#and a drivers license of course.

[dullanyan]

my resume:

im nice and small and kind and quiet. i am not strong or fast and im not good at talking or making eye contact and if someone is rude to me i will instantly explode into blood and viscera. i cannot drive or be given more than 2 instructions at once. but i can sit there so kindly and patiently. please give me $10,000

#mawcie.txt #job search still isnt going well. #so many jobs that i Can do are otherwise thwarted bc they require me to have a license? #every storage unit place and funeral home wants you to drive around to their different locations at will. #all security work is under a security company that requires you to have police training?!!! #and a drivers license of course. #and the only library hiring in my town is the furthest from me. #i live in. a big town with a lot of traffic. #truly believing im the most unemployable beast of this world #i need 1 million people to follow me on twitch and watch my streams please <3 #i think even like. ~1k would be good tbh #which is an insane thing to say but

[generalsmemories]

guys i miss jing yuan.

#narus' corner #😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 #might be able to post an ask later today after im back from taking the necessary course of the day to get my drivers license #hahhh

[lets-steal-an-archive]

I'm assuming that was your Baby?

Yeah, that was number one, Dean's original car. It was funny. As I arrived on set, they were doing the the car screeching to a halt, the shot of it coming through the portal. Our stunt driver is a local stunt guy there in Louisiana, Tyler, he's one of our assistant coordinators. I walked up and I stood by the monitors for one take and they all cut and I'm like, "That's it! Get out of my car!" [Laughs] Tyler's like, "Dude, I saw you over there and I got really nervous."

#did...did they have to remove him while meg was driving? #(she *just* got her driver's license) #the winchesters spoilers #the winchesters #jensen ackles #dean derangement syndrome patient zero #of course he brought his own cosplay props for his fanfic #spnwin 1x13

[fandomfriend]

Fanart for Doves and Arrows

So there’s this amazing Tf2 Bushmedicine fic called Doves and Arrows, by @anonymous-astronaut, and I decided to make a thing for it. Astro at one point put the title of his fic into an ai generator, which produced this image:

I got permission to turn it into a wall hanging, and have finished this after almost 3 weeks of work (front and back):

If anyone wants to see my explanation for choices I made or in progress photos I took, I’ll put them under the cut since I tend to ramble. Please go read Doves and arrows, it is fantastic.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23886154/chapters/57423127

So, I started out by trying to make sense of the original ai image. I threw it into an art program and made 2 copies of it. One sticking closely to the original image, just cleaned up. The other changing some of the weirder shapes into something recognizable. I especially focused on including actual arrows into the second image.

I decided to use the second image, and put it into a site called Bracelet Book, in order to get a pattern to use. I did my best to make the pattern as symmetrical as I could on the first pass, but the dove was very difficult to work with. 

People looking closely may see that the final project looks a little different from the pattern. Especially the dove’s eyes and the fletching on the arrows. That’s because I would sometimes make on the fly decisions to alter parts of the pattern, since it’s pretty flexible like that. Most edits were done to make parts look more even or less cluttered (except for 2 specific changes). Here is the edited pattern I had by the end of all this. The edits are a little messy since most were drawn using my phone. :P

Once I had a pattern, I started working on making it. The kind of method I used is used for what’s called Alpha bracelet patterns. If anyone wants to know more, I recommend looking up tutorials by the youtuber Masha Knots, as she was the one I learned from. Here’s some progress photos, as you can see it’s a pretty messy looking process.

I changed the eyes and and arrow fletching colors for a specific reason actually. I wanted the eyes to be blue since the dove represents the BLU Medic, Josef. The arrows fletching then became red for the RED Sniper, Mick. I just felt like the plainer pattern wasn’t as clearly a Tf2 thing.

Once I finished off the pattern, I tied the strings I had been tying my knots on into little tassels. I sewed a black outline around the beak, since it didn’t stand out against the body as well as I hoped. I also decided to make a cover for the back. This is because, for anyone who doesn’t know, the back of an alpha pattern pretty much always looks like a disaster. It takes a lot of work to hide the mess, so I like to make fabric covers for it. I did neaten up the mess where I could before sewing on the cover though.

When I made the fabric backing, I originally just planned something simple and plain, but the only fabric I had was blue, which didn’t match the look of the piece. So I got the idea to paint it to lean into the red and blue theme, complete with the characters class symbols. I cut out the fabric, hand hemmed it as best I could, and painted it with some acrylic paints I had.

Then it was just a matter of sewing it on and adding a string for the wall hanging to hang from! This is the biggest project of this sort I have ever made, nearly twice the size of the second largest wall hanging I’ve done. It’s about 5 1/2 inches tall (not counting tassels), and 5 1/4 inches wide. If anyone is interested in making anything like this, I have some advice. One, always get way more string than you think you need. I got two bundles of each kind of thread I purchased, since I got some specifically to color match as best I could. By the end I had to make another run to Michaels for more green since what I had wasn’t enough. Also, try to keep your knots neat and evenly sized. Some parts of the pattern aren’t clear on the final project because the knots are hard to see.

