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microblog listing what i've read/watched/listened to as of late, linking to corresponding jottings when extant. asterisks indicate rereads/rewatches/etc, pound signs are DNFs.

read:

• [07-02-25 to present] Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
• [06-25-25 to present] Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
• [06-22-25 to 06-24-25] Butcher's Crossing by John Williams - jotting
• [05-31-25 to 07-02-25] A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill
• [05-06-25 to 05-26-25] A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
• [04-05-25 to present] Wall Street by Charles R. Geisst
• [04-03-25 to 05-05-25] Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon - jotting
• [04-02-25 to present] How Computers Really Work by Matthew Justice
• [03-28-25 to present] The Code Book by Simon Singh
• [03-25-25 to 04-14-25] Future Crimes by Marc Goodman
• [03-18-25 to 03-27-25] Sunset Park by Paul Auster
• [03-15-25 to 04-23-25] Journey to the End of the Night by Céline - jotting
• [unknown to 03-14-25] The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
• [unknown to 03-12-25] Molloy by Samuel Beckett
• [02-14-25 to 02-16-25] Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (*)
• [unknown to 02-09-25] Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
• [01-01-25 to 01-02-25] A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr

watched:

• [07-07-25] Blast of Silence (1961) directed by Allen Baron
• [07-07-25] Bigger Than Life (1956) directed by Nicholas Ray
• [07-06-25] Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004) directed by Brett Sullivan
• [07-06-25] Ginger Snaps (2000) directed by John Fawcett
• [07-05-25] Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) directed by Gareth Edwards
• [07-04-25] Napoleon Dynamite (2004) directed by Jared Hess (*)
• [07-03-25] 20th Century Women (2016) directed by Mike Mills (*)
• [07-03-25] Sinister (2012) directed by Scott Derrickson
• [06-30-25] F1 (2025) dureccted by Joseph Kosinski
• [06-28-25] John Wick (2014) directed by David Leitch (*, #)
• [06-19-25] 28 Years Later (2025) directed by Danny Boyle
• [06-02-25] Ghostbusters (1984) directed by Ivan Reitman (*)
• [06-02-25] JFK (1991) directed by Oliver Stone (*)
• [06-02-25] Pom Poko (1994) directed Isao Takahata (*)
• [06-01-25] Session 9 (2001) directed by Brad Anderson
• [06-01-25] Pulp Fiction (1994) directed by Quentin Tarantino (*)
• [06-01-25] Signs (2002) directed by M. Night Shyamalan (*)
• [06-01-25] Out of Here (2013) directed by Dónal Foreman
• [05-28-25] The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) directed by Noah Baumbach (*)
• [05-27-25] 28 Weeks Later (2007) directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
• [05-27-25] Out of Here (2013) directed by Dónal Foreman/li>
• [05-26-25] Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) directed by Christopher McQuarrie
• [05-26-25] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) directed by Christopher McQuarrie
• [05-26-25] Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) directed by Christopher McQuarrie
• [05-24-25] Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) directed by Christopher McQuarrie
• [05-21-25] 28 Days Later (2002) directed by Danny Boyle (*)
• [05-20-25] They Live (1988) directed by John Carpenter (*)
• [05-20-25] The Departed (2006) directed by Martin Scorcese (*)
• [05-19-25] Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) directed by Jay Roach (*)
• [05-19-25] Mind Game (2004) directed by Masaaki Yuasa
• [05-19-25] Dancer in the Dark (2000) directed by Lars von Trier
• [05-18-25] Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) directed by Zack Lipovsky and Adam Stein
• [05-18-25] Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) directed by Brad Bird
• [05-17-25] Mission: Impossible III (2006) directed by J.J. Abrams
• [05-16-25] Mission: Impossible 2 (*)
• [05-16-25] Mission: Impossible (1996) directed by Brian De Palma (*)
• [05-13-25] Showgirls (1995) directed by Paul Verhoeven
• [05-13-25] The Last of the Mohicans (1992) directed by Michael Mann
• [05-13-25] Amadeus (1984) directed by Miloš Forman
• [05-12-25] Her (2013) directed by Spike Jonze (*)
• [05-12-25] A Fish Called Wanda (1988) directed by Charles Crichton
• [05-11-25] Copycat (1995) directed by Jon Amiel
• [05-07-25] The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) directed by Paul Greengrass (*)
• [05-04-25] Thunderbolts* (2025) directed by Jake Schreier
• [05-04-25] The Legend of Ochi (2025) directed by Isaiah Saxon
• [05-01-25] The Bourne Supremacy (2004) directed by Paul Greengrass (*)
• [04-26-25] Until Dawn (2025) directed by David F. Sandberg
• [04-26-25] The Legend of Ochi (2025) directed by Isaiah Saxon
• [04-25-25] The Bourne Identity (2002) directed by Doug Liman (*)
• [04-23-25] Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) directed by Woody Allen
• [04-22-25] Jamón jamón (1992) directed by Bigas Lunas
• [04-19-25] Sinners (2025) directed by Ryan Coogler
• [04-19-25] The Amateur (2025) directed by James Hawes
• [04-19-25] Warfare (2025) directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
• [04-15-25] Volver (2006) directed by Pedro Almodóvar
• [04-13-25] Being John Malkovich (1999) directed by Spike Jonze (*)
• [04-08-25] Old Joy (2006) directed by Kelly Reichardt (*)
• [04-06-25] Eephus (2024) directed by Carson Lund
• [04-04-25] Hell of a Summer (2023) directed by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk

listened to:

• [07-06-25] Cameron Smith and the Slings' "The Way Life Ought to Be (feat. Presley Haile)"
• [06-27-25] Alex G's "June Guitar"
• [06-03-25] Johnny Paycheck's classic
• [05-24-25] Wednesday's "Elderberry Wine"
• [05-09-25] Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band's "New Threats from the Soul"
• [05-05-25] this Thomas Dolbaum live show - specifically, this song
• [04-30-25] Greg Freeman's "Point and Shoot"
• [04-24-25] Friendship's "Resident Evil"
• [04-22-25] Frog's Count Bateman
• [04-21-25] Dutch Interior's Blinded by Fame
• [04-15-25] Tony Vaz's Pretty Side of the Ugly Life
• [04-10-25] Philly area indie music that all sounds the same - e.g., ex1, ex2, ex3.