media log

The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood: It was... okay! I give it 3.5 stars. Definitely enjoyed the whole shebang but kinda cringed at certain parts (coughthesmutchapterscough).; The romance was good and I thrived on the banter. I enjoyed the PhD setting much more than I expected!; Might give her other books a shot...? Not sure yet.; I mostly came into the first book with expectations that it was adapted from KyloRen fanfic so I already have a picture in my head on how the main pairing would look like. It was an easy and comfy read for me (I sped thru it in 3 days)

HAIM Artist Radio: Shuffled their whole discography whilst walking back home from therapy.; The yearning?? The lyricism??? The production??? Cathartic.

Sling - Clairo (album): Lulled me to sleep. I was randomly just listening to Flightless Bird, American Mouth radio when Partridge shuffled and I was caught off guard (/pos) with the soothing intro.; Proceeded to listen to the whole album intently.

Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones: I read somewhere years ago saying book!Howl is way more dramatic than Ghibli!Howl and I GET IT NOW.; Very whimsical and I love the prose so much.; Besides Sophie's interactions with Howl, I most especially appreciated how protective she was with her sisters.; Of course I can't help but to compare the movie to it. I love how the movie wasn't a 1:1 adaptation but instead drew inspiration from it and gave it the sociopolitical Ghibli touch.

Love Island and Michelangelo: Did I just lock in and listen to a 20 minute segment about Love Island without having any prior knowledge about the show while I was on the way to work? Yes.; Did I really lock in about her talk about being disconnected to one’s self on the way home? Yes. If the Supreme Leader tells me to Stand Up, I will Stand Up! It’s so funny that this woke me up way better than any self-help book I read about social media addiction.; Did I learn Michelangelo’s lore about his works? Yes. I even googled the Last Judgement but it was too small to look at it on my phone.

Barbie Diaries (2006): In which Bab and I commit to the bit of watching Barbie movies just because I randomly joked about it on a random evening when we didn’t know what to do; Absolute Cinema. Honestly I wasn’t really off put by the quality of the animations; in fact I was more amazed by Barbie’s hair physics and the lips movement of the characters are accurate. Did I mention this is actually mo-cap?! The clunkiness of the animation gave it so much charm I love it!!!; Literally Mean Girls but Cady Heron is Barbie *chef’s kiss*

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors [lparchive]: A random tweet about someone having a tattoo of ‘truth’ and ‘gone’ and my neurons connected that it’s familiar. I googled it and yup it’s from 999. Somehow ended up re-reading the lparchive of it and GOD the true ending still fucks me up. I still remember vividly the night I finished it while 9years play in the background.; I love how some CGs of it still scares me lmfao such a good horror ambience

Devil May Cry (2025): It was good (Dante is such a huge dork!); Then it was bad (Lady’s characterization is Butchered); Then it got worse (Those fuckass bullets are suddenly way more powerful than devil trigger??); Then it was good again (That 20 second Vergil cameo at the end saved the series)

Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (demo): So far so good! sRPG in my Kodaka/Uchikoshi game???? Sign Me The Fuck Up!

Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (2024): Love the animation and art style so much! The mixture of hand-painted backgrounds and 60fps animation was so satisfying to watch; And of course, the plot is lighthearted and meaningful

Hercules (1997): Watched with Bab! Had a lot of fun and inside jokes. Songs were actually bangers

Every Mythical Inaccuracy in Disney's Hercules: Immediately watched after the movie. Literally 25 minutes of “erm akshually”; Kind of condescending but that was the point of the video… LOL

10 Things Formula 1 Driver George Russell Can’t Live Without: Damn why he lowkey kinda fine

So Cynical (Badum) - LESSERAFIM: Having this as the home screen bgm for the OW2 collab was a 11/10 decision; I want Mercy's skin sooo bad ;w;

Moomin Full Episodes! 🏡 LIVE 24/7: Today I learned there's a 24/7 stream of moomin episodes ;w;

Americapox: The Missing Plague: In which I ask Bab "babe was the victorian era really that stinky"