#listen. i just wanna see what kind of writing utensils u got

[creatediana]

"Lines Written Hastily on Someone Else's Desk" - a poem written 3/27/2024

I have to sneak into your desk— I've calculated every risk— I have to test out all your pens and blot out with them my chagrins. I have an urge for every ink— for every mark I make I rank the color and the thickness.—In my rainbow correspondent brain this is the peak of knowledge—yes, the summit of my study's bliss. I snoop and steal to these fair ends— my paper keeps exotic winds.

#been awhile since i posted any of my #handwriting #2024 #iambic meter #iambic tetrameter #quatrains #rhyme scheme #poem #poetry #poets on tumblr #i've probably written idk how many poems about how i love snooping through other ppl's desks at work #listen. i just wanna see what kind of writing utensils u got #and use them on myyyyy paper teehee~ more colors #awhile back at my sister-in-law's bachelorette party. all the other women were talking about #how they like to look in ppl's medicine cabinets. and i was like what? why? #bc my sister-in-law and her blood sisters were talking abt how u do it early in a relationship #and i just couldn't relate. and it wasn't like a deeply voyeuristic things. it was more like #they just wanna see what u keep and how. in ur bathroom setup. #i mean i kinda get it. it is looking at how somebody lives. #in some very basic ways that arent super personal but theyre not necessarily apparent when u meet them #but anyway now i think abt that every time i go looking through ppl's desks. im like Oh This Is What I'm Doing. #the creepiest thing i've ever done is sniff somebody's chapstick. i wanted to know how minty it smelled #i should stop this confessional right now

[megacarapa]

2, 6, 11

i'm so sorry in advance i feel like that these are all gonna be such non answers GDBDJA you managed to pick 3 duds in a row😭 that's some kind of impressive🤣

2. how many houseplants in your room, and what kinds are they?

i don't have any gdgdha i don't do plants😭 well i used to have a tiny cactus that had like googly eyes and a little witch hat that we got one time on halloween but then i kept forgetting abt it and it dried out n i feel so bad😭 gdhdba i am not made for house plants

6. how you get relaxed when you’re struggling to sleep

i don'ttt fshdhfj idk how to relax... usually when i can't sleep 99% of the time its because my brain is too active (even if i am actually tired) so i keep thinking about things and i don't wanna forget them so i keep getting up to write them down or look up whatever i'm thinking about n then try to go back to sleep n then i think of sth AGAIN n the cycle just repeats for hours until ive finally exhausted myself somehow, either that or i just give up right away n get out of bed to do sth else😩

11. a tip or hack you’ve learned that makes cleaning or tidying easier

i've never really found cleaning to be hard? i know a lot of people really hate menial tasks but i find them perfect for me fdhdhfa idk if i can explain well but i love tasks where i know exactly how to do sth so i can just sit down and do it without thinking too much about it, that's why i always help dad with various stuff around the house. anyway if i try to think abt any advice i could have...  they're pretty specific but here u go - i used to find it really disorienting when i see a sink full of dishes n theres a bunch of stuff everywhere n idk what to start with so now whenever i fill the dishwasher i first separate all the dishes in the sink - like i put all the utensils in a bowl together n all the plates together and seperate it all into sections like that and THEN i go put them in section by section fdhhfha

similarly whenever im cleaning the table - i try not to look at the whole table so i don't get overwhelmed by all the stuff and instead i just take care of the items one by one if that makes sense, also always remember the classic - listen to music while doing chores🤣

ok when i saw this ask i thought i wasn't gonna have anything to say but once again i've underestimated my blabbing disease ú_ù

#asks #anon #i know i rbd this but i DID NOT expect to actually get some fshdha ty!

[notjanine]

2018 pop culture ranked

(highly subjective!)

MOVIES:

10. hotel artemis- everyone who didn’t like this movie is wrong. i know they advertised it as a john wick, but it’s not and that’s okay! accept it as-is, and it’s Good.

9. sorry to bother you- do i really need to explain

8. hereditary- i’m STILL mad at those last ten minutes for scaring me! toni collette is god

7. overlord- exactly what i wanted it to be. gross and fun! uglass wyatt russell COULD

6. the favourite- pls never let yorgos lanthimos write a movie ever again just stick to directing good scripts buddy!! bc i loved this!

5. spider-man: into the spider-verse- lissen. i know this should be higher. it’s near perfect. but

4. mission: impossible- fallout- i’m glad tom cruise has some weird danger fetish so he keeps making these. and that bathroom fight?? i’m still [redacted]

3. widows- name one flaw in this movie, i’ll wait.

okay okay okay. we all know what belongs at the top of this list. we all know what the best movie of the year was. but. it’s so close for me i’m gonna call it a tie

1. black panther- obviously

1. U P G R A D E - the first fight scene alone is better than every other movie on this list? give lmg an oscar for this; he’s got a Face and he USES it. and the cinnamontography?? what even is everyone else doing with cameras?? fling them shits around to make it look cool ppl. NOTE: i went into this movie knowing only -not tom hardy is in it -something about cyborgs. that’s it. don’t watch the trailer. go in knowing as little about it as possible. as a matter of fact, forget everything i’ve said about it up til this point. blacklist it on here bc i’m gonna post about it more. just watch it.

honorable mentions: the night comes for us (hot), game night (fun, and better than it needs to be!), ant-man and the wasp (hella bad science, but i enjoyed it a lot anyway???), death of stalin (iannucci), pacific rim: uprising (boyega is a star. eastwood is a good token white guy. A+ villainy tbh)

ALBUMS:

(not including scores/soundtracks!)

