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To: professor@schoolname.edu Subject: CLASS3290 Question

are you mad at me

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god made molluscs and then everything else was an accident

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26|04|2024

Today felt like a busy day even thoigh it wasn't, mostly because I feel like my energies are all out at the moment. The weather isn't helping at all, with rains and cold that makes it feel like we are in November and then random days in which the sun feels so hot. I did spend the morning rereading and annotating The Merchant Of Venice with the goal of fiding passages that might be helpful with the paper I have to write. I will have to admit my ability to focus wasn't really there so I felt kinda unproductive because I was getting very dustracted. I still managed to get some stuff done so I am happy about that. I then treated myself with the latest tmagp episode, and then in the afternoon a friend came over and we played board games together.

📖: The Merchant Of Venice by Shakespeare

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7 Reasons you might be procrastinating and how to solve them:

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marine biology is so scary because it’s such a small field. i was giving a talk on cetaceans and afterward a woman approached me with her husband and she said, “you did very well. [husband’s name] actually pioneered the research and published the first paper on that. We were very impressed by you.”

Which is such a scientific interpretation/public education win I will cherish forever but also for the rest of my life any time I give a talk I will be haunted by the knowledge that the world’s leading expert who literally discovered/invented the topic might be in the room,

which is like, the opposite of what you’re supposed to do for stage fright. In fact I never used to experience stage fright but now I will.

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Thanks Ellis!!

Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan

Too Sweet - Hozier

Louisiana - Reyna Roberts

Mastermind - Taylor Swift

Riptide - Vance Joy

Tagging @alexistudies

Tagging @alexistudies @birdbrainstudies and @changeofheart69 if you want to (and anyone else who sees this)

I was tagged by @spacegirl95 to post 5 songs I’ve been listening to a lot lately 🎶 Thanks for the tag! :)

Less Than Jake - Welcome To My Life Scandal - LOOP Nemesea - Save Me FATE GEAR - Get Lost In Hades SAKI - Germinans

I'll tag @nocturne-daemon @common-or-garden-dyke @kikicalilica @earhartsease @oneleggedflamingo

No pressure if you don't want to :)

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4 April 2024

Trying to keep my head above water these past few days but I’m doing okay. Looking forward to the weekend where I’ll get to see one of my favorite bands! I also finished Godkiller by Hannah Kaner and that was excellent!! Hopefully more happy things to come in the future.

Currently reading: Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

Currently listening to: The View Between Villages - Extended by Noah Kahan

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trying to linger in the comfortable happiness that is a day spent reading, next to a friend and with the loveliest view before I get caught up in to do lists again

currently reading: ponyboy - eliot duncan (4☆ so far!)

listening to: fly it back to me - freddie lewis

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Wishing all my transgender and non-binary friends a very happy International Transgender Day of Visibility!

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Silvan Borer

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Cesium-133, let it be. Cesium-134, let it be even more.

Periodic Table Regions [Explained]

Transcript

[A periodic table with regions labeled.]

[Hydrogen:] Slightly fancy protons [Lithium and Beryllium:] Weird dirt [Group 1 & 2 metals, Periods 3-4:] Regular dirt [Group 1 & 2 metals, Periods 5-7:] Ends in a number, let it slumber ends in a letter, not much better [Left side of the transition metals group:] Boring alloy metals Probably critical to the spark plug industry or something (but one of them is radioactive so stay on your toes) [Most of the top row of the transition metals + aluminum:] Regular metals [Below the rightmost "regular metals" - the "ordinary metals" and some transition metals:] Weird metals [The platinum group:] $$$$ [Boron:] Boron (fool's carbon) [Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus:] You are here [The Halogens:] Safety goggles required [Noble Gases:] Lawful neutral [Iodine and Radon:] Very specific health problems [Ordinary metals and metalloids - Arsenic, Antimony, Tellurium, Thallium, Lead, Bismuth, Polonium] Murder weapons [Astatine and Period 7 from Rutherfordium onwards:] Don't bother learning their names - they're not staying long [Lanthanides and Actinides:] Whoever figures out a better way to fit these up there gets the next Nobel Prize

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I finished my thesis this week and now I'm anxiously waiting to know if I passed (I'll know in about a week).

drowning out the anxiety with the roar of the waves and the wind

vibing to: too sweet - hozier

started reading: hild - nicola griffith

sheep I saw: too many to count

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The best quality a fictional man can have is being deeply, pathetically, wretchedly in love with someone, I think

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Reblog this and tell me in the notes what you are currently reading and what you think of it so far

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9 March 2024

Waiting for my family to arrive which is fine. Thought they were arriving earlier but I guess now. In other news, I had my first exam in coastal biogeochemical cycles which I think went okay. I’ve pulled out all the books I’ve started but not finished and there’s so many oops! Hopefully the coming weeks can let me finish some.

Currently listening to: Stardust by New Politics

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reminder to:

straighten your back

go pee goddAMN IT STOP HOLDING IT

go take your meds if you need to

drink some water

go get a snack if you havent eaten in a while

maybe wander around the house/stretch a little if you’ve been sat at the computer a while (artists especially: sTRETCH THOSE WRISTS)

reply to that text/message from earlier you’d forgotten about

maybe send a nice lil message to someone having a bad day?

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28|02|2024

Tis time for an update because in the past few days I have felt very overwhelmed. It's been an intense couple of days made of big decisions. After a very emotional session with my therapist and talking with my parents I came to the conclusion that the healtest thing to do now is to take a break from studying and try to recover from this burn out. I decided to drop out from my class, I will take the exam with more materials like people who don't follow lectures, and I will be doing that in the future. I am now going to take the next month to rest and not study, and after this pause I will plan my next moves and exams. I will have to fight my guilt response a bit but this is truly the only thing I can do to mend my health right now. Hopefully taking this month off will get me back on my feet because I am not in a great place right now. To avoid making this update too negative here are some happy things that happened in the past few days:

met the two tiny goats my uncle got, got to cuddle one and she fell asleep in my arms

had a lovely walk in the woods which felt very healing

redescovered cross stitch embroidery as an hobby and it's sparking so much joy

had a trip to the bookstore with my mom and got a couple of graphic novels

talked to the professor of the class I am dropping out of and she was extremely comprehensive and offered so much help in case I will need any

had yet another friend date that was very recharing

helped my brother with painting walls at his place

📖: Babel by R.F. Kuang, Dubliners by Joyce, Oh! Il Libro Delle Meraviglie by Leo Ortolani