#irisannwest

i have not done one of these in years. YEARS. 

RULES: Share 11 facts about yourself, answer 11 questions provided by the tagger, tag 11 awesome people and leave 11 questions for them to answer!

11 Facts

i ate turkey chili for dinner tonight

i go to a figure drawing class on Wednesdays

i’m so short. i’m not even 5′2″. it’s so depressing. makes me feel so... low, if you will. 

I WAS GONNA GET A CAT AS SOON AS I MOVED OUT OF MY PARENTS HOUSE BUT THEN I FOUND OUT MY ROOMMATE WAS ALLERGIC. NOW I CAN’T GET ONE UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN SHE MOVES IN WITH HER BF AND I JUST. >:((((((

but it’s okay because now i’m planning on getting two cats

i have adhd

my BLUE car’s bluetooth ID is “Blue Lion” and also has a little acryllic Blue Lion/Lance keychain hanging on the rearview mirror

i like the podcast Reply All a lot. it’s really good. i highly recommend it.

i make a smoothie for breakfast every weekday to bring to work

i really loved working at AnimeNext this year and i wanna work more conventions in the future

im getting tatoos on both inner lower arms eventually. just have to figure out what i want first.

11 Questions

If you were to make a new blog dedicated to one single thing (fandom, hobby/activity, etc) what would it be?

voltron probably

If you could have any kind of animal as a pet, what would you have?

A CAT. I REALLY JUST WANT A CAT HONESTLY OKAY.

Who was your favorite teacher and why were they your favorite?

my favorite teacher was actually my math tutor in high school. she was a teacher too but i never actually took her class because it was for honors math students which i obviously was not. but she was the only math teacher i ever had who didn’t make me feel stupid for being bad at math. also she was hilarious.

What’s your guilty pleasure (and I’m challenging you not to say some kind of food)?

going to art stores and buying supplies i know i will never use. also buying makeup i will never/rarely wear.

Favorite pizza topping?

sausage

What’s the last thing you bought (that wasn’t food)?

gas for my car...

What upcoming movies/tv shows are you looking forward to? Any recommendations (this could be anything just throw your best pitch at me)?

young justice honestly. and miraculous ladybug. rachel, im pretty sure you watch most of the things i watch. but im currently watching white collar so if you haven’t seen that, i recommend it.

What’s your favorite thing to wear that you own?

my maroon skinny jeans tbh

What was your first pet?

a dog named jasper

If you could learn any language, what would it be?

MY OWN FUCKING ETHNIC LANGUAGE SPANISH BECAUSE IM A FAILURE WHO CAN’T SPEAK IT

My questions

Where is the coolest place you’ve ever been?

What was the first thing you remember wanting to be when you grew up?

Look to your right. What do you see?

What are you procrastinating on?

Which family member are you closest too and what is their name?

What’s the last song you listened to?

What do you generally carry in your bag/pockets when you go out?

What is one thing you are excited for?

Do you believe in ghosts?

What is a skill you want to learn?

Tell me a joke.

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1. How many books did you read this year?

i already answered this one

2. Did you reread anything? What?

all i did in january was reread books lol i finished my lotr reread with return of the king. then i reread the his dark materials trilogy. a great start to the year!

3. What were your top five books of the year?

oooo this is stuff. i’ll just share five of my 5 star books i’ve read in no particular order:

• pride and prejudice by jane austen

• translation state by ann leckie

• queen of atolia by megan whalen turner

• tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin

• the stone child by david a. robertson

10. What was your favorite new release of the year?

probably translation state by ann leckie. i loved the journey of self discovery the characters were forced into, i love how weird leckie’s books are, i love how they take there time. it was just a very delightful and satisfying read for me! ann leckie always pleases me, so i knew i was gonna love it.

Bring him a donut in a donut

Thank you! Actually, I have only just recently started trying to force myself to read for pleasure again, which sounds like a bit of an oxymoron. Somehow, I stopped doing it that much over time, and I really find that I feel better when I do read actual books a bit. That said, I do have a few, I guess. These aren’t actually in a hard preference order top 3 though. More just the top 3 I can think of that I really enjoyed.

Adultolescence by Gabbie Hanna

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (but not in an idealizing the protagonist way)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (series) by Douglas Adams

The first is a book of poetry that came out really recently by a youtuber I’m really fond of who is branching out into other forms of art and media. I like Lolita because it has some of the most beautifully and carefully composed prose in the English language. I also really enjoy the fact that the narrative is constructed in a way that makes one intimately understand but never sympathize with a monster if you are a conscientious reader. I also like the way it characterizes the characters who are not monsters through his eyes and how one can see the signs of trauma and “complicity” (which isn’t complicity) in Dolores’s actions she undertakes to survive through a very broken mirror kind of perspective. I like how it shows that “love” itself isn’t necessarily redeeming and that very twisted forms of care can exist. It’s just a really fascinating narrative to me. And finally, HHGG is just sort of this really formative humor to me. It has a sort of parallel genesis with the original Doctor Who, but I was exposed to it before Doctor Who and both are really important to me.

Damn, that’s ridiculous.