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April-Showered Reading, Watching

Rereading Shakespeare, Borges; then reading stories by Walter de la Mare. Re-watching two films by David Lynch—neither being “Blue Velvet” nor “Inland Empire.”

2023-05-01
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Meticulous March: Reading, Watching

Nothing that meticulous about it. Finished at least one book. Mostly underwhelming days.

2023-04-02
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Newly Reading/Viewing January 2023

The New Year January 2023 of reading/viewing with Stendhal’s "Charterhouse of Parma" and Hamaguchi’s 2022 film "Drive My Car"

2023-02-04
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Conscientiously Reading, Watching December 2022

In December I started a new position as an SEO associate at Sagapixel. In the 45 days that have followed it seems so much like I’ve been unable to raise...

2023-01-05
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Cultural Consumption, 2022-Style! Best of!

The best books and films of 2022, some description thereof, as well as a few of the worst.

2022-12-31
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November 2022: Reading, Watching

Some transcendent moments. In reading Brontë, Borges, Sebald, Masters. Watching "The Getaway" and "Breaking Away". Others, not transcendent even a little.

2022-12-03
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Odious October 2022: Reading, Watching

Started reading W.G. Sebald, for the first time. Who turned me to "The Hunter Gracchus," by Dr. K. Also, Edgar Lee Master’s "Spoon River Anthology" … okay, perhaps not odious

2022-11-02
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Saturnine September 2022: Reading, Viewing

Greatest hits of September: "Lord of the Rings," "We Are the Best!" (2013), "The Hunt" (1966)—and I finished James Joyce’s "Ulysses"!

2022-10-03
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August-alia 2022: Reading, Watching

Birthday months are great for watching Antonioni trilogies, Premingers’ “In Harm’s Way,” reading “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Shawl.”

2022-09-03
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Strikingly Read, Viewed: July 2022

Mostly mountainbiked during July, enjoyed the refreshing waters of Lake Willoughby Vermont, but also read Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived in the Castle,” José Saramago’s “The Double,” and Richard Linklater’s “Before Trilogy”

2022-08-07
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Heatedly Read, Watched: Boring June 2022

Heatedly read and viewed during June 2022, including José Rizal’s "Noli Me Tangere," Don Siegel’s "The Lineup" (1958), and "Wanda" (1975)

2022-07-02
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Powerful May Reading, Viewing: 2022 edition

May reading and viewing of Ashley Vaught in 2022. Best of: "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, "Dubliners", and "Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy" by Ryusuke Hamaguchi