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I'm so proud of you for getting into grad school! It's super exciting. I'm in my last semester of a program for Library and Information Science and I'm at a Starbucks in Boston, full of Boston College students, trying to psych myself up to do work. I'm having limited success so far, but it's only been twenty minutes.

that’s great! @experimintal and i call this “table time” where we sit down in a nice place and buckle down to work for a while. we did it yesterday in fact! good luck!!

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Congrats on getting into grad school, and getting funding on top of that! I had a friend at another school tell me that her advisor's motto is "there are no emergencies in academia." Maybe your advisor's got the same approach.

that’s a great motto. (but it’s going to take a lot of getting used to.)

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Tell us about your ideal morning and your ideal evening?

ideal morning for me as always been the idea of waking up effortlessly at 6am, running a 5k in beautiful weather, coming home to shower and fix a big breakfast while i plan my day, preferably on the comfort of a back patio that has a beautiful view and no bugs, resting easy with the knowledge that i will have the energy necessary to make it through the day without passing the fuck out at any point (thanks narcolepsy).

ideal evening is coming home from wherever i am and having the energy to clean what needs to be cleaned, cook a healthy and filling dinner, get in pajamas, and sit down to whatever i feel like doing (and having the attention span to do it), maybe write, maybe watch a movie or tv, maybe read. then falling asleep at 10pm.

really my ideal is to have 1. energy and 2. attention span, which are the biggest things i struggle with. i already kind of live my ideal life, but shifted a few hours later than i want it and with sporadic/unpredictable bouts of energy followed by intense lulls (again, thanks narcolepsy). 

i live obnoxiously close to what i just wrote though so i’m pretty grateful for that.

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2, 3, 35, 37, 38, and 39 <3

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

you know i’ve never really written the kind of fic i like to read, which is just light-hearted rom com style AUs. whenever i try they end up getting filled with feels.

3. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?

casefic. i tried it once and failed miserably.

35. Would you ever kill off a canon character?

have and would again.

37. Talk about your current wips.

right now i’m fiddling with an alt canon kylux fic called Damage Control.

38. Talk about a review that made your day.

all of them :)

39. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?

i get a handful a week or so? i usually delete them so they never see the light of day. they don’t bother me anymore. i also get daily backhanded compliments and a gross amount of condescension but i know those people mean well so i try not to get irritated by it. 

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Fic meme- #2

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

i’ve never written fake dating or ABO. not that interested in fake dating but i could write some ABO some day probably.

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13, 26, 38 (would'a kept to the pattern but i know the answer to 39 lol)

13. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?

“don’t listen to writing advice”

26. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?

i beta for a few people but i try to keep the crew small because i have a very limited attention span and sometimes i get so bored by fics that i physically can’t finish them so i don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. 

but despite what @experimintal believes i consider myself a considerate beta because i’ll only fix things to the standard i think the author wants to write to. that is to say, i try to develop an overall impression of a fic, and then make notes to what i perceive the author’s overall vision to be, not what i want or expect out of it.

38. Talk about a review that made your day.

i get…a lot of reviews every day and tbh they’re kinda the reason i get up in the morning, knowing i’m part of a community that appreciates my participation in it. 

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12 (but specifically for 2014. this is very important. the question asks for 2014, so that is what you should answer, or it'd be rude).

12. Have you had sex in 2014 yet?

this ask game is fucking old haha. ok, hmm, 2014. what the hell did i do in 2014.

ah yes, that’s right, i took a vow of celibacy in/around 2014. no sex for me.

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21, 25, and 36

21. Do you plan on sleeping in tomorrow?

i have a pretty rigid sleep schedule in an effort to manage my narcolepsy, so i wake up every day between 9 and 10am. 

25. Have you held hands with anyone lately?

aw, no, and it’s sad because that’s one of my favorite things.

36. Do you have drama in your life?

ehh, there’s always a little bit. i’m having a feud with one of my doctors. there’s some family stuff going on. a couple things involving a few friend groups that i can’t talk about because some of them have tumblrs. it’s all manageable. i don’t let it get to me.

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