Language, Literature, And Cozy Vibes

sunday - curtains drawn, cleaning up my desk <3

trying to survive exams in July ft. my trusty hand fan 🪭

submitted my thesis! my hands were shaking as i uploaded it. can’t believe that it’s finally done, it doesn’t quite feel real yet. trying to take a small break before starting to prep for my thesis defence.

Another shrimp painting

Books and coffee on a Sunday morning

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I love summer but I can't stand the heat. I'm really struggling with the temperature and it makes me slow and tired. Today was a crazy day at work and I'm looking forward to the holidays... Our school is not built for heat, it makes teaching unbearable. The students can't concentrate and me neither.

you get a few free graphs a month before you have to sign up, and i think the free version gives you up to 5 a month. there are paid versions but it really depends how often you need to use this kinda thing.

Read 20 pages of Lemebel

Read 20 pages of Lemebel

Me: Okay, I should probably add a paragraph about the contextual late-18th-century understanding of republicanism. Let me read over a key text to make sure I'm being accurate. [downloads a 42-page book chapter] Me: Hmm, okay, on page one of this chapter they're expecting me to know some nuanced things about civic humanism. Better just brush up real quick. [downloads 9-page primer from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy] Me: Okay, cool, but there's some stuff in here about Machiavelli that I really should read in its annotated source context, because that's what my history guys were working from. [downloads 283-page book on Machiavellian political philosophy with source texts] Me: Oh, for fuck's sake-- [downloads Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics]