so i did not in fact post weekly
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whoopsies!! i did not post weekly!! to be fair to myself i did Write some posts abt stuff ive been doing, but i got embarrassed thinking about posting them :/ if i want people to see my posts (which i think i do) then i have to share this page w people, but then that means people see my posts!! wah wah
anyway lol i'm gonna do another report (reading eating playing obsessing recommending treating) because it's less vulnerable than sharing my thoughts on stuff :))
reading: i'm still on my agatha christie kick!! i most recently read postern of fate, which i discovered afterwards is not very popular At All. i think if i hadn't read more about the context of the novel, i would have agreed that it was quite shit. it's filled with weird rambling dialogue and lapses into descriptions of things that seem like they're going to be relevant but never get another mention: random items from the protagonists' house, plots of real children's novels, error-riddled recollections of previous christie novels. i would be lying if i said it was an easy read, or even a particularly satisfying one. sometimes, it seems like the characters themselves have forgotten that they're meant to be solving a mystery. however, knowing more about the background has made me feel quite fond of it. it was one of the last books christie wrote before she died. as is often the case, the book's setting (a rundown house being renovated by its new elderly owners) is inspired by a place from christie's own life. in this instance, it's inspired by her own childhood home. suddenly the obsession with old toys and idiosyncratic details about the house make total sense. i can't help but feel this weird bruising sadness when i imagine this elderly woman struggling to hash out yet another novel, continually lapsing into nostalgic interludes about her childhood. in the novel, the house's previous owners leave behind an array of children's toys and books, and the protagonists go to great lengths to lovingly care for and play with these things. i wonder if christie found pleasure in imagining her old possessions being loved again.
eating: i went back to the korean restaurant that i posted about in my last report lol, it's not really interesting but it's worth noting :)
playing: i'm doing music instead of a viddy game this time!! i can't stop listening to joyride (yeah the kesha song lol) but i especially love listening to it while watching this stupid video edit set to it. it's like fucking cocomelon to me, i'm transfixed every time.
obsessing: almost 20 years late to the party, i'm finally playing dragon age yippee!! i got fomo seeing people playing veilguard (the newest installment in the franchise, very long-awaited and very nearly scrapped many times) and i knew i'd love it if i played it. however, dragon age lore is very dense so i decided to start from the very beginning by playing dragon age: origins, which released in 2009. it's almost old enough to be one of my teenage coworkers. despite some expected hiccups (both in terms of trying to get the game to run + encountering some classic 2000s humour/attitudes) it's been very very charming, and i understand how people fell in love with the franchise so immediately. i put this in my 'obsessing' category because i think about it constantly when i'm not at home, and then when i do get home, sometimes i'm so hooked on having a 'perfect' gameplay experience that i don't even play the game.
recommending: for this report i am recommending just CHILLEN!!! from now until january i think everyone should do as little as possible, esp if u work in retail or any other industry that is absolutely ravaged by the christmas period
treating: i finally ponied up and got myself quite a hefty treat this month - some fancy and weird PERFUMES!! i've been a longtime admirer of sixteen92 perfumes and love reading reviews of their bizarre fragrances. i really enjoyed the fragrance oils a friend gifted me from black phoenix alchemy labs and decided to finally delve a little deeper into weird boutique fragrances for myself. i apologise in advance to my coworkers who are going to be smelling them on me 5 days a week. the one i'm most excited for is inspired by the IT novel/films/etc, and promises to smell like "rain-drenched iron, distant circus lights, candy floss, a red balloon". wonderful.
anyway lol i'm gonna do another report (reading eating playing obsessing recommending treating) because it's less vulnerable than sharing my thoughts on stuff :))
reading: i'm still on my agatha christie kick!! i most recently read postern of fate, which i discovered afterwards is not very popular At All. i think if i hadn't read more about the context of the novel, i would have agreed that it was quite shit. it's filled with weird rambling dialogue and lapses into descriptions of things that seem like they're going to be relevant but never get another mention: random items from the protagonists' house, plots of real children's novels, error-riddled recollections of previous christie novels. i would be lying if i said it was an easy read, or even a particularly satisfying one. sometimes, it seems like the characters themselves have forgotten that they're meant to be solving a mystery. however, knowing more about the background has made me feel quite fond of it. it was one of the last books christie wrote before she died. as is often the case, the book's setting (a rundown house being renovated by its new elderly owners) is inspired by a place from christie's own life. in this instance, it's inspired by her own childhood home. suddenly the obsession with old toys and idiosyncratic details about the house make total sense. i can't help but feel this weird bruising sadness when i imagine this elderly woman struggling to hash out yet another novel, continually lapsing into nostalgic interludes about her childhood. in the novel, the house's previous owners leave behind an array of children's toys and books, and the protagonists go to great lengths to lovingly care for and play with these things. i wonder if christie found pleasure in imagining her old possessions being loved again.
eating: i went back to the korean restaurant that i posted about in my last report lol, it's not really interesting but it's worth noting :)
playing: i'm doing music instead of a viddy game this time!! i can't stop listening to joyride (yeah the kesha song lol) but i especially love listening to it while watching this stupid video edit set to it. it's like fucking cocomelon to me, i'm transfixed every time.
obsessing: almost 20 years late to the party, i'm finally playing dragon age yippee!! i got fomo seeing people playing veilguard (the newest installment in the franchise, very long-awaited and very nearly scrapped many times) and i knew i'd love it if i played it. however, dragon age lore is very dense so i decided to start from the very beginning by playing dragon age: origins, which released in 2009. it's almost old enough to be one of my teenage coworkers. despite some expected hiccups (both in terms of trying to get the game to run + encountering some classic 2000s humour/attitudes) it's been very very charming, and i understand how people fell in love with the franchise so immediately. i put this in my 'obsessing' category because i think about it constantly when i'm not at home, and then when i do get home, sometimes i'm so hooked on having a 'perfect' gameplay experience that i don't even play the game.
recommending: for this report i am recommending just CHILLEN!!! from now until january i think everyone should do as little as possible, esp if u work in retail or any other industry that is absolutely ravaged by the christmas period
treating: i finally ponied up and got myself quite a hefty treat this month - some fancy and weird PERFUMES!! i've been a longtime admirer of sixteen92 perfumes and love reading reviews of their bizarre fragrances. i really enjoyed the fragrance oils a friend gifted me from black phoenix alchemy labs and decided to finally delve a little deeper into weird boutique fragrances for myself. i apologise in advance to my coworkers who are going to be smelling them on me 5 days a week. the one i'm most excited for is inspired by the IT novel/films/etc, and promises to smell like "rain-drenched iron, distant circus lights, candy floss, a red balloon". wonderful.
