a little bit about me and what makes me tick
🪽hi im Avelina :3 im an engineer in my mid 20s
....also follow my substack ....... hehehehe #shamelessplug
✨ Pisces sun, Virgo moon, Libra rising ✨
🪷im 50% Mexican, 50% German, 100% divine....y si...hablo español chiquitas
🐠pro choice, pro LGBT, pro Palestine, pro freeing ANYONE suffering due to injustice, anti MAGA, SAVE THE EARTH, CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, FDT
🫀coming back to tumblr bc all roads lead back to feeding the passions+interests of my inner child
~~~this is gonna be a long ass post bc im 30mg adderall deep and the creative juices is flowwwinnngggg~~~~
These are a few of my favorite things....
🩰 connecting with nature, disconnecting from bullshit, being spiritual, moving my body, stretching, movies/tv shows, being by the ocean, New Zealand sauv blanc, astrology, tarot, good music, human rights, political discourse, archival fashion, sleeping, blogging, heated blankets, perfumes, flowers, exposing the truth, having a backbone, being kind, empathy, lots of eyeliner and mascara, embracing my natural curly hair, skinny jeans with heels, trusting my intuition, making people laugh, traveling the world, seeing things through a different perspective, good posture, the inherent inadequacy of language, jellycats, smiskis, figure skating, Mexican culture, a good manicure, a staple handbag 💖
shows: Sopranos, Succession, Game of Thrones, Big Little Lies, Silicon Valley, Six Feet Under, Vanderpump Rules, Insecure, Sex and the City, Girls, Atlanta, Heated Rivalry, Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown and No Reservations, forensic docuseries/documentaries...amongst many others
movies: The Black Swan, Moonlight Kingdom, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gone Girl, Coraline, Ponyo, Little Women, Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Twilight (esp new moon), Pride and Prejudice (2005), The Grand Budapest Hotel....to name a few
fashion: John Galliano, Tom Ford for Gucci, Mugler, JW Anderson's Dior, Roberto Cavalli, Armani suits, Manolo kitten heels, Loewe puzzle bag and charms, Brunello Cucinelli, Aya Takano x Issey Miyake, Maison Margiela, Zimmerman gowns, Emilio Pucci (nastyyyy w the Pucci outfit), Jean Paul Gaultier, Givenchy, Riccardo Tisci, Alexander McQueen
music: Tame Impala, John Mayer, Young Thug, Frank Ocean, The Strokes, Passion Pit, GROUPLOVE, Majid Jordan, Young the Giant, SZA, Lana, Clara La San, SahBabii, Imogen Heap, Deadmau5, Kaskade, Mazzy Star, Deftones, the Smashing Pumpkins, Daft Punk, Calvin Harris, Duke Dumont, Linkin Park, ODESZA, Kendrick Lamar, TV Girl, Oasis, Belanova (calling all fresitas!!), Alina Baraz, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Toro y Moi, Skrillex, Ñengo Flow, My Chemical Romance, One Direction, 5sos, MGMT, Marina and the Diamonds, M83, Lykke Li, Lorde, La Obsesion (RIP 2026-2026), Flume, Justin Timberlake, Isaiah Rashad, Frou Frou, Gorillaz, Future, Cult Member, Cigarettes After Sex, the 1975, Arctic Monkeys, The Neighborhood, Black Eyed Peas, Julieta Venegas, Natalia Lafourcade, any brazilian funk
podcasts: War Mode, MSSP, Tea Time, Ride with Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone (my soulmates), Six Feet Above, Upstairs Neighbors, Max Blumenthal, NPR, Out of Character, Tim Dillon (sometimes he can be annoying as fuck though), Emergency Intercom, The Daily, Professor Jiang
art: James Turrell, Claude Monet, Yoshimoto Nara, Aya Takano, Frida Khalo, David Hockney, Escher, Salvador Dalí, Vincent Van Gogh, Jalal Sepehr, Hilma af Klint
flowers: Queen of the Night, peonies, orchids, lily of the valley, hibiscus, lotus flowers, water lilies, strawberry cone hydrangeas, sea lavender
animals: manatees, capybaras, axolotls, red pandas, swans, dumbo octopus, jellyfish, snow leopards, wombats, puffins, clumber spaniels, polydactyl cats
my muses: Taylor Russell, Saoirse Ronan, Penelope Cruz, Zahia Dehar, Lily Rose Depp, Liv Tyler, Bella Hadid, Natalie Portman, Amina Blue, Solange, Shalom Harlow, Charlotte Casiraghi, Marine Vact, Mia Goth, Alysa Liu
my crushes: Alexander Skarsgård, Kit Harington, Bill Skarsgård, Seth Cohen, Tom Hardy, Keanu Reeves, Gong Yoo, Andy Samberg, Benicio Del Toro, James Marsden, Brian Moser, Adam DiMarco, David Corenswet, Luis Miguel, Zohran Mamdani, Rodrick from diary of a wimpy kid #iykyk
travel bucket list: Mallorca, Brazil, Patagonia, Washington, Oregon, Zanzibar, Oman, Crema Italy, Corfu Greece, Lampedusa, Lefkada Greece, Eze France, New Zealand, Swiss Alps, Dolomites, La Paz Mexico
quotes i like:
"Your suffering is your bridge" -J. Baldwin
"Do more cool shit to deal with the bullshit"
"Nature never hurries yet everything is accomplished" - Lao Tzu
"Let water seek its own level"
"When youre used to privilege, equality feels like oppression"
"Damage your ego regularly"
"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth"
"Trust but verify"
"Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence"
"You are as rich as everything you can do without"
I hope you enjoyed this insanely long post! Looking to make friends on here so if you share any similar interests lets be mutuals!
Happy to be back in this deliciously creative space <3 no stress more life!!
