love, carrie

no-good procrastinator tackles a levels one cup of tea at a time.

[mossnotes]

um.. hello :) i might come back? to this blog? to studyblr? in time for uni to keep me motivated? maybe? is there still anyone here?

[mossnotes]

hi !! i don’t use this blog anymore, i’ve moved to @iloveyou-itllpass xx thank u i love u mwah. i realised i rlly don’t enjoy studyblr anymore & i’ve finished sixth form and am going to be doing more writing-related things in my studies at uni so yeah :)) thank u for being here, moots especially :))

[daily-prompts]

prompt 1493

Whose life will you utterly overturn today? (Pick a character, any character.)

[mossnotes]

17 questions for 17 people!

(tagged by @ox-blr)

hello! i’ve been mia from tumblr for a long time because, well, i’m losing interest and seeing studyblr content isn’t motivating me the way it used to? so, i’m gradually re-entering this space in a different, healthier way, so consider this a reintroduction! 

nickname:

my name is carrie and i don’t really have a nickname? i used to get called caz or cazza (ew) a lot, and i recently made the connection that caz - or kaz - means i’m twinning with our good lord, kaz brekker hehehe. also for a while somebody called me pigeon (because of carrier pigeons, i guess?), so honestly if you want to call me pigeon go for it. it’s fun, at least. 

height: 

5′3″ or 5′4″, i think :(

zodiac: 

aries sun, libra rising, capricorn moon ! 

hogwarts house: 

slytherin !! (fun fact, i used to be a hufflepuff but changed to a slytherin within the same year, so, character development? or maybe, and more likely, villain/corruption arc? idk)

last thing i googled: 

how to toggle between items on minecraft inventory bar (i finally got java after playing bedrock my whole life so it’s taking some adjusting :D)

song stuck in my head: 

can you feel my heart - bmth (a tiktok of someone screaming it in the car came up on my fyp today and now that is ALL I WANT TO DO)

number of followers:

543 ! on my old account i got to 4k i think in the end? for some reason now, i can’t seem to gain followers and the ones i have aren’t very interactive :( i think maybe because tumblr seems to be like, dying out (finally?), especially studyblr. or maybe it’s me that’s getting bored of it and not being active enough for people to interact. hm. 

hours of sleep:

nothing (except anxiety-induced insomnia on sunday nights) will get between me and my eight hours. 

lucky number: 

7. i’m not sure why. or maybe it’s just my favourite number. is there a difference?

dream job: 

i don’t have a dream job because i don’t dream of labour in this capitalist hellscape working in a little bookshop sounds about as peaceful as retail work can get. i just want to sit on a stool behind the counter wearing my silly little granddad jumpers reading the books i was supposed to shelve. or, if my writing takes off, i want to be a rich elusive spinster living in the huge old house at the edge of my town, where i only ever appear in a long silk nightgown to deliver my latest manuscript bound in velvet ribbon to a gloved figure in the black car at the end of my drive. 

aesthetic: 

i’m such a sucker for dark academia, and dark or earthy tones. my tweed blazer is my most prized possession, even if i never get to wear it lol except for dramatic recitals of hamlet’s to be or not to be soliloquy. i’d love to be one of those people who wears pastel purple jumpers and strawberry dresses but, no. 

wearing: 

for all i just boasted about my dark academic adoration, i’m currently wearing trackies and my stepdad’s old help for heroes jumper, which i think i spilled tea on. (that was the most english sentence i’ve ever written bloody hell)

favourite song(s): 

lover, please stay - nothing but thieves

itch - nothing but thieves

medicine - harry styles

electricity - arctic monkeys

despair in the departure lounge - arctic monkeys

lose it - oh wonder

(i really like am and nbt can you tell?!)

favourite instrument: 

bass and electric guitar are so cool, i have an electric but i can’t play to save my life. also piano? if you play piano i am immediately infatuated with you. 

favourite author(s): 

donna tartt and v.e. schwab (also, mary shelley goes without saying)

favourite animal noise: 

the little chirp my cat does when she wakes up and immediately wants to know where i am

random: 

i lowkey hate studyblr just because of how glossy and amazing it is when studying literally never looks like that, and idk if it’s just me/my dash but as a mentally ill person it’s so hard seeing this constant productivity because most days i just do my online school (mostly from bed because i don’t have the energy or am just too uncomfortable at my desk because my room is on a tilt bc i live in a really old house and the desk is right on the tilt oop) and then i’m too shattered to study or do any extra. it blows my mind that there are people who study for like 8 or 10 hours a day with such insanely good self discipline... ah. idk that was a rant, studyblr used to be incredible for me and so motivating but i’ve really fallen out of love with it, so this blog might change direction a bit and go more writer/random/literature meme idk??? ily thank u for reading and sticking around w me mwah

tagssssss (it’s up to you if you do this or not, it’s just a bit of fun!!) @jasminesnotes @hyperchemblr @a-study-in-letters @eduardstudying @studylustre @studydiaryofamedstudent @studious-serpent @asteristudy @sonderstudy @cinnasbooks @soulmvtes @hannistudies @captainofstudies​

i know that’s not 17 people but honestly, whoever sees this and wants to do this, feel free! u are the remaining tag slots :)

[mossnotes]

just once i want to get winedrunk and stand on a table in a big swoopy coat or blazer and recite hamlet’s “to be or not to be” soliloquy

[mossnotes]

i did it back in december and danced to life on mars and it was so so so good

[daemonstudies]

17 Questions for 17 People!

Hello!

