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When Hargrave signed, I assumed he would slot in to Kinlaw's spot, and the d-line would be Bosa, Armstead, Hargrave, Drake Jackson. But it occurs to me that with two high draft picks, the team might be equally comfortable moving Armstead back out to the edge like they had him in 2019, shifting him in to tackle on passing downs. To me, I think the team has to believe that with a finally-healthy Kinlaw, they have five starting-quality d-linemen.
Assuming that's true, and Kinlaw and Jackson play closer to their ceilings than their floors, who would you rather have as the 4th starter?

It's been a bit stressful for my wife this week, she admits this and my week at work was horrendous, I actually got to the point I wanted to get up and quit. Honestly picking up cover for folk being on leave, all fine but it's made me quite snippy.
We had a massive blow out a while back and effectively nearly ended it, I don't know how we came back from it, but what ever we worked on, we have been unbelievably fantastic, all over one another, happy, having loads of sex. I have felt in love with my wife again, we really focused on communication and I focused on not always leaning on my wife for all my problems, that she also needs a break, and I will continue to do that, as well as try and let things go.
However tonight I felt I snapped at her a few times and really felt like " ok this is a moment I can acknowledge I don't want to continue, let's nip it in the bud "
I'm now freaking out and it's triggered my OCD Into thinking I'll lose her, I will start arguing and I will be alone, it will happen again.
Any tips on how to accept these things happen and doesn't always mean catastrophe?
I mean, I'm going to say to her, when we are intimate I feel we are a real couple and I want us to keep being that way more, however that isn't what fixes things, I need to quickly change my thinking back to " listen more even if it's hard, if I feel snappy, don't show it, communicate it, that " I'm not feeling this convo the now, can I get five minutes and come back "
All of the above has helped and we have rarely argued, and have laughed and got on way more recently. I've even felt more connected to her, so I am naturally scared again so my OCD has triggered

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: Asian/South Indian
• Residence: midatlantic, northeast
• Income Bracket: middle middle class
• Type of School: Magnet Public, ranked very highly in state, very highly in the US too
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): L bozo none

Intended Major(s): 1. Biology (variations of bio for diff schools) 2. Film and Media
Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.7/4.27

This is where it gets interesting. I had a lot of additional circumstances in 9th grade that led to me getting a 3.2 gpa that year. I increased my gpa in the following years but got one B in IB HL Mathematics Analysis and Approaches (equiv ish of calc bc?). Additional circumstances were featured in counselor letter and additional information. Stanford also calcs gpa without 9th, so my stanford gpa was likely 3.93/4.62

• Rank (or percentile): ma school stopped ranking for mental health reasons
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: IB, took 4 HLs with a strong science focus (see below)
• Senior Year Course Load: Same as junior year cuz of IB
  • IB Chemistry HL, IB Math AA HL, IB Biology HL, IB Psychology HL, IB Lit SL, IB French SL

Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT I: 1560 (770M, 790EBRW)
• AP/IB: IB exams all happen this may (it's over brothers)
• Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): none

Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. Academic Neurosurgery Research at Top Medical School. Grinded cold emailing throughout sophomore year. Used knowledge I gained from the United States Biology Olympiad and grinded nearly 18 hours a week. I ended up getting first author, and submitted my research to an international conference in this specific field (specific disease) and got in! Presented my research at this conference as sole presenter and was awarded a publication in the proceedings to a top ranked peer review journal in the specific niche field with a high impact factor. Found out I was the youngest student and first ever high schooler to present at this conference or be a part of it. (upon seeing my work, a professor at duke also asked me to work with him, but this ofc didn't impact my Stanford decision, lol). BTW, this conference was from a research organization headquartered at and founded by Harvard Medical School.
2. United States Biology Olympiad. Probably the biggest thing I did in high school other than research (but tbh, this allowed me to do research at such a high level). Grinded undergraduate and graduate textbooks during sophomore and junior year. Ended up doing decent on the olympiad but nothing crazy after taking the 2021 semifinal exam (i got top 4%). Did pretty mid on the internationally offered british biology olympiad (bronze medal), but we move. Was president of the club at my school, tutored a few freshmen in the club and guided them to participate in the Olympiad. This activity definitely showed that I was committed to learning, even if the accomplishments aren't huge. Oh also I was moderator on the usabo reddit page but that was a factoid ( I didn't include it in the application).
3. STEM Education Tools Start Up. On the way home from bus ride in junior year had an idea for a cool game related to biochemistry. Discorded my CS crazy friend and we grinded to make it a reality. Joined with another friend and then our impact rocketed, we developed nearly 7 apps that highlighted relatively memorization heavy subjects in an intuitive way, allowing people to enjoy bio instead of cry on quizlet RIP. We then incorporated into an LLC and sold our apps to the local community college where they are currently being used to teach calculus and biochemistry. Was pretty cool.
4. HOSA - Future Health Professionals. I was the president of my school's chapter with nearly 200+ people. This was also a bit of a grind, lot of registration to manage, did a lot of fundraising, brought surgeons, physicians, and researchers to present to the class. Hosted a speaker session with massive INTL NPO. Also competed at the international level in a few events in sophomore and junior year but didn't win anything at internationals lol.
5. [redacted] Community Activity- won't go into details for this cuz dox. This was a very unique activity where I identified a social problem in a niche community and directly worked to solve it. Featured in one of my Stanford essays. Recognized by an international leader for my work.
6. [redacted] COVID Community Activity. Did some cool stuff related to people facing issues from covid 19. This wasn't really related to fundraising, somewhat related my film-making/telling a story. Again not going into details, but my work got nearly 10,000 views overall. Nothing huge but not too small either! I stopped this activity in junior year though.
7. Editor in Chief of Student Paper. This was free cuz my lit teacher loved me (lor) and wanted me to run the paper. The funny thing is that i got to a stem based high school and no one really cares about writing. Since we are in IB we write enuf so very small paper group. I did raise the paper from a writing team of 1 -> 20 people, redesigned the site, brought more monthly articles and stuff. P cool, related to my focus on scientific communication.
8. Filmaking Projects and Clubs. Directed and acted in a short film in underclassman years, won a few regional awards, was lead filmmaker for this thing along with one other person (who got into nyu tisch! Ws for him). Director of a large full length film that is still in production, leader of the school club. Also cowriter and cocinematographer. Was sooo fun. I've always wanted to study film, so applying as a film major to STANFORD was a dream come true!!!
9. Community Ambassador for INTL NPO. This was what was featured at hosa. Nothing huge but was integral to forming my intellectual identity, featured in personal statement.
10. Shadowing. Was for BS/MDs. Literally didn't matter at all for Stanford trust lol.

Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. First Author published in the specific journal as mentioned in #1
2. Accepted to present my research at [international conference name]
3. International British Biology Olympiad Bronze.
4. State Wins in HOSA
5. Regional wins in Film

Letters of Recommendation
Letter #1: 11/10
Imma be real, this teacher was the goat and was essentially my friend in high school. He wrote a huge rec originally and had to cut it down. Truly believed Stanford was the best fit for me. Really supported me throughout everything.
Letter #2: 8/10
Prob slightly less personal than the #1, but nonetheless amazing. Truly believed I was the best student the school had, and that I was 'on another level'.
Letter #3: 11/10
Prof rec was insane. Said I was equiv to grad student. Was insane, I can't be more thankful.
Interviews

• took an L, no interview avail for stanford
• Harvard interview was the best interview I could have asked for, went perfectly.
• Duke interview was alr, I had an older interviewer so it wasn’t as much of a vibe as harvard.

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:

• Arizona State University (Rolling, OOS) ~ 88%
• University of Pittsburg (Rolling, In State) ~ 66.7%
• Penn State University (Rolling, In State) ~ 51%
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (EA, OOS) ~ 8%
• Stevens Institute of Technology (RD) ~ 53%
• Fordham University (RD) ~ 58.3%
• Drexel University (RD) ~ 82.6%
• University of Rochester ~ 40.5%
• Stanford University (REA) ~ 3.6% (Committed!!!)

