Whenever I Have A Bad Writing Day, I Take A Peek At Kafka's Diary.

Text ID: SURE YOU MOVED OUT YEARS AGO BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN YOUR MOTHER'S HOUSE.

SOMETIMES WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN / YOU START TO WONDER / IF THINGS WERE EVER BAD. // MAYBE YOU JUST EXAGGERATED.// YOUR MOTHER ALWAYS SAY YOU EXAGGERATE THINGS.// SHE SAYS IT'S THE WRITER IN YOU.// YOUR MOTHER IS A VERY GOOD LIAR. // YOU LEARNED FROM THE BEST.

succession (2018–) cr. jesse armstrong / arcane (2021–) cr. christian linke & alex yee / euphoria (2019–) cr. sam levinson / the fall of the house of usher, steven berkoff / antigone, jean anouilh (trans. lewis galantiere) / a brother named gethsemane, natalie diaz / a flicker in the dark, stacy willingham / gone girl (2014) dir. david fincher / avatar: the last airbender (2005–2008) cr. michael dante dimartino & bryan konietzko / filmnoirsbian / to all the boys i’ve loved before, jenny han / clara ortega / the umbrella academy (2019–) cr. steve blackman / where things come back, john corey whaley / the pull of you, the national / little women (2019) dir. greta gerwig / jazmine hughes / antigonick, trans. anne carson / statue of vincet and theo van gogh, ossip zadkine / ‘blues for vincent’ otherwise known as the human condition, geoff dyer

One of my greatest fears is a mundane life.

reasons why y’all should read scarecrow:year one

dick grayson is tiny

look at him. he’s so darn teeny next to bruce

watch as teeny bopper dick grayson gets booped on the nose

he is in fact so small that bruce just. grabs him and hauls him up by the scruff of his jacket

(also, the plot is incredible, as is the characterization and back story of scarecrow. the dynamic between robin and batman is nostalgically endearing. it’s nice to see the original dynamic duo in action again. plus, there’s a  thoughtful character study of bruce)

but i’m serious about dick grayson being small. like. look at this. look at it. i’m gonna die from a gi tatio n

John Green & David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson // @sweatermuppet // Jamaica Kincaid, The Autobiography of My Mother // Entropy, "Luck" // Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait In Letters // @100493503004422 // I'm Not a Good Person—Pat The Bunny // Veronica Roth, Insurgent

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary, August 18th 1921

[text ID: And so this August is wasted.]

jjk fic recs: stsg edition

all on ao3 <3

oneshots

you're a fool. by scarletazure

in pursuit of silver by gravitational (celestialmechanics)

crossing summer again by iamsomebody

on december by chuuyasoup

interlude by chuuyasoup

climb past the moon by chuuyasoup

i'm yours, yours, yours (here are your wings my baby) by themoonisdead

of course i can't by getoswrongs (juyang)

The Starlight Man by CharmPoint

importance by yuki_MXIVo

cherry blossom heart by yuki_MXIVo

embers by yuki_MXIVo

gods from the machine by yuki_MXIVo

copa amoris by ilovegetosuguru

a spin around the rumor mill by ilovegetosuguru

multi-chapter

Anchor by yuki_MXIVo

Cannibalization of the Apex by CharmPoint

Carry Me Home by yuki_MXIVo

series

better with you by themoonisdead

Sweet on by CharmPoint

Caesura & Volta by cielelyse (be sure to check the ratings of each fic)