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Hooray!
Finally uploading the site after the loooongest time! I can't believe I did it.
Even though I decided to learn HTML over a year ago, I didn’t really have the time to dive into it until I finished my thesis. What a journey that was!
I’m currently working on two (maybe three?) other sections for the site. I’m not sure how long it will take, but for now, I have this cute microblogging section to make it easier to upload content more often!
So much work! (๑ó⌓ò๑)
These past days have been incredibly busy! I’m getting ready for my graduation, which has basically meant running errands non-stop for the past couple of weeks. But I can’t really complain—I’ve also had plenty of free time for my hobbies.
Yesterday, I finally finished reading *The Well of Loneliness*! I had been putting it off for the longest time—the page count was a bit intimidating, haha—but it turned out to be great and surprisingly easy to read! I just wonder whether Radclyffe Hall actually believed in all the sexologist nonsense that was popular at the time and included in the book, and if so, to what extent. I know the novel has a lot of autobiographical elements, but I’m not very familiar with her as a person...
That said, it’s always nice to read about gender non-conforming lesbian women—representation in media is still so rare. I remember being sooo excited when I first read Stone Butch Blues!
I also got to play more of TLOZ: Echoes of Wisdom; I just defeated the Jabu’s dungeon boss. I’m absolutely in love with the art style! I think I’ll try "Link's Awakening" when I'll be done with this.
Tonight, I’m planning to start Lost Records: Bloom and Rage —I’m soooo excited! I’ve been waiting for it since 2023, and since I ditched social media, I’m completely spoiler-free. I’m also starting a new book: The File on H. by Ismail Kadare.
Thrifting!
II went to the barber to get a fresh fade before my graduation ceremony, along with running a few other errands. It feels surreal—graduating next week? It feels like just yesterday I started my bachelor’s degree. However! I still managed to go thrift shopping and found some interesting stuff!
CDs:
Books:
I’ve been wanting to read this for the longest time! I first came across her work through her TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story" and later read "We Should All Be Feminists".
I have to be honest, I first heard about this book on BookTok two years ago. It intrigued me, but I know it could potentially be pretentious and cringeworthy. Still, I think I’ll read this next after finishing "The File on H."
I loooove Renée Vivien, I think she's greatly underrated as a writer. Shad a tumultuous relationship with Natalie Clifford Barney, who was a major inspiration for her work. She was her muse, so to speak. This small essay focuses on lesbianism and related topics, so I’m really interested in her perspective.
I also finally started Lost Records: Bloom and Rage!I really appreciate Dontnod’s attention to interior design—they’ve improved so much since Life is Strange! The game is set in the ‘90s, and even though I grew up in the early 2000s, it gives me such nostalgia for that era’s design. The camera feature is adorable! I could easily spend hours editing clips if it weren’t for the fact that I’m playing with my girlfriend—and maybe spending an hour finding the perfect shot isn’t exactly the vibe...
The game itself is very slow-paced, which makes sense given that it’s split into two parts instead of five (like Life is Strange). This actually benefits character development, especially if you take the time to explore side quests and dialogues. That said, it can feel a bit too slow at times. Because of this—and since I’m playing with my girlfriend, plus Part Two doesn’t drop until April—I’m taking my time with it. I’m also almost done with TLOZ: Echoes of Wisdom—I think I have about two hours left. As I mentioned in my last microblog entry, it’s been really fun! After this, I might play something on my PSVita or 3DS, or maybe go back to BOTW (which I, uh... never finished—oops!).
Speaking of unfinished games, yesterday I watched this video and it was so interesing, especially for someone like me who struggles to go back playing games that I dropped. So that inspired me to pick up some games I dropped when university got too intensespecifically Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Diablo IV. I’m going to try using a gaming journal and engaging with positive content about these games to get back into them. Now that I’ve got my screen time under control, I think it’ll be easier (currently averaging 5 hours per week on my phone and 1.5 hours per day on Chrome).
So much work! (๑ó⌓ò๑)
These past days have been incredibly busy! I’m getting ready for my graduation, which has basically meant running errands non-stop for the past couple of weeks. But I can’t really complain—I’ve also had plenty of free time for my hobbies.
