welcome, and happy new year. (2/29/24)
I am of the opinion that the year does not actually start until February.
So, welcome to 2024. It's already shaping up to be just as chaotic as the last 4 years. The world is wild, and there have been a ton of transitions happening in my personal life as well. My daughter turned 1. Turns out I'm really 30 (as of Jan 10th, supposedly). I’m also in the middle of switching jobs and rebalancing my client roster. In hindsight, I was looking for any and everything to help me feel grounded and inspired this month – so here's the round up:
What I listened to:
Wow. What a gorgeous interview. Brittany Luse is an incredible journalist and Da'Vine Joy Randolph is so deserving of her current awards season sweep.
In summary: how beautiful it is to listen to someone so talented and intentional talk about their craft. How lovely it is to be reminded that what we do matters and that we really do belong to each other.
I listened on a short commute from my apartment to the loop, and it added a bit of inspiration to an otherwise pretty mundane Wednesday.
What I watched:
Note to self that I did not log anything on Letterboxd this month. I’m not sure I saw anything new that resonated with me. I tried my hardest and didn’t get opening night tickets to DUNE in IMAX. I did, however, rewatch TENET for the (probably) 6th time. I can confidently say that I still don’t really get it, but I can also confidently say that I don’t think that’s the point.
1: It is maybe the best that Rob Pattinson has ever looked.
2: However cringe, it does have one of my favorite lines from a movie…ever? Coincidentally, delivered by Rob Pattinson. Unrelated, I think.
“What’s happened has happened, which is an expression of faith in the mechanics of the universe. Not an excuse to do nothing.”
Oh, Chris Nolan — the man that you are. Just a lil something to sit with.
$10 to anyone who can tell me wtf a temporal pincer is :)
What I Read:
First of all, girl. How?
I’ve seen a lot of takes online that are pretty sympathetic to her situation,
“it could happen to anyone” etc. I’d like to think I’m too savvy to fall for a scam like this, but in reality I’m mostly just too broke :)
It kind of makes me want to build a graph that explains the ways in which people are most likely to be scammed according to socioeconomic status.
Watch this space.
