As a “young”, “emotional”, “confused” person, I’ve realized and I’ve been persuaded that many of life’s parts are a series of contradictions and tensions that need to be dealt with or else left alone. Today I had a conversation over spotted apples and it’s made me think about what exactly what I want from life, both because it did and because I wanted to capitalize on such a rare instance of lucid confusion. I would […]
After a tough first week back in Toronto (why do I always think I’ve got ahold of the transition?) I am moving into the end of the second week, beginning of the third, with a much more elated heart. In some ways I would prefer not to admit that so overtly, but I suppose I should admit some good things, sometimes. Today David Suzuki spoke to a group of us up on the rooftop patio […]
Ah. The furious cycle of August. Not over! Not over. But what feels like soon, and what is soon. In the beginning of it all I had made a trip to the library, and came out with two books from Chinese Non-Fiction. The smaller one was a a truly small one, the type with the cover-jacket-flap-in-one that purported to concisely summarize the Cultural Revolution (Oxford). The second was a wider, longer hardcover, pink on the […]
Which I have, like slipping into a river half-consciously, allowed to dictate my summer’s happiness and unhappiness. Which I un-proudly recognize as not-a-bad struggle to have. Which has made me dream of Europe as necessity like food – delusion. Which my parents plopped me into, and have kindly encouraged me through. Which is just a number, just a 500$+ number, just a career-deciding number, just a damn set of three numbers between a breath and […]
In no particular order, just as I think of them… Spoilers definite. 1. Opening scene of Season 2. The regality, that jumpsuit… the mirror’s truth/horror. 2. “Is it me, or is it God?” – the heartbreak and the tenderness. 3. Hot Priest’s speech about how romantic people are actually very strong. I felt giddily validated. Can we also speak to the bride and the groom’s outfits? So… on point. Refreshing! […]
I am trying (perhaps obsessively, perhaps counterintuitively) to spend less time on Instagram and Twitter – but more so the former. I am reasoning that if I have the platform to write my “b-list” thoughts in a slightly more fleshed-out manner than I could on social media, I will devote less and less attention/importance to said social media. Also, would love to meet more like-minded and just plain interesting people. I know I can do […]
