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saturday - august 16th

Even though I had plans for Saturday night (which normally stresses me out), today was pretty chill!

Did not sleep to good, but we went grocery shopping first thing in the morning so that kinda woke me up🌻

Back home, I had some fruit and my boyfie cut up a watermelon for me - We‘re getting really good at finding the sweetest one in the story by knocking on them and looking at all their spots :)

I baked some brownies yesterday & they turned out soo cute!! they‘re ghibli inspired (the little soot sprites) and i love them🙂‍↕️

In the afternoon we took a nap while watching some tv and then sat on our terrace, while Ben tried to guess my most listened to tracks/ artists/ albums of my lifetime (he was pretty good! or maybe i‘m an open book…)

Got ready & my sister came over 🌞 We met up with our friends at the cinema a few towns over to watch Weapons (I had no idea what to expect, didn‘t even see the trailer this time) and I loved it!

My sister is not the biggest fan of horror films (she thought Weapons was an action film) and at the first jumpscare she (very loudly) screamed 'OH GOD' at the same time as another woman behind us (who probably also thought this was an action film). It was hilarious!!

Normally I ALWAYS get a vanilla coke or a slushy in the cinema BUT the changed their soda provider apparently because you could only get Pepsi & 7up this time😞 The film made up for this though! I‘m a big, big fan of following a story by seeing it from different perspectives so this one was great for me 🌟

my song of the day:

(my sister and i listened to it on repeat today while driving to the cinema🤭)

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friday - august 15th

Channelled my inner prairie girl this morning and went to work with a bow in my hair for the first time ever! I really like it :)

It was super chill at work again and we listened to Conan Gray‘s new album Wishbone - I gave it a 3/5 for the first listen.. but most albums grow on me over time so once I listen to it more i‘m sure my rating will go up a bit🪻

Had some Pudding Oats for breakfast - Tasted like shit! I like my normal oats better (especially the white chocolate raspberry ones) 🌞

My boss liked the kimchi fried rice I made for lunch!! Didn‘t know it could be so fulfilling to cook for your friends (i‘m always the one that’s being cooked for). Because there was little to do at work, I tended to the office plants, drew on my sticky notes and talked to my colleagues about our plans for the weekend.

My boss and I made plans to go see weapons tomorrow as a little group and I‘m excited!! Looking forward to the film & eating popcorn🧚🏼‍♀️

I got home rather early (around 16:30-ish) so I wasn‘t all that hungry. I spent the next 4 hours in my garden reading & eating olives. I finished The Years (amazing book, never read anything like it before) and followed it up with The Secret History :)

Later in the evening my bf came over and he cooked me some dinner. Because I got my period earlier, he bought some things containing a lot of iron so I‘ll feel better :') Ate some yummy steak/spinach/other veggies summer rolls 🥬 He‘s so thoughtful ♡

Song of the day

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thursday - august 14th

Scratch whatever I said about it being hot yesterday… I nearly died on my way home today from the heat😞

I decided to actually get up and go to work, even though I still felt a bit sick(ish) because for some reason I always feel better once I‘m actually at work. Not sure if my company is doing magic on me to make me hustle, but I definitely felt way better than yesterday☀️

Work was so fun today, my colleagues were all in a great mood and since we don‘t have much stress this week we messed around quite a bit! Though I had to lock in later in the afternoon due to all the UK orders..