Waitlisted/Defer

• University of Michigan (EA, Deferred -> Withdrew)
• Case Western Reserve University (RD, Waitlistd -> Withdrew)

Rejections:

• Harvard University (RD)
• Brown University (RD)
• Duke University (RD)

Additional Information:
I was the second ever person to be accepted to Stanford from my school (one person got in 2015). GPA is definitely important, but it's not the end all be all. Honestly, during sophomore year, if I saw this profile on collegeresults I would be a little overwhelmed. It def doesnt happen over night, it happens piece my piece. You gotta trust that it'll work out in the end if you put in the effort. I never imagined I would get into a top school, let alone STANFORD. Now that RD has come around, I obviously had some bumps in the road. Looking back, my application was PERFECT for Stanford. I spent so long on the essays and everything fit really nicely. For my other reaches, the essays were more rushed because I was burnt out. It’s hard to predict what’ll happen. Now that college apps has concluded, be sure to remember the people that got you through all of this. For me, this was my family (my mom, dad and my brother). They made so many sacrifices so I could thrive in high school. My mom was there every time I submitted an application. She looked over all my essays. She raised me to become the person I am. My 11th grade bio teacher who wrote my rec, and my 10th-grade biology teacher were there to support me through everything. They made high school worth it. My professor took on a random high schooler and trusted him with real work. I only achieved as much as I did in research because of his faith in me.
To everyone who was by my side, thank you!! I’m excited to begin the next steps of my journey on the farm :)

Hello :) first time posting in here, but I was inspired by how kind people were to other people (generally!). Title says it all, I’m someone that has a huge tendency to avoid discomfort, and the suffering associated to going to the gym and sweating and aching has always pushed me back. I have however a generally good health and I’m agile etc, just lack discipline… any tips to really get myself into the routine? I do sports VERY sporadically and no near what I would like to be in terms of strength flexibility etc… thanks so much!

Hello and thank you to anyone who reads this.
So I (F) had a friend (M) for about four years. We were very important to each other. But last year we grew apart and things got nasty. Basically, we weren’t friends anymore in September 2022.
Now the thing is he’s in my school so we see each other frequently but treat each other like strangers. We avoid each other, but sometimes I catch him looking.
I was doing fine honestly, wasn’t too sad about it but we are just coming back from a one week trip to Germany. It was awesome but he came and we were in a small group so we had to be near each other. This made a lot of old memories resurface and I stumbled upon old photos of us. It might be that I’m tired and sad from coming back from the trip, but this made me very emotional to the point I think about it multiple times a day and it’s currently keeping me awake when all I want to do is sleep.
I honestly think this situation is beyond reconciliation, and I was fine with that but now I keep thinking about all the awesome memories we had together, our pictures together, all the nice things he did for me who became our routine… it’s really strange for me to type this.
He really changed and I guess I miss the old him. I guess I also changed. But he said things that are too bad for me to try and make up. But I had dreams about him apologizing and stuff so I don’t really know. Does anyone know what I could do to make this very annoying feeling go away and go back to the old detached me?

Hey all,
I'm trying gain some muscle weight again, but I want to do it right/"clean" this time (not just eating a ton of peanut butter and fried chicken all the time).
My only issue is that getting good calories is wayyyy more expensive than I realized.
My Macros I need to hit are 2700 calories, 270g protein, 270g carbs, 60g fat, and my only dietary restrictions are pork and beans--both fuck with my stomach too much for me to really enjoy them or eat them consistently.
I specifically need help with snacks (my go-to used to be jerky, but it's expensive and I probably shouldn't have that much salt), and a variety of chicken-based meals (since that seems to be the cheapest and source of protein and the one with the best protein-to-calorie ratio other than lean ground beef).
I would really love any ideas or alternatives you could provide. I don't have a costco near me, but I do have a BJs.
My go-to dishes are usually chicken pesto pasta (sometimes with chickpea pasta) with tomatoes, chicken tikka with naan and either broccoli or cauliflower, chicken stir-fry with either noodles or fried rice, or just grilled chicken (marinated in either bbq sauce or a salad dressing) with broccoli and veggies.
Also any recommendations for variety (non-chicken) would be great. I tried doing that myself, but came up with a weekly budget that was a bit too high.

