movies:

the matrix: 10/10 LOVED, new fav for sure. really understand the hype now

two hands: fun and enjoyable

my beautiful laundrette: very cute, pleasant experience, nfsa doesn't really miss

trainspotting: again LOVED, been thinking about a lot since. i totally get the hype

nausicaa of the valley of the wind: loved! i just love animations and how they can create these beautiful and strange worlds that live action can't create, i get jealous that i can't exist in the worlds

party girl: i missed some bits of it but overall pleasant and easy watch

red turtle: look I’m a lover of weird animations but I kinda zoned out for this one

books:

mad mabel: really one of those books where, as soon as you finish it, you immediately want to read it again. Devoured it on the flight to Japan, start to finish in a few hours. Really enjoyed

love and other words: read in south korea. look, it gripped me at first but its kinda just smut and it progressively gets worse.

project hail mary: loved loved loved! one of the first scifi books I’ve read and I was a little hesitant, but this book gripped me. spent my time in Seoul wanting to go back to the hotel room and keep reading. spent the days after hungry for another book like this one!

artemis: read in thailand! decided on another andy weir in attempt to relive project hail mary. this one was good but didn’t hit as much, sort of felt like it was too easy to tell a man wrote the female protagonist idk

my friends: this one is by Frederick Backman. loved this one! so cute and had me crying in the first ten minutes. The writing is beautiful, and the story made me want to make art! I wouldn’t say it gripped me but it made for a good read in vietnam!

never let me go: read in Poland and Slovakia! this one is cool and weird and gripped me in the second half

videos:

A Kind of Testament (2023) - Stephen Vuillemin - Remembers & Aycevee : recommended by ella, cool but very strange

music:

problem dog by dumbhead : has been on repeat since new years (2026), made even better when i saw them play in canberra, and chatted to them briefly after the gig, then randomly RAN INTO them at a party after the gig! did not expect them to be there, felt like i was in a movie

podcasts:

the revolution in iran : listened to all the parts, mostly at work, and i enjoyed it a lot. probably my fav rest is history episodes i have listened to yet.

serbia | the birthplace of civilisation : was really interesting but i found myself getting distracted (although i was at work so i can't really blame the podcast)