lilyinblinkenlights

[lilyinblinkenlights]

dark and light academia alone won’t cut it as a spectrum. no, technical staff exist on a different plane altogether. we’re wallpaper academia. literally keepers of the walls.

to the vast majority, we are poorly written, out-of-date guides and policies. we’re so inexplicably separated from your daily activities, you only remember us when something doesn’t work.

#dark academia #chaotic academia #what even are tags

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messenger on duty

nara, japan / august 2023

nikon f90x - nikkor af-d 50mm/f1.8 - kodak gold 200

#film photography #japan #kodak gold 200 #nikon f90x #analog #35mm color film #35mm #35mm photography

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robed in their stoles of snow

stockholm, sweden / march 2023

nikon f90x - nikkor af-d 50mm f/1.8d - ilford xp2 super 400

#film photography #ilford #sweden #analog #dark academia #35mm photography #35mm

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アホやねん

osaka, japan / august 2023

nikon f90x - nikkor af-d 50mm f/1.8d - kodak ultramax 400

#film photography #japan #kodak ultramax 400 #travel #35mm #35mm color film #35mm photography

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save point at heaven’s reach

osaka, japan / august 2023

nikon f90x - nikkor af-d 50mm f/1.8d - kodak ultramax 400

#film photography #japan #liminal #analog #kodak ultramax 400 #35mm film #35mm color film #35mm

[lilyinblinkenlights]

today’s hat: digital mortician. tomorrow’s hat: voice with an internet connection. the day after: builder of the panoptikon.

#cyber

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nice things as of late.

thrifted a really neat-looking mid-00s panasonic cd player/radio for our bedroom. it’s got a cool motorized cd lid, decent speakers, eq and timer options. besides, it was cheap as chips.

been listening to yura yura teikoku cds i brought from japan. still mad good shit, though it makes me lay down in strange positions. just crashing wherever.

also re-learned how to make mix cds on imgburn. thank goodness hubs still has a burner installed.

i love cds?? digital sound isn’t so bad?? it can complement my analog collection just fine??

though can’t imagine ymo on digital. some things will not work.

tokimeki memorial is neat and my japanese is good enough to enjoy it without too much hassle. getting there.

not so nice things.

need to sign up for driver’s ed. terrified terrified terrified. i don’t want to drive in the city at all. scared of being an older student as well.

sick of customers lacking common sense. no, son, that’s no hacker jamming away on your keyboard, it’s a coffee mug on the esc key.

sick of microsoft. loathe sentinel, slow as molasses, expensive, glacial.

home office == good. open plan office shithole == no. whats the point of coming in and just wearing noise cancelers all day? just send me a teams message or call me, my number’s in the directory.

i’m jealous of the server team. i want to be there. i want to script, program, schedule, monitor, fix, install, that’s me! this polite customer-policy-mail-whine shit is not.

[lilyinblinkenlights]

hi, i’m lily. my day job: cybersecurity in academia. i love learning, old computers and console games, film photography, japanese tv dramas/cinema, cooking and thrift stores.

here you shall find 56k modems and lace doilies, ribbons, kittens, cookies, pink dresses, linux, dusty server closets and creaky floppy drives! something you’d find when visiting your cyborg grandma in the late 2050s. enjoy your visit.