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some girl with messy hair still grasping onto the 2014 dark academia aesthetic and embodies melodrama like it's second skin

lives for films, art, books, history, poetry, love

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  • jo
  • twenty-one
  • ENFP (sometimes INTJ when i'm on my period)
  • enneagram: 5w4
  • singapore
  • college undergrad, double major communications and business
  • should have been an art history/lit major but decided income is more important than dreams but i am still broke so what's the point
  • if you talk to me about art and films, i will be smitten with you immediately and never leave your side
  • my letterboxd

"What do you yearn for? what makes you stop in your tracks and marvel at the macrocosm of wonders in this universe?"

    • the smell of freshly sharpened pencils in a wayside stationary shop
    • the crunch of leaves while walking on cobblestone during fall
    • random bouts of whorls in a lake that signals life and movement underneath
    • the sound a cat makes when you tickle its chin
    • accidentally peering into warmly-lit apartment buildings at night and seeing a rockwell-esque family of five singing at the dinner table
    • everything about christmas & holiday cheer
    • old musty books at the library with a stranger's name scribbled on the yellowed first page, "To Jim, August 1966"
    • cashmere sweaters, corduroy coats
    • whistles and howls of a frozen lake
    • finding a word to describe this weird tingly feeling and nothing quite fits
    • snuggling into soft crumpled sheets and feeling the coolness of the fabric seep under your warm skin at night
    • warm feet tucked between icy legs
    • intertwined fingers with another; palms pressed together
    • finding the book you want on the shelves in an old library
    • seeing someone's face light up with joy when they see you
    • a sleeping dog snuggled under your arm
    • cracking a perfect egg into the frying pan
    • latte, in a cafe, in paris

"A disservice to the universe"

    • Game of Thrones s8
    • the smell of glue sticks
    • cold soggy bread
    • expensive fast-food
    • Instagram (yes, only Instagram and its specific affordance)
    • instant messaging
    • notifications, the ones that vibrate
    • sticky wet socks that seeps into your toes after walking in the rain
    • greed, especially pertaining money
    • sometimes, capitalism :(
aug 30 2020 ∞
jun 21 2021 +