The Ex- Med-Student's notebook

The Eiffel Tower gets slightly bigger every year. That's because it's alive and slowly absorbing the girders and I-beams from the other buildings in the city. The French government didn't want to alarm its citizens, so they made up a story about it being built by an architect, but that's not what happened at all. In fact, despite its name, the Eiffel Tower isn't really a tower at all.

It's a Paris sight

the fact that at the council of elrond glorfindel is like “just throw the ring into the ocean” is so funny to me after reading the silmarillion just because it feels like the subtext is him being like “yeah let’s try maglor’s patented and tested method: Just Yeet The Accursed Fucking Thing Into The Water”

#in fairness they do do literally the other fëanorion approved method of magical item disposal #glorfindel: we could do like maglor and throw it in the ocean? #elrond: no we’re doing like maedhros and jumping into a volcano via @lesbianlanval

Those…those really are the four methods aren’t they?

Listen, Boromir knows 1 (one) ancient elven story and damn it, he’s going to ride that horse until it dies.

tumblr users will be like “i’ll be the first to admit i didn’t read anything you said, but here’s my take on it:”

Being crazy about a piece of media for any amount of time will leave a weird mark on you forever because years later you’ll see someone posting something about it like “can we talk about this frame” and you’ll be like “ah that frame. i know all about that frame. I was once a scholar of that frame.”

If you feel lost and disconnected from yourself; if you feel like you don't know who you are and question your purpose in this life, the best thing you can do is reconnect with everything that has ever brought you joy. There are so many parts of ourselves we hide and forget because we adapt to the environment and people around us. Other people's opinions, judgements and thoughts influence us and it's so easy to get lost in them and forget what you actually think and want, who you actually are. So revisit the songs that make you feel happy and alive, pick up that hobby that always grounded you, connect to people who bring warmth to your life and indulge in anything that makes your soul feel at peace. All of these things are the essence of who you are, my love. And in order to find yourself again, go back to your roots and engage with everything you have been neglecting for so long. I can see that the light inside of you has been dimmed for a while, but it's still there, waiting for you to uncover it again.

The problem with "treat yourself like you would treat a friend :)" is that I can't treat myself like I treat someone that I'm not personally responsible of. I don't have to make anyone else get out of bed. I don't have to make anyone else do their work. I don't have to make anyone else maintain a social life. I don't have to make anyone else do their hobbies and chores. I'm not in charge of anyone else's life, of course I don't have to hold them to the same standards. And I can't verbally express how fast my entire shit would asplode if I treated myself like I treat people who are not my personal responsibility.

This is why these days I'm treating myself like a child that I'm trying to look after and teach.

takes a real artist to go "i have to deface this billboard promoting an evil corporation's evil product. but crucially☝️the typeface and kerning must match or else it's cringe"

If you make it look official, people will leave it up. I knew someone who replaced all the motivational posters at work with 'demotivation' versions and corp didnt notice for like 2 years.