H’s Studies

work

kitchen chores

orga things for roller derby recruitment committee

I'm so tired, I just want to curl up and sleep, I'm so ready for a quick dinner and then some sweet sweet rest

fresh air? yes! (biked to work)

13|06|2026

master thesis adventures #31

Not only my big reread and reorganization of all the information has come to an end, but I also had an email exchange with my supervisor. I finally have a loose index and structure to work on and some more things to read. I have yet to answer to the last email but having this sort of structure feels unreal. To be honest I cannot wait to start writing the first drafts of my chapters.

📖🎧: Needful Things by Stephen King

Faithbreaker - Hannah Kaner

Threads That Bind - Kika Hatzopoulou

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Heartless Hunter - Kristen Ciccaarelli

Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson

The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvader

After the Woods - Kell Woods

Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldree

The Bone Ships - RJ Barker

House of Salt and Sorrows - Erin A Craig

Masters of Death - Olivie Blake

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - VE Schwab

Sourcery - Terry Pratchett

Damsel - Evelyn Skye

A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

The Mountain in the Sea - Ray Nayler

The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman

A Darker Shade of Magic - VE Schwab

For the Wolf - Hannah Whitten

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - SA Chakraborty

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde

All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton

The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski

Enjoying color coding this! green = finished, orange = currently making progress on, red = started but haven't made progress on, and black = not started yet.

I am at 12 completed books this year including these green ones. Other books I have read include book club books, a few miscellaneous audiobooks, and miscellaneous physical/digital books.

Empire in Black and Gold - Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Housemaid - Freida McFadden

Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Swimmer - Joakim Zander

A Case of Mice and Murder - Sally Smith

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Dance of the Realms - Calliope Glass

Kin - Tayari Jones

Finally, the books I am making progress on right now:

Days of Shattered Faith - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - VE Schwab (also a book club book)

Dracula Daily - Bram Stoker

Books coming up on my reading schedule for the summer months are:

Scheduled to finish in June:

The Attala County Garden Club - Topher Payne

The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvader

The Other Bennet Sister - Janice Hadlow

Scheduled to finish in July:

The Thirty Names of Night - Zeyn Joukhadar

Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender - Dr Kit Heyam

Heartless Hunter - Kristen Ciccaarelli

+ 1 book club book

Scheduled to finish in August:

House of Salt and Sorrows - Erin A Craig

Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldree

The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman

+ 1 book club book

Naturally, there will be more books and shifting of the timelines because I am a mood reader, but this is what I have so far!

Anger/irritation

Agacé-e – annoyed

Contrarié-e – upset/frustrated

Courroucé-e – wrathful (formal, rarer)

En colère – angry

Exaspéré-e – exasperated

Fâché-e – mad/upset

Furieux(se) – furious

Indigné-e – indignant

Irrité-e – irritated

Rageur(se) – wrathful

Boredom/indifference

Apathique – apathetic

Désintéressé-e – uninterested

Ennuyé-e – bored

Indifférent-e – indifferent

Lassé-e – weary

Calm/peace

Apaisé-e – soothed

Calme – calm

Détendu-e – relaxed

Paisible – peaceful

Reposé-e – rested

Serein-e – serene

Tranquille – tranquil

Confusion/perplexity

Confus-e – confused/embarrassed

Déconcerté-e – disconcerted

Désorienté-e – disoriented

Hésitant-e – hesitant

Perdu-e – lost/confused

Perplexe – perplexed

Disgust/repulsion

Dégoûté-e – disgusted

Écœuré-e – sickened

Horripilé-e – disgusted/irritated

Nauséeux(se) – nauseated

Répugné-e – repulsed

Fear/anxiety

Alarmé-e – alarmed

Anxieux(se) – anxious

Appréhensif(ve) – apprehensive

Craintif(ve) – fearful

Effrayé-e – frightened

Horrifié-e – horrified

Inquiet/ète – worried

Paniqué-e – panicked

Peureux/euse – fearful/cowardly (casual)

Terrifié-e – terrified

Hope/optimism

Confiant-e – confident

Espérant-e – hopeful

Optimiste – optimistic

Rêveur(se) – dreamy

Jealousy/envy

Envieux(se) – envious

Jaloux(se) – jealous

Possessif(ve) – possessive

Joy/happiness

Content-e – pleased

Enthousiaste – enthusiastic

Épanoui-e – fulfilled

Euphorique – euphoric

Exalté-e – exhilarated

Gai-e – cheerful

Heureux(se) – happy

Joyeux(se) – joyful

Ravi-e – delighted

Satisfait-e – satisfied

Love/affection

Adorateur/trice – adoring

Affectueux(se) – affectionate

Amoureux(se) – in love

Attaché-e – attached/devoted

Dévoué-e – devoted

Ému-e – moved/touched

Épris-e – enamored

Passionné-e – passionate

Tendre – tender

Nostalgia/remembrance

Mélancolique – melancholic

Nostalgique – nostalgic

Réveur(se) – dreamy/thoughtful

Soucieux(se) – pensive/worried

Pity/compassion

Apitoyé-e – feeling pity

Attendri-e – tender-hearted/touched

Compatissant-e – compassionate

Miséricordieux(se) – merciful (rarer)

