Colette Lewis

Hot date with Wittgenstein and a hell of a lot of doom metal today

Back on Twitter because I needed another despair reel to scroll through on my commute.

I genuinely feel like I'm going through a fundamental heartbreak by choosing not to return to academia. It's not you, it's me.

Ovid documentary. UN internship applications. My life feels so cultural right now.

I'm not even a student anymore and I'm still feeling fifth week blues.

One of the greatest mysteries to me is how so many people can lead such boring lives

Adorable having "scary biker dudes" rev their Harley engines at you after you've just had a civilised cup of tea with them at the pub

Listening to Type O's first album - can't decide if 'unsuccessfully coping with the natural beauty of infidelity' is amazing or terrible

So happy about Kazuo Ishiguro's award. He is and always will be one of my favourite and most lifechanging novelists.

Says a lot that the US have a Bureau for 'Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' - apparently all 4 are as good/bad as each other

I love it when a bus stop says the bus will be arriving in 5mins for an hour. Interesting time zone. @OxfordBusCo

At least I have the opposite problem with creepy men. Yay?

What job can you get with two first class Oxford degrees? Apparently something involving being rejected a lot. Should add to my skills list.

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Lincoln bottom of the Norrington table? Things have clearly gone downhill since I left #causationnotcorrelation

Going to miss Canada but am not going to miss the feeling of being ushered out of restaurants as soon as we finish - can we not just *be*?