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finished 'cardcaptor sakura' yesterday which i loved. the animation is excellent, it has a great balance of magical journey and slice of life, the characters are a joy to watch (except for mr. terada who i booed every time he was onscreen, tho luckily they toned down the stuff w/ him and rika...
was never the captain but i was on previous iterations. that said i don't think i qualify under the current rules (i'm nigerian and have only played for afrabs but grew up and live in the us). don't think i know anyone off the top of my head still active but will try to spread the word if i can...
finished 'revolutionary girl utena' yesterday and am obsessed. actually started it like a month ago and made it to episode 27 but then quit (i loved it at first but started to get impatient with it). glad i picked it back up though since 28 on was hit after hit, especially the last few episodes...
after binging 'the woman called fujiko mine' two days ago i have now watched every lupin iii tv series, thus completing my masters in lupin studies :) dedicating this achievement to my poetry mfa program whose funding has enabled this critical research
saw the score of that wolves clippers game and was like 'oh well pg and kawhi were out' then looked it up and saw they played...i better hear about this on the talk shows tomorrow.......
love the rockets move. feel like capela gets played off the court in the playoffs every year so i'm glad...
have read 100 books this year. here are some i've enjoyed (check em out, i promise they're good!):
prose:
fantasian by larissa pham
my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell
the seas by samantha hunt
green girl by kate zambreno (her books 'heroine' and 'o fallen angel' are also incredible)...
instead of sharing one of my poems i figured i'd share 10 poems i enjoy. if you're someone who's curious about poetry but doesn't know too much about it hopefully you find something you like here (and always feel free to hmu for recs!)
Poem to an Unnameable Man by Dorothea Lasky
Notebook...
No one made a 2018 thread last year and it was a brutal year so I wanted to make sure we didn't start off cursed again.
Albums from 2019 you're listening to? Excited about? Willing to bet will be trash? Have more than a few thoughts but wanna know yours.