take me home.

c!tommy and memorials (people seem to care about him so, so much more, now that he's gone... people are becoming virtuous... but they didn't even try! i should've done something... / even the people that care about me... i'm just science to them now.)

excerpt from can we get through dinner without choking on my guilt?, published in the weight journal 

taglist + transcript under the cut (ask to be added / removed):

arctophily - collecting of teddy bears

retrophilia - love of things of the past

gerascophobia - fear of growing old

floromancy - belief that flowers have feelings

angelolatry - worship of or belief in angels

anthroposophy - knowledge of the nature of humanity; human wisdom

anchorite - one withdrawn from the world for religious reasons

poetolatry - worship of poets

melliferous - producing or forming honey

comes, comitis companion

consul, consulis consul

dux, ducis commander

eques, equitis knight

homo, hominis man

hospes, hospitis guest

imperator, imperatoris victorious commander

mater, matris (f) mother → mater > O.E. modor > PDE mother

miles, militis soldier

mulier, mulieris (f) woman

orator, oratoris orator

pater, patris father → pater > O.E. fæder > PDE. father

pedes, peditis infantryman

princeps, principis prince, head

rex, regis king

uxor, uxoris (f) bride

aetas, aetatis (f) age

amor, amoris love

cupiditas, cupiditatis (f) craving

dolor, doloris hurt

honor, honoris honor, public role, position

labor, laboris exertion

libertas, libertatis (f) freedom

mos, moris tradition, habit, custom

pax, pacis (f) peace

ratio, rationis (f) calculation, reason / motive

salus, salutis (f) safety

senectus, senectutis (f) old age

socìetas, societatis (f) alliance

virtus, virtutis (f) virtue, merit, quality

voluptas, voluptatis (f) pleasure, passion

civitas, civitatis (f) citizenship, city

legio, legionis (f) legion

lex, legis (f) law

oratio, orationis (f) discourse, argument

pes, pedis foot

plebs, plebis (f) common folk, plebs

rumor, rumoris fame, reputation, rumor

sanguis, sanguinis blood

sermo, sermonis discourse

vox, vocis (f) voice

NEUTER NOUNS:

facinus, facinoris challenge, action

frigus, frigoris cold (noun)

genus, generis ancestry

iter, itineris journey, route

opus, operis work

scelus, sceleris crime, felony, murder

tempus, temporis time, occasion, moment, circumstance

caput, capitis head (body)

carmen, carminis poetry, song

corpus, corporis body

litus, litoris shore, coast

munus, muneris gift, task, responsibility

nemus, nemoris woods

nomen, nominis name

pectus, pectoris chest

rus, ruris countryside

sidus, sideris star

ver, veris spring

him: :)

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 

alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 

ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 

dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 

exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

experiential docet - experience teaches 

helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 

in libras libertas - in books, freedom 

littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 

mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 

mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 

poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 

qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 

si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 

sub rosa - under the rose 

trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble