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I've been called Leah Michelle for a bit because of my inability to coherently read and focus too much of my time on consuming Computer Science content. I started maybe reading what an introspective adolescent would read such as the Secret History by donna tart and The Bell Jar. It's really opened a can of words and had me really self assess on my personal "brand". Why is it so one-dimensional? Is it really just me trying to be different and quirky? Is the continous hunger to accurately define what I am cringe because that identity is not static? I think I kind of just want to get a snapshot of what I am right here right now. omg get a room, talk to a therapist like 🙄. Sorry chat. Last week I really liked watching: I Saw the TV Glow, The Substance, Scavenger's Reign, SnowPiercer, and Moulin Rouge
Las week I really liked reading: Bell Jar, Secret History, 1, and I'm thinking of ending things. So much better than the movie.
Oct 23, 2024
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i totally get this. every time i watch a movie or a show it feels like it morphs into my personality a little and i become a combination of everything that has ever influenced me in any way. but i don’t think there’s anything cringe about wanting to know yourself, i think it’s perfectly human actually. side note: i loved the secret history!
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In an effort to decentralize social media in my life, I started reading again… and I didn’t realize what a joy it could be! I couldn’t tell you the last time I read a book of my own accord, but I started with The Bell Jar, and now I’m on Just Kids. They are perfect ways to ease myself into more patience, quietness, and satisfaction. :)
Feb 10, 2025
currently in three book clubs and loving every minute. been using reading as my replacement for cutting out most social media and haven’t regretted it.
just read The Hearing Trumpet with PI.BKCLB (about to start our February special event read, join us!) and thought it was rebelliously joyful.
read Self Reliance in another book club and thought Emerson was pretty insightful and provided some great perpective into how one should live according to their core values, especially in times fraught with voices calling for change like our own. about to start Civil Disobedience next.
read Transcendence by Scott Barry Kauffman in another and I feel like I understand Maslow in a whole new way now. we’re now beginning Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore and i’m excited to dive into more thought that integrates the psychological/scientific with the spiritual.
nibbling on a few other books on the side but I picked up a book called Wasting Time and Resources in Mississippi from an indie author at a truck stop who was doing a signing and it’s so bizarre but also really earnest and endearing. it gives hallmark movie vibes. the picture below is a snippet from that book.
Jan 24, 2025
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… and actually enjoying it. In the past year i’ve finally nailed down my taste/hit a groove with pleasure reading and now I can’t stop. I do a lot of reading recs in a way that I almost feel self-conscious about but I can’t contain it - truly bringing me crazy amounts of peace in my life right now.
When I was 19-22ish, I spent a lot of time reading what I thought I *should* be reading and ending up spending 3 months trudging through a book just to say I did. I blame Red Scare Podcast. Why was I 19 thinking i needed to read Houellebeq and Lasch?
Now I fly through pages and (mostly) love it all. or feel like I got something from it at least. Right now I‘m reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and loving it, can spend hours at a time with it. My favorite book is probably If on a winters night a traveler by Italo Calvino. Happy to get more recs always.
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