If you actually read through this whole thing, I hope you have a good day!

#general post #Tf2 #bushmedicine #doves and arrows #this took me so long to make you have no Idea #It doesn't help that I am also trying to get my drivers license #so I literally finished this final test for an online driving course right before making this post #I'm very tired but very satisfied

[willowser]

WILLOW!! you're a texas girly?? i totally get what you mean about the texas driver mindset. my friends from other states come to visit and are aghast at how we drive, especially since i'm from a big city with lots of freeways 😭

omg you get me !!!! you get me !!! 🥹 you have to be aggressive in order to keep up with traffic you know ??? 🥺 and no matter how fast you're going, there is always a guy in a truck or a shitty little toyota that is FLYING past you LMAOO

#yeehaw 😌🩷✨️👢 #i drove all the way to florida a few years ago #and we were driving in orlando and surprisingly the only person i remember being an asshole driver #had a texas license plate LOL #i was like OF COURSE #LOL #✿ ask willow

[looselipssinkships-x]

i have this terrible habit of comparing myself to artists who've had success when they're still young, like how fall out boy had four studio albums before any of them had turned 30, patrick stump released soul punk when he was 27, ben platt won a tony when he was 23, you get it, right? but lately i've been thinking about interviews where patrick talks about not being able to imagine doing anything else, because music is what he loves and what he's good at. the work i do right now isn't what i have a degree in, it's not what i want to make a career out of, i'm still using a license i got when i was 16 (which makes it almost ten years ago, and also begs the question why i was allowed to do this as a literal child?), and god it's so easy to get down on myself for not being able to break into the field i want to, to still be out here doing the same thing, but when i take a step back i realize i'm really good at my job, and from the beginning it has never been about changing the world, it's about making individual moments better for individual people, one at a time. and i am good at that. i am an important part of the team for that.

#ramblings #fall out boy #fob #patrick stump #soul punk #ben platt #i dont even know if you can get your cna at 16 anymore? #it's one of those things that i mention and people go “you can do that???” #gifted burnout kid #i looked it up pretty sure you have to be 18 now #i got my cna license i think a full month and a half before i got my driver's license?? maybe longer? #for context i had to be 16 to start clinicals and get 100+ clinical hours on top of a full course load and extracurriculars #drivers license was 16 and a half #it's crazy how full circle things have come because i was sixteen and wanted to work in the er (couldn't -- was literally a child) #and when i was 19 i volunteered in an er while i was pre-med #and now im 25 and working in an er in a body that feels familiar with people who call me by a name that makes sense

[nagitoedit]

these places banning bully breeds of dogs bc theyre sooo scawy when really they should be banning doodles

#from what ive heard . so many doodles are badly backyard bred and are usually gotten by idiots who dont know anything #about how to train or maintain a dog especially a dog with a coat like that. i hear that dog groomers hate doodles bc theyre #always so extremely matted and badly behaved 😭 #but also authors note im joking i dont think dog breeds should be banned i just think that backyard breeding should be banned #and that dog owners should be more vetted before being allowed to get a dog #personally at this point i feel like people should have to get a license before being allowed to own a dog like how you have to #get a drivers license. i think it would fix sooo many problems if people have to take (a free and accessible) course on #how to properly take care of a dog before getting one. #screaming crying into the void i hate bad dog owners im so so sick of people who should not have dogs having them anyways .

[a-dream-deferred]

op disabled reblogs but i'm feeling this so strongly today so picture me reblogging it 100 times in a row ok

[fantasiavii]

The amount of driver’s ed I’ve done for someone who doesn’t have their license is actually ridiculous

#i have 1) studied and passed the written test #2) done 1 in person driving class with a professional #3) sat through an entire driver’s ed course aimed at teenagers #4) done driving practice in empty parking lots with my dad #5) studied flashcards from yet another driver’s ed course borrowed from a friend #you know most people just study pass the test learn to drive and then get their license #i fucking got my permit and then didn’t learn and had it expire on me #to be fair there was a pandemic which is why i only got one in person hands on lesson #but like !!! #i feel like i have been studying for this forever #and yet i still don’t know how to drive

[bogkeep]

i was reminiscing about the (horrible, terrible, no-good) time i was getting my driver's license... i was a small anxious bundle of ocd intrusive thoughts and an intense fear of death and injury, and i had to take an online course that was basically an interactive powerpoint going "REMEMBER. IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE WHILE DRIVING, PEOPLE WILL DIE HORRIBLY. YOU WILL HEAR THEM SCREAMING IN YOUR DREAMS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. REMEMBER THAT LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. DRIVE CAREFULLY and here's how :)" and i was like, yes i remember the fake facebook memorial wall with the sad violin music, but surely it wasn't THAT unhinged, was it? anyway i found my liveblog posts (including screenshots!) from taking that course and it kind of WAS that unhinged: part 1 part 2 (heads up for stock photo corpses covered in blood and references to fandoms i was into in 2016)

#i have a driver's license but at what cost. i still don't like driving #(the cost was all of my braincells) #getting your license in norway is a fairly rigorous process bc u have to take so many theory courses and practical courses #and the ice driving course on a slippery track with fake moose obstacles

[novelist-becca]

I’m 19 years old and I still don’t have a job. But I was thinking pet sitting as my first choice.

