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arkhaios ~ ancient /// astronomos ~ star-arranging /// Aurora /// 21 /// postgrad archaeoastronomy /// previously a-fangirl-studies

[cielsoleil]

Gonna tell my kids this is Hamilton

[spiritsdancinginthenight-deacti]

egyptian singer amira selim sings ancient egyptian verses at the pharaoh’s golden parade, in which the mummies of egypt’s ancient royalty were transported to their new home. 3rd April 2021.

[triptihosmrti]

this a hymn to the goddess isis btw

[art-has-died]

why don’t people claim to descend from the gods anymore? ignore one of your parents, claim a throne, become a hero. people are so boring nowadays.

[garbage-empress]

saturday night babey

you already know what tf goin on!!

[gallusrostromegalus]

‘obsolete’ you say, like this isn’t used constantly by every field scientist with a pack of undergrads and the complete inability to keep track of a tape measure.

[thatdisasterauthor]

There’s an ongoing discussion at work if the constant loss of tape measures in the field makes it worth it to get a ruler tattoo on either your forearm or calf.

[fernstrike]

I need to talk about this for a second.

This is right after Gandalf says, “A balrog. A demon of the ancient world.”

I just love how PJ chose to cut to Legolas’ face because he is exactly who you should cut to at this moment. You need an elf to show what it really means. Other than Gandalf, the rest of the Fellowship can sense something is gravely wrong, but they don’t understand just how grave. Like Gandalf, Legolas knows the terror. He understands the gravity of what lies around that corner. He’s got a piddly little bow and he is mere steps away from a demon of the ancient world. This frame shows a kid coming to the realisation that he is way out of his depth, that this mission will take him to places he only knew to exist in legends of the Elder Days, a time long gone, barely history. 

He’s probably one of the youngest elves in Middle Earth at this point. He probably grew up on stories of the balrogs, slaying the ancient High Kings of the Eldar and tearing Middle Earth apart, thousands and thousands of years ago. They are legends in old crumbling books, read illicitly by a little elfling who was kept up at night by the terrible tales.They are the monsters under the bed and the shadows in the heart of the forest. They are the beasts behind the winged hordes of hell, that older elves, who’ve seen the worst that Arda has to offer, always assured him were no more than distant nightmares, stories relegated to dust and ancient memory. Except now they are real. They are here. They are coming.

[siderealsandman]

The best part is that in the books he just starts screaming when he lays eyes on it

In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left hand it held a whip of many thongs.

‘Ai! ai! wailed Legolas. “A Balrog! A Balrog has come!’

[whetstonefires]

Legolas can be relied upon to have the correct reaction to everything.

It is not necessarily normal, or socially appropriate, or sane, but it is always 100% correct.

[enigmasalad]

[fernstrike]

i’m sobbing

[zestyleaf]

"magical fey shapeshifter surrounded by regular animals" is by far my favorite cartoon saloon trope

[avi17]

[zestyleaf]

This is the funniest fucking addition anyone has ever made on one of my posts. Everyone else go home

[blueelectricangels]

if you read in a frog paper “specimen was released in the field immediately after capture” chances are very good that what it actually means is

“i dropped the damn frog and despite the fact that we fell all over each other no one could recapture it”

[blueelectricangels]

sometimes when i am sad i go read through the tags on this post, because they are 70% other biologists saying things like “AND ALSO FUCK FIELD MICE” and “THAT CRAB ALMOST BROKE MY FINGER” and I am reassured that I am not the only one who has bobbled a wood frog right into their cleavage.

plus six or seven people who just….can’t figure out what a frog paper could possibly be. (guys it’s…a scientific paper. about frogs.)

and this one

which made me laugh despairingly because i mean

bro you don’t even know.

[jumpingjacktrash]

what is the code entomologists use for “i stepped on it, i’m so sorry, it was dark out and the specimen was very small”

[coolmanfromthepast]

“Impromptu dissection was performed under less-than-optimal lighting conditions.”

[jumpingjacktrash]

‘impromptu dissection’ is an alarming phrase in any context and i thank you for it

[inky-petrel]

What’s biologist for “the little fucker BIT me and I yote it into the undergrowth on reflex”?

[tawghasa]

“Specimen was removed from the study pool due to abnormal interaction responses”

[vilkalizer]

I am reblogging this 98% for the second to last comment holy shit I’m fucking choking

[elfwreck]

I’m enjoying the tags/replies discussing the proper conjugation of “to yeet.” I am in favor of the decision that the future perfect is “will have yitten.”

