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fandom stuff, work stuff
Dec. 20th, 2018 09:01 pmI was reading yuletide prompts, as you do, when I stumbled upon someone who had made Outlander prompts and then I was transported to being like 14 maybe when I went through a lot of the series, until I was finally like, dude this is too much drama for two people to have and when it got confusing and there was even more time travel? I think I read until they went to America(?) and then finally abandoned it because I got tired waiting for the next book and found better things to read... But anyway, it gave me nostalgia for the series and also reminded me of the weird (and super problematic) m/m pairings and potential the books had. Now I'm kind of tempted to watch the show just for those reasons??? Also I see Lord John has appeared in the show too. *aaah*
What else happened this week: I saw the new Star Trek trailer and I'm still very confused about why Spock has a beard, but hopefully this will somehow inspire people to write new Spock/Kirk fic. I wonder what the age difference is in this version. I mean in tos Spock is older than Jim, but in the new movies they seem to be pretty much the same age? or at least it's written that way in fic more often than not. idk, I just want new Kirk/Spock stuff to read.
I also really want to go see the new Spider Man cartoon, but I'm not sure the schedule will work out. It came out at a really weird time of the year, or is that just me? I guess Star Wars always comes out around Christmas too...
real life stuff:
Anyway, tomorrow is the last day before Christmas holiday!!! 5 freaking days off work in a row. Bliss! But then it's straight to moving next Thursday, which sucks.
At least I got my permanent contract at work today... I'm still kind of salty though as my boss didn't even congratulate me when I told her I had officially graduated and had my diploma and all the shit she had been insisting I get before they will give me the permanent contract. Thanks a lot, it's not like that would have been basic manners, I guess that's too much to expect at this point.
My cat has been staying with my mom for the past month and I miss her! It will be so nice to see her again on Saturday
Then more generally about work, I don't know how worried I should be about this, but I've noticed I'm getting super calloused about human suffering, especially with kids. I mean I think you need to have that sort of attitude to some degree or you just get burned out, but like I really wonder what sort of story I would have to hear now to make me shocked? At this point I'm like, yep, humans are terrible and parents fuck up their kids in myriad ways and pretty often they really have no idea how harmful their behavior even is.
What I am still surprised with is how easily kids/teenagers seem to give up, like they can be like 9 and saying their life is ruined, or they can never become anything, or they are young teens like 13-15 and have just decided that yep, because my parent(s) were pieces of shit that must mean I have to follow in their footsteps. I guess that's at least comforting, I think it's time to change professions when I am willing to just accept that too and not feel angry and frustrated.
What else happened this week: I saw the new Star Trek trailer and I'm still very confused about why Spock has a beard, but hopefully this will somehow inspire people to write new Spock/Kirk fic. I wonder what the age difference is in this version. I mean in tos Spock is older than Jim, but in the new movies they seem to be pretty much the same age? or at least it's written that way in fic more often than not. idk, I just want new Kirk/Spock stuff to read.
I also really want to go see the new Spider Man cartoon, but I'm not sure the schedule will work out. It came out at a really weird time of the year, or is that just me? I guess Star Wars always comes out around Christmas too...
real life stuff:
Anyway, tomorrow is the last day before Christmas holiday!!! 5 freaking days off work in a row. Bliss! But then it's straight to moving next Thursday, which sucks.
At least I got my permanent contract at work today... I'm still kind of salty though as my boss didn't even congratulate me when I told her I had officially graduated and had my diploma and all the shit she had been insisting I get before they will give me the permanent contract. Thanks a lot, it's not like that would have been basic manners, I guess that's too much to expect at this point.
My cat has been staying with my mom for the past month and I miss her! It will be so nice to see her again on Saturday
Then more generally about work, I don't know how worried I should be about this, but I've noticed I'm getting super calloused about human suffering, especially with kids. I mean I think you need to have that sort of attitude to some degree or you just get burned out, but like I really wonder what sort of story I would have to hear now to make me shocked? At this point I'm like, yep, humans are terrible and parents fuck up their kids in myriad ways and pretty often they really have no idea how harmful their behavior even is.
What I am still surprised with is how easily kids/teenagers seem to give up, like they can be like 9 and saying their life is ruined, or they can never become anything, or they are young teens like 13-15 and have just decided that yep, because my parent(s) were pieces of shit that must mean I have to follow in their footsteps. I guess that's at least comforting, I think it's time to change professions when I am willing to just accept that too and not feel angry and frustrated.
