let's hope the fixation doesn't end before then 😭😭😭
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
let's hope the fixation doesn't end before then 😭😭😭
American Psycho
Arsenic & Old Lace
Love Hurts
Baby Driver
Rachel Rachel
Paprika
Arsenic & Old Lace
Love Hurts
Baby Driver
Rachel Rachel
Paprika
October 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
American Psycho
Arsenic & Old Lace
Love Hurts
Baby Driver
Rachel Rachel
Paprika
Arsenic & Old Lace
Love Hurts
Baby Driver
Rachel Rachel
Paprika
Jurassic World
Drive Away Dolls
ConAir
Caught By the Tides
Are We Done Now?
Secret Mall Apartment
Eyes of the Beast
Pornocracy
Q3
The Hobbit
The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Cabin in the Woods
Annihilation
Adams Family Values
Parenthood
The Life of Chuck
Drive Away Dolls
ConAir
Caught By the Tides
Are We Done Now?
Secret Mall Apartment
Eyes of the Beast
Pornocracy
Q3
The Hobbit
The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Cabin in the Woods
Annihilation
Adams Family Values
Parenthood
The Life of Chuck
October 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jurassic World
Drive Away Dolls
ConAir
Caught By the Tides
Are We Done Now?
Secret Mall Apartment
Eyes of the Beast
Pornocracy
Q3
The Hobbit
The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Cabin in the Woods
Annihilation
Adams Family Values
Parenthood
The Life of Chuck
Drive Away Dolls
ConAir
Caught By the Tides
Are We Done Now?
Secret Mall Apartment
Eyes of the Beast
Pornocracy
Q3
The Hobbit
The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Cabin in the Woods
Annihilation
Adams Family Values
Parenthood
The Life of Chuck
Q3
Enriquez, A Sunny Place for Shady People
Vandermeer, Absolution
Calligarich, Last Summer in the City
Guo, Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
July, No One Belongs Here More Than You
Lunn, Conversations on Love
Enriquez, A Sunny Place for Shady People
Vandermeer, Absolution
Calligarich, Last Summer in the City
Guo, Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
July, No One Belongs Here More Than You
Lunn, Conversations on Love
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Q3
Enriquez, A Sunny Place for Shady People
Vandermeer, Absolution
Calligarich, Last Summer in the City
Guo, Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
July, No One Belongs Here More Than You
Lunn, Conversations on Love
Enriquez, A Sunny Place for Shady People
Vandermeer, Absolution
Calligarich, Last Summer in the City
Guo, Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
July, No One Belongs Here More Than You
Lunn, Conversations on Love
Real, How Can I Get Through to You?
Q2
Orange, There There
Vandermeer, Annihilation
Vandermeer, Acceptance
Vandermeer, Authority
Chevillard, Museum Visits
Smith, NW
Chiang, Exhalation
Lispector, the Hour of the Star
Yu, Interior Chinatown
Callard, Aspiration
Q2
Orange, There There
Vandermeer, Annihilation
Vandermeer, Acceptance
Vandermeer, Authority
Chevillard, Museum Visits
Smith, NW
Chiang, Exhalation
Lispector, the Hour of the Star
Yu, Interior Chinatown
Callard, Aspiration
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Real, How Can I Get Through to You?
Q2
Orange, There There
Vandermeer, Annihilation
Vandermeer, Acceptance
Vandermeer, Authority
Chevillard, Museum Visits
Smith, NW
Chiang, Exhalation
Lispector, the Hour of the Star
Yu, Interior Chinatown
Callard, Aspiration
Q2
Orange, There There
Vandermeer, Annihilation
Vandermeer, Acceptance
Vandermeer, Authority
Chevillard, Museum Visits
Smith, NW
Chiang, Exhalation
Lispector, the Hour of the Star
Yu, Interior Chinatown
Callard, Aspiration
had him keep driving, or go home for real. but those are probably worse endings thematically than the actual ending. idk. i liked it but i didn't but i did
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
had him keep driving, or go home for real. but those are probably worse endings thematically than the actual ending. idk. i liked it but i didn't but i did
trope, so i was still able to enjoy the book overall. The ending...well I wish I had written about it while it was fresh. I think I was surprised but not entirely shocked. not a bad ending, but I get it and kinda don't get it at the same time. Narratively, a good ending. but personally...i might've
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
trope, so i was still able to enjoy the book overall. The ending...well I wish I had written about it while it was fresh. I think I was surprised but not entirely shocked. not a bad ending, but I get it and kinda don't get it at the same time. Narratively, a good ending. but personally...i might've
cousin-of-1ncel type of deal that you see all the time in literary fiction. but i digress.
leo is a lot, if not all of these things, including being a probable self insert, but manages not to be a- (and that's where I stopped in my notes).
i'll say--leo is probably the least annoying example of this
leo is a lot, if not all of these things, including being a probable self insert, but manages not to be a- (and that's where I stopped in my notes).
i'll say--leo is probably the least annoying example of this
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
cousin-of-1ncel type of deal that you see all the time in literary fiction. but i digress.
leo is a lot, if not all of these things, including being a probable self insert, but manages not to be a- (and that's where I stopped in my notes).
i'll say--leo is probably the least annoying example of this
leo is a lot, if not all of these things, including being a probable self insert, but manages not to be a- (and that's where I stopped in my notes).
