ESL Student

An ESL student who can only speak English. This is my blog.

[orpheuslament]

Introduction to The Iliad, Emily Wilson

[charitydingle]

Kedi 2016, dir. Ceyda Torun

[omneco]

[bitesizedpoetry]

Sylvia Plath, aged 26, from "The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath" (dated December 26, 1958)

[dogpuppy]

[mosfetransgender-deactivated202]

NEVER LET YOURSELF BE STOPPED BY WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF YOU STARTED EARLIER!!!!! THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE IS NOW

[anditslove]

[probuccalfat]

you can go back to the past but nobody’s there

[dotty-literati]

A Cook's Tour (2001) by Anthony Bourdain

[nsevens]

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)

[charactershoesfic]

happy first week of august to those who celebrate

[weltenwellen]

Joy Sullivan, from “At the Airport”, Instructions for Traveling West

[ohsexyhalder]

The White Lotus, 2025 - SEASON 3 EPISODE 8, “Amor Fati" "Like, the idea that I'm like.. that I'm like this princess who needs things to be a certain way, it's just so pathetic... I don't know like I guess I'm spoiled, 'cause like.. I can't live like that. There's so much suffering in this world, and we have it so easy and other people have it so hard and I just.. I feel like it's really unfair. And I just feel really bad."

[vikingfunerals]

the commodification of friendship is the most annoying thing to come out of the internet in ages. like actually i love to break this to you but you're supposed to help your friends move even if it's hard work. or stay up with them when they're sad even if you're gonna lose sleep. you're supposed to listen to their fears and sorrows even if it means your own mind takes on a little bit of that weight. that's how you know that you care. they will drive you to the airport and then you will make them soup when they're sick. you're supposed to make small sacrifices for them and they are supposed to do that for you. and there's actually gonna be rough patches for both of you where the balance will be uneven and you will still be friends and it will not be unhealthy and they will not be abusive. life is not meant to be an endless prioritization of our own comfort if it was we would literally never get anywhere ever. jesus.

[potc]

[weltenwellen]

Patrick Dundon, from "Gratitude"

[transjudas]

Frances Bean Cobain on the 30th anniversary of her father, Kurt’s, death.

[electraheart2012]

time is moving so fast and being alive on this earth is so scary and im not even in love. whatever. *watches another movie*

[wvterways]

“i used to live there” is such a sad phrase. seeing places u used to live in is an odd thing. It’s like ‘i know where the best hiding place is in there. my bedroom was the one directly to the left as you walk in. i took my first steps on that flooring. i used to play in that yard with my grandma. she died two years ago. that was the only place i ever knew. those walls contain all of my childhood memories. i can no longer go there, but i know every corner like the back of my hand.’