Backstory: I started making videos as a creative outlet and to share me and my partner's bike touring travels with family and friends. But our first video got a decent number of views, so I decided to start working towards monetization.
Our last video hit on a question every cyclist thinks about but hadn't been addressed well on youtube, and had a good title and thumbnail, so it took off. It got us all the way to the monetization threshold (and more! yay!), so I applied.
The problem:
First step went fine, then when I got to Step 2: Set up Google Adsense, I had an option to connect to an existing account or start a new account.
I said start a new account, but here's the problem: I already had an Adsense account that I set up in 2012 for an old blog I never did anything with. I didn't realize that until a few days after I applied. I was wondering why it wasn't moving forward and it's because of this old account.
I don't really want to use the old email for my Adsense account so I decided to close it. But when I went to go close the old account, it said I never verified my PIN. So I have to do that first, which involves waiting for YouTube to send me a PIN through snailmail. It takes 2-4 weeks.
I tried to just link to my old account instead, but again, because it's been inactive for so long, I have to wait for the PIN.
So now I'm stuck waiting for the PIN to arrive before I can move forward in any way. In the meantime, I'm missing out on the revenue from my video, which was receiving 1800+ views per hour when I applied, and is now down to 100-200 views per hour.
Learn from me:
I had TOTALLY forgotten about this old Adsense account. I was kicking myself for not figuring this out earlier, so I could start the process like a month ago. But my partner pointed out that we weren't expecting to get to monetization this quickly. (For reference, it took us four months to get to 2700 watch hours, and then another two weeks to get to 8000. I thought I was on track for June. Which is great and I'm very thankful.)
My advice: even if you think you're nowhere near monetization, you're only one video away. Go back through all of your emails and check to see if you have an Adsense account attached, and then make sure it's ready to be linked, or close it out.
I hope this helps someone get the extra like $2 I'm missing out on! Haha

Just got a 7900x and set it up.
First thing I did was try to reduce voltage but unless I did it wrong, even an offset of negative 10 was too much.
I then switched to 65w eco mode and found the all core to be an impressive 51. Obviously that was at the cost of all core performance but single core was actually the same even hitting higher temps.
The main issue for me is that idle is around 45 with a hotspot of 50/52 which near identical to the 65w eco all core in cenebench and prime 95.
Is there anyway to target idle or low usage temps and power draw or am I out of luck since I can't offset the voltage on this one?

I work in the OR and the other day my favorite surgeon told me I’m too skinny. I looked at her like she had six heads. She did asked what I was doing and congratulated me. I know she meant nothing negative by it. I was wearing 2x scrubs last year and have just moved into M ones. I’ve lost 56lbs since August but I am nowhere near skinny. My BMI is still 28.5, which makes me over weight. Do you think that people are just so used to seeing us fat? My head just can’t handle comments like that since I’ve been obese my entire life, even as a child. Does anyone actually feel skinny? I’m so lost with this body dysmorphia.

Hello and thank you to anyone who reads this.
So I (F) had a friend (M) for about four years. We were very important to each other. But last year we grew apart and things got nasty. Basically, we weren’t friends anymore in September 2022.
Now the thing is he’s in my school so we see each other frequently but treat each other like strangers. We avoid each other, but sometimes I catch him looking.
I was doing fine honestly, wasn’t too sad about it but we are just coming back from a one week trip to Germany. It was awesome but he came and we were in a small group so we had to be near each other. This made a lot of old memories resurface and I stumbled upon old photos of us. It might be that I’m tired and sad from coming back from the trip, but this made me very emotional to the point I think about it multiple times a day and it’s currently keeping me awake when all I want to do is sleep.
I honestly think this situation is beyond reconciliation, and I was fine with that but now I keep thinking about all the awesome memories we had together, our pictures together, all the nice things he did for me who became our routine… it’s really strange for me to type this.
He really changed and I guess I miss the old him. I guess I also changed. But he said things that are too bad for me to try and make up. But I had dreams about him apologizing and stuff so I don’t really know. Does anyone know what I could do to make this very annoying feeling go away and go back to the old detached me?

