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Liminality
Aug 31, 2024
Plume, OrabellaAvenue, redcarnation, EllieMae, Que, Spearmint

SquillsBot wrote:Beep boop! Here's your monthly issue of Squills, covering a very eventful time of year!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. THE YWS OLYMPICS: A FULL RECAP!
2. ICY'S READING LOG: AUGUST
3. REVMO SURVIVAL GUIDE
4. GRAPHIC DESIGN - NAPO, NANO, AND RPS
5. PEOPLE'S TAB HIGHLIGHTS
6. SHAMELESS PLUGS
7. SUBSCRIBERS

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alliyah
Aug 3, 2024
Liminality, alliyah, Spearmint

Lim! Happy Belated Cake Day! So glad you are a part of this wonderful world of yws, and always happy to read your thoughtful poetry and wall ponderings. Hope you are doing well! What's new?

Liminality Thanks so much alliyah!! I'm doing alright - just busy with uni work at the moment. Lots to learn @_@ How are you doing yourself?
Aug 4, 2024

alliyah Ah! Taking any really interesting courses this semester?

I'm doing really well! Gearing up for Coop Zine Edition 8 to be shared!
Aug 29, 2024

Liminality This semester both my courses are research-based, not much like 'taught' courses. I'm working in a research team in one to study social connotations with different vowel pronunciations, and working solo in another to study words related to certainty and uncertainty.

Great to hear you're doing well! And yay, a new publication is always exciting
Aug 30, 2024

alliyah Oh that sounds really interesting! Reminds me of a book I got for Christmas last year -> "Speaking American: How Y’all, Youse , and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide" by Josh Katz. Good luck with all your studies Lim!
Aug 30, 2024

Liminality Sounds like a cool book! And thank you!
Aug 30, 2024

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Spearmint
Aug 2, 2024
Liminality

happy cake day, Lim!! you are one of the writers i look up to most-- your poetry is so thoughtful and truly transmits feelings and a sense of place. and the way you analyze poetry and give helpful, detailed reviews? it shows such a dedication to learning and improving and helping others do the same. (also, linguistics is so cool, and i think anyone studying it is cool by extension xD) i hope you have/had a wonderful day!! here's to many more cake days to come =D

Liminality :')

Thank you so much, mint!!! I wish I could type a more coherent reply right now, but know that I appreciate you and your message so, so much!
Aug 2, 2024

Spearmint lol no worries!! i appreciate you too!
Aug 3, 2024
Ley
Aug 1, 2024
Liminality

Happy cake day ❤️

Liminality Thank you! <3
Aug 2, 2024
LadyMysterio
Aug 1, 2024
Liminality

Happy cake day!!

Liminality Thank you!!!
Aug 2, 2024
BluesClues
Aug 1, 2024
Liminality

happy cake day <333

Liminality Thank you!! <333
Aug 2, 2024
NadyaStatham
Aug 1, 2024
Liminality

Happy Cake Day Lim! You are a wonderful being and an amazing friend <33 I've learned a lot from you and I keep learning from you, I hope you have a nice day/night and that you can get everything that you wish for ^^ Your friend, Nadya

Liminality Thank you so much Nadya - that means a lot to me!! :')
Aug 2, 2024
Roxanne
Aug 1, 2024
NadyaStatham, Liminality

Happy cake day Lim!! You're an amazing person and an epic poet :] And truly a source of inspiration <3 Hope you have a wonderful day!

Liminality Thanks so much Roxanne!! I feel very honoured :')
Aug 2, 2024
LuminescentAnt
Aug 1, 2024
NadyaStatham, Liminality

Happy cake day!!!!!

Liminality Thank you!!!
Aug 2, 2024
RavenAkuma
Aug 1, 2024
NadyaStatham, Liminality

Happy cake day, Lim! You're a much valued member of YWS and we appreciate all the great work you do on here!! ┌iii┐♡

Liminality Thanks so much Raven! <333
Aug 2, 2024
Liminality
Jul 31, 2024
22Midnight, IcyFlame, EllieMae, OrabellaAvenue, Que

SquillsBot wrote:Beep boop. It's that time of month again. Check out the new issue for a recap of July events, poetry around the world and much more!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. FEATURED MEMBER INTERVIEW: ISBAH
2. POETRY WINDOWS: ‘THE SONNET-BALLAD’ BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS
3. POETRY AROUND THE WORLD: NEW ZEALAND
4. ICY'S READING LOG: JULY
5. SUMMER READS SUGGESTIONS
6. RPMO 2024
7. CAMP NANO 2024
8. SHAMELESS PLUGS
9. SUBSCRIBERS

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Liminality
Jul 25, 2024
Messenger, 22Midnight, khushi17bansal, Ley, Roxanne, OrabellaAvenue, EllieMae, alliyah, winterwolf0100, redcarnation, AvantCoffee, Que, Spearmint

Hmm I was glad to do at least a couple of reviews and some comments this month . . . but uni work is really piling on and there's just a lot of stuff I have to do to make sure I can go into the career path that I want. Just so I don't ruminate about it too much, I'm just gonna note here that I'll be kind of random in terms of when I review stuff (despite my lofty goals from earlier this year) but I'll do my best c:

Spearmint good luck pursuing your chosen career path!! we'll be glad to see you whenever you can pop on
Jul 27, 2024

Liminality Thank you mint! <3
Jul 29, 2024
Spearmint
Jul 21, 2024
Liminality

LIMMMM feels like i haven't seen you online in a while :0 so hi!

