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child handling for the childless nurse
My current job has me working with children, which is kind of a weird shock after years in environments where a “young” patient is 40 years old. Here’s my impressions so far:
Birth - 1 year: Essentially a small cute animal. Handle accordingly; gently and affectionately, but relying heavily on the caregivers and with no real expectation of cooperation.
Age 1 - 2: Hates you. Hates you so much. You can smile, you can coo, you can attempt to soothe; they hate you anyway, because you’re a stranger and you’re scary and you’re touching them. There’s no winning this so just get it over with as quickly and non-traumatically as possible.
Age 3 - 5: Nervous around medical things, but possible to soothe. Easily upset, but also easily distracted from the thing that upset them. Smartphone cartoons and “who wants a sticker?!!?!?” are key management techniques.
Age 6 - 10: Really cool, actually. I did not realize kids were this cool. Around this age they tend to be fairly outgoing, and super curious and eager to learn. Absolutely do not babytalk; instead, flatter them with how grown-up they are, teach them some Fun Gross Medical Facts, and introduce potentially frightening experiences with “hey, you want to see something really cool?”
Age 11 - 14: Extremely variable. Can be very childish or very mature, or rapidly switch from one mode to the other. At this point you can almost treat them as an adult, just… a really sensitive and unpredictable adult. Do not, under any circumstances, offer stickers. (But they might grab one out of the bin anyway.)
Age 15 - 18: Basically an adult with severely limited life experience. Treat as an adult who needs a little extra education with their care. Keep parents out of the room as much as possible, unless the kid wants them there. At this point you can go ahead and offer stickers again, because they’ll probably think it’s funny. And they’ll want one. Deep down, everyone wants a sticker.
What are ur favorite video essays?
you activated my trap card!!!!!!! here's some video essays/long form videos for u, just not all my faves or the list would be insane long
Pathologic is genius and here's why
The last Bronycon
The bizzarre world of fake video games
The rise and fall of Gaia Online
A thorough look at Resident Evil
A thorough look at Fallout
The future is a dead mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse
The cruelest video game
Action button reviews: Tokimeki memorial
Victorious retrospective part 1 part 2
Cardcaptor Sakura is a beautiful mess
Defunctland: The american idol theme park experience
Burn book: I fell for Caroline Calloway's never ending scam
Lost and cancelled dolls
Homestuck sent me a legal threat and then it got worse
A lukewarm defence of fifty shades of grey
would also recommend to watch the roblox oof.mp3 and Disney channel theme: a history mystery to feel a wide range of emotions about art and crediting people for their work
I'd felt an absence of Ishmael in the narrative since the chapter about Queequeg's coffin, like he never recovered from that, he tapped out of not just that experience but the whole story, and now I know why---
And I also can't stop thinking about Ishmael joking about sailor's wills and these two in particular leaving each other everything and half of what's mine is yours and Queequeg with his coffin saved him
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what does Julius think of lolita fashion?
I will admit this took me a bit to answer due to my personal distaste and negative opinions on lolita fashion. It sometimes is easy to have a knee jerk reaction to say Julius would dislike something because I personally do. However, I pride myself in keeping my characters in character, and after giving this question some thought:
Julius likely would enjoy lolita fashion.
This is actually a really interesting type of water retention that long grass does that I've never thought about before!
You can see how much slower the snow on the long grass is melting, which creates a slower percolation of water into the ground!
It's amazing what a difference vegetation can make for communities that struggle with drought conditions!
AU Roulette Challenge 2024
What is AU Roulette? A casual fic-writing challenge encouraging authors to play around with different types of alternate universe stories, which will be randomly assigned to each participant regardless of the fandom they sign up with. The goal of the challenge is to encourage creativity and get authors to write fics with premises they might not otherwise have considered, with varying difficulty levels of participation for writers of all experience levels.
How does it work? Writers will be able to sign up from now through June with a fandom of their choice. At the start of July, each participant will be assigned three AUs from a masterlist using a random number generator. Each author will then have the choice of completing the challenge one, two, or all three of the AUs. Any fic exceeding a 500-word minimum will be considered a completion, so long as it employs the AU premise. The fic-writing period of the challenge will run for a month. Fics can be posted at any point during this time, and authors will have the option of having them added to an Ao3 collection for the challenge if they desire. They can also be posted to tumblr using the tag #AU Roulette 2024
What kind of AUs will be included in the challenge? The AU Roulette challenge will focus largely on popular, staple AU types with broad applicability to any fandom or relationship type. For example, a possible result might be something like a Time Travel AU (encompassing all the possible subsets, such as fix-it time travel, time loops, or other tropes under the same umbrella), but more restrictive AU types like a Soulmate AU that make assumptions about the author’s interpretation of character relationships in canon have been intentionally kept off the AU masterlist. The official list of AUs will be kept under wraps until assignments are given, but will have over 30 different prompts to ensure authors receive a good variety of options, and if you have suggestions or concerns about what AUs are being included, feel free to reach out.
What if I get an AU type that doesn’t work for the canon I chose? Limited re-rolls will be allowed on a case-by-case basis. You are also encouraged to be as creative as you want with your interpretation of your assigned AUs, which may help with making them fit. The goal of this challenge is to encourage weird, creative fanfic, not to have every author who rolls the same result write cookie-cutter versions of the same types of stories. If you were to get a Coffee Shop AU, for example, there is no requirement that the coffee shop in question be a real-world 21st-century Earth Starbucks. In fact, deviating from the mold is highly encouraged. So long as you can make a case that you filled the loose premise of your AU type, you will get credit for having completed it.
Can I participate if I am not a writer? AU Roulette is a fanfic writing challenge, so official sign-ups are for those interested in writing (regardless of skill level or experience writing AUs). However, if you are interested in the challenge but not in writing fic for it, consider having a look at the #AU Roulette 2024 tag or the official AU Roulette 2024 collection on Ao3 once authors have begun posting their stories. If one of them really speaks to you, it might be a nice gesture to draw a piece of art, make a playlist, or create some other fanwork inspired by the fic and share it – in which case you would also be more than welcome to use the official tag!
(Authors are of course also welcome to do this for their or other participants’ stories, too.)
How do I sign up? Fill out this form with your email and fandom of choice.
Looking forward to seeing the AUs everyone creates this year!
Just because it's digital art, doesn’t mean it has to look fake. Now more than ever, it’s so important to show that what we create is made by a human being ♥️
This is a preview of my latest patreon tutorial - find it here!
Oh my goodness this took a MINUTE... I'm so happy with this page though!
First page
not to place myself as any kind of authority on the matter but ive never improved so quickly or been happy with the outcome of my art until i started paying serious attention to not overworking a piece and focusing on the tempo of the strokes im putting in. i feel like super long drawing sessions are normalized in the art community when at least in my experience being in the Zone for 6-8 hours without taking a step back at least lends to losing objectivity/flow through different elements/consistency and eventually burnout
I made the oc. I posted the drawing earlier as a reblog but it didn’t show so here
He is othello. He is a blind engineer and hates mr.crow
here it is,, the interaction i never thought about but actually really wanted to see 👀
