my life at the academia

Introduction to this studyblr/langblr

Hi there :) Gonna introduce myself here and talk a little bit about this account ⊂(•‿•⊂ )*.✧

So, some facts about me ⬇️

📖 Why I started this account: I've had a studygram (Instagram) for a year now and I've always wanted to create a studyblr around here. So as a 2022 goal, I decided to start using Tumblr as well.

☁️ What you'll find here: I'll mostly post photos, study inspo, book reviews, stationery stuff I use, journaling, my study routine, goals and achievements on my language studies and cool facts/curiosities about studying to be a librarian. And of course, coffee pics.

📖 How can you call me/pronouns: simply L., that stands for my initial and my profession, and I go by she/her.

☁️ Study aesthetic: I would say light academia. I mean, I love dark academia as well, but the light one just makes me feel happier :)

📖 My course: I am a university student in Library and Information Science.

☁️ Other studies: I am currently a researcher in the field of information architecture and I occasionally work with databases.

📖 My biggest goal: Have a doctorate before age thirty.

☁️ Where I am from: I live in Brazil.

📖 Languages: I speak Portuguese, English, some Spanish. I'm currently learning German (A2), Japanese (A1) and Russian (A1).

☁️ Music: Overall, I listen to and love everything that's electronic. I'm really into vaporwave, sythwave, psy-trance, downtempo, electro swing etc. Also a big big fan of J-pop. For studying I prefer lo-fi, chillhop, a soft jazz or indie rock.

📖 Places I love to go: Coffeeshops in general, Starbucks, museums, libraries, university, malls.

☁️ Hobbies: making coffee and latte art, drawing statues, writing, blogging, reading, being with my cats, hanging out alone or w/ friends, watching soap opera, buying stationary stuff, cooking and being a tourist on my city.

📝 Studyblr tracking: #librariansjournal

I sort of already have a daily routine; but since I started working recently, I changed it up a bit to fit in with my schedule. I start work at noon, so I wake up around seven forty-five. I usually have class at eight, so I have breakfast watching the first class. My classes, because of the pandemic, are happening remotely, which in a way helps me be more productive. If I don't have a class in the day, I use this time to do exercises and tasks. I finish everything around 10:30, leave the house, have lunch on the street and go to work. This is a photo I took around lunchtime, just before going to work. It's part of my routine to have a coffee reading a book in between.

Bingo creator: @studytheory

Read about something that you find interesting

So for this first day and challenge, I chose a matter that is always interesting to me: marine biology. I think the way marine fauna lives is amazing. It's like a different world within our own world. My research was specifically about the abyssal seas and the animals that live there. Some ocean locations can reach up to 10000 meters (32808,4 ft) deep, like the Mariana's Trench. Deep water is considered to be a distance of at least 2000 meters (6561,68 ft) from the surface. Due to the pressure of the water, few living beings survive these hostile environments. For humans to access what exists in these places, it is necessary to use ROVs (remotely operated veicules).

One of the animals that most caught my attention in my reading was a cephalopod (same class as octopuses) called bigfin squid, or in its scientific name, Magnapinna. It was first sighted in the Gulf of Perdido, an oil platform in Mexico, 2007. The scary image of her caught attention - at first glance, it really looks like an alien. As there has never been contact with one of them alive, little is known about this animal. One of its main features, however, is its immense tentacles. The animal can reach 8 meters in total. Later, other videos of her were made, and in these the squid didn't look that scary. It is believed that the youngest beings of the species swim more shallower depths, while the adults live there at the bottom of the sea. Curious, huh?

On the left we see a younger and more recent species of squid. On the right, the famous photo in which she was discovered. Yes, that's the full size of the animal - giant.

8.02.2022

21:43

Alright, I'm finally starting the book. So far, I'm hooked. Simply love a good night reading session, it simply sets a wonderful atmosphere.

You know exactly what you wanna do, who you wanna be. Instead of following your heart, you've fallen for you fear. This is your dream, your life. What are you waiting for?