasta. Seriously.  I never get bored cooking it.  There are two types that are my “go-to”. One involves a traditional marinara sauce that I make using crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, shallots, garlic, extra-virgin olive oil, and basil, rosemary, and parsley spices.  The other is sort of a Greek inspired dish. Basically, I cook rotini pasta and serve it with sautéed cherry tomatoes and Kalamata olives and liberally sprinkled feta cheese with extra-virgin olive oil drizzled over everything.  I love the salty flavor of the olives mixed with the feta – and the tomatoes add a bit of sweet.  Cooking these two meals put me in a zen state – something about the chopping and prep of vegetables, and enjoying a glass of wine while cooking and after doesn’t hurt either.

4) Name at least one animal you’re passionate about and why

Kangaroos.  They’re like giant, hopping deer.

5) Do you believe and forgive and forget? Both, neither?

I will forgive, I won’t forget. Because I have an asshole brain that likes to remind me not only of the stupid shit I’ve done, but also of every time I’ve been hurt.

6) What is one thing that makes your home feel complete?

Little piles of clutter in the corners.  It makes my home feel lived in.  I don’t mind stacks of mail on the counter – as long as it’s not strewn across and in the way of my cooking.  I don’t mind a bed that isn’t perfectly made, just as long as the covers are drawn up and fairly straight. I like seeing tables piled with books to be read and shoes arranged by the door.  It’s clutter, but it’s also organized.  If I have everything perfectly put away, there is a 100% chance that I won’t be able to find what I’m looking for.  

7) Give me a favorite band/song and why because I need new music lol

Flock of Seagulls “Space Age Love Song” because it’s the epitome of ‘80s new wave goodness.

8) What is one thing you take for granted?

When I find something is easy to do or that I seem inherently good at, my asshole brain (see #5) makes me think that’s only because The Thing I’m doing is so easy.  So when I see other people struggling to do The Thing, I get confused because The Thing was so easy for me.

9) Do you think you are becoming your parents? How do you feel about it?

I have caught myself saying, or about to say, something my parents would have said, but I don’t think I’m becoming them.  I love my parents to death and we definitely share some similarities, but there are traits that I just didn’t inherit – such as my mom’s everything-must-be-perfectly-clean-and-out-of-sight compulsion (see #6) or her ability to get overly emotionally invested in something.  I definitely take after my dad more, but I don’t think I’m becoming him either.

10) What is one “hip trend” that you feel like you were doing before everybody else?

Back when I used to cosplay Prussia, I totally had the platinum/silver pixie haircut before it was “cool.”  I didn’t like wigs and I’d always wanted platinum blonde hair anyway, so I figured why not just do it.  I hated how trendy it became after that, but I really do miss that hair style!

11) What are you supposed to be doing right now instead of this quiz?

I should be doing some more review for my test tomorrow….but I have a phone interview in like ten minutes, so I’m doing this quiz right now to try and remain calm.

[starzablaze]

Tag!

Rules: Always post the rules, answer the questions given to you, write 11 of your own and tag 11 people.

Tagged by the lovely @fiery-feyre (thanks a lot, Katie)

1. Have any pets?

No, but I would love to have a cat someday!

2. Favorite book quote?

Gah there are so many!! To name a few:

“It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I, with them“ - Infernal Devices, Cassandra Clare

“No one was my master, but I night be the master of everything, if I wished. If I dared.“ - A Court Of Mist And Fury, Sarah J. Maas

“Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.“ - Infernal Devices, Cassandra Clare

“You could rattle the stars, you could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it too. That’s what scares you most.“ Throne Of Glass, Sarah J. Maas

etc etc etc….there are too many!

3. If you could be an animal, what would you be?

Ummm…idk….I’d love to be a wolf tho…(read: direwolf)

4. Favorite memory?

Oh this is a good one. I was in eighth grade, I guess…and I was over at my childhood friend’s place, and he and I were arguing about something ( like which is better this or that) and after some time, it literally became a pillow fight! He ended up breaking my watch, but still…it was one of the happiest I’ve ever been. We were very young, then. Ah, the good old days…

5. When was the last time you smiled?

I was Skype-ing with my big bro and we were joking about stuff.

6. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?

Oh, that happens literally every time I watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (One of the times was, incidentally, yesterday)

7. Dream job?

Part time writer/author, full-time scientist.

8. A random fear.

Not knowing something I should have known.

9. Funniest word you know?

Huh. The most recent one will definitely be ‘forsooth’. I think it means ‘indeed’

10. Favorite feature of yours? (don’t degrade yourself in the answer)

I’m gonna have to say my eyes. I can downright NAIL a death-glare lol.

11. What color are your eyes?

A really really really dark brown, which almost always looks black, unless you see me in sunlight.

…..And that’s all!

I was also tagged by @fck-tamlin (thank you so much Lulu, you’re too kind)

1. Book rec?

*pulls our a long list that trails behind my feet, mic testing* Okay, here we go! A court Of Thorns And Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, All the Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Six of Crows by Leugh Bardugo, Throne Of Glass by SJM, Harry Potter, all of Rick Riordan’s books, Hunger Games, Divergent, and I think i’m gonna stop now, the list is too long.

2.  Song rec:

Final Masquerade by Linkin Park (this reminds me of ACOTAR)

Star Sky by Two Steps From Hell (I adore this one)

3. Do you like traveling?

Oh HELL YEAH

4. Hey baby, whats your sign?

Scorpio!!

5. Your ideal date?

Going to a bookstore together, or long, deep conversations over coffee, or even staying in and cuddling while watching a good sci-fi/action/fantasy movie (MOVIE MARATHONS COUNT)

6. Where in the world are you?

India!!

7. Do you jam to Taylor Swift?

Yes. Sometimes.

8. Ideal breakup song?

I don’t really have a breakup song…but I guess We Don’t Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez is a pretty accurate one.

9. Ideal new love song?

Count On Me by Bruno Mars? I think it’s pretty legit.

10. What’s the first thing you’d say to your best friend if you saw them rn?

Hi, it’s been ages! (and then I’ll probably start ranting about something or the other. @captain-timetraveldreamer wink wink nudge nudge)

11. Ghost Leopard or Sea Wyvern?

I’m a Ghost Leopard person all the way. No kidding.

AND HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS:

1. Favorite smell?

2. Music preferences, and recs, if any

3. If you were a famous personality, what would your most celebrated quote be?

4. Favorite weather and favorite season.

5. Favorite beverage?

6. Name 5 of your hobbies.

7. What do you do when you’re sad or royally pissed?

8. Ideal s/o

9. Moon or stars? Why?

10. When did you join Tumblr and why?

11. Eye and hair color + nature?

Optional Q12. Hogwarts house?

And I tag: @captain-timetraveldreamer, @fiery-feyre, @tntwme, @fck-tamlin, @cassianandfenrysaremyboyos, @catastrophicallyinlovewithbooks, @dorianthekinkymf, @readinglikewildfire, @azrielsiphons, @feysandsmut, @aelingalathynius6