[woefully-undercaffeinated]

Expanding this, NASA has a few gems from their report language:

“Underwent unplanned rapid disassembly” – it exploded, and it wasn’t an explosion we wanted to happen

“Lithobraking maneuver” – it stopped because it hit the goddamned ground.

“Engine-rich exhaust” – the engine bell melted or evaporated, or the engine ejected itself out the back of the rocket without having a very good reason to do so.

“Fishing orbit” – the craft is in the ocean instead of space and we didn’t mean to put it there

“Thrust was observed along an undesired vector” – the engine leaked and the rocket spun off into oblivion.

“Wearing his manager hat” – a moron who shouldn’t be an engineer (a reference to the infamous quote “take off your engineer hat and put on your manager hat” in the meeting in which the Challenger was cleared for launch)

“Received an unrequested transfer” – he’s dead.

[jessica-problems]

very important note: sometimes they lithobrake on purpose

[cheese24k]

Astronaut readjusts to life back on Earth

> Don’t give him a baby for a while.

[leradny]

HE GRABS THE CUP BUT THEN HE DROPS THE PEN 0.0003 SECONDS LATER

AND HE LOOKS UP AT THE CEILING INSTEAD OF AT THE GROUND WHEN HE CAN’T FIND THEM

[quasarkisses]

I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING HE JUST DROPS IT

IT’S NOT FUNNY IT’S VERY LOGICAL THAT HE WOULD HAVE ADJUSTED TO LIVING LIFE WHILE HE WAS IN SPACE BECAUSE IT’S DIFFERENT FROM EARTH BUT I CAN’T FUCKING BREATHE

*THUNK*

[quasarkisses]

YES IT’S BACK ON MY DASH THIS IS MY FAVORITE VIDEO

[homiesexual42]

I could watch this video for hours and it would still be funny

[somerabbitholes]

31.03 / finally got around to reading something that’s been sitting on my shelf for months

[violetsnotebook-archive]

10.04.21 / hello friend. a reminder from my mug: make today count. and might i add, be kind to yourself. say hi when you’ve got the time. have a lovely saturday ♡

[over-icedcoffee]

smiling more | 04/05/21

Day 3 of 30 Days of Productivity

Had such a fun day today! I woke up at 7 am and had breakfast (for the first time in a while) with my parents. Then went off to finish some unfinished hw from yesterday. Took a nap. Played with friends. And had a virtual study sesh with my bestfriend. Also I had coffee ice cream and chopped some bananas on top. I should be sleeping rn for my 7:30 class later but I don’t feel tired. I know I’m prolly gonna regret it tomorrow but I won’t beat myself up too much

[over-icedcoffee]

New spread who dis? | 04/03/21

Day 1 of 30 Days of Productivity 

Oh wow, she’s starting another challenge, let’s see if she can actually keep up with it lol. Been in such a bad place recently and I’m just trying to reshift my focus. Also, loving my planning routine and it’s the only thing that’s been cheering me up lately. 

[ziggyevenstar]

8:27am Tue, March 30

It's been a while since I made my own notes. Everything's on my laptop now. Even my books are scanned so I have something to read on the screen during recits. One year huh. It's been one year. It's very uninspiring to try to study something that's being repeatedly violated and disregarded by the people trusted and expected to uphold them. I'm trying, though.

The numbers are turning into names and those names into people we know. Take care of yourselves.

[take-up-and-read]

04.06.2017 // I did four (double) lectures worth of readings. I think my brain has stopped working now.

[freckledacademic]

dedicated day x || ft. afternoon bed study vibes

i got up late because i didn’t sleep well, and between a meeting and being super tired, i finished everything super late today. luckily my roommate made dinner today, and it was easy to clean up after! the most exciting news is that i got 70% on a uWorld block for the first time!! promptly followed by, like, 59%, but that just goes to show how luck can play a role 😂

[violetsnotebook-archive]

01.04.21 / the rest of the spread i posted yesterday + today’s outfit. what are you up to today? it’ll be a busy one for me. i’m the type to rush getting a lot done in advance because i just don’t have the talent for procrastinating well (yes, i think it’s a talent). i do hope this month goes well. i’m putting in good attitude, so universe, do your thing ok? anyway, happy thursday friends. have a good one ♡

[aliensco]

delaying my studying by taking photos of me preparing to study is what i call true irony