the siren, the song, and the spy

2023 - maggie tokuda-hall

book read - august 14-17, 2025

very powerful book. every time a piece came together, every time something from the previous book came back and made even more sense, it felt so satisfying. the main three, thistle, kaia, koa, were all so well written. my fav was koa, the way he was so used to being underestimated and disrespected that he could only just smile in response bc what else was he supposed to do !!!! thistle's overdue radicalization was an incredible moment for me. FLORIAN AND RAKE REUNITED BROKE MY HEARTTTTT. and the dragon. ohhhh the dragon. theres so much life in this book. i only hope that in my own writing i can attain even half of how special it is

everything everywhere all at once

2022 - daniel kwan and daniel scheinert

film watch - august 16, 2025

what rhe fuck

kpop demon hunters

2025 - maggie kang & chris applehans

film watch - august 16, 2025

we passed out for forty minutes in the parking lot of the all you can eat restaurant after stuffing ourselves to the point of agony, and when we got back to the house and collapsed in the living room we put this on and did not shut up all throughout. friendship and laughter are the strongest forces in the world and i am NOT kidding

le fabuleux destin d'amélie poulain

2001 - jean-pierre jeunet

film watch - july 14, 2025

oh... quel beau film merveilleux et magique. je n'ai pas pu arrêter de sourire !!! le style d'humeur sardonique et absurde est exactement le mien. les saisons de télé entiers ENVIENT cette capacité de créer des ensembles de personnages si captivants et humains. c'est un film d'amour qui, lui il-même, est amoureux, amoureux avec la vie. et il ne dit pas seulement que la vie est belle ; non, on dit aussi que la vie est étrange, et intéressant, et plein de curiosités et choses auxquelles on peut rire. ça encourage la curiosité. moi, je veux être même plus curieux après avoir vu. ohhhh et j'ai pleuré. bien sûr

if

2024 - john krasinski

film watch - july 12, 2025

kinda upset at how much i liked it because i still dont believe in hollywood’s propaganda that imaginary friends are actually a widespread important phenomenon that are crucial parts of childhood memories. it’s such a specific portrayal that a lot of media has where the imaginary friend is a constant companion that gets you through tough times and brings you immeasurable joy through the magic of childhood wonder and IM NOT BUYING IT. never have i ever heard of someone in real life actually having an imaginary friend like that. when i was younger i had an imaginary friend named henry and the only memory i have of him is telling my mom that he exists. at this point i think i just made him up because i thought that’s what kids Ought to have. but who actually had imaginary friends like that ? is it a question of a different time ? in this day and age with so much more entertainment and more stories so easily accessible to young kids we no longer have the need or even the time for imaginary friends ??? am i just weird ????

there is such a dissonance watching this movie and enjoying it while also being aware that their whole theme about childhood and memories is so so far from your own experiences. it really gets you to realize how much of the emotion in this film seems specifically artificially manufactured and kind of empty.

however—everything in a film is manufactured, and the truth of the matter is that i did enjoy myself. at the end of the day i can’t hate ryan reynolds. i think it was the direction and cinematography that carried, and also i want the steve carell monster put down

ALSO. i honestly thought bea already knew that ryan reynolds was her old imaginary friend. my mom was like "why can he also see them?" and i said immediately "because he's also an imaginary friend" but then they acted like the drawing was this big reveal like hello.

extinct

2021 - david silverman

film watch - july 7, 2025

I HATE 💥💥YOU‼️😡😡💥 I 🤬🤬🗣️🗣️🗣️HATE 🔥☄️ALL FLUMMELS🍩🍩. why the fuck did my mom put this on my brother (ten years old) and i all throughout the movie kept looking at each other in disbelief oh my god this shit sucked so bad.

wonka

2023 - paul king

film watch - july 2, 2025

funniest thing is not once did the film ever make me crave chocolate. camp af though. genuinely really enjoyed it. cannot give it my full endorsement just bc of how badly fatphobic it was like damn. like seriously was giggling and smiling the whole time at freaking timothée chalamet and his orphan up until the fuckass fat suit gags like come onnnnn

the new camelot

2024 - robyn schneider

book read - june 21, 2025

read this all in one day babey !! was so happy to finally finish the trilogy. liked emry and arthur's conflicts throughout and how they all tied to the theme of them yearning to rule "the new camelot" despite how entrenched in old ways the older people around them seem to be in, god i just wish they went even deeper into that, and also handled arthur's end a little better (he either had to have a little more sense going in or had the others REALLY give him shit for how stupid he was being because honestly). GUIN I WOULD DIE FOR YOU I THOUGHT IT WAS SO FUN HOW HER BROTHER WAS LIKE OOPS I REALLY FUCKING WANNA BE A PRIEST IG YOU GOTTA BE QUEEN NOW. really conflicted about having gawain in love with emry ; it made sense (emry really is that kind of girl and their bond is really special) but just. it's neither of their thangs. gawain especially never gave a shit about that stuff, and it's honestly a little sad that their friendship is now coloured by romantic feelings and what ifs when it really did used to be two friends who loved each other's company and had each other's backs. overall a bit long and messy of an ending but im happy with where things ended up, and still pretty fun !!

out north: an archive of queer activism and kinship

2020 - craig jennex and nisha eswaran

book read - june 2025

i love reading about queer activists and crying

fahrenheit 451

2018 - ramin bahrani

film watch - june 5, 2025

essentially a separate entity from the book but quite a good movie nonetheless