Fandoms, Writing, and All-around Nerdiness

What it says on the top. First year University of Washington student, writer, utter geek, biologist, and traveler. Nerddom-cred established by writing HP/DW fanfic and researching the living daylights out of it.

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ruhtwoah:

Ten Things To Do When You Feel Like Crap:

1. Have a really hot, long shower. Cry if you need to. Sit on the ground. Feel sorry for yourself. Let the steam soak into your skin. Let the hot water wash your face clean. But the moment you turn off that water, you are done feeling sorry for yourself. Make a decision to move on from that sadness.

2. Clean. I know, cleaning is boring and annoying - but how about that feeling you get when you are finished? The smell of the vacuum. That feeling of accomplishment? Who knows, you might even find money along the way. Totally worth it. It’s like starting with a clean slate.

3. Call a friend you haven’t spoken to for a while. If your first choice doesn’t pick up, choose someone else. Ask them all about how their lives are going and tell them about yours. Not only will it take your mind off whatever crappy thing you have been plagued by, but you will laugh with them! Laughing triggers endorphins and endorphins make you happy!

4. Go for a run or a walk. This get’s your endorphins and dopamine going crazy. You will get more energy and more happiness just because the chemicals in your body are running around!

5. Stop and take it all in. Walking in the night? Stop and look at the stars. Breathe in the cold air. Feel alive. 

6. Stop whining. Ever heard the saying “love life and life will love you back”? Or, the idea of the power of attraction? It’s true! If you sit around saying “why me, waaaaa waaaa” then bad things will happen to you. You’re already defeated. If you start saying, “I will be happy, I will accomplish my ambitions, I will find love, I do look amazing, I am a great friend” etc., then not only will you start to believe them but you will be amazed at what amazing things start to happen.

7. Drink tea. This always works. Not a tea fan? Try hot water with a slice of lemon and some agave syrup. 

8. Make a conscious decision to stop holding certain grudges. We all have people we have held grudges on in the past. Let them go. If you feel like you owe this person an apology, don’t be too proud. Send them a sincere facebook apology. Sincerity is in the intent, so even if it’s a 2 sentence apology - as long as you mean it it’s worth it. 

9. Cook some really nice, warm food. Stimulate your taste buds with anything as simple as two minute noodles or as lavish as a three course garlic bread, pasta bake, chocolate mousse triple combo. 

10. Write down a list of goals to achieve for the week. As simple as “buy insect repellent” or as large as “jog for 25 minutes non stop” and tick them off when they’re done. You will feel very accomplished and that alone will help pep up your mood!

Number 1, 2, and 4 are personally my favorite ways to stop feeling like shit.

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daphneashbrook:

webdalek:

I don’t know where I am. I signed on for Daphne’s webmaster gig and then some stuff happened, there were Daleks, and an explosion… I don’t know. All I remember since then is flashes of exploding squirrels and POV shots of a plunger burying a mailman. And something dirty involving a Roomba.

I’m trying to escap—ESC. EGGS. EX. EX. TERM.

EXTERMINATE!

GENETIC TEMPLATE RESET. WEB DALEK IS PURIFIED.

I’m sorry little buddy, but you’ll never fully reset it. The doctor and I were forced to fuse the webmaster and you in order to keep you both kicking.

You created a massive temporal anomaly, so it’s a fixed point in time. We can’t go back and separate out the web guy any more without blowing a hole the size of Belgium in the Earth, or maybe erasing the existence of all of his ancestors first.

Plus, we’re still trying to redefine the term “OK” to the web guy’s family before we tell them what happened. And The Doctor wants to know how in the hell your DNA was so similar to begin with, so he’s off doing his own thing.

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This feels like parenting all over again, except usually your children aren’t secretly plotting to kill you and take over the planet.

Article here

OH FOR THE LOVE OF THE DOCTOR

I DID THIS YESTERDAY

APPARENTLY NO ONE CARED

SO I’M COPYING AND PASTING BECAUSE APPARENTLY YOU CAN’T LEARN

Let’s go clear some things up, shall we?

There was one guy. With a fucking machete. He killed another guy. In the process, police shot two more. So one fatality, two casualties.

It was a political statement. It was a terrorist attack in that it was designed to cause terror (which is my personal definition).

IT ALSO JUST HAPPENED HAPPENED YESTERDAY SO CALM THE FUCK DOWN

That area of London is now on lockdown and the government is taking actions to ensure the safety of the MPs.

WHILE WE’RE AT IT

July 7th 2005 was the last time London had a terrorist attack of any sort. In it 52 people died.

It made headlines in: Boston, Malaysia, Australia, New York, San Jose, Kurdistan, Malta, New Zealand and appeared on the front page of the CNN, NBC, BBC, Al Jazeera and ESPN websites. And this is what I found through a fairly limited, 10 minute Google search.

Two things to be drawn from this:

1. As horrific as this attack was, London has been through worse. Pull together and you can rise through this, just as you did in 2005.

2. While dominated by Americans (and so biased towards American news), Tumblr does notignore terrorist attacks. In all fairness, this one was not large or major enough to make headlines in the US. I will check the paper tomorrow, but I highly doubt it will make the front page unlesssomething deeper is uncovered.

DO NOT TAKE PART IN FEAR MONGERING. DO NOT SPREAD RUMOURS. CHECK THE FACTS. DO NOT ACCUSE OTHERS OF THINGS THEY HAVE NOT DONE.

NEW THING: 5700 PEOPLE HAVE REBLOGED THIS, AS STUPID AS IT IS. I WOULDN’T SAY THAT NO ONE ON TUMBLR HAS HEARD OF IT.

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starxapple:

the ships that i end up investing myself the most in are the ones where at first im like, “meh i guess i can see that” and then somewhere along the line my brain just fucking snaps and i cant control myself its like a demons possessed me and im going 900mph to hell

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mad-manwithablog:

spooky-richter:

choosing a halloween costume is serious business like

do i fandom

do i scary

do i disney princess

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if you go as dean winchester you’ll be all three

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lokis-army-at-221b:

eddeha:

johnnybooboo:

“Family is all we’ve got in the end.”

We’re here for you, Whovians <3

THIS IS THE BEST THING ON THE INTERNET RIGHT NOW

THIS POST

BLESS IT

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onamelancholyhill:

princessofthefandom:

haveirecoveredfromtwistandshout:

suckmycockles:

You don’t know pain until you fall in love with dean winchester 

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phunkyvanspam:

benedictatorship:

johnwatsonismyspiritanimal:

i-ship-an-armada:

I read the Benedict didn’t like the shower scene because he didn’t

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think

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was

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fit

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enough.

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And so they cut the scene.

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W

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YOU HAVE GOT TO BE…

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