Winter 2025
A collection of seasonal excerpts from the commonplace:
“Mankind was not made to suffer. Bliss is our nature. We are supposed to be happy. It is entirely possible to be packed with happiness. Real, deep bliss, wide awake, happy in the doing of things. And it’s the doing of things, the enjoyment of living, that is so much more intense when you have this bliss growing.” -David Lynch, The Talks
"Fantasy is true, of course. It isn't factual, but it is true. Children know that. Adults know it too, and that is precisely why many of them are afraid of fantasy." -Ursula K. LeGuin, Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons?
fucked up (official video), MACKLEMORE
antepenultimate (adj.): last but two in a series; third last.
palingenesis (n): the recurrence of historical events in the same order in an infinite series of cycles
Lessons for the End of the World, Hanif Abdurraqib
what the fuck are we doing anymore, Kate Wanger
Winter in the Newest World, Emily Pittinos
The Languages Lost To Climate Change, Julia Webster Ayuso
Also reading: Greenwood, Orbital, O Maidens In Your Savage Season, Hiroshima, The Burnout Generation
Playing: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, of the Devil, Halo Reach, No Rest for the Wicked
Watching: Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me, Dungeon Meshi, Violet Evergarden, The Dragon Prince, Frieren, The Hobbit Trilogy
ICYMI: I profiled Naoko Yamada, wrote about the queer worldbuilding of The Legend of Heroes, reviewed Lost Records, and vented.