hollis (they/them) currently studying classics and archaeology.

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i finished the story like three minutes ago and im so in love

i took like a billion screenshots of aurene because she is literally the cutest thing ive ever seen on this game

last night i was in ember bay and mapchat somehow led to an edgyness contest for characters and im pretty sure my nain rouge won

anyway the family pc is free for like…..the first time ever b/c everyone is out w/ friends so im gonna try and play gw2 on there and see if ember bay doesnt lag as much

lesbianshepard:

my favorite out of context quotes from my archeology professor so far in no particular order

• and floridians are just as human as you and me!
  
• and the moral of the story is that there are no deadly snakes native to alaska
• you might know this guy as one of the only archaeologists cool enough to be mentioned by indiana jones
• it’s my dream to have my name said by harrison ford
• i’m not going to apologize for having this class at 6am because you paid for it and it’s your fault. 
• we don’t all dress like lara croft. i tried to get it to be a thing on a dig and my colleagues yelled at me. 
• they were pretty good archaeologists except they were too racist to realize anything they found. 
• i take back what i said about us not dressing like lara croft because lewis binford here is wearing nothing but short shorts and a cowboy hat. take notes for an academic halloween costume!
• archaeologists can be good artists! not me, though. or anyone i know. but if you can draw just know you have options.
• sometimes you find dead bodies when you dont really expect it and you just have to deal with it
• archaeologists are the only people allowed to get exited when they find corpses. 
• once i ruined thanksgiving dinner when i told my family i had gotten my degree in archaeology and my uncle commented he liked dinosaurs too
• the closest i’ve ever been to a grizzly bear is when i left my glasses in my tent on a dig in alaska,  saw a big rock in the distance, and almost screamed

additional quotes

• ah yes. archaeologists. or, as i love to call us,  pottery analysts
  
• i mean he was kind of a good guy for helping us beat britain but he owned slaves so that really cancelled it out.
• archaeology is like cultural anthropology, except after you interview the person you turn around and shoot them in the head.
• do not use trees! trees are bad! don’t do it!
• usually you find shards, but it’s super exciting when you find a really big shard
• it’s basically like a waterpark, except you’re fully clothed and walking through a dark tunnel knee deep in muddy water. so, basically splish splash.
•  i dont believe in curses but my colleagues and i like to encourage the idea of them so people stop touching our stuff
• usually, you would find a knife in a kitchen. or underneath your pillow to really freak out your roommate who is a history nerd and has no idea why you would sleep with a knife under your pillow and he’ll get really scared and freaked out and okay i’m getting off topic
• no matter what the other scientists say, archaeology is a real science.
• don’t worry, i promise you, and whatever government agency that’s spying on me right now,  that i’m not a crazy communist trying to overthrow the government
• by now you’ve noticed the big “POP QUIZ” written on the board. there isn’t one, but i wanted to see the looks on your face when you saw it. but you’re all dead inside so it’s not really funny.
• everything was fine except the citizens of pompeii just woke up dead the next day
• the number one question you should ask when you read old archaeology papers is “how the hell do you know?”
• nothing pisses off old men more than young people asking “why” and “prove it” so do that as often as possible
• this is incredible! all it takes is a computer the size of this room!

this is the Cat That Healed My Phone.

today is a blessed day tbh i was walking home from the bus stop and i saw a lil black cat so i sat down and did the kissy noises and he actually came over??? and i spent like fifteen minutes petting him and it was incredible but then he saw a bird and went to go chase it so i was like “alright, see you, mysterious lovable cat” BUT THEN i feel something on my ankle and he followed me??? and i pet him for another like ten minutes!!! he followed me halfway home!! all the while asking for cuddles!! i took a picture on my phone of him like two seconds before it died and idk if it actually saved or anything but i truly believe that mysterious cat fixed my phone. he gave one of his nine lives to my phone through his image using my camera.

MY BROTHER IS A MIRACLE WORKER???? 

i gave him my phone bc he’s like super good at tech and he went upstairs did shit w/ a paperclip or something (idk b/c i didnt want to like….mess anything up) and it started?? charging?? and now it’s on????? 

my brother is literally the best?????

i mean if i buy the iphone 5s through virgin it’s only $200 (”only” lol) which is….a lot better than a new phone would cost.