#daydreaming-optimist

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Thanks for the tag @daydreaming-optimist !

Tagging @cris080799 @of-the-elves @courageisneverforgotten @deirdredoodle @oh-toasty @silhouette-of-sarah and anyone else who wants to!

[cinematicallypainted]

top 5 edits: @daydreaming-optimist asked ⤳ top 5 act 1 finales ・ [4/5] one day more (les miserables)

the time is now, the day is here

[willowstea]

Hi Hester! How are you? I hope you're having a lovely day 💕

Anyway, I just started doing embroidery work and thought of you!

Hi Bryn!!!

I'm doing well, how are you?

That's so pretty, thank you for sharing! I love the textures and stitch definition, you did such a good job <3

[stillbluedawn]

Cym as who their pjo/hoo holy parent would be?

these are all based on vibes

@daydreaming-optimist - aphrodite

@a-rose-remembered - apollo or hermes

@onceupon-a-decembr - athena

@sorrynotsorryboutwhatshesaid - hermes

@much-brighter-ink - poseidon

@katherinerose64 - demeter

@meredithdardnne - athena

@pad-foots - apollo (hi fellow apollo child)

@its-me-satine - zues

[asecretshekept]

How are you doing, love? And do you have any snacks with your wine? 💕

Hello! I'm doing okay, just being stuck indoors with a bit of rain is making me a bit antsy, I think 😅I'm by no means a wine connoisseur, so I just kind of eat whatever with it, but tonight we have some m&m cookies I made earlier today! 💕

[peregrination-studies]

Hi! How did you go about looking for grad programs? I still have a couple years before undergrad is over but I'm trying to start looking early 💕

Hi hi!

Okay first off this is a REALLY good question. No one ever taught me how to look for/pick programs, so I sort of pieced it all together as I went.

I started off by making a list of all the different degree programs I was considering. If you have a clear idea of what program you wanna pursue, then you can skip this part. For this, I sat down with a pen and paper and my phone's voice memo recorder on and just talked myself through the pros and cons of each program I considered. There were, like, a lot. This took awhile.

Second, I thought about and made a list of all the qualities that my dream school would have (unfortunately a lot of the content on my list went out the window with covid, but I still used *some* of it lol.) That helped give me a general framework to work with. I included factors like geographic location, if it has an online option available/if the online option has good reviews, and financial aid/scholarship info.

Third, this is where the research comes in, but it's not so bad I swear! There are a few ways to do this. You can start by looking at the Big Names in your field and seeing where they went to school. Usually the Big Names will have a few different schools under their belt, and you can just make a note of those schools as especially important/good options bc they produce leaders of the field. That's one way to go about it.

You can also search something like "best schools for [your field of study]" and work from there. If you've got a very particular field in mind, this is probably the way to go. (Like, if you want to study psychology as a masters, and you're interested in it just for studying psychoneuroendocrinology, this is the way to search since not every school has those sort of niche programs. If you're looking at a field more generally, then I recommend the below:)

Another way: instead of going case-by-case for the Big Names of your field, you can do a broader search, and narrow it down from there. One of my favorite programs for filtering through schools is niche's grad school tool. I added a search already in that link (oceanography masters), but you can readjust as you please. That program is awesome for just seeing what's out there, and you can specify 1) if you want online-only, in person, or a mix of the two 2) what level of degree you want (Master's, Doctorate,) 3) specific programs or departments (humanities or comp sci or oceanography etc.) 4) geographic locations. You can view your results either on a map or in a list. (I'm personally partial to the map option, but that's probably just the geography degree speaking.)

Fourth, another really important factor to consider is resources and faculty. Once you've found a few schools that you like, you can do a bit more research into the faculty there. You can start on the school's page, and usually, there's a way to search faculty index by department. (This page is a good example of what I'm talking about.) If you've got a specific interest in the field, you can search through the faculty, and see if anyone matches what you like. Like, for me, I was looking into people who studied paleoclimatology. So I would pull up the faculty page and then cntrl + f for "paleoclimate" or "paleoclimatology" to find faculty members who might work with me.) "Does x school have someone who has similar interests as me and who might be willing to work with me on a thesis/project?" is one of the fundamental questions of grad school consideration. More and more grad schools are offering projects as alternatives to theses, but you'll still want to have a faculty member who can support you through that grueling educational time.

I hope this helps! I know it seems like a really intimidating process, but honestly half the battle is just figuring out what *you* want from a school.

[annabeth541]

Hi I'm sure you've probably answered this before, but which translation of the Iliad do you use?? Like in this post 💛

hi! for my iliad posts/references i use a mixture of the one translated by stanley lombardo (which was the copy that was required for my class) and the university of baltimore's online version when i had to look up something quick :)

i am by no means an ancient greek scholar so i cannot tell you if either translation is the most accurate, but i can say i really enjoyed reading and analyzing the lombardo translation! <33

[just-a-cup-of-anxietea]

Galen Werner fan club origin story

@daydreaming-optimist @theskittlemuffin something about the whole interaction I just couldn’t get this image out of my head. (“YOU TOO???”)