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[madamemud00x]

had class at four today so i spend my free time before that writing in my journal and walking around amsterdam with my girlfriend. i found these timberland boots at a thrift store which happened to be my size and looked brand new so ofc i got them. since my professors have been really slow on releasing material i haven’t really jumped into studying yet.

[blueprint-9376]

30.01.2026 [🫥]

🗓: 1월 독서 결산의 날/ wrapping up my January reading

[imanbenerrabeh]

a little chai latte from pressbyrån

[galina]

Shared pastries on the pavement in morning sun, a perfect autumn brunch

[vesperalities]

colours of the season

[imanbenerrabeh]

why can’t i buy them all

[mysticalcollegestudent]

15.10.2025

Weird day - suuuper tired, decided to wfh, was approximately 5% productive, and just now instead of working, i decided to go on pinterest for fall outfit ideas and ended up drawing this cute dog. I think today is just not a day where will do anything i want to do. Still okay 👌

[vio---let]

Thankful for Octobers. Thankful for yellow flowers. Thankful for cats. Thankful for good books.

[matchafigs]

obsessed with these clips from ikea

[aiphysics-4]

Works, at any time of the year, are you waiting for the new year? What books have you read during the summer?

[gravestoneandgold]

[matchafigs]

skipped work, had bagels for breakfast and made a new friend

[frenchiepal]

cozy challenge!

it's become pretty cold very quickly and i love it. my tea stash has grown unreasonably big so i'm going to try to drink all of it over the next months 🍵 also pictured: twix the cat ᓚᘏᗢ

🎧 - everything you do by the happy fits

[kitkatstu-dies]

8/22/2025

I've finished most of my pharmacy school applications! I keep finding different schools and adding them to the list to apply to, but really, I need to sit down and find ones that I would realistically go to. Also my classes start up again next week! I'm so excited <333

[loudemic]

the cosy season is appon us

[the---hermit]

Some of the books I am currently reading.

19|09|2025

Currently dealing with some heavy feelings, so the only thing I want to think about and talk about is books. I am a little over 100 pages into Katabasis and I am struggling. I honestly don't know why. I have little motivation to pick it up, my interest in the story is lower than expected and overall I feel a bit meh about it. On the contrary I am absolutely loving Who Is Afraid of Gender? I am flying through it, and I am annotating much. I will definitely be reading more of Butler's writings in the future. I am going quite slowly with the other two books as well, but I am taking in as much information as I can, and honestly picking a book up only when I feel 100% into it is the best. That might lead me to some very wise decisions like starting more books before I am finished with anything on my currently reading list.

[whilereadingandwalking]

Genji is not a perfect person, but there’s a purity to him, a beauty that’s clearly meant to be lauded, particularly in contrast to later chapters. He’s in love with love, a true romantic, and his sometimes unwise affairs are motivated by a true sense of love. He never abandons one of his lovers, which in this time is crucial. No matter the shame it brings to himself, he tries to find a way to honor the women he’s fallen for. He’s charming. No one can not love him, or ultimately forgive him his faults.

The age of Tale of Genji had strict rules of romance—of how flirtations worked (largely intermediaries and poetry), of how commitments worked, of how aloof vs. present it was appropriate to be (it’s good to commit but bad to hoard or become jealous). It was possible to love too much. Genji is accused of this, but he always remembers to care for the people he is responsible for—once he grows up that is.

Early in the text, he neglects his wife, and he also neglects “the Rokujo lady.” The Rokujo lady becomes so jealous and enraged that her spirit begins to sicken his wife. This ghost returns more than once over the course of the text. She has grown sick from obsession and neglect, and Genji pays the price for it. It’s part of what motivates him to always care for the women he romances for the rest of his life.

Later, in the “Uji” chapters, young Kaoru and prince Niou also love too much. Niou is impulsive like Genji but also flighty, and Kaoru is serious like Genji but also obsessive. Both men pursue the women at Uji with insistence that the text can’t quite forgive as it could for Genji. Both, somehow, go too far—perhaps in their attempts to hoard, or in their impatience.