Anyways great day at work, caught up with my colleagues & read pretty much all through my lunch break and on my way home! Got absorbed by The Secret History today :)

I revived my goodreads so that I can start tracking my reading progress (as you know I LOVE tracking everything I do) and I can‘t wait to review my first book on there hehe

Once I was back home I took a shower (I love showering super hot, then super cold and so on, it‘s good for your health!!), did my skincare and started cooking dinner 🥬

I made some kimchi fried rice with leftover kimchi and all the veggies in my fridge (cabbage, bok-choy & carrots) and put some in the fridge for work tomorrow! Saved two portions, one for me and one for my boss🌟 Sharing is caring :)

My song of the day was:

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wednesday - august 13th

Today was a SUPER hot day with 32 degrees🌻

I still had a bit of a fever when I woke up this morning, but the fever gradually went down over the day! My nose isn‘t stuffy anymore (just a little runny now) and my throat got better too, so I will be going back to work tomorrow :)

Activity-wise it was rinse, rise, repeat today. Read more (nearly done with The Years, also started The Secret History and Koi dano ai dano) and listened to a lot of music 🎶

Furthermore, I watched Treasure Planet and gosh it‘s so underrated!! Probably in my top three disney films of all time. It‘s gorgeous, has a great soundtrack and lovely characters.

Making major progress with my August curriculum 🌟Already thinking about what I wanna get done in September…

I‘m actually really enjoying reading right now, so I went online to renew my library card. But to my horror my local library has super weird opening times now (haven‘t been there in like three years) so I‘m not sure I would actually make use of my library subscription…

So yeah, that kinda bummed me out but I still have many books at home left to read from my mum & my granny!! 🌞 Also I bought some specific books I want to read online earlier :)

On my fav website you can get books for super cheap secondhand, and I love buying stuff that was loved prior by someone else (& it‘s easy on my wallet)

I sat outside for a little while in the evening once it got a bit cooler (still 27 degrees though..) and my bestie came over! Sadly I‘m allergic to all kinds of animals so I mostly just talk to them from further away, but sometimes I pat them anyways🤭 Just gotta wash my hands and clothes really thoroughly and use my inhaler (worth it!!)

For dinner I made myself a kimchi pancake in the airfryer, low effort and yummy. The best drink on such a hot summer day is a super cold vanilla coke🥢

And I cut some fruit for dessert, a japanese pear 🍐

my song of the day:

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tuesday - august 12th

I woke up with a fever today so I stayed in bed. My nose is pretty stuffy & my throat hurts. It‘s so lame that I got a cold in summer 😖

Spent my day sleeping, drinking tea & reading!

Also, I listened to Awakening:Sleeping today and I thought the album was pretty great🫧

I‘m just gonna try to get more rest, take an ibuprofen to sleep soon & then I‘ll check back in tomorrow.

My song of the day:

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did the math and at this moment I have 84 games in my backlog…

so yeah…

september curriculum will be interesting

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media I consumed last week🌻

04.08-10.08.2025

Weekly roundup on what kinda media I consumed in the previous week, now that I want to do a scrolling detox!

I want to share my thoughts on things I’ve read, watched, played and listened to with you people, so that everything I consume lingers a bit longer than 3.5 seconds in my brain :)

what I watched

I think I haven’t watched any film last week, if I remember correctly. At least I didn’t log anything on my letterboxd.

As for series, my boyfriend and I are watching south park currently! I feel like south park is very convenient because you don’t HAVE to watch everything chronologically and can kinda jump around from the episodes that interest you (even though I would probably recommend to watch it chronologically anyways).

The new episode came out last week (S27E2) and I liked it! Did not like it as much as the first one, though I think that’s because now the shock factor is gone. Loved how they portrayed JD Vance (what a fucking dickhead) and Kristi Noem. Very accurate!

Also Clyde & Eric’s podcast arc is very funny, sadly none of the people that should understand the irony will understand it. Already saw people saying South Park is glazing Charlie Kirk (??), so like always right-wingers are missing the message.

Also, Charlie Kirk should kill himself (what? who said that)

I don’t watch a lot of youtube, simply because I’m not really interested in any influencers or their content. BUT my exception is withlovelinh 🌟

No matter what happens, I will always watch her new vlogs & videos since I subscribed to her in 2019 (at this point we grew up together, idc). Her videos are cinematic masterpieces, she makes the most mundane moments so beautiful 💌

Since she hasn’t posted a new video in a month, I rewatched some of my favourites of her:

Chasing the Northern Lights has me YEARNING to go to Iceland. Incredibly beautiful shots of the Icelandic nature, the amazing waterfalls and the sea. I love watching her solo travels vlogs, how she plans her days in another country to see everything she wants to but still slows down to enjoy the simple things :)

Linh is the reason I started with photography as a hobby and once I get stuck, demotivated or burned out by my camera, I always circle back to this video. My favourite part is how she tried to capture the same sceneries with different cameras to analyze the end results. Made me expand my own collection 🌟

So yeah, I haven’t watched all that much this past week!

what I read

I got started with the first book of my august curriculum, 'The Years' by Annie Ernaux. I’m currently about 70 pages in and so far it’s great!! (even though I often have to reread parts because I feel my mind wander due no fault of the book)

Also, I started annotating my book with thoughts and opinions I have on it, which is something I haven’t done in years (can’t believe I graduated four years ago…)

Lately I’ve been obsessed with Substack (which is also social media, but at least it’s tailored to topics that actually interest me) so here are my favourite articles I read the past week:

Great, great introduction to Marie Bashkirtseff. I had not heard of her prior to reading this article, but Art History Rambles got me hooked!

Went into research mode after finishing this one, and she really is the most interesting artist of all! 🔖

Amazing writing!

A very aggressive, but relatable piece about the envy and jealousy of women who are the same as you deep inside, but are cooler on the outside.

i crossed my hands and believed with a stern allegiance that “deepness” would be the gift bestowed upon me for my celibacy from being a woman.

Very touching piece on the topic of sexualizing and aestheticizing women’s pain.

Written very powerful and unapologetic, it shows how long this idealization has been around by putting emphasis on early examples of 'beautiful' female suffering like Ophelia in Othello.

what I played

I haven’t actually played anything in the last week besides some Super Smash Bros on my Switch 🧚🏼‍♀️

Training with Bayonetta currently to destroy my friends the next time we all play Smash together :))

Project Epoch still has not had a stable launch yet, otherwise I would have been on WoW. They might get the servers up this week though, so we’ll see!

what I listened to

Last week I listened to two albums! I’m trying to be more active on musicboard again to track my thoughts on different albums, so feel free to friend me on there if you also have an account!

I chose Bewitched: The Goddess Edition by Laufey for my walk on Friday to wind down my brain after my 10 hour work day. Listening to Laufey always puts me at ease, her voice is just so magical :)

I also listened to the first album of my august curriculum, We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic by Foxygen!

This album was a rollercoaster… The highs of the albums were extraordinary, with masterpieces like San Francisco that made you levitate on every listen. The lows however… You can read my review below lmao.

Still a fun listen!

As for my playlists, the most popular choice this week was my new office tunes playlist 🌟

Checked my stats.fm for the last week & I listened to 3.8k minutes last week, with my most listened to album being We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic by Foxygen and my most listened to song being Bohemian Like You by The Dandy Warhols :)

That’s all for now💋 See you next week!

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CHAPPELL ROAN Performing at Øyafestivalen 2025

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the most perfect, most gorgeous cinematic music video of all time 𓏲๋࣭࣪˖🪼.ᐟ

casual - chappell roan

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monday - august 11th

It’s just another manic Monday… ♬⋆.˚

I’ve been feeling a bit sick since yesterday (probably a simple cold, today I had a strong headache, stuffed noise and been coughing) and waking up was a struggle today😞

Work was alright, pretty standard!

It was so hot today🌞 Drove me crazy…

Our office doesn’t have air conditioning and since I’m on the upper floors it gets insanely hot in the summer. I can not take it anymore😖

Took some ibuprofen during my lunch break, but my headache persists. For lunch I had a Twix, since I wasn’t all that hungry today. At the moment I’m reading up on the impact of Artificial Intelligence (very intriguing) and taking some notes in my journal.

