graynovember19

[graynovember19]

We’ll be kicking off the final leg of The Eras Tour this week, which is hard to comprehend. This tour has been the most wondrous experience and I knew I wanted to commemorate the memories we made together in a special way. Well, two ways actually. Excited to announce that The Official Eras Tour Book, filled with my own personal reflections, never-before-seen behind the scenes photos, all the magical memories you guys brought every single night AND …. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology on vinyl and CD will all be available for the first time ever only at Target starting Nov 29th. 🤍

International info coming soon!

[graynovember19]

We’ve almost arrived at the last leg of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour. 😭 But soon, we’ll be able to re-read the manuscript of the entire beautiful affair in The Official TS The Eras Tour Book AND finally hear the chapter you’ve been begging for – THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: The Anthology – on vinyl and CD. 📔 💿

Available only at Target on Nov 29. International info coming soon! 🤍

[graynovember19]

👋

Fave swift songs in general??

the lakes

gold rush

cowboy like me

haunted

the moment i knew

peter

the bolter

call it what you want

say don't go

i know places

mastermind

maroon

sad beautiful tragic

i'm only me when i'm with you

how did it end?

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[graynovember19]

call it what you want x ivy mashup - taylor swift

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Take Me To The Lakes Where All The Poets Went To Die...

[graynovember19]

“I am fatally attracted to all bookstores.”

―The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History by Lewis Buzbee

[graynovember19]

Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. TUMBLR RULE. When you see it, REBLOG IT.

[graynovember19]

If you’re a folklore girlie you’re either a lover OR a Midnights stan but you definitely love TTDP

And if you’re an evermore girlie you’re also a Red girlie and a TTPD: the anthalogy stan

I don’t make the rules

[graynovember19]

Look, I knew five languages by age 19 and now I am learning like 3 more. I work as a language instructor and a consultant. If I can give language learners only one advice, this is it.

STOP LEARNING WORDS ON THEIR OWN.

You're doing yourself a disservice by learning lists of "30 words you must know!" "100 most common words!" like it literally means nothing if you cannot use those words in an appropriate context with proper grammar. So what you actually need to do is learn those words via example sentences.

Of course, sentences have more words so you may think you're learning less but you're actually learning the way to use it in context. That's what's important.

Language is about communication, which also means if you want to learn languages, you have to observe how people communicate with each other universally. Native speakers never have a list of words they know and they don't count every single new word they've learned. So why are you doing it to yourself? What native speakers do is listen to the new word, remember the context they're spoken in, and keep using that word in that context. And that's why people go "wait, you can use that word LIKE THAT?" all the time. So you, a language learner, are also allowed to do that. I'm not even saying those word lists are useless but they're the most useful AFTER you've known most of them and are trying to go over them for practice etc. Native speakers do click on those word lists to check out how many words they don't know or to remind themselves of those words or to learn some facts about each word. That should be your goal as well.

Learn sentences. Learn them in context. Do not fall into the "I must know xx amount of words or I'm a failure at language learning" trap perpetuated by bloggers or youtubers or whatever. Have fun with it!

[graynovember19]

i always said i didn't know how to draw and that i hate it, but nowadays i'm starting to draw easy things and i came to the conclusion that i like it and even though i'm absolutely not the best i'm not bad??

[graynovember19]

I've been listening to a lot of Taylor Swift bc I've been sad as a meal without fries but I didn't realize it until 3 days ago when I got an email from spotify saying "you just spent 889 minutes streaming Taylor Swift" and then I get online and i see update pages posting "*this incredibly sad Taylor Swift song* JUST surpassed a gazillion streams" and it's been happening ever since.

Do I think I'm singlehandedly making Taylor the most listened to artist in the world right now? Yes. Yes I do.

[graynovember19]

i love languages so much i think they are so beautiful and linguistic diversity needs to be maintained because there are so many languages in the worlds and thats so aweosme *visibly choking back tears over the fact that i will never be able to speak every language ever*

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7/4/24

aujourd'hui c'est le cinquième jour que j'écris en français. il y a des nouages and, il y a un peu de vent. mais il ne pleut pas. hier, je ne peux pas écrire dans ce blog, j'ai beaucoup du travail. apprendre une langue n'est pas un processus linéal, donc que si un jour, tu ne peux pas écrire ou étudie-le, ne soyez pas triste.

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5/4/24

aujourd'hui c'est le quatrième jour que j'écris en français. il a aussi fait chaud et il y a un peu de vent. j'ai beaucoup du travail de l'université pour la prochaine semaine. j'ai besoin de lire beaucoup en français, mais je n'ai pas du temps pour ça. tout ce que je lis est articles pour l'université.

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4/4/24

aujourd'hui c'est le troisième jour que j'écris en français. il fait chaud, mais il y a un peu de vent. je n'aime pas ce temps, parce que j'aime quand il fait froid, il y a des nuages, du brouillard and il pleut. je sais que mon français n'est pas le meilleur, mais j'étudie beaucoup chaque jour pour améliorer mon écrit. je pense que le français est très beau, mais écrire est le plus difficile pour moi.

[graynovember19]

unpopular opinion but the secret history should not be turned into a movie like ever

somehow, it was meant to be a book and that’s it.

that’s the hill i will die on

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Taylor + welcoming the crowd to her headlining tours