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so real

Insane that being in your 20s counts as adulthood. Being in your 20s just feels like the sequel to being a teenager

wake up, new ship dynamic just dropped

person A: fuck the rich

person B: *is rich* please

my favorite overplayed romantic gesture is queer character A going in for a kiss, pulling away in doubt or in fear or in lost, then queer character B returning the kiss in confirmation, in assurance, in a silent confession of the love being mutual, then either of them deepening the kiss with passion, with the desire to break free from whatever was expected out of them, with the unexplainable sense of joy and relief that after all those moments of pining they finally get to express it somehow

the journey home is an endless one

may sarton “letters from maine” // james baldwin “giovanni’s room” // neil gaiman “the graveyard book” // @wordsnquotes-net // anne carson “men in the off hours” // miriam adeney // “no longer fits” // han kang “the vegetarian” // “garden state” dir. zach braff // richard blanco “mexican almuerzo in new england” // mitski “there’s nothing left here for you” // julian barnes “a history of the world in 10 1/2 hours”

wonder girl i, etcetera, susan sontag / pulp, charles bukowski / our bodies & other fine machines, natalie wee / the sound of one fork, minnie bruce pratt / doll parts, hole

@the2headedcalf / On Love, Alain de Botton /  @tilthat / Céline Sciamma / Twitter: Nightshiftmp3 / Twitter: Thepartypope / Portrait of a Lady on Fire / The Clean House, Sarah Ruhl / The History of the Band-Aid / weird-facts.org / @roses–and–rue

I’ve been the shadow of your shadow

Richard Siken, Peter Wever, Ilya Kaminsky, Margaret Atwood, Ada Limón, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Richard Siken, @maieste, Madeline Miller, Holly Warburton, Shauna Barbosa, Benjamin Alire Sáenz

a compilation of things that make me believe in the world; dedicated to my friends elle, grace, sophia, and simi <3

@honeytuesday // anne carson // jack kerouac // @morepeachyogurt // alice walker // @petalsinfall // sandra simonds // louise glück // wendy cope // mary oliver // @moonbirdy // @boysaints // john cage // ross gay // @sunbathe // lorde // jenny han // emily dickinson // source // minecraft end poem by julian gough // lorde // doris dana // coldplay; @moonlockscreensz // grace vanderwaal // mary oliver // @eisayshi // @icarusgf // @theorangepdf // arnold lobel // @peoplehood // @sequin-covered-swans // schuyler peck // alivia horsley // madisen kuhn // danusha laméris // @rednet-remade // leslie feinberg // eden robinson // lorde

bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions  /  Mary Oliver, from “Hum, Hum”, A Thousand Mornings via weltenwellen /  No choir - Florence + the Machine /  this post by inkipri / Wislawa Szymborska, from “Moment of Silence”, Map: Collected and Last Poems 

So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.

-vincent van gogh

Vincent van Gogh, from a letter to his brother Theo (London, beginning of January 1874)

He has everything he needs, says the children who tend him in his cage - but he looks out, at the heavy thundery sky, and in his heart of hearts he rebels against his fate.

Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, July 1880

Claude Monet said, “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” and Vincent Van Gogh said, “The way to know life is to love many things.” and “If I am worth something later, I am worth something now.” and Kurt Vonnegut said, “If this isn’t nice, I don't know what is.” and Fyodor Dostoevsky said, “Compassion was the most important, perhaps the sole law of human existence.” and James Wright said, “God, sometimes I am so happy I don't know what to do with me.” and I am really working on this happiness. 

Love is something I can sink my teeth into - something I can eat. I sit here, day after day, tearing chunks out of its soft, willing surface. I know the flesh will grow back by the time the night falls, so what’s the harm in taking a bite?

Food Of Love // Caroline Kizer Twelfth Night // William Shakespeare Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge // Caravaggio Love Me More // Mitski Persimmons // Li-Young Lee Still Life with Ham, Lobster and Fruit // Jan Davidsz de Heem Ode To Wine // Pablo Neruda Norwegian Wood // Haruki Murakami Still Life with Vegetables and Fruit // Vincent van Gogh

Love And Hunger

a lightweight when it comes to love.

someone new, hozier // interview with jeanette winterson // boy meets world // pure feeling, florence + the machine // welcome to nightvale // someone new, hozier // @inkskinned // exist for love, aurora 

there is not a single day i don’t think about this quote in relation to tragedies

Other ways to say said 😍👏🏼

Anger:

Shouted, bellowed, yelled, snapped, cautioned, rebuked, accused, cursed, exploded, raged, seethed, snarled, taunted, bickered, fumed, asserted, chastised, quipped Hollered, Howled, Ranted, Reprimanded, scoffed, scolded, Taunted, Swore, Thundered. 

