Katiaswift - Nobody Ever Talks About Little Chungus :/

Hello! I'm Katia. I've been in online fandom for 15+ years and enjoy too many things to list out here.

I don't reblog stuff, but if I followed you randomly and you're confused as to why, it might be because I run @lotrart, a blog dedicated to digging up long-lost Tolkien fanart here on Tumblr! Feel free to have a look-through over there if that's something you'd like. I also have @secondarymutation, an X-Men blog from way back when Days of Future Past came out - it's a lot more fast and loose but it's one of the places I'm more active, and I reblog a lot of art, memes, and (much like on lotrart) old stuff from the golden days of Tumblr fandom. Come follow me on either of those blogs if you're interested in that sort of thing! I'll likely follow you back (with this one). :)

if you like suits, yes suits that goddamn legal drama from 2010s tv, follow me at @harvardspecter fml

If you're worried that I'm a child following your adults-only blog, never fear - my birth year starts with 19. ;)

Forgot I had the "Cloud to Butt" extension and opened a Final Fantasy VII fic

Tumblr rn

#Mood

Heaven

is a Korean barbecue on a busy Saturday night.

When I make it there at last

After walking a long way on roads unknown

You will take my hand and we will stand in line

together.

destiel, putin, etc, how are you forgetting the real star of the november 5th? how soon you forget gritty.......

the iconicism of the gritty memes

the saviour of philly

the true reason for trump’s downfall

the one who was promised

the truest most honest part of this day

gritty

Years ago back when I worked in cubicle land, we were hiring junior software developers. They didn’t have to have a ton of experience, just a willingness to learn, and some demonstration of their software skills. Like: show me a program you wrote (any language) or a web site you designed. Anything.

And there was this one guy I talked with who seemed super sharp, but had virtually zero experience writing software. When it came time to do the show-n-tell part of the interview he whips out his laptop, brings up a website, and spins it around to show me what he made.

A website of tiny ceramic frogs.

Not for sale. Just… all these ceramic frogs, organized into categories. Frogs on bicycles, frogs with hats, frogs sitting on lily pads. It was a virtual museum of ceramic frogs in web form.

I scrolled through his online collection of frogs, slightly baffled.

“This is your website?” I asked finally.

“Yep!”

“You coded this yourself?” I popped into view-source mode and poked around some incredibly well-formatted, well-commented html. I nodded slowly. This guy was meticulous.

“Yep!”

“So… where’d all the frogs come from?”

“I made those too,” he says, beaming. 

And while I’m processing this he rummages in his bag and pulls out a little ceramic frog working at a computer terminal. He places it on the table before us, next to the laptop.

“And THIS one,” he says, “I made for you! As a thank you for the interview.”

It was adorable. I hired him on the spot. I mean, why not? Worst case he’d wash out in 90 days and we’d hire somebody else. He turned out to be one of the best developers on our team. 

And yes, his cubicle was loaded with ceramic frogs.

being at work while your personal life is falling apart has to be among the top 3 worst human experiences. You’re at your absolute lowest and someone wants to circle back on an email…… unreal

@minors on this website:

You 👏 are 👏 in 👏 public 👏

Your blog is public, your posts are public. There is actually a setting to change this if you want to; otherwise literally anyone can and will interact. Stop advertising your age (and mental illnesses, etc) and block adults yourself if you want to.

If you wouldn't walk through a crowd of strangers wearing your personal info on a billboard or expecting nobody over 18 to so much as glance at you, don't do it online.