10. starcrawler - starcrawler - cut the sleeves off your t shirts, let your black nail polish chip, don’t clean your apartment for a couple days, put this on and channel your inner amanda brotzman

9. nobody’s watching - steady holiday - i know we’re all sick of whisper-singing breathy ingenues, but she’s my fave okay. 

8. prisma tropical -  balún - don’t you wanna feel like you’re in like a digital caribbean dreamscape??

7. dirty computer - janelle  monáe - again, i know this should be higher, but. it just doesn’t have the hit rate i want it to. does have some instant classics tho. miss monáe invented pussy with pynk and we have to respect that

6. isolation - kali uchis - She!!! this album is a PARTY

5. 7 - beach house - when black car comes on my consciousness instantly leaves my body to undulate in some dark starlit ether until lose your smile gradually brings me back to earth but i’m only approximately 60% corporeal until last ride finishes and i go to bed (yeah this is a nighttime album only)

4. soil - serpentwithfeet - bruh i was like six months late to this but holy shit. like multiple times during my initial listen i had to be like HE REALLY. when he said “i’m annoyed with clothes today / i’d rather swaddle myself in sorrow today” i FELT that

3. smote reverser - oh sees - jams all the way down

2. tu - alien weaponry - BANGERS ALL THE WAY DOWN

1. hive mind - the internet - morgan rhodes said this whole album makes you wanna rollerskate and that’s it. that’s the feeling. so good. smooth. fun. perfect.

honorable mentions (be the cowboy (i know, i know), acrylic, saturn, the hex, el mal querer, mozaik, the calling, double negative)

BONUS- EPs: (all of these would’ve made in into the top ten if they counted as full albums)

- the beauty of everything pt. 1 - alex isley - what a follow up to luxury!! i put this on in the morning a lot, set a good vibe for the day.

- conexão - amber mark - so good so good. this is a self-care soundtrack. put it on. light some candles. do a face mask. take a bath. braid your hair.

- crush - ravyn lenae - bops on bops. listening to this makes me feel like a girl in a way that is inexplicable??? like night song comes on and i’m. oh yeah! being a girl IS good and fun!

BOOKS:

(these are NOT all from this year, but i didn’t actually read many from this year, so this is just ~1/3 of what i did read, my faves, and the order’s only kind of correct, i didn’t put a ton of thought into ranking them but)

10. the shadowed sun by n.k. jemisin - loved it, but has one trope i HATE.

9. the hundred thousand kingdoms by n.k. jemisin - loved it. and the whole naha thing... made me feel some type of way (that #5 reinforced)

8. consider the fork by bee wilson - look. it’s a book about kitchen utensils. not for everyone. but i thoroughly enjoyed it.

7. the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson - oh man!!! spooky (idk why but my brain automatically fancast eleanor - nikki amuka bird, theo - tessa thompson, luke - billy magnussen)

6. don’t panic by neil gaiman - i read it THROUGH getting a tattoo. like lying in an uncomfortable position, exposed in a public space, with lots of people chatting and loud music. it’s that interesting and amusing (esp considering it was written before the trilogy was finished). but i’m a douglas adams nerd.

5. all but the bloody mouth by becca de la rosa - i read this all in one sitting on a rainy day when i should have been doing other things but i could not put it down. and i cried and i don’t even know why?? p sure i just got possessed by a swamp demon or something. would recommend

4. kindred by octavia butler - auntie octavia was that bitch

3. of things gone astray by janina matthewson - i would literally die for this woman. between this book and wtw she’s gotten more individual shoutouts in my gratitude journal than any other person (i think she’s second only to gus for 2018) (seriously though listen to within the wires s1 might be my single favorite piece of fiction in the universe)

2. the killing moon by n.k. jemisin - this is everything i want a fiction book to be i think. i forced myself to slow down on this just to enjoy it for longer.

1. the cooking gene by michael twitty - i would make this book into a horcrux. 

honorable mentions: alice isn’t dead (great monsters!), gulp (gross but cool), the patternmaster series (wild seed is my FAVE, but i read that one last year), sing unburied sing (ghosts), children of blood and bone (fantasy!), the shadow cabinet (the shades of london is my ya guilty pleasure i just fucking love ghosts okay and the first one is legitimately Scary)

#i'm putting a read more break at the top but for some reason they don't always seem to work esp on mobile #so if this all shows up on your dash i'm sorry #but i had fun doing this!! #i don't even know how i managed to keep up with so much media this year with school and all but wow