Blue Bottles

I'm Josiphine. I get obsessed way too easily.

[lesbianrey]

well now that you mentioned it,

[more-than-useless]

@josiphine-faith 

[josiphine-faith]

@more-than-useless

It’s true, we assist people in their 18th-century execution projects on a daily basis. This is the main purpose of the public library system. 

Seriously though, although ready reference requests have gone way down (questions like “What is the capital of Poland?” or “How many elements are there?”) the more complex reference services are still alive and well. 

[josiphine-faith]

Tagged by @hopeforbrighter Thanks, :D.

Last movie you watched: Celtic Woman: A New Journey (does that count? If you mean movie with a plot then it’d be...The Piano which was sort of terrible, but with good music)

Last song you listened to: Zara Zara by Bombay Jayashri

Last show you watched: Muzzy and I have just started our annual January (Jannual?) rewatch of Rosemary and Thyme. 

Last book you read: I just finished Daily Rituals: How Artists work by Mason Currey. I’m reading Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights? by Lemony Snicket right now. 

Last thing you ate: Homemade bread with honey. 

If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be: At my sister’s house to visit my nephews and niece. 

If you could travel back to a decade: 1770s or 1940s. 

If you won a million dollars in the lottery, what would you spend it on first: College tuition, and then a house, and then traveling. 

What fictional character would you like to hang out with for the day: Just one? Lemony Snicket is pretty cool. 

What was the last fandom that you joined: Twenty One Pilots.

[josiphine-faith]

2015 Fandom Meme

Tagged by @hopeforbrighter, as usual. Thank you! :)

1. Your main fandom of the year: Jurassic Park, maybe? My dad took me to Jurassic III when I was five so I’m not exaggerating when I saw that I’ve been waiting for Jurassic World since I was five years old. Otherwise, I got very excited about Star Wars this year. 

2. Your favorite film this year: Toss-up between Jurassic World and The Force Awakens. (I really loved The Martian too.) 

3. Your favorite book this year: 

The Martian by Andy Weir or Winter by Marissa Meyer. 

4. Your favorite album or song this year: Mobile Orchestra, of course. 

5. Your favorite TV show this year: Turn!

6. Your favorite Tumblr this year: The one I check the most frequently is @maggie-stiefvater.

7. Your best new fandom discovery of the year: Star Wars or Cabin Pressure. 

8. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year: I can’t think of anything. It was a good year. 

9. Your TV boyfriend of the year: Let’s go with Fitz from AoS. 

10. Your TV girlfriend of the year: Maybe Lois from Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. It’s an old show but I just watched it this year for the first time, and she’s awesome. 

11. Your biggest squee moment of the year: All of Winter by Marissa Meyer.

12.  Your most missed old fandom: Merlin. Still Merlin. 

13. Your fandom you haven’t tried yet, but want to? I’m just barely testing the Twenty One Pilots waters, so we’ll go with them. 

14. Your biggest anticipation of the New Year: Hmm. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater. 

[josiphine-faith]

6 movies I can watch anytime...

Tagged by @hopeforbrighter--Thank you! (I could probably just about copy-paste your list but I shall try to be original)

You’ve Got Mail

Les Miserables (the 2012 musical version)

A Knight’s Tale

Jurassic World

The Fall (the one with Lee Pace)

Hamlet (David Tennant version)

[josiphine-faith]

The last song to which I listened...

Tagged by @hopeforbrighter Thank you! 

It was Carol of the Bells by David Hicken.

And the song I listened to before that was...Carol of the Bells by David Hicken. And before that it was Carol of the Bells, and before that, and before that, going back 89 times. 

[dragonflymage]

Each Myers-Briggs Type’s Kryptonite

Just like our favourite superheroes, each Myers-Briggs personality type has one great weakness – something that simultaneously attracts them and has the power to destroy them. Find your type below to determine which of your inherent traits has the ability to lead you headfirst into both your greatest triumphs and your greatest downfalls.

ISFJ – Self-sacrifice.

ISFJs are down-to-earth, focused and capable – but they’re also self-sacrificing to a fault. This type has a tendency to internalize almost everything that happens to and around them – therefore taking on responsibility for problems that don’t necessarily involve them. The tendency to adopt external problems as their own is the ISFJ’s kryptonite.

ISFP – Sensitivity.

The ISFP’s sensitivity is what makes them brilliantly creative and unique – but it’s also what holds them back in many ways. Because this type dislikes conflict so intensely, they have a tendency to run for the hills as soon as they foresee a tense situation arising – holding them back from pursuing many relationships or opportunities that could otherwise be beneficial for them. This type’s sensitive nature is one of their greatest strengths but their aversion to criticism or conflict is their Achilles heel.

