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i miss uni.
i miss actually going there. waking up early, biking through the morning cold and walking across campus to get to my seminar. or perhaps having to set out a a bit earlier because i need to drop off some books or print my notes. i miss the crowded hallways and getting out of breath climbing up to the fourth floor twice a day. i miss bumping into people i know and chatting with them for a few minutes while we snack, going for lunch and sitting way too long in the canteen. i miss having to eat in front of the lecture halls because the dining hall is too full, and waiting too long in the cafeteria to buy my favourite cookie inbetween classes, only to go running back. i miss sitting next to someone in class. i miss raising my hand, the small talk before the lecture starts and staying a bit longer after. i even miss my heavy backpack and professors opening the windows even when it’s cold outside.
the “i still haven’t done this” and “i don’t really understand this either”. casually going to the library, sitting next to my friends, each of us working on something else. having friends meet me at the cafeteria for a coffee because i need a break from essay writing. the back and forth between campus, library and faculty and the conversations with whomever decided to walk with me.
of course there will be time when i get out of uni and start working and none of this will be part of my everyday life. i just didn’t expect that it would happen now, at the end of my bachelor’s and beginning of master’s. i wish i could go back a year to tell myself to enjoy the mundane, the seemingly meaningless moments that i would now give everything for.
Not a perfect pic but it is a perfect breakfast. Over medium eggs on a pan-fried quesadilla with El Pato Mexican tomato sauce. There should be an avocado. Maybe some received black beans. But for a quick pantry meal, this can hardly be topped.
Also. READ THIS BOOK.
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#quesadilla #friedegg #breakfast #vegetarian #drinkmorewater #susannaclarke #jonathanstrangeandmrnorrell #englishliterature #magic #booksaboutmagic #romantacism #modernromantacism #ibelieveinmagic #ibelieveinfairies #book #books #bookstagram (at Oak Grove, Oregon)
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What grad school looks like when you’re studying English literature. 10 more months until I finish my MA and 11 months until I begin my MDiv. I feel really lucky.
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#michelfoucault #whatisanauthor #rolandbarthes #thedeathoftheauthor #literarycriticism #literarytheory #englishliterature #gradschool #postmodernism #book #books #bookish #booklover #booknerd #bookworm #bookstack #bedtimestories #reader #readong #readersofinstagram #bookstagram (at Oak Grove, Oregon)
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Funky 1974 edition of Brideshead Revisited, a British and Catholic classic from 1944 that I have never gotten around to reading. I’m excited for some right snobbery and parlor politics. I hope it doesn’t disappoint. Also, the picture makes it look dark as night, but that there is a gorgeous cup of @stdalfourukofficialu peppermint tea. A perfect nightcap.
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#bridesheadrevisited #evelynwaugh #catholic #catholicbooks #englishliterature #englishdegree #gradschool #cuppa #tea #herbalteaisntreallytea #herbaltea #peppermint #pepperminttea #booksandtea #nightcap #selfcare #cozy #bedtimestory #bookstagram #book #bookworm (at Oak Grove, Oregon)
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I’m really excited by this novel. I’m reading this, followed by Northanger Abbey, to compare the original gothic romance to the Austen satire.
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#romanticera #romantacism #gothicnovel #themysteriesofudolpho #northangerabbey #annradcliffe #janeausten #englishliterature #gradschool #englishdegree #book #books #bookish #booklover #bookworm #read #reader #readersofinstagram #bookstagram (at Oak Grove, Oregon)
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Happy birthday Shakespeare
I’m loving what I get to do with these two characters right now.
#shakespeare #williamshakespeare #theatre #literature #midsummernightsdream #queertheatre #poetry #bookstagram #love #books #art #actor #theater #fairy #teatro #shakespearequotes #darkacademia #classicliterature #acting #genderbend #englishliterature #book #quotes #actorslife #classics #o #literaturememes #romanticism #darkacademiaaesthetic #lightacademia (at Alamitos Beach, Long Beach, California)
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idk if it’s just me but Oscar Wilde is such an inspiration. I often image myself talking to him bout beauty, life, poetry and champagne or reading his own sonnets to the moon
he helped me A LOT I wanna thank him so much
so guys let’s recreate the aesthetic movement
all of u can join <3
we want Oscar back
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#happybirthday #williamshakespeare #englishliterature #stgeorgesday #23april #poetry #playwright #plays #schoolproject #icon #jonnyhannah
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