heartbreaking:

girl has sooooooo many ambitions and ideas for projects but can only get 1.5 basic tasks done per day

it's so fucking frustrating to be in college and know everyone uses chatgpt and to be tempted by it constantly while also knowing intellectually that it doesn't work and it's a bad idea. like, i hang out in the library a lot, and i see people using chatgpt on assignments almost every day. and i know it isn't a good way to learn, because it's not really "artificial intelligence" so much as it is an auto text generator. and it gives you wrong information or badly worded sentences all the time. but every week i stare down assignments i don't want to do and i think man. if only i could type this prompt into a text generator and have it done in 10 minutes flat. and i know it wouldn't work. it wouldn't synthesize information from the text the way professors want, it wouldn't know how to answer questions, it just spits out vaguely related words for a couple paragraphs. but knowing my classmates get their work done in 10 minutes flat with it while i fight every ounce of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in my body is infuriating.

i think one thing that's been really helpful in keeping myself from using it is thinking about Why i have to do the specific assignments i have. like what is the actual goal. like some assignments the goal isn't "share a story about parenting styles in ur personal life" so much as it is "show you understand the concept of parenting styles thru a story". or it's not "how do hormones impact teenagers' decision making abilities" it's "can you understand, reword, synthesize, and explain the information in the text and videos to explain how hormones impact teenagers' decision making abilities". and looking at it as "this assignment is asking me to read some words and then understand and explain them, which is a skill i want to have" rather than "i have to answer these stupid questions that seem really obvious because all my professors want me to die forever" has helped. especially in a world where everyone uses chatgpt i want to know how to read with my own brain

In high school, I ran small poker ring for a while.

Decades later, as I pack orders -- keeping careful count greeting cards and envelopes to ensure I ship what was bought -- I'm remembering old tricks, such as specific techniques to quickly count, to layer things to efficiently draw back into a neat pile.

Every 45 seconds saved cuts a 6-hour packing shift to a 5-hour shift.

I can use that time to pack more orders

or make art or

just be a weird person who ran a poker ring in high school and now sells Halloween greeting cards

and is always up to some antic

or

other

(laugh)

if you are at the intersection of "I make cosplay stuff and it's solid quality" and "I want to make money on this" then I highly recommend you contact local television commercial production companies

photographers and videographers too

depending on what you make, possibly wedding planners

this is not a quick project, it is going to be slow and arduous, as is all networking

you're looking for local crews who film commercials for TV -- it is probably worth looking into local ad agencies as well -- start with "junior art director" on their website. If that's not listed, "art director." If that's not listed, "creative director."

Because you're starting out, you need to start at the lower tiers of the creative crew to introduce yourself.

Modify to taste and usefulness.

If they respond (most won't) then reply with your portfolio and relevant experience.

There are eternal debates whether you should include your portfolio with the initial link (saving them time), I personally disagree as it feels too spam-y, I've been out of the industry for awhile, build your own path forward, may you be wildly successful whatever you do.

Keep a record of who you contacted and when. Spreadsheet and/or notebook. Nothing formal, just a way to ensure you're not bombarding a single agency / person too often.

Don't follow up if they don't respond within a reasonable period (I recommend 12 months). Websites are preferable to PDFs (in my experience from ages past), I won't open a random PDF from someone I don't know.

The point is to find people who are constantly looking for something new to photograph and/or film and/or put on display.

You make something they haven't conceived of but will begin chewing ideas how to use.

Figure out at least a basic pricing schedule before you begin this process.

One of your first questions is going to be "how much does something like {portfolio example} cost?"

(Please do not contact me about this.)

(I can tell you upfront we have a few years of non-hire-able work to do before we get to this level. When we get to a level where we have budgets + sets needed, we will reach out)

(So, final note: A soft "no" is not an invitation to solve a puzzle. Unlike movies etc. about advertising, this isn't a trick to get you to think outside the box. It's a business decision. A soft "no" now is not a permanent "no," it is a "not now, we'll be open when we are.")

You can also (probably should) contact local theater companies. They will have FASCINATING projects and NO money that will (probably) be VERY fun to work on, but, again, no money, so proceed as your wallet and/or heart demands.

May you be wildly successful!

not gonna say it. but he popped into your head didn’t he

this may or may not be a fantasy writing exercise for me. please reblog

everyone agreeing with this tweet is so lucky because cell phones have absolutely been in my dreams, specifically DREAMS ABOUT TUMBLR DISCOURSE. I literally had a dream my mutuals made a callout for me i'm not fucking joking helppp

video games should let you throw all the items you saved up so far into some big awful soup that defeats the final boss in one hit

Just realized that this is at the AMC Lincoln Square IMAX, which is the largest IMAX screen in the country. This person is in for the worst possible time

A Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse in the Indo-Pacific in Tulamben, Bali.

summer is coming up lads..

fight fight kiss kiss fight fight

@arengnera for the best explanation of the conundrum

TIL the silvery salamander only has females and they reproduce by borrowing sperm from a different species! And 0% of the male's genetic material gets passed down!

That's so weird I love nature!!

if you've never played fossil fighters please watch this clip. for reasons

everyone agreeing with this tweet is so lucky because cell phones have absolutely been in my dreams, specifically DREAMS ABOUT TUMBLR DISCOURSE. I literally had a dream my mutuals made a callout for me i'm not fucking joking helppp

his name is "loud is his bark." if you even care

Reblog with your score

HOW?