smokenroses

[smokenroses]

Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me

[smokenroses]

don't study because you need to. study because knowledge is power. study because they can never take it away from you. study because you want to know more. study because it enhances you. study because it grows you.

#study motivation #remember

[smokenroses]

girls will be like hm this song reminds me of the most tragic thing that has happened to me I think I'll listen to it on loop

#funny #relatable

[smokenroses]

hey boss i can't come in today it's a sunny day and there's a lovely breeze coming in through my window, yeah it's rustling the branches of the tree outside that's finally bloomed so it's pretty serious

#funny

[smokenroses]

Dear professor this assignment did not nourish my fundamentally curious soul so i did not do it No penalty full 100 points please Goodbye!

#funny

[smokenroses]

[smokenroses]

“If you have time to watch Netflix you have time for a side hustle” my side hustle is relaxing so that my body and brain can heal from by this nose-to-the-grindstone bullshit. I refuse to feel guilty for being a human with the need to relax sometimes. my side hustle is no.

#remember

[smokenroses]

The Rip XXVIII

Watercolor on paper, 8x10”

2024

#art

[smokenroses]

“Relax wild one. It’s not your job to be everything everyone needs, and you don’t have to be impressive to be loved. Stop trying so hard. Just show up … and be real with the world. That is enough.”

— Brooke Hampton (via perrfectly)

#words #remember

[smokenroses]

talking to people while holding a beverage is awesome because you don't have to know what to do with your hands and when you don't know what to do with your face you can just take a sip

#so relatable #funny

[smokenroses]

i don't know man, i just wish that we could [suddenly realising i'm coming dangerously close to expressing a real and earnest thought instead of filtering everything through several layers of intangible running bits] blow up the entire world. or something.

[smokenroses]

RB if you think CD drives in computers are not obsolete, but in fact still necessary, despite being artificially phased out

#not in computers but in cars #I just want to listen to an album #I'm not going to do that at home tho

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I'm so upset that falling asleep takes time!!! why can't I go to sleep with the sweet feeling I get when it's morning and I wake up but it's too early so I can go back to sleep and I fall back asleep within minutes!! but no! I have to calm my mind first and relax and god forbid think about the fact that haven't fallen asleep yet because then I'm hyper aware that I haven't fallen asleep. ugh.

#every night I get upset about this #and then I fall asleep #somehow #and my alarm goes off in the morning and I so badly want to go back to sleep #!!!!why #it should be easier to fall asleep at night and harder to go back to sleep in the morning #I'm honestly just excited for another day to start why is this taking so long #thank you for coming to my ted talk at 1 am bc I can't fall asleep #thoughts #rant #sleep #smokenroses #text

[smokenroses]

the ache of nostalgia

#words

[smokenroses]

If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.

[smokenroses]

Are you vocal during sex?

I’m usually lead guitar

#funny

[smokenroses]

Did you eat? (I love you) I bought the bread you like (I love you) I noticed you were upset so I brought you tea (I love you) I made this for you (I love you) I know you have a lot of work and can't talk now so I will leave this thing you like around (I love you) I did your chores (I love you) I will sit by in case you need anything (I love you. I love you. I love you)