I Am The Special Snowflake

the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like. 

So you know. 

As a result, many people’s wells are running out while we’re in the middle of a massive heat wave.

Homes her are built with large water reserves, either in the form of big plastic tubs on top of the house, or underwater wells. These reserves are filled on the days Israel allows us water (although it’s limited and these reserves aren’t always filled all the way) and when they run out…. You’re completely out of water. No toilets, no showers, no drinking water, etc.

To compound the issue, on the hottest days Israeli settlers turn their ACs up creating a massive spike in electricity demand. To compensate, our electricity is shut off.

As you’ll see in the article, it’s not even caused by any remote scarcity of water, but simply because Israeli chooses to deprive Palestinians of basic water needs while allowing Israeli settlers to fill their swimming pools and consume on average three times more water per capita than Palestinians.

We were without water for 17 days. Exact dates are in the notes but I’ve already lost them myself, but this took place in July of 2017.

my name is sugar and im a trans woman living w my gf after our ex white roommate ditched us. some of you may know me/seen my posts floating around and i know alot of yall are probably tired of seeing me beg for money and help but its been maybe two weeks and we've had nothing in our fridge since except condiments which we have been eating with some left over bread.

none of us have government assistance, and i did qualify for unemployment but theyve taken it away. its hard to find a job bc im not vaccinated and live w disabled and the elderly who also hVe not been vaccinated and i along w my gf have to be their caretakers (which we dont mind we love them☀️🙆🏿‍♀️)

we desparately need 600 dollars so we can stock up on bulk food items and for ubers to go grocery shopping bc none of us in the household have a car or can drive and the store is far.

🚨🚨pls pls pls boost this if u can (even if u cant donate) bc none of us really ate today and we are starving🚨🚨

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this staged affection, a mix of theatricality and intimacy, the couple holding still for a couple of moments and now immortalised in a very set sequence of embraces and kisses. there is a charm to it even when I can’t tell whether this was a genuine couple portait or just actors hired by the photographer.

let us start with the kiss on the cheek (eyes averted! oh the pose! these were taken between 1910-1940)

or the nearly opposite energy (how daring!) of the kiss or caress with direct eye contact (1910-1930)

and then the innocent – yet so flirty – classic of the park encounter! (1890-1920)

and oh, I am not done, look at this – the adoration of the woman! look at this expression, this pose, this decorum! (1910-1940)

and then some of my favourites from the more playful or direct category, enjoy (1910-1930):

Adults: you’re just not trying hard enough

Made a profile on Indeed.

Crammed that fucker with every damn skill and job I have ever had. That time I ran roller-coasters for a month? On there. “Property Managing” my mother’s rental for six months because she was too lazy to drive over? On there. ALSO. If you are skilled in, say, Photoshop, don’t JUST put Photoshop as a skill. Also put Adobe Suite, Adobe Photoshop, etc. Put every possible term for your skill under the skills. Google skill lists and start slapping them in there if you have even a tiny bit of skill in them.

Downloaded the Indeed app on my phone.

Set up a saved search to show me all full-time jobs paying $15 or more per hour in my area, and set it to only show jobs with instant apply. I did not narrow it down by field or anything else. Just full-time, my area, $15/hr.

Wrote up a three sentenceish generic cover letter that was basically “I am good at customer service, client management, and handling the variety of tasks this job will involve. I will be available on X date and would love to speak to you about this position at your company.” But slightly more professionally put.

Just fucking clicked apply on everything. Anything that sounded like something I’d be willing and probably able to do. Like, I wasn’t applying to mechanic jobs or anything. But front-desk at a mechanic shop? Sure. Towing dispatcher? Sure. Print shop coordinator for some fancy real estate agency? Sure.

The beauty of Indeed’s mobile/quick apply is that once you’ve set up your profile on there clicking apply is literally all you have to do for about 75% of the quick apply jobs. Some will have a couple additional questions like how long you’ve done certain things, or when you’re available to start. Some have random fun questions like your favorite superhero (usually startups). You click that button and off your resume goes.

I spent about an hour every day doing this, submitted several hundred applications in the process, and heard back from…maybe 20. Got an interview at 4 or 5. Got hired at an insurance company that pays RIDICULOUSLY WELL. Took about a month.

Do I want to sell in insurance? Not particularly. But this job will support me, my art, my ability to buy a house, and PROVIDE RESIDUAL INCOME ONCE I RETIRE. Which. If I play my cards right I could do in as little as ten years.

Your mileage may vary with this technique, but given the way job hunting is set up now carpet bombing an application site like Indeed is always worth a shot. I will note that when I came across a job I thought sounded extra interesting and more in line with the fields I wanted to be in I’d save the application instead of applying, then take the time that night to put together a better full application.

like,

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or even compare the early x files to the reboot

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Thing is, The Wizard of Oz was shot on film that is objectively garbage. It was in the early days of mass-market movies, it was one of the first films to be shot in color (it was literally one of the first 30 filmed that way), like we didn’t know shit yet about how to make film. It was heavy, brittle, extremely flammable, and you could damage it by looking at it cross-eyed. But the filming crew knew this. And so they used that to their advantage. Here’s an example. I pulled both these screenshots off YouTube, because I refuse to have the abomination that is the 2003 print or 4K rerelease in my house and I’m still waiting for a restored version rather than a remastered version, but, uh. Autistic. Special interest. I gotcha covered.

So I’m 90% sure the screenshot below is from the 1989 50th anniversary. What I want you to look at specifically is that field behind Dorothy, and where her feet are.

You can see that the backdrop is painted if you look at it for a bit, but it’s not super-obvious where the line is unless you stare at it for awhile. This shot in motion is rather quick and also the munchkins are providing a lot of movement, so your eyes are going to skate right over it. And the perspective tricks with the painting are good enough that, again, in motion, you don’t really register that it’s a painting.

This bullshit is the 2003 print.

It’s extremely obvious now that whole backdrop is painted. And you can see exactly where the backdrop meets the floor. You can also start to see details that shouldn’t be at all obvious, like how they switched paint colors for the Yellow Brick Road. (Look just above Dorothy’s hand.) And don’t even get me started on the guard in the tower and how the brightness filter makes that red coat super-distracting from what we’re supposed to be looking at, which is Dorothy waving goodbye.

(And if you think this is bad? You should see the 4K release. Except don’t do that. I saw it and wanted to cry. What the fuck did they do to Oz.)

She also does some counseling work for Black folk

https://supernovamomma.com/positive-discipline-workshop/

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INGREDIENTS:

4 hamburger buns, split

1 head green leaf lettuce, leaves separated

1 beefsteak tomato, sliced

20 dill pickle slices

FOR THE CHICKEN

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 cup dill pickle juice

1 ½ cups milk, divided

1 cup peanut oil

1 large egg

½ cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

DIRECTIONS:

Place a chicken breast on a cutting board. With your hand flat on top of it, carefully slice the chicken in half horizontally. Trim excess fat as needed.

In a large shallow baking dish, combine chicken, pickle juice and ½ cup milk; marinate for at least 30 minutes. Drain well.

Heat peanut oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.

In another large shallow baking dish, whisk together remaining 1 cup milk and egg. Stir in chicken to coat and drain excess milk mixture.

In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine chicken, flour and confectioners’ sugar; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Working in batches, add chicken to the skillet and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 4-5 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.

https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/copycat-chick-fil-a-nuggets/2b483ee0-a13e-4a3f-bf0b-9b26099c6e24