#queernotes

Rainy bujo spread from a couple weeks ago, really happy with the way it turned out at the end. This was from my one-year anniversary with my girlfriend, which went so well! She’s in Germany for work now and I’m missing her like crazy, but she comes back home a week from tomorrow :D 

I’m Ellie (studyblr @queernotes), a 21-year-old rising Junior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor! This will be my second semester here after taking a year off from school. I went to Bowdoin College right out of high school, and after a year decided that wasn’t the right fit for me. I am majoring in English Language and Literature with a concentration in Creative Writing, and I’ve spent most of this summer working on developing the plot and characters for a fantasy YA series I’m writing. Other than English, I’m really interested in linguistics, space science, neuroscience, and psychology, and might pursue a Cognitive Science minor with a linguistics-track.

I am a cis girl using she/her pronouns and I am about to celebrate my first anniversary with my amazing girlfriend. She is currently teaching me some Chinese, since she is half-Chinese and her mom speaks better Chinese than English. My biggest interests are listening to music (EDM, Electropop, Indie, Alternative, and Pop), writing (fantasy, sci-fi, and personal essays), and watching Netflix (currently re-watching The L Word with my gf). I’m pretty new to the studyblr community, which I joined to try to bring my GPA up for the second half of my time here at U of M. 

I realize I am the oldest person so far in this network??? (Correct me if I’m wrong!) And though I’m not by any means saying that makes me more experienced, I do want to stress that if any of you ever have any questions or want to talk or need advice, I am always here for you guys <3 I went through my fair share of really tough experiences, and it took me a while to get to the point in my life that I’m in. So please, if you’re struggling and feel overwhelmed or scared or whatever, know you’re never as alone as you first think.

englishhhhh is good. i really loved my senior year english class in high school!

url: not really my cup of tea | sorta typical tbh but it works | v nice!!! | wowowowow | how much can i pay you for it???

icon: eheheheh not really my style tbh | v cute! | preTTTYYYYY | can i take it please like woWOWOWOW

desktop theme: default | i am slightly and utterly confused??? | is okay i think | preTYY how did you do that? | wowWOWOWOW teach me pls *accidentally steals*

mobile theme: default | i am slightly and utterly confused??? | is okay i think | preTYY how did you do that? | wowWOWOWOW teach me pls *accidentally steals*

original content: couldn’t find any :/ | v nice!!! | how is this so pretty???? | just lemme go reblog everything brb

overall: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | there is no number that could describe this

following: no, sorry! | defo thinking about it | i am now! | always and forever :’)

comment(s): aesthetics on point; the desktop theme is so good tbh!

Deciding to finally start being more active on here with some original posts. <3 

July 24-26 Weekly Calendar

Spacey bujo from this past week... my first ever spread that I’m posting on my blog! I’m extremely interested in any advice you all might have about organization/layout/color scheme/aesthetics. But I’m overall really happy with how it turned out! I’m still experimenting with different kinds of handwriting and my new pens (Studio Series 0.4 mm), but I definitely want to invest in some other brands before I settle on a favorite. 

Since I’m a new blog, I don’t know many of you yet, so please feel free to drop by whenever and introduce yourselves! I’ll probably do an introductory blog rates promo or something today or later this week. 

07/31/17 - 08/06/17 || Trying out some new bujo techniques in this earthy theme. I’ve been packing my apartment up into uhaul boxes and decided to just run with that color scheme for this week’s journal. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, but I think I’ll try a new habit tracker style next week. (insp)

Come introduce yourselves!

I really wanna try to increase the study/bujo presence on my dash, and I’m also really interested in getting to know some of you guys, so I figured I’d try to kill two birds with one stone in my first ever set of blog rates!

If you want to participate, please send me a message with your name, age, url, and the name of a song or artist you love to study to! I’m going to make a spotify playlist at the end of all this and tag every single studyblr that takes a part in this, whether your song makes the cut or not! 

You don't have to be following me (although that would be nice), but please make sure to reblog this post! I will respond to every ask with the following rate:

song: not my fav | it’s okay | i’d study to it | i can’t stop listening | new fav song url: kinda basic | cute | totally original | wow can i have it? icon: not my thing | i like it | so cool | wow can i have it? blog theme: sorta simple | cute | beautiful | wow can i have it? mobile theme: sorta simple | cute | beautiful | wow can i have it? reblog content: a bit messy | fun but not streamlined | very nice original content: not top quality | cute | beautiful | teach me following: probs not | thinking about it | i am now | always 

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Introducing: The Liberation Code 

A young adult post-apocalyptic novel I am currently working on, featuring a number of neurodivergent, queer, and poc characters. I grew up hating how hard it was to find good representation, and I want to dedicate my career to changing that.