Weeknotes 26-08

Updated: 2026-02-23

Wrote most of this over the weekend but finishing it up during this big blizzard, my windows are completely covered by snow!! I can’t even see outside!!

Got my replacement earbuds, the Nicehck EB2S (green, 3.5mm, with inline mic)! Very affordable on aliexpress, a little over 30 dollars with shipping, and wow they sound so nice. Very clear and crisp, surprisingly open and wide soundstage, and very comfortable! Only real issue I have with them is that there’s a ton of sound leak, so I can’t reasonably use them in the office where it can get pretty quiet, but they’ll be perfect for at home or when walking around.

Okay so i watched the new Wuthering Heights movie, lol, lmao. i talk about it more in the review but man making the movie this horny but then not having any nudity is so crazy. I also watched GOOD movies this week, watched Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent to round out the oscar best picture noms this year. The Secret Agent (takes place in 1977 Brazil) really just reinforces my belief that more men need to be wearing tiny shorts and cropped shirts and open button-downs. That’s where men’s summer fashion peaked imo. No more of these terrible slim-fit shorts and way-too-long shirts!!!! stop it!!!

Also watched New Rose Hotel, an adaptation of a William Gibson short story that I read a few months ago (contained in Burning Chrome, which I bought at powell’s over the summer). Only knew this existed because I looked into Abel Ferrera’s works after seeing him in Marty Supreme. Fascinating movie!!! Really weird! Very dream-like filming style, combining film and video, long cross-dissolves, repeated voiceover and a really Chill soundtrack. Not sure if I really recommend it, but I think a certain type of person would love it (this means nothing)

A rare weekend with zero plans, I was originally going to go to a sweater popup sale with Steph but she had to cancel, so I just kinda stayed inside and did chores and read and watched movies all weekend!!!!!

Read:

Ex.Mag 6, Favorites: Little Astro by Hanna K, The Wind in Eternity by Genie Ink, The Body by Fiiishman, Aeon Orbit by Linnea Sterte & Gareth Damian Martin
PEOW 2 by Jane Mai, really good!! very funny!! Jane Mai rules I hope she writes another comic soon
Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion (FINALLY), my ereader says it only took me a little over 3 hours so lmao @ me taking like 3 weeks to read it. It certainly was interesting! Did I enjoy it? Who knows!!! To be completely honest I started reading it because a girl on a dating app said she was and then she stopped responding to me right after I said I started reading it so,

Since I finished my current book and I totally don’t have multiple stacks of unread books on my desk, I walked to the harvard book store before the blizzard started to pick up On The Calculation of Volume 1, excited to read these so that mariah and i can read volume 4 when she visits~ yippee

Things I’ve been into this week!!!

Slyder - Score
- was listening to that most recent Burial single and i was curious if the distance trance arps were original or a sample, and it’s a sample!! the original song rules (could do without the moaning though lmao)
- because of this and others i’ve been listening to SO many songs from this youtube channel, really incredible resource full of stuff that is really hard to find outside of vinyl rips. i love trance music!!
new trailer for the witch hat atelier anime came out and it looks soooooooo good
art i liked!!!