I tried posting this on AITA but they removed it due to pedophilia, which is a reason as to why we wanted to move out.
Back in October I moved into my girlfriend's sister's(we'll call her Bird) house. We only planned on staying until December but come time December she asked my girlfriend and I to stay and help since she just got laid off and needed time to save. We agreed but told her that we can only stay maybe until April or May. Now for the last 3 months, living with her has been hell. We've lived very uncomfortably due to the fact that she has a new dude over nearly every single day. It's not the amount of dudes, its the type of dudes that are incredibly shady and she has no business being with. We rent a bedroom and an office that holds over $20k in camera and computer equipment that we rely on for work. We have a camera in the office and one day I get notified on my phone that there was motion in the office. We have a dead bolt on the door so I was confused. I open the app and see a person with a hood standing in the office, walks over to the window and starts peaking out. I had no idea who the hell that person was. We had given her sister a key to the office just in case there was an emergency and apparently she had this dude over and asked him to go in to the office to see if their friend was outside. This infuriated me because first of all this was some random dude we've never met and second the door was locked for a reason. I don't understand why she had him go though there instead of you know going to the front door?
Anyways, I told her over text, so that it was in writing, "This is the second time one of your guests have come into our office. We don't know him or recognize him and we are not okay with this. We will let you know when we have a move out date but until then, please no more visitors into our office where we keep our most valued possessions that are worth up to $20,000. Thank you." We thought that would've done something but nope.
Next, about 2 weeks after that, we find out that an ex of Bird was caught trying to meet up with a 13 year old girl. The dude was caught by a well known YouTube channel and was put on blast. His parents reached out to Bird to bail him out for $10k and thank god she didn't. Side note, this predator had dated Bird from 2021-2022 but broke up over domestic violence. They fought all the time.
So Bird cut ties with the predator and we never saw him again until about a month ago. I wake up at 5am to my girlfriend screaming "EWWW IS THAT PREDATOR?!?!?!" I jump out bed, run down the hallway and see predator run down the staircase out of Bird's room. I went off on Bird. "HOW COULD YOU GO BACK TO THIS PERSON??? YOU HAVE AN INFANT NEPHEW LIVING HERE. HOW CAN YOU ASSOCIATE YOURSELF WITH A PERSON LIKE THAT???" there was a lot more profanity but she yells at me "IF YOU WANT TALK TO ME LIKE A NORMAL ADULT THEN WE CAN HAVE AN ADULT CONVERSTAION!" I yelled back "NO FUCK THAT! WE'RE PAST THAT! YOU BROUGHT THAT KID FUCKER BACK TO THIS HOUSE. IS THE DICK **REALLY** THAT GOOD? DON'T TELL ME BECAUSE **"I'M A PISCES, SEX IS PART OF MY PERSONALITY"** I was so fucking mad, even writing this is making my blood boil. She left for work and we went about our day. Later that night I'm working in the office and I hear a car pull up and you guessed it, it was the fucking predator. Clearly Bird has no respect for us or herself so we didn't say anything. The next morning we we're making our coffee downstairs and I thought " I wonder if the predator is still here?" I walked over to the front windows and see his car parked across the street. I thought, well if this is gonna keep happening, I might as well make the best of it and pull some Home Alone shit. I made a long bumper sticker and wrote in big thick writing "PEDOPHILE ON BOARD" I watched him drive off that morning and I'm proud to say we have not seen him back at the house.
Alright so fast forward to this week, my girlfriend and I went house hunting since its the end of March. This is our first time trying to get a place to ourselves without roommates. We found the perfect house that's a 30 minute commute to work instead of our normal 2-3 hour commute. We applied not thinking we'd actually be approved but we just got a call this morning that we got approved and that they want us to move in April 1st, tomorrow. We asked since it was so soon if we could wait until maybe May. They said no. We said what if we prorate the month and move in the 15th? They met us halfway and said the 7th and that they we're firm with their offer. We accepted.
So about two hours ago we notified Bird and she went off on us. She immediately said "You can't just leave me high and dry, there has to be a 30 day notice" we said we weren't gonna do that and that we planned on paying rent for the month of April but if she could prorate half. She flipped on us and said if this is what we want to do then we're burning bridges with her. Last week she had told us she had over $100k saved up and that she'd be good if we moved out especially since her mortgage is $1500 and we literally pay that $1500 and another roommate that pays $800 so she's making money off us. I don't know what's gonna happen when Bird gets home tonight. All I know is that the next 7 days are gonna be extremely uncomfortable. Are we the assholes here? The entire time we've lived here, we've felt uncomfortable with everything that's happened. We've spoken up and nothing has changed, its only gotten worse. We were supposed to move in December but she asked us to stay and help. We agreed. When the random dude was in our office we stated that we're looking for a place. If we had the money we would've moved out the day she brought that predator back in the house. What are your thoughts?

