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god of ambition

#art #pieces that make you re-evaluate your life path and its ruthless focus on ambition

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rewatched all of the good place. jason mendoza im free on thursday

#when in fact i am NOT free on thursday #i am actually putting on a zine event #idc tho id cancel it all for him................... hes so hot

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hi kai <3 hope you're well. what are your top fav art pieces you've made recently?

zoneee hiii zone hai im ok i see you’re thriving as you should i hope u keep thriving forever!!

i have perma soft spots for these :,) they’re all from the last couple yrs tho

#y'all see this?? holy shit #i leave for a few years and come back to kai casually posting breathtaking art

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river plea (@/the-hot-zone)

the ache of nostalgia

#adding my own contribution #haha! the grief of nostalgia is a specific kind of pain #except from the poem “river plea” #zoetry

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a couple phenomenal Palestinian poetry collections i've read recently and wanna recommend:

almond blossoms and beyond by mahmoud darwish

dear god. dear bones. dear yellow. by noor hindi

red suitcase by naomi shihab nye

water & salt by lena khalaf tuffaha

#palestine #poetry #these are all beautiful authors

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woahh wtf didn't think i'd see you on my dash again. you still on discord?

I am no longer on discord and haven't been for almost a year now; I also left most of the servers I used to be in. I know I left quite a bit of messages unread though, and I'm sorry for that.

#hi anons #that app simply became unusable for me xx #you're welcome to send me a message here if u want to catch up tho

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resippy?

I assume you're asking for the recipe rather than asking what 'resippy' means, but, just in case:

>resippy is how I write recipe, sometimes;

>the recipe is certified zone OG I'm workshopping. dulce de leche cream puffs. we've got the classic pâte à choux shells, then they'll be filled with a vanilla-cinnamon whipped cream and a slice of strawberry. drizzled with dulce de leche + dusted with confectioner's sugar and cinnamon. still a WIP, obviously, but pretty tasty so far.

#hi anons #clearing out da inbox #making them for a meeting im attending tomo

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Hardly a secret. People at the BBC are told never to use the words Palestine and Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing and other terms. That has been known for a while.

#gaza #palestine #must also be the same guidelines us universities are using in their mfing 'addresses to students'

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Also I still think about your orange poem at least once a week. I think ‘love is very large so this is very long’ is permanent etched into my brain

this is so sweet of you to say :sob: you are so kind!!!! thank you!!!

#reccs <3

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Zone!!! The shock I got seeing your name on my dash!! I often wonder how you were getting on and it’s so great that it sounds like uni is going well? I hope you’re doing okay <3

RECCS <3333 HELLO HOW ARE YOU

Uni is going well hehe. I'm finishing up my third year getting my BS in Biological Chemistry & Molecular Biology + two minors in Spanish and Public Health, with a 4.0. I actually recently got 100s on my recent round of exams. I have so much going on All Of The Time but it's genuinely all stuff I enjoy.

I hope you are well; I hope you're healthy and happy. You are forever the smartest person I know, and I think very fondly of you.

#reccs #this is where i list all of my activities to speed-run update you #i have two part time jobs #i volunteer with a local clinic's social health services program #as well as occasionally volunteer my baking/cooking skills for my uni's free meal program for local houseless ppl #i serve as president/eic for da social justice magazine #co-host/event coordinator for poetry group #im also helping to found a latino collective in my city #AND i do model and catwalk for my school's vogue team #we actually just had a show #i modeled piece from two local designers as well as some of my own looks #p cool stuff #anddd i am cooking ofc ofc #currently working on a new resippy #i miss you :sob: i hope ur well

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Hi hi I just wanted to say that I love all your poems (if you have ever loved me, look away now is my favorite), they all just hit in a deep, real place and I like. Very rarely cry or anything when I read, even when it’s making me feel a lot, but your poems make me need to take a sec. I’m embarrassed rn but I want you to know that I think you’re really talented and that I hope you keep writing and creating ❤️

thank you anon <3 this is so very kind of you to say. i hope you're doing well, and sorry i didn't answer this ask in the most timely manner.

i am continuing to write! i currently am the co-host/event-coordinator of my school's poetry club, and i also helped officially establish it. we're actually putting together a community zine rn, and i'll be publishing smthn in it for sure. for non-poetry, i'm the eic/president of the social justice magazine as well, and i also am working on my series of debut novels.

i don't have the time to write as often as i want to, but you should know that every single kind word i have ever received lives within me. thank you. <3333

#anon and i are abt to kiss rn btw

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idk if im actually bi or nit but i have an 8 am class tomorrow cant worry about that

#jaspercore #i dont rly go on tumblr anymore but this was soooo fucking funny i had to rb with the name #of my guy #btw ill answer more asks soon!! #u guys are so nice :sob: #didnt realize some of u missed me

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hi i just read ur poem abt love and the meanings of each word and i almost cried. usually poems don’t do it for me and i find them boring and sometimes the writers just try too hard to get across their point (no offense to any poem writers it’s just not my cup of tea ❤️) but the way you wrote abt love and finding it in everyday things really struck a cord in me. not to mention ur wording and phrasing which just adds to whole vibe of it. anyways this was one of the few poems that i feel like i can read over and over again because of how good it is and how much thought and feeling was put into it without being overbearing. much love and keep finding love in the small things ❤️❤️❤️

Hello anon, you are incredibly kind. I hope you are well.

That poem is now very old (by my standards), but your appreciation of it allows me to look kindly back on it. Here are some recommendations for you, if you are interested, of poems that have been in my mind as of late:

>Watching my Friend Pretend Her Heart Isn’t Breaking by Rosemerry Trommer

>How to Write a Poem in a Time of War by Joy Harjo

>Running Orders by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

>Marie Howe's For Three Days

>My Father by Ollie Schminsky:

>First Writing Since by Suheir Hammad

>Moving towards Home by June Jordan

>"Who Remembers the Armenians?" by Najwan Darwish

And, if you are interested perhaps in why poets make the choices they do, I suggest the book Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder. It has been influential on my style as a poet.

Most of all, I hope that you, too, can continue to find love in the small things. Much love, anon. Be well.

#poetry is everything to me #i am actually the co-host/event coordinator of my uni's poetry org #and i recently helped officially establish us as well #& you will notice that a few of these are by Palestinian authors #Moving towards Home and First Writing Since and Running Orders especially #live within me #Palestinian poetry is among the most beautiful poetry there is #and everyone should read some #particularly now #because your grief and anger over the death in Gaza & occupation of Palestine #is just as important as your celebration of Palestinian culture and resistance

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cleaning out my inbox, motivated by sheer guilt

#will i answer the nearly 60 asks i have? probably not. #but i will try (clenches fist) #also im not here btw

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what....is your connection to the hot zone....?

well you see. this book

[ID: the cover of the book "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston]

is where my username comes from. when i was young (probably fifth grade) i checked it out from the library. this book is a non-fiction thriller about ebola. keep in mind, it is hotly contested among virologists/epidemiologists for its over-dramatization of certain elements of the stories it discusses.

however, my younger self did not know that. instead, i became absolutely obsessed with ebola and by extension, all things virology and epidemiology. i am currently studying biochemistry and molecular biology (as well as public health) in university in hopes to go into epidemiology. i am still fascinated by ebola and all viruses, especially HIV.

#i like the ellipses in this ask #you sound a little concerned anon

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ZONE???????

I love you miss u hope you’re well MWAH

SYD <3

I love you & miss you as well <3 I hope everything is alright with you.

#my discord + inbox here are crying sobbing screaming

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ZONWE

answering this cuz i think it'd be funny. SU

#my inbox here #its extremely full