#melaschnie!

[upside-down-uni]

pretending @dreamofghosts tagged me!

tagging @oneardentstudybuddy @ben-learns-smth @melaschnie if you want! (and if you want to pretend i tagged you, go for it!)

[bulletnotestudies]

Welcome back to another yearly reading bingo!

for the past two year's i've hosted a genre reading bingo, but if you know me at all, you know i like to change things up quite a lot, so this year i present to you: genre bingo's younger sibling, BOOK COVER BINGO :) (transcript of the prompts and taglist below the cut)

CHALLENGE RULES ☁︎ one book per prompt, meaning the challenge calls for 16 books in total ☁︎ it is a 2024 challenge, so you have from january 1st till december 31st to fulfill the prompts ☁︎ reblog this post to participate ☁︎ once you read a book, cross the prompt out on the above template and post your update! bookish photos/playlists/etc. are of course also welcome ☁︎ tag your updates (templates with crossed out prompts, text posts, etc.) with the tag #2024 book cover bingo so i can see and reblog them

that’s it, if you have any questions at all, send them my way, otherwise i wish you a fun year, filled with *chef’s kiss* books!

Here are the prompts: ☁︎ a cover with a repetitive pattern ☁︎ a very detailed cover ☁︎ a cover with an illustration without lineart ☁︎ a very minimalistic cover ☁︎ an animal on the cover ☁︎ a cover with a hidden meaning (one you only really understand after you've read the book) ☁︎ a cover featuring a photo ☁︎ a brightly coloured cover ☁︎ a weapon or jewelry on the cover ☁︎ a heart or clockface on the cover ☁︎ a letter/envelope or book on the cover ☁︎ a hand, eye, or entire face on the cover ☁︎ a pretty cover ☁︎ an ugly cover ☁︎ a black and white cover ☁︎ a cover with cursive lettering

taglist: @serendistudy@melaschnie@dreamofghosts@the---hermit@ben-learns-smth@upside-down-uni@myhoneststudyblr@kindastudyingstuff@meyli-vaisyl

storygraph link coming soon!

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I was tagged by @melaschnie to talk about what I do on bad mental health days!! This is still v much a work in progress but I'm slowly getting better at making good choices :) this will be based on what happens on bad mental health days when I'm at uni since I have a lot more control over my surroundings and schedule then

If it's a weekday, I force myself to go into class unless I'm in a "one minor inconvenience away from sobbing/a panic attack and going to speaking class/[insert highly interactive class here] will likely cause that" kind of mood - it helps me not fall behind academically, I get some fresh air and movement from walking to uni and also a little bit of socialising even if it's just smiling and nodding at my classmates

Once class is done/on a weekend when I have free time ahead of me, if I'm still feeling rough I allow myself some wallowing time, this will usually involve listening to music and/or letting myself watch my favourite comfort content. I'll try to limit this to 1.5 hours on a weekday and 2 hours on a weekend, there's still usually stuff to be done after all

Sensory needs: I'm quite sensitive to sensory inputs at the best of times, so a mental health day will usually involve me assessing what feels physically wrong around me and fixing it, such as washing my hair to get rid of the greasy texture, wearing my seamless leggings and my softest hoodie, and carrying my fluffy blanket or a plushie around the house for an additional comforting texture

I do the bare minimum of my to do list - no matter how I feel I still need to eat, clean and do homework to avoid making things worse for Future Me, so I keep a few low-effort yet healthy meal options in the freezer for really bad days, use as few dishes as possible to minimise cleanup and do my immediately important academic tasks and no more

I force myself to spend a little bit of time with other people - we usually have friends round most nights of the week, which I'm normally not up for on a bad day. My friends are very used to me having off days at this point and are fine w me texting them "hi I know you're coming round tonight, I'll probably pop down to acknowledge your presence/be in the same room for a while but I won't say much if anything" and I'm so thankful. If it's a night where only my housemates are home, we all have pretty similar mental health struggles and are fine to sit in the living room doing our own thing and not talking much if it all, but being in the presence of each other is comforting. If it is a night where we feel up to chatting then all the better, we have a good mix of personalities so we make each other laugh a lot, which is great for the brain!!

Tagging @cris080799, @kirbymybeloved and @dasistnichtsehrpunkrockvondir if yous want, no pressure though!!

[the---hermit]

I was tagged by @dreamofghosts (thank you! 💜🌿)

Last read: The Queen Of The Caribbean by Emilio Salgari

Currently reading: The Lost World by Michael Crichton (I am considering a dnf but I'll try to switch to the audiobook before fully giving up on it), Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid (I am really excited about this book!)

Next read: probably the ninth volume of Sandman by Neil Gaiman, but I am a mood reader so that might change

I am tagging: @melaschnie , @lau-and-history , @upside-down-uni, @ben-learns-smth and @just-a-cup-of-anxietea

[ben-learns-smth]

@smileystudies ' favourite things tag game, let's goo!

trees: aspen or oak

birds: hermit thrush or cedar waxwing

flowers: peony or bachelor's button

ice cream: redcurrant or raspberry

natural fibers: cashmere or silk

neutrals: brown or black

instrumental music: classical or jazz

animals: bats or snakes

fish: rockfish or nurse shark

fried food: buñuelos or churros

train travel: aisle or window

a form of eggs: spanish tortilla or soufflé

tagging @upside-down-uni @melaschnie and @dreamofghosts if you feel like it ? :)

[callumnovae]

thank you @wherepoetsdie for tagging me to post my last, current and next read - ty mish, u know i love a tag game, in the summer no less <3

