dobie

 ALWAYS write a cover letter. no one wants to bc theyre hell, so nobody does, so you will NOT stand out without one. a big reason they want a cover letter is bc written communication is 1. an important part of most jobs and 2. a good way to get a better judge of who you are, what you're about and whether or not you're a fucking idiot...or asshole. i mean it sounds like im joking but im p sure cover letters are just a way to make sure they dont accidentally hire AWFUL stupid people bc their resumes are fine but you can tell a lot more about a person thru their writing. like, people honestly write cover letters in berating the company and the person reading it on a REGULAR basis. people really show their true colors in cover letters. so basically the most important thing is to WRITE IT, have no TYPOS and DONT SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT AND/OR BITTER ASSHOLE IN IT. not hard when you are none of those things. keep a sort of conversational tone. i nkow its awk as fuck but you're only here to do a few things:

1. explain how you found out about the job and why youre interested. do not wax poetic about how great the fucking company is. name names if you have a friend who works there, someone you talked to, a referral of any kind. keep it short and just show them you know what they do and what they're about, and youve done your research. you dont have to butter them up.

2. "five reasons why i stand out in a crowd of applicants who are just as talented as I am" this is where you list the kind of things you cant get across in your resume. your humility, hard work, dedication, humor, creativity, whatever it is. this should be bullet pointed. make sure its 5.

3. why would i be a good candidate for a job in this company? tell them what you'd do to help them make money. why are you an asset? whats in it for them if they hire you?

4. ok this is my teachers note that ive alwys struggled to get my mind around but she says "state your idea of the perfect situation if you joined the company" basically like ... paint a little picture of yourself there being awesome and doing good work for them? but more subtly? this is what i wrote at the end of my npr cover letter: "If given the opportunity to particiate in this fantastic internship program, I think I would be an asset to the NPR visuals team and be able to put my energy and eagerness to great use. I am willing to serve wherever possible and apply my talents to a vast range of responsibilities. Thank you for considering me and I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mary McLain"

so basically i tied it up by bringing back my talents (i talked a lot about being a very energetic person in my list of strengths) talking about how i'd be an asset, and the most important part BEING HUMBLE, the word "SERVE" goes a long way. putting "i am willing to serve wherever possible" is a big draw. it just shows you dont think youre against things. i remember my teacher saying that one of her students got a job at a company bc he said "im willing to mop floors" in his cover letter. they ddint make him mop floors but a lot of managers think that millenials are "entitled" so giving them this idea that you're willing to get kicked around and no work is "beneath" you is a plus. its fucked, its ugly, and mean, but hey man you're here to pander and kiss ass and get a job. 


FORMAL NOTES
put your resume header at the top again, wtih your website, email, everything.
you dont need to put a whole fucking address on it god why do ppl do that
dont send it to "whom it may concern" or "dear HR department" or anything. find out the name of the person, or the company or specific team youre applying to. (i put my NPR cover leter to "Dear NPR Visuals Team" bc i knew i wasnt applying to NPR directly? stuff like that yknow)
be sure to tell them you'll follow up unless the listing specifically says they'll contact you.
sign with sincerely and your name like a normal letter

 

GENERAL

 

Does your ship have personal nicknames for one another? 

yosuke likes to call his boyfriend "dude." its very cute! :-)

 

If you ship lives together, describe what ‘moving day’ was like. Did they both move to a new place together, or did one move to the other’s place? 

oh wow my boys are far too young to get their own place together! goodness gracious! im sure they will in time, but they should be in no hurry to grow up so fast.

 

Do either members of your ship tease the other about anything? What and why?

my yosuke is such a joker. :-) im sure he teases souji about many things. souji seems far too polite of a young man to tease him back, though.

 

What are your character’s fights usually about?

grandma knows that every couple fights, but grandma doesn't like to think about her boys fighting. :-(

 

Where would your characters like to live? Do these plans include each other? Are their dreams for future living the same, or will they have to reach a compromise? Finally- will they ever get to live in a place like they’d hoped?

i hope that they always live close enough for me to visit.

