adventures in meaning-making

Laurel, 28, museum curator & public historian. This is a side blog. Ze/zir.

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07.20.2026

can’t be trusted in a bookstore 😔

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07.19.2026

summer vibes lately

[asyastudieskorean]

7.9.2026 — Last day of Intermediate B Korean. I’m literally going to miss so many faces from this class, especially my professor. What’ll be my little slice of comfort and fun on Thursdays now? 🥹

🎧 deadmau5 — Moar Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff (not me having a 9 PM rager while being sad lol)

[soulmvtes]

some lovely moments :)

[whichvvitch]

studying laws for my animal license here in germany 📝 ☕️

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40 seconds of triangle chirps for your saturday night

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why is this one hour meeting two hours long EVERY WEEK AAAAHH

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had a conversation with my boss yesterday where I was like “you know I really like my job when the department head lets me do it” and she was like “exactlyyyyy.” functional workplace

[singsongstudy]

Hello again beloved hometown! Time to get to work

🎶 King For a Day, Anderson East

📺 Parks and Rec

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finally figured out how to un-stick myself from a scene in my WIP I've been frustrated by for weeks except it means rewriting it again

[gritting my teeth] I like writing I'm enjoying the process

[eastofshane]

went for a skate and took some pictures

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06.28.2026

the many shapes of tig

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finally watched nope with a friend who has seen it many times and we started making a “now that you’ve seen nope, try…” list that currently includes:

- holst’s the planets

- we are all completely beside ourselves by karen joy fowler

- asteroid city (2023)

- invisible man by ralph ellison

[triflingthing]

A coffee & a plan

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“I’ll work on that penguin suit” and other things said in meetings at my job

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trying to recreate an exhibit I didn’t work on and that we don’t have photos of and honestly it would be easier to curate it from scratch at this point

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I am leading a tour today which could be fun except that my energy levels are nonexistent

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I lived