Pride/satisfaction

Comblé-e – blissfully happy

Fier/fière – proud

Hautain-e – haughty

Orgueilleux(se) – prideful (typically neg)

Satisfait-e – satisfied

Sadness/melancholy

Accablé-e – overwhelmed (w/ sorrow)

Déprimé-e – depressed

Désolé-e – sorry

Lugubre – gloomy

Mélancolique – melancholy

Morne – dismal

Morose – morose

Navré-e – distressed

Peiné-e – grieved

Triste – sad

Shame/embarrassment

Confus-e – confused/embarrassed

Coupable – guilty

Gêné-e – embarrassed

Honteux(se) – ashamed

Humilié-e – humiliated

Surprise/amazement

Bouleversé-e – overwhelmed (positive)

Ébahi-e – flabbergasted

Étonné-e – astonished

Estomaqué-e – astounded

Interloqué-e – taken aback

Médusé-e – dumbfounded (rarer)

Stupéfait-e – amazed/stunned

Surpris-e – surprised

Gender ending overview:

Surpris, surprise

Honteux, honteuse

Inquiet, inquiète

Rageur, rageuse

Adorateur, adoratrice

Behold my sloth shelf (ft. my fave childhood toy, which is so beat up but I still love that sloth with all my heart).

14|04|2026

Today after working on my thesis in the morning I took a lovely walk, to then have lunch at my brother's. We had a fun afternoon, watching tv shows together, I started a sewing project for him, and of course got cuddles and play time with the dog.

Master thesis adventures #25

Looked for the materials my supervisor told me about

Created a general structure for how to use the primary sources I have analized

Answered my supervisor's email

Looked for additional articles to read as secondary sources

April days of productivity - day 14

Thesis work

Morning walk

I'm afraid they'll become engineers and sign off on bridge designs that collapse - and people will die.

I'm afraid they'll become medical professionals who don't know what they're doing - and people will die.

personal

read a page every day

build up a shoulder/stabi routine

hobbies

geo: reach 4.5k games

geo/ll: get top third on day 4's solo map

tsg: 1h of book data per week

Big Girl Shit™️

taxes

update application materials

contact employer k

maybe: write one (1) application

@the---hermit tagged me to share 9 books I want to read in 2026! I picked 8 that I own and have loosely added to the singular reading challenge I have decided to do this year as well as 1 that I don't own. Like in 2025 I am trying to a) read more in German again, so 3 of these books are in German -either originally or translated - as well as b) I am making a conscious effort to read the nonfiction I have on my shelves, so 4 books are nonfiction.

A Map of Days - Ransom Riggs

Zungenbrecher - Karina Papp

Ur und andere Zeiten - Olga Tokarczuk

meetings with moths -katty Baird

You Weren't meant to be human - Andrew Joseph White

1966: The Year The Decade Exploded - Jon Savage

Natural Beauty - Ling Ling Huang

Sonnenfalter und Mondmotten

Happy Death Club

24.03 // I'm getting a bad grade in Being A Patient, which is very possible to achieve if your beloved flatmates just want you to take it slow to heal after wisdom tooth extraction surgery while you throw all caution in the wind and continue with business as usual ca. 24h after your surgery.... After being knocked out by a migraine as punishment for overdoing it I'm healing well though!

There have been. Developments. I'm not writing a paper this semester break after all because I mixed up some regulations. I also had to cancel last minute on an internship that could've been really cool. Unfortunately(?), having a stable job kind of gets higher priority than a 3 month unpaid internship, and I got offered just that yesterday. Yay! (Side benefit of it all: I can go on vacation with @ben-learns-smth and see @dutch-polyglot!!! Extremely needed after the stress of the past months!)

Next semester I'll take my two last classes, write two papers and then I'll be ready to write my masters thesis???? That means, this time next year I'll be finishing up my thesis and getting ready to graduate??? And then what??? Somehow it snuck up on me so fast....

But for now I still have a Korean class to attend, a pottery meet up to organize, uni classes to sign up for and unread messages to reply to!

to do this week:

get stitches pulled

conflict resolution meeting 1 & 2

korean class

laundry

clean litterboxes

pack

pick up package

mail internship :(

vacuum

reply to texts!!!

pottery quarterly clean

tidy room