oh mothman, my mothman

HS student just looking to be motivated and get straight A's

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it's punk! it's cryptic! it's academia, baby!

Here we are the year before senior year!

The name is Avery; screw labels, let me be androgynous. though, you might formerly know me as the poser in headphones

this blog is to curate my aesthetic in an effort to be the academic punk i want to see in the world because why on earth would i want to be boring, stop be being boring, i mean it, come with me to be a rocking yet disgustingly educated creature in the woods

a little about [NAME REDACTED]

i love the paranormal, unknown, and the beyond (shocking i know)

in the sense of academia, however, philosophy, mythology, and poetry all have my heart though accounting is my goal

needless to say jack of all trades master of none so if you have anything you think is interesting and think i should research or just generally want to yap hit this mystic up

always looking for book recs and i'll read anything with enough spite

current read(s): The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

current song: Born to Die by Lana Del Ray

and before you call me a poser punk, yes. yes i am.

peace in the middle east SEE YA SUCKERS

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ignore the ugly ass album cover; this song could explode the sun and i'd still defend it

it's that good

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to whoever said to break your tasks down into smaller bite-sized tasks

I OWE YOU MY LIFE THIS IS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE I'VE EVER BEEN IN YEARS

[htlbellamuerte]

i’m a music student in college, and for my music theory final i chose to write my paper on “mama” by mcr. by the end, it was 15 pages. everyone else’s was about 3-5 pages. i had been asking my prof (who has a doctorate in composition and teaches songwriting as well) logistical questions all semester. he would make mcr jokes pointed at me in class all the time. upon checking my grade just now, this was his only feedback.

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me coded

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be me

bored as hell

remember my friend recommended me The Hate U Give

find a copy of it and starts reading

relate to Starr and expects a typical coming of age novel

Khalil enters and I’m excited for their romance

… wait what the hell

it was not a romance

[velartis]

Franz Kafka, 1912

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moodboard ig...

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why do no colleges have taoist communities?

i swear i'm lucky to find buddhist or pagan spaces but they're usually outdated or are insanely tiny

more than likely i'd have to settle for "interfaith" groups that have no description other than "promoting spiritual diversity" like great what kind of diversity what groups do you promote can i get any kind of detail into what i'm getting into -_-

and then there's like 10+ christian spaces

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a chalkboard would make me like a million times more productive oh my mothman these things are so smooth and satisfying to write on

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realizing i can put my fav characters on my notes

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me: hehe oh we're not doing anything that important in class rn i'll just finish my movie :3c

brain: yeah it's not like we care that much about our education

me:

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do not come to me saying "omg i need chatgpt to write this essay super quick for me because i forgot to do it until the last minute" because i just wrote a 850 word essay in an hour out of pure spite for the subject i hate

be quiet

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aesthetic for anonymous

diving headfirst into niche interests and research topics

considering how new technological developments interact with old ethical questions

cloudy skies and the distant sound of waves

a love for invention and innovation

wondering what the future will bring

mist that settles in the hills each morning

an interest in the supernatural

reading accounts of cryptid sightings and other odd phenomena

the peaceful quiet of an old graveyard

the antiquated charm of black and white movies

a respect for what came before you

bringing an awareness of morality and ethics to everything you do

learning ancient myths and folklore

mossy grave markers, monuments to people who lived centuries before you

old photographs, faded and torn around the edges

feeling connected to the past

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the cryptography students

messy handwriting, rushed scribbles on the page

the satisfaction of untangling a particularly difficult substitution cipher

coming up with your own codes 

half-finished crossword puzzles tucked into your bag

seeing patterns everywhere you look

analyzing how information travels from person to person through the internet

the familiar weight of a calculator in your hand

a fascination with puzzles and mysteries

secrets told in hushed whispers

valuing privacy and security

reading about the history of codes and codebreaking

applying elegant, pure math to the real world

the shining rotors of an antique cipher machine

a chessboard, frozen in the middle of an unfinished game

the elegance of a well-constructed cipher, easy to encode but difficult to break

passing encoded notes back and forth with your friends

a stack of thriller novels on your bookshelf

watching old spy movies, laughing at the inaccuracies

a powerful sense of determination, refusing to give up

understanding the importance of cryptography in the internet age

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hello i am a theater kid

monster ( i like the zero sugar)

chug a water (water good)

2010s party music (current fav is We Like to Party)

[theoneandonlythorn]

Undiagnosed and unmedicated auDHD

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what was that?

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just a reminder you should absolutely be the punk you want to see in academia

my friend donated me her old AP study books so you know what i'm doing?

giving another friend the books for subjects i don't take anymore!

it's that easy folks!

do i still find world history fascinating? le duh

but if i can help one of my sisters get a better grade in her class i'm doing it in a heart be

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how i feel after finally understanding a concept that was literally the bane of my existence for 3+ years