Did I explain that well?
I would love to meet someone special where the feelings are mutual. Like when you meet that someone for the first time and there's already a connection and over time it just grows and grows stronger. I would love that in the sense of a relationship. A mutual feeling of sense of having found that togetherness we both have been longing and searching for. So that's why I'm here.
Here are some pictures of me right now:
One Two Three Four 5'7, 137lbs (63-66kg), I have a law degree and am employed in government. A slim body, yet athletic and fit. How kept my beard and hair is depends on how much I care. Honest, Intelligent, sharply aware but at the same time silly and down to earth.
My interests are comedy, reading, history, doing activities in a small group setting (board games, climbing, escape rooms, restaurants, movie/ show watching, gaming, playing pool etc.). I like to boulder, visit museums, visiting friends who live abroad, watch movies and tv-shows and read novels. I'll listen to any genre, watch any
I can be described as an introvert around extraverts and an extravert around introverts. I am someone who can open up quickly to the right person. I don't hide anything for a person that I trust, but for you to trust someone you can't really tell until after a few conversations no?
Socially I'm a free spirit. I enjoy my time during events but when it's time to go I will immediately excuse myself and withdraw from any social situation I stop enjoying. I connect with others who get annoyed at big social gatherings and just want to get the hell out of there and get some peace and quiet. I also am attracted to people who have strong opinions about random subjects and can explain exactly why. Whether it's through their experience or interesting insights or views. Love listening to rants, they're always so funny and honest and true.
My comfort food and drink is thai ice tea, dim sum, Japanese gyoza or a Bic Mac. I don't drink except in special social gatherings. I'm not a drug user but am 420 friendly. Politically I lean very left (due to my law study).
As you can read I am definitely a homebody. That does not mean I avoid the adventure of the outside completely. I'm looking for someone who I can have a weird funny conversation with going back and forth, matching my sarcastic, dry and absurd sense of humor. Someone who's self aware, open minded and genuine.
I am attracted to people who are self-depreciating and are aware of their mannerisms. Also people who have their own life and want to combine theirs with mine. I'm searching for something local (Netherlands or near the Netherlands) and I would prefer you to be 27+ years of age.
If this person sounds like you, you like what you read and want to know more about me... don't shy away from sending me a message or an introduction. I would love to hear from you.
P.S.
I do not reply at people who live far away from me or people way below or above my age.

I'm scared of thunder. It's super loud and sounds so fucking scary when lightning strikes near me. Whenever it storms, I'm constantly worried about lightning striking outside the building. A few years ago I started having nightmares involving lightning and thunder. In these nightmares, I will always be jolted awake from my dream by really loud thunder that I hear inside the dream. This thunder is usually accompanied by a bright flash beforehand similar to lightning. These nightmares are pretty common during the summertime when thunderstorms are more likely to occur. There's something about loud thunder that sounds so terrifying. Nobody else I know seems to be as afraid of thunder the way I am. Does anybody else here hate thunder?

I started to read The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe recently because of this post and I've just finished it. I have mixed feelings about it. For all the good things I like about it, I find the writing to be too slow. His style reminds me of Jack Vance's Dying Earth (particularly Cugel's Saga) and Cervante's Don Quixote. I really didn't like Cugel's Saga. In some quick research, I found that these can all be defined as picaresque novels.
My problem with the picaresque style is that it seems to have small stories (complete with beginning and end) built upon the spine of the plot, and these stories comprise most of the book. Most of the stories don't really affect the protagonist, or if they do you don't find out as the reader until the end of the book. I can see the appeal of this style for some people who enjoy the journey of the read. But for me, there isn't any character arc that really captivates me into finishing the novel.
Additionally, Wolfe has a writing style that's hard for me to follow along at times. He will introduce action abruptly in a matter of one or two sentences and the pace of the book will suddenly change. For example, at one point Agia gets into a race with another wagon for no reason. The pulling up of the other wagon and her antagonizing them into a race happened in one sentence. For someone who speed reads, it was sudden and felt out of place. You find out later that she steels the Claw after the chase ends in a crash, and it seems like Wolfe introduced the chase only as a sloppy plot device. At other times, like during the duel at the end, Wolfe writes in a very dreamy way where the action is abstract. While I can write this off as Wolfe trying to write from the main character's perspective, the MC is supposed to have a near photographic memory and isn't one for dramatics. After writing this, I realize that Severian, the MC, is a Marty Stu, but completing tasks simply by luck.
So seeing how the series if four books long and I'm one book down, is it worth continuing? Do the other books pick up the pace with the plot? Is the overarching plot so good that I should finish it?
I'm OK with some spoilers, but if you can find a way to talk about why this series is worth continuing without spoiling, I'd be all that more appreciative.

