I love how 1800s ladies’ hair looks like when they’ve brushed out their rag curls and the day is over and the curls look much more natural and beuatiful
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Taken 3 seconds apart. I always love watch the sun come in and out view on cloudy days. {SoCal}
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Petersburgians enjoying a stroll on the iced Neva, January 2021
1Not to be a joykill but having a caffeine addiction literally sucks fucking ass and if you notice you’re starting to rely on caffeine (even lower caffeine drinks like soda) to stay awake, feel alive, etc I really urge you to cut down your consumption because it’s going to lead to addiction if it hasn’t already.
This is a post for everyone but I’m especially looking at my fellow students and alternative people because I know caffeinated drinks are really popular and relied on in both communities.
3mood: listening to up-beat badass skrillex music just to boost the mood and not listen to my self-made sad aesthetic dark academia playlist and drown in self-pity haha help
0Today was one of those days where I just woke up feeling stressed and gloomy and depressed, and it wouldn’t go away throughout all of my classes, and when I walked into my English class, my teacher said, “Today we are going to be reading and analyzing The Death Of The Moth by Virginia Woolf” and I swear that felt like a slap in the face. As if my emotions weren’t already all over the place, by the end of the lesson I was practically in tears, but also feeling a bit lighter afterwards, and I think thats a good representation of what Virginia Woolf’s writing does to me.
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My favorite way to recycle old roses - make petal ball gowns. This one’s supposed to be Sabrina Spellman.
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are completely different statements and have an individual vibe quality
5do you ever feel bad when someone is so good at matching your energy and you sometimes cant match theres? like bro ily i just have been trying to get myself to shower for six days
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“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul” (The picture of Dorian Gray)
2Catherine reads through a chapter of Pride & Prejudice that she annotated and shares her thoughts with the interweb every week until it’s done. Or until she gets sick of Jane Austen. Whichever comes first. This week : Chapter 2.
‘What an excellent father you have, girls,’ said she, when the door was shut.
Previously, Mr Bingley moved into Netherfield Park manor and became the talk of the town. Mrs Bennet badgered her husband to pay him a visit to give their five daughters a better chance to win his hand, especially his favourite, Lizzy.
He did not want to.
Untrue to his word, this chapter opens with Mr.Bennet having been “among the earliest” to visit Bingley, having “always intended to”. Whether this was to irritate his wife of 23 years or surprise her, it doesn’t say, but I would guess the former.
He walks in on Lizzy preparing a hat to wear when Mrs Long, a neighbour with eligible nieces to court Bingley, introduces the Bennet girls to him in a fortnight. Mrs.Bennet is still annoyed, and despite having no opinion of the “selfish, hypocritical woman”, she doesn’t expect Long to deliver on her promises. She decides to vent her anger on Kitty (presumably one of the 5 daughters only alluded to in the last chapter; allow me to cross ‘Pinky’ off my character list) when she coughs, much to her husband’s amusement.
When the conversation turns back to the upcoming ball, Mr Bennet tries to persuade his wife to take the advantage of Mrs Long being out of the area until the ball to get to know him better “and introduce Mr.Bingley to her” when the time comes. If she refuses, he plans to take on the duty himself (which, yes, he was secretly doing anyway, but this way he gets to humiliate his spouse).
Naturally, she doesn’t take kindly to having her only role in
VictorianRegency Era⧫ society usurped, and thus Mr Bennet drags his well-read daughter, Mary, into the fray (and that’s a Bennet full house!) to “say something very sensible”. She keeps quiet.Here, Bennet finally shows his hand and declares to the women and young women that he visited Netherfield Park that very morning. Checkmate, the supposed love of his life.
The chapter ends with him leaving the room as Mrs.Bennet somehow turns the topic towards herself and the girls chatter about who will dance with Bingley first and when they should invite him over, as is the custom.
One thing I should tack on to the end here is that in many ways, Mrs.Bennet appears to personify the ‘Pride’ part of the book’s title. Whether that’s an accurate assessment or not, I guess we’ll find out together.
Also, take this link to a digital copy of the book, (or this one if you prefer to read one with italics like in the physical copy) and read the book alongside my inane analysis. It should go without saying, but I am not affiliated with these sites in any way, but it’s a public domain book, so it’s quite alright to read it however suits you.
Thoughts
- These are really short chapters
- So many daughters in the Bennet household
- Are their family dynamics a stand-in for Austen’s interpretations of their society?
- Also, Tumblr undoes all of the formatting I do in GoogleDocs, which is annoying
- I think writing names Like.This wasn’t great for readability, so I’m omitting the . from now on
⧫The Regency Era was a period of English history between 1811-1820/37, coming between King George III’s mental decline leading to his son ruling as Prince Regent and Queen Victoria’s coronation. A time of arts, architecture and America really coming into their own as a country, not that I expect that in particular to be relevant. Thanks to the-sweetest-potato-god for pointing this out last week.
If you liked this, let me know and consider donating to some fine charity as thanks. If you didn’t like it, let me know that too. I’m not in this for validation or anything. Come back next week for Chapter 3, when Mr Darcy joins the party.
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3. Studying Methods. What is your method of study?
To be honest, I’m extremely bad at actually studying effectively. It’s part of the reason I started this blog, to hopefully gain new study tips and improve myself when it comes to academics. I usually just review class notes and maybe touch on a quizlet or relook assignments, but I always feel so lost when doing so. If anyone has any great studying tips, I would greatly appreciate them!
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