trademark-witch™

𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔶 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰

may 2026

TBH, I am job hunting and activly working on moving out from a place I lived for 10 years so I am dosing myself some nostalgic moments 😭

in other news, the semester may have ended but i'm inundated with marking assessments. at least i don't have to rush to classes, i guess? i have been working from home because my office is undergoing renovations and it is a headache to keep shifting from one hotdesk to the other. also, starting to draft a new chapter on storytelling as an archival method. what am i doing? i've no idea.

On repeat today: Eat My Dust!, Dead Pony ♪ (what else is new I'm obsessed with this song)

🎧 summer in berlin - alphaville 🧊 vietnamese iced coffee 🕐 1pm

𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔶

my favorite desk pictures in 2025

Terracotta relief plaque (‘Melian relief’) with Perseus holding Medusa’s severed head. From her neck springs a naked child, Chrysaor, 490-470 BC

- the changing of seasons

woke up with the sun

🎧 | Mind if I Cut In? — Hans Zimmer.

𝔠𝔞𝔣𝔢 𝔞𝔭𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬

The first few books this year have been coincidentally red. With Tom Holland’s Dominion, I’ve found myself reading history that I’m not entirely familiar with and that isn’t strictly my business or about me. In other words, I’ve been able to have pure fun with this one. Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro pierced through me. I’ve often described books as cascading, and this was one of them. Finally, addressing my fascination with archives: the Asia Society’s 1968 issue of its journal, Contemporary India. The issues it contends with are at once similar, familiar, and so far away: foodgrain shortages, Cold War rivalries, and India’s border disputes.

Jardim Botânico Tropical de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal, 02-06-23