total
153 films
26 short films
6 complete seasons of television
303 tv episodes
110 different tv series
32 books
92 comics
126 university texts
3 complete magazines
11 plays & performances
3 concerts

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favourites
new films in the cinema: safety not guaranteed (2012) + I wish (2011) + before midnight (2013) + belleville baby (2013) + museum hours ( Read more... )

Two bus journeys (both away), two songs, about eight years in between.

I turned around and the water was closing all around
like a glove, like the love that had finally, finally found me

&

I've been a fool and I've been blind ( Read more... )

total
118 films
20 short films
13 complete seasons of television
370 tv episodes
38 books
84 comics
55 university texts
7 complete magazines
12 plays
2 concerts
2 art exhibitions
1 complete game

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favourites
new film in the cinema: beasts of the southern wild (2012)
new film on dvd: but I'm a cheerleader (1999)
new tv show: doctor who + luther
old tv show: how I ( Read more... )

total
92 films
4 short films
27 complete seasons of television
538 tv episodes
42 books
83 comics
25 university texts
2 complete magazines
2 concerts

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( bright )

 
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today the stone walls were painted with gold. my Columbian tutor was thrilled about snow, their cold isn't my cold. I dislike my national identity (it's not my national identity, but sometimes it feels safe -- or no, sometimes I need to define myself and I don't know how, I would just like to melt into everything other and be at home), but there's ( Read more... )

 I left from work in tears, hand stained red and my shirt ripped. I get tired of being good, bending my head, carrying the weight. I get tired of ten-hour shifts, with two cups of coffee and quick sips of water to survive, poetry in three languages. My hands trembled. I half-hoped for wasp stings, for something sharp and awakening.

I was half- ( Read more... )

I've been quite bad with keeping a list of fiction this year, but here is the year's ending in books & film.

( before the beginning )

hours spent in the library: ~10
hours spent doing exam-related things: ~13
hours spent taking an exam: 1
hours spent sleeping: too few
number of cats seen: 1
number of stray shoes seen: 1
number of statues with traffic cones as hats: 1
number of fire alarms: 1
number of fires: 0
number of archetypal tough scottish kids with incredibly thick accents trying ( Read more... )

I am restlessrestlessrestless, oh. yesterday was a beautiful day with all too many beautiful things and I should have taken photographs and didn't. today she left and it was a cold morning and I read about little boys sitting on porches singing and then made my way back, hands deep in my pockets. there was a soft blue dusk in my room, I went back ( Read more... )