#applerepublic

[fishrepublic-blog]

Regality

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[whtaft]

8 and 24!

Happy New Year's to you, friend!!

8: What was your biggest achievement of the year?

My paper "Don't Mourn--Organize": Martyrdom, Collectivism, and the Religious Impulse in the Industrial Workers of the World!!

24: What was the best book you read?

The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin

[earlgreytea68]

@applerepublic replied to your post: In Which the World Needs More Sound of...

There is a Mystrade sound of music au it’s by whiskydaisy :)

anxiety-junkie replied to your post: In Which the World Needs More Sound of...

There is a Mystrade one that I just read, actually! archiveofourown.org/wor…

duchesscloverly replied to your post: In Which the World Needs More Sound of...

There actually is a SoM Mystrade fic: archiveofourown.org/wor…

Yes! I knew this and somehow completely forgot in my SoM-drunkenness last night! I'm an idiot. 

[whtaft]

General Reading for applerepublic

Disclaimer: I am not psychic. The things that happen in this reading may be true, may not. A big part of doing tarot is knowing a person, or at least being able to know a few things about the person. You're not sitting in front of me, so it's a bit tough. And remember: tarot doesn't dictate the future. It points out things that you may want to look out for. You can always change your destiny.

Tagging: I will be tagging these posts as Tarot Wednesday, if you don't want to see them on your dash!

1. The Question. The interpretation of this card will help define the question.

King of Pentacles (reversed): You've had a problem recently with being stubborn, maybe a bit materialistic. You have a lot of talents, but you haven't exactly being using them for good as of late. You're having this general reading to try to get rid of some bad habits and trying to move forward.

2. This card describes the events and the general situation that lead up to the question.

Justice (reversed): Basically, a series of unfair decisions (maybe on your part, maybe on someone else's) have led you to where you are now. Now you want to try to tip the scales a bit towards fairness.

3. This card shows how the seeker has tried to answer the question, or it may indicate the character strength or flaw that has the most bearing on the solution.

The Sun (reversed): This card means that you've been isolating yourself. You think that not interacting with people you love will solve these problems. Maybe they're the ones you believe have been treating you unfairly? But this has led to instability in your life, and a tendency to be selfish and stubborn. 

4. Specifically this card may represent the influence of co-workers, friends, or family.

Ten of Pentacles: The definition of this card is literally "Positive domestic changes." The people around you--family or otherwise--want to help you out of this rut that you're in. If you allow them into your life, you'll be able to find a happier social situation, which will help you give up your stubborn tendencies.

5. This card represents the answer to the problem. The appropriate action to take is inherent in the interpretation of this card.

Death: Don't freak out. Death here is definitely a positive. It signals a great change in your life. By letting people into your life, you're going to be able to change the possibly negative direction you've been going, and head forward into a new, happier era of your life!

[whtaft]

Hydrangea!

Hydrangea: Starbucks order?

When it's warm out, iced passion tea. When it's cold, hot chocolate!

[shinysherlock]

applerepublic replied to your post: “kitchen dance party whilst cooking spaghetti wanna play name that...”:

DYNAMITE

*dingdingding* :)

[quicklikelight]

Haha, my grading hissy fit did not go unnoticed last night. :P 

bfab11 replied to your post “Uggggh. Guys. Don’t be teachers. The grading doldrums are hell. I just...”

Too bad you can't just like, leave kudos like on AO3. Comments "good story, more porn please."

Ugh right. I know some teachers that use a sort of auto-system where they just plug in appropriate generic comments but I can't do that so. You know. Here we are.

alyacta replied to your post “Uggggh. Guys. Don’t be teachers. The grading doldrums are hell. I just...”

Yeah, grading is the evil of evilness (I've done a year of teaching, I can sympathize). Getting to tell them things they didn't know before, though, especially if they're excited about it? That part's worth the grading doldrums, right?

I really love teaching...in person. I hate teaching online. It's a terrible job, and none of the teachers I know like it. It takes away everything about teaching that you can feel good about (the interactions between students and teachers, interactions between students and other students, answering questions organically as they come up, improvising, using fun daily assignments to help things stick...). None of that happens in an online class. I record a lecture, they do the reading (maybe), they write a paper. That's about it. It's depressing.

applerepublic replied to your post “Uggggh. Guys. Don’t be teachers. The grading doldrums are hell. I just...”

That's so interesting because as a teacher that's one of my favorite parts of the job, is helping kids get better. And ok mine are younger than yours, but, it's something I like.

After the first batch of 30 5-page essays that nobody tried on, I stopped thinking of grading as an opportunity to help kids get better, and started thinking of it as a war of attrition. I love the act of teaching, but when I have to change my hat from "Coach" to "Judge" it all gets really difficult. There's so much more at stake at the college level, but very little extra student motivation, and that has a lot to do with it. 

[quicklikelight]

Grapefruit for the Teen Wolf part of your blog, but Kiwi for everything else!

Grapefruit: I don't care so much for your blog, but I'm rather interested in you as a person.

Kiwi: Love your blog, equally interested in you as a person.

Ahahaha, oh babe. ::snuggles:: I'm so glad you've stuck it out, even through the TW madness. Eventually it will be Sherlock Season again! <3