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I figured instead of writing slice-of-life updates, I could use this space to add little tidbits of what I'm up to.
Last Updated: Mar 14, 2025 | Archive
Happenings
I've been hunkered down this week, mostly focused on reading, work, my home. I feel a little restless. The days are warming and I feel an odd need to move more. Maybe it's just a reaction to this winter feeling colder and longer than last year? Though here the winters are fairly mild. I am excited though, to hear the birds as I type. Nature's stirring feels grounding to me. I haven't been sleeping all that great this week unfortunately and feel a bit weary every day. I'm a bit ill still, and my daughter is off this week, so it's probably a mix of the chaos and just not feeling 100%. But, as every office worker is apt to say, it is Friday! Or Friyay? :p I'm just excited to get away from the computer and live that analog life for two days. I'm seriously considering going screen free on Sundays, but I'm leery of my own good intentions so we shall see. Oh, last thing! I'm slightly obssesed with a YT channel I stumbled on yesterday. I swear his parody T-Pain song has been living rent free in my head all day! 🎶💖 IS IT MY FAULT / THAT CAPITALISM MAKES ALL THESE GIRLS SO FIIINE 💖🎶
From my Shelves
I finished and started a few more books this week:
- All About Love by bell hooks. I truly enjoyed this one and felt the message is just as relevant, if not more than when it was published. I feel that even though we relegate the concept of love the majority of time to the romantic realm, I agree with her that living a life that embraces love transcends the mere individual and how the way we approach love is reflective of modern culture. For me there's a lot tying in to what I read in The Agony of Eros, The Highly Sensitive Person, and a few others. Namely the archetypes of warrior/prophets and how as a society we tend to not keep more balance. With a warrior/patriarchal paradigm dominating we commdodified things we shouldn't have.
- Lavender Clouds: Comics about Neurodivergence and Mental Health by Bex Ollerton. I FELT SO SEEN WITH THIS ONE. I adored the art style too 🥰
- In the Beginning...Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson. I've always been a huge nerd for tech history! I think part is that I was alive especially for the newer parts. So even though in some ways the book feels dated, that is exactly the charm of it. Plus, it's more accurate to see those facts from the era itself, as time distorts memory and the retelling of facts.
- The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han. I enjoyed this one a lot in general, though of course I feel there is space for nuance. This is my second book of his and that just seems the trend for me I guess? Like I tend to agree on his overarching message but feel like becuase the nature in it is making arguments for the points, sometimes nuance is lost and I enjoy doing thought exercices about them. But I do agree that we are now as a whole an achievment society and that causes more mental health issues. And you can see the achievement society in many ways. The fixation with health and tracking health to self optimize and how we self exploit ourselves.
- Reading How Charts Lie by Alberto Cairo. I design a data heavy app and felt this would be a good read! I'm about a quarter way through.
- Reading Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman.
On Repeat
I'm still on that chill indie R&B kick!
On My Needles (Hook)
I finished cloud blanket! Next finish Daphne socks. I also want to make some zonkin cloths out of some old clothes. I saw this video and thought they were gorgeous.
When a paradigm has come to provide an object of reflection, it often means that its demise is at hand.
– Byung-Chul Han (All About Love)