i'm the best at space

when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore when the stars make you drool like a pasta fazool, that's amore

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Coffee and Awkward Conversation | Alina & Lennox

Mornings weren't really Alina's thing. After all, she was the girl who stayed up until five or six in the morning just in the hopes that maybe the cloud cover would clear and she'd finally get a glimpse of the galaxy she'd been studying all week. But unfortunately, the clouds had never parted and morning still came, bringing along with it all the responsibilities that real-person jobs held.

Like actually getting up in the morning. Worst.

But at least there was time for a cup of coffee, which lead to why exactly Alina was sitting outside Westwood's hippest local coffeehouse. Not that she had picked it for it's hipness... Alina just liked that they served her coffee in a glass beaker. And she liked to people-watch as she sipped her coffee--which was assumably filled with enough cream and sugar to make it more dessert than coffee--which made Rowster's the best place for her morning transformation into a real human being.

Yet how could Alina know that today's coffee would come with the extra jolt of the past coming back to haunt her? At least it seemed as such when Alina's ever-watchful eyes landed on one Lennox Stanford stepping out of a town car. A small sound emitted from the girl, a shout thankfully cut off by the fact that she had a mouth full of coffee, leaving her one less embarrassment.

But what the heck was he doing here? This place couldn't  be fancy enough for him... It was rustic and there were bags of coffee beans piled in corners, and of all things the menu was limited to coffee black or with cream and sugar. Maybe with ice if you asked nice enough.

Her eyes followed the boy as she swallowed down her coffee, wondering if she should say something to him. Maybe even wave? Offer him a seat? Oh no, that'd be a horrible idea. It was just a two-seat table. People might think they were on a date... Lennox wouldn't stand for that, being seen with a broke little social invalid like her. Alina looked back down into her coffee cup, face falling a little before looking back at the boy with a sigh. Yeah... Probably not a good idea to do that.

And yet....

"Lennox!" Her own vocal chords betrayed her, the shout bubbling back out with a vengeance.  Awkwardly the girl raised a hand to wave a second later, trying to cover up the oddness of her exclamation. "I mean, uh... Hi, Lennox." Alina half-smiled at the boy and stood up, not quite sure of what to do now that she'd called attention to herself...

Much like any other time she'd interacted with Lennox.

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One Republic - Counting Stars

Lately, I’ve been, I’ve been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be

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Dean Martin - That’s Amore

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ALINA RILEY, 25 *taken by lauren

Selene: Goddess of the moon

Youngest member of the American Astronomical Society. Socially awkward but endearing.

Leonie Harman (close friend), Lennox Stanford (childhood crush)

"And next, sweet voiced Mousai (Muses), daughters of Zeus, well skilled in song, tell of the long-winged Mene (Moon). From her immortal head a radiance is shown from heaven and embraces earth; and great is the beauty that ariseth from her shining light. The air, unlit before, glows with the light of her golden crown, and her rays beam clear, whensoever bright Selene having bathed her lovely body in the waters of Okeanos, and donned her far-gleaming raiment, and yoked her strong-necked, shining team, and drives on her long-maned horses at full speed, at eventime in the mid-month: then her great orbit is full and then her beams shine brightest as she increases. So she is a sure token and a sign to mortal men." — Homeric Hymn 32 to Selene

in a nutshell, Alina is the human equivalent of Space Core from Portal 2

she wanted to be an astronaut, but her application gets denied over and over again

has settled for working at the local observatory and planetarium

totally means she gets to use the fancy expensive telescopes for free

plus Alina's a total night owl/insomniac so she gets to spend all night staring up at the stars

if you even express the smallest interest in talking about space with her tho

Alina will get this insanely excited look on her face

sit you down with a cup of tea and some cookies she baked just 4 u

and pull out a 3 inch binder stuffed full of papers, look you in the eye and say

let me tell u a thing about space, my friend.

she’s gotten better at toning down the total nerd-dom around most people

thanks mostly to bff Leonie who has helped her dial back the space geekery to general human being levels

at least until you take Alina to a party and put a drink in her hand

esp. because she is the lightest of lightweights

one drink and the room is spinning lyk woah

and she’ll trap some unsuspecting soul in the corner and blather at them about just how fucking amazing space is

"WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT SPACE? MINE IS SPACE." ~actual drunk Alina dialogue

in other words, Alina is a total social failure

she’s a sweetheart to the core but has never quite picked up social cues

or really how to do small talk or anything

or how exactly to be ~cool

though oh man does Alina desperately want to be cool

also is consistently 5 years behind in pop culture references

which doesn't help her nerdy jokes at all

'imma let you finish, Galileo, but Copernicus had the best orbit theory of all time. OF ALL TIME!' ~amirite guys? ....guys?

she also has a tendency to lean towards older forms of technology outside of space tech

she likes making mixtapes on actual cassette tapes

has an old Walkman she carries around with her

still like knows how to use fancy new tech, just feels more comfortable with older stuff

likes dealing with the glitches and things

essentially has become an accidental hipster

she was an only child and homeschooled up until the end of middle school

so didn’t really get socialized early enough to do very well with ~people

Alina was also 100000% that one girl in middle school who is obsessed with horses

she had horse everything when she was younger

her family never had enough money to actually own a horse

but it was and tbqh still is Alina’s dream to have her own horse to ride

they were her one true love before she discovered the freaking majesty of the stars

if Alina is anything tho, she is passionate as fuck

you want a cheerleader to tell you about how freaking awesome stuff is?