Again, @h-grangerstudies, thank you so much for tagging me! I’m excited for this one! Here we go:

Nickname:

I guess my Twitch username is kind of a nickname, since people use it to refer to me on Twitch and Discord. It’s King Cricket. You can call me King, Cricket, or King Cricket. It doesn’t matter to me because my username is a joke anyway!

Height:

5′11″ or 180.34 cm.

Zodiac:

Aries. Fun fact: the universe doubled down on my signs! I was born in March in the Year of the Ox (Chinese Zodiac).

Hogwart House:

Hufflepuff!

Last Thing I Googled:

Hogwarts House Quiz…

Song Stuck in My Head:

Losing You by Fat Jon as Maurice Galactica, Rapture Kontrolle

Number of Followers:

309, but some of them are fake accounts. I love everyone that actually took the time to check out my blog!

Hours of Sleep:

How many minutes are in an hour, again?

Lucky Number:

22

Dream Job:

Something simple and stable; right now I’m teaching myself about software development.

Aesthetic:

Clean and simple, but make it all-black.

Wearing:

Carhartt tee and black joggers.

Favorite Song:

Bennie and the Jets, by Elton John

Rio, by Orangutang

Fallen, by Jaden Smith

Favorite Instrument:

I have two guitars and a bass, but my favorite instrument is the Cello! Also a big saxophone fan.

Favorite Author:

William Gibson and Virginia Woolf.

Favorite Animal Noise:

When turtles go snap-snap…

Random:

I want to teach myself a little bit of everything for as long as I can. I love Alexander the Great, and I want Plott Hounds! They’re smart and strong doggos.

Hopefully y’all enjoyed reading that! I’m gonna tag:

@botoncaffeine, @be-gay-study-crime, @coffee-and-code, @captainofstudies, @kjemi, @mang-hoee, @easygoingstudies, @studyingfilms, @phdiaries, @coffeebeans-and-law, @mossnotes, @littlegatsbygirl, @honneeyyybee, @clairestillwantstostudy, @studyandhaveahealthylife, @studyingjessie, @tinyengineernut,

as well as anyone else who wants to participate! Thanks again. Hope you’re all well.

-oxblr.

[mossnotes]

hehehe hi! thank u sm for the tag <3

[mossnotes]

if u reblog my posts i absolutely will check ur tags

[mossnotes]

me before doing english lit a level: ... annotate books? w h a t ? what circle of hell is this get the fuck out right now N O absolutely fucking not

me now: HAHAH GAY *annotates w heart and/or some kind of commentary about being a dramatic little gay bitch just like me* FUCKING OW YOU FUCKING BITCH THAT LINE HURT ME HOW DARE YOU *underlines furiously* *covers entire margins with annotations* *gets too enthusiastic and accidentally underlines 90% of the book* *keeps a pen by all my reading spots so i have easy access to one at all times*

[mossnotes]

give, share, lose

lest we die unbloomed.

— allen ginsberg

[mossnotes]

eighteenth january ‘21

psychology & mock exam prep

[brokenlockets]

THE CRITIC AS ARTIST. Oscar Wilde, 1891

[sawasawako-archived]

if any of yall are interested in poetry and learning how to read, analyse, and appreciate a poem, check out this free course by the University of York that goes in-depth about reading poetry! i’m taking it now and it’s really good, 10/10 would recommend to anyone who is even a little bit interested in poetry

[huitingreads]

couple of my favourite posts ½

[2-point-5]

y'all, i made a quiz on what your stereotype is.

[mossnotes]

is it normal to feel really desperately sad after you finish writing a book because like.... this is the second time i’ve ended up wandering around the house like a ghost not knowing what to do with myself now the stories i’ve poured my absolute love into for years are finished.

[saintjoan]

When we un-packed it, the Paris curator was embarrassed to discover lipstick marks on its cheek: someone in the Louvre had played at being Pygmalion—or Hadrian—and kissed it. And who could blame them? Up on a pedestal, center stage, the effect of its beauty was jaw-dropping.

[trinitysbooks]

“‘Passion has often worn our wandering hearts.’“ 

- W. B. Yeats in “Ephemera”