Lists
btw, I think lists shouldn't have more than like six things on them. otherwise it just demonstrates a lack of curatorial ability.
Good Things
- pillowy cumulus clouds, especially bright white ones that are noticeably tall
- art museums
- tumblr
- bicycles
- opinionated jewelry
Things I'm Trying
- being a hat girl
- fancy tinned fish
- blogging regularly
- living in Toronto
Media
Favourite Internet Essays
- No Good Alone - Internet Princess (2023)
- Burdens - Scott Alexander (2014)
- The Show Horse and the Work Horse - Granola Shotgun (2019)
Favourite Pre-Internet Essays
- On Friendship - Cicero (44 BC)
- Communism and the Family - Alexandra Kollontai (1920)
- The Double Standard of Aging - Susan Sontag (1972)
- How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart - David Foster Wallace (1994)
- The Collapsible Woman: Cultural response to rape and sexual abuse - Vanessa Veselka for Bitch Magazine (1998)
Favourite Fiction Books
- A Little Princess
- Anne of Green Gables
- House of Leaves
- Academic Exercises (K. J. Parker's short story collection)
Favourite Non-Fiction Books
- A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf
- The Look of a Woman - Eric Plemons
- Seeing Like a State - James C. Scott
- Civilization and its Discontents - Sigmund Freud
...and any DFW/Sontag essay collection
Favourite Movies
- The Handmaiden (2016)
- Legally Blonde (2001)
- Sissi (1955)
Favourite Poems
- Monet Refuses the Operation (Mueller)
- To Stay (Cavafy)
- Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market (Neruda)
- Recipe for Happiness in Khabarovsk or Anyplace (Ferlinghetti)
Favourite Fic
- Cooler Than Me - howlsmovinglibrary (BG3)
- Space Bro - JumpingJackFlash (Homestuck)
- Victory Condition - Astolat (Transformers)
- Heal Thyself - Astolat (Harry Potter)
- A Year in Toussaint - Astolat (Witcher)
- The Pack Survives - Astolat (Game of Thrones)
Favourite Songs
- Kiss - Lil Peep
- Welcome Home - Radical Face
- Summertime - Orville Peck
- On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz
- Language - Porter Robinson
- Will Anybody Ever Love Me? - Sufjan Stevens
Divorced Dad Rock (EMBARRASSING)
- Knife Party - Deftones
- Wasted Time - Fuel
- Away From Me - Evanescence
- Blurry - Puddle of Mudd
- Tangled Up In You - Staind
Favourite Video Games
Discussed at length here.
Artists I'll Go Out Of My Way to View
- Yves Klein
- Mark Rothko
- Jackson Pollock
- Meret Oppenheim
- teamLab
Food
Waterloo
- Vincenzo's Sandwich Counter: Noah Martin summer sausage with cucumber, tomatoes, spinach, honey mustard, and mayo, on foccacia bread
- The Bauer Kitchen's Bauer Salad
- Mozy's regular shawarma wrap, no pickles
- Princess Cafe Big Marc sandwich
- Dana Shortt: tuscan herb olive oil and traditional aged balsamic vinegar, in separate plates, to dip pieces of fresh ciabatta bread into
Toronto (subject to frequent change)
- Vodka slice at Pizza Badiali
- Cheese slice at Mac's Pizza
- Breakfast sandwich at Union (72 Ossington Ave)
- Salted egg yolk lobster tower at Fisherman Lobster Clubhouse
Misc
Overrated
- stims
- Japanese food
- Nietzsche