 

relationships are rarely in complete balance. which one of them cares more?

well i would have to say that dear yosuke needs a lot of "taking care of," im glad souji is in his life.

 

What piece of their partner’s clothing* is your character’s favorite (and vice versa)? Do they like it in that they enjoy stealing it and wearing it, or do they like the way that their partner looks in it? (*Being naked does not count.)

souji looks so sweet in his norwegian sweaters. :-) im always trying to get yosuke to wear one too, but he's quite stubborn. im knitting him one for christmas, shh!

 

In your canon, which character ships this particular ship the hardest? Why? Do they help bring the ship together? Do they admire from afar? Describe the relationship of this ultimate shipper to the ship.

this is such a silly question! the answer is me, of course. :-)

 

What would the members of your ship be like had they never met?

oh dear ...

 

Describe the relationship between the characters in 140 characters or less, as if it were a tweet.

i will leave this one to my grandson! he is far better with the technology than i am.

  

Who fell for the other first? Was there a period of time in which they loved the other but didn’t speak up? Or did the two of them fall around the same time?

i think it was very hard for my grandson to admit his true feelings at first. he probably spent quite a while working up the courage, but we are all very glad he did!

 

If there’s one thing that one of your shipmates would change about the other what would it be?

i am sure that souji would like yosuke to be more responsible. i cant comment on souji, i can only be harsh on my own grandson! ;-) LOL but i do it with a grandma's love!

 

What are each of your shipmates allowed to do that their shipmate doesn’t put up with from other people? (ex., Drinking out of their cup, touching their hair, being noisy at strange hours).

yosuke definitely does not like me calling him "pooky bear", but he doesn't seem to mind when souji calls him that. how funny!

 

Whats their parenting style?

goodness gracious! i hope i'm long dead before they ever raise children.

 

Does your ship have an official food? (Where do they go for the food? Does one of them cook it? Is it something that they both eat separate parts of?)

i don't know, but me and souji have a favorite food to make together! we love to make lefse :-)

 ok this is called "alle slags" which i struggle to translate it sort of means "all types/all kinds/all manner of things"

Ta nå tid til å nyte skogen 

Ta nå tid til å le og syng’.
For i morgen så er du borte
og finner at du får det travelt med andre ting, med andre ting.

take time now to savor the forest (skogen means forest/woods but is also like a sort of slangy way of referring to our camp itself)
take time now to laugh and sing
for tomorrow you're gone
and find that you're caught up with other things, with other things

Jeg har vært her mange ganger
Og jeg har truffet alle slags
Og de har blitt mine beste venner
Som jeg kan stole på mmmmm på en regnværsdag, en regnværsdag.

i have been here many times
and i have met all kinds of people (referring to the people at camp)
and they have become my best friends
that i can lean on for (mmmmmmm) (you hum lol) a rainy day, a rainy day

Og tar du tid nå, så blir du rik – full av minner, kunnskaper og slik.
Tar du tid nå, så får du en dag – komme sammen igjen med dem av alle slag.

take your time now, and you'll be rich - full of memories, community and the like
take your time, so you'll find a day - come together again with those of every kind

Er du her mange ganger, treffer du alle slag
Og de skal bli dine beste venner
som du kan feire med mmmmm på en solskinnsdag, en solskinnsdag.

ugh the grammar in this one is annoying
if you're here many times, you'll met every kind
and they shall be your best friends
who you can celebrate with (mmmm) on a sunny day, a sunny day

Ta nå tid til å nyte skogen.
Ta nå tid til å le og syng’.
For i morgen så er det borte og du kommer til å savne sommeren, sommeren.

take time now to savor the forest
take time now to laugh and sing
because tomorrow you'll be gone, and you'll come to miss the summer, the summer

Ta nå tid til å nyte skogen
og ta nå tid til å le og synge.
For i morgen så er du borte… og du kommer til å savne Skogfjorden, Skogfjorden.

take time now to savor the forest
take time now to laugh and sing
because tomorrow you'll be gone, and you'll come to miss Skogfjorden, Skogfjorden (name of the camp)

