I read like 3 books in 2022 and made my goal 25 which seemed insane. I’m at 23 now and might make it depending on how long the COVID brain fog lingers (COVID makes me extremely stupid??)....anyway 24 is a magic number. I went to the pool a lot over the summer and just read in the pool. It rocks. If you’re anti e-reader (sorry) I’ve seen TikToks that getting one of those book lights is a key thing to read in bed. They’re like $10 on Amazon....I have been writing fiction but I feel so frightened by the prospect that this is true for me that I haven’t decided if it’s good or not but I’ve been thinking of submitting it. Not sure if I can handle the rejection. That’s my takeaway here. Also, get a library card if you haven’t already...going to the library is so fucking cool. Okay bye!
i don't have letterboxd anymore so i'm just going to use this space to comment on some of your letterboxd reviews
1) i balked at first at hearing your family didnt like uncut gems but the more i think about it im surprised its so roundly praised because everything the safdies do should be anathema to people without crippling anxiety aka most of the normal population. them not liking avatar 2 is way funnier
2) i worked remotely/from home from 2018 to late 2021 because i moved away for my wife's work and there was no cost effective way to set up office space for my job. I HATE remote work because 1)i can barely focus in an office let alone at home where there's a million distractions 2)being out of the office fulltime meant i put a lot of trust in our main paralegal to cover a lot my shit and she was fucking terrible and lied about how much work she was doing so i'm reflexively burned by not being physically in the office able to oversee things. seriously this lady was awful she hasn't worked for us in two years and im STILL finding things she fucked up also she was landlord who bitched about how millennials have no worth ethic so that gives you a picture of who i was dealing with. one of the few people in this life i sincerely hope gets hit by a bus
3) i was more or less convinced malls were dead everywhere except in ohio. seriously malls are thriving here and basically everyone in columbus hangs out at easton on the weekend which is gigantic indoor/outdoor mall that famous pedophile les wexner built out of unused farmland 25 years ago. i do almost zero online shopping because im 10 minutes away from a target and i can go to an actual honest to god mall and try things on instead of ordering off amazon and praying it's the correct thing (it never is)
one more: collateral is mann's best movie by a mile, tom cruise should play way more psychos his clean cut american hero schtick is patently a facade vincent is way closer to the katie homes abusing couch jumping loon we all know and love
1) my family is anxiety ridden like me but they all felt sick watching it while i felt electrocuted in a good way. few movies have made me feel more alive
2) that is fair i guess i was more talking about people like me who have fake email jobs
3) im surprised that malls are still popping in ohio that seems like a classic place for malls to completely die but it also makes sense that columbus's de facto town square is a fiefdom created by one of the most vile men of the past half century
I read like 3 books in 2022 and made my goal 25 which seemed insane. I’m at 23 now and might make it depending on how long the COVID brain fog lingers (COVID makes me extremely stupid??)....anyway 24 is a magic number. I went to the pool a lot over the summer and just read in the pool. It rocks. If you’re anti e-reader (sorry) I’ve seen TikToks that getting one of those book lights is a key thing to read in bed. They’re like $10 on Amazon....I have been writing fiction but I feel so frightened by the prospect that this is true for me that I haven’t decided if it’s good or not but I’ve been thinking of submitting it. Not sure if I can handle the rejection. That’s my takeaway here. Also, get a library card if you haven’t already...going to the library is so fucking cool. Okay bye!
when i get back to LA i'm going nutso in the library
i don't have letterboxd anymore so i'm just going to use this space to comment on some of your letterboxd reviews
1) i balked at first at hearing your family didnt like uncut gems but the more i think about it im surprised its so roundly praised because everything the safdies do should be anathema to people without crippling anxiety aka most of the normal population. them not liking avatar 2 is way funnier
2) i worked remotely/from home from 2018 to late 2021 because i moved away for my wife's work and there was no cost effective way to set up office space for my job. I HATE remote work because 1)i can barely focus in an office let alone at home where there's a million distractions 2)being out of the office fulltime meant i put a lot of trust in our main paralegal to cover a lot my shit and she was fucking terrible and lied about how much work she was doing so i'm reflexively burned by not being physically in the office able to oversee things. seriously this lady was awful she hasn't worked for us in two years and im STILL finding things she fucked up also she was landlord who bitched about how millennials have no worth ethic so that gives you a picture of who i was dealing with. one of the few people in this life i sincerely hope gets hit by a bus
3) i was more or less convinced malls were dead everywhere except in ohio. seriously malls are thriving here and basically everyone in columbus hangs out at easton on the weekend which is gigantic indoor/outdoor mall that famous pedophile les wexner built out of unused farmland 25 years ago. i do almost zero online shopping because im 10 minutes away from a target and i can go to an actual honest to god mall and try things on instead of ordering off amazon and praying it's the correct thing (it never is)
one more: collateral is mann's best movie by a mile, tom cruise should play way more psychos his clean cut american hero schtick is patently a facade vincent is way closer to the katie homes abusing couch jumping loon we all know and love
1) my family is anxiety ridden like me but they all felt sick watching it while i felt electrocuted in a good way. few movies have made me feel more alive
2) that is fair i guess i was more talking about people like me who have fake email jobs
3) im surprised that malls are still popping in ohio that seems like a classic place for malls to completely die but it also makes sense that columbus's de facto town square is a fiefdom created by one of the most vile men of the past half century
My job is also a fake email job but of the kind where if I fail to send an email at the correct time I can be banned from doing my job again forever