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I actually read this awhile ago but reread it recently (and I neverrrrr reread stuff so thatās saying smth) because itās such a fun, experiential read. I am a sucker for a good metafictional shtick (been also meaning to reread Paul Austerās New York Trilogy, so maybe bit of a theme there to what I feel compelled to reread)
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ā...we can not love or think except in fragments of time each of which goes along its own trajectory and immediately disappears."
second calvino of the year after invisible cities. very meta, which in less serious hands could become cloying. it manages to work out.
you (the real you, not the second perspective protagonist of most of the book) will think about the act of reading in a different way by the end of it, or at least become more conscious of it. so read if you like to read and read about reading.
Mar 3, 2025
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Awesome book by Ćtalo Calvino highly recommend
Jan 24, 2025
the australian italo calvino! his 1982 masterpiece The Plains is totally magical, the sort of book where nothing at all happens but youre still totally rapt from page one. itās about artists and patrons, itās about the act of creating, itās about nature, itās about community, itās about art. itās thrilling. itās haunting. itās ekphrastic! i love murnane.
Apr 9, 2024
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āBone broth thisā āLiquid IV thatā ok well consider: pocari sweat š¤š§ the thinking manās electrolyte beverage. no idea whatās in this shit but tastes great and makes me feel slightly less like shit. Great for if ur like me and find drinking water for survival/regular organ function āboringā and ālacking whimsyā
Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024
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-Day pass at da sauna. This is my big āu deserve a breakā ticket item as itās expensive. but going back and forth from cold plunge < > sauna fixes me for at least a few days.
-Pastry, specifically at Librae or Radio while in nyc. Anything flaky, really. Iām a raging slut for anything croissant-like or forged from puff pastry.
-Bad tv... speaks for itselfā¦ its like a punishment and a reward rolled into oneā¦..
-Books and records I guess. Any physical media shopped-for in person since itās kinda the experience itself thatās the ātreat yourselfā rather than just the item
-Taco Bell. Similar to bad tv, this one is something that feels somewhat self destructive so I only let myself have it if Iām already depressed. Like if I already feel bad how much worse could Taco Bell make it? Oh Iāll shit my pants? Ok well maybe then Iāll have something *real* to worry about instead of existentialism or metacognition about the existentialism or whatever useless grievance has me in the doldrums that day.
Nov 8, 2024