I CANT EVEN READ THIS ONE WITHOUT CRYING LOL I WISH I WAS AT CAMP

HELLO AND WELCOME TO DOBE-PRAH'S BOOK CLUB
here are some of my all-time favorite books if anyone is LOOKING FOR BOOKS TO READ, this is far from an exhaustive list but these are the ones ive read in recent years that are really memorable to me and stand out as having been really great. i included warnings for each book but all of them are really sensitively and wonderfully handled, all the authors on this list but one are women and basically like IF U ARE SICK OF READING SEXIST GARBAGE BY MEN here is a really good starter list to CLEANSE UR PALATE. this aint no GRRM bullshit


Out by Natsuo Kirino

(you cant get this one on kindle boo)

 

"This mesmerizing novel tells the story of a brutal murder in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mother who works the night shift making boxed lunches strangles her abusive husband and then seeks the help of her coworkers to dispose of the body and cover up her crime. The coolly intelligent Masako emerges as the plot’s ringleader, but quickly discovers that this killing is merely the beginning, as it leads to a terrifying foray into the violent underbelly of Japanese society. "
OK YEAH the official book description does a better job summarizing this than i could. this is one of the more morbid novels on the list, its sort of slow moving and …dark, very dark … it's less breezy than a lot of the books i recommended? it's translated from japanese and it reads a LITTLE bit dry? if anyone is picky about their translations, im not tho.

warnings: muuuuurders, GORE OUT THE FUCKING WAZOO,  a really really graphic rape scene towards the end of the book. YOU WILL GET QUEASY READING THIS.

 

House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

 

AH YES THE ONE I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME. this is the story of matt, a clone of a powerful 140-year old drug lord named El Patron. You already know you want to read this one. Look at that one sentence summary. 140 year old drug lord. Do it. DO IT. it takes place in a country between the US and mexico border called opium, and in this world rich people make clones and harvest them for organs all the time. (this is how el patron is so old btw) clones are treated as property and animals, but el patron likes to give his clones a "normal" life so matt grows up kind of this pampered lamb getting ready for slaughter, surrounded by el patron's descendants who fucking hate him lol. im going to stop here bc i could just summarize this book all day long. this book is good. read it. READ IT.

this is my favorite childhood book!! its the only YA novel on the list, it's definitely on like A TEN YEAR OLD READING LEVEL which always blows my mind considering the SUBJECT MATTER. i'm always worried other people wont love this book as much as i do, it just had a huge impact on me growing up. it's all about what makes you human and all the characters are so great.

warnings: UH. IDK. there is lots of horrible stuff that happens in this book but bc its like a kids book it sort of skims the line a lot

 

HONORABLE MENTION: some of you might be more familiar with never let me go by kazuo ishiguro, its the EXACT same premise of house of the scorpion re: clones being harvested for organs but the execution is totally different. they are both very good, i enjoyed never let me go but i still like house of the scorpion way better. it's more interesting the way matt actually knows his "original" he's cloned from and the relationships focus more on family than never let me go which is just like … about dumb young people sort of. if you're interested in the topic, never let me go is another good book i'd recommend.

 

 

Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler

 

OK DONT GET CONFUSED LIKE I DID BY THIS ONE. THIS IS A TRILOGY. lilith's brood is the name of the whole trilogy and you can buy it all in one book or on kindle for 9 bucks. WHEN I BOUGHT IT, I BOUGHT ONLY THE FIRST BOOK, DAWN. FOR 10 BUCKS. SO I HAVENT READ THE WHOLE THING BC IM STILL BURNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT AMAZON FUCKED ME OVER.

