• academic phrasebank - resource for academic writing, specifically academic phrasing
• accuradio - free online radio, big variety of genres & eras, unlimited skips, human-curated playlists
• antique pattern library (APL) - online library of pdfs of vintage craft patterns & booklets including sewing, crochet, knitting, etc.
• archive.org - non-profit free online library + site archiver (wayback machine), ultimate treasure hunt for media gems
• archive.today - webpage archiver + article bypasser
• atlas obscura - destinations of strange & wonderful attractions/places/experiences all over the world
• booko - compares different retailers for new and used book/cd prices (australian)
• etymonline - online etymology dictionary
• internet archive scholar - like the og internet archive but for scholarly articles & documents
• library of babel - functioning library of babel based on ...borges' short story , the library of babel

blogging

• brunchstory
• naver blog
• naver influencer
• tistory

dictionaries

• kor-eng learners' dict
• korean grammatical forms
• naver kor-eng dict

forums / cafes

• daum cafe
• dcinside
• instiz
• nate pann
• naver cafe
• theqoo

maps

• kakaomap

cinemas

• astor theatre - st kilda
• cinema nova - carlton
• classic cinemas - elsternwick
• palace westgarth - northcote
• sun theatre - hawthorn

day trips

• alfred nicholas memorial garden - sherbrooke
• bendigo
• geelong
• great ocean road
• hanging rock - macedon ranges
• marriner's lookout - apollo bay
• phillip island
• redwood forest - east warburton
• toolangi state forest

events

• melbourne writer's festival
• melbourne international comedy festival

new south wales

• bathurst
• blue mountains
• byron bay
• coffs harbour (the big banana!)
• jenolan caves
• nan tien temple
• newcastle
• port macquarie
• port stephens
• sydney
• tweed heads
• wollongong

queensland

• gold coast
• rainbow bay

victoria

• lake mountain
• melbourne cbd & northern

• archiving & preserving media
• cats
• falling into bed after a long day
• having a song stuck in your head all day and then hearing it come on the radio
• libraries & utilising them!
• long scenic drives
• mandarins
• mercy from ow2 <3
• museums
• choc chip oat bars
• linguistics
• pomegranates
• purple: lavender, lilac, periwinkle, wisteria
• rabbits (mostly symbolic or depictions)
• remedy passionfruit kombucha
• talking to someone about an obscure interest you both share
• second-language acquisition
• smelling unlit scented candles

✿ currently playing ✿

• overwatch 2

✿ games i've been into in the past ✿

• animal crossing new horizons
• a plague tale: innocence
• assassin's creed odyssey
• bioshock infinite
• call of duty black ops coldwar
• call of duty modern warfare
• fallout 4
• one hour one life
• overwatch
• phasmophobia
• stardew valley
• the elder scrolls v skyrim
• tower unite
• witcher 3
• uno

every physical book in my bookshelf

fiction & poetry

• j.j.abrams
  • S
• hans christian anderson
  • fairy tales
• margaret attwood
  • the blind assassin
  • the handmaid's tale
• jane austen
  • lady susan
  • northanger abbey
• truman capote
  • breakfast at tiffany's
• caleb carr

are you the flesh, the machine, the rot,...

• the machine

how do you long?

• obsessing; endlessly thinking about them: there is only one thing on your mind.

i am going to tell you what you're exper...

• your first time hearing a song : god you wish you could go back to the time you first heard it. it seemed to be there at the right time, right when you needed it most. it fit into your life like a missing puzzle piece and in that moment, everything else seemed insignificant. you probably played it too much after that. maybe it lost some of its spark. you hope to find that feeling again.

if you were an ao3 fic, which tag(s) wou...

• angst + hurt/comfort : you live life in hard mode, you probably love it too. everyone around you is tel...

• 24
• she/her
• australian
• infp / infj

interesting wikipedia articles

• amorphous globosus
• antikythera mechanism
• aphantasia
• bachelor's day
• be my baby (the ronettes) - effect on brian wilson
• cassandra complex
• cephalophore
• centipede's dilemma
• chicago rat hole
• cicisbeo
• courtly love
• culture-bound syndrome
• dark forest hypothesis
• desire paths
• diminutives in australian-english
• dust devil
• elizabeth siddal
• ergodic literature
• even a worm will turn
• fata morgana - (mirage)

• contribute to writing a book
• donate blood & plasma
• gain c1+ proficiency in another language
• knit a sweater and beat the curse
• live in a foreign country for a few months or longer
• plant a bonsai or dwarf tree
• see ophelia irl
• start a blog
• travel overseas
  • france
  • japan
  • new zealand
  • south korea
  • uk
• visit monet's home

i inherited the majority of these records from my grandfather, records that are mine are bolded

this list is in chronological order from newest release to oldest. the majority are australian or "australasian" releases

reissues

• tom petty - full moon fever (2017 reissue)
• the beatles - rubber soul (2012 reissue)
• the rolling stones - england's newest hit makers (2003 reissue)
• the rolling stones - aftermath uk (2003 reissue)

80s

• ac/dc - blow up your video (1988)
• liberace - liberace's greatest hits (1987?)
• dire straits - brothers in arms (1985)
• toto - toto iv (1982) a lovely gift from an old friend...

flowers & trees

• forget-me-nots
• hydrangeas
• jacaranda bonsai
• lily of the valleys
• phlox
• snapdragons
• sweet peas

fruit

• avocados
• blueberries
• cherries
• mandarins
• passionfruit
• pomegranates
• raspberries
• strawberries

herbs

• basil