Liminality Hiya! How're you doing?
Jul 21, 2024

Spearmint good, good! still busy XD but enjoying my camp nano projects :> also vacuuming is tiring but strangely satisfying >.> how've you been?
Jul 21, 2024

Liminality Good to hear! Oh agreed about vacuuming. I've been tired lol - uni is really hard for me this year and my flatting situation hasn't helped at all. But you know, I'm surviving, can't complain really.

I've been looking at your Camp NaNo thread from time to time - am super impressed by your level of worldbuilding!
Jul 21, 2024

Spearmint ahh sorry to hear that :/ i wish you all the best ^^ *sends energy and peace* if you ever wanna talk or vent, i'd be happy to listen :]

and ah thank you!! i've been using my notebook and doodling and writing whenever i have a spare moment while ta'ing XD
Jul 21, 2024

Liminality Thanks mint <3

And hehe that's a great strategy to get some writing done!
Jul 21, 2024

Spearmint <3 XD yeeee :>
Jul 21, 2024

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Liminality
Jul 5, 2024
soundofmind, Que, alliyah, redcarnation, Spearmint, Roxanne, winterwolf0100, OrabellaAvenue

This offer is still valid! (Probably just until the end of next week since semester will be kicking up again after that.)
Liminality wrote:So . . . who wants some comments on their NaPo thread even though it's the start of July (or near the start of July)?

Link me your NaPo thread, and I'll comment on at least one of your poems

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Avian yes yes yes. (lowkey i gave up on Napo during the last week... but that's okay I'm not mad abt it)
too lazy to write title
Jul 6, 2024
Liminality
Jul 1, 2024
EllieMae, OrabellaAvenue, FireEyes, redcarnation, Que, Spearmint, ScarlettFire, AvantCoffee

Gosh, I wish I wouldn't complain about my flatmates so much, but like,,,

Spoiler! :

this girl has been having loud angry phone calls every night between 1-2 am and also at other times for months now. I typically need 7 hours of sleep to function and because of her and the other flatmate I was getting between 4-6 for a whole semester. It doesn't sound as bad as some other flatmate stories I've heard but for me, it's been a huge driver of my suppressed hatred for humanity lol

My only reason for being considerate to this flat and doing the chores is so that the one nice flatmate I actually like won't be left alone shouldering all the burden. I guess that's a metaphor for life. Both of us basically do everything around here haha

Liminality Anyway at least I'm using my insomnia time to hang out here rather than to continue tossing and turning and raging and not sleeping xD
Jul 1, 2024

EllieMae I feel this so deeply and I can relate so much <3333
Jul 1, 2024

Rook Former RA mode activated ... Have you talked to her about it/asked her to have phonecalls at other times or to step outside to have them? Many times when people are bothering you they don't know that they are and they're usually pretty willing to change their behavior, but you have to be upfront about what you want and you might have to remind them a few times too. Most people want to be liked by the people they live with.
Jul 1, 2024

Liminality @EllieMae <3

@Rook oh yeah. I just told her last Saturday or so which was the second time in general I've brought it up. She toned it down for a couple of days and then forgot. I'd probably talk to her again if it repeats itself this week! (Wouldn't be as big of an issue for me to remind her if she weren't so intimidating and weren't involved in a feud with two other flatmates all of last semester haha. Things were so tense back then, I didn't want to add fuel to the fire by bringing up another issue when people were already unwilling to compromise on other stuff...)
Jul 1, 2024

Rook Yeah people need to be reminded of things sometimes. Having a slightly more formal feeling to the conversation could help her remember too. Like a "Can I talk to you for a minute?" and then say something like "I mentioned to you twice before that I've been having a hard time sleeping because of your late night phone calls. Since the last time I mentioned it last week, I've lost sleep due to those phone calls three times. Sleep is really important to me and I would really appreciate it if you could avoid talking on the phone that late or move the conversation outside if you do have to have it." You could also ask if there are things she wants to talk about that you might not have known was impacting her.
As an RA we were always told to use emotion-neutral language like "I noticed that..." and to cite specific numbers of times to avoid hyperbole. So avoid saying "You're always talking on the phone at night" because it's easy for them to say "no I'm not" because it's not really true. But saying "you kept me awake three times this week" shows that you have really been inpacted enough to keep track and it's objective data that can't be argued with. Also focused on I or we statements rather than you statements. so instead of you kept me awake, say I couldn't sleep.
being specific with expectations is helpful too, like, if you're talking on the phone between the hours of 10pm to 6am could you move the conversation outside?
Jul 1, 2024

Liminality I appreciate that you're sharing your knowledge on this and I know you're trying to help. Thing is, I am aware of all those tips you mentioned and I've used most, if not all, of them in communicating with my flatmates on other issues in the past. They're good tips, and they do work, but it takes a lot more energy on my part than theirs because I feel intimidated by them, and I don't think it's fair for me to constantly put the burden of communication and problem-solving on myself. The situation with my flatmates was a really long, arduous process that involved multiple mediated meetings between them, a lot of passive-aggressive texting, resulting in one of them moving out. Even though none of it was directed at me specifically, it was enough to make me be wary of dealing with those flatmates because I've always struggled to stand up to 'strong personalities'. I know what things I need to say, it just sucks having to say them over and over, which is why I occasionally vent about it on my wall. I'm not really in the market for additional problem-solving strategies at the moment. ^^'
Jul 1, 2024

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