OK SO I HAVE ONLY READ DAWN which you can buy here NOW for only THREE BUCKS so THX AMAZON ??? ok whatever moving on

SO I CAN ONLY SPEAK ABOUT DAWN i assume the other 2 books are VERY DIFFERENT bt they're probably good, idk you can go find out yourself

ok basically this is about a woman named lilith who is abducted by aliens after human life is wiped out on earth. she's saved by the oankali, a group of aliens who consider themselves "genetic traders" and they agree to restore earth and send the humans back to it but only if humans breed with them? sort of? SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THERE IS ALIEN SEX IN THIS BOOK ITS GREAT. HUMAN X ALIEN SEX I MEAN. oankali are like these great awesome tentacaly things and they have three genders, male, female and ooloi OH MAN THEY ARE SO COOL. I LOVE THES ALIENS.

lilith is chosen to be the leader of the new group of humans bc she was the first one woken up from suspended animation so she starts choosing who to wake up and form a new world with her but she runs into lots of problems bc she's already formed bonds with these aliens that all the humans are freaked out by IDK THIS IS A BAD SUMMARY BUT THIS IS A GREAT BOOK READ IT. THIS BOOK IS SO FUCKING GREAT BUT ITS SO EMBARRASSING TO REC IT BC ITS SO EASY TO MAKE IT SOUND SO TUMBLR "BLACK FEMALE PROTAG! NON BINARY CHARACTERS! ALIENS!" but you know what, that's exactly what this book is. gives you an obnoxiously worded bulleted list of why this book is THE BEST THING EVER

i assume that the second and third book begin with the new humans recolonizing earth and i think they are about lilth's children who are human-oankali hybrids but yeah i don't know, I HAVE PLANS TO READ THEM EVENTUALLY but dawn is a very good standalone book that has a satisfying enough ending as it is so i never felt a huge need to go read them all right away bc like, dawn is so good just on its own.

warnings: none that i can remember, the humans get violent with each other sometimes

 

 

 

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

 

this is a story about an english woman born in 1910 who is reborn into the same life every time she dies. she changes her fate a little bit in every life and idk i REALLY loved this one, it never gets repetitive which is surprising bc like every time she dies it starts over from the beginning again? eventually in some lives she starts remembering past lives and takes choices from there, she lives through ww2 many times and in some of her lives she tries to kill hitler. THIS ONE MADE ME CRY IDK because it starts over again and again you REALLY get attached to the main character and her family

warnings: rape and abuse in several lives, it's very much a war novel so lots of war violence … hitler is an actual character she interacts with in several of her lives so like, if that's something you don't want to read about then yeah

 

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

 

ok yeah here's another official book summary for this one:

 

"Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.

One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.

With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals."

 

LESBIAN VICTORIAN TWISTED CRIME NOVEL YEAHHH *insert dancing emoji here* this one is EVIL GOOD FUN its very dickensian but in the fun way, like i fucking hate dickens but this only has the good dickens stuff. and has GREAT PLOT TWISTS. don't look up ANY spoilers for this book at all JUST READ IT. its long but engrossing and yes it is like, an actual love story and its not one of those Dissatisfying I Thought This Was Going To Be Gayer books. this book is FUN.

warnings: institutionalization mainly? yeah, victorian insane asylums…

 

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

 

this is the only non-fiction book on the list!! This is a really tragic book about cultural miscommunication in medicine. it follows the story of a young Hmong girl in California with epilepsy and the clash between her parent's beliefs on how to treat her vs. the doctor's. it's not dry or too medically, it's not a dull read at all. it IS very sad like remember its a true story and no it doesn't end well.

REALLY SHORT SUMMARY SORRY? I FRANKLY CANT REMEMBER THIS BOOK THAT WELL i read it during my traumatic leaving-school period so that whole time in my life is full of weird blank spots in my memory but i know this book is v. good

warnings: sad? medical? things? SAD?

 

 

Perfume: the Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

 

only book by a DUDE on this list *scoffs.* translated from german but the translation is v. good never feels clunky or "this is obviously translated." this novel is hard to describe, reading it is less like reading a story and more like EXPERIENCING A PIECE OF ART. its about a fucked up little dude who has the worlds best sense of smell and his desire to make the best perfume in the world leads him to murder young ladies bc like, young lady smell is the best smell ever i guess. this book is just creepy and weird and the descriptions of smells are so poetic and FUN. honestly just read this book for the description of smells the plot is kind of whatever but reading an entire book where the main char's sense of smell is the focus of all his senses is like so cool and interesting to read

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