welcometohighwater | Log: September 16, 2025

READING

Finished Sisterhood Everlasting. I mean, I'm probably gonna do a write-up of my thoughts eventually (soon?). Because what a disaster that book is. Oh my god.
That does mean, however, I am able to move on to greener pastures! I've started The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, and although I haven't yet encountered any of said haunting, god does it feel good to read a GOOD book. No, I will not be watching the Netflix adaptation from a few years ago that was probably deservedly buzzy--I enjoy reading horror books and listening to horror podcasts, etc, but ya boy cannot watch horror. I don't know if it's the gore so much as it is the violence. Brain just can't deal with actually seeing that.
Looking ahead, because I love to make plans even if I'm gonna end up changing them! Ghost Story by Peter Straub next. After that, I really want to try to get back to my barely-begun Discworld chronological readthrough, so Mort, and then presently I'm feeling classics, so I"m planning to do Wuthering Heights (the upcoming movie sounds like a disaster--I didn't enjoy the book at all when I read it when I was like 13, but I'm going to give it another try) and then Louisa May Alcott's A Long Fatal Love Chase. Fascinated to see what her pulpy non-Little Women stories were like. I've got some books I borrowed-then-airplane-moded on my Kindle I really should get back to, but. Eh. I am first and foremost a mood reader, and them ain't the mood.

LISTENING

Podcasts OFFICIALLY CAUGHT UP on Magic Tavern as of last Wednesday, I think? What an absolute delight. As a result, I have jumped RIGHT back in and am currently doing a liveblog listen on my Tumblr. Since I restrict my Tumblr usage to certain hours on my phone, though, I've also restarted MBMBAM (don't ask why my brain makes me work this way) as my bedtime relaxing listening and I'm working through the rest of The Black Tapes (in season two, currently) in the other off times. Terry Miles's work is something else. I listened to all of Rabbits and hated it; hated the first book (audio) even more. But The Black Tapes started out so promising, but also I already know how it ends, and like. Is it worth my time? Why do I want to watch the car crash?
Music Nothing new to report

WATCHING

For personal reasons, I might be doing my comfort movies soon. And that's fine!
In general--I think I need to let myself watch more TV stuff that I want to watch. Because I do enjoy a good sitcom, and there are a ton of them out there! Ones I started and REALLY enjoyed and haven't finished over the years: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Office, 30 Rock, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, The Good Place (I HAVEN'T FINISHED THE FUCKING GOOD PLACE can you imagine), probably some others. Ones I want to try, they look so promising: Abbot Elementary and Ghosts (both the BBC and the American import), there should definitely be others. Ones I just want to watch again because I have such deep love for them: Community, Parks and Rec, Arrested Development. And that's just the stuff from like, the last 20 years.
But first, honestly, I might go back and watch the series I own on DVD. Star Trek (TOS) sounds fun, but mostly I think I REALLY want to watch The Kids in the Hall again. And if I watch KITH I know I'm gonna go right into Newsradio.
So yeah. Might move myself to that after I get caught up on some YouTube stuff. I don't know, maybe it's just that I'm bored with that right now.
Still wanna get Dropout again, but that's feeling like a far goal each day.

DOING

Might do a TAZ Amnesty relisten in October to prep for finishing (FINISHING????????) my dumb stupid self-indulgent fic that I started six years ago as a personal mock-NaNoWriMo this November. Undecided, but leaning toward.
Working on some more digital decluttering lately.
Also--I have gotten back to my junk journaling/scrapbooking! Catching up on June's scraps at this point, still, but man does it feel GOOD to do some of that again.

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