you don't get seasick, do ye?
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
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...
previously on
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
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....
a quick update
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
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
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"
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...
mono no aware
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?...