So my partner bought an engagement ring this week. He's waiting to propose in August when we'll be in Italy on a trip, but we basically act like we're married and I'm 100% certain that I'm marrying this man next year. We've been researching venues and talking about what we want the wedding to be like, etc.
I just found out my favourite designer is having a trunk show in a city near me next weekend, so I booked an appointment to try on their dresses. Is this crazy? I know I'm not engaged yet but I also know it's happening soon, and I have no idea when another trunk show will happen near me. For context, I'm having to drive down to the US to try the dresses on as they're not sold in anywhere in Canada.
I guess I just need some reassurance I'm not some crazy person lol. Thank you.

So my(29F) long term partner(36F) and I entered a triad relationship with this girl(29F) I met on a dating app. Yeah I know now, really dumb idea. We got about a month in when communication started to break down. One night my LTP gets into an argument with our new gf after some drinks and it got heated to the point my LTP slapped her across the face. She then says to me "It's either her or me!" I tell her "I shouldn't have to pick between you" Our new partner then told us to leave. On the drive home my gf starts telling me how she hadn't liked her since the 2nd week we were together. So for two weeks she had kept this from me when my #1 rule with all my partners is consistent and clear communication. She then walks back the ultimatum and says that I can still see her just separately. We set some boundaries like I need to tell her when I'm going to spend time with her. Totally reasonable until there was no correct amount of time beforehand I could tell her and spontaneous meetings were seen as lying by omission. I cried for her to set clear boundaries all I wanted to do was to follow them. Then she told me that she isn't always comfortable saying how she's feeling to me so I should work at getting better at reading her.
That went on for 2 more weeks and at this point I'm just smitten with my new partner. That's when my LTP tells me that she can't stand me still being with her. The ultimatum comes up again then after a lot of crying and emotional turmoil I came to the conclusion to stay with my LTP of 2 years as even for lesbians 2 months still isn't a lot of time. Had I never met my new partner I was prepared to spend the rest of my life with this girl. I thought I made the right choice. Now I'm not nearly as sure. I think about my now ex everyday since she made me break up with her and emotionally I have just not been well. I don't know if this is just me mourning the relationship and I will get over it or deep down I know I made the wrong choice. It was so effortless with my ex even when we dropped off stuff we left at each others place we ended up just talking and catching up. She told me if things don't work out with my LTP she's not going anywhere and to call her. Ever since then it's just been anxiety and emotional conversation after emotional conversation about moving on and what our future together is going to look like with my LTP. I feel like I'd just be running away to the easier option by breaking up with her rather than doing the actual work on my relationship.
After catching my friend up on the situation I started to see a lot of the red flags from my LTP that I had been ignoring. From the unclear communication and walking back boundaries she set, to the fact that she resorted to violence against another partner. Idk if I'm being a coward that just doesn't want to deal with the fall out of ending my LTR or I'm just love sick and the emotional turmoil will pass. My friend thinks I should leave her and I can't help but wonder if I was the problem. What do you think reddit?

Trying to be a better person. I have a lot of negative and judgmental thoughts about myself and everyone. I dream constantly about having attention and being listened to. I'm depressed with trauma, alters, and psychosis.
So I've decided to tackle all of this. It's like I'm babying myself. I think it's called "reparenting" or something.
Anyways, I'm treating myself better and making sure my mind doesn't say any garbage stuff to me. But now I feel even more depressed and vulnerable than before.
I think vulnerable or alone are the most accurate words.
I have visions of walls crumbling down and me screaming in pain. And on one end, I feel lighter and happier now that I'm trying to fix myself and not worry about my ego.
On the other end, I feel more lonely, I feel exposed, I'm crying all over the damn place.
Is this how I'm supposed to feel when trying to recover? I'm been thinking about hurting/killing myself again. I feel like isolating myself from my family and lovers again.