Got off work pretty on time today, but since my train was delayed I got home a bit later. Went to the asian store on my way home and picked up some things I was missing (japanese curry, enoki mushrooms & kimchi)🥬

Made some quick food tonight:

Very yummy!! 🌻

song of the day:

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didn’t say anything about my sunday because it was just a lazy, quiet day :)

had breakfast outside, started reading 'the years' by annie ernaux and just hung out in my garden🪻⛰️

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saturday - august 9th

I woke up really early in the morning and was already stressed :( My day was pretty packed, and I get anxious really quickly when I think I won't have enough time or have to rush to get everything done.

First thing of the agenda was going to the gym. This time I went with boyfie and gym actually helped me calm down a bit. We did part of our workout together and then parted ways for a bit. He continued to get in some cardio and I went to the farmers market (i love our little farmers market in town) and did some grocery shopping🥬

Later in the day we did some yard work and then got on our way to meet our friends for Korean BBQ! We tried this new spot which is an all you can eat buffet and I thought it was great :)

Especially yummy were the pork belly slices & the thinly sliced beef. I like to eat my pork belly with lettuce & ssamjang, it’s soo delicious. The kimchi was alright, but the white pickled radish was wayy better (loved it!)

Beer & KBBQ is the ultimate combination!! 🍺

After dinner we took a walk to the park where we watched the light show! On the way we saw some swans in the river 🦢

Originally my plan was to take a bunch of photos with my camera, but once we were there and found a spot to sit on the grass i simply got too cosy…

It was nice to watch the show with no distractions, not filming anything and not watching the show through my camera lens. I took one picture near the end of the show to post on here so you guys know what I’m talking about🧚🏼‍♀️

song of the day🪻

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finished my curriculum for august!

this is everything I want or have to get done this month, categorized in must do’s & can do’s🔖

my non-negotiables this month are

going to the gym more consistently

trying at least three new recipes

journaling every day

cleaning & organizing my art drawer

sorting through my phone gallery

cancelling email subscriptions I don’t want anymore

these are my picks for this month to consume media more mindfully instead of doomscrolling on tiktok!

a big issue is the abundance of media that I could consume which kinda freezes me until I resort back to rewatching a series I’ve seen five times or scrolling, so I wanted to make my choices for media for this month in advance! we’ll see if it works 💿

watching this month

1. Eyes Wide Shut (film, 159 minutes)

2. Treasure Planet (film, 96 minutes)

3. sweetpea (series, 264 minutes)

author‘s note:

Eyes Wide Shut has been on my watchlist for the longest time and I heard so many great things about it! I always have the feeling that I have to make my time off work count and that I can‘t spent so much time on a film (which is ironic considering I‘m just on my phone) but I‘ll watch it this month for sure!!

I was reminded of Treasure Planet recently when I watched an edit of the film. I think I watched it back in 2021 and it‘s one of the films on my rewatch list!

Sweetpea has been on my watchlist since it came out last year. Really like the actress, so I‘m excited to watch this series :)

reading this month

1. The Years by Annie Ernaux

2. The Secret History by Donna Tartt

3. 恋だの愛だの by Tsujita Ririko

author‘s note:

Was so intrigued to read something by Annie Ernaux after reading an article about her life and how her experiences shaped the themes she mainly wrote about (Collective society & history, social class & female sexuality post WW2). I picked up two of her works 'The Years' and 'Shame', so I‘m very excited to dive deeper by reading her books myself!

The Secret History has been on my shelf for the longest time. Passed down by my mother, I started reading it when I was around 12, but never finished it. I wanna change that now, especially since everyone and their mother seems to be raving about this one.

Koi dano ai dano was recommended to me by another girlie online, so I‘ll give it a try. I haven‘t read any other work by the author nor read the description of this story, so I‘ll be going in blind. I like that the protagonist is short haired & wears glasses (just like me hehe)

playing this month

1. A Short Hike (first play)

2. Detroit Become Human (replay)

author‘s note:

I have a such a HUGE video game backlog. Mostly because instead of playing any of the games that I bought, I‘ll rather replay a game that I know I like… Starting new games is scary!!

