Grad School Diaries

(22) Literally. I work on diaries, and it’s pretty cool.

[fromhufflepuffwithlove]

Hufflepuff autumnal aesthetic

[pale-september]

Aesthetic: Hogwarts’ Houses

“Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil.” - J.K. Rowling

[soracities]

the number of times i think about the full body viking skeleton i saw in the museum is ridiculous like when i say it haunts me i mean it actually haunts me

[soracities]

every time i remember the questions are endless — what was his name? what did his mother call him? what sounds did he wake up to? what sounds did he die to? how old was he when he died? how old when he fell in love? how old when he first fell out? who cried with him and laughed with him? who cried for him? how many miles of separation can i draw between my ancestors and him? was he kind, serious, jokey? was he sombre or impulsive? was he chatty and good-humoured or a cantankerous asshole? like…i have never stopped thinking about this.

[soracities]

the fact that at one point in time this was a living breathing person. with memories and petty hates and the dumbest jokes. and friends he loved. and the fact that he probably at some point burst out into drunken song or punched someone in an argument or GOT punched in an argument or tripped into the mud while his friends pissed themselves laughing or or or or…countless or‘s into infinity

and the fact that before all of that this massive skeleton was tiny toddler (was he scared of the dark? did he squabble with his siblings? did he have siblings?) who may or may not have hid behind his mother or probably got hoisted onto an adult’s shoulders and in his little mind thought this person was the strongest human in the world and that he could hold the whole sky up just by standing there like that and as long as he was up there he was king of the world or could be.

like…what am i supposed to do with this? what does ANYONE do with this? how are you supposed to cope with the enormity of this while at the same time realising just how tiny and fleeting our lives are? there is literally more than a THOUSAND years between us & ALL of it has been pinched down to a glass case not even 2 inches thick like…i’m losing my mind.

[gummywormy]

I got this feeling when I saw some petroglyphs on the side of a cliff like.. a human made those. That human felt all of the emotions I feel they went through the same universal human experience and they each had vivid internal lives and memories. Wild.

[soracities]

ok this is next level and i honestly…i honestly can’t

[purelypeachh]

Get your coffee, tie your hair back and get to work. You’ve got goals to achieve

[bnmxfld]

F. Scott Fitzgerald / The Great Gatsby

[olderboy-aesthethic]

[emmarockwell]

30.08.2020 Today was the best day in a while! I successfully:

Finished “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Hannah Arendt

Paid off my credit card bill

Mulched my garden

Scrubbed my patio

Grocery shopped

Did a Hebrew module

Cooked dinner

And now I’m relaxing with a beer. Thank god for seratonin-filled days like today.

[amateurmariokartist]

“Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even death by violence.”

John Knowles, A Separate Peace.

[starsandaspirations]

messy discussion topics: i cannot believe that one week has slipped by. i’ve learned much more this week about racism, social hierarchies, and humanity than (dare i say) in the past five years

[sendesacmala-deactivated2019092]

[of-foolish-and-wise]

IN THIS HOUSE WE celebrate black women sculptors because Dark Academia has a slight Michelangelo fetish and sometimes it’s good to mix things up. 
Left to Right: 
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller & Elizabeth Catlett, Selma Burke & Simone Leigh, Edmonia Lewis & Augusta Savage

[theparistimes]

Raise your hand if you grew up using literature and school as a form of escapism from the effects that generational traumas had on your life, resulting in an emotional attachment to academia and you never really living your teen years out to the fullest because of this.

[alwaysbeenjessica]

monday july 6 2020

quarantine has turned me, a former morning person, into a night owl, sometimes i stay up until 2 am to read 🌙

[emmarockwell]

Survived day 2!

25.08.20

And what it’s taught me is that I need a morning routine, stat. I struggled so hard to be productive today because I had assignments but no meetings, and I’ll need to work on developing a routine to be accountable to myself.

What I accomplished today:

Planned, practiced, created, and filmed a video for my Hebrew class tomorrow

Read and annotated a chapter for my Holocaust methods seminar

Various house chores, like dishes/laundry/plant-watering/erecting bird feeder

A few self-care items like taking a quick (masked!) walk, a yoga flow, and painting my nails

Not bad overall, I’d say! Feeling way better tonight than I did yesterday.

[emmarockwell]

Studyblr intro!

Hi all! I’m Emma and I’m copying this idea from @awkwardkeatsian :)

About me: 

My name’s Emma and I’m 22, based in the Midwest, USA

I’m starting my second MA this fall (August 2020)! 

I’m vegetarian (including eggs), working towards vegan.

My cat Frankie is my whole world!

I loooove cooking. If money wasn’t an issue, I’d open a bakery.

Academics:

I’m currently working on an MA in Jewish Studies! My first MA is in Religious Studies.

My BA is in History with a Religious Studies Minor

I work on the Holocaust and traumatic memory!

I also study Arabic, Hebrew, German, and Dutch

Likes/Interests:

Swing dancing! Miss it so much during the pandemic. I haven’t danced since March 2020.

Vintage fashion; both the clothing and history behind the styles (1860s through 1950s)

Vampires. I’m huge into vampire lit *rolls eyes* I can’t help it.

Knitting and embroidery, long walks, cooking/baking, and gardening

About this blog: I’m really into dark academia and I want to embrace whatever gets me through online school and living completely alone during a pandemic, so there will be a lot of that on this blog. I also want to get better at posting my own content! I’m not a great photographer but I’m excited to learn.

Other things: Feel free to message me (esp. if you’re a gradblr/phdblr!) or if you study European history generally, and/or wanna be buds. This blog is a safe place for minors, with no NSFW/18+ content.

Blogs that inspire me: @rueromy, @betweenthemustypages, @awkwardkeatsian

Please reblog/like if you’re a studyblr! I’m new and can’t wait to make friends :)

[westmercia]

• 06/07/20 •

My desk is a mess.

[silvics]

i either want to live in a tiny cottage covered with flowers and warm colors or a giant gothic castle with huge libraries and secret passages and no i will not settle for anything in between