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[rivkahstudies]

for the soft asks!!! 17 and 30, please! 💌💌

17. fairy lights or LED lights?

Fairy lights! LEDs hurt my eyes

30. what reminds you of home (doesn’t have to mean house… just things that remind you of the feeling of home)?

Apple pie. Salty sea air. My partner. leather-bound journals. Coffee, especially roasts my mother would drink. Crabs and other seafood. Violin music. Classic rock. Band t-shirts from concerts I’ve been to. Handwritten letters. Watercolor paint.

Thanks for asking love!

[oxfordstudies]

I just saw a post where you mentioned working with CAD models for the Mars rover - do you mind if i ask more about that? What you do in working with the Mars rover (and which one, for that matter!), what CAD programs you use, etc.

The rocketry society takes part in the Olympus Rover Trials competition by Ukseds and I’m part of the mechanical team. Theres 15 members for the uni team and the premise for the competition is to design and test a mars rover to retrieve rock samples from mars like terrain. We’re piecing together different bits of design work in SolidWorks at the minute and will be making it next term.

Heres a link to the competition website... https://ukseds.org/aurora/?p=ort2018

[dailyacademic]

and here is the second part: a collection of collections - instrumental playlists for all moods, whether it’s studying or ambient noise. @wendysnotes

amhrán na farraige: a collection of songs inspired by the sea. title inspired by the film song of the sea. 

adventure: a playlist to spark adventure and rekindle wanderlust. (this is also my hype playlist when i’m studying at the last minute.)

love: lovely songs for happy days.

nostalgia: songs that remind me of home. (in the words of a friend of mine, “if songs had temperatures, these would be warm.”)

piano: surprise surprise - the playlist called “piano” is a playlist consisting solely of piano pieces. 

reverie: a quiet playlist for contemplation. this playlist is also called “melancholy” on my ipos. 

space: celestial bodies and astronomical happenings - a playlist featuring sleeping at last.

[dailyacademic]

merry christmas, wendy! ( @wendysnotes​ ) i’m your secret santa. my name is atlas - nice to meet you (and be able to actually introduce myself)!

i hope you’re having a fantastic holiday! my gift for you is twofold, so here’s the first bit: a gingersnap recipe. it’s a bit of my tradition to make them every year (i made mine this morning), so i thought i’d share the tradition! the original recipe has been in my family for a while, but this one has my own twists to it. i hope you enjoy it! 

sift together 2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ground cloves, 1 tsp ground ginger, and 3 tsp baking soda. in a large bowl, cream together 3/4 cup vegetable shortening, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, and 1/4 cup molasses. stir in the flour mixture. shape the dough into balls (smaller than 1 inch) and roll in sugar. place on a lined baking sheet. flatten them with your fingers, then bake for 6-7 minutes for a more chewy cookie or 8-10 minutes for a crispy gingersnap.

more to follow!

[dailyacademic]

I didn’t take my skates off after a skate session today. I’m now studying (skates still on), and oddly enough, I feel like it’s actually helping.

[dailyacademic]

Inktober Day 1: Poisonous

The berries on the holly trees haven’t turned red yet. I’m waiting for the leaves to turn: my first fall in the mountains!

Listening to “No Roots” by Alice Merton

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inktober (studyblr edition)

So I found this year’s prompts for Inktober (you can find them here), and I thought I’d make my own studyblr version of it because I want to do it but I’m not an artist. I’ll be using it to work on my handwriting and handlettering: a different style of writing every day, inspired by the prompt. Day 1 will hopefully be coming later, I’ve already started working!

[dailyacademic]

my new favorite study spot, courtesy of the skylights and plants. 

listening to “tell me you know” by good kid