Much of this letter is c&p'd from years past, because I'm a predictable person I guess ( Read more... )

My thoughts on Endgame, before I look at anyone else's thoughts:( Avengers Endgame Spoilers )

I am trying very hard to stay unspoiled for Avengers: Endgame before I see it on Saturday night, and wow, that is turning out to be VERY HARD.

I'm not trying to stay unspoiled out of any feeling that the movie will be RUINED!! if I know what happens in it. Generally speaking, I'm not actually a spoilerphobe and will cheerfully read recaps of show ( Read more... )

I didn't actually listen to many new albums last year, by which I mean, albums released in 2018. One that I did listen to though was Dessa's Chime, and I basically had "Fire Drills" and "Velodrome" on repeat for an entire week. Dessa's one of my favorite lyricists, and these two songs showcase her at her best. "Velodrome" is just a lovely, wistful ( Read more... )

Now that I am growing Old, I no longer listen to much new music, not the way I did in college or my early 20s. New music discovery takes a certain amount of energy that I lack at this point, and I've settled into my music taste such that I want to listen to stuff I'm already familiar with, not an endless stream of new acts and new genres. Plus, I ( Read more... )

I did my Nowruz baking today! Now I am very tired. I made my usuals: chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, Smitten Kitchen's slice-and-bake cookies, and madeleines. The slice-and-bake cookies are delightfully forgiving of modifications. And fuck-ups, tbh. I accidentally used the way too much sugar in them for my Christmas baking (2 cups instead of ( Read more... )

One new music discovery: Rosalía - Bagdad. I love how this riffs on Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River," and all the flamenco touches.

One new song from an established favorite: The National - You Had Your Soul with You, feat. Gail Ann Dorsey. Delightfully glitchy in the beginning! And a guest vocalist! I am impatiently awaiting the new album, it ( Read more... )

Is Music Monday a thing? I don't know, but it's alliterative, so I'm going with it.

First up, a new discovery: Jeremy Dutcher and his Polaris Prize-winning debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwokonawa. Dutcher is a First Nations classically trained tenor, musician, and composer, whose album is sung entirely in the severely endangered language of ( Read more... )

From that Ultimate Fanfic Tropes Showdown (3.1) meme going around:

1 Friends to Lovers
2 Magical Connection (Telepathy, etc)
3 Found Families
4 Loyalty Kink
5 'Groundhog Day'/Karmic Time Loop
6 Hurt/Comfort
7 Snowed-In Cabin/Isolated Together For Extended Period of Time
8 Fake Dating/Fake Marriage Accidentally Turns Into Feelings
8 Seemingly Unrequited ( Read more... )

Guess who just watched all of the available Star Trek: Discovery in like a week? THIS GIRL.

• I LOVE MICHAEL BURNHAM. She's joining the ranks of female characters I am wildly defensive of. She's just...so great. Sonequa Martin-Green is so great as her. I love her. Michael Burnham had done nothing wrong in her life, ever, and deserves the galaxy.
• I  ( Read more... )