Affection:

Consoled, comforted, reassured, admired, soothed, Affirmed, cooed. 

Fear:

Whispered, stuttered, stammered, gasped, urged, hissed, babbled, blurted, implored, Croaked.

Disgust: 

grimaced, winced, cringed.

Determination:

Declared, insisted, maintained, commanded.

Excitement/Happiness:

Sighed, murmured, gushed, laughed, Shouted, yelled, babbled, gushed, exclaimed, chattered, effused, simpered, chirped, trilled, cooed, Beamed, Cheered, Grinned, Rejoiced.

Sadness:

Cried, mumbled, sobbed, sighed, lamented, wept, glumly, sniffled, wailed, bleated, whimpered, Cried out, Croaked

Conflict/confrontation:

Addressed.

Jabbed, sneered, rebuked, hissed, scolded, demanded, threatened, insinuated, spat, glowered. 

Making up:

Apologised, relented, agreed, reassured, placated, agreed, assented.

Amusement

Teased, joked, laughed, chuckled, chortled, sniggered, tittered, guffawed, giggled, roared Laughed,.

Storytelling:

Related, recounted, continued, emphasized, remembered, recalled, resumed, concluded.

Surprise: 

Marveled, perplexed, bleated. 

Uncertain

cautioned, conceded, doubtfully, guessed, hesitated, vacillated, Asked 

Other words In alphabetic order

Acknowledged, Admitted, Agonized, Announced, Answered, Appealed. 

Beamed, Beckoned, Began, Begged, Bellowed, Beseeched, Blubbered, Bossed, Bragged, Breathed, Broadcasted, Burst

Cajoled, Called, Carped, Cautioned, Censured,  Chimed in, Choked,  Chuckled, Claimed, Commented, Conceded, Concurred, Condemned, Confided, Confirmed,  Criticizd.,

Decided, Defended, Denoted, Dictated, Disclosed, Disposed, Disseminated.

Echoed, Emitted, Entreated, Exclaimed, Explained, Exposed

Faltered.

Gawped, Giggled, Glowered, Groaned, Growled, Grumbled, Grunted, Guessed

Held, Hinted,  

Inclined, Indicated, Informed, Inquired, Insisted, Interjected, Invited  Leered, Lied, Lilted

Maintained, Made known, Made public, Marked, Moaned, Mocked, Mourned,  Mused

Observed, Offered, Ordered

Panted, Passed on, Pleaded, Pointed out, Pondered, Postulated, Praised, Preached, Premised, Presented, Presupposed, Probed, Proclaimed, Prodded, Professed, Proffered, Promised, Promulgated, Proposed, Protested, Provoked, Publicized, Published, Puled, Put forth, Put out

 Queried, Questioned, 

Reckoned that, Rejoined, Released, Remarked, Remonstrated, Repeated, Replied, Reported, Requested, Required, Requisitioned, Retorted, Revealed, Roared

 Sent on, Settled, Shared,  Shuddered, Solicited, Sought, Specified, Speculated, Stated, Stuttered, Stressed, Suggested, Supposed.

Teased, Testified, Thundered, Told, Told off, Touted, Trailed off, Transferred, Transmitted, Trembled,  Trumpeted.

Understood, Undertook, Upbraided, Urged, Uttered

Verified, Vociferated, Voiced, Volunteered, Vouched for

Wailed, Wanted, Warned, Wept, Went on, Wheedled, Whimpered, Whined, Whispered, Wondered

Yawped, Yelled, Yelped, Yowled

You bored, or feeling artsy but don’t have any inspiration...? *updated!*

Do you need to distract yourself? Or are you simply bored? Here are some great websites to make the time pass.

create pixel art

Awesome photo editor and art program, all free…!

