Commanding Officer - Captain Steve Rogers First Officer and Chief Engineer - Commander Tony Stark Chief Science Officer - Dr. Bruce Banner Pilot - Lt. Commander Clint Barton Communications Officer - Lt. Natasha Romanoff Chief of security - Commander Thor Odinson
Okay, I like this a lot, but I have one tiny little glitch. Natasha Romanoff would totally KICK ASS as the Chief of Security, and Thor would be thrilled to run communications. Why? BUCKLE UP KIDDOS THIS WILL BE BRIEF. Thor? Man’s a prince. Literally. His title is Prince of Asgard. And yeah, he’s got the Shoulders and the Abs and the Biceps and the…I’m getting off track here. But he’s also pretty smart (even if he’s very much a Viking warrior and a bit baffled by humanity, but when he encounters Iron Man his move is “You’re covered in metal, I’m gonna electrocute your ass” and that indicates a level of forethought, okay?). And besides the fact that as a Prince of Asgard he has command of the Allspeak and knows many languages (useful shit for a comms officer), he was trained in diplomacy, even if it doesn’t necessarily look like it given his interactions with Jotunheim. Earth, on the other hand, he’s on pretty good terms with, and he works hard to keep it that way.
AND NATASHA ROMANOFF. My queen. (Let’s pretend, for the purposes of this conversation, that the disaster that was AoU never happened.) She would be the perfect security chief. She’s a gifted fighter, obviously, both in hand-to-hand and with firearms (like phasers!), and on top of that she’s a skilled tactician. “This portal is being opened by this machine–I will be much more effective trying to shut down the machine than killing the unending hordes of aliens,” is a good example of some seriously A-grade tactical thinking. So is “Here are all the ways you’re better than me–oh, hey, thanks for telling me your whole plan, super helpful, bye” or “Pretend we’re a couple, public displays of affection make people uncomfortable,” or actually like all of her involvement in Winter Soldier. Good shit, man, sign me up, I’d work with her. She and Steve work well together and their ideas of ‘tactics’ mesh well, his more humanitarian perspective balances her relatively ruthless and efficient one, an important aspect in a security officer. And lastly, she has protective instincts like WHOA for the people she considers either ‘hers’ or bystanders. She puts her life on the line repeatedly to save Clint from Loki and takes the time to help him clear a stranded bus full of innocents in Avengers, she risks her neck to save Pepper and help take down Hammer in Iron Man 2, she goes AWOL from the organization that saved her from the Red Room and has protected her for untold years to save Steve in Winter Soldier, not to mention blasting all of the secrets that she’s undoubtedly worked hard to keep to the world in order to take down Insight and taking more care to clear the street of bystanders than avoid taking a bullet during the fight on the bridge. Like, correct me if I’m wrong, but she would make an exceptional security officer. And she would probably cut down on the number of poor red-shirted motherfuckers getting killed on away missions, because you would get onto the Enterprise as a security officer and you’d be real excited for about three seconds before Commander Romanoff turned up and started running you through suicide drills. And you’d really resent her for it right up until your first away mission, when you would find yourself sprinting flat-out away from whatever alien was trying to kill you right then and realize that her torture just saved you and everyone with you. Chief of Security Natasha Alianova Romanoff for the WIN.
Growing up, my mom and her siblings would make banana bread every week.
Literally every week since the first one of them learned how to make it, they started making banana bread- lo and behold though, they liked it with walnuts and they all knew their dad hated walnuts.
So they made a special loaf of banana bread just for him every week, just for him to eat. Nobody else was allowed to eat it because that was his banana bread, baked especially for him.
So anyways, they did this once a week from middle school up until every last one of them moved out of the house (and considering there was at least 10 years difference from the oldest to the youngest, this was quite some time). So that’s like… 16 years of weekly banana bread. And he always finished it. He, without fail, ate the whole loaf of bread by himself.
That’s approximately 835 loaves of banana bread.
Now
Skip ahead a few years…
and they’re all visiting and baking banana bread and they start making a dad’s bread and their mom comes in, “I don’t think he can handle eating one more slice of banana bread!”
“What are you talking about? He loves banana bread! He had it all the time!”
This is when my grandma, their mom, broke the news that my grandfather loathed banana bread with every fiber of his being. He just adored that his kids loved him enough to make him a special loaf of banana bread every week (and he didn’t have the heart to tell them that he couldn’t stand banana bread) and he was incredibly, utterly upset that my grandma told the kids his big secret.
My grandfather was a loving, patient, gentle man who absolutely hated banana bread but loved his kids so much more and I just wanted to share that with you guys. I think this story is just about the perfect example of the kind of person he was.
I just told my mom this had 1000 notes on it and let me tell you what
(Be sure to change the post type from link to text post when you reblog, if that’s what you want to do)
This method is best suited for textbook or article notes, and is a
version of revised notes. It is also well suited for books you plan on
returning to the bookstore or books you have rented, as it does not
involve writing directly in the book itself.
First, you’ll need to
find a notebook, and the pens you like the best. My favorite notebooks
to work with for note-taking, especially for my “revised” notes, are the
Moleskine, hard or soft cover, in size extra large. For this specific
class (Intro to Gender and Women’s Studies), I decided that lined pages
would suit my needs better. For my math, engineering, and science
classes, I usually opt for squared paper, as I draw in lots of diagrams
and graphs.
My favorite pens ever are Staedtler Triplus
Fineliners, so even though they show through the pages a little bit, I
still choose to use them. I just love the way they write. I usually
write out my notes themselves with a Pilot G2 05 with black ink, as it
writes with a finer line and doesn’t bleed through quite as much.
