leah

25.07.2020

this is the mess that I call political philosophy

Fiona Apple, 1997. © David Corio

11.13.20

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

My official last ever full day of university, everything has to be handed in at 12:00 am tomorrow. 

Films

• Harry Potter: boarding school, magic, cozy

• Dead Poet Society: boarding school, forlorn, rich

• Twilight: bitter, terrible, autumn-y (mock it loudly whilst watching to make it worth while)

• Good Will Hunting: deep, cerebral, engaging

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream: classic, dreamy

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: monsters, childhood

• The Black Cauldron: disney classic, creepy, fun

• Kill Your Darlings: Murder, university, morality

• Hocus Pocus: witchy, nostalgic, light-hearted

• Coraline: trippy, weird, childlike, buzzing

• The Corpse Bride: drab, gentle, strange

• Dorian Gray: rich, ben barnes, terrible mentors

• Sleepy Hollow: grim, ghostly, casually haunting

• Crimson Peak: creepy, strange, dim, opulent

Shows

• The Queen’s Gambit: intelligent, new, riveting

• Peaky Blinders: dark, illegal 1910s shenanigans

• Sherlock Holmes (BBC): cerebral, mystery, witty

• Gilmore Girls: nostalgic, private school, literature

• Criminal Minds: mystery, crime, casual viewing

• Sabrina the Teenage Witch: nostalgic, light, witchy

• Scooby Doo Where Are You?: cozy, mystery, kids

• The Haunting of Bly Manor: dark, creepy, engaging

Books and short stories

• The Secret History: university, murder, morality

• Jane Eyre: classic, ghostly, romanticism

• Frankenstein: classic, gothic, sci-fi, morality

• Dracula: classic, gothic, horror

• Stalking Jack the Ripper: gothic, horror, victorian

• Sherlock Holmes: classic, mystery, cozy

• Ninth House: horror, necromancy, morality

• The Yellow Wallpaper: psychologically haunting, short story, morality

• Murder on the Orient Express: classic, mystery, whodunit

• Harry Potter: cozy, magic, boarding school

• The Night Circus: whimsical, magic, romance

• A Deadly Education: boarding school, magic, horror

• Rebecca: psychological, morality, relationships

• Crime and Punishment: classic, heavy, morality

• War and Peace: classic, opulent, heavy

Podcasts

• Spirits (Multitude): drunk mythology

• The Bright Sessions: audio drama surrounding fictional therapy sessions with magically gifted individuals

• Critical Role: DnD with famous voice actors

• Welcome to Nightvale: paranormal small town audio drama told in the style of an evening radio show

• Crime Junkie: true crime

• TEDTalksDaily: short TEDTalks posted each day about a wide variety of topics

• Potterless: grown man reads the Harry Potter series for the first time

Songs

• Master & a Hound - Gregory Alan Isakov: soft, indie, bittersweet

• I Know Places - Lykke Li: heavy, indie, sad

• Since I Saw Vienna - Wilbur: soft, indie, sad

• Cherry Wine - Hozier: bittersweet, cozy, indie

• To Be Alone - Hozier: heavier, entrancing, indie

• Who Will Carry You - Adam Jones & K.S. Rhoads: hopeful, soft, sad

• Scotland - The Lumineers: self-sufficient, indie, bittersweet

• Falling Water - Peter Oren: heavy, sad, deep

• The Night We Met - Lord Huron: soft, kind, nostalgic

• Ms - alt-J: soft, surrounding, nostalgic, dreamlike

• Oh My Dear - The Head and the Heart: soft, lulling, gentle

• Blood Bank - Bon Iver: soft, bittersweet, snowy

• September Song - Agnes Obel: soft, instrumental

• Gnossienne no.4 - Erik Satie: spooky, instrumental

• Golden - Riley Baron: light, rich, juvenile

• Murder Song - AURORA: eloquent, upset, fairylike

• Ella - Myrkur: nordic, elemental, raw

• If I Had a Heart - Fever Ray: dark, roaming, sure

• Who’s With Us - Current Swell: sad, lonely, soft

• Sleep on the Floor - The Lumineers: textured, lazy

• Helvegen - Wardruna: nordic, echoing, thunderous

• Jenny of Oldstones - Ginny Di: old, soft, sweeping