Every shift I joke with my cashiers to get credit cards, before a DS/ASM walks by and legitimately asks us to get at least ~10 in total.
Now of course I understand all my cashiers and I can do is simply ask. We cannot guarantee a customer choosing to sign up for a credit card everyday, which management of course does not want to hear. I personally have received the most credit cards in my department and am on par with how many credit cards sales specialists from appliances gets weekly, monthly and quarterly (so far, of course). And quite frankly, I think a $125 quarterly bonus for getting at least 125 credit cards is utterly disrespectful. Just give me a pat on the back at that point.
But every shift I wonder, what does management get if the store hits their credit card goals? Why the constant near hounding of my department and appliances to sign people up for them if there is no financial incentive?
I thank you all for hearing out my venting/question and looking forward to hearing your thoughts/answers on the matter.

Hi reddit,
Like you, I would love to meet someone special where the feelings are mutual. Like when you meet that someone for the first time and there's already a connection and over time it just grows and grows stronger. I would love that in the sense of a relationship. A mutual feeling of sense of having found that togetherness we both have been longing and searching for. So that's why I'm here.
Here are some pictures of me right now:
1 2 3 4 5'7, 137lbs (63-66kg), I have a law degree and am employed in government. A slim body, yet athletic and fit. How kept my beard and hair is depends on how much I care. Honest, Intelligent, sharply aware but at the same time silly and down to earth.
My interests are comedy, reading, history, doing activities in a small group setting (board games, climbing, escape rooms, restaurants, movie/ show watching, gaming, playing pool etc.). I like to boulder, visit museums, visiting friends who live abroad, watch movies and tv-shows and read novels. I'll listen to any genre, watch any
I can be described as an introvert around extraverts and an extravert around introverts. I am someone who can open up quickly to the right person. I don't hide anything for a person that I trust, but for you to trust someone you can't really tell until after a few conversations no?
Socially I'm a free spirit. I enjoy my time during events but when it's time to go I will immediately excuse myself and withdraw from any social situation I stop enjoying. I connect with others who get annoyed at big social gatherings and just want to get the hell out of there and get some peace and quiet. I also am attracted to people who have strong opinions about random subjects and can explain exactly why. Whether it's through their experience or interesting insights or views. Love listening to rants, they're always so funny and honest and true.
My comfort food and drink is thai ice tea, dim sum, Japanese gyoza or a Bic Mac. I don't drink except in special social gatherings. I'm not a drug user but am 420 friendly. Politically I lean very left (due to my law study).
As you can read I am definitely a homebody. That does not mean I avoid the adventure of the outside completely. I'm looking for someone who I can have a weird funny conversation with going back and forth, matching my sarcastic, dry and absurd sense of humor. Someone who's self aware, open minded and genuine.
I am attracted to people who are self-depreciating and are aware of their mannerisms. Also people who have their own life and want to combine theirs with mine. I'm searching for something local (Netherlands or near the Netherlands) and I would prefer you to be 27+ years of age.
If this person sounds like you, you like what you read and want to know more about me... don't shy away from sending me a message or an introduction. I would love to hear from you.
P.S.
I do not reply at people who live far away from me or people way below or above my age.

Yesterday was my first time taking bupropion. I have been having anhedonia for about a month with just an overall lack of interest in anything. It actually scared me how uninterested I was about being on the highway yesterday, on my way to pick up my script, and seeing people acting crazy while driving near me and I was so disinterested in it. I mean, I didn't care about anything. Not suicidal, but totally uninterested and desperate for relief from it.
Well long story short, I got on the 150 XL yesterday, first time, and about an hour later, I immediately wanted to go for a run. First time within the last month that I have done anything physically active. Today, I went for a walk, got back to my journaling, and I am laughing again. I looked up how long it takes for it to set in, and everywhere states 1-2 weeks. Anyone else notice immediate increase in interest and energy within the first day of taking it?