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have i missed a fundamental social cue again, or is this pretty weird?

January 22, 2022

I watch a lot of YouTube these days. I watch reaction videos of episodic shows - especially for Haikyuu!! and anything from the MCU - and I watch meme/reddit...

books read and unread

January 15, 2022

So, it's only the middle of the month, and I had thought of doing a reading wrap-up at the end of the month. But I'm not sure I'll remember to do so every...

January 8, 2022

I follow someone on IG who came up with these questions - they were meant for sharing on IG stories but I decided to answer them in one of my newsletters...

良いお年を

January 1, 2022

I’m not sure if it’s the fact that Arashi is on hiatus and there are no concerts to plan for; or the fact that we are still very much in the middle of a...

my favourite 2021 reads

December 25, 2021

Up until a couple of years ago, I’ve been doing annual “Marineko Book Awards” posts at the end of each year. In these posts, I select the “best” book I’ve...

the things that brought me nerdy joy in 2021

December 18, 2021

So, Tordotcom has this annual round-ups of all the things that brought them nerdy joy, and I've been wanting to do similar posts on my blog for awhile. So I...

see you later, space cowboy

December 4, 2021

Just two newsletters ago I said I probably wouldn’t watch the Netflix adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. It turns out that I lied - I totally watched it, and I even...

November 27, 2021

The first time I went for Arashi’s 5x20 tour was in December 2018 at Tokyo Dome. Fandom was in an all-time high, and the group seemed like they were planning...

i think it's time we blow this scene

November 13, 2021

Sometimes I feel like everyone's just given up, or we've forgotten that we're still in a pandemic. I don't know. It's like, the general feeling I get from...

you don't get seasick, do ye?

November 6, 2021

I was re-reading one of my older newsletters and saw a comment I wrote, fretting about having a "normal" amount of spoons and how I might end up with a bad...

and these memories lose their meaning

September 25, 2021

Let It Be This is one of those songs that if I think too hard about it, it might give me the same kind of annoyance (from being overplayed) that Idina...

September 18, 2021

Writing last week’s newsletter got most of my desire to read and write out of my system - I’m still reading fairy tales every now and then, and a bit from...

when a reading slump isn't a reading slump

September 11, 2021

I got up to close my balcony doors three times today. Each time, I ended up doing something else instead. Anyway, what was I about to write about? Oh, yeah....

September 4, 2021

I haven’t been feeling well this week, so today’s newsletter will just be a quick update thing. 1. I recently finished watching Kotaro Lives Alone on...

morning rituals

August 28, 2021

comic by @maudiemichelle To be honest, I sometimes get irritated when people remark at how “diligent” or “good” I am at organising tasks or getting certain...

liking fairy tales is an easy way to not be taken seriously

August 21, 2021

I think I’ve been thinking about fairy tales a lot this month, more than I usually do. And I usually think about fairy tales a lot. I guess it’s rereading...

the "best YA books of all time"

August 14, 2021

I just want to say that usually my newsletters would be scheduled by Friday night. But now it’s 8:11am in the morning and I’m still formatting so that it can...

books, everywhere

This is probably not going to be one of the more coherent ones; I’m in a bit of a foul mood, and was considering skipping this week’s newsletter entirely....

get in, loser, we're going to KRAKOA

Having seen Daphne’s and Chris’s desert island posts (based on BBC’s Desert Island Discs), I decided that I will do one of my own. So, I’ll have to choose:...

don't die or disappear on me this pandemic

Don’t die or disappear on me this pandemic. Don’t leave this country never to return, when I’m unable to travel to send you off. Don’t say good-bye when the...

we need to talk about loki

Two days ago, I had a long post about Loki all drafted in my head. Now, hours before I’m supposed to send this week’s newsletter, my head is empty and I’m...

complete these dear unfinished tasks of mine

One of my recent favourite anecdotes is about my nibling who told me, after I said that I liked games that helped me relax, “you should play Genshin because...

if the cat faces west

Image from 猫が西向きゃ chapter 8, by Urushibara Yuki. I just finished reading this manga series, 猫が西向きゃ (Neko ga Nishi Mukya/If the Cat Faces West) which is a new...

(almost) all the books of june

This is my last June newsletter and so I’ve decided to compile my thoughts on the books I’ve read this month. I’m not including the Diana Wynne Jones because...

I'm feeling kind of maudlin right now. I’ve been posting my DWJ Rereads up on LiveJournal which as you know is a pretty dead platform (except if you’re an...

wanted: happy queer films

IT IS STILL HELLFIRE GALA MONTH! So, Patricia and I have been watching movies together (meaning we watch movies at the same time and then voice chat to...

your fave is problematic

I’ve been thinking about problematic faves. Not even “faves” really, although I guess at least one of the people I’m thinking of used to be one. As a comics...

take me with you when you go

"I feel like my whole life I've been playing this game called This Is Not As Bad As That. I would tell myself that our life with Mom and Darren wasn't as bad...

dreaming at dusk

Lately I feel like I say “when I was…” a lot. Am I just more nostalgic now than usual, or is it the stuff that I’m consuming now making me remember so much?...