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i just downloaded a pdf and i have my whole life ahead of me to ignore it

this is from "research as a leisure activity" by celine nguyen, publs. on stubstack in 2024. it's a very good read

just found out that accidentally in love by counting crows was literally made for shrek. they didnt just choose it. it didnt exist before. they asked counting crows to make a song for shrek 2 and thats how we got one of the best songs ever made. insane.

counting crows knew shrek 2 would become one of the best movies ever made and had to act accordingly

The trick is to be more curious than you're scared.

I clicked on this forest wildlife live stream on youtube, and as the stream opened there were like two dozen birds on the ground feeding, which all happened to get startled and scatter in unison the very moment it started playing for me, and it very immersively simulated the physical experience of suddenly happening upon those birds while walking in a forest clearing

Victor Frankenstein syndrome aka you spent nights over nights crying and bleeding over this work and now that it's finally done you're just like "nvm. it's trash" and go to bed