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Seven job rejection emails this week. 👍

Funny how people still ask how you are doing when you've been walking around like this for three months.

Life is hard, and little treats can make it just a tiny bit easier. Tonight's Dutch Bros hot chocolate brought to you by the very kind and generous @allietherese.bsky.social. And yes, I did hit up the drive thru in these flannel pjs. 😁

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Stay tuned for some time next week when I find out of my badass plans were enough to overcome my anxiety-babble. 🤪

The lesson plans I've put together are pretty freaking badass, so if I don't get this one it will be because I walked into the interview with toilet paper stuck to the bottom of my shoe or something equally embarrassing (not only possible, but probable).

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Send good vibes or pray to the deity of your choosing because I have an interview tomorrow (in a room with actual people, no less), and I'm actuallly really excited about the position. 🙏

Almost getting run over while doing my crosswalk duty was really not what I needed today.

Some pretty sky from a couple of weeks ago. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

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It's extremely difficult to show up fully every day for a job that won't exist in a month. I just want to apply for jobs or write short stories I can out on Kindle Unlimited to make a little money. 😒

I'll find my voice again. Or I won't. Either way, the world will keep spinning 'round the Sun long after I'm gone, and I just another name on a stone that people walk by without seeing. No grand #tactician in the sky, guiding. Just entropy & the merciless march of time. #vss365

If you don’t have anything nice to say, try a little harder.

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Tried to write yesterday, and finding the words, any words was extremely difficult. Tried to fill my creative bucket by reading, and I just couldn't do it. Real life really does suck the fun out of a lot of things.

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I just finish taping two more and these ones were timed with only one or two takes allowed. Definitely doesn't bode well for me, someone who sucks at extemporaneous speaking. 😬

Me after seeing a teacher I work with when I opened the Bumble app.

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Truth!

Seeing the A's at the top of the AL West.

Another day, another video interview taped, and another job rejection. 🫩

Just a friendly reminder that just because someone doesn't say "no" doesn't mean the answer is "yes."

If anyone needs me, I'll be under a cozy blanket, feeling my feelings as I listen to this song on repeat. youtu.be/qN4ooNx77u0?...

Adrift in absinthe apathy Fools were we To be lulled to sleep Wheedled as we were By #wolves adorned as sheep Entranced by how They wove their words Blissfully ignorant Safe in our herds The wool pulled ever Over our eyes Unaware or uncaring Of the smallest of cries #vss365

José Soriano continued his historical run with five shutout innings today. He has a 0.24 ERA in his first six starts across 37 2/3 innings. A 0.24 ERA!

I have to do one of these for each school I applied for in this district. I submitted eight applications. 😭😭😭

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This is exactly how I look after recording 5000 takes for each question.

This collection is SOOOO good. Gooey and delicious, with gorgeous prose delivering the squishy squelchy goodness of flesh suits being torn apart (and occasionally put back together). Serious issues like queerness, eating disorders, sexual assault, murder, viewed through the lens of self-abandonment

My throat has been hurting pretty badly, getting steadily worse all day, and istg if I get sick on top of everything else I'm dealing with, I'm gonna lose it.

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Men on dating apps: "Be adventurous, be spontaneous, and be fit." Me with my arm elbow deep in a bag of potato chips while sitting on the couch for this week's episode of The Pitt: "Nope, nope, and nope." Men on dating apps: "Be funny." Me with my childhood trauma, depression, and PTSD:

Did I wait to the very last minute to call the people suing me? Yes, yes I did. Anyhoo payment plan set up so if you wanna buy me a coffee (for the 2nd job I will need to get to pay this off) or just help me make a corporate overlord go away, I'd sure appreciate it 🥰

This is an OLD project. I'm trying to inspire myself to finish it by posting the first chapter for members to read.

I have to make another introduction video showing off my personality as step one of a job interview. Social media has ruined everything. 😩 Side note: If anyone has any ideas on how to make myself go viral with a group of school administrators, please share.

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Blair meets the rest of the Countess's captive girls. Captive of the Crimson Countess starts posting next month. www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit...

Friday's sunset and the heart tree. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

On page five of typing up some answers to possible interview questions for one I have on Monday afternoon and I'm only halfway done. Over-preparing? Very likely. Gonna stop? Not a chance.

I know there are about a million YouTube videos for this, but I really wish I had someone who could just come over and teach me how to fix my dripping faucet. I'm all about doing things myself, but I want someone who smells like the lumber aisle of Lowe's to show me.