Stars And Scars

short write ups. reblogs. fangirling. and everything in between. 0.1 of everything. my writing blog is @leavingimprints

[perfectquote]

“There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.”

— Albert Camus, The First Man

[weltenwellen]

Margaret Atwood, from “Owl Song”, Selected Poems, 1965-1975

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love is the fabric of the universe.

vladmir nabokov in a 1926 letter to his wife véra // la traviata, giuseppe verdi // the antennae galaxies in the midst of colliding, x // speak, memory, vladimir nabokov // heart and soul nebulae, x // interstellar (2014), dir. christopher nolan // divan i shams, rumi

[sankurios]

[jdebbiel]

Your body is a blade that moves while your brain is writhing

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[fairycosmos]

feel like the hyper specific algorithms like the one used on tiktok are almost designed to exacerbate mental illness. imagine being in a vulnerable state and having video after video telling you it's all a sign

[marbirds]

dandelions, for peachtober! Image description beyond the readmore.

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[tehtariks]

my life ambition: to be a ghibli cat | The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

[francesderwent]

wish list for people who don’t want anything

aka possessions which are just possessions, but which have noticeably improved my quality of life: for when people ask you “what do you want for your birthday/Christmas/graduation” and you instantly transform into St Francis and pledge fealty to Lady Poverty because your mind went blank

nice. new. sheets. I cannot emphasize this one enough. if you’re still using the same sheets you had in college, you should probably get new ones. get yourself some 100% bamboo rayon sheets—they’re silky and perfect for summer and great for sensitive skin! or, if you’re cold all the time, flannel sheets!

kitchen knives. or even just one really good kitchen knife.

new curtains—blackout if you are a creature of the night like I am

fleece lined anything, but especially sweatpants and hoodies. wool lined socks are also good. if you don’t have the option of coming home after work and putting on an entire outfit that is loose and fuzzy, you should change that, because you deserve that option.

cookie sheets with a layer of air between the top and the bottom. the bottoms of your cookies will never burn again.

kitchen scale!!! no more leveling off flour with a knife and getting it all over the table!! now all your measuring is just shoveling stuff in and out of bowls like you’re at the beach. baking is both more accurate and also way more fun.

coffee bean grinder. if you want to upgrade your coffee experience, this is a great one-time purchase. just-ground beans have a much better flavor than pre-ground.

CDs!! ask for a gift card and expand your physical music collection! or a collection of the DVDs for your favorite show!

[motleysaint]

A few more things!

Good luggage. Whether it’s a suitcase or a duffel bag or even just packing cubes, it’s all helpful!

Good art. If it’s someone you trust, you can ask them to surprise you with a piece they like, otherwise you can have a few back up suggestions of ideas (I saw a framed piece of just the hands from Michaelangelo’s The Creation of Man and have not forgot about it since)

Good good pillows or fluffy blankets to go along with those nice new sheets from above

Office supplies. Pens, markers, sharpies. All the sharpies.

Coffee travel mugs (can one have too many?). If they say they still want more ideas, also ask for a bag of their favorite beans/tea

Look around your house, what do you have that is still from college? Ask for a better one of those.

[mademoisellesarcasme]

And for the future planning, especially if you’re me and forget things: make a document of “things I’d like but don’t want to buy for myself frivolously” and then select items from that for a wishlist.

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“this kind of bird flies backward and this love breaks on a windowpane where no light talks”

— Diane di Prima, from “The Window,” Pieces of a Song: Selected Poems (City Lights Books, 1990)

[a-quiet-green-agreement]

The sea. She drives to the ocean and parks. She takes a picture. She finds the fact that she is not the only one moving calming.

She is a navigator, a mover, a shifter. She has flown as a gull over the ocean, she has dived deep as a whale, she has spent an afternoon as a jellyfish floating, as an evergreen with the breeze tickling her skin, she has spent two days as water and found it difficult to recover. A seer, she is in constant motion, trying to figure out what comes next.

– A. M. Homes, from “The Weather Outside is Sunny and Bright,” Things You Should Know: A Collection of Stories (Harper Collins, 2002)

[hertattooedwords]

Waaah Brendon Urie is my new crushie. His smile is so genuine, plus he looks like Robert Pattinson for me 🥺❤️

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[feelingsoftheday]

“just checking up on you” means a lot.