it’s great actually

i just got sidetracked by a lack of solid reading hours

Just sit down and tear through it because it's such a great book to pick up later and read a chapter when you have a moment to kill. Perfect bathroom book, really.


--I own Barney's Version and really enjoyed the movie, but haven't cracked it open yet. Soon.

--I could never finish Magic Mountain. Which isn't to say I never will, but holy shit I've given it three or four tries in my lifetime. Not even sure I ever made it past page 100. Worth it? Really? You promise?

I'll consider it for in the future then. Maybe once my list is smaller.

the first 3 chapters of this thing are solid gold

Finished High Fidelity, started "The Chimes" by Dickens. That and "The Cricket on the Hearth" are what I'm hoping will round me out to 30 books in 2018

oh no i dont want numb legs lololol. plus it promotes ‘roid rage

but yes i plan to get back to that book some point

the thing is ive been very busy organizing new home + work + transpo systems, plus juggling too many projects, plus trying to learn new job skills and it was chaotic for a while

so i’d get 5 minutes free here 5 minutes free there, then watch teevee exhausted at night

lost track a bit this fall, now gotta rebudget the daily schedule and reblock my pomodoros and i’ll be good again

i love the holidays because while everybody is busy doing busy shit i get to reorganize and make my life better

ah yes who eeds to wait for spring for cleaning. dump it all out now! hah...

I got obsessed with Medea after seeing Medea und Jason at the theatre here in Hamburg. So now I am reading Christa Wolf's Medea and I like it a lot!! Will also read Euripides and Grillparzer at some point soon. I have them with me for my christmas visitations!

euripides = man = verbotten

(or so i hear)

btw if you have eyes, highly recommended pasolini + lars von trier’s movie versions

everyone gushes over pasolini but for my money lvt’s 16mm tv version is particularly bananas—medieval looking, a lot of carl theodor dreyer influence, these insane orange hues, really a visual treat

ps you still watch flicks by the menzes or no?

yeah, normally they are verboten, but ... i might make an exception.

i don't have eyes. it's very funny, I feel like I can't watch movies. Have to stop movies every 15 minutes and walk around (but I can sit around for hours reading. weird!)

but for the sake of my new obsession I shall try watching the above movies! thanks for pointing them out!

has anyone on here read christa wolf's "the quest for christa t"? does it stop reading like a bad acid trip? it makes my head hurt

I think I will try to read more in 2019.

I have so many books.

I enjoy fantasy novels, and non-fiction about psychology/sociology/film/etc.

I always start books, get distracted, and never finish though.

The book laden mantle above my fireplace is mocking me rn

Olaf Stapledon - Star Maker

I've made it a new year resolution to dig deeper into the SF Masterworks series so I'm starting with this. So far so very good.

lyn hejinian - a thought is the bride to what thinking

http://eclipsearchive.org/projects/T.../contents.html

I fell short of 30 by some 60 pages or so of a book. Oh well :D I'm also planning to slow down slightly and put some time focus on audiodrama podcasts which are quite intriguing me lately.

Making Trouble, autobiography of Lynne Segal. Excellently written. One where nearly every sentence bears thought.

Re-reading "Animal Farm" for the first time since eighth grade. I remember thinking my classmates were idiots for not liking the book as much as I did, and you know what? I was right. Slightly arrogant, but right.

Animal Farm is an amazing book.

"Look, no hands"? animal farm, orrr...

Which ones? Hook me up bro.

wow look at you walking on two legs now

i see how it is...