to those of you who are housebound: how do you fill your days? Iâm struggling with feeling unproductive and feeling like my life is without meaning
Reading, Netflix, video games, and painting. Painting helps me feel like Iâm being productive and the others distract me enough so I donât feel unproductive. Definitely recommend a hobby of some sort.
I take online classes at a community college, the problem with that is that you have to go to sign up. And depending on the class you may have to go to orientation and go on campus to take finals. Tho many are purely online.
You could also take free MOOC classes online. Read books on subjects you like. Watch informative videos on youtube. Maybe be creative like write fanfiction or create your own. If this is too tiring I also listen to audiobooks. Youtube sometimes has good ones.
This is what I do. Hope you find an activity you enjoy!!
I need a compilation of all the theories the GF fandom came up with before the finale, like âsignificance of some characters having 4 fingers while others have 5âł, âDipperâs been possessed by Bill since Sock Operaâ, âGideon is a vampireââŚso many good ones that amounted to nothing lmao
Hah oh my god where do I startâŚ
Iâll try to do it per episode.
⢠Stan is not what he seems. Connected to Grandpa Stan theory.
⢠Soos is a psychic/knows more than he seems.
⢠Wendy is a mermaid. Because her boots were always muddy.
⢠McGucket and Stan were friends. Thatâs why Stan didnât laugh at him in The Legend of the Gobblewonker. This also inspired the Mystery Trio headcanon.
⢠Wax Larry King is lurking somewhere. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED].
⢠Gideon is a vampire. Because Dipper said âmaybe your next boyfriend will be a vampireâ.
⢠Lebam theory. That one animation error that caused many people to believe Mabel has an âevil twinâ.
⢠Robbie is a zombie.
⢠Dipper clones 3 and 4 are still alive somewhere. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED].
⢠The presidentâs key will be useful someday.
⢠Stan Twin Theory. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED].
⢠Fiddleford McGucket is the Author of the Journals.
⢠Stanâs twin is the Author of the Journals. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED].
⢠McGucket is the baby in the covered wagon.
⢠Where did Robbie get that CD?
⢠Grandpa Stan.
⢠Carla McCorkle is/was Budâs love interest and possibly Gideonâs mom. She may also be the girl in Cash Wheel.
⢠The portal will bring in the apocalypse.
⢠Dipperâs end. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED (in NMM)].
⢠Agent Powers and Agent Trigger are investigating the Pines family. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED].
⢠Soos will die.
⢠Blind Ivan was Billâs former host.
⢠Lazy Susan was Billâs former host.
⢠Mabel really is Lolphâs ancestor.
⢠The mailman is Soosâ father.
⢠Robbie and Tambryâs love potion will wear off.
⢠Stan will die through fire. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED].
⢠Pacifica and Dipper will be in a relationship.
⢠Pacifica will move in with the Pines.
⢠The Northwests got their fortune by making a deal with Bill. Seriously what is up with that tapestry?
⢠Stan is âStanfordâ while the twin is âStanleyâ.
⢠The number of fingers theory.
⢠The infamous Cipher Wheel. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED but fight me Hirsch itâs cooler than âZodiacâ Iâm still bitter about i-].
⢠Gompers is Bill all along.
⢠Gompers is Tad Strange.
⢠Tad Strange is a demon.
⢠Tad Strange is to Mabel as Bill Cipher is to Dipper.
⢠Bill never left Stanâs head.
⢠Dipperâs first name is Mason. [ACTUALLY CONFIRMED].
⢠Stanâs tattoo is gonna be important. [It kinda is?]
⢠The Mailbox short which tells the apocalypse in 3012.
⢠Stanâs fez change.
⢠Mabel will die.
⢠Dipper will die.
There are probably more I missed but these are my notes during my theorist days.
Also: – Filbrick Pines was secretly Bill
– Dipper was still somewhat possessed by Bill while Nwhs happened
(I feel like a couple more of these got confirmed.  Like, âthe portal will bring in the apocalypseâ â well, *technically* thatâs true?  Although not immediately.  And âRobbie and Tambryâs love potion will wear offâ was confirmed by Journal 3.)
People love to talk about whether or not disabled people can work
but if you can work just fine and your disability is destroying your ability to have a life outside of work (because work takes all your energy and more)
Dead silence. Nobody cares.
File this under, oh you can be active for 4 hours? You can work part-time. Um no, I have to get ready for work (30 min) get to work (15 min) get home from work (15 min) feed myself all day (30 min) maintain myself, my home and my life (15 min, yeah right), which leaves 15 min for work and absolutely nothing else.
This is so accurate, back after Iâd relapsed I wanted to try and go in for one class at school so I could still stay in contact with the education system. I let slip during a meeting that I managed to drag myself to that I could manage about 4 hours of activity a week, which the teacher sprang on to mean I was being lazy for just trying to get to 1 hour class. Never matter that it was 30 minutes travel, that I would have to get washed and dressed, that I would probably still need to recover for 3 days from it.Â
Far too often abled people see the things they do easily as ânon activitiesâ, they donât realise that for many disabled people these things have to be carefully planned and measured, and sometimes they simply canât be done.
reblog bc the non activities thing seems really important words
I get X number of pain-free steps per day right now, which means that, for large conventions (like SDCC), I need to be in a mobility device. I had someone ask if I used up my steps every day before transferring to the scooter, and look surprised and a little horrified when I said âno, I save them so I can go to the bathroom unassisted.â Like, they had never considered that walking is involved in peeing.
