hollis (they/them) currently studying classics and archaeology.
the city was fun even though my phone died like halfway through the day so i couldnt liveblog stuff
i’m going to the city today and the train pulled in right as i ran up and i felt like i was in a movie or something
i’ve had “once in a lifetime” stuck in my head for the past half hour but only the version kermit the frog sings
did i need to spend like 300 gems for a broom to fly around on just to match my witch outfit that i only wear one month out of the year? no. did i do it anyway? absolutely.
my rankings of the wild animals found where i live
common: squirrels, small brown or gray birds, geese, seagulls
uncommon: birds of prey, rabbits, colorful birds
rare: raccoons, deer, feral cats
legendary: owls, possums, chipmunks
i need to go to work but my cat fell asleep on my lap
okay: history lesson on what is, imo, the most impressive comeback to anything ever is from sparta to philip II of macedonia (alexander the great’s dad) who was, like a lot of guys did back then, trying to conquer people. he was really good at it too. he, understandably, was met with resistance by people he was trying to conquer. philip II sent a message to sparta, who were kind of a threat to his plans to take over laconia (which is the region where sparta was located), that was “If I invade Laconia you will be destroyed, never to rise again.”
the spartans replied with a single word: “if”
the source for this is plutarch’s “De garrulitate ” (translation: “on talkativeness”)
you can find a translation of the page the quote is on here though it’s kind of a wall of text
i got an a+ on my archaeology midterm and im super proud of myself tbh
honestly the most cursed image ever is this one of vic mignogna, a middle aged man, cosplaying as the character he voices in ouran high school host club and if i have to suffer with it floating around my brain so do you