#bethanyactually

(hiiii, thank you. i love you!)

1. a song you like with a color in the title

"wild blue yonder" by the amazing devil, on my mind because supposedly their next album is forthcoming & i'm excited!

8. a song about drugs or alcohol

"l.g. fuad" by motion city soundtrack!!!!

17 can be found here.

28. a song by an artist whose voice you love

"tell me how" by paramore - miss hayley powerhouse williams

Thanks!!!

10. do you play or follow any sports? & elaborate on that?

Right now the closest thing to a sport I do is regularly swimming laps at the pool. (Although I've been slacking for a month or so). In high school I was on the swim team. I wasn't very good because lots of the swimmers also swam with a club, and I never did, but I did make the regional finals for the 50m freestyle in the non-club swimmer category once!

I used to play rec league soccer up until the pandemic. Honestly, I just got tired of having to go play soccer in 30 C degree heat on a Friday night with barely enough players to field a team lol. I did love playing soccer though. I played defense, usually right back. I also would play goalie, which I enjoyed but I'm really too small to be a good goalie.

I also played field hockey in high school, which made me feel cool because all the girls on that team were very preppy (and I did not fit in with them At All). Fun fact: we would put our mouth guards in our gross sweaty socks when we didn't need them during practice and then take them out and put them back in our mouths for drills. Disgusting. Actually the entire process of wearing a mouth guard is a sensory nightmare. Field hockey is super fun and I wish rec leagues existed for it, but it's kinda a niche sport in Canada.

I casually follow both NHL and PWHL hockey. I go in phases of being more and less invested in it! I'm a Toronto fan in both cases. I don't really watch or follow any other sports.

11. what kind of music is stuck in your head a lot lately?

I've been listening to a bunch of The Weakerthans lately, who are a great 2000s post-punk/folk/rock band. I've been listening to Inhaler's 2025 album Open Wide again yet. Also Heated Rivalry reminded me how great Feist is, so I've been listening to a playlist of my favourite albums of hers.

12. dishes or laundry?

I honestly don't mind either! I generally really enjoy doing the dishes -the warm water, the suds, some good music - it's a fun time! Laundry can feel like a bit of a chore with the time commitment, but I love folding warm laundry and picking a youtube video to watch while I'm doing it.

4. Favorite books read this year

It wasn't my biggest book year (I started more than I finished) but I did love Michael Schur's How to Be Perfect (which I highly recommend to any fan of The Good Place) and I continued my delightful journey through Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

5. Favorite song, album, or artist to listen to this year

I REALLY loved the soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters. Such a tremendous score. I also listened and relistened to a lot of William Finn's work this year (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and A New Brain in particular) following his death in the spring, and I maintain my love for his work.

6. Favorite movies of the year

I didn't see a ton of movies this year either, but I did get to see some awesome animation. The Bad Guys 2, Zootopia 2 and KPop Demon Hunters were three favs. I also really enjoyed Thunderbolts*, which surprised me in ways I really appreciated.

Thanks for the ask!!

7. Favorite actor of the year?

oh this is a tough one for me. I've seen so many great performances this year on tv and movies and animation that if I started mentioning them all I would just link to my letterbox and trakt.tv lists. I'll go with the entire cast of Interview of the Vampire for something that came out this year. the way they're just all Acting. hats off!

9. Best month for you this year?

I think that's gotta be around October. I traveled to so many places with so many people I love around that time.

19. What’re you excited about for next year?

I hadn't thought about this, actually. I have some tv shows waiting for me, I'm excited about that. we're going to do some renovations to the house, I'm excited about that. hopefully I'll get my USA visa, which hopefully means more travel.