ESFP – The need for approval.

ESFPs have fiercely engaging personalities – this is both their greatest strength and their greatest setback. Though this type is capable of achieving just about anything they set their mind to, they also feel the compulsive need to have everyone around them like them – which occasionally makes them back down from situations that they ought to stand their ground in. The need for approval is in part what makes the ESFP so successful, but it is in equal part their personal kryptonite.

ESFJ – Obedience.

ESFJs are incredibly in tune with the norms, values and expectations of the social world that surrounds them. They are tirelessly careful to not violate any social rules and as a result are often obedient to others’ expectations, even when they are not in complete agreement with them. Learning to stand up for themselves – even if it means violating a social or societal rule – is something the ESFJ needs to work on throughout their lives if they do not want their personal kryptonite to rob them of the things they want most.

ENFP – The ‘Greener Grass’ Syndrome.

ENFPs are ceaselessly scanning the horizons for new, exciting opportunities that they haven’t tried yet. Even when they’re perfectly content with their lives, this enthusiastic type is prone to abandoning a good thing in favor of the next, potentially better thing. Their never-ending quest for the next great thrill – and their corresponding aversion to stick with what they love – is the ENFP’s Achilles heel.

ENFJ – The Urge To Interfere.

ENFJs are highly perceptive individuals, who usually have a keen grasp on what is likely to help or hinder their loved ones. As a consequence, they often feel compelled to intervene in the lives of their loved ones, perceiving themselves to know what’s best for them. This can not only lead to tension and conflict if the ENFJ is not careful, but it will also exhaust them to the core as they try to care for everyone around them at all times. The compulsion to help those who are struggling is the ENFJ’s personal kryptonite.

INFJ – Perfectionism.

INFJs aren’t perfectionists in the stereotypical sense of the word – they aren’t the most detail-oriented type nor are they the most outright neurotic. However, they are prone to deliberating over their options to a detrimental extent – trying so hard to pinpoint the best of all possible options that they end up missing out on opportunities altogether. Attempting to always seek out the most perfect situation – and refusing to take a chance on anything less – is the INFJ’s Achilles heel.

INFP – Idealization Of Others.

People, situations, opportunities, problems – you name it, the INFP can idealize it. This type lives largely inside their own minds and while their wild imaginations help them in many ways, they can also create a disconnect between the INFP and reality, particularly in the arena of love. It is their proneness to idealizing potential partners that so often breaks apart INFP relationships before they even begin – when the other person fails to live up to the standard the INFP had created for them internally. The urge to distort reality with fantasy is the INFP’s kryptonite.

INTP – Inaction.

INTPs see the world in an objective, rational and creative fashion – a mixture of perceptions that almost no other type shares. However, the INTP is often so busy contemplating and readjusting their worldview that they forget to apply their perceptions to real-world actions. The disinclination to act on their thoughts and ideas is the INTP’s kryptonite.

ENTP – Indecision.

ENTPs are enthused about life in almost every capacity – they love planning for the future, speculating over the present and evaluating the past. The world is an all-you-can-eat-buffet for this highly ambitious type and yet they can never decide on just one dish. As excitable as they are ambitious, the ENTP often finds themselves torn between various projects, goals and undertakings, unable to commit to just one. Indecision is the one thing that holds this type back from truly excelling – you might say it is their kryptonite.

INTJ – Sociality.

INTJs are brilliant individuals who can reason their way through just about any situation – except social situations. Before their introverted feeling is developed, INTJs often experience difficulty picking up on social nuances, which makes navigating the external world a challenge for them. They may see a clear path to the implementation of their goals, but if they must network or win over people to get there, they will experience difficulty along the way. Socialization is the one realm that logic does not always apply to, and it is therefore INTJ’s personal kryptonite.

ENTJ – Competitiveness.

ENTJs see a direct route to everything they want – and what they want is to be the best at everything. While this highly resourceful type is prone to dominating opponents at much of what they do, the urge to win can occasionally get the better of them. They may find themselves ignoring the long-term consequences of many of their actions as they fight to keep the upper hand in the short-term. The desire to always be on top (rather than to play the long game) is the ENTJ’s kryptonite.

ISTJ – Change.

ISTJs are all about quality. They want to use the tried and true method of getting everything done – because why take a chance on something that hasn’t proven itself to be reliable? Though this quality is useful for the ISTJ in many ways, it also makes them highly resistant to change. They have trouble believing without seeing, so they often resist changes until they’ve had enough time to concretely witness the positive outcomes of the change – by which point, the rest of society has already moved onto something new.

ISTP – Passiveness.

