Liya

24 | humanities graduate student (ma) | studyblr ~ langblr ? | DMs open :)

[thecursivecat]

| Day 5 |

Let’s pretend I didn’t go missing for a month… I completed my Master’s program! 🎓❤️

Sooo, how do I turn this account into a langblr? I’m terrible at French and want to get better…

[mactiir]

obsessed with mass market paperbacks. their pleasing rectangular proportions. how they fit badly in a hoodie pocket so you can drag them around everywhere with you like a temporary little buddy. the way they fit in your hand because they're MADE for human hands and not as bookshelf decoration. the way the pages feel when you riffle them gently with your thumb. How pristine and crisp they look when you get them and how creased and folded they look when you're done, even if you try to be nice to them. how that wear is okay, how that's correct actually, because they're made with the philosophy that books aren't meant to be PRETTY, they're meant to be read. that little ripple new ones get on the left side from where you hold them when you're reading, the way the ripple only goes as far as you've read, because u change stories by reading as they are changing you. how you can find thousands of these creased and folded and loved little dudes in every thrift store and used book shop and neighborhood library and you can instantly see the ones that someone carried around in a backpack for weeks or read to pieces or gave up on halfway through because they wear being read like fresh snow wears footprints. I love these poorly made, subpar little rectangles so much. truly the people's books.

[taylortut]

i CANNOT express how much more lovable my friends are to me at their most annoying. i'd rather hear the same story 3 times than not at all. i'd rather read a 22 message text rant about something totally inconsequential than not hear from you all day. i'd rather you tag me in the stupidest post i've ever seen than not know that it made you think of a conversation we had a month ago. BE ANNOYING AT ME. I LOVE YOU

[learnelle]

this semester got me feeling like coraline’s dad

[asystolle]

FRANKENSTEIN (2025) dir. Guillermo del Toro

[whowhatwearlook]

[thecursivecat]

| Day 4 |

👩🏻‍💻 Met with my advisor and adjusted my research/writing plan. Added to my body of research.

📖 During the weekend I read one graphic novel and one children’s picture book. The children’s book was a simple version of Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market. I should reread Goblin Market (poem).

☕️ FaceTimed my uni friend who just started her MBA program.

⭐️ Goals:

Add 1000 words to my thesis OR do a full reread/edit of existing work

Finish Brooke Shields’ autobiography

Update planner

Two (2) job applications (?)

[thecursivecat]

| Day 3 |

👩🏻‍💻 Emailed my advisor and added two new sections to my thesis. Scheduled a meeting for next week. Double checked graduation requirements for my degree program.

🍿 Watched 3 movies while giving out Halloween candy.

💡 Not the most productive week, hopefully next week is better.

⭐️ Weekend Goals:

Finish Brooke Shields’ autobiography

Finish library book

Return library books

Attend Halloween party

Plan/confirm next week

Two (2) job applications (?)

[probuccalfat]

nothing makes me want to run around the streets screaming and crying for women like seeing women suffer the pressures of “looking hot while pregnant” and “how to bounce back” my love… you are making a baby, you are making organs, you are feeding life and creation. the only thing you should be worried about is eating good and chilling hard.

[thecursivecat]

| Day 2 |

👩🏻‍💻 Edited existing work, but did not add to my word count

📖 Finished Alyson Stoner’s autobiography. Started and finished Pamela Anderson’s autobiography. Started Brooke Shields’ autobiography. I love autobiographies.

💌 Mailed two (2) letters

🏃🏻‍♀️ Took a 15 minute walk outside in the rain

☎️ FaceTimed with my friend on the West Coast

⭐️ Goals for tomorrow:

1000 words added to my thesis

Email or zoom my advisor

Keep the evening free for Halloween movies + giving out candy

[thecursivecat]

| Day 1 |

👩🏻‍💻 Wrote a very modest 600 words for my master’s thesis

📖 Started Alyson Stoner’s autobiography

⭐️ Goals for tomorrow:

1000 words towards my thesis

Complete Stoner’s autobiography

FaceTime friend on the West Coast (yay!)

Apply for two (2) jobs (?)

[girldante]

remember your life doesn't end at 20. dante alighieri got exiled from florence at 36! you still have time <3

[vnusplanetoflove]

I hate being asked what my goal in life is…. like.. idk…?? I want to have my own kitchen… and I want to know every poem by heart… and uhh.. I want to be kissed in the rain … etc etc .. my heart is very little and I dont want it to break

[onmidnights]

There’s a weird little side of me that likes sneaking around.

[bluebowlingalley]

I fucking love looking at myself, listening to myself, being with myself. I cant believe I ever thought of myself as ugly and unlovable. I wish 11 year old me looked at herself with just as much love as I do now, she didnt deserve the thoughts that were planted in her head. I love you 11 year old me

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

if you can and want to, go to college when you’re 30. move out at 40. learn to drive at 50. life is short but it is also so long. it’s not too late to do new things.

[barstoolblues]

the hot new drug is nikon coolpix s3000