Alina is your girl

she has no qualms about being overly excited

tends to yell things like:

OH MY GOD I’M SO FREAKING PUMPED

or

THIS IS SO AMAZING, I’M SO EXCITED. OMG.

usually doesn’t register that someone might think she’s being ~weird

except when meeting new people

because when Alina was younger a friend told her that Lennox Stanford didn’t like her back because she was weird

that she should just get over her obnoxious and tbqh a bit creepy crush b/c he’d never like such a weird girl

Alina can sometimes be a bit quiet around new friends

(b/c she totally thinks of every new person she meets as a friend-in-waiting)

just ‘cause she wants to sit and observe and try to determine if they can handle all the excitement that boils up inside of her

Alina still hasn't quite gotten over her crush on Lennox even after not seeing him for four years

(after all the highlight of her life was that one time he asked her to dance at prom)

(it was magical. tell her otherwise and you'll regret it.)

he never rlly talked much to her, and still doesn't rlly

but Alina still pulls out the mixtape she made for him before she went to college sometimes and listens to it bc she's a lil starry-eyed nerd

she understands it'll never happen, tbqh, just 'cause they're from different worlds

but she likes to dream

(and has the oddest tendency to find herself attracted only to green-eyed brown-haired boys who reek of money)

tldr; Alina Riley is a cute lil space bb who just wants you to love her and talk sweet sweet space to her

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PAN FUCKS EVERYTHING

ALL THE GREEK GODS SLEEP AROUND ONE HELL OF A LOT. HERMES ONCE GOT A GIRL PREGNANT WITH A HALF GOD, HALF GOAT MONSTER GOD THING, LATER KNOWN AS PAN. PAN HAD A PRETTY FUCKED UP LIFE. WHEN HIS MOTHER LOOKED AT HER NEW BABY, HE WAS SO FUCKING HIDEOUS THAT SHE SCREAMED AND RAN AWAY. AS A RESULT, PAN ISN’T VERY GOOD WITH WOMEN.

PAN IS THE GOD OF NATURE, SO HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME SLEEPING AND PLAYING WITH SHEEP AND BEES. AND NYMPHS. LOTS OF NYMPHS. PAN FUCKED ALL THE NYMPHS. LITERALLY. HE COLLECTED THEM. 

ONCE HE TRIED TO RAPE A NYMPH CALLED PITYS, WHO TURNED INTO A TREE, BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT NYMPHS DO WHEN THEY GET SCARED. IT’S LIKE HEDGEHOGS ROLLING UP INTO BALLS, OR POSSUMS PRETENDING TO BE DEAD, ONLY IT’S KIND OF PERMANENT, WHICH DEFEATS THE FUCKING POINT. 

THEN HE TRIED TO RAPE SYRINX, WHO…. YES, THAT’S RIGHT. TURNED INTO A FUCKING PLANT. SHE RAN AWAY TO THE RIVER AND TURNED INTO A REED, AT WHICH POINT PAN GOT CONFUSED AND HADN’T A FUCKING CLUE WHICH REEDS WERE REEDS AND WHICH WERE NYMPHS, SO HE CUT THEM ALL DOWN AND MADE PIPES OUT OF THEM. CREEPY BASTARD.

AT ONE POINT HE COVERED HIMSELF IN WOOL AND PRETENDED TO BE A SHEEP TO SEDUCE SELENE. PRESUMABLY HE WAS A REALLY FUCKING SEXY SHEEP. EITHER THAT OR SELENE HAD SOME FUCKED UP KINKS.

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MYTHOLOGY SERIES | Selene & Endymion

"Tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much, he died every night to let her breathe."

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greek mythology/myth picspam series » selene

"To Selene (Moon), Fumigation from Aromatics. Hear, goddess queen (thea basileia), diffusing silver light, bull-horned, and wandering through the gloom of night. With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide night’s torch extending, through the heavens you ride: female and male, with silvery rays you shine, and now full-orbed, now tending to decline. Mother of ages, fruit-producing Mene (Moon), whose amber orb makes night’s reflected noon: lover of horses, splendid queen of night, all-seeing power, bedecked with starry light, lover of vigilance, the foe of strife, in peace rejoicing, and a prudent life: fair lamp of night, its ornament and friend, who givest to nature’s works their destined end. Queen of the stars, all-wise Goddess, hail! Decked with a graceful robe and amble veil. Come, blessed Goddess, prudent, starry, bright, come, moony-lamp, with chaste and splendid light, shine on these sacred rites with prosperous rays, and pleased accept thy suppliants’ mystic praise.”

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FIGURES OF LORE | selene, greek mythology     ↳ requested by royal-hyoyeon

In Greek mythology, Selene (Greek Σελήνη [selɛ̌ːnɛː] ‘moon’;) is the goddess of the moon. She is the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun-god Helios, and of Eos, goddess of the dawn. She drives her moon chariot across the heavens. Several lovers are attributed to her in various myths, including Zeus, Pan, and the mortal Endymion. In classical times, Selene was often identified with Artemis, much as her brother, Helios, was identified with Apollo. Both Selene and Artemis were also associated with Hecate, and all three were regarded as lunar goddesses, although only Selene was regarded as the personification of the moon itself. Her Roman equivalent is Luna.

The etymology of Selene is uncertain, but if the name is of Greek origin, it is likely connected to the word selas (σέλας), meaning “light”.

Just as Helios, from his identification with Apollo, is called Phoebus (“bright”), Selene, from her identification with Artemis, is also commonly referred to by the epithet Phoebe (feminine form). The original Phoebe of Greek mythology is Selene’s aunt, the Titaness mother of Leto and Asteria, and grandmother of Apollo, Artemis, and Hecate. Also from Artemis, Selene was sometimes called “Cynthia”. Selene was also called Mene. The word men (feminine mene), meant the moon, and the lunar month. It was also the name of the Phrygian moon-god Men.