—last read: warcross by marie lu (if we're counting books i started but will maybe? not finish? sdfgh) // fangs by sarah andersen (if we're only looking at finished reads; this was my first time reading the graphic novel and let me tell you, it's just as wholesome and wonderful as everyone (and their mom) has been saying :')

—current read: blue lily, lily blue by maggie stiefvater; a reread bc i've been in a Slump™ and i love these kids okay<3 also i'm trying to *finally* get to the dreamer trilogy and refuse to start cdth without first rereading trc so it's fresh in my mind

—next read: whO knows with this current slump honestly. might be (a heavy maybe) one of the following: the lake by natasha preston, the charm offensive by alison cochrun, seven days in june by tia williams, or i might just finish one of my 7 current reads (yeah, ik)

tagging: @dreamofghosts, @tungumalaast, @beziehungsstatuspizza, and @melaschnie xx

[the---hermit]

Thank you for the tag 💜🌿

I'm tagging @ben-learns-smth , @upside-down-uni , @melaschnie , @dreamofghosts and @oneanxiousstudybuddy

Fuck it, I'm starting one of these myself

Picrew chain time!

Tagging: @cute-as-buttons @bloop-arts @slymanner @mira-blue @garthcelyn @flowingleaves @pickastitch

[upside-down-uni]

Hi do you know more German (studyblrs) blogs?

uuuuh, brain bad and tired but may i suggest my moots: @ben-learns-smth @melaschnie @dreamofghosts and @oneardentstudybuddy?

im assuming you are looking for blogs who are germanposting? these ones are the ones i know off the top of my head: @official-german-medienlandschaft @official-german-puns @deutsche-bahn

further suggestions and selfpromo are very welcome of course!

[bulletnotestudies]

saw @the---hermit do this tag and it looked super fun (can u tell i'm procrastinating studying for an exam asbhdjq) so here we are!

i'm tagging @melaschnie @serendistudy and whoever else needs a reason to procrastinate their work lol

(template & cris's post below the cut)

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Sophie!! Congrats again in 15k! This 🙃 is my absolute fav, you can use it in so many situations and it always just fits? Anyway, I'm living in an area where I have to drive 15min and I'm in the city, not exactly rural or anything. But in the last four months there's this partridge that just keeps visiting my house, like, it's literally right in front of the door to our garden. Is it spying on us? Does it think it's invisible? Why is it making weird noises? We'll never know.

that emoji is iconic! it’s one of the favourites of my friend and it always makes me think of her!!! and i totally relate to the suspicion of weird animals that hang around, i too used to live kinda rurally and there was this one cow in the field behind my garden that just had an attitude

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[the---hermit]

I was tagged by @ben-learns-smth to share my top 5 songs at the moment (just so you know I am suffering as much as you did I hate picking favourites) :

Last Resort (Reimagined) covered by Falling In Reverse

Good Enemy by PVRIS

Since I've Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin

Basket Case by Green Day

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey

I tag @oneanxiousstudybuddy , @fluencylevelfrench , @melaschnie and whoever wants to do this

[ben-learns-smth]

got tagged by @la-galaxie-langblr , thank you <3

relationship status: single

favourite colour: yellow and (dark) green

song stuck in my head: atm it's usually either jackie & wilson - hozier (especially the "we tried the world it wasn't for us" part) or the draw - bastille (the "I can feel it pulling me back it's pulling me back" part)

last song I listened to: laura palmer - bastille

last thing I googled: details for a trans*inter swimming event

dream trip: mostly daydreaming about an interrail trip through northern italy atm, but generally iceland, norway, ireland and the uk are high up on the list too

anything I want rn: for the 1 thing that needs to work out somehow to work out somehow (this is so awfully vague sorry sdghgds) and an iced hazelnut latte would be neat

tagging @selkiestudies @the---hermit @melaschnie @starrystvdy and @cupsnpages if you feel like doing this! (no pressure though!)

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17.9.2021

I’ve taken these pictures at the very beginning of the month but I’ve been procrastinating editing them for soo long, and they’re finally here! Anyways my IGCSE exams are in exactly one month and I feel so unprepared, so I’m going to be studying extra hard in the upcoming weeks. How is everyone else doing?

(Pretend you don’t see the ink leaking through the page)

[the---hermit]

I was assigned kill your queers by uquiz, I guess?

I'm tagging @ben-learns-smth , @dreamofghosts , @melaschnie and whoever wants to do this!

rules: 1. do this uquiz 2. do this picrew 3. tag people

thank you for the tag, @chemicallovver! :3 (and no worries, I really like doing this kind of stuff, but often forget about being tagged D:)

tagging: @thegrumpyjournalist, @szyszkasosnowa, @sunflowertea23, @drysauce, @nya-vivi and anyone who's interested :>

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20.09.2021

I'm taking a 3-week long self-imposed holiday, so here are the spreads I made after @melaschnie, @hannistudies and I visited a Paul Signac exhibition in Cologne. It was a beautiful day and I'm quite happy with how they turned out!

These days I'm trying to chill a bit more in preparation for what's to come, but I'm still kind of busy writing emails, training (only one race left!) and trying to meet as many friends as safely possible before I go back to Germany for my third semester. Good news are that one of my best friends from Spain is going to join me in my shared flat! I'm very excited for that :)

Ngl, I see that so many of you are starting your terms and I'm getting kind of jealous, but my time will come 😌 two weeks left of break!

[study-van]

31 and 42 for This or That 🙃✨

31. sweet crêpes or fluffy pancakes

Sweet crepes all the way, I don’t really like pancakes...

42. waves lapping at the shore or wind rolling over wheat fields

Waves lapping at the shore, I honestly love it so much maybe bc I grew up next to the sea

this or that game