i'll say--leo is probably the least annoying example of this
don't posess. this type of self-insert doesn't care about women but is also very good with them and has some deep internal crisis that a woman couldn't dream of understanding that causes a lack of interest in the women who throw themselves at the self insert in question. it's like a weird,
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
don't posess. this type of self-insert doesn't care about women but is also very good with them and has some deep internal crisis that a woman couldn't dream of understanding that causes a lack of interest in the women who throw themselves at the self insert in question. it's like a weird,
semi-depressed yet inexplicably charming (to the women in the book), well-read & clever (bordering on pretentious & pedantic), etc. the type of character who's every literary man's self-insert who they use, no matter the overall subject matter, as a way to daydream about sexual prowess that they
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
semi-depressed yet inexplicably charming (to the women in the book), well-read & clever (bordering on pretentious & pedantic), etc. the type of character who's every literary man's self-insert who they use, no matter the overall subject matter, as a way to daydream about sexual prowess that they
leo's life is at once glamorous and not glamorous at all--he's aware that as his 30th birthday approaches, he has nothing. he's a rooted drifter in a sense, and i think that piece of him is surprisingly relatable.
leo's the kind of character who i often hate:
leo's the kind of character who i often hate:
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
leo's life is at once glamorous and not glamorous at all--he's aware that as his 30th birthday approaches, he has nothing. he's a rooted drifter in a sense, and i think that piece of him is surprisingly relatable.
leo's the kind of character who i often hate:
leo's the kind of character who i often hate:
the protagonist, leo gazzaro, moves to rome with very little money and an unstable job as a small time journalist and largely relies on his ability to endear himself to rich friends in order to get by.
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
the protagonist, leo gazzaro, moves to rome with very little money and an unstable job as a small time journalist and largely relies on his ability to endear himself to rich friends in order to get by.
i saw the scenery and felt the stickiness of the summer during which the book takes place (it helps that i started it in florence, although the majority of the book takes place in rome).
it's at once relatable and not relatable--
it's at once relatable and not relatable--
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
i saw the scenery and felt the stickiness of the summer during which the book takes place (it helps that i started it in florence, although the majority of the book takes place in rome).
it's at once relatable and not relatable--
it's at once relatable and not relatable--
(3) unfinished recap from my notes app:
i enjoyed this more than i expected to. it's a pretty short book that wastes no time without sacrificing rich description. i could imagine this book as a movie, not because it's full of drama and action (it's not) but because as i read it,
i enjoyed this more than i expected to. it's a pretty short book that wastes no time without sacrificing rich description. i could imagine this book as a movie, not because it's full of drama and action (it's not) but because as i read it,
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
(3) unfinished recap from my notes app:
i enjoyed this more than i expected to. it's a pretty short book that wastes no time without sacrificing rich description. i could imagine this book as a movie, not because it's full of drama and action (it's not) but because as i read it,
i enjoyed this more than i expected to. it's a pretty short book that wastes no time without sacrificing rich description. i could imagine this book as a movie, not because it's full of drama and action (it's not) but because as i read it,
lied, i'll just post this pics lol
![The author, Natasha Lunn, reflects on the lack of self-worth & self-respect that once plagued her dating life. The part that stood out to me: "...a gut feeling that told me the men I dated were extraordinary humans, always cleverer and more interesting than I was." Dr. Frank Tallis, a psychologist, shares his perspective; "we often 'aggrandize our own confusion or lack of insight' when we have no evidence of real intimacy," as in, we tell ourselves stories that cast a lack of tangible evidence of love & regard ("my partner does [x] to make me feel loved/i try to do [y] to care for my partner/[z] is why we work together") as "gut feelings" & "chemistry," or what Tallis calls "romantic mysticism".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gpidu4kbd6d6k2vxqitj4c7z/bafkreihrslqk5k5tm2ndp6mzzod2w5bdwsswpzzwuo2aqrzxh2imarijzq@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
lied, i'll just post this pics lol
'I've told you twice not to call me after bedtime.' Parents don't do this hatefully. They think they're doing it so you don't become an annoying little asker, but it makes you into one. Because if you don't ask for your needs to be met, they won't be, and that can make you needy."
September 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
'I've told you twice not to call me after bedtime.' Parents don't do this hatefully. They think they're doing it so you don't become an annoying little asker, but it makes you into one. Because if you don't ask for your needs to be met, they won't be, and that can make you needy."
"Children are told, 'Those that ask don't get.' And then as adults they think they'd be selfish if they said, 'It makes me feel better when you text before you go to sleep to say goodnight.' It doesn't sound like too much to ask, does it? But somehow it feels enormous because of small comments like,
September 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"Children are told, 'Those that ask don't get.' And then as adults they think they'd be selfish if they said, 'It makes me feel better when you text before you go to sleep to say goodnight.' It doesn't sound like too much to ask, does it? But somehow it feels enormous because of small comments like,
i know there are better ones that i just didn't keep track of. at some point i think i'll probably reread this book and journal about the interviews i like best. maybe towards the end of this year or sometime next year.
September 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
i know there are better ones that i just didn't keep track of. at some point i think i'll probably reread this book and journal about the interviews i like best. maybe towards the end of this year or sometime next year.