media log

Jul. 31st, 2021 01:55 am
sasha_feather: John and Rodney from Stargate: Atlantis (love of your life)
Media Log:

Freaks - 1931 or 1932.

An important film in disability history; this is essentially a soap opera slash horror film that takes place among people who are members of a side show / freak show. There are some non-disabled characters as well; one of the problems is that 2 of the non-disabled women look almost exactly alike. The writing was honestly pretty terrible but it was so neat to see a cast of many different disabled people. Watched this with [personal profile] jesse_the_k.

Ted Lasso, S2 episodes 1 and 2. Loving this so far. Warning for dog death in the first episode. One of the lines I've been turning over in my head is "Every person is a different person."

Leverage Redemption. Watching this a bit slowly.

TomboyLand - audio book. Really liked this this essay / memoir book by an author who grew up local to me. The first essay, about tornadoes, was particularly powerful. The sirens went off a couple of nights ago, and in the past I've not taken them seriously. But this time Abbie and I went to the basement.
sasha_feather: Big book of Lesbian Horse stories book cover (lesbian horse stories)
I met with a prospective roommate today. He seems fine and nice, kind of a nerdy white guy who grew up on a farm.

I listened to one of my favorite books, "Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe", which is narrated by Lin-Manuel Miranda. I like LMM but I'm not sure he was quite the right narrator for this particular story. I also am sort of annoyed by myself for having such complex opinions about this; I wish I could just enjoy the audio book without over-thinking it. But this is my brain, here I am.

Aristotle in the book is quiet, contemplative, sometimes morose, somewhat of a loner. LMM is energetic, charming, funny. He's also so famous that it's hard to forget you're listening to him (or at least, famous to me, an erstwhile Hamilton fan). Ari speaks in short sentences. LMM speaks in paragraphs. You see? I would like to hear this story read by someone with a quieter energy.

I'm working on a 1,000-piece puzzle called "Merlin's workshop." It's quite challenging and my roommate has helped me some. We're almost finished.

Earlier this week I really over-did it, because the weather was nice and I had a bit of energy. The next day, I had to sleep most of the day. It's a reminder to myself that my limits are there for a reason.
sasha_feather: the back of furiosa's head (furiosa: back of head)
I'm trying to get more into audio books as a way to get reading back as a hobby. There's a bit of a learning curve. I'd like something to do with my hands while I listen, as a way to help me focus. Something that requires passive attention, but does not trigger RSI pain. Still experimenting with this. I'm a bit bored of all my familiar computer games.

Today I listed to Murderbot #3, Rogue Protocol I think is the title. It's harder to remember titles when you don't have the paper book in your hand. I found my attention drifting some during the action parts, but I got the gist of it, and I like the reader, who is Kevin R. Free. I think he was on Welcome to Night Vale. I enjoy Murderbot's humor. There's somewhat of a trope of the grumpy warrior who keeps saving people and making friends despite themself; I love this trope. Think Wolverine (X-men), and the Mandalorian. All I need now is for Murderbot to adopt a wayward child.

I'm a bit bored in general; I don't have enough energy to do interesting things, or like, the executive function I can borrow from other people's energy when doing things together...because we mostly can't do things together these days.

My parents have got their first dose of the vaccine. A relief.

Grateful for my roommate, who cooked dinner tonight.
sasha_feather: rodney mckay from stargate: atlantis, who is ironically happy (ironically happy)
It's so nice to see folks at Dreamwidth again. :)

Today I listened to a couple of discs of the audiobook of Watership Down. I started listening to this (library copy) on the drive home to see my family at Thanksgiving. It's surprisingly long--13 discs in all. It is beautifully written, and i enjoyed hearing the introduction. Adams said that he started telling the story as a way to entertain his daughters on a long road trip. This seemed very appropriate for me, as I listened to it in my car, but then my car ride ended so now I'm listening at home while I play games on the computer or wash the dishes or color.

Given that Adams wrote this for his daughters, it's odd that the book is almost entirely about male rabbits. The first female rabbit of any importance has just appeared, in part 3 of this Very Long book. Something like disc 8 of 13.

I don't know that I recommend this book, exactly; it's more that I want to read it because it's a classic that friends of mine love. I am enjoying the themes of community, courage through adversity, believing in your friends, and valuing different people for having different gifts. I don't think I would have read it if not for the audio version; yay for audio books and podfic!!

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