Totally free transparent textures

make a cute chibi

draw some cool generative art

be a graffiti creator

create a picassohead (you don’t need to be a picasso to do so)

paint online

another awsome site to create pixel art on

and another one

create your own mandala

or color one

create an avatar

or you can try creating your own superhero

here you can interact with organisms in different environments to see how to music changes

here’s a website that translates the time into hexidecimal colours,

Here is a website where you can travel along a 3D line into the infinite unkown

here is a website where you can listen to rain with or without music

Need a model in a certain pose for drawing? here

Want to build your own planet

here is a website where you can create your own galaxies

make your own pattern (very useful if you need a new background)

create next hit comic

make a city which looks like something from 90′s games

draw a mandala like design

jig saw puzzles

more jig saw puzzles to solve

create a stunning HTML5 animation - no coding!

make a movie

create and dress up dolls

play a piano

you can also play a guitar

create sounds

another sound creator

create a logo

design your dream home

sketch rooms

explore fashion trends and create your own sets

build a website

try this app for building a website

Or maybe start learning how to code!

design your own t-shirt or a beanie or sweatpants and order them

design your own phone case

pretend to be a graphic designer with this cool online tool

Make your own Glitch art

Here’s another glitch art maker

And another!

Holy hell, here’s a third!

make an image look like it was created by a commodore 64

freaking cool text generator!

Easy to use word processor

Make up really cool patterns or run your photos through it :)

Write an essay on anything with no hassle

Wanna see how something you write would look like if it was on JacksFilms YGS((Your Grammar Sucks videos on YouTube))?

Make pictures out of text

ASCII word generator

Need an idea for some fanart-here :D

mario

cubefield

sleep calculator essay typer

rice questions

maths 

artsy-fartsy pretty thing

quotes

survive nature

rain

tumblr music

calming rain

themes

backgrounds [x] 

loads of references

Still haven’t found something that would float your boat? Try these:

watch a documentary

learn to code

do something yourself

workout with the help of this great youtube channels

learn things

play pokemon or zelda or other awesome old school games

waste your time on miniclip

play games at additing games

or try games at agame

calm your thoughts

the quiet place

it will be okay

vent or listen to someone

pour out your soul

explore the sky

look at art from around the world

virtually visit museum of iraq

explore world with arounder

create a music playlist

list through rare books

scroll useful science website

create sand art

brain games

try out tastekid and discover new favorite band or movie or book

interactive 3D anatomy

random street view

post a secret

create a family tree

find our what’s the difference between x and y

help scientists and become volunteer researcher

create your own font

read a classic short story

In the mood to read, but not sure exactly what book to go for?

scribble on maps

listen to letters

play with acrobots

listen to podcasts

make a bucket list

Ever want to see the most truly useless websites in creation?

Prank a friend with this blue screen of death!

Zone out watching the colors drip down

Sprite generator!

Face Generator/Creator!

Maybe none of these peeked your interest-maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start-or you just enjoy making O.C’s….Or maybe you have a Gemsona that you want to create, but don’t have the energy to draw!

This masterlist is to help you in making your own OCs….it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! (´ヮ`)!

Gemsona stuffs;

Just a straight up character gemsona creator

Here’s another

Not sure what gem to go with, or where? 

OR maybe your unsure about more than just that?

How to Write Better OCs:

basic tips on how to make your oc even better

tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great

writing specific characters

a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character

kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME

Character Development:

how to actually make an OC

Q&A (to develop characters)

more Q&As

giving your character a backstory

how to write an attractive character

Need an Appearance idea?

Humanoid generator? check

Here’s another one

and maybe if you didn’t like those this’ll work

Need Monsterpeople?

Well, then here ya’ go

Maybe you need Cats?

Diversity

adding more racial diversity

avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it

writing sexuality and gender expression (doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)

masterpost on writing more diversity into your story

cultures of the world

guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)

Mary Sue/Gary Stu

Test to see if your character is a Sue

Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus

Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues

Villains

villain generator

need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam

villain archetypes

what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?

Relationships

character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)

how to write strong relationships between two characters

8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others

OCxLove Interest Handbook

develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!

how to write realistic relationships

how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)

ARCHETYPES

12 common archetypes

8 archetypes for male/female characters

female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)

a list of archetypes

NAMES

how to name your character

random name generator

most common surnames

surnames by ethnicity

APPEARANCE

tips for better design

basic appearance generator

pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)

clothing ref masterpost

Clothing generator

Another clothing generator

More clothing generator

Aaaand even more

Steam punk clothing

Char Style preference

Dress Generator

DETAILS

give your character better powers

a list of professions

proactive vs reactive characters

positive and negative traits

interest generator

skills generator

motivation generator

123 ideas for character flaws

list of phobias

Oh shit someone died

Backgrounds and stuff? yep

Quirks

Personality. you need that shit

Need something fandom related?