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Reblogging for the important point that the term âactivityâ may mean something very different and much broader for a disabled person with a chronic pain or fatigue related condition compared to its meaning for a non disabled person. If youâre tired enough, simply sitting up in a chair rather than lying in bed is an activity that drains energy otherwise usable for other things. A thing I knew from other people with pain and fatigue related conditions, but worth reinforcing for followers who didnt know or had forgotten.
Having trouble creating a believable but original governing system for your dystopia novel?
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Instead of just using one type of traditional government (i.e. monarchy, republic, democracy, ect.), which has been done waaaay too many times, try making up your own from scratch, or try mixing multiple governing systems together.
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For example:
In my novel, Under Control I used a monarchy as the foundation of my government. Then I swirled that around with an oligarchy, threw in a pinch of plutocracy and a smidgen of totalitarianism, along with a dollop of fascism.
Sounds confusing? Itâs really not. Hereâs how the government in Under Control works.
There is one family who mostly rules over what was formerly the United States and Canada (which has been renamed) the ancestors of this family are the ones responsible for changing the world, hence why theyâre in control. But there are other families that rule along side them also.
Thatâs where the monarchy comes in.
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Only these select families rule over/have authority, which basically turns the government into an oligarchy. And thatâs also where the fascism comes in.
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Because the people who are not helping to rule the country have absolutely no say in what happens, and because only the appointed few have authority this twists it into a bit of a totalitarian government.
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Little do the people know that the governing family, the face of the nation, doesnât actually have all the control. There is an organization, the Internal Ministry, which is made up of the (supposedly) most upright citizens that can be found (within certain social classifications). They actually run the show, making the government system into a Plutocracy.
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By mixing these ideas together I have created a deep, complex governing system thatâs original, and will make the readers ask questions. You always want to keep your readers asking questions as to keep them reading through to the end.
Now why do you give it a try!
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Up above is a chart of different forms of government to help you get started!
That last bit just reminds me that any time Cas tried to do things the âhuman wayâ like when he tried to be a hunter, and broke off from being an angel, Dean would just mock/make fun of him. After he officially became human, Dean discouraged him from doing anything in the supernatural (after making fun of the life he scraped together when Dean kicked him out). I really donât think the Winchesters are that interested in their âbrotherâ˘â Cas.
lol and now this is also just reminding me of how at this past JIB Misha said that Cas is still full of self-loathing and doubt and that he never really believes heâs worthy or wanted but then also said that Cas felt like part of the family more than ever this season. Even though he was only treated with reverence and respect when he was dead and when a demon was poorly impersonating him for weeks yet SamnDean couldnât even tell the difference.
Leveraged an inventory of established fictional character and setting elements to generate a disruptive custom-curated narrative entertainment asset.
I worked in HR, handling applications and interviews, and if someone turned in that string of techno babble nonsense, I would have rejected them out of hand.
A resume doesnât need to sound fancy or overly technical, it needs to tell us why we should hire you.
âIndependent novelist/writerâ is more than sufficient here. If you want to express the skills that fan fiction taught you, something like, âcreative writing, editing, and publication,â will get you a lot further than⌠Whatever that just was.
A resume should be tailored to the position, if you can afford the time and energy for that. But if not, then just think about what writing got fandom taught you. How to respond to criticism, how to present a professional pubic face, how to correct punished mistakes, creative thinking, project planning, persuasion via emotional leverage, html formatting, office suite fluency.
There are a lot of actual, marketable skills that go into fan fiction.
How to put âI was in a zineâ on your resume
Writer:
Published short fiction stories for anthology collection
Able to write short fiction within a designated word count for layout purposes (900-1500 words, 1500-2000, 3000-5000)
Wrote short articles for independent publication
Assisted with editing short stories for publication
Able to reduce or expand written content based on layout needs
Able to check for basic spelling, grammar and syntax
Familiar with Microsoft Office and Google docs
Able to convert text styles such as bold and italics across platforms, including rich text and HTML
Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs
Artist:
Produced full-colour digital illustration for independent magazine
Able to produce digital illustrations optimized for both online and print display
Produced full-colour 2-page spread for art anthology
Published 4-page short comic in anthology collection for charity
Able to transfer traditional art to digital illustration
Illustrated the cover (always brag if youâre on the cover) of an independent art publication
Familiar with professional illustration tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint and stylus tablet
Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs
Merch artist / graphic designer:
Designed 2âł clear decorative double-sided keychain charm as bonus sale item
Designed 5âł x 6âł sheet of graphic stickers included in art anthology
Able to design bold graphics that are measured for laser cutting production
Designed layouts for 65-page art and writing magazine, focusing on (art placement, text layout, etc)
Able to keep layout design simple and in accordance with the project directorâs chosen theme
Created promotional art, icons and banners tailored for social media sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc
Familiar with professional layout and design software such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
Able to communicate with project members over multiple platforms such as email, twitter, Discord chat and Google docs
Running a zine
Produced an independent art and writing collection for sale / for charity
Managed (10, 20, 30) independent artists and writers out of over 500 applicants to create a short-run independent magazine
Worked in online sales and social media promotion selling an independent comics anthology
If itâs really spectacular you can brag about specific numbers
Our book raised over $4,000 for charity in under six months of production
We sold over 750 copies in two weeks of online sales
Produced a digital PDF and printed version of anthology, mailing to recipients all over the world
Communicated with printers and manufacturers of plastic accessories and paper goods, assembling professional packages of our merchandise for mailing.
Built a custom digital storefront and navigated professional market and payment systems including Paypal and Tictail / Bigcartel / Wix etc
Created promotional events to boost sales, including raffles and giveaways over social media
Organized participants through mass emails and use of social media posts on tumblr and twitter
Created private Discord chat channels to keep participants up to date on production
Familiar with organizational software such as Microsoft Excel, Google spreadsheets, Trello and Discord
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