ISTPs are incredibly analytical thinkers, who can quickly determine the most direct route to getting something done. However, this type prefers analyzing systems to acting on them – which means that many of their brilliant ideas never come to fruition. Despite being incredibly capable individuals by nature, the ISTP’s passiveness often causes them to under perform.

ESTJ – Subjectivity.

ESTJs are incredibly logical individuals who truly believe that they see the world in the most clear, objective fashion possible. What this type often fails to realize, however, is that their value judgments of the world are highly subjective. What they deem as important is not what the next person deems as important and vice versa. Failing to realize this, the ESTJ often spends a great deal of time frustrated with others for behaving illogically. If this highly rational type were a little more comfortable with accepting that everyone looks at the world differently, they’d be able to save time on lecturing others and use that time to get more sh*t done.

ESTP – Impulsivity.

ESTPs are incredibly resourceful and capable – but their impulsivity often gets the better of them, causing them to cave into short-term desires rather than pursuing long-term achievements. A quick, on-the-fly reaction time is at the core of this type’s personality – but it’s also their Achilles heel. (source)

[hopeforbrighter]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ro_SDFkkx8)

Saturn’s rings and stars that sing a million years of light away away from here I know we are all made of stars we are the cosmic dust but we weren’t made to be alone Hello, back from a fairy tale an ocean of space to sail waiting for love to take me home Saturn’s rings and stars that sing a million years of light away away from here A sea of green the space within coming in, I’m coming in your face is clear Coming in, I’m coming in Your face is clear if my heart is a spaceship then where is my captain If the space is a book is my story a chapter will the planets remember the sound of our laughter? Saturn’s rings and stars that sing a million years of light away away from here A sea of green the space within coming in, I’m coming in your face is clear Coming in, I’m coming in Your face is clear

[josiphine-faith]

I see that I have been listening to this for the past hour and a half. Oops. 

[itzbatz-deactivated20240722]

How into mainstream media are you?

count how many of these franchise movies you’ve seen and reblog with the number you’ve seen in the tags! there’s a total of 112 movies listed

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Iron Man (2008)

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Thor (2011)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

The Avengers (2012)

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Ant-Man (2015)

Harry Potter

Philosopher’s Stone (2001)

Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Goblet of Fire (2005)

Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)

Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

James Bond

Casino Royale (2006)

Quantum of Solace (2008)

Skyfall (2012)

Spectre (2015 coming soon)

The Lord of the Rings

The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Two Towers (2002)

The Return of the King (2003)

The Hobbit

An Unexpected Journey (2012)

The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Star Wars

The Phantom Menace (1999)

Attack of the Clones (2002)

Revenge of the Sith (2005)

A New Hope (1977)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

The Force Awakens (2015 coming soon)

Spider-Man

Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious (2001)

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Fast & Furious (2009)

Fast Five (2011)

Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Furious 7 (2015)

DC

Batman Begins (2005)

The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Man of Steel (2013)

Transformers

Transformers (2007)

Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Dark of the Moon (2011)

Age of Extinction (2014)

Pirates of the Caribbean

The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

At World’s End (2007)

On Stranger Tides (2011)

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Lost World (1997)

Jurassic Part III (2001)

Jurassic World (2015)

The Twilight Saga

Twilight (2008)

New Moon (2009)

Eclipse (2010)

Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)

Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)

X-Men

X-Men (2002)

X2 (2003)

The Last Stand (2006)

Origins: Wolverine (2009)

First Class (2011)

The Wolverine (2013)

Days of Future Past (2014)

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Ghost Protocol (2011)

Rogue Nation (2015)

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games (2012)

Catching Fire (2013)

Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)

Mockingjay Part 2 (2015 coming soon)

Indiana Jones

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Temple of Doom (1984)

Last Crusade (1989)

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Star Trek

Star Trek (2009)

Into Darkness (2013)

Terminator

The Terminator (1984)

Judgment Day (1991)

Rise of the Machines (2003)

Judgement Day (2009)

Genisys (2015)

The Divergent Series

Divergent (2013)

Insurgent (2014)

The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner (2014)

The Scorch Trials (2015)

Mad Max

Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max 2 (1981)

Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Fury Road (2015)

Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2012)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Alien

Alien (1979)

Aliens (1986)

Alien 3 (1992)

Resurrection (1997)

Prometheus (2012)

[josiphine-faith]

Tagged by: @hopeforbrighter  Thanks, :)

Birthday: The day before April

Gender: Female

Relationship Status: Single (and satisfied, haha)

Zodiac Sign: Google says it’s Aries. 

Siblings: Three sisters; three brothers. Three older; three younger. 

Favorite Color: Yellow, orange, plaid. 