City generator hell yeah

location? got ya

World-building?

make your own god damn laws

Landscape.

Need Item names?

Fantasy/sci-fi/etc. medicine names

Stuff to make things more interesting.Weapons, clothes, treasures… whatever your characters need.

Item & Artifact Generators

Other stuffs!

Genre, Plot, & Story Prompt Generators

How did your characters meet?

Fanfic plots. you bet your ass.

Other Other stuffs!

Wanna make a custom minecraft skin?

Well then these’ll work!

This one too~

WAIT!…if none of that worked, then maybe you want to make a southpark style character?

Here!

Well, this one’s nice too~

And another..

Aaaand another!

UNDERTALE STUFFS;

Undertale character speech box creator!

Want inspiration for an Undertale Oc?

OR a super Edgy Undertale Theory generator?

Maybe you just want to read some funny Sans Puns!

TMNT STUFFS;

How about a TMNT creator?

Or a TMNT meme generator..

writing ask game

made for novels, but can be used for fanfiction or other types of writing!

describe the plot in 1 sentence.

pick one sight, smell, sound, feel, and taste to describe the aesthetic of your novel.

which 3+ songs would make up a playlist for the novel?

what’s the time period and location in which the novel takes place?

is this a standalone or a part in a series?

are there any former titles you’ve considered but discarded?

how many times does the word ____ appear in the novel?

what’s the first line that comes up when you search _____?

what’s the first line of your novel?

what’s a line of dialogue you’re particularly proud of?

which line from the novel most represents it as a whole?

who are your character faceclaims?

sort your characters into harry potter houses!

which character’s name do you like the most?

describe each character’s daily outfit.

do any characters have distinctive birthmarks/scars?

pick a color to represent each character.

pick a font to represent each character.

which character most fits a character trope? which trope?

which character is the best writer? worst?

which character is the best liar? worst?

which character swears the most? least?

which character has the best handwriting? worst?

which character is most like you? least like you?

which character would you most like to be?

Another thing I love in fiction is when dialogue immediately echoes the same phrasing used in the narration. It can be startling and funny.

Ex.:

As they made their way back to the car, Farad felt the prickle of eyes upon him. He looked around and spotted the culprits—perched on the roof of a van, a gaggle of dour-faced teenagers was watching them judgmentally.

“Don’t look now,” he whispered to his companion, “But a gaggle of dour-faced teenagers is watching us judgementally.”

“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.

Annotating igyts is so hard because, every page, every line is a smack of colour right in the face, it feels like spreading your arms and cutting through wind, flying through oceans and eating stars, while curling into a ball on the moon, and every page that isn’t consuming me in undeniable feelings and tastes, are pages that claw at my back and force me to the cold wooden floor, there comes mouthfuls of sorrow so sad the trees sway and sway until they all fall, and then it continues again, a continuous loop of light to dark to starbursts and fresh fruit to chalky wood, and every time I just sit here looking at these pages, and I just think, how do you highlight the parts in this book that make you feel so? When every part is making me feel SO? SO WHAT? I DON’T KNOW, I JUST KNOW, THAT I COULD EAT THE SUN, AND IF I WERE TO ANNOTATE THIS BOOK, EVERY LINE WOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED,, IT WOULD SCREAM IN COLOURS AND SOUNDS ALONE!!!

Writing Tip Index

So I realize most of my Tumblr followers just follow me on Tumblr, which I’m cool with, but since I’ve been working really hard on updating my website, I still wanted to share it with everyone. If you have visited it recently, you’ve probably noticed quite a few changes. You can check it out here.

One of the new features is that I’ve compiled an almost complete list of my writing tips by topic. I’ll be updating it regularly here.

Below is the list as of my posting this. There are also a couple of articles that aren’t mine (noted) that I refer other writers to.

