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31.01.22// another reading day with another cup of cereals!

listening to: tokio hotel, cotton candy sky

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I’m sick even when I dream, Katie Maria

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SEBASTIAN STAN as BUCKY BARNES THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER (2021)

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Me this entire week. I think my brain is starting to flat line due to this year :U

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details of untitled/green landscape (2018) find prints of this painting in my shop: suhaylah.bigcartel.com instagram: @suhaylah.h

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school is weird cus its such a big part of ur life nad then suddenly it is not. its like. ten+ years with roughly the same people and then one day its like ok. see you guys never i guess. and then you never see each other again except for bumping into one of the three people who stayed in your town at the super market every few years and realizing you’ve already completely forgotten the names of all your classmates even though ‘it wasnt that long ago’ but it kind of was that long ago. anyways. see you never i guess

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A Beginner’s Guide to Dark Academia

tips for the baby aesthete’s out there

academia

actually study! study the things you love, the things you like, the things you know nothing about — the pursuit of knowledge lasts a lifetime, and there is so much to learn

visit your professor’s office hours! it always helps to make yourself known to your teachers (i’ve been given grade bumps and had great conversations with my university lecturers)

avoid and check yourself for the pretension that can often accompany academia — it hurts no one to be kind and mindful

delve into the realm of philosophy (for starters: metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics) it will broaden your mind

stay late at your university library studying (if you can do so safely, preferably with a friend). university campuses feel magical in the evening

style

wear darker, muted colours

plaid coats, pants, or skirts

button-up shirts (Peter Pan collars are a bonus)

turtlenecks

tie your hair with a bow

accessorise! a vintage watch adds sophistication to any outfit. try wearing it with a ring or three

practice good posture — standing tall creates an air of elegance, confidence, and if paired with the right amount of nonchalance, mystery

media

films

dead poets society

cracks

the dreamers

thoroughbreds

breathless (à bout de souffle)

cléo from 5 to 7 (cléo de 5 à 7)

handsome devil

tv shows

gilmore girls

chilling adventures of sabrina

black mirror

the good place

the politician

books

the secret history

the picture of dorian gray

the goldfinch

the line of beauty

persuasion

the collected poems of oscar wilde

ovid’s metamorphoses

music

listen to classical music as you sleep/read/study

https://open.spotify.com/user/heygooddayilia/playlist/0sz3BMkJeOf6qelBe4G0dV?si=XFTsmv_9TgCSH-Mk2WI_Tg

aesthetic activities (think of this as a little checklist to get you underway as a fledgling aesthete)

make yourself tea in pretty teacups (you can find plenty in secondhand stores!)

light candles in your bedroom, and read by candlelight

dry flowers for your room/desk

explore secondhand bookstores for old, pretty editions of novels you may or may not have heard of

give handwritten letters to your lovers/friends/yourself

join a secret society

wake up before the sun rises to watch dawn break

brood during a thunderstorm, and write extravagant, flowery poetry on parchment

exist in the real, with your books and art, and your turtlenecks and plaid coats, as a mystery. social media can give too much of you away

host an unceasing bacchanal for you and your pals

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Marie Von Behrens

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Empire Strikes Back: 40th Anniversary (II)