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“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”

- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

a growing realisation that you aren’t going to change the world after all

The years from late middle age onward are also marked by a steady erosion of ambition. The cause isn’t so much a loss of drive as a growing realisation that you aren’t going to change the world after all. You’re just going to die and be forgotten, like almost everyone else. The knowledge that your existence doesn’t really matter is sobering, but also sort of a relief. It’s certainly changed my approach to paperwork.

— Tim Dowling, from “I’m nearly 60. Here’s what I’ve learned about growing old so far.” (The Guardian, June 8, 2022)

the greatest skill a woman can learn for herself is self reliance

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

what better time to finally post my shizaya fic than @shizayasweek :D

Day 5 - Scars

summary: Five years have passed since their big fight, and Shizuo thought Izaya had disappeared for good. But when Izaya returns and says,

“I love you.”

how can Shizuo possibly believe him?

Rating: E

the prologue + chapter 1 are now up. i will update weekly (9 more chapters) and the whole fic will be about 50k words long

hope, determination, and acceptance

"Didn't anyone ever tell you it's not a hero's job to be happy?"

Touya Todoroki, a character study

My Hero Academia (2014—) / Ded to Me - Vended / Jean-Paul Sartre, from No Exit and Three Other Plays; “The Flies”, / Stephen Adley Guirgis, from The Last Days of Judas Iscariot / Reincarnate - Motionless in White / Psalms 58:6 / Ryan O'Connell

GLOSS - Global Language Online Support System

This online resource has tons of resources for lots of different languages, and it is totally free!

There are lots of lessons catered to different levels which tailor vocab practice as well as listening and reading comprehension. I would say that the vocabulary and scenarios are generally more geared up towards security/defence and diplomacy, so if you are studying international relations or something geared towards the international sphere, this may be particularly interesting!

Then you can select different types of activities, which you can download onto your computer as MP3s and PDFs. The activities are categorised based on what skill they train. There are reading and vocab activities that help build up knowledge. Although the topics are pretty specific, they are really useful for getting vocab practice in areas that you are not so familiar with!

The activities are diverse and varied, with explanations for answers that were not correct!

There is also a glossary for all the new words, which has an audio file to listen to the pronunciation by a native speaker. This is particularly useful for self study, especially when contact with native speakers is less frequent.

All in all I really rate the website, the resources are a really great compliment to language studies, and although they are kind of ‘old school’ in their approach, they seem really effective!

***The link***

https://gloss.dliflc.edu/

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