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Beginning

Coming up with a Good First Sentence

Tips on Starting a Story

How to Start Writing When You Have No Idea Where to Start

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Brainstorming

The REAL Key to Brainstorming: Restrictions

Flipping Story Stuff

Stacking Your Brainstorming Ideas

Coming up with a Plot (from scratch)

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Breaking Writing Rules

Breaking Writing Rules Right: “Show, don’t Tell”

Breaking Writing Rules Right: “Don’t Use ‘Was’”

Breaking Writing Rules Right: “Don’t Use Adverbs, Adjectives”

Breaking Writing Rules Right: “Only Use ‘Said’”

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Characters

Complex Characters and the Power of Contradiction

Making Unlikeable People into Likeable Characters

Character Traits that Hike Up Tension

Creating Stunning Side Characters (and Why They Matter)

Relationship as a Character: Crafting Duos, Trios, Groups that Readers can’t Resist

Pairing Behaviors with Odd Demeanors for Originality

“The Emotional Range of a Teaspoon”: Your Characters’ Spectrum of Emotions

Considering the Irrationality of Your Characters

How to Pick the Right Character Names

The “Twins as Clones” Writing Epidemic

What You Need to Know Most About Character Voice

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Conflict

Coming up with a Plot (from scratch)

Are Your Conflicts Significant?

Keeping Conflicts Unresolved

The Oft Forgotten Conflict and How to Make it Work: Man Vs. God

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Context

Context vs. Subtext (Context Should Not Become Subtext)

Making Strengths into Weaknesses (and Vice Versa) through Context

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Description

Picking the RIGHT Details

Three Tweaks that Keep Details Interesting

Breaking Writing Rules Right: “Don’t Use Adverbs, Adjectives”

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Dialogue

Writing Realistic and Complex Dialogue

Kicking “Great” Dialogue up to “Killer” Dialogue

Breaking Writing Rules Right: “Only Use ‘Said’”

Generic Dialogue—Staaaahp

(Don’t) Tell Me How You Really Feel

Emotion

Writing Empathetically vs. Sympathetically and Sentimentally

Let Your Reader do the Work

Raw vs. Subdued Emotions: Getting them Right in Your Story

“The Emotional Range of a Teaspoon”: Your Characters’ Spectrum of Emotions

Gaining Incredible Emotional Power by Crossing Opposites

Choosing Relatable Descriptions to Power up Empathy

Selecting the Right Sentence Structure for the Right Emotion

Dealing with Melodrama: What it is, How it Works, and How to Get Rid of it

The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

Feedback

The Real Reason You NEED to Give Positive Feedback!

Feeding us Criticism

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Foils

Playing with Foils

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Grammar and Punctuation

Dangling Modifiers and How to Correct Them (Purdue OWL)

Punctuation in Dialogue (The Editor’s Blog)

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Humor

15+ Tactics for Writing Humor

Guardians of the Galaxy and the Art of Constructing Jokes (Film Cit Hulk Smash)

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Micro-Concepts

Writing Micro-concepts

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Mystery

The Mechanics of Rendering Mysteries and Undercurrents—How to Withhold Info Right

Keep reading

Things NOT to imagine your OTP doing:

LAUGHING SO HARD OVER THE MOST RIDICULOUS SHIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, CLUTCHING THEIR STOMACHS, SNORTING AND STRUGGLING TO BREATHE

Person A leaving tHIGH HICKEYS ON PERSON B (ી(΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵)

BOTH OF THEM BEING THE BEST FRIENDS THAT EVERYONE JUST ASSUMES IS A COUPLE AND NO ONe is even surprised when they announce they’re official bc wtf do u mean u werent before

GIVINGG EACH OTHER ESKIMO KISSES

GIVING EACH OTHER BUTTERFLY KISSES

FIGHTING OVER THE LAST COOKIE

WRESTLING MATCH ON THE COUCH THAT ENDS WITH ONE OF THEM HITTING THEIR HEADS ON THE FLOOR AND THE OTHER HAS TO KISS THE BOOBOO BETTER

GOING ON AN ICE SKATING DATE AND PERSON A BEING A KLUTZ THAT KEEPS FALLING SO PERSON B HAS TO HOLD THEIR HANDS BUT THEY BOTH END UP TRIPPING AND LANDING ON THEIR ASSES AND EVERYONE STARES AT THEM AS THEY KEEP LAUGHING

DOING CUDDLY MOVIE NIGHTS AND CRYING OVER CHEESY CHICK FLICKS

MAKING FUN OF BAD MOVIES TOGETHER

BEING THE ANNOYING PPL IN THE BACK OF A MOVIE THEATER THAT TRY TO THROW POPCORN AT PEOPLE

FIGHTING OVER WHO GETS TO BE BIG SPOON

NO

NOW I’M CRYING

ABORT MISSION ABORT ABORT 

I DIDN’T NEED THIS

not all of it is bad i think….…. we are going to be okay i think.

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!)

“I plant roots so deeply in the people I love that I always lose a piece of myself when they go.”

— Beau Taplin

favorite old pic of lirry <3