i miss watching movies…… need to reenter my cinephile era

Imagine titling your book 'conversations with friends' and then there are no conversations in the book and its questionable if anyone is friends with each other

ive been so locked in on the slow travel its so jarring seeing i could just take a €26 flight for 1.5 hours instead of a €100 bus for 29 hours

how it feels being forced to network….. Sending another cold email Etc ……..

was on this journey like Never Fucking Again am i doing this, n then i booked a 9 hour bus for this weekend. prison of my own making

Once again: oliviarafferty.substack.com/p/50-spotify...

shoutout berlin for having bloomf irl and a fun metro system and cool art everywhere. i couldnt ask for more from a city 🫂

4 hours into my 8 hour train and my 2nd time experiencing 2am, i yearn to be horizontal so badly

i wonder if the guy in my dorm who told me sickness is only a mindset still thinks that after i spent the whole night coughing

guys im soooo sleepy…… . also why do i keep on doing things out of my comfort zone … ..: …..

on this day in 1965, a reservoir was opened in north wales to supply liverpool (not in wales) with water. to create that reservoir, a welsh-speaking village was drowned against the wishes of welsh politicians, locals, and plenty of scousers 🧵

22 hour ferry vs me and 6 granola bars. who will win

left my beautiful power adapter in my previous hostel by accident. .shes been with me so many years .. .

tucked up in my bed and this guy in my dorm starts singing let it linger to me cuz i told him im irish

user rotfriend in yet another country 🇱🇻

my current hostel is soo goated im gonna miss it…. €18 a night including breakfast .. historic building …… actual nice showers …..

hanging out with dostoevsky in ESTONIA 🇪🇪

the only thing ive eaten the past two days are the same fucking 20 pack of spinach pancakes i got for €4 . so when i went to a (cheap) restaurant for dinner … best meal of my life … vegetables and tofu and rice… YUM

big shirt big headphones combo + other pics i took today

i luv being a completely different person now to everyone who knew me in uni. like i have self esteem now

actually where tf do i do an important zoom meeting next week when im in a brand new city and staying in a shared dorm hostel ….

sleepy

can this other worldpackers i applied to respond pleeeeaseeeeewwew rural italy i want to work in u

currently experiencing an electric blanket for the first time after waking up early every morning for the past 2 weeks bc im too cold to sleep

beginning my last week of volunteering in finland…………..… being haunted by the realisation that everything is temporary and i will never have this experience ever again in the same way……….

i live in rural wales where there are fuck all jobs . im a full time student from a single parent household who cant afford to help me . ive gotta pay rent . i have celiac disease and have very little help paying for GF food . this is not feasible for me to pay for lol #mutualaid

saw the northern lights today and tried out sauna for the first time and also ate two bowls of soup with buttered bread……. monumental day

update after using it everyday for over a month: i love it so much !!!!!!!!!!! i love having all my music in a little object !!!!!! fuck spotify im never going back

walking into the common room and seeing the two volunteers that met 4 days ago cuddling on the sofa

when instagram story gets 0 likes ..why do i have so many haters

fully maxed out my ability to lift things today and yesterday .. AND i have a cold and therefore a lot less energy.. will be interesting to see how much ive fucked over my recovery

day 1 of having tomatoes: i let everyone else eat some too and now i have none

joining the war on performative males on the side of performative males (was reading a book while eating an apple while listening to music)

how i feel knowing i bought myself tomatoes and they are delicious and i am going to eat some tomorrow and the next day and the day after that

some pictures i took today n yesterday :-)

double gruel combo for tonight

my party trick is being able to accurately guess the age of buildings and also explain all the construction processes behind them

some of the other volunteers are going to a flea market tomorrow but im scheduled to work

starmer deciding to recognise palestine does not negate the fact that he and his entire cabinet have blood on their hands and over 1000 people in mere weeks have been arrested on terrorism charges for holding signs supporting direct action against genocide

i had to run down a motorway today after a ladder i put in our car trailer flew off and a car ran over it … . oops …… .

yearning for my future 9-5 job so bad wtf

some other volunteers left for a weekend trip and didnt come back (lol) so now i get my own room. and it alr feels so wrong to not have to share……….

cycled 20km using the most broken bike in existence just to go to the supermarket LOL shoutout to the forest for the emotional support

my first 24 hours in finland have felt like a week …. beginning my chronically offline era

got food before checking my gate exists at the airport. … im soooo chill

If your phone is fully functional, you do not need to upgrade or get a new phone. The batteries use cobalt, which is mined by the women, men, and children of Congo. Their working conditions are horrific. Their pay is abysmal. Do not give any more money to these companies.

me in the crowd at big thief dublin and glasgow next yr

pursuing cool things that get me towards my dream career but lowkey (highkey) i just wanna bedrot all day