I usually try to set up my notebooks about a week or so before class starts, that way it’s ready to go on my first day of class.
You’ll
want to start off by setting up your notebook. On my first page, I put
my course code for my university, as well as the course title.
Next,
and this is perfectly optional (I just like the way it makes the book
look, especially at the end of the semester), I include some sort of
related quote to the course. For my engineering courses (which are
related to my major), I put a different quote at the beginning of each
section. But as this is a two-month long course during the summer, I
opted for one quote by Mohadesa Najumi at the beginning of my book.
Next
I set up my table of contents and include a page with basic course
information. As this course is all online, my course information just
included the start and end dates of the course, what time content is
posted and on what day, and the name of my professor. For my usual
courses, I will include the days of the week the class meets on and
where, TA names and contact info, as well as posted office hours for my
professors and TAs and tutoring hours either in the library or in the
College of Engineering.
Next is one of the things I’m most proud of.
While
I religiously use my Erin Condren planner to map out my days, weeks,
and months, I have found throughout my college experience that including
monthly views for the months my class ranges has been helpful. This
way, there’s no sifting through the multiple colors I have in my
planner, and everything related to that class is in the same notebook.
On
this calendar I include start dates of the class, the end date, the
dates of exams or quizzes, assignment deadlines, office hours, etc.
For
this course, as I just started a few days ago, I don’t have a lot of
dates or information, so my calendars are still very empty.
Next
up I go to my weekly overview. At the beginning of each week, I set up a
weekly layout, and I include a list of assignments, tests, quizzes,
tasks, projects, etc that need my attention throughout the week, and I
place the days I plan on doing them or the days they need turned in onto
the weekly layout.
Now you’re finally ready to get into taking the notes.
Gather your book, some sticky notes, and your favorite pen or pencil.
I
color code my stickies so that the “revision” process later goes a bit
smoother. In this case, I’m using blue to denote something interesting,
intriguing, or thought provoking, greenish-yellow to represent the facts
or important concepts, and pink for important vocabulary words and
their definitions.
Read the selection once.
As
you read along the second time, write notes on your stickies, and place
them in a place of relevance directly on the page in the book. Just
make sure you don’t cover up anything you need to keep reading.
Now,
once you’ve read all the material in questions (you can choose to break
it up however you want, but since Chapter 1 was assigned for the week,
I’ve elected to break it into chapters), carefully remove your stickies
one by one and lay them out on a flat surface. This is when having a
separate color for vocab can be helpful, as I sometimes put all of my
vocab at the beginning or end of a section, especially if the section of
reading was particularly large.
Organize your stickies in an
order that makes sense to you, and use this order as your basis for
transferring those notes into your notebook. The order you choose can
just be lumping them under similar headings. Some classes even lend
themselves to a nice chronological order. Whatever you choose, just make
sure it’s something that will make sense to you when you come back to
it in the end.
Okay so up there I wasn’t following my own advice, I just thought I would include the picture because my handwriting looks nice…
Now organize the stickies!
Now you just
start writing everything from the stickies into your notebook. I like to
take each category or subgroup and put them in the book on the facing
page, then put them back in my textbook as I finish with each post it.
Moving on to the next category.
Before you know it, you’ve written all of your stickies into your notebooks.
Now
you’re revved up and ready to go. You can either keep going and make a
note summary page (which I’ll show you next week), or you can leave it.
These will also be helpful when reviewing for tests and quizzes. You can
highlight or underline, or use even more stickies (which is what I usually do) as you review.
Well, that’s all I have for you right now. Happy studying!
THIS WAS LIKE THE FIRST SONG I HAD EVER HEARD ON THE INTERNET
just the breath at the start of the song and i was singing along already fuck i miss this song
This is actually a really great song ok
THE NOSTALGIA OF THE 00’S
how do i still remember every single word of this song
OMFG THIS TEACHER WOULD ALWAYS PLAY THIS IN ASSEMBLIES AND LITTLE SHY 11 YEAR OLD ME WOULD SING THIS IN THE LOOS AND SHIT
Every youtube amv I’ve ever seen of my otps is suddenly flashing before my eyes
OH MY GOD OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THIS SONG TOO THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE I CAN’T EVEN TELL YOU THAT IS LIKE TEN SOLID YEARS OF SHAME WASHED AWAY IN AN INSTANT GOD BLESS YOU ALL. MAY YOU ALL FIND TRUE LOVE AND/OR BROSHIP ACCORDING TO YOUR PREFERENCE AND MAY YOUR STUDENT LOANS BE LIGHT AND MAY YOU GET EMPLOYED AT A JOB THAT PAYS BETTER THAN MINIMUM WAGE AND MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR MOST BELOVED MUSIC ON HAND THE MOMENT YOU NEED IT GOOD NIGHT.
thank you. Literally just thank you for the work that you do because I know sometimes minimum wage doesn’t always pay the bills and isn’t always enough and is certainly way less than you deserve. I’m sorry that you’re on your feet for hours at a time and you have to deal with snotty customers and annoying bosses and people who look down on you because you work in a McDonalds or Taco Bell or wherever. I’m sorry if you’re an adult and people make you feel bad for working at such places at your age but I’m so proud of you for having a job and working so hard.
I promise I will never make you feel bad for getting my order wrong or not giving me the right change or forgetting to put something in my bag. I promise not to snap at you, look at you badly, or get angry if you’re not moving at the extremely fast pace everyone expects you to. I will have a smile on my face when I talk to you and I will appreciate everything you do for the customers. Because even if people don’t realize it, you guys work so fucking hard.
Also thank you to everyone else who works a similar job because I know there are so many of you. I love you.