#of course I’m getting my drivers license first

[tiffanymaxwels]

Hey Esther random friendly ask for you!!! would you classify yourself as a good driver or a bad driver and why 😌🩷🩷🩷🩷

Hiii Lola 💖 I'd say I'm an okay driver because I'm a rule follower 90% of the time but I'll confess I'm not the best at parking... it takes me soooo long to park sometimes because I'm so anxious I'll bump into another car or something even tho my car is teeny tiny (and sometimes I'll just give up even if I could fit just fine because there are people behind me waiting and it's sooo embarassing...). I also have a little case of road rage since I yell a lot behind the wheel (usually in between songs or lyrics lol), especially at motorcyclists and stupid drivers because I can't stand them and the way they behave like they own the road and they can break the rules without a care for their safety and, most importantly, others on the road, also when they roar their engine for no freaking reason?!?!! 😡 Double-lane roundabounts also cause a lot of yelling because so many people don't know how it works. It's not exactly rocket science ffs! I also hate driving other people because I get super self conscious whereas I love driving on my own!

What about you? <3 I hope you never had to drive in Marseille btw because those guys are really 🎶 the woooorst 🎶

#it's common practice in this family to check bad drivers license plates and say “of course it's a 13 (marseille)” #it doesn't work as much as it used too since they changed the license plate numbering but we still do it #also if someone is slow as an escargot and is a 13 we'll say it's surprising for un marseillais lol #thank you for the ask <3 #hope you're well 💖 #answered #welcometololaland

[saint-gerard-of-arc]

Cant wait to go to my therapist to hear her ask me why i havent started going to driving school or why i havent got a real job yet for the 384748th time

#witchy.txt #the appointment is this thursday #and yeah i am ecstatic at the thought. can you tell? ugh #like everytime i go there i feel like im never enough #going to a comic course? tou should focus on driving school #writing an original story? you should focus on finding a real job #drawing said story as a comic? thats cool but what about being more independent #BITE BITE BITE BITE GRRRRRRRRRR #like why cant i di things my way for once? dont tell me what to do #like im trying. im trying so hard but im still waiting for the papers to get to driving school!! like wtf its not my fault!! #also if i dont have a drivers license i cant have a fucking job so chill the fuck out for a second #i am doing things my way and sure i could do better but give me a break. #i can barely function and im finally having a not so bad time for once and you still tell me that im not good enough? fuck off

[chickensoupleg]

Okay but what happens when Robin, Heather, and Chrissy have to individually take their male bestie to the dentist for wisdom teeth removal/root canal and now there is three loopy guys in the waiting room leeching off each other's energy.

#stranger things #stranger things 4 #robin buckley #heather holloway #chrissy cunningham #maybe as a perk the girls set up a date with each other #and also have to stop their boys from smooching each other because there's SO much saliva and blood #loopy steve trying to set robin up with chrissy and heather by giving them her Good Perks #billy's trying to count his fingers and somehow gets to 11 every time #eddie is talking to the dentist watering station thing because it glugged once and now he's convinced its a mimic #the girls are designated drivers except robin's actually just calling hopper or joyce because she still does not have her license #she's there because of course she's there (And also because it's funny getting steve reactions) #if season three happened she's definitely there because her friend's loopy again she HAS to be there to calm his nerves #the boys: THEY TOOK MY TEETH D: #the girls: yeah babe that happens sometimes

[fagdykebassboy]

i need to learn how to drive sooooo bad but also i wish it didnt require learning how to drive :(

#im finally at the age where i can get my license but i still have to take a drivers ed course i cant just take the fucking test #and get it over with #there a punk/hardcore scene not even thirty minutes away but no fucking public transport comes to my small ass town #so the only way out is like a probably at least hour long walk to the nearest rail station or by car #wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh #cant wait till i can move out and just live where the scene is im soooooooo close but soooooooo far it sucks #theres some really cool new bands and i could just go see them if i had a car and ten dollars

[alexsyndrome]

aggravating how i’ve applied to over 100 jobs and heard nothing but crickets for months. now that I’ve accepted a position (and spent money on the shoes and pants I need for the uniform), all these other places will start reaching out to me. this morning I woke up to 3 emails, one from a hybrid/remote job I really wanted. it wouldn’t be such a big deal if I didn’t have to ask Jake to take time off from his job in order to drive me to interviews.

#I also woke up to Facebook friend requests from my estranged father and his new wife 🙄 #I do have a phone interview for another job later today but I read after the fact that traveling in the community is part of the job #which I of course can’t do without a vehicle and a drivers license. so I don’t think this one will work out 🙄 #I’m so frustrated this morning besties