axes for the frozen seas

misc notes + college diary

[luthienne]

“My God, my God, whose performance am I watching? How many people am I? Who am I? What is this space between myself and myself?”

— Fernando Pessoa, from The Book of Disquiet

[horreurscopes]

this is your sign from the universe to read that article you’ve had open for days once and for all and finally close the tab

[endless-unfolding]

The old grieving autumn goes on calling to its summer the valley is calling to other valleys beyond the ridge each star is roaring alone into darkness there is not a sound in the whole night

— W. S. Merwin, “Lights Out,” in The Shadow of Sirius

[studyspo-blog]

“You say ‘amateur’ as if it was a dirty word. ‘Amateur’ comes from the Latin word ‘amare’, which means to love. To do things for the love of it.”

— Mozart in the Jungle  (via ablogwithaview)

[kaylareads]

yellow spread because i’m obsessed with yellow 💛🌻

click here to see me make a journal spread

[kxowledge]

writing a cover letter for a research position be like

[eevielearnsgaidhlig]

That awkward level of language learning when you’re just trying to get a hold on the pronunciation, so you sit alone in your room saying, “how are you,” “how are you,” “how ARE you,” “how are YOU.”

[teensweetener]

Quiet corner ☕

[limitedheaven]

[solenelmar]

“Solitude and rain and a melancholy-sweet landscape. I am reading with delicious slowness. Life seems inconceivably rich.”

— Joyce Carol Oates, from a diary entry written c. October 1973 (via violentwavesofemotion)

[sweaterszn]

tag urself as a student type

coffee: always frantic, has a crammed schedule, never stops consuming caffeine, will agree to go to a party even if they have a six a.m. shift the next day

bujo: organized, likes to makes lists and keep track of things, plans outfit the night before, stresses when they get a grade less than a B

oops: stopped caring in the third grade, somehow manages to get okay grades, never studies, kind of lazy, would eat Waffle House at 3 in the morning

sweatshirt: is trying as hard as they possibly can, has to study and work hard for their grades, constantly stressing, has social anxiety, tries to do every extra curricular under the sun

aesthetique: probably vegetarian or vegan, has a “mom jean” 80′s aesthetic, glorifies local cafes, wants to live in Europe, always wants to cut their hair

gothique: black clothes only, still stans my chemical romance, uses sarcasm as a defense mechanism, desperately wants some tattoos, likes the black lipstick look but too shy to do it

[kafkaseas]

another good thing

WRITING IS HARD, but i am so very in love with my story. 

[kafkaseas]

food i've baked/made this month

- chocolate bread rolls

- pesto bread topped with an egg

- banana pancakes

- double chocolate cookies

- almond cookies

- pasta with mozzarella slices and diced tomatoes

- dark chocolate white chip cookies

- custard

- strawberry jam

(july 2018)

[terpsikeraunos]

i love the term floruit because that person didn’t just live, they flowered

[demonbloodsausagedog]

or sometimes defloruit amirite

[terpsikeraunos]

eyes emoji

[stcrlghts]

latin phrases worth knowing:

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 

alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 

ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 

dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 

exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

experiential docet - experience teaches 

helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 

in libras libertas - in books, freedom 

littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 

mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 

mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 

poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 

qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 

si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 

sub rosa - under the rose 

trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 

ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - as loyal as she began, so she remains

[selfcare-bot]

are you doing ok

please dont forget and eat a little something! 🌼🌼

[bourdainedminister]