Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
It's midnight, and here I am awake with endless thoughts. The weather here been so hot that I swear I could melt into a puddle causing a need to keep my water super cold and iced all the time. But at night, I want my drink to be warm hence the Tyseo tumbler with OSK's oolong tea.
Gentle reminder to everyone to keep yourself hydrated, eat that delicious food you keep thinking of and get some rest when you're tired. You deserve it.
17.03.2023 third cup of coffee + suzume's Radwimps ft Toaka. Found gaps in my research paper (literature review and results specifically) during editing and wanting to hit my head because the deadline is on 18.03 (tomorrow) at 10:59 pm.
When I nap in the afternoon.
“"Daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh; the more you have the more you want, and yet you feel unhappy, sated and unsated at the same time.” Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
If you have no other option, you will succeed.
01 • 05 • 2023 Today was so cold and rainy.
there’s a museum next door and they have this coffee shop that sells chocolate and salt cookies, and brownie cookies which i’m obsessed with.
The test went downhill but I tried to not let it bother me because I don't have the luxury to do so since more tasks ahead of me. 'It'll be alright, there's still time to improve' kept myself afloat. My sleep too were lacking and must fix it soon since I could feel myself feeling restless and the exhaustion keeps on seeping inside.
You cannot take it all. Offer. Sacrifice does not kill, but preserve, make it holy. Until wings turn into a cross. However noble, if we do things on our own, we are the enemies of grace. Odysseus was noble. Nevertheless Dante put him in hell, precisely for that reason. Hell is based on justice. Heaven is grace. Nobody deserves it.
Ewa Chrusciel, from "is there something down by the water keeping itself from us", Strata
you ever just minding your business and then you feel The Grief
Salted toffee latte (with oatmilk) and new book.