august scrapbook
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latespringWriting this seems like it happened so long ago lol. I really shouldn't have left it for so much time, but I've been busy. I was finishing up summer quarter during August, but I still managed to read and watch some things! I'm in my senior year of college?? Sentences that are true but don't feel real.
Green Knight dir. by David Lowery ★★★★☆
Who doesn't like to see Dev Patel be hot and sad in the wilderness? I think this was really well paced! I'm still debating whether I would want something different out of it? I keep waffling between 4 and 5 stars, and I think I'd have to watch it again to figure out where I really stand.
Princess Jellyfish ★★★★☆
Introverted girl meets dude who does drag, accidentally invites him home, and discovers the magic of friendship. As pithy a summary as that is, I did like this movie! It's cute and sweet, and Tsukimi is a likeable, if sometimes frustrating, main character. You really do fall for the main love interest. The pacing felt rushed, but I gave it a little grace because this is the adaptation of an incomplete anime adapted from a manga. They go a little heavy handed with the character arcs, but it's the sort of movie where if you buy into the characters, a lot can be overlooked.
Anyway, there's an excellent fic to read afterwards if you watch this movie.
The Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity ★★☆☆☆
Did I like this movie? Yes. Would I recommend it to my friends? No.
Uhhhh there's a giant snake in it. There's a scene that made me lose my mind. They pretend like they have a plot that makes sense.
(Deeply hilarious that it's rating by critics on rotten tomatoes is 29% but audience approval is around 84%.)
The Yin Yang Master ★★☆☆☆ (2.5)
(Different movie, vaguely connected franchise, it has to do with the adaptation).
Same as above except the snake is a dude now. There's some cage fighting. People make bad decisions.
The Half of It ★★★★★
Introverted girl who writes homework essays for money gets into a deal with a fellow classmate: she'll write his love letters for him. The only problem? Somewhere along the way, she falls for the girl they're writing to too. Coming of age movie with a fun focus on friendship.
I'm a sucker for the themes in this movie and it was really cool to see a protagonist I could relate to. It just felt genuine and well directed. I held my breath through the entire last scene.
Chef's Table ★★★☆☆
This is the netflix show on chefs. Honestly my friend recommended me the only episode I really liked from it (Jeong Kwan, who makes korean temple food and has a really refreshing philosophy on food), and then all the episodes I watched afterwards were worse. The show is shot so ~cinematic~ that you really have to buy into what the chef is doing to watch the episode (each episode is on a different chef). And frankly, they didn't always sell me. Best part? Watching it with my parents and groaning every time the chef of the season did something ridiculous.
I started watching this because of this haikyuu fic actually lol, and it's funnier that I haven't finished the fic. The half I did read is very good though! I just got distracted.
The Good Place ★★★★☆
I finished this in September, so I'll have more thoughts there, but I enjoyed this.
Way of the Househusband ★★★★☆ (3.5)
The concept is so fun! Ex-mafia man just wants to be a good malewife.
The format lends itself better to the manga than this adaptation (especially with the low animation budget), but I think it's really charming!
Waiting on a Bright Moon by Neon Yang ★★★☆☆
What if I were a singer who could open interdimensional portals employed to a tyrannical government and you were a revolutionary, we fell in love, and we were both girls?
I think this short story was too short for me to really care for the characters the way the author wanted me to. The concept was really cool but the execution didn't have enough buildup.
(FIC) never bite twice by morcai
Not going to rate this because I feel like there's a difference between rating books/short stories and fic.
Some gorgeous prose! (Heed the warnings for violence!) A bnha/DOGS crossover.
Wow if True Episode 24: Tumblr Drama
Really fun discussion about monetization and the drama that comes with that! I adore the hosts and this episode was really fun. (link here)
99% Invisible Episode 452: The Lows of High Tech
Interesting discussion about prostheses and how high tech solutions can be worse a lot of the time. (link here)
Shortwave: Managing Wildfire Through Cultural Burns
Good discussion about cultural burns (different from but similar to controlled burns) and how they're useful for wildfire management. It's a really fascinating concept. Worth a listen! (link here)
Caratland
Holy shit caratland happened? This is more of a "wow I completely blanked that out but I guess it's in my notes" moment than anything else. I think I enjoyed it!! It's been two months and I have the memory of a goldfish.
Order by Dan Rosenberg
XX Judgement by Dan Lau
Copernicus by Timmy Straw
All this is with you, is you,
runs after you into the dark
like those men after Copernicus,
like a planet chased by telescopes into space.
Sunset by Effie Lee Newsome
A Fairy Tale of Blackboyhood by Dāshaun Washington
I’ve been taught a man must be made a boy before he can receive a kiss from another man, and such ancient magic must be sparingly used.
Interior by Jada Renée Allen
Vows by E. C. Belli
The Life of a Writer by Jalynn Harris
Confessional to Famous Iranian Pop Singer Dariush by Darius Atefat-Peckham
Maybe I should put some stuff about which albums were released each month? That might be getting too ambitious.
I really liked Stray Kids' latest album, as is evidenced below! I drove a lot during August, and so it was driving music a lot of the time.
A link to my monthly playlist. I feel like these playlists are never good in January or February, and only really get better in the summer. This one I enjoyed a lot!
SCROBBLES: 4,041 ▲
SCROBBLES PER DAY (AVERAGE): 130 ▲
Artists:
Movies
Green Knight dir. by David Lowery ★★★★☆
Who doesn't like to see Dev Patel be hot and sad in the wilderness? I think this was really well paced! I'm still debating whether I would want something different out of it? I keep waffling between 4 and 5 stars, and I think I'd have to watch it again to figure out where I really stand.
Princess Jellyfish ★★★★☆
Introverted girl meets dude who does drag, accidentally invites him home, and discovers the magic of friendship. As pithy a summary as that is, I did like this movie! It's cute and sweet, and Tsukimi is a likeable, if sometimes frustrating, main character. You really do fall for the main love interest. The pacing felt rushed, but I gave it a little grace because this is the adaptation of an incomplete anime adapted from a manga. They go a little heavy handed with the character arcs, but it's the sort of movie where if you buy into the characters, a lot can be overlooked.
Anyway, there's an excellent fic to read afterwards if you watch this movie.
The Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity ★★☆☆☆
Did I like this movie? Yes. Would I recommend it to my friends? No.
Uhhhh there's a giant snake in it. There's a scene that made me lose my mind. They pretend like they have a plot that makes sense.
(Deeply hilarious that it's rating by critics on rotten tomatoes is 29% but audience approval is around 84%.)
The Yin Yang Master ★★☆☆☆ (2.5)
(Different movie, vaguely connected franchise, it has to do with the adaptation).
Same as above except the snake is a dude now. There's some cage fighting. People make bad decisions.
The Half of It ★★★★★
Introverted girl who writes homework essays for money gets into a deal with a fellow classmate: she'll write his love letters for him. The only problem? Somewhere along the way, she falls for the girl they're writing to too. Coming of age movie with a fun focus on friendship.
I'm a sucker for the themes in this movie and it was really cool to see a protagonist I could relate to. It just felt genuine and well directed. I held my breath through the entire last scene.
TV
Chef's Table ★★★☆☆
This is the netflix show on chefs. Honestly my friend recommended me the only episode I really liked from it (Jeong Kwan, who makes korean temple food and has a really refreshing philosophy on food), and then all the episodes I watched afterwards were worse. The show is shot so ~cinematic~ that you really have to buy into what the chef is doing to watch the episode (each episode is on a different chef). And frankly, they didn't always sell me. Best part? Watching it with my parents and groaning every time the chef of the season did something ridiculous.
I started watching this because of this haikyuu fic actually lol, and it's funnier that I haven't finished the fic. The half I did read is very good though! I just got distracted.
The Good Place ★★★★☆
I finished this in September, so I'll have more thoughts there, but I enjoyed this.
Way of the Househusband ★★★★☆ (3.5)
The concept is so fun! Ex-mafia man just wants to be a good malewife.
The format lends itself better to the manga than this adaptation (especially with the low animation budget), but I think it's really charming!
Reading
Waiting on a Bright Moon by Neon Yang ★★★☆☆
What if I were a singer who could open interdimensional portals employed to a tyrannical government and you were a revolutionary, we fell in love, and we were both girls?
I think this short story was too short for me to really care for the characters the way the author wanted me to. The concept was really cool but the execution didn't have enough buildup.
(FIC) never bite twice by morcai
Not going to rate this because I feel like there's a difference between rating books/short stories and fic.
Some gorgeous prose! (Heed the warnings for violence!) A bnha/DOGS crossover.
Podcasts
Wow if True Episode 24: Tumblr Drama
Really fun discussion about monetization and the drama that comes with that! I adore the hosts and this episode was really fun. (link here)
99% Invisible Episode 452: The Lows of High Tech
Interesting discussion about prostheses and how high tech solutions can be worse a lot of the time. (link here)
Shortwave: Managing Wildfire Through Cultural Burns
Good discussion about cultural burns (different from but similar to controlled burns) and how they're useful for wildfire management. It's a really fascinating concept. Worth a listen! (link here)
MISC
Caratland
Holy shit caratland happened? This is more of a "wow I completely blanked that out but I guess it's in my notes" moment than anything else. I think I enjoyed it!! It's been two months and I have the memory of a goldfish.
Poetry
Order by Dan Rosenberg
XX Judgement by Dan Lau
Copernicus by Timmy Straw
All this is with you, is you,
runs after you into the dark
like those men after Copernicus,
like a planet chased by telescopes into space.
Sunset by Effie Lee Newsome
A Fairy Tale of Blackboyhood by Dāshaun Washington
I’ve been taught a man must be made a boy before he can receive a kiss from another man, and such ancient magic must be sparingly used.
Interior by Jada Renée Allen
Vows by E. C. Belli
The Life of a Writer by Jalynn Harris
Confessional to Famous Iranian Pop Singer Dariush by Darius Atefat-Peckham
Music
Maybe I should put some stuff about which albums were released each month? That might be getting too ambitious.
I really liked Stray Kids' latest album, as is evidenced below! I drove a lot during August, and so it was driving music a lot of the time.
A link to my monthly playlist. I feel like these playlists are never good in January or February, and only really get better in the summer. This one I enjoyed a lot!
SCROBBLES: 4,041 ▲
SCROBBLES PER DAY (AVERAGE): 130 ▲
Artists:
- Stray Kids - 366
- THE BOYZ - 227
- SHINee - 137
- Rationale - 105
- PVRIS - 101
- Mitski - 88
- tobi lou - 86
- Kathleen - 83
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER - 82
- King Princess - 78
- NOEASY by Stray Kids - 320
- Rationale by Rationale - 105
- Monster by PVRIS - 96
- Live on Ice by tobi lou - 86
- THRILL-ING by THE BOYZ - 70
- Drink It by THE BOYZ - 68
- The Longest Year by Kathleen - 67
- Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood - 60
- Talia by King Princess - 58
- TURN OVER by SF9 - 57
- Monster by PVRIS - 96
- The Longest Year by Kathleen - 68
- Drink It by THE BOYZ - 68
- Prodigal Son by Rationale - 59
- Talia by King Princess - 58
- Crush by Weki Meki - 56
- Out Of Control by THE BOYZ - 51
- Dahlia by Chanmina - 50
- Silent Cry by Stray Kids - 50
- Hey Hi Bye by SF9 - 48