Yesterday, I finally finished reading *The Well of Loneliness*! I had been putting it off for the longest time—the page count was a bit intimidating, haha—but it turned out to be great and surprisingly easy to read! I just wonder whether Radclyffe Hall actually believed in all the sexologist nonsense that was popular at the time and included in the book, and if so, to what extent. I know the novel has a lot of autobiographical elements, but I’m not very familiar with her as a person...
That said, it’s always nice to read about gender non-conforming lesbian women—representation in media is still so rare. I remember being sooo excited when I first read Stone Butch Blues!
I also got to play more of TLOZ: Echoes of Wisdom; I just defeated the Jabu’s dungeon boss. I’m absolutely in love with the art style! I think I’ll try "Link's Awakening" when I'll be done with this.
Tonight, I’m planning to start Lost Records: Bloom and Rage —I’m soooo excited! I’ve been waiting for it since 2023, and since I ditched social media, I’m completely spoiler-free. I’m also starting a new book: The File on H. by Ismail Kadare.
(not so) micro blog post
It's been a minute, isn't it?
Crazy thing happened in my life, after my graduation. I got hospitalized, nothing serious thankfully but it had an impact on my mental health and it has been a huge shock. It was also a terrible timing to get hospitalized because of what I was workin on, which was the application to master degrees to different universities in my country. I wasn't able to get into my first choice in the first draft and I was quite pessimistic about it. However, while I was looking for an apartment in the city I was about to move in for attending my second choice university, I received a mail that announced me I got selected. Exciting and scary at the same time I must say.
There's obviously even more since I've not updated in 5 months or so, that's why I'm breaking down this update in "mini section"!It's really hard remembering what I did 2-3 months ago, another good reason to keep updating this blog I guess, luckily I have some photos about my whereabouts.
I went to some really cool art exhibits! My favourite one has been the one dedicated to the iranian artist Shirin Nshat and to her multimedia works. I find her works very powerful, her short movies in particular. Unfortunately I cannot find it in a better quality but I loved her short "Turbulent". It was an odd coincidence, considering it wasn't planned, but speaking of another great iranian woman artist, I read Persepolis by Marjane Sartrapi while I was in the hospital.
It has became one of my favourite graphic novel of all time. Not only the art is beautiful, simple yet striking, but the narrative style is great. Memoirs are usually not my cup of tea, however I finished it in less than 4 days. I also read some of her other works, Embroideries is also great, and I can't wait to read more. I would love to write more about it, but I fear this update is going to end up even bigger of what I imagined it to be!
During April and May I also did a lot of thrift shopping! I was able to repair a CD Player and a Walkman that I bought for less than 15 bucks. Speaking of old tech, I also brought back to life my old ps2 and xbox 360 (I was inspired by this video. I was shocked of finding out that you can still play online and even downloading the contents you previously bought on it (although the xbox market has been down on the 360 for two years now). Furthermore, a couple of weeks ago I found out my old game boy in my dad's basement, and it still works! I'm planning on pimping it by using this kitas soon as I'll have the money for. Handhelds are my favourite way of experience gaming, this summer I played a lot on my 3ds, nds lite and nintendo switch.
However, even with the gaming journal system, I still struggle to play videogames like I used to do. I ended up dropping Canes Canem Edit when I was more than halfway through it. It wasn't even that I wasn't enjoying it, I just... had no time, and then I did not pick it up again (argh!). Still, I was able to beat more than one game this first part of 2025, so I can't really complain.
I must be honest and say that I did not leave my home a lot in june, because of me working at my portfolio, and july (because of the heat).
But I was able to attend Dua Lipa Concert, which definetely june's highlight. She's a terrific performer, and her voice live is even better if possible, especially when it comes to demanding songs such as "Falling Forever".
I was also able to go on holiday with some of my friends, which is always nice, and got my buzzcut painted by one friend of mine. I spend most of August looking for a flat to rent, even though as I said it was sort of useless considering I got admitted at my first choice, playing DS Games (mostly picross, I became addicted) and reading.
Lately I'm reading more non-fiction and memoirs; I also started using Readwise more to archive useful passages for my essays and store them on Logseq (which I find way better than Notion). I'm also trying to switch to Vim for coding, I'm using this site as a guide for integrating what I learned by going through the vimtutor course. I also picked up some other hobbies such as weaving, jewel making and studying german. The fact I don't have to worry about my master's admission meant I could finally relax until mid September.
Hopefully I'll able to update more frequently from now on! See you around!
