/lit/ - Literature

>>16520271
>warm lighting
>blanket
>pet bird sitting on my lap
>comfy classical music
>sweet matcha latte drink
>preferably victorian novel

>>16520271
same as you but with heroin instead

>>16520271
>Wingback chair
>Warm light over shoulder
>Cup of tea or maybe beer
>Notepad for taking notes if it's nonfiction or history
Sometimes I'll put on music but usually not.

>>16520319
i should have mentioned that im a tea man

>>16520271
>4am
>sit on back porch
>dog
>black coffee
>beautiful sunrise in the background
Pic related

>>16520369
I’ve never been able to pick up the habit of writing notes even when reading heavy texts but I feel like it’d help. I honestly just never know what notes people take. Like is it a summary? Observations?

>>16520412
Looks very nice. Wish I didn’t live in an apartment, reading outdoors is way comfort

>>16520271
that's gay, anon

>puffy blankets
>roaring fireplace
>in my bed
>late night
>comfy diaper
>adderall
>maybe some tea
>reading lamp

>>16520422
It depends. If I'm reading a reference or history book, I try to take down key points, it helps me remember them. I used to do this on the computer but reading in front of the screens are too distracting. I usually use a small notepad and then stuff the notes into the pages as I go, this is mainly as a cure for me so I do not write on the pages themselves.

>>16520477
>diaper
i bet you also use a pacifier too, huh?

>middle of the night
>jacket and jeans
>flask full of cheap bourbon
>walk to the local park
>read by lamp light while constantly looking behind me
>reading Greek and Latin poetry and philosophy

>>16520412
Similar to this, on balcony, very early or very late. Tea by my side

>>16520653

>>16520437
you're gay

>sit on floor against wall, small lamp next to me, room dark and disordered
>drink cheap liquor
>as buzz replaces hangover reading becomes fluid and interchanges with writing notes on the material or just poems that occur to me
I cannot express how comfy it is to me, the hard floor and wall, the tiny bit of light in the dark, and of course the alcohol

>>16520335
opiates and reading are underrated asf

>>16523527
>>16520335
All drugs are fine with the exception of cannabis which is a retard tier drug the masses which stupifies and dumbs down all who touch the noxious plant.

>>16520271
Whichever isn't currently hurting my back

I just read the same way in all the time:
>wooden chair at desk, alternating between sitting normally and a saddle stance to stop my bum from getting too sore
>Leaning on desk with either elbow or fore-arm which gets irritated and sore over the course of the day
>Head craned down over book on the desk, resting on fist/palm
>White florescent light illumes the pages in stark uniformity

>>16523979
that sounds comfy in its own way, anon
try to get some tea lamps and maybe play some storm sounds in the background

Sitting before the monitor and strain my eyes on digital text, while pretending I'm working since work has been slow recently. Occasionally rub my eyes and go for a walk around my office.

When at home I only write.

How do you guys read while comfy without falling asleep? Hell the other night I even drank a energy drink while reading and after 10-15 I was struggling to stay awake

>Sitting upright on a futon couch
>No blanket
>Comfortable clothing, cup of earl grey tea at my side
>Quiet ambience, nobody else around
>Rainy/cloudy outside

I like the sound of rain in the background and no tasks that need to be done for a while. The main key to comfy is to not having work any time soon

Outside in my home's yard on an old couch, at the afternoon. Natural light is king, and already not too warm.

>>16524588
>Comfortable clothing
I'm thinking you're a woman, amiright?

>>16523577
>All drugs are fine
>opiates are fine
>benzodiazepines are fine
>barbituates are fine
>NOOO NOOOO NOT CANNABIS NOOO

Bought a real sheepskin recently, extremely comfy to put on my chair, highly recommend.

>>16520271
and jamal's cock lodged up your ass faggot? kill yourself transvestite

>>16524780
>>opiates are fine
>>benzodiazepines are fine
>>barbituates are fine
Yes. Weed is for losers.

>>16525245
>>>opaites are fine
>>>benzodiazepines are fine
>>>barbituates are fine

no

>>16520271
You missed
> a sturdy rope and some soap

>>16525287
Yes.

>>16525287
DUDE WEED cope.

>>16520271
>>16520319
Reading and listening to music at the same time is a sin

>>16525394
Seconded. Anyone else here /nomusic/ in general? I haven't listened to anything in years.

>bed
>on my back
>head literally at a right angle to the rest of my body
>shitty flickering lamp

>>16525397
I've unironically been thinking about it for a while, popular music (not "pop music", anything recorded with modern technology/ equipment) and headphones especially allow us to live in a state of constant emotional catharsis that I think might be fucking our attention spans long term way worse than the oft blamed "internet/ social media addiction"

Music is such a big part of my life though, I listen to it to heighten every emotional moment, to give life to any dull one, etc. (Which is exactly the problem ik)

>12am-6am
>outside—elevated porch on wooden stilt house, facing the rainforest
>Simple chair and table
>Buzzing electrical wires, washed yellow streetlight nearby, swarming insects and bats feeding in full view
>moonless, milky way oerhead
>hurricane lamp (quinque) for lighting the pages and for heat
>no need for music, jungle symphony of frogs suffices
>When sun rises—FUUUU IT’S MOSQUITO HOUR RUN INSIDE!
>stroll in the morning through the plantain and banana forest after an hour’s nap to beat the mosquito hour

It’s hard to get comfy in the tropics, but love delayed is love strengthened, so the rare moments are cherished all the more

>>16525287
Cringe. Weed is for losers

>>16525443
Never thought about it but I agree. I do think though that listening to music all the time also robs it of its emotional power and catharsis. After listening to some songs a million times on the bus it stops having any effect.

>>16525394
I don’t play music out of respect while reading the scriptures

>>16524320
The adderall helps

reading while walking is the best

>>16525245
I wasn't contesting your point that weed was for losers. I agree cannabis is the drug choice of the subhuman, as is any drug other than methylphenidate, the patrician's stimulant. My point is that all of those drugs are dangerous in comparison to meesly weed.

>>16525397
Me mostly. Every now and then I listen to something but only attentively. Background music never.

>>16524320
Get more rest. You seem to need it.

>>16525222
nice contribution, mutt

>>16525670
UWU I'M SO COMFY FLUFFY ANIME GIRL
slit your wrists retard

>>16525708
Imagine getting upset about anime on an anime website.

>>16525708
>UWU I'M SO COMFY FLUFFY ANIME GIRL
Yes.

>>16525729
i like anime, i don't like people acting like effeminate faggots

>>16520271
>light a candle/burn incense
>lay in bed with just my old lamp on
>enjoy the dim yellow glow

>>16525851
oh yeah and i'll also turn on the fan for some white noise.

>>16520271
> it's winter, with such bitter cold that the slightest breath fogs up my e-reader screen
> near 5pm but already pitch black night outside
> waiting for a six hour train from reading to edinburgh, delayed by an hour
> hands are numb, my denim trousers have attained a semi-glassy texture and are useless as insulation
> "och, this train's never aboot on time" sniffles the old lady next to me
> offer to buy her a warm drink, "yer alreet lad"
> the train finally arrives, full of mostly tired-but-hopefuls returning home to family for christmas
> find a free window seat that some poor bastard booked but missed, then read until the train finally heaves into edinburgh
> Two novellas finished, best reading session of my life
would recommend