strephon

a thing about me is i basically never notice a wig or other kind of hairpiece in tv/movies. it has to be party city territory for me to even twig it. people will complain about characters' wigs looking bad and i will nod along but there is like a 90% chance i did not notice for a second while watching. i consider this mostly a blessing.

Feeling inspired... Might put off writing and think about it the whole time

this could have been an elegiac poem. this could have been an epigram. this could have been an atellan farce. this could have been an agricultural manual. this could have been a neoplatonist treatise. this could have been a red figure vase. this could have been an epistolary collection. this could have been a lyric poem. this could have been a legal defence speech. this could have been an idyll. this could have been seneca’s apocolocyntosis

People have overused Catholic Guilt to the point they cannot recognize the clear and haunting Protestant Shame in front of their eyes. that character Knows they could have worked harder

Lord Hervey is a great case study on the relationship between sex, gender, sexuality and disability in the 18th century so it’s always a tad disappointing when someone doesn’t see how interesting that is

Der langjährige Deutsche-Bahn-Fahrer rechnet nicht nur mit Verspätungen und Zugausfällen, sondern er nutzt sie zu seinem Vorteil

gotta admit Tumblr is still UNMATCHED for letting me find and connect with people into my nichest niche interests

goethe schnur brief jubiläum

voll vergessen dass ich das gescheduled hatte jetzt hab ich das so ganz kontextlos auf euch losgelassen wartet kurz

deadbeat dad who’s an academic: i’m just going to the stor