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My boyfriend is trying to explain cricket to me again. “He’s only got two balls to make 48 runs”, he says. The camera focuses on a man. Underneath him it says LEFT ARM FAST MEDIUM. A ball flies into the stands and presumably fractures someone’s skull. “There’s a free six”, my boyfriend says. 348 SIXES says the screen. A child in the audience waves a sign referencing Weet-Bix

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And no more despair.

REST IN PEACE BERNARD HILL (1944–2024)

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we used to have normalized whump. remember what they took from you....

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Ishmael's fever dream.

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Since my serotonin is in the midst of a deadly duel with pollen. That and possibly a little procrastination.

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Today's chapter is a perfect example of creating rhythm in writing.

And meet it is, that over these sea-pastures, wide-rolling watery prairies and Potters’ Fields of all four continents, the waves should rise and fall, and ebb and flow unceasingly; for here, millions of mixed shades and shadows, drowned dreams, somnambulisms, reveries; all that we call lives and souls, lie dreaming, dreaming, still; tossing like slumberers in their beds; the ever-rolling waves but made so by their restlessness.

This lovely run on sentence in particular, but really nearly the whole chapter creates a feeling of rising and falling, a boat riding over a sea that isn't quite calm or gentle, but certainly isn't rough. It's almost relaxing until we move into Ahab's perspective, and the quote from his dream disrupts like a sudden crashing wave:

"Stern all! the White Whale spouts thick blood!”

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[Mr. Pickwick] made no remark to anybody while it was being performed, not even to Sam, who reclined upon the back of the chair, reflecting, partly on the situation of his master, and partly on the great satisfaction it would have afforded him to make a fierce assault upon all the turnkeys there assembled, one after the other, if it were lawful and peaceable so to do. (Pickwick Papers, 40)

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some loser: humans are innately selfish creatures

my psych book:

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Wells Cathedral is exquisitely situated in rural Somerset. It’s 14th Century astronomical clock is thought to be the second-oldest in the world.

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Buckle up, European and Foreigner Tumblypoos, because I'm about to learn you a thing about AMERICA.

You see these delectable motherflippers? These are called STATES. You stupid foreigners might not be able to wrap your head around this, but basically they're administrative subdivisions of the country.

And here's the thing: They are totally heckin' different from each other! For instance, New York:

Looks TOTALLY DIFFERENT from Kansas:

And they both look TOTALLY different from California!

So before you make fun of an American for not knowing where tiny third-world countries like "Check Republic" or "South Korea" are, maybe think about how much we have to learn about the unique regional differences in our OWN country. Maybe you should think about AMERICA more.

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the need to talk about the characters vs the fear that all of my analysis is just empty prose and surface level understanding

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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita's Cats

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tiktok is such an awful app, it's almost designed to feed you misinformation and expose you to insane discourse. unlike beloved tumblr, the app that feeds me misinformation and exposes me to insane discourse

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BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD!❣️ Once you are given this award you're supposed to paste it in the asks of 8 people you adore! Absolutely no pressure but. It's sweet to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out <3

Awww! Receiving this made me really smile 🥰🥰 Thank you, Amanda - you're a beautiful person, too! ✨️🩵