hibernating with my books ʕ-ᴥ-ʔ

life lately: I'm on the rollercoaster of life. networking & too much coffee & learning how to freelance & interviewing for full time roles & it's just so much for a girl who doesn't think highly of employment anyway. but it is nice to reach out to people I've met because of work and to discover how many of them are willing to give me their time & support. in the meantime, I'm starting to volunteer at a community-run bookshop in my neighborhood and I've also just been accepted for a taichi teacher training. so I'm juggling a lot! but there's things to look forward to.

recent reading: hemlock & silver by t. kingfisher (my first book in a month!), and I think I'm going to start the veronica speedwell books next...?

recent listening: my march playlist, titled "resilience, trust & taking care." it mostly consists of anime theme songs and BTS.

recent watching: I finally got back into my hero academia and WOW what a doozy it was. who knew my fun little hero adventure series would become so deeply filled with family trauma? and who would've thought I'd then go and rewatch fruits basket as a palate cleanser?

life lately: spent the last week and a half in taipei doing family stuff. now I'm home again and looking forward to settling back into my life, enjoying fall (winter), maybe re-joining my local yoga studio?, maybe trying a couple new things. I've had some random connections with strangers lately (from the birding crowd in taiwan to my bengali uber driver who chatted with me the entire hour drive home). makes me feel warm inside.

recent reading: welp didn't make it through kushiel's dart after all, but I've been making headway with my romancelandia syllabus. I also started the hour of our death for my healthcare & humanity syllabus which has been reeeally interesting but slow going given that it's an actual tome! currently most focused on beauty by robin mckinley, as well as rereading the lady of rooksgrave manor (because I needed a mindlessly fun comfort read).

recent listening: lily allen's incredible, flawless new album, west end girl. can't stop listening, even if it makes me so, so sad.

recent watching: I tried to get into season 4 of critical role, but have only really been watching on & off. I'm back on kimi ni todoke and it reminds me so much of me in middle school through college... it's both incredibly soothing and it makes me cringe. I watch it with my heart stuck in my throat.