To fight this, I will be playing a new game this month (+ another replay of DBH whoops). A short hike seems like a nice game to wind down with after work and it‘s not too much of a commitment because it‘s rather short.

I feel like Detroit Become Human is more relevant now than ever. When I played this game for the first time back in 2019, I thought it was silly that the game is set in 2038… Life-like androids integrated in the day-to-day life of people? What?

But with the rise of Artificial Intelligence and the fast advancement in especially the past five years, it does NOT seem far-fetched to me anymore. Like Chloe said: Remember, this is not just a story. This is our future.

listening to this month

1. We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic - Foxygen

2. Since I Left You - The Avalanches

3. Awakening:Sleeping - MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS

4. Inside In Inside Out - The Kooks

author‘s note:

I love listening to music. I love making playlist. I have a huge physical collection of vinyls, CDs and cassettes. But I still don‘t listen to entire albums as much as I‘d like. We‘re gonna change that now!

These albums were all on a list on musicboard titled 'the most summer albums to ever exist'. It being summer right now, I took my picks from the list for this month. These are all albums from artists I already knew prior, who I know have great songs that I like. So it‘s basically guaranteed I‘ll like the albums! I‘ll let you guys know at the end of the month what my favourites were from each album :)

I‘ll report back at the end of august with my progress and how this curriculum worked for me!

Much love 💌

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Mid last year I got myself an Owala water bottle. Usually I really can’t stand drinking from water bottles because I feel like the water always tastes either plastic-y oder metallic-y 😖

But my mother was worrying about whether or not I was drinking enough water (spoiler alert: I didn’t) since bladder & kidney related cancer runs in my family.

+ I needed a water bottle anyway, because I wanted to use the water dispenser at my gym, so, like I previously stated, I got myself an Owala.

And it was great! Didn’t made the water taste weird, kept it very cold and was handy enough for me to carry around all day (this is starting to sound like an advertisement…) and I started to drink like 2,5 liters of water a day!

Until I broke it in march 😞

I was so heartbroken that I broke the closure thingy of the bottle head. I still use it, mind you, just now it’s only at my desk at work since I can’t close it anymore and take it to places with me…

I wanted to get a second one though, for gym mainly but also to take it with me on trips or just use it at home to keep my water cool.

But then the Owala website shut down. No more water bottles for sale at the moment! Especially not in the colour you like!

So for the last few months I just used little prefilled drinks at the gym and used my broken Owala at the office.

This was until last night🌟

My boyfriend comes over, reaches into his backpack und pull out MY water bottle!! All functional with a closing lid and everything! In the colour that I liked best!

Unbeknownst to me he watched over the website the past months and got me my Owala once it was back in stock and shipping wasn’t predicted to be 6 months.

I am so grateful for him🥲 He’s the most thoughtful person I know. Thank you!! 💌

I’m gonna hit the gym today with my new (old) bottle…

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friday - august 8th

Finished another 10h work day⛰️

Had to reconnect with nature after today (just kidding, work was pretty chill today and I had fun!), so I went for a walk after I got home around 6pm. There is this little lake a few minutes from my house and back when I was young, my dad and I used to take strolls around it. Nowadays it’s all private property (ugh) and there’s no way to get to the other side anymore without trespassing :(

Luckily for me there is this little spot where i can sit down comfortably and have my feet dangle just above the water🌻 Lately I’ve been feeling a bit dull and I’m pretty sure it’s because of that damn phone…

I don’t like the term brainrot, even though I believe it’s fairly accurate. My mind is reluctant to concentrate & my attention span is shorter than ever :(

As a result of a job where I spent a lot of time behind my desk creating documents and spreadsheets, there isn’t much stimulus for my brain. When I get home and mindlessly doomscroll tiktok for hours on end, it actively drains me and leaves me feeling shitty. The worst part is that I don’t even LIKE most of what I see on there. Do I really want to spend hours a day consuming stupid people’s thoughts?

Have other people’s opinions shoved down my throat, especially in an age where most of the world descents to fascism? If I see another clip of Charlie Kirk spewing his bullshit I’m actually gonna lose it (loved the new south park episode though, especially how they depicted JD Vance lmao).

I totally believe social media is fine in small doses (she says, posting on her social media tumblr blog) but I want to restrict my time spent on social media. I still want to scroll tumblr, read my substack articles, look at pretty pictures on pinterest and post my silly little pictures on instagram. However, watching tiktoks/ reels HAS to be limited. I can quite literally feel my brain melting after scrolling for two hours.

To fight this, I want to stop choosing media that doesn’t require any thinking at all over my passions/ interests and stop mindless multitasking (scrolling tiktok while brushing my teeth, watching youtube while cooking and reading threads while watching tv). For august I will share my curriculum for this month (probably tomorrow) and try to get some shit done!! (making time for my hobbies)

I have so, so many interests and I want to reconnect with myself 💌

So yeah that’s basically my train of thought that got me at the lake this evening! I used to have such passion for art, both making art and learning about art history, but I haven’t really created anything in literal years. Was in art school for more than a decade and just haven’t gotten the attention span to focus on a painting for more than an hour tops (oof…)

I sat there for around an hour, sketching the view in front of me and listening to the entirety of laufey’s bewitched (the goddess edition) album. Not checking notifications , no doomscrolling. Well, no distractions besides my granny calling me to check wether or not I died after she saw my location marker at the lake not moving for an hour lmao

My resolutions to make myself more present:

1. Schedule dnd on my phone in the evening and spent some time away from my phone

2. Making a reading syllabus

3. Reading more essays (& hopefully writing some)

4. Research topics that interest me & take notes

5. Take walks & listen to an album in order

my song of the day🎧

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he asked me if I knew how to cook, so I showed him my pinterest boards and spotify playlists.

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thursday - august 7th

Hello people in my phone, today was actually a super fun day! 🙂‍↕️ Had to style my hair this morning cus I washed it yesterday night BUT since it’s so short now it’s sooo easy and quick to tame (i love it)

The weather today was amazing!! 🌞

No rain, no real humidity and it was pretty warm outside. Blue sky and no clouds, hooray!! Lately I love taking pictures of the blooming flowers in our/ my neighbours gardens. Lilies are some of my favourites, even though they smell like death…

One of the guys in the warehouse (from my team) celebrated his birthday today and brought muffins!! It was a big deal because said colleague is kinda grumpy all the time and we butt heads ALL the time so I was sooo touched that he baked muffins for us :(((

Work went by super fast since I had fun messing around with my colleagues a bit🧚🏼‍♀️ My teamlead brought the golden baby back to us from her japan trip earlier this year and we’ve been sharing custody of it. Can you believe she paid 20€ for it? She tried winning one of the gacha lotteries and failed miserably lmao (she’s my fav gambling addict though)

Now we gotta entertain ourselves with the baby (it’s hard cus it only speaks japanese…) to make it worth the money. Even though it’s ugly, I’ve grown a bit attached to it :')

Back at home, I went straight to the kitchen to make myself dinner 🥘 Made pasta with leftover bacon & some cucumber kimchi. I have so, so many packs of Hello Fresh’s pasta and even more cans of corn… Got them from my company (long story) and I gave most of it away to family, friends and neighbours (still have about 17 packs of pasta left). Most of the food we’ll give away to a community kitchen in our city, but if they won’t take it we get to take it home🌻

I wanna finish my august curriculum tomorrow (maybe i’ll post it this weekend). Lately I’ve been craving to learn something new… Maybe all the substack articles I consume actually have a positive impact on me :)

Song of the day: