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james

@snoopyreadsliterature / snoopyreadsliterature.tumblr.com

[ man was made for love and for revolution - "the setting sun" ] comparative literature, existentialist philosophy, queer history, and anarchist politics. a deep love for studying and an appreciation for the act of learning. currently reading: Anna Karenina

an (updated) introduction

I'm James (he/him) and I'm a student of comparative literature and English Studies starting my 3rd semester this winter. I already blogged my finals semi-regularly last year and am now posting (or want to post!) more updates again with a focus on studying, reading, and general slice of life.

I'll also post/reblog about current or long-time obsessions of mine, including but not limited to... - Literature (obviously), - History, - Philosophy, - Disco Elysium (amongst other video games), - Arcane, or other movies/series.

Enjoy scrolling through my blog, and have a nice day! <3

ohhh the woes of a non existent fandom. no one knows what i mean when i say "we makin it out of bezsel with this one 🔥🔥🔥" and they're all throwing rocks at me and going "booo" and just generally giving me a thumbs down 👎

27 December 2025 ☁️

Reading a lot, studying very little, it's been a while since I last got to spend my time like this

monday | january 5

drinking from the glug (gel electrophoresis mug) and reading some papers for my bio capstone project.

i had my first grad school interview today – i think it went well, but i'm trying to put it out of my mind as much as possible. nothing to do now except prep for the next one.

8 January 2026 🌤️

It was -12°C this morning and I thought my fingertips would straight up fall off when I took a glove off to extract a tissue out of the package 💀 Other than that I like to think I'm a pro at braving Polish winters: I'm wearing enough layers not to get cold ☝️

Catalysis lab was going suspiciously well today until I hooked up my two products to the rotovap - it took alarmingly long to concentrate them and now I'm worried I somehow messed up the previous step (liquid-liquid extraction) whoops. I'll find out next week when the GC-MS results come in. If everything turns out right though, that'll be my last catalysis lab! So close to not spending 10 h a day at uni lol

21.12.25

35/100

I made the yummiest sandwich this morning!!

I did a LOT of household work today so I treated myself to a pumpkin scone and a cookie afterwards. It was one of those days where I knew I wouldn’t be able to get a lot of school work done so I pivoted to something else instead of just procrastinating on my phone instead. Even if I didn’t do much school work today, I did set myself up to get lots done tomorrow now that the house is all clean - if it’s messy around me I get quite anxious and I can’t focus. But now I feel a lot better! Chores go by so much faster with headphones and a podcast 🤍

  • Swept the house
  • Did two dishwasher cycles
  • Two loads of laundry
  • General picking-ups around the house
  • Cleaned the bathroom
  • Collected + took out all the garbage + recycling
  • Organized the pantry
  • Baked scones and cookies

To end my day, I’m having an arizona hard strawberry half and half and watching some nichijou :3

Woke up at a normal time for the first time in 3 weeks & finally caught up on all of my lecture notes (worked through 7 lectures in total today)! Wrote a mail to ask about one of my pedagogy tasks & am currently fighting grammar stuff for ILS. So far 5h in, desperately hoping to catch a break soon – I remembered my grudge against being an education major…

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