picaresque since 1847

august // writing/literature sideblog for octorimi... // dni people who don't like me

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hi i'm august but also george. i'm 16. he/her. if my life were a game of jeopardy! my chosen topics would be:

how languages work

9/11 and its impact

experimental and electronic music

books with weird pages

saying i'm going to do something and then never doing it

being bad at programming

the old and the obscure

other:

eng/fr. i don't speak french much nowadays. but i can

i write a bit. find my poetry and writing on my website (which is currently down...). i also play saxophone but you can find that nowhere...

i am also @octorimi

things i like below the cut!!

books: the brothers karamazov, war and peace, microserfs, vanity fair, the nose, lady macbeth of mtsensk, a faint heart, the eternal husband, archy and mehitabel, i'll think of more...

music: deerhoof (!!!!!), parliament funkadelic, francis bebey, william onyeabor, nina simone, laurie anderson, tom tom club, jellyfish (!!!!!!!!!!!!!), architecture in helsinki, paris motel, gladys knight and the pips, also quite a big opera fan 😁

general interests: napoleonic era, dolls and dollhouses, 9/11, languages, wikipedia, opera, princess peach..., mathematics that i don't understand, hindu mythology, coding but i'm terrible at it, SHAYE SAINT JOHN !!!!

[octorimi]

when something creeps you out, you say it gives you the...

heeby jeebys

heeby jeebies

heebie jeebys

heebie jeebies

secret 5th spelling of the above

Voting ended onMay 5

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will i ever read tbk again... sighs longingly

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i rewatched the nose and i dont understand why i thought it was so good before. but heres the gif anyway

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Best Synth Tourney!!! Submissions OPEN!

Have YOU ever wanted to find out what tumblr's favourite synthesizer is?????????? Probably not, but I did!!!!!!

Submissions will probably close on 28th February, 23:59 UTC+0. This might be later, depending on circumstances. The tourney itself will probably start at the end of March.

Please do not make submissions through the ask box. Use the submission form instead! (link: https://forms.gle/sLb9SZUSJonZwqvZ6)

Submit synths based off of their aesthetics and design, rather than their sound. Simply because... well, it's difficult to judge the sound of a synthesizer!

I'm planning to have a thorough tagging system in place when it starts--- if you have any suggestions for how this could work, let me know!!

Extra info below cut!

You can call me Mod Wurli (after the Wurlitzer keyboard. They are technically Not Synths [except maybe the Orbit iii???] but I do love them dearly regardless.) and my pronouns are he/her.

The synths in the banner/profile picture are the Prophet-5 and the Jupiter-8!!!

@tournament-announcer

[operagifs-blog]

The Magic Flute - Mozart

Papageno and Papagena, together at last.

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i liked the plague a normal amount

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Ivan and Smerdyakov referring to each other.

(Katz translation except for "brother" and "dear", which are from the original text)

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così fan tutte btw

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oh yes i made this post because i had just been to see a lovely adaptation where it was set in 1950s coney island... i am usually not a big fan of modern (if you can call the 1950s modern...) adaptations but i thought that this one fit the plot quite well 👍👍

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così fan tutte btw

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any excuse to mention war and peace.... teehee

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who up thinking about katerina ismailova ☹️

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One of my greatest creations from 2024

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alyosha, ivan, mitya, smerdyakov, and grushenka in the stylings and fashion of the band Jellyfish...

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recent marya bolkonskayas

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IM SO EXCITED FOR MY UPCOMING OPERA TRIP!!!!!