Wake-up and Sleep Times: Currently it’s roughly 6 and 11 but it varies a lot.

Lemonade or Iced Tea: Lemonade. But hot tea beats them both. 

Coke or Pepsi: No thanks. 

Day or Night: Dawn, which is sort of both.

Text or Call: I hate them both. I prefer email. 

Make up or Natural: Natural. (Fun fact: I was in a community play and knew so little about make-up that someone else had to put the stage make-up on my face--just like they had to do to all the guys)

Met a celebrity: Joel, from 4K&C, David Zach from Remedy Drive (he signed my Docs!!), Geoff Herbach....

Smile or Eyes: Smile.

Light or Dark Hair: Dark.

Shorter or Taller: Taller.

Intelligence or Attraction: Intelligence. 

Chapstick or Lipstick: Chapstick. (I live in a wind tunnel; Chapstick is a necessity)

City or Country: I’m a country girl. I can last about four hours in the city and then I’m done. 

[elsinore-rose]

it would be called middle university

bilbo - absentminded linguistics professor. please stop interrupting your lectures to recite your own poetry.

frodo - history major and only person who believes professor bilbo’s stories about the 60’s.

samwise - landscaping major, will be the best gardener in the world. frodo’s roommate. the one who does the laundry.

merry & pippin - idk partying

legolas - environmental studies. we must save the trees, etc. forced to room with gimli freshman year, whose beard is disgusting.

gimli - geology major. thinks hygiene is “gay”. keeps bringing home rocks to show legolas, who doesn’t care.

boromir - polysci major constantly stressed and tempted to cheat on all his exams

aragorn - has been living in the shadows for years, afraid to step forth and claim his degree. it is time. become who you were born to be. earn that last credit and f—ing graduate.

elrond - scary pre-med professor. eyebrows.

arwen do not drop out of your phd program to marry that greasy undergrad

eowyn - women’s studies. rumor has it she killed a guy.

denethor - the weird old philosophy dept head who goes around shouting about how everything is futile

butterbur - runs the best coffee shop on campus

gandalf - the president/dean. incredible. has been known to hang out in merry and pippin’s smoky commune.

saruman - gandalf’s rude ex

galadriel - hospitality management prof. gifts for everyone! food! gifts! wine! gifts! dirt.

faramir - boromir’s failure of a younger brother. actually maintaining a 4.0 and honors. saw eowyn shout at someone and fell in love with her.

tom bombadil - nobody f—ing knows.

treebeard - teaches environmental science. hooms a lot.

eomer - the fratboyest fratboy of all fratboys

celeborn - always trying to schedule a meeting with gandalf. never succeeds.

gollum - it is said that he was once an english major like us. but life has been cruel to him.

shelob - in the dark passes of the engineering building lurks a terrible shadow

bill the pony - sam’s dog

[cheese24k]

Astronaut readjusts to life back on Earth

> Don’t give him a baby for a while.

[josiphine-faith]

Six Things I Am Currently in Love with (meme)

Tagged by - @hopeforbrighter thanks, :)

One Song:

Lamb of God--Tenth Avenue North (also Freedom by Pharrell Williams) 

Two Movies:

A Knight’s Tale (I can literally quote this one word for word from start to finish)

Beyond the Mask

Three Shows:

Merlin, Doctor Who, Agents of SHIELD

Four People:

Like fictional people? Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit--JRR Tolkien), Gen (Queen’s Thief--Meghan Whalen Turner), Meliara (Crown Duel--Sherwood Smith), Sir Michael Sevenson (Knight and Rogue--Hilari Bell).

Five Foods:

My dad’s homemade goulash (whole mushrooms, yo), zucchini patties, chocolate cake, lemon everything, and dehydrated tomatoes (especially the yellow ones). 

Six People tagged: 

I think everybody I know has already been tagged so...whoever wants to. 

[mysharona1987]

Hilarious book dedications. 

[snydergurl]

[josiphine-faith]

So this is where I escape from my house and I go buy groceries here. Like, once every two weeks.

I bought The Midsummer Station  in this exact store. Not to rub it in or anything. 

[josiphine-faith]

Me: Um, Professor Science Class sir, shouldn't you give us more details than this?

Science teacher: No. You can just make them up.

[josiphine-faith]

Science teacher: You know what would be really funny? If I assigned a research paper that's due in four days!

Students: What.

Science teacher: Tralala, surprise, surprise! Write a lab report research paper on the population of the stealhead trout!

Students: What.

Science teacher: No contractions. No page count, you'll just know when it's long enough. Make graphs! Do research! Have fun!

[josiphine-faith]

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Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh oh my gosh that is so great. :D :D I